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Weekend GamePlan: Picks for Virginia Derby, San Simeon, Sandy Bottom
Weekend GamePlan: Picks for Virginia Derby, San Simeon, Sandy Bottom
Marcus HershMar 12, 2026
Weekend GamePlan: Picks for Virginia Derby, San Simeon, Sandy Bottom
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Though the workout was not officially recorded because of foggy conditions on Sunday, Withers Stakes winner Talk to Me Jimmy had an important drill last Sunday at Belmont Park for the Wood Memorial.
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The maiden Civil Liberty, third in the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity and fourth in the Grade 1 American Pharoah at Santa Anita as a 2-year-old, is pointing to the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial on April 4.
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Long on miles and short on stakes wins, the jet-setting colt Buetane will ramble on to Colonial Downs as the likely favorite in the $500,000 Virginia Derby on Saturday.
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Two years ago, trainer Brian Lynch swept the three-race series for filly and mare turf sprinters held each winter during the Gulfstream Park Championship meet with Stone Silent. On Saturday, he'll be favored to repeat that accomplishment when he sends out Moon Spun in quest of her fifth straight victory in the $125,000 Captiva Island Stakes.
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In Saturday's $135,000 Jimmy Winkfield Stakes for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct, the connections of Igniter appear to have found the ideal race to find out how effective their son of Volatile can be at six furlongs.
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Due to an excess of entries, the $100,000 Sandy Bottom Stakes will be split into two divisions on Saturday at Colonial Downs. Of all the trainers who took their chance in the one-mile race for older fillies and mares, it's possible that no one benefited from the split more than trainer Hugh McMahon.
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Woodbine Entertainment today announced 54 3-year-old pacers have been nominated to the 43rd Pepsi North America Cup (G1).
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Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 3/14 card at The Meadowlands.
If you heard a noise Saturday (March 7) night at the conclusion of the 10th race at The Meadowlands that sounded like someone groaning in great pain, it might have been the player who was, apparently, on his or her way to cashing in big on the $1 PK 8.