Bolero Bay must overcome post 10 on Saturday when he seeks to win his third consecutive race in a competitive renewal of the $100,000 Not Surprising at Gulfstream Park. The 1 1/16-mile route for 3-year-olds on Tapeta is one of three stakes on an 11-race card.
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Highly Wicked will attempt to remain unbeaten over the Evangeline Downs turf course on Saturday night, when she puts a 7-for-7 local record on the line in the $100,000 Louisiana Legends Turf Distaff.
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The sting of defeat in the $20 million Saudi Cup has gradually subsided for trainer Bob Baffert, who saw his best chance to win the world's richest race fall a length short four months ago in Riyadh. Saturday, at Saratoga, Nysos seeks to grab one of North America's most prestigious prizes when he heads a seven-horse field entered in the $1 million Metropolitan Handicap.
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Home from a successful international trip earlier this year, Reef Runner resumes his American career in Saturday's Grade 1 Jaipur Stakes at Saratoga. It is not an easy spot for a comeback. Reef Runner, trained by David Fawkes for owners and breeders Alex and JoAnn Lieblong, is part of a field of 10, all stakes winners.
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Book'em Danno and Bentornato are seeking to firm up their places at the top of the nation's sprint division in Saturday's Grade 3 True North Stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs on dirt at Saratoga.
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If Mia's Crusade regains form in the $75,000 Spruce Fir Handicap on Saturday at Monmouth Park, she will have the chance to make history.
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Horseplayers have a judgment call to make with Street Warrior, the probable favorite in Saturday night's 10,000 Lakes who will give up recency to all of his rivals but one in the $50,000 stakes at Canterbury Park.
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In a career that will soon eclipse 6,000 wins, it could be hard to single out an individual highlight. For Todd Pletcher, not so much.
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The question, using both history and form analysis as a guide, is not whether trainer Chad Brown will win the Just a Game Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga, but with whom.
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The way things have gone this Churchill Downs meet for the trainer Wesley Ward, the Mighty Beau Stakes will feature a destructively fast pace, fall apart, and land in the lap of the Ward-trained No Nay Hudson.
