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Magnitude on Saturday set himself up for a start in the $12 million Dubai World Cup when he launched his 4-year-old season with a cruising, 3 3/4-length win in the Grade 3, $500,000 Razorback Handicap at Oaklawn Park.
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Thought Process recorded a two-length win in Saturday’s Grade 2 Buena Vista Stakes for fillies and mares on turf even though trainer Phil D’Amato rated her readiness at “90 to 95 percent” after a layoff of more than six months.
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Black Hornet got a perfect trip from jockey Declan Cannon and got the money in the $100,000 Black Gold Stakes, the featured race Saturday at Fair Grounds.
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Grand Sonata, whose career has been marked by narrow defeats in major races, broke a lengthy losing streak with a half-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 2, $205,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
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Commandment, under Irad Ortiz Jr., outfinished Chief Wallabee and Junior Alvarado to win Saturday’s Grade 2, $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes by a head at Gulfstream Park and punch his ticket to the Kentucky Derby.
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Iron Honor shone bright and struck hard in the Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct on Saturday, wearing down a deep field of 3-year-olds for his second career victory. A debut winner in December, he is now a graded stakes winner and Triple Crown contender after just two starts for trainer Chad Brown.
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After winning two stakes earlier on the card with horses who were at double-digit odds, trainer Brendan Walsh had a little pressure on him when he sent out the favorite Lush Lips in the Grade 3, $150,000 Honey Fox Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
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She Be Smooth has certainly come a long ways in a short time. Saturday, she became a Grade 2 winner in just her second lifetime start, doing so in style with a convincing six-length victory over the 25-1 My Miss Mo in the $225,000 Davona Dale Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
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In a vintage effort at Aqueduct on Saturday, Bold Journey didn’t play the part of a 7-year-old gelding, winless in 13 starts since the start of 2024. Determined under Eric Cancel, the unlucky old-timer finally proved undeniable again, flying late to win the Grade 3 Tom Fool Stakes in a scrambling photo finish.
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Rebel’s Romance scored a measured 1 1/2-length victory, the 21st of his epic career, in the Dubai City of Gold Stakes on Super Saturday at Meydan Racecourse.
