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If fates allow, trainer Linda Rice and Acoustic Ave might make a career out of finding short graded stakes fields at Aqueduct. A runner-up versus four rivals in the Grade 3 Elite Power in December, the 6-year-old gelding is sure to be in the mix again in a five-horse running of the Grade 3 Tom Fool Stakes on Saturday.
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The 3-year-old colt Touch of Fire in his lone start, a Jan. 8 maiden turf route at Fair Grounds, went off at odds of 4-1, a tick over his 7-2 morning line. Don't expect him to come close to his 3-1 morning-line odds in the $100,000 Black Gold Stakes, the featured race on a four-stakes Saturday card.
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They're coming from several locales to run in Saturday's Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct. Some may be chasing Kentucky Derby points. Some may be just trying to win a historic race with a nice purse.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Saturday 2/28 card at The Meadowlands.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Saturday 2/28 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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There will be 73 stakes worth $23.575 million offered at the extended 2026 Saratoga meet, but two prestigious races that had been run at Saratoga the past five summers will be moved back to Belmont Park this fall.
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Between the blizzard in New York this week and plentiful options at Gulfstream, trainer Whit Beckman would have been excused if he had decided to scratch his two 3-year-old fillies from the $200,000 Busher Stakes at Aqueduct on Saturday. Instead, the trainer will keep the short field intact, shipping Nycon and Blazing Brat in from Florida for the Kentucky Oaks qualifying race.
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Following a bullet five-furlong work in 59.15 seconds over the Palm Meadows turf course on Sunday, trainer Brian Lynch feels confident bringing Wolfie's Dynaghost back to the races in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Canadian Turf Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
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Literate and Devassa, who have both run through several changes in the course of their careers, intersected to finish first and second in last month's Likely Exchange Stakes at Turfway Park. They get a rematch in the $125,000 Wintergreen Stakes Saturday night, for fillies and mares going the same mile on the Tapeta.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, February 28, 2026, at Sha Tin.
