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Yonkers: Analysis for Tuesday 7/28/26
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 7/28 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Matt RoseJul 27, 2026
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 7/28 card at Yonkers Raceway.
On an evening of minor upsets in three six-figure stakes, the filly Contentious ran to long-term expectations with a narrow win in Sunday’s $290,000 Governor’s Cup Futurity for Quarter Horses at Los Alamitos.
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It is clear that trainer Mark Casse has the top 3-year-old filly in the country in Counting Stars. Now, one of his top 3-year-old colts from earlier in the year is ready to return to the races to see what kind of impact he can have in the division the second half of the year.
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Gezora and Speed Shopper get a little class relief and stretch back out to 1 1/2 miles Thursday at Saratoga in the $250,000 Glens Falls Stakes.
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The Ireland-based 3-year-old filly Diamond Necklace has made her mark in France, but her first foray into England, on Thursday at Goodwood Racecourse, is widely forecast to yield the same result as Diamond Necklace's first five races – victory.
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From the day after the June 6 Belmont Stakes, Bill Mott was thinking about running Chief Wallabee in Wednesday's $150,000 Curlin Stakes at Saratoga and not because the race falls on the Hall of Fame trainer's 73rd birthday.
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Fifteen times this century, a 3-year-old has beaten older rivals and won the Sussex Stakes, the major one-mile contest at Goodwood Racecourse. Bow Echo is a very good 3-year-old, and the betting market is forecasting another sophomore Sussex success.
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California tracks are on the verge of eliminating a purse overpayment that reached $8 million at the end of 2024, and are positioned to increase prize money at forthcoming meetings and possibly into 2027, according to a leading racing official.
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Can anybody go with the speedy Veery in Thursday's fourth race at Woodbine? On paper, it looks like she can secure an uncontested lead in the first-level allowance/optional claimer and it's her race to lose if such is the case.
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The disqualification of Lady In Paris from first to fourth in Saturday's 11th race at Del Mar resulted in a massive single winning ticket in the $2 pick six and a three-day suspension for jockey Antonio Fresu.