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The first time Unwritten Rule shipped to Gulfstream Park was earlier this spring to run in the Texas Glitter Stakes, but when rain forced the race to be switched from turf to Tapeta trainer Tom Proctor opted to scratch him. Proctor is hopeful Mother Nature will be a little more cooperative on Sunday, when Unwritten Rule returns for the $100,000 Roar Stakes.
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After wintering in Florida, Casson returns to the scene of his Victoria Stakes triumph in Sunday's $100,000 King Corrie Stakes at Woodbine. The Ontario-bred is one of three King's Plate nominees in the seven-furlong test for 3-year-olds, along with Fire and Wine and Reload Raleigh.
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Mike Hitchcock trained his 2,000th winner as Beckoning Yankee crossed the finish line first in the 11th race on Thursday (May 14) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
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When the 4-year-old colt Baeza was moved into Bill Mott's stable early this year, the trainer figured the day would come when Baeza would square off with his stable's star, Sovereignty. That day will come sooner rather than later with Baeza a likely runner in the Stephen Foster Stakes on June 27 at Churchill Downs.
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Trainer Bill Mott has a major player in the featured eighth race Sunday at Churchill Downs, where Beauty Reigns faces nine older fillies and mares in a second-level allowance race carded for seven furlongs and open to $80,000 claimers.
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The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale is already unique in the U.S. as the only major-market sale offering an under-tack show on a dirt racetrack. The show looks even more unique this year, as Fasig-Tipton made a change by moving to officially untimed works.
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Before the turf program for California 3-year-olds undergoes revision this summer at Del Mar, an unwelcome tradition continues Sunday at Santa Anita, where another small field of 3-year-olds race a mile on turf in the $100,000 Cinema Stakes.
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This year, trainer Kendra Lyons has branched out from her southern Oregon base, winning three of 29 races and hitting the board 52 percent of the time at Turf Paradise. She'll send out the pair of Chelsiesdanziglite and Fordy G in Sunday's sixth race, a six-furlong starter allowance at Emerald Downs.
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Without Cause will get a rare opportunity to race over six furlongs on turf Sunday at Aqueduct in a conditioned allowance over the outer turf course for fillies and mares.
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While Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel officially began its harness racing journey in October 2019, the track will truly mark its place in the sport as a force on the Grand Circuit stakes scene this Saturday (May 16) when it hosts the $500,000 Oak Grove Trotting Derby and $300,000 Oak Grove Trotting Oaks. These events, as well as the entire vision of Oak Grove present and future, is something that has been a passion project for a man who has been waiting for the Kentucky Standardbred racing scene to revive for a long time.
