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All-sources handle at the Keeneland spring meet that concluded on Friday jumped 8.65 percent over wagering during the weather-challenged spring meet last year but declined slightly when compared to the spring meet of 2024, according to figures distributed by the track on Friday night.
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Coastal Babe N and driver Yannick Gingras went wire-to-wire in 1:52 2/5 in the first of three $50,000 divisions in the fifth and final leg of the MGM Ursula McIntyre Series at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Friday night (April 24), assuring the $200,000 added final on May 8 will be a matchup of two impressive New Zealand imports.
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Famous Dan ($4.52) may not be 'famous' for winning Buffalo Raceway's co-featured $11,500 trot on Friday afternoon (April 24), but he will long be remembered by trainer Maria Rice.
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Unbeaten General Graham sold for $375,000 to top a short and sweet edition of the Keeneland April selected horses of racing age sale, which took place Friday evening on the closing day of the track’s spring meet.
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Maiden races at Keeneland frequently produce impressive performances, but the victory on Thursday by a 3-year-old filly first-time starter named Mashallah was not merely impressive. It was historic.
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Have Faith continued trainer Dallas Stewart’s strong meet at Oaklawn Park, where she closed up the rail to win the $135,000 Southern Hospitality overnight stakes by three-quarters of a length over Carolyncaroline.
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Speed Shopper was sent away favored by the closing-day crowd at Keeneland, and the shoppers proved right, as the mare continued an upward ascent with a 1 1/4-length victory in the Grade 3, $350,000 Bewitch Stakes for fillies and mares routing on the turf, the feature on the last day of the spring meet.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Monday 4/27 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 4/27 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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The 2026 Churchill Downs spring meeting does not open until Saturday but there was plenty of action out on the racetrack Friday morning, especially during the workout window reserved for Kentucky Derby and Oaks hopefuls, with four potential Derby starters and a handful of possible Oaks runners working in rapid-fire order.
