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Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella plans to have starters in the three major stakes at Santa Anita on May 25 – the Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile, Grade 1 Gamely Stakes, and Grade 2 Hollywood Gold Cup.
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Dandy Ideal, one of the major players in the 3-year-old pacing male ranks last year, showed he was ready to start his 4-year-old season with a 1:52 2/5 victory in a Wednesday morning qualifier at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
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Driver Sam Widger notched win number 8,000 on Tuesday (May 12) at Eldorado Scioto Downs with Saying Grace N in 1:53 3/5.
Unbeaten Minimum Forty moves up to nonwinners-of-three company in Friday's Woodbine feature that combines Ontario-sired allowance types with $40,000-claiming females. Can she survive a speed duel with the sharp Gulfstream shipper Brittany's Way?
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In addition to consulting with the principals of Pin Oak Stud, the owners of Incredibolt, trainer Riley Mott sought the advice of another person before deciding whether to wheel the sixth-place finisher from the Kentucky Derby back in two weeks in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes.
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White Abarrio breezed a very leisurely three furlongs from the quarter pole into the clubhouse turn in 38.38 seconds shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday at Gulfstream Park. It was his first official work since his two-length decision over Sovereignty in the Oaklawn Handicap 24 days earlier.
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Racing resumes Friday with a nine-race program topped by a $65,000 entry-level allowance test for Florida-bred fillies and mares. The 1 1/16-mile turf race drew an evenly matched field of 10 with the inside drawn pair of Bayou Brigid and Lindsay Smiles perhaps the ones to beat.
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Danon Bourbon, who finished fifth in the Kentucky Derby, beaten three lengths after holding a two-length lead in mid-stretch, was diagnosed with a chipped knee, his connections announced on Wednesday.
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Different venue, but trainer Norm Casse will hope for the same result when he brings Awesome Aaron back to Maryland for Friday's Grade 3, $250,000 Pimlico Special to be held at Laurel Park.
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Fresh off winning the New York-bred trainer of the year award, Linda Rice will seek to get into the winner's circle with an Irish-bred on Friday when she saddles leading contender Thiene in the fourth race at Aqueduct.
