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Believing it would be “too much too soon,” trainer Bob Baffert on Friday said that undefeated 3-year-old Crude Velocity would skip the Preakness Stakes on May 16 at Laurel Park and likely point to the Grade 1 Woody Stephens on June 6 at Saratoga.
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Good luck parsing the featured eighth race Sunday at Churchill. The first-level turf mile allowance drew an overflow field of 16 and, on paper, looks wildly competitive.
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Rhetorical came out of his brilliant May 2 victory in the Grade 1 Turf Classic so well that connections tentatively plan to run him back June 6 in the $1 million Manhattan at Saratoga.
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Brad Cox did not notch his first outright Kentucky Derby win last weekend, but he still has a loaded stable and is hatching plans for his two Derby runners and a host of other high-level performers.
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Daily Racing Form has served as the most trusted source of news and information about the sport since 1894, and moving forward we have decided to provide a free daily playbook – something that both hardcore horseplayers and casual observers can reference to get informed of each day’s action.
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Three allowance races won't make things easy for bettors venturing to try the Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Park on Sunday. With a mandatory payout and expected pool of $750,000, the wager is sure to attract its fair share of attention, but narrowing things down between classy contenders will be key.
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Unbeaten in two starts, Contentious is the fastest qualifier for Sunday's $254,400 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity at 300 yards and is expected to be favored in a field of 10.
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A legislative committee in Maryland has placed a 45-day delay on the state’s purchase of Laurel Park to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the transaction.
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It will be Take 2 for Go Kart Mozart at Woodbine when the Robert Tiller-trained 4-year-old hits the track for the second time in a week in Sunday's featured conditioned allowance/optional claimer at six furlongs. Go Kart Mozart was feeling a little too good before last Sunday's Thorncliffe Stakes. He got loose shortly after the post parade and was scratched.
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Trainer Michael Puhich was hospitalized with a faulty liver in 2024, when his world got even worse. One of his grooms called Puhich at the hospital to tell him that Background, a 7-year-old barn favorite who won the 2021 Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs, had been claimed for $32,000.
