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Consecutive wins by the outsiders Midnight Mammoth ($21.20) and Atomic Drop ($40.40) in the sixth and seventh races on Friday at Santa Anita have led to a two-day carryover of $78,330 in Saturday’s $2 pick six.
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Champion trainer John Size is ramping up his bid for a 14th title this weekend as he prepares to send a squad of 13 runners to the 11-race meeting at Sha Tin. Size’s contingent for Sunday’s (18 January) 15th National Games Hong Kong Medallists Raceday equals his largest of the season as he seeks to close the gap on the premiership leaders. His 17 wins so far place him in eighth position, 15 wins behind leader Mark Newnham as the 2025/26 season approaches the midway point.
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Saturday, January 17, at Aqueduct.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 1/19 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Monday 1/19 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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All-sources handle at all California tracks declined 5 percent in 2025 despite the absence of Thoroughbred racing in Northern California and the loss of a vital weekend at Santa Anita in December because of rain, according to figures released at Wednesday’s California Horse Racing Board meeting.
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In allowance races for statebreds on turf at Del Mar in Nov. 30 and at Santa Anita on Dec. 29, Mr. Disrespectful overcame troubled trips to win as a favorite. He won by a nose at Del Mar and by 3 1/2 lengths at Santa Anita. The determination could lead to the 6-year-old’s first stakes win in the $175,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic for California-breds at 1 1/8 miles on turf at Santa Anita on Saturday.
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The New York Racing Association plans to build 15 efficiency apartments on the grounds of Belmont Park dedicated for use by assistant trainers in a bid to attract out-of-state outfits to New York when downstate racing shifts to one facility later this year. The plan was part of NYRA’s capital budget presented and approved Friday during a 90-minute Franchise Oversight Board meeting held in Schenectady.
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The undefeated Breeders’ Cup winner and soon-to-be-named Eclipse champion Ted Noffey was finally back on the work tab Friday when breezing an easy three furlongs in 37.01 seconds at the Palm Beach Downs training center.
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The pace should be honest when a stakes quality field of 11 filly and mare turf specialists go a mile under allowance and optional-claiming conditions in Sunday's $87,000 headliner at Gulfstream Park.
