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British Isles, a convincing winner of the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap in March, has emerged from a sixth-place finish in the Grade 2 Ben Ali Stakes at Keeneland on April 18 in good condition, trainer Richard Baltas said on Friday.
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Cornucopian and Imagination, stakes winners at Santa Anita and in Saudi Arabia in their last starts, had six-furlong workouts at Santa Anita on Friday in advance of scheduled starts in the Grade 1 Churchill Downs Stakes on May 2.
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One could argue that if Ciborio had stayed at Gulfstream Park for his entire juvenile campaign, his maiden victory might already be well behind him. But in two starts at Kentucky Downs last year, the colt showed trainer Jose D'Angelo more in defeat than he might have with a softer victory.
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Mike Smith, a Hall of Fame jockey who has won the Kentucky Derby twice, was aboard So Happy for his final workout Friday at Churchill Downs in advance of next Saturday's 152nd Kentucky Derby. Smith guided So Happy through a five-furlong breeze in 1:00.38, per Daily Racing Form clocker Mike Welsch.
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Open to third-level allowance horses or $100,000 claimers and carded for 5 1/2 furlongs on grass, the Sunday feature at Churchill Downs drew five horses who haven't started since 2025. A sixth, Alder, last raced Feb. 18 while coming off a two-month break.
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Anakarina was a dominant winner of her last start. A repeat performance might make her difficult to handle Sunday in the $135,000 Majestic.
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If the weather allows, Ultimate Love will make her long-awaited 3-year-old debut as a daunting figure in the $150,000 Memories of Silver Stakes at a mile on turf Sunday at Aqueduct.
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Although he hasn't won a race since a fifth-place finish in last year's Kentucky Derby, Owen Almighty has had troubled trips in two of his three post-Derby outings and now returns to Churchill Downs, a track he's fond of, for Tuesday's eighth race, a $141,000 allowance/optional-claiming race for horses who have never won three times other than, who have never won four races, or are in for a tag.
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The most exciting aspect of 2025 Arc de Triomphe winner Daryz starting in Sunday's Group 1 Prix Ganay at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris is that he is still an active racehorse.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Sunday 4/26 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
