Friday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Soaring Spirit looks well meant for debut
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Thursday, May 8, at Belmont at the Big A.
David AragonaMay 07, 2026
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Thursday, May 8, at Belmont at the Big A.
Trainer Vann Belvoir, who finished ninth in the standings at the recently-concluded Turf Paradise meeting in Arizona, will have a 39-horse stable in California this spring and summer.
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three-week Los Angeles county fair meet at Los Alamitos this summer will offer the same three stakes presented in recent years.
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Intrepido, winner of the Grade 1 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita last September, will be turned out at a central California farm in coming days after finishing 16th of 18 in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs last Saturday.
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Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 5/9 card at The Meadowlands.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Saturday 5/9 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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It's quite possible that in order to be successful again, Napoleon Solo will have to be turned back in distance. But his connections feel there have been legitimate excuses for Napoleon Solo's two defeats in graded stakes run around two turns to begin his 3-year-old year. So, owner Al Gold and trainer Chad Summers want to give Napoleon Solo another shot in a two-turn race, the $2 million Preakness at Laurel Park.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Saturday Afternoon 5/9 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Saffie Joseph Jr. is going deep into his roster of female dirt stakes horses to take a run at winning Saturday's Grade 2 Ruffian at Aqueduct.
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The potential of a wet track and the likelihood of a fast pace could give Full Moon Madness the edge over One Nine Hundred when those two meet again in Saturday's Grade 3, $175,000 John Nerud Stakes at Aqueduct.