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Maximum Bourbon, in his first start for the Phil D'Amato barn and also his stakes debut, posted a 5 3/4-length victory in the $200,000 St. Matthews Overnight Stakes, a sprint for older horses who have not won a graded stakes in 2025 or 2026, on Thursday at Churchill Downs.
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Seemingly beaten in mid-stretch, Lagynos split horses in deep stretch under Jose Ortiz and somehow got his nose down on the wire over Chasing the Crown to win the $349,003 Opening Verse Stakes at Churchill Downs.
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Derick Giwner's analysis of the Monday 5/4 card at Oak Grove.
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For many, attending the Kentucky Derby is a bucket list experience. That’s true for Ryan Becker, who is battling a rare autoimmune condition. Becker not only gets to check the Derby off on Saturday, but will experience it as a minority shareholder in a horse in one of the stakes on the undercard.
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Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 5/2 card at The Meadowlands.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Saturday 5/2 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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A serious illness last summer cost Ways and Means a good chunk of her 2025 campaign. A far less serious illness could compromise her main rival, Splendora, in the Derby City Distaff on Saturday at Churchill.
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Donna Herrick, whose family raced such graded stakes winners as Magnum, Medici Code, and Nuclear Debate, died on April 15 at the age of 97, her family announced earlier this month.
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Since late December, trainer Jonathan Thomas has won 10 races at Santa Anita, including four stakes. The 4-year-old gelding Hiding in Honduras can add to that list when he starts in the longest race of his brief career in Saturday’s Grade 2 Charles Whittingham Stakes at 1 1/4 miles on turf at Santa Anita.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Saturday 5/2 card at Yonkers Raceway (Post Time 3:30 P.M EDT).
