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Right to Party, runner-up in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial, was scratched from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby due to lameness in his right foreleg, opening a spot for Robusta to join the field. Kenny McPeek, the trainer of Right to Party, said regulatory veterinarians who look at the Derby horses all week told him that Right to Party was lame in his right front.
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Nycon was scratched from tonight's Kentucky Oaks on the morning of the race, leaving a field of 13 to contest the filly classic. Trainer Whit Beckman said Friday morning that there is no injury or real physical issue with Nycon, who was most recently fourth in the Grade 2 Gazelle Stakes.
Croix du Nord was the champion 2-year-old male in Japan in 2024, the winner of the 2025 Japanese Derby, and a Grade 1 winner earlier this year in the $3.6 million Osaka Hai at Hanshin Racecourse in April. On Sunday at Kyoto Racecourse, Croix du Nord has a different assignment – starting for the first time at two miles in the Grade 1 spring running of the Tenno Sho.
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Poulin in O T negotiates his favorite distance in Sunday's $100,000 Thorncliffe Stakes at Woodbine and could be the dominant speed in the 5 1/2-furlong synthetic sprint for older runners.
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Veteran trainer Ron Coyne Jr. doesn't have the size or scope of most major trotting outfits, but that hasn't stopped him from coming up with horses of superior talent racing in New Jersey. A few years ago, Coyne had the sophomore Southwind Admiral poised for the Yonkers Trot following a promising 2-year-old season. That son of Tactical Landing suffered an injury that curtailed his sophomore season.
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The MGM Borgata Series preliminaries are in the books. Over five Mondays 18 races were conducted with generous $50,000 purses attached. Just eight horses have reached the $477,000 final on May 8 and to do so they not only had to show up in the entry box but prove their mettle on race day.
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Surreal Ideal has been on a dreamlike roll for trainer/co-owner Vernon Beachy. The 8-year-old male pacer will bring a 12-race win streak to Saturday's (May 2) Grade 3 $100,000 "The Wizard" Pacey Mindlin Memorial at Miami Valley Raceway, and he has not missed a paycheck in 52 consecutive starts dating back to November 2023.
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Cy Fair was too sharp for her own good making her 3-year-old debut in the Limestone Stakes three weeks ago at Keeneland. In the 5 1/2-furlong Mamzelle Stakes on Thursday at Churchill Downs, she was too good for her eight rivals.
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Queen Mallard is now 2 for 2 in route races after she won the $150,000 Natural State Breeders’ Stakes on the front end Thursday at Oaklawn Park. She won by a 2 1/4 lengths over Walk Away Kaye, while it was another 2 1/4 lengths back in third to Lassie My Girl.
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Trainer Whit Beckman said Thursday afternoon that he will put jockey Tyler Gaffalione on Ocelli in the Kentucky Derby.
