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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.
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There will always be a measure of anticipation when Almendares starts. This is commonplace for a come-from-behind runner.
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Taj Mahal worked twice as hard as any rival in the $150,000 Federico Tesio Stakes on Saturday at Laurel Park, but it didn’t make an ounce of difference in the end. The wonder colt scraped the stars in a wild front-running ride under Sheldon Russell, eased back to the field, and rocketed away again to win by 8 1/2 lengths.
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Crupper earned a Preakness berth on Saturday at Oaklawn Park, where he was prominent throughout for a half-length win over Chad Allan in the $200,000 Bathhouse Row Stakes.
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Sunday, April 18, at Aqueduct.
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Cruise the Nile switched styles in his stakes debut and flew home with authority to win the $100,000 Henry S. Clark by a neck at Laurel Park on Saturday.
