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A pair of talented 2-year-old trotters with their sights set on major accomplishments on the Grand Circuit in 2027 are standouts in two of the four $250,000 Big Apple finals on Friday evening at Vernon Downs. The action kicks off at 5:05 P.M. (EDT) and also includes divisions for 2-year-old pacers of both sexes.
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Saturday's final day of the two-week Grand Circuit stay at The Red Mile has a dual purpose for many. For trainer Brett Pelling, who has enjoyed great success in Kentucky during the Sire Stakes season and beyond, Saturday's closing will be the final measuring stick as he prepares for the coming Breeders Crown races at Scioto Downs. With four entered on the stakes-filled Red Mile program, much is riding for Pelling, with the top filly Miss Jum Jabber looking to regain winning form in the Glen Garnsey Memorial and perhaps supplement into the Crown on Monday (October 12).
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Holy secured back-to-back Grand Circuit victories at The Red Mile after she thrusted to the top in the closing strides to snag the $163,000 Grade 3 International Stallion Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies, sponsored by The Cuddy Farms, on Thursday (Oct. 8).
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Odds-on favorite Whateverittakes As and 5-1 shot Special Day both vaulted off speedy early fractions and past expended rivals late to win in their respective $135,500 divisions of the Grade 3 International Stallion Stakes for 2-year-old trotting males on Thursday afternoon (Oct. 8) at The Red Mile.
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Ernie Gaskin is uncertain where the trip with 2-year-old colt trotter So Joyful may end up, but he is enjoying the ride.
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Trainers Dr. Ian Moore and John Pentland said they can’t wait for another round of Beau Jangles vs. Redland Rocket Man, this time in Saturday’s (Oct. 10) C$350,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final for 3-year-old pacing colts at Mohawk Park.
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Only five 2-year-old colts were entered in Saturday’s Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket. Only three look like rationally plausible winners. Two of them stand far above the rest in the antepost betting market. And Group 1, $661,000 Dewhurst might in the end prove a one-horse race.
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Hall of Fame jockey Don Pierce, who rode 3,546 winners in a career that spanned four decades, has died. He was 89.
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The entry box for supplements to the 3-year-old and older Breeders Crown races and for all eligible horses to declare to the $7.2 million year-end championship events at Eldorado Scioto Downs Racetrack in Columbus, Ohio closes next week.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Saturday 10/10 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
