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Kentucky Derby: Pavlovian ready for a speed duel
Pavlovian will be ready for a fight should a speed duel develop in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 2.
Steve AndersenApr 19, 2026
Pavlovian will be ready for a fight should a speed duel develop in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 2.
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Oaklawn Handicap hero White Abarrio left the Oaklawn Park backstretch around midday Sunday to return to Gulfstream Park, and his connections will soon start mapping out a plan to get him to either the Breeders’ Cup Classic or Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.
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Horse of the Year Sovereignty has emerged from his runner-up finish in the fastest running of the Grade 2, $1.25 million Oaklawn Handicap in three decades in good order, according to his trainer, Bill Mott.
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Solitude Dude suffered a cut on a front ankle but otherwise came out of his two-length victory in Saturday’s Bay Shore Stakes in good order, trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. said Sunday. The Bay Shore was a steppingstone to the Grade 1 Woody Stephens at Saratoga on June 6.
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Gratefully, the undefeated filly who was scratched out of the Grade 2 Giant’s Causeway Stakes on April 12 due to a foot bruise, will be pointed to the Grade 2, $250,000 Intercontinental at Saratoga on June 4, trainer Robert Falcone Jr. said.
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Master trainer John Size delivered a timely reminder of enduring skill and patience with a quartet highlighted by the triumphant return of Sky Jewellery and the stunning Hong Kong debut of Nautical Force at Sha Tin on Sunday (19 April), as Zac Purton powered to the 100-win milestone for the tenth consecutive season.
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The Irish-bred Sandtrap is part of a successful turf family and it looks like she is prepared to carry on the tradition.
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If you knock on the door hard enough, eventually you will break through. That appears to be the theory for trainer Travis Alexander as his three entries in the MGM Borgata Series enter Monday's (April 20) fourth round of action still searching for a first victory.
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White Abarrio is better than ever at the age of 7.
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Next Saturday Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania hosts the $50,000 Championship of the Bobby Weiss Series for 3-year-old pacing males, and after this Saturday's final preliminary round, conducted in three $17,500 divisions, you'd be hard-pressed not to give a decent chance to several different horses.