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Capitan Danny, second in both of his starts this meet at Tampa Bay Downs, may finally be spotted for a win in Wednesday's featured first-level allowance/optional $16,000 claiming event at a mile and 40 yards.
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Fabulous Candy won the first race on opening day of the Tampa Bay Downs 2025-26 meeting and it foreshadowed what was ahead for trainer Juan Carlos Avila. With four weeks, or 16 cards, remaining in the season, Avila has 37 winners, eight more than his nearest rival, Juan Arriagada, and looks well on his way to achieving his first training title in North America.
Wagering on Thoroughbred races at U.S. tracks plummeted in March by 12.4 percent, dropping from $931.2 million in the same month of last year to $816.2 million in March of this year, according to figures distributed on Monday by Equibase.
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Further Ado, the runaway winner of the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes on Saturday at Keeneland who figures to be one of the favorites in the May 2 Kentucky Derby, closed at 17-1 in the final Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool.
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Trainer Jena Antonucci has been granted a stay of a 15-day suspension she recently received for a positive test for a controlled medication, according to racing officials.
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Zac Purton and David Hayes were left to scramble for adequate superlatives after Ka Ying Rising continued an imperious reign with a phenomenal display of speed and power to win the HK$5.35 million G2 Sprint Cup (1200m), notching a fourth Sha Tin track record with a record-extending 19th successive victory on Monday (6 April).
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As the harness racing landscape has shifted over the last decade, many trainers have had to alter their plans and refocus on new paths to success. For trainer Paul Kelley that has led to a restructuring that finds him focusing on dual eligibility, with most of his horses fitting the unique Massachusetts Sire Stakes program while also having various options in other locations. With 14 horses currently in training at Sunshine Meadows, Kelley is putting the finishing touches on his three sophomores, while preparing most of his 2-year-olds for action later this summer.
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Juggling race options led to a start by the maiden Lilo Lil in Sunday’s $101,500 Providencia Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on turf at Santa Anita. It turned out to be a shrewd move by trainer Michael McCarthy and owner and breeder Charles Fox.
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This has already been a record-breaking spring for Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith in the buildup to the Triple Crown. Smith is bound for the Kentucky Derby on May 2 with So Happy, winner of Saturday’s Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby. The victory made Smith, 59, the oldest rider to win the track’s marquee race for 3-year-olds.
Croix du Nord, winner of the 2025 Japanese Derby, overcame an outside draw in a field of 15 to win the third Grade 1 race of his career in Sunday’s $3.6 million Osaka Hai at 1 1/4 miles at Hanshin Racecourse in Japan.
