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The Puma, the fifth choice at 8-1 in the early wagering for Saturday’s 152nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, was scratched about 12 hours before the race was scheduled to be run due to a swollen pastern believed to be caused by a skin infection in his left front leg.
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Nautical Force will look to build on a striking debut success when he steps up to 2400 metres in Sunday’s (3 May) G3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap at Sha Tin, with trainer John Size and rider Karis Teetan confident there is more to come.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, May 3, 2026 at Sha Tin.
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Total wagering handle on the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Friday night surged to a record $29.2 million, up 29.1 percent from 2025.
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The following are $1 will-pays for the Kentucky Oaks-Kentucky Derby double combining Oaks winner No. 9 Always a Runner with the Derby winner.
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Loua Dipa, last year's Dan Patch Award winner and the fastest 2-year-old filly ever at 1:48, made her 2026 debut in one of two divisions of the first leg of the $105,554 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes as the PA-sired season opened at Harrah's Philadelphia on Friday afternoon.
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In just her third career start, Always a Runner and Jose Ortiz ran down Meaning in a long drive for a 1 1/4-length win in the 152nd running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks on Friday night under the lights at Churchill Downs.
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By the time the Grade 2, $600,000 Edgewood Stakes rolled around, trainer Brendan Walsh’s state of mind bore some resemblance to the darkening skies at Churchill, and when four horses, two trained by Walsh, hit the wire nearly as one at the end of the Edgewood, Walsh expected the worst. His luck turned.
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Gold Sweep, who had been knocking on the door in the sprint ranks this meet at Oaklawn Park, came away with a stakes win Friday when he darted to a 3 1/4-length victory over Booth in the $200,000 Lake Hamilton.
