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After being eclipsed off cover by Dandy Ideal in the Breeders Crown Open Pace, Women Layer turned the tables on his rival in Sunday's (Nov. 8) $125,000 Grade 3 Potomac Pace at Rosecroft Raceway, emerging from the pocket in the final 150 yards to post a 1:48 victory.
The Always B Miki filly Sandyboots Yankee captured the last Liberty Bell stake of the 2026 racing season at Harrah's Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon, winning the $47,250 single division contest for 3-year-old pacing misses in 1:52 4/5.
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Grand Slam Smile scrapped for the early lead and pulled clear with ease to win the $100,000 Betty Grable Stakes on Sunday at Del Mar. The switch from turf to dirt went seamlessly for the 5-year-old mare, who earned her second straight stakes victory in a 5 1/4-length romp.
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Trainer Melanie Giddings has decided to prioritize stakes races for juveniles late in the year at Finger Lakes. She will bring a pair of 2-year-olds with strong chances into two $45,000 stakes on Monday, with the gelding Silver Knight running in the Tin Cup Chalice and the filly My Bestie going in the Shesastonecoldfox.
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It was more of a quiz than a test, but the 2-year-old colt Hullabaloo Ray Ray passed with high marks on Sunday, winning a one-mile allowance by 9 1/2 lengths at Belmont Park, likely earning a start in the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes here in four weeks.
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Forever Young, the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner who finished fifth in this year’s race, is being pointed to the Group 1 Tokyo Daishoten on Dec. 29 at Oi Racecourse in Japan, his connections announced Sunday.
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As brilliant as Stimulate was winning Saturday’s one-turn Dwyer Stakes at Belmont Park, trainer Bill Mott still believes the son of Tapit is made to succeed around two turns.
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Crowning his emergence as one of Hong Kong’s top jockeys, Jerry Chau produced a masterly ride on Speed Dragon (121lb) to land the HK$4.2 million G3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (8 November), enhancing his chances of participation in the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) next month.
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Mr. Disrespectful kicked well clear early under jockey T.J. Pereira to steal the $100,000 The Chosen Vron Stakes on Saturday at Del Mar, pulling off a 35-1 gate-to-wire stunner.
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David Fawkes’s heart sank when he discovered on the morning of Oct. 2 that Viking, a 5-year-old gelding he trains, was showing signs of colic. Viking was supposed to run that day in the Phoenix Stakes at Keeneland. The horse was thriving. Fawkes liked his chances. But he had to treat the colic, which turned out to be minor, and scratch the horse.
