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The 8-year-old gelding Slew's Tiz Whiz was seeking a record-setting fifth straight Governor's Stakes victory on Sunday at Emerald Downs, but the 4-year-old favorite, Si That Tiger, refused to respect his elder, cruising to a gate-to-wire, 1 3/4-length victory.
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The expected tactics of Sunday’s $101,500 Wickerr Stakes at Del Mar changed remarkably when expected pacesetter Captain Choochies stumbled at the start. Race favorite King of Gosford inherited the lead and kept it throughout the one-mile turf race, winning the sixth stakes of his accomplished career.
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Longshot G T Five Hundred gave trainer Dale Desruisseaux his second stakes victory on Sunday’s Woodbine Oaks card under a fine ride from Jose Campos in the Grade 2 Connaught Cup.
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Lexus Kody, the 2025 Dan Patch Trotter of the Year, won the $300,000 G2 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot at Plainridge Park on Sunday (July 19) after an early move put him in control of the race and into the record books as the time of 1:49 4/5 broke the world record for aged trotting geldings on a five-eighths-mile track.
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In an exciting race that featured a thrilling finish, Twin Joe B Fresh won her third race of the year and eclipsed the $3 million mark in lifetime earnings after she won the Grade 3 $150,000 Clara Barton Distaff Pace for older mares on Sunday at Plainridge Park in 1:48 1/5.
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Favored Luster established herself as the clear favorite for the prestigious King’s Plate with a blowout score under John Velazquez in Sunday’s $750,000 Woodbine Oaks.
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Taking advantage of a torrid pace, Learntodiscover demonstrated a terrific turn of foot that carried him from last to first in the $225,000 Quick Call, a neck in front of Throckmorton, who finished a head in front of Monster.
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Crack sprinter Highwaytothemoon made his first start around two turns a winning one in Sunday’s $201,500 Plate Trial Stakes at Woodbine, an important prep for next month’s $1 million King’s Plate.
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Kilwin returned from a long layoff looking just as good as the filly who won the Test Stakes last summer, rolling to a 2 1/4-length victory in the $175,000 Twin Bridges Stakes on Sunday at Ellis Park.
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After winning his 11th Diana Stakes at Saratoga and his 10th Matchmaker at Monmouth Park on Saturday, trainer Chad Brown will now set his sights on adding to the grandiose totals of wins he has in a pair of other graded turf stakes for females later this summer and fall.
