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She hadn’t raced in a year, missed a workout after arriving from south Florida and had to run over a sloppy, demanding surface. None of that was a problem for Mamdooha, who ran her winning streak to five straight by outfinishing the in-form Expression by a head to win Saturday’s $100,000 Correction Stakes at Aqueduct.
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The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association has rejected a protest by Terry Finley contesting the results of the organization’s presidential election last December, and confirmed the result that incumbent Rick Violette won a second term.
Taylor S sped to the front and never looked back in posting a 3 1/2-length victory in the second running of the $75,000 Any Limit, the first of two ungraded stakes on a 12-race Saturday card at Gulfstream Park.
Lord Nelson, fourth last week in the San Felipe Stakes, will come back on just 15 days’ rest to compete March 22 in the Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby at Sunland Park, Baffert said Saturday morning. Martin Garcia will ride.
Texas Red, the winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, worked an easy half-mile in 51.40 seconds on Saturday morning at Santa Anita in his first drill since returning to training after suffering from an abscess in his right front foot a little more than a month ago.
Trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. will be back in federal court Monday in Manhattan in a last-ditch effort to have his appeal of a 10-year banishment handed him by New York racing regulators heard.
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A brutally tough Santa Ana (race 7) is the day’s feature, and if you can get that one correct, it may lead to a solid payoff in the late pick three as you can spread there looking for your price, while races 8 and 9 give you a couple chances to take a stand.
When you play basketball with someone and they continue to hit shots, you continue to feed that player the ball, sticking with the hot hand. It’s the same in this game. Right now, there’s one barn on a roll, particularly when teaming with another rider, so we’ll continue “feed that player” at least once on Sunday’s card. This filly may prove a linchpin for both your in-race and multi-race wagers.
