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Passed in upper stretch by Luv Your Neighbor after leading from the start, Bella Ballerina kept pushing, coming back along the rail in the last half-furlong to win the Rachel Alexandra Stakes by a half-length on Saturday at Fair Grounds.
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Mondego needed nine attempts at five venues before he won the first stakes of his career in Saturday’s Grade 3 San Marcos at 1 1/4 miles on turf at Santa Anita.
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The post parade for the $200,000 General George Stakes looked like a cavalcade of Mid-Atlantic stars at Laurel Park on Saturday, with Quint’s Brew and Slam Notion headlining a field of four stakes winners. By the time they hit the stretch, however, those two standouts and many others had been reduced to also-rans behind the mighty Point Dume.
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French Friction gave trainer Mark Casse his seventh stakes win of the young Oaklawn Park season on Saturday when she powered to a 5 3/4-length victory over Have Faith in the $150,000 Dixie Belle.
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The historic Fair Grounds Race Course basically burned to the ground in 1993. The current facility, lacking the old building’s musty charm, opened in 1997. The track itself did not change, renowned for having the longest homestretch in North America, and Paladin needed nearly every one of the stretch’s 1,346 feet to wear down pacesetting Chip Honcho to win the Risen Star Stakes here on Saturday.
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No question, Lagynos had the ability and resume to win the Fair Grounds Stakes. The question was whether he could win at the graded-stakes level going a distance as far as nine furlongs. The answer is yes, most definitely.
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Claret Beret lost her form last summer but has certainly found it again this winter at Gulfstream Park. She peaked with a career-best performance on Saturday, a convincing five-length victory over Alpine Princess and a strong field of seven fillies and mares as she stretched out to 1 1/16 miles for the first time in nearly a year in the Grade 3, $175,000 Royal Delta Stakes.
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Forever Young has lost one race in the last year, that being to Hit Show in the Dubai World Cup last April.
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Hugh McMahon had only a few moments to review a decades-long career in the winner’s circle at Laurel Park on Saturday. But when asked where he would place Passage East’s thrilling photo-finish victory over Takethemoneyhoney in the $200,000 Barbara Fritchie Stakes, it didn’t take him long to respond.
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On the day Tampa Bay Downs celebrated its 100th anniversary, trainer Mark Casse celebrated his 65th birthday in style by sweeping the two $100,000 turf stakes at the Oldsmar, Fla., track.
