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The three-day yearling-only portion of the catalog at this year's Standardbred Horse Sale came to a conclusion on Wednesday with year-over-year increases in both the average and the gross.
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The final month of the Grand Circuit season kicks off Thursday (Nov. 5) with the $115,000 Grade 3 Matron Stakes for 2-year-old male pacers at Bally’s Dover.
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Wesley Ward could have two horses for the featured fourth race Thursday at Churchill Downs. Or, he could have none. Ward entered Outfielder and Schwarzenegger in a $141,000 allowance race, carded for 5 1/2 furlongs on grass and restricted to 3-year-olds who haven’t won a graded stakes race on turf.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Friday 11/6 card at The Meadowlands.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Friday 11/6 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 11/6 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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The morning line lists Encino as the 9-5 favorite in the featured eighth race Friday at Churchill Downs, and if that price proves accurate, bettors might want to get involved – not playing but laying.
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The backers of Full Screen will be hoping the 7-year-old gelding can rebound Friday at Belmont when he drops back into an allowance/optional $110,000 claiming race going 1 1/8 miles that tops Belmont Park's eight-race card.
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Trainer Shug McGaughey won the first two races of the Belmont Park fall meet on Sept. 18, and 30 days into the season, he's still winning. Sunday, McGaughey won three more races giving him a record of 9 for 28 record at the fall meet. The three horses who won Sunday – Pentathlon in the Grade 3 Forty Niner, Quiet Power in a first-level allowance, and the 2-year-old filly Flightress in a maiden race
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How about this for a potential early-season matchup along the 2027 Kentucky Derby trail: U. S. S. Valor and American History in the Grade 3, $250,000 Holy Bull Stakes on Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park.
