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Yonkers: Analysis for Monday 3/9
Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 3/9 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Matt RoseMar 06, 2026
Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 3/9 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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On Saturday at Santa Anita, the well-regarded first-time starter Decisive Win starts for trainer Doug O’Neill in a maiden race at 6 1/2 furlongs. Purchased for $600,000 at the Fasig-Tipton mid-Atlantic sale of 2-year-olds in-training in Maryland last May, Decisive Win is part of a field of 10 in the day’s sixth race.
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Light Won Up is bound for the Grade 3 Limestone Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on turf at Keeneland on April 10 after her win in the Sweet Life Stakes at about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita on Feb. 7.
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Touchuponastar, who put up the year's highest Beyer Speed Figure in a two-turn race last month at Delta Downs, is on pace to make his next start closing weekend at Fair Grounds, according to his owner, Jake Delhomme.
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Full Serrano, a well-beaten third in the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 24, is scheduled to start in the Grade 3 Oaklawn Mile at Oaklawn Park on March 28, trainer John Sadler said.
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They saved the best for last here Sunday, with an $86,000 optional-claiming and allowance dash at five furlongs on the turf slotted as race 10. The sprint drew a well-matched field of 10, plus a pair on the also-eligible list, with the 9-year-old win machine Boat’s a Rockin perhaps the tepid favorite.
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While the current crisis in the Middle East is a concern for everyone, a couple of locally based trainers, Jose D'Angelo and David Fawkes, are paying closer attention to the situation than most. Both are currently planning to run horses on the Dubai World Cup program on March 28 at Meydan Racecourse.
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Mike Pegram and the “car boys” arguably have the early favorite for the Kentucky Oaks after Explora won the Grade 3, $750,000 Honeybee last week at Oaklawn Park. She went over $1 million in earnings with the victory, and now leads all fillies in points for the Kentucky Oaks with 95.
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Trainer Chad Brown will be looking for his filly Collect the Data to resume her winning ways while hoping Garamond can regain his best form in separate allowance races that highlight Sunday's eight-race card at Aqueduct.
Virginia's harness racing industry took another step forward this week when the Virginia Harness Horse Association (VHHA) announced that final-leg purses for Virginia Breeder's Stakes will increase.