The second and final preliminary leg of the Maryland Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters and pacers was contested Monday evening over the half-mile oval at Ocean Downs, setting the stage for Championship Night later this month.
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Four-time Hong Kong Champion Jockey Joao Moreira paid tribute to his boss, Caspar Fownes, following the trainer’s emphatic title win ahead of the Season Finale at Happy Valley on Wednesday (15 July).
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Trainer Robert Gilker has had some success shipping horses to Emerald Downs from his former home base of Hastings Racecourse. Now that he's based at Emerald, Gilker has found matters more challenging.
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Roughly one in five summer races at Del Mar are for 2-year-olds, ranging from maiden claiming to Grade 1 and sired by a host of first-crop stallions.
Dan Noble steered Party Up and Breadnbutterz to victories in two of the three $50,000 Ohio Sires Stakes tilts for rookie pacing fillies on Monday night at Northfield Park. Brett Miller won the other flight with Moni N The Safe.
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In just the second start of her career, Erv Miller trainee Dame Frances fired first-up on the rim to the last turn and kicked by pace-setter Banana Beach to win the $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) final for 2-year-old pacing fillies under wraps in a track-record 1:50 4/5 mile on Monday (July 13) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel.
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Nordic Catcher S did not look like a horse who was coming off a 345-day layoff, as the 2025 Hambletonian winner, who had not raced since that million dollar day, was ready for the $27,500 featured fast-class handicap trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon, winning in 1:51. The time was only two-fifths of a second off the 13-year-old divisional track and world record of Uncle Peter.
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Talk to Me Jimmy and Sculcos Folly raced together for almost the entire length of the $164,000 New York Derby, and Talk to Me Jimmy got the measure of his foe late for a 1 1/4-length victory.
Monticello Raceway welcomed the 3-year-old pacing fillies from the New York Sire Stakes circuit to town on Monday afternoon for a pair of divisions that were won by Liberty Style (Jason Bartlett) and Odds On Monetary (Matt Kakaley).
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Significant purse increases for Woodbine’s stakes and overnight races were announced Monday by Woodbine Entertainment, the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association of Ontario, and Ontario Racing.
