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Scalable ended a four-race losing streak since late March with a commanding win in Sunday’s $175,000 Turnback the Alarm Stakes for fillies and mares at Belmont Park.
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The 2026 Standardbred Horse Sale in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which gets underway on Monday, November 2, gives buyers who didn't get their quota in October's Lexington Selected Yearling Sale another chance at yearlings or older horses in the mixed sale that goes on Thursday and Friday.
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Paul Madden, the longtime assistant to trainer Brendan Walsh, did not need to confirm any long-term plans when discussing Emphatic’s future as a 3-year-old. Coming off a 1 1/2-length victory in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, it is relatively clear what the filly might be capable of down the line.
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To say that there is a new kid on the block at the Standardbred Horse Sale in Harrisburg, PA, would only be half-true of Shaffer Equine LLC. The farm has been in existence and selling yearlings for three decades, but 2026 will mark the first time they will be listed as consignors.
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Located between Kittanning and Butler in western Pennsylvania, Winning Key Farm, under owner Robert Key, always had a reputation for breeding and racing a great group of pacers and trotters. Among the most notable were Hambletonian champ American Winner and Pennsylvania Horse of the Year Winning Mister. When Key passed away in 2021 at 87 after four decades in the business, his wife Patty took over the reins (okay, lines for you Standardbred purists) and changed that focus just a bit.
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Pentathlon is getting accustomed to winning. On Sunday at Belmont Park, Pentathlon won the most significant race of his career in the Grade 3 Forty Niner Stakes at a mile.
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Most horses might take a well-deserved break after the biggest victory of their career, but Nitrogen is far from a typical horse. Trainer Mark Casse said the only time he has ever seen her anxious is when he has tried to rest her, so her time off will likely be brief following a commanding victory in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff on Saturday at Keeneland.
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Capitol Hill rallied from out of the pack to collar the favored Fond Farewell late when taking Sunday’s $175,000 Casa Creed Stakes at Belmont, for the Breeders’ Cup Classic-winning combo of jockey Junior Alvarado and trainer Bill Mott.
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The aptly named Sunday Finery proved her 13 1/2-length maiden romp going long wasn’t a fluke when she doubled up with ease in Sunday’s Grade 3, $198,100 Mazarine at Woodbine.
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Paradise Valley, the winner of a $50,000 claiming race at Belmont Park on Oct. 10, won for the third time this year in his 12th start with a narrow victory in Sunday’s Grade 3 Bold Ruler Stakes at six furlongs at Belmont Park.
