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The Dubai-based sprinter Native Approach repelled a late threat from Lugal of Japan to record a surprise win in Saturday’s Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint on turf at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates.
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Fairy Glen, who struggled to win on turf for most of the last two years in low-level stakes for fillies and mares in Britain and France, has found a home in Dubai. On Saturday, Fairy Glen won her second consecutive Group 2 race in a strangely-run Dubai Gold Cup at two miles.
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Wonder Dean wore down pacesetting Six Speed and won the UAE Derby on Saturday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, the fifth straight Japan-based winner of the 1 3/16-mile dirt race.
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From West Virginia last summer to Dubai on Saturday, Banishing has won two major stakes in the last year for trainer David Jacobson. The 6-year-old Banishing ended a five-race losing streak in Saturday’s Group 2 Godolphin Mile at Meydan Racecourse, the first Thoroughbred race on the Dubai World Cup program.
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It pays to have power, and that's exactly what Louies Girl N had in her arsenal in the first leg of the MGM Ursula McIntyre Pacing Series at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Friday night (March 27). With leading trainer Per Engblom handling her conditioning and leading driver Jason Bartlett at the controls, Louies Girl N made a huge move on the backstretch and rolled off to a brilliant 1:52 4/5 victory in the first $50,000 division. The 6-year-old import is undefeated since arriving in North America last year.
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One of the hardest things for any athlete to do is to retire. Perhaps a close second is sitting on the sidelines with an injury, unable to participate in the sport you love, or in the case of driver Mark MacDonald, powerless to earn a living.
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Trainer Mark Casse said earlier this week that Counting Stars long has been considered one of the stable’s top prospects, and the Triple Crown nominee backed it up Friday at Oaklawn Park with an authoritative, 5 1/2-length win the Grade 2, $1 million Fantasy.
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Haulin Ice once again brought her ‘A’ game to Arkansas on Friday, shuttling to a 1 3/4-length win over Foie Gras in the $250,000 Matron Stakes at Oaklawn Park.
David Aragona TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Saturday, March 28, at Aqueduct.
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Keeneland is increasing the minimum wager for its superfecta from 10 cents to 50 cents and increasing the minimum for its pick three bets from 50 cents to $1, effective at the beginning of this year’s spring meet on April 3, the track announced on Thursday.
