Leg 3 of The Meadowlands’ popular $1,000 Monthly Handicapping Contest takes place Saturday (March 21) with a pair of seats for the competition’s $10,000 year-end, invitation-only final up for grabs.
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Owner Vincent To Wai Keung will make his second bid for BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) glory this Sunday, 22 March, with his promising runner Top Dragon.
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Mark Newnham could scarcely have hoped for a better lead-in to the HK$26 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) and was in buoyant mood after Invincible Ibis was handed the plum draw at Thursday’s (19 March) barrier draw.
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Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., plans to add six $100,000 stakes for Florida-bred horses to its schedule this spring and will add four stakes for Florida-bred 2-year-olds in the fall, according to Tom Cannell, the president of the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association.
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A pair of Grade 1-tested turf sprinters idle since the fall, Intricate Spirit and Casson, will launch their 3-year-old campaigns against seven rivals Saturday at Gulfstream Park in an intriguing renewal of the $125,000 Texas Glitter Stakes.
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Bella Ballerina is a good one, no doubt. She comes into Saturday's Fair Grounds Oaks unbeaten in three starts, winner of the Golden Rod in Churchill in her second start at age 2, winner of the Rachel Alexandra here last month in her first start at 3.
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Now 6, Mercante gets his season started in Saturday's renewal of the $300,000, 1 1/8-mile Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway Park.
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Resplendence has now drawn the inside post three races in a row in big fields. The first two times resulted in front-running wins at Turfway Park. She'll try to extend her streak in the $300,000 Bourbonette Oaks for 3-year-old fillies on Saturday's marquee card of the meet.
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Five stakes led by the meet's marquee event on Saturday puts a cherry on top of the stand at Turf Paradise. The $50,000 Phoenix Gold Cup Handicap at six furlongs has lured a 10-horse field full of speed, headed by dangerous shippers Book Smart and Augusta Melody and hot local sprinter Mission Beach.
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A pair of veteran stakes winners who were stymied last month at 1 1/4 miles seek redemption stretching to 1 1/2 miles on turf Saturday at Santa Anita in the Grade 3 San Luis Rey Stakes.
