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Scooter Hughes has been stabled there forever. His 10-horse string includes a 3-year-old filly named Flower River, who starts in the featured sixth race Thursday at Churchill Downs. Flower River is 20-1 on the morning line and merits a look.
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Keeneland’s 83rd November Breeding Stock Sale, featuring weanlings, broodmare prospects and in-foal mares, concluded Wednesday with $240,897,200 in total through-the-ring sales for the second-highest through-the-ring gross for the auction since 2007. Adding another $12,194,500 in post sales reported to date for the nine-session auction from Nov. 3-11, total sales this year increased to $253,095,700.
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Big Cuddle fell off the map shortly after winning the $300,000 Delaware Derby in June, but the 3-year-old colt’s career is far from over. Trainer Gary Capuano said he plans to give him the winter off before getting him back in training in January for his 4-year-old campaign.
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Lindsay Schultz said Wednesday that Baby Vino, the longshot winner of the Grade 1 Haskell in July, is on track to return to training in December and will return for his 4-year-old campaign. The colt has an outside chance of traveling to Dubai in March, though it is far more likely he returns in stakes company at Oaklawn Park.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Friday 11/13 card at The Meadowlands.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Friday 11/13 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 11/13 card at Yonkers Raceway.
The U.S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA) is pleased to announce that the 2027 Dan Patch Awards banquet, presented by Caesars Entertainment, will return to the popular Rosen Shingle Creek resort in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 21.
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There are, depending on your orientation, either too many or too few options in the featured 10th race on Friday at Churchill Downs. Sheer numbers – yes, the Friday feature has that. Sixteen older horses are entered in a second-level allowance carded for one mile on turf and open to $80,000 claimers, of which there are four.
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Ala Sawab's debut in late August ended nearly as soon as it began, when the 2-year-old stumbled badly out of the gate and unseated jockey Joel Rosario. Trainer John Sadler has taken his time getting the Flightline colt back in action, and he will make his highly anticipated second start in the first race on Friday at Del Mar.
