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Baeza, the Grade 1 Stephen Foster runner-up, worked five furlongs in 1:01.64 over the Oklahoma training track Friday morning as he continues preparations for a start in the Grade 1 Whitney at Sartoga on Aug. 8.
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Woodbine canceled Friday’s live Thoroughbred card due to poor air quality in the greater Toronto area.
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On Thursday night, trainer Cherie DeVaux got to hang out with some of the most important people in the sports world at an event in New York City. On Friday morning, her most important horse, got back to work in Kentucky.
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Todd Pletcher had a busy morning on the main track Friday at Saratoga, working a very diverse group of 18 horses that consisted of several older stakes runners and a large number of 2-year-olds prepping for their career debuts.
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Longbranch Lou has earned three victories in $12,500 starter allowances on synthetic since February and will tackle the same condition at 1 1/16 miles on Monday at Gulfstream Park.
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Even off a dominant win in her season debut, Smooch Up hasn't scared anyone off. A big field of 10 has been entered for Monday evening's $100,000 Lady Erie Stakes for 3-year-old fillies sprinting six furlongs on the Tapeta.
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King of Gosford closed from seventh to finish third by 1 1/2 lengths in the 2026 Shoemaker Mile on May 25. The effort gives trainer Phil D'Amato confidence the 5-year-old can win his sixth stakes in Sunday's $100,000 Wickerr Stakes at a mile on turf.
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The speedy sprinter Highwaytothemoon will take them as far as he can when stretching out to 1 1/8 miles in Sunday's $200,000 Plate Trial Stakes, a prep for next month's King's Plate.
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Internationally successful stallion War Front, a classic sire who also has been one of the most commercially popular horses of his era, has been pensioned from stallion duty at Claiborne Farm following the just-completed 2026 season.
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Trainer Mike Puhich claimed Executive Chef for $40,000, and now aggressively starts the 7-year-old in Sunday's 6 1/2-furlong Governor's Stakes, one of six $50,000 stakes on an 11-race card.
