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The $8,600 purse of a $4,000 claiming race at Los Alamitos in September has been ordered redistributed by Santa Anita stewards after race winner Crazy About You was disqualified for a positive test, according to a ruling published by Santa Anita stewards on Feb. 7.
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The multiple stakes winners Queen Maxima and Splendora have had successful starts to their 2026 seasons at Santa Anita, and have local stakes as next-race goals in the coming weeks and months ahead.
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Daily Racing Form handicapper Ron Gierkink's mandatory-payout Rainbow 6 play for Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, at Gulfstream Park.
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Daily Racing Form handicapper Ron Gierkink's late pick five play for Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, at Laurel Park.
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With an eye toward a repeat bid in the $12 million Dubai World Cup next month, Hit Show kicks off his 6-year-old campaign in Saturday's Grade 3, $250,000 Mineshaft Stakes at Fair Grounds, where handicappers may look to a few up-and-comers to try and beat him.
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Not only is Rachel Alexandra favorite Bella Ballerina a half-sister to 2023 Kentucky Oaks winner Pretty Mischievous, she campaigns for the same connections (Godolphin and trainer Brendan Walsh), deploys the same running style, and from the look of her two races might be equally talented.
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A simple throat procedure has turned around the fortunes of National Identity, who goes for his fourth consecutive victory and first in a stakes in Saturday's $135,000 Say Florida Sandy at Aqueduct.
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Takethemoneyhoney will get the toughest test of her career when she takes on multiple stakes winners in the $200,000 Barbara Fritchie Stakes for fillies and mares on Saturday at Laurel Park.
The extreme cold temperatures that have plagued the New York metropolitan area for the last month have wreaked havoc with live action at The Meadowlands, forcing the cancellation of five of the last six race cards.
With the February 15 stakes deadline looming, owners and trainers of 2-year-olds will want to give a close look to the various stakes opportunities this season at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
