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Weekend GamePlan: Picks for Senorita, William Walker, Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies
Weekend GamePlan: Picks for Senorita, William Walker, Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies
Marcus HershMay 07, 2026
Weekend GamePlan: Picks for Senorita, William Walker, Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies
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Trendsetter passed his first test in graded company last month when he upset the Grade 3 Lexington Stakes at 32-1 at Keeneland. Trendsetter figures a much shorter price against four modestly-accomplished opponents in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes at Aqueduct.
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The Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup for older males – a race that potentially could attract champions Sovereignty and Forever Young – will christen the new Belmont Park when the track opens on Sept. 18.
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On Saturday in the Willam Walker at Churchill Downs, Outfielder is well drawn on the outside of an eight-horse field racing 5 1/2 furlongs on turf, which is supposed to be his preferred surface. Outfielder, 8-5 on the line, is supposed to go deep.
When the colt So Happy returned this week to Santa Anita after finishing ninth in the Kentucky Derby, he joined two others in a rare slice of racetrack trivia.
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Reigning Canadian champion female sprinter Little Teddy makes her season debut against some speedy rivals in Woodbine's Saturday feature, a five-furlong conditioned allowance for fillies and mares with a purse of $120,7000.
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Over the past decade, no trainer has dominated 2-year-old racing during the spring like Wesley Ward, although he has yet to have success in the Royal Palm Stakes at Gulfstream Park since the inception of the two races three years ago. But Ward is confident that will not be the case Saturday when he sends out Skara Brae in the Royal Palm Juvenile and Joker's Chic as a key contender in the Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies.
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Steve Henson, long one of the leading trainers at Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver, British Columbia, was well aware that the ancient bull ring by the bay wasn't what it once was. But when it was announced in December that the track would no longer host live racing, the news knocked Henson on his keister.
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Marjoram, a well-bred, lightly raced filly owned and bred by a renowned international stable, could deliver two favorable outcomes in Saturday's Senorita – the first Santa Anita stakes victory in more than two years for Juddmonte and a high-odds upset for bettors.
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Eight-year-old Mossdale Ben N has been showing off a new dimension to his game this season, and it could serve him well in Friday’s (May 8) Grade 2 $478,000 MGM Borgata Pacing Series championship at MGM Yonkers Raceway as he looks to win the final for the second consecutive year.