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Miki And Minnie collared stablemate Twin B Joe Fresh approaching the wire to capture the Grade 2 $156,500 Lady Liberty for open pacing mares at the Meadowlands on Saturday afternoon. With James MacDonald in the bike, the 4-year-old daughter of Always B Miki paced the mile in 1:48, equaling her previous lifetime-best performance.
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At first glance, the Grade 3 Best Pal Stakes on Saturday at Del Mar looked like an appealing showdown between three promising and evenly matched 2-year-olds.
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Women Layer ground out a first-over ascent and sprang a 17-1 upset with his 1:48 2/5 score in the $138,650 first division of the Grade 2 Sam McKee Memorial on Saturday (Aug. 8) at the Meadowlands, while Captain Albano fought off a bevy of late pursuers for a 1:48 3/5 victory in the $139,900 second section of the annual event for open pacers.
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English Actor went straight to the front under Fraser Aebly and never looked back to capture the $147,500 Niagara Stakes in course-record time on Saturday at Woodbine.
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Trainer Bill Mott gave a leg up to Junior Alvarado on Sovereignty and Flavien Prat on Baeza, walked out of the paddock and headed to his box seat in the Saratoga grandstand to watch a stacked renewal of the Grade 1 Whitney Stakes.
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Apex captured the $1 million Grade 1 Winning Key Farm Hambletonian Stakes, for 3-year-old trotters, on Saturday (Aug. 8) at the Meadowlands, holding off favorite Big Ranger by a nose in a stakes-record 1:49 2/5.
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On a special weekend for the Clement family, a special horse from the stable delivered another special performance at Saratoga.
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Katie’s Grace won her first stakes in style on Saturday at Woodbine, taking the $350,000 Bison City, the middle leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara, under a patient ride from Ryan Munger.
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Although Explora finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and won the Grade 3 Honeybee earlier this season, both races at 1 1/16 miles, she has become a force in the filly and mare sprint division following her extremely impressive, five-length victory over Percy’s Bar on Saturday at Saratoga in the $500,000 Test Stakes.
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Fair and Square turned the tables on Who Dey and won the Governor’s Buckeye Cup by a neck Saturday at Thistledown.
