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Secured Freedom, unsuccessful in three graded stakes at Santa Anita and Churchill Downs earlier this year, rallied from fourth in the final half-mile to win his first stakes in the $101,000 Affirmed Stakes for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita on Monday.
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Eliminations were not required for either the MGM Yonkers Trot or the MGM Grand Messenger Stakes, the opening leg of the Trotting and Pacing Triple Crowns for 3-year-old colts and geldings.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Wednesday 6/17 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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In the Queen Anne Stakes, first race of the 2025 Royal Ascot meeting, Notable Speech checked in an uncompetitive fourth as the tepid second choice. Expectations run far higher in this year’s Queen Anne, and Notable Speech will be widely expected to launch the 2026 Royal Ascot meeting with a victory.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 6/16 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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For an American audience, Thursday's kind of the weak link in the five-day Royal Ascot meeting, but the day's 2 1/2-mile Ascot Gold Cup features Scandinavia, likely to be one of the shorter prices in Group 1 races at the five-day stand.
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The featured eighth race on Wednesday at Churchill Downs, a second-level dirt sprint allowance with an $80,000 claiming option, looks overloaded with speed. Track Mate could be there to pick up the pieces.
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Maybe most expected another blowout win from Burnham Square in the Chorleywood. Maybe the narrow margin Saturday only serves to move Burnham Square forward.
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On pedigree alone, End of Romance will certainly garner attention. But his last race, his first marathon attempt, was solid enough to make him a contender in Thursday's featured second-level allowance /optional-claiming turf feature going 1 3/8 miles at Aqueduct.
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The matchup between Daryz and Ombudsman in Wednesday's Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes at 1 1/4 miles at Royal Ascot in Britain is a racing fan's dream.
