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Yonkers: Analysis for Friday 6/19
Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 6/19 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Matt RoseJun 17, 2026
Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 6/19 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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The Grade 2 Del Mar Handicap at 1 3/8 miles on turf on Aug. 29, a race Gold Phoenix has won a record four times from 2022 to 2025, is his primary objective of the summer.
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Ombudsman became the first horse in more than 30 years, and fourth in history, to win consecutive runnings of the Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday, giving trainer John Gosden a seventh win in the race.
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This year’s Keeneland Fall Meet in Lexington, Ky., will feature 22 stakes with total purses of $10.7 million, with half of those stakes scheduled for opening weekend on Oct. 2-4
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Looking back at the night of May 30 at Northfield Park Racino, trainer Vernon Beachy couldn’t have asked for a better result.
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The blue riband event of the entire Royal Ascot week is the Group 1 Gold Cup (4:15) run on Thursday over 2m 4f.
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Jockeys Ryan Moore and Wayne Lordan have traded mounts on the top 3-year-old fillies True Love and Precise this spring in Europe. In Friday's Group 1 Coronation at Royal Ascot, Moore is back on Precise, the expected heavy favorite, while Lordan is on True Love.
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Our ambassador Hollie Doyle gives her verdict for the races at Royal Ascot on Thursday, June 18.
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Day three of Royal Ascot brings us towards the halfway point of this wonderful meeting. Hopefully it has been lucky for you so far and if not, don’t panic, the road is long and so is Royal Ascot week!
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Heather Smullen has been among the hottest trainers on the grounds the past week. She'll attempt to continue that streak when sending out Starship Melody in Friday's main event, a $70,000 allowance for fillies and mares.