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He might have been the longest shot of the Gary Capuano trio, but Wild Warrior proved to be the distance specialist of the group in the $100,000 Private Terms Stakes at Laurel Park on Saturday. Relishing every inch of the two-turn, 1 1/16-mile race, the 3-year-old colt overcame a tight stretch run to score by a neck.
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Different connections, same result, as Way to Be Marie won the $100,000 Tom Benson Memorial Stakes for the second year in a row Saturday at Fair Grounds.
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A stellar lineup of nine 3-year-olds topped by Chief Wallabee, Commandment and Nearly, the second-, third- and fourth-ranked horses in the latest edition of Daily Racing Form’s Derby Watch, has been drawn for next Saturday's $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park.
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Daniel Zigal has been active in Hong Kong horse racing since the 1990s, and his parents joined The Hong Kong Jockey Club as members in 1950. The family had their first runner at Happy Valley in 1960, and now, Zigal will experience the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) as a participating owner for the first time on Sunday (22 March), when the HK$26 million blue-riband event is held at Sha Tin.
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It was as easy as it looked on paper for Braken Poppa in the Crescent City Oaks, if not shaped exactly as it looked on paper. With rail-drawn speed horse Thrill Seeker taken slightly off the pace, Braken Poppa made an easy lead and never came close to being caught, jogging to a 5 1/2-length victory in the $100,000 contest for Louisiana-bred 3-year-old fillies.
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Renegade was one of nine horses entered in the Grade 1, $1.5 million Arkansas Derby that runs next Saturday at Oaklawn Park. He will start from post 6 and was installed the 3-2 morning-line favorite following his win in the Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs.
He needed a bit of racing luck, but Guest House showed his ability to record an upset in Saturday’s Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 2-year-olds at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia.
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The $1 PK 8 went unhit for a 10th consecutive offering on Friday night at the Meadowlands, pushing the carryover to six figures, at $100,659.
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Atlee Bender is looking forward to the beginning of the upcoming Oak Grove meet in Kentucky, and not only for the racing.
