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Taking advantage of a rated first-half, American Power pulled off an upset Friday night at the Meadowlands, defeating two big-time, headline-grabbing Hambletonian contenders in the featured $25,000 second leg of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colt and gelding Platinum-level trotters.
Miss Jum Jabber, Hope Hill and I'm A Lou Lou went home with top honors from a trio of $35,851 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes divisions for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Friday evening at The Meadows.
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Three-year-old trotters were at Tioga Downs for New York Sire Stakes races on Friday evening. Fillies competed in one $123,900 event, while the boys were split into two $59,100 divisions.
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Yannick Gingras flew into Woodbine Mohawk Park for a pair of drives in the two C$30,000 Goodtimes eliminations - a Grade 2 event for trotting 3-year-olds - on Friday night (June 5) and found the winner's circle with both, guiding 4-5 favorite Magic Punk and 4-1 third choice Neighver Punt to victories.
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It was at Saratoga last summer where Nitrogen proved she could handle dirt as well, if not better, than turf, and that versatility translated into a championship campaign. It was at Saratoga late Friday afternoon that Nitrogen, now 4, proved she still prefers dirt – especially Saratoga dirt – as she romped to an impressive 12 3/4-length victory in the Grade 1, $500,000 Ogden Phipps that could very well kick-start another championship campaign.
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Portfolio Duration, on the lead from the start, lasted just long enough to win the New York Stakes on Friday at Saratoga. The 4-year-old filly not only added a first stakes score to her holdings, she won a Grade 1 while making just her fifth start and only her second in stakes competition.
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Sharmin, a 5-year-old mare, was euthanized on the track following a scary incident at Laurel Park on Friday, in which apprentice jockey Jose Vargas was unseated and an outrider had to be sent to a nearby hospital.
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One year after sending out La Cara to a 7-1 upset over 1-5 favorite and undefeated Good Cheer in the Acorn, Casse did it again, this time with Counting Stars, who blew by undefeated Kentucky Oaks winner Always a Runner in midstretch on her way to a 3 3/4-length victory in Friday’s $500,000 Acorn.
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Fitz Right extended her 2026 winning streak to three races with a perfect-trip victory in Friday’s Grade 2 Wonder Again Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on turf at Saratoga.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Monday 6/8 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
