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Woodbine Mohawk Park: Analysis for Saturday 4/25
Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Saturday 4/25 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Kevin PlowchaApr 23, 2026
Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Saturday 4/25 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Ka Ying Rising, who will start as a massive favorite in Sunday's Group 1 Chairman's Sprint Prize at Sha Tin Racecourse, has won 19 consecutive races since February 2024, a record for a Hong Kong-based runner, and has lowered the six-furlong course record three times in the last 18 months.
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The talented maiden Lakota Lady could graduate in style in Saturday's $125,000 Star Shoot for 3-year-old fillies, the first stakes of the Woodbine meet.
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This Saturday kicks off the Churchill Downs spring meet, with a total of 44 race dates and 50 stakes races cumulatively worth a record $27.8 million.
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In the wake of a fatal breakdown in a hillside turf sprint April 4, followed by miscommunication that compromised heavily favored Queen Maxima in the Grade 3 Monrovia Stakes the same day, Santa Anita veterinary staff have issued new protocols for hillside turf sprints.
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The spotlight shines on the local product at Turf Paradise Saturday as Arizona-bred day is comprised of five stakes showcasing the state's breeding industry. The hub of the action is the Gene Fleming Breeders' Derby for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles.
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Grand Slam Smile is ahead of schedule, having already started three times this year while she nears $1 million in earnings. Saturday, Grand Slam Smile will try to finish ahead of her rivals in the Grade 3 Royal Heroine Stakes at Santa Anita, a turf mile for fillies and mares in which she looks like the controlling speed.
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Asternia, drawn outside, and Jersey Pearl, who breaks from post 2, stand as the primary pace players in the Roxelana, but will they go fast enough to suit Churchill lover Zeitlos, set to step forward in her second start this year?
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Executives at Churchill Downs Inc. said on Thursday morning during a conference call that a recent agreement to purchase a package of intellectual property rights related to the Preakness Stakes would generate approximately $6 million in revenue each year while also acknowledging that “control” over the race and racing in Maryland remained in the hands of the state.
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The number of maiden or last-out winners at Tampa Bay Downs to win stakes elsewhere this year is growing. Trainer Chad Brown hopes Instability can add his name to the list when he runs in Saturday's $150,000 Woodhaven Stakes for 3-year-olds scheduled for one mile over Aqueduct's inner turf course.