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Some groundhogs may have predicted six more weeks of winter, but spring is in the air for owners and trainers of Standardbreds as they mull over stakes payments ahead of the looming February 15 deadline (which could actually be February 17 since the 15th is a Sunday and 16th is a holiday).
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Expensive Queen looked like a stakes horse winning a first-level allowance race at Keeneland last April in her North American debut. On Saturday at Fair Grounds, she demonstrated that she is one in the Albert Stall Memorial.
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National Identity may not be a totally different horse since he underwent throat surgery in April 2025, but there is one specific change that jockey Kendrick Carmouche notices about the 4-year-old New York-bred colt.
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Sunday, February 15, At Aqueduct.
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He wasn’t as sharp as last month, but odds-on favorite Usually Wrong won his second straight stakes race after holding clear Mondogetsbuckets by a neck in the $97,000 Colonel Power on Saturday at Fair Grounds.
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Arctic Beast ran well when finishing second in the Springboard Mile two months ago at Remington Park. Just not well enough to be seriously considered a factor on the Triple Crown trail. That was something his connections came to terms with rather quickly and thus they have opted for shorter – and in the case of Saturday’s Damon Runyon Stakes at Aqueduct – easier company for Arctic Beast.
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Reef Runner has reached millionaire status since he was gelded last spring. On Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Reef Runner won the richest race of his career in the Group 2, $2 million 1351 Turf Sprint at about 6 3/4 furlongs.
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Forever Young, one of the best dirt horses to come along in years, got his Saudi Cup repeat Saturday, holding back the American star Nysos to win the $20 million Saudi Cup.
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Caspar Fownes became only the fourth trainer in Hong Kong racing history to reach 1,200 wins at Sha Tin on Saturday (14 February), a milestone achieved as he landed a double to move level at the top of the 2025/26 trainers’ championship.
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Al Haram closed from near the rear of a 14-runner field to run down game pacesetting American shipper Obliteration and win the Saudi Derby by 1 1/4 lengths on Saturday at King Abdulaziz Racecourse.
