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Queen's Martini stirs her first stakes triumph in Dig a Diamond
Queen’s Martini became a stakes winner in her two-turn debut Saturday when she edged Pronghorn by a nose in the $200,000 Dig a Diamond at Oaklawn Park.
Mary RampelliniApr 25, 2026
Queen’s Martini became a stakes winner in her two-turn debut Saturday when she edged Pronghorn by a nose in the $200,000 Dig a Diamond at Oaklawn Park.
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On a stacked 12-race card on Saturday at Gulfstream Park, including six statebred stakes, several high-profile Florida-breds found themselves right at home.
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One Magic Philly ended her last form cycle with a whimper. On Saturday, in the $200,000 Roxelana Stakes at Churchill Downs, she started a new one with a bang.
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Sunday, April 26, at Aqueduct.
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Jockey Sofia Vives won the $125,250 Star Shoot Stakes for the third consecutive year at Woodbine Saturday aboard the Joe Sharp-trained shipper Mony Mony, who made the most of a speed-favoring track in the six-furlong dash.
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Blackmail flew up the rail under storm clouds at Aqueduct to win the $150,000 Woodhaven Stakes on Saturday.
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Zany was the favorite when the lone Kentucky Oaks future wager pool took place in March. She is still the morning-line favorite for the 152nd edition of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks, to be contested next Friday at Churchill Downs. However, after incurring her first loss last time out, it's lukewarm 4-1 favorite status in an overflow field that truly appears wide-open.
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Trainer Brad Cox took center stage Saturday morning at Churchill Downs and got rave reviews for the workout performances from all three of his Kentucky Derby contenders – Further Ado, Commandment, and Fulleffort. Cox's trio worked five furlongs from the 4 1/2-furlong pole, Further Ado and Commandment over a racetrack officially listed as “good” when opening at 5:15 a.m. following overnight rains, the latter on a track upgraded to “fast” by the time he breezed two hours later.
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Renegade was among the last of the Kentucky Derby starters to arrive on the grounds when his van from Florida came through the Churchill Downs gates around 2:45 a.m. Saturday.
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