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It might not have been as easy as the toteboard suggested, but Solitude Dude, the 1-9 favorite, took Saturday’s $139,500 Bay Shore Stakes for 3-year-olds by two lengths at Aqueduct.
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Nine of the more than 20 horses who remain under consideration to enter the 152nd Kentucky Derby on May 2 – including three whose status is still pending – put in workouts at six different locations Saturday morning, one week from entry day and two weeks before race day.
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With a forecast that called for a 90 percent chance of showers from mid-morning on, beating the rain became a major objective for the connections of the four potential Kentucky Derby candidates scheduled to work Saturday at Churchill Downs. Fortunately, the local weathermen proved to be very good handicappers, as all four got in those breezes with plenty of room to spare.
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Multiple graded stakes winner Bella Ballerina turned in a serious piece of work toward the May 1 Kentucky Oaks on Saturday at Keeneland, sitting behind two stablemates and then passing them on the inside while breezing five furlongs in 1:00.20.
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On Saturday morning Oak Grove Racing & Gaming announced an impressive turnout for the inaugural $500,000 Oak Grove Trotting Derby and $300,000 Oak Grove Trotting Oaks. Based on preliminary numbers following the March and April nomination payment cycles, it is anticipated that a total of 101 elite trotters will remain eligible for these prestigious new events.
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Silk Cloud A and driver Lauren Tritton found the winner's circle for the first time in this year's MGM Ursula McIntyre Series in fourth-round action at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Friday night (April 17). The 8-year-old imported daughter of Shadow Play stormed past the 6-5 favorite Coastal Babe N nearing the wire and went on to a 1:51 4/5 victory in the $50,000 event.
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Alpine Princess’s first race at Keeneland, in the Alcibiades Stakes in October 2023, produced a 28 1/4-length defeat. Her second, on Friday, yielded a neck victory in the Grade 2, $400,000 Doubledogdare Stakes.
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With Javier Castellano aboard for Mark Casse, And One More Time relished the cutback in distance, taking Friday’s Plenty of Grace at Aqueduct.
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A total of 83 Canadian-bred 3-year-olds were nominated to the 2026 Canadian Triple Crown by the April 1 deadline, including Coronation Futurity victor Fire and Wine and Keeneland maiden winner Magical Factor.
