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Big Cuddle headed to Haskell
Trainer Gary Capuano confirmed Tuesday that Big Cuddle will point to the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on July 18.
Patrick MoquinJul 01, 2026
Trainer Gary Capuano confirmed Tuesday that Big Cuddle will point to the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on July 18.
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Ellis Park has continued to modify the schedule for its opening weekend due to the extreme heat warnings in Kentucky, shifting the Friday, July 3 card in its entirety to next Thursday, July 9.
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Horseshoe Indianapolis has canceled its Thursday afternoon race card, citing the extreme heat in the Midwest that already led the track to cancel its Wednesday card.
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Before he sends a dozen runners from Santa Anita to Del Mar, trainer Librado Barocio is trying to pare down his stable. Barocio trainees are up for sale. Veteran sprinter One Smokin Dude is a candidate to be claimed from Barocio on Friday at Los Alamitos. One Smokin Dude is favored in race 5, an $8,000 claiming sprint on an all-claiming program.
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About six hours before he won the Preakness, trainer Chad Summers sent out I Love Giraffes to win an allowance race on turf. On Friday, I Love Giraffes will make her stakes debut in the $150,000 Wild Applause at Saratoga.
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The main summer target for Knightsbridge is the Grade 1 Forego, a seven-furlong race at Saratoga on Aug. 29. He may take an unorthodox path to get there.
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Ted Noffey, the champion juvenile of 2025 who has been sidelined this year due to bone bruising, could return to trainer Todd Pletcher here in three to four weeks, according to Ned Toffey, the general manager of Spendthrift Farm.
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Golden Tempo won't be running in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy in Saratoga, but the horses who finished immediately behind him in the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes are expected to make that Aug. 1 race for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles.
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One of the best parts of a Saratoga summer is the 2-year-old racing as one never knows when the sport's next star could debut. With a whole new cast of first-time stallions such as Flightline and Life Is Good, who knows what this summer will bring when the 46-day meet begins Friday.
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Princess Jade extends to her preferred distance of 1 1/16 miles while getting some class relief in Friday's co-featured third race for nonwinners-of-two Ontario-sired allowance types and $40,000 claimers.