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Test Score rallied four-wide in the stretch under Manny Franco and held off his South African-bred stablemate One Stripe by a neck to win the Pegasus World Cup Turf as Graham Motion trainees finished one-two in the Pegasus World Cup Turf.
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Destino d’Oro’s prior success at Gulfstream Park led trainer Brad Cox to choose running the newly turned 4-year-old filly in Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf rather than next weekend’s Grade 3, $175,000 Endeavour Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.
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Trainer Bill Mott always thought Grand Job had the ability to become a graded stakes winner. And while it might have taken a little longer than he had hoped, that goal was accomplished Saturday at Gulfstream Park with her decisive 2 3/4-length victory over former stablemate Sterling Silver in the Grade 2 Inside Information Stakes.
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Saturday, at Gulfstream Park, Layabout showed fantastic speed and stamina in winning the Grade 3, $225,000 William L. McKnight Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths over the late running Padiddle. It was a neck back to Balnikhov in third.
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What was expected to be a two-horse race between undefeated Life and Times and Grade 3 winner Knightsbridge in Saturday’s $175,000 Fred Hooper Stakes turned out to be a showcase for Knightsbridge, who drew away to a popular and very impressive 4 3/4-length victory over the 25-1 Back Em Up at Gulfstream Park.
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Litigation took all the late money to go off a slight favorite then came with a powerful late to run reward his backers by getting up over 90-1 shot Full Disclosure to win the $175,00 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint by a neck.
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Speed Shopper got a beautiful trip under John Velazquez, split horses in midstretch, and ran down stubborn pacesetter Ayra Stark to win Saturday’s Grade 3, $175,000 Christophe Clement Stakes by 1 3/4 lengths.
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One of the most anticipated days on the harness racing calendar comes up on Sunday (January 25) when the Prix d'Amerique takes place at Vincennes Racecourse in Paris. Eighteen of Europe's top trotters are set to compete over 2,700 meters (about a mile and two-thirds) and from a standing start.
The Big Fresno Fair announced on Friday that harness racing will return to Fresno after a century-long absence through a new agreement with Watch and Wager, LLC., a California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) approved racing operator and the newest interim event at the Fresno Fairgrounds.
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Consistently poor weather has impacted Law School’s training regimen at Parx Racing, but trainer Jamie Ness remains confident that the 3-year-old filly can make some noise in New York or Maryland in the near future.
