Satono Reve was the 2025 champion sprinter in Japan and made an early claim for the same title this year with a late rally to win the Grade 1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen at six furlongs at Chukyo Racecourse on Sunday for the second consecutive year.
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There are still some moving parts ahead of the Kentucky Derby on May 2, but many believe Renegade established himself as the early favorite for the race with his standout performance in the Grade 1, $1.5 million Arkansas Derby on Saturday.
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Even though Commandment and The Puma hit the finish line as one at the end of Saturday’s Grade 1 Florida Derby, trainer Gustavo Delgado and his son Gustavo Jr. were confident their horse, The Puma, had gotten to the wire first. As did, it seemed, the majority of those who watched the race, either on track or off, around the country.
An inside post is a comfortable starting point for Beuteeful, the winner of Saturday’s $407,190 Los Alamitos Oaks for 3-year-old Quarter Horse fillies.
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Last year, after Far Bridge returned from a layoff to win the Grade 3 Pan American at Gulfstream Park, he shipped to New York to win the Grade 2 Man o’ War six weeks later.
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Hours before he won his second straight Florida Derby, trainer Brad Cox won his first Gulfstream Park Oaks. Now, he not only seems well armed to try and win a second Kentucky Derby, Cox has plenty of ammunition to try and win a fourth Kentucky Oaks.
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Trainer John Ennis two years ago saddled Epic Ride, who won the Leonatus Stakes and finished second in the John Battaglia Memorial at Turfway Park. Rather than continuing on that track’s prep series for the Grade 3 Jeff Ruby, Ennis ventured to Keeneland for a dirt try with Epic Ride, who finished a creditable third in the Grade 1 Blue Grass behind Sierra Leone. He drew in to the Kentucky Derby off the also-eligible list, and finished 14th.
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Hen Party is a filly still obviously working to put things together, but is still obviously talented. Despite still showing some greenness in the stretch, she powered clear for a two-length win in Saturday’s $125,000 Serena’s Song Stakes for 3-year-old fillies sprinting, the closing-night feature at Turfway Park, putting her in good stead to keep improving into the spring and summer.
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Oaklawn Park will have a pick six carryover of $52,482 awaiting horseplayers when racing resumes on Thursday.
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Renegade on Saturday established himself as one of the top choices for the Kentucky Derby with an emphatic, four-length win in the Grade 1, $1.5 million Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park.
