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Meadowlands: Analysis for Friday 6/26/26
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 6/26 card at The Meadowlands.
Derick GiwnerJun 24, 2026
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 6/26 card at The Meadowlands.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 6/26 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Friday 6/26 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Trainer Rick Dutrow has won 12 races from 23 starters at four different tracks over the last month. The recent run of success has brought Dutrow to 1,990 career victories.
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The connections of Nitrogen are raising the degree of difficulty for their champion filly. Nitrogen, a 12 3/4-length winner of the Ogden Phipps earlier this month, will make her next start against males in the $1 million Whitney at Saratoga.
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Soon after losing his weight allowance on June 29, apprentice jockey Yedsit Hazlewood will move out of the Mid-Atlantic region to take mounts at Ellis Park this summer. It will mark a major turning point in the 18-year-old Panamanian rider's career, one in which he has already attained incredible success.
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The challenge to fill races in California gets tougher in spring at Los Alamitos, which begins the second week of its three-week daytime meet on Friday.
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Despite the narrow loss, there was a lot to like about the last race from Inspeightofcharlie, a nose defeat May 10 at Aqueduct. Aside from the price, there certainly is a lot to like about Inspeightofcharlie Friday, when he makes a second attempt at clearing the first-level New York-bred allowance condition going 1 1/16 miles over Aqueduct's inner turf course.
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Four of the seven 3-year-olds entered in Friday's $70,000 optional-claiming and allowance feature will come into the race off a victory. But it will be the stakes-placed Wootun who could garner the most attention from bettors.
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Good losses tend to be underappreciated, and Rhetorical definitely had one in the Manhattan Stakes on June 6 at Saratoga.