Northfield: Chalky results in Saturday's Ohio Sires Stakes
Two-year-old pacers of both sexes were at Northfield Park on Saturday night for Ohio Sires Stakes contests.
Greg ReinhartAug 08, 2026
Two-year-old pacers of both sexes were at Northfield Park on Saturday night for Ohio Sires Stakes contests.
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The blueprint jockey Juan Hernandez envisioned for Warming changed rapidly shortly after the start of Saturday’s Grade 2 Yellow Ribbon Stakes at Del Mar.
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Trainer Todd Pletcher reached another milestone in his Hall of Fame career on Saturday as he earned his 6,000th career victory when Versailles Road won the 14th race at Saratoga.
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Sangria Summer closed out the stakes action on the Hambletonian undercard with a 1:48 1/5 win for driver James MacDonald and trainer Luc Blais in the Grade 3 $123,200 Shady Daisy for 3-year-old pacing fillies.
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Trainer Hugh Palmer’s decision to re-route Glacius from a potential start in France to Saturday’s $750,000 Saratoga Derby paid big dividends when the multiple Group 3-placed 3-year-old led from start to finish en route to a 1 1/4-length victory over West End Kid.
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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.