Virginia's harness racing industry took another step forward this week when the Virginia Harness Horse Association (VHHA) announced that final-leg purses for Virginia Breeder's Stakes will increase.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Sunday 3/8 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., and its horsemen group are expecting to add bonuses for Florida-bred horses to an array of races at the track held later this year, according to officials.
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Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Pocono Downs Mohegan Pennsylvania.
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Yours Sincerely ended a three-race losing streak, all in stakes, with a half-length win in an allowance at six furlongs on turf Jan. 11 at Santa Anita. The victory has put Yours Sincerely in another stakes in Sunday's $100,000 China Doll Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at a mile on turf at Santa Anita.
Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Stars and Stripes on Sunday will attempt to be the second Bill Mott trainee to win at Oaklawn Park after running in a Jan. 16 allowance at Gulfstream Park. Batten Downs's stablemate, Stars and Stripes, finished second in the allowance route at Gulfstream and should go favored in a competitive eighth race Sunday at Oaklawn. The second-level allowance is for 4-year-olds and up and will be run over 1 1/8 miles.
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Bella Ballerina remains right on target for the Fair Grounds Oaks on March 21, and her trainer, Brendan Walsh, will be in other 3-year-old stakes action that day, too.
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Magnitude exited his facile Feb. 28 victory in the Razorback Handicap at Oaklawn Park in good order and is scheduled to breeze this weekend at Fair Grounds. He remains on course for the Dubai World Cup on March 28 at Meydan Racecourse, trainer Steve Asmussen said Thursday.
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Super Corredora has something to prove on Sunday. Winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies last fall, she makes her second start of the season in the Grade 3 Santa Ysabel at Santa Anita, which was not on her original itinerary.
