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Hugh Bowman gave Romantic Warrior the tick of approval this morning (Tuesday, 14 April) as Danny Shum’s galloper continues his preparation for the HK$30 million G1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) on FWD Champions Day (Sunday, 26 April) at Sha Tin.
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Defending champion Mossdale Ben N served notice to the rest of the competition in this year's MGM Borgata Pacing Series with a sizzling 1:50 1/5 mile in the third and final $50,000 division on Monday night (April 13) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Jason Bartlett-driven and Per Engblom-trained Redwood Hanover and Coaches Corner won the other splits.
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Confident Volo won his second straight preliminary in the Bobby Weiss Series for sophomore trotting males Monday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, but Captain Vodka earned the major honors on the day by beating two other first-round winners and taking a new lifetime mark of 1:54 4/5 in another of three $17,500 Series events.
The Federal Trade Commission has voted to approve the 2026 budget of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, the national regulatory body that oversees racing and drug testing in most major U.S. states.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Wednesday 4/15 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Stakes payments from a number of tracks and organizations are due April 15. Here is a compilation of releases outlining the details for payment.
Statement from Hanover Shoe Farms on a fire that took the lives of 12 horses on Sunday, April 12.
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Lone Star Park opens Thursday night with a strong roster of jockeys and trainers signed on for the 41-date meet that is highlighted by the Lone Star Million Day card and the Summer Turf Festival. Too Much Kiki, the 2025 Texas-bred of the year, highlights the Bluebonnet, the opening-day feature.
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Thursday, four of the eight races on the Aqueduct card are scheduled for the turf including the final two races which drew overflow fields. Race 7 is a first-level allowance for New York-breds scheduled for six furlongs on the outer turf. One Last Knock, trained by Keri Brion, and Long Legged Queen, trained by Joseph Lee, meet again after dead-heating for second in November.
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So many horses were entered in a third-level allowance carded for 1 1/16 miles on Thursday that Keeneland's racing office split it into two 10-runner fields in races 5 and 9, each with a $140,000 purse.
