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Churchill Downs in Louisville has raised the purses for 16 of its stakes races scheduled for this year’s spring meeting. That includes a $500,000 boost for the Turf Classic, bringing the purse of the Grade 1 race to $1.5 million.
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Race 3, a 1 1/8-mile race for females who have started for a tag of $50,000 or less, figures to come down to Big Dig and Pam Pam. Big Dig, claimed by Joe Sharp for $30,000 on Dec. 4, finished second in this same condition Feb. 13. She was beaten just three-quarters of a length by Fast and Frisky who came back Saturday to win a New York-bred allowance/optional claimer by four lengths.
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Stakes-winning sisters Bernietakescharge and Bernieandtherose both were on the work tab Sunday at Belmont Park as the pair of New York-bred females prepare for their upcoming engagements.
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Scottish Lassie, the two-time Grade 1-winning filly, was scheduled to arrive in New York mid-week to continue preparations for her 4-year-old season that likely won’t get started until late spring. Meanwhile, her Jorge Abreu-trained stablemate Jody’s Pride worked at Belmont Park on Sunday morning as she eyes a return to turf in the Plenty of Grace Stakes on April 4 at Aqueduct.
A former employee of the Penn National racing office has been arrested and charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the racetrack, according to records filed by the state police.
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There was a time when Keith Yeung contemplated retirement, but on Sunday afternoon (22 March) at Sha Tin, he’ll take a ride for one of Hong Kong’s most successful trainers in the race that everyone in the city wants to win.
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In the 13th instalment of The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Road to the Derby series, we dial in on the make-up of the field for the city’s most prestigious race and look at how the 14 runners have come to stand on the edge of glory.
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Kontiki, who showed immense promise as a juvenile last summer in Ohio, looks to keep rounding back into form in the $75,000 Southern Park Stakes for statebred 3-year-old fillies sprinting six furlongs on Thursday at Mahoning Valley.
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Dylan Donnelly improved on his fifth-place finish in the 2025 National Horseplayers Championship by winning this year’s NHC by less than $1 after three days of contest play.
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Preparing to partner Sagacious Life in the HK$26 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) next Sunday (22 March), Karis Teetan hit peak form with a double at Sha Tin on Sunday (15 March) as six other participants – Keith Yeung, Harry Bentley, Chris So, John Size, Francis Lui and David Hall – figured prominently.
