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Pocono: Horses to watch from May 23 - May 26
Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
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Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
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She has only run three times, but Always a Runner, the Kentucky Oaks winner, has already advanced to near the top of the list of fillies Chad Brown has ever trained. Brown made that comment after he watched Always a Runner work a half-mile in 48.78 seconds Friday morning over the Oklahoma training track in preparation for a start in the Grade 1 Acorn next Friday at Saratoga.
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Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Disruptor, runner-up to T O Elvis in the Grade 1 Churchill Downs Stakes on May 2, will miss the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap due to an illness, trainer Todd Pletcher confirmed on Friday.
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If the Sunday feature at Churchill Downs feels like a stakes disguised as an allowance race, that's because for all intents and purposes it is. The feature is carded for 5 1/2 furlongs on turf and restricted to 3-year-old fillies who have not won a graded race on grass.
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Trainer Miguel Clement had originally planned on putting Deterministic on the Oklahoma turf course Friday for his final work in preparation for a defense of his title a week from Saturday in the Grade 1 Manhattan. But after taking a little run over the turf himself on Thursday evening, Clement opted to call an audible, instead breezing his Eclipse Award finalist on the Oklahoma dirt, going five furlongs in a very impressive 1:01.92 per Daily Racing Form.
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Constitution River and Daryzan lead the betting for Sunday's Group 1 French Derby at Chantilly Racecourse north of Paris after diverse starts to their careers.
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Vive Veuve, who rallied up the rail to win the off-the-turf $200,000 Ouija Board Distaff in her dirt debut Monday at Lone Star Park, has returned home to Churchill Downs, according to her trainer, Joe Sharp.
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As it gets closer to finalizing the field for the $2 million Belmont Stakes to be run next Saturday at Saratoga, one thing that's becoming clear is the pace scenario will likely not be as torrid as it was in the Kentucky Derby five weeks ago. Of course, that is likely to have a significant impact on Golden Tempo and Renegade.
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Desert Gate won his second consecutive stakes in the $300,000 Texas Derby on Monday at Lone Star Park. After his strong effort, all options are on the table going forward, trainer Bob Baffert said Thursday.