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Commandment, under Irad Ortiz Jr., outfinished Chief Wallabee and Junior Alvarado to win Saturday’s Grade 2, $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes by a head at Gulfstream Park and punch his ticket to the Kentucky Derby.
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Iron Honor shone bright and struck hard in the Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct on Saturday, wearing down a deep field of 3-year-olds for his second career victory. A debut winner in December, he is now a graded stakes winner and Triple Crown contender after just two starts for trainer Chad Brown.
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After winning two stakes earlier on the card with horses who were at double-digit odds, trainer Brendan Walsh had a little pressure on him when he sent out the favorite Lush Lips in the Grade 3, $150,000 Honey Fox Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
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She Be Smooth has certainly come a long ways in a short time. Saturday, she became a Grade 2 winner in just her second lifetime start, doing so in style with a convincing six-length victory over the 25-1 My Miss Mo in the $225,000 Davona Dale Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
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In a vintage effort at Aqueduct on Saturday, Bold Journey didn’t play the part of a 7-year-old gelding, winless in 13 starts since the start of 2024. Determined under Eric Cancel, the unlucky old-timer finally proved undeniable again, flying late to win the Grade 3 Tom Fool Stakes in a scrambling photo finish.
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Rebel’s Romance scored a measured 1 1/2-length victory, the 21st of his epic career, in the Dubai City of Gold Stakes on Super Saturday at Meydan Racecourse.
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In what turned out to be little more than a paid public workout, Knightsbridge cruised to his easiest win yet, an eye-catching 11 1/4-length victory over Steal Sunshine and three other totally overmatched rivals in Saturday’s $225,000 Gulfstream Park Mile.
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Lion Lake, ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, wore down heavily favored Sister Troienne on the wire to win the Grade 3, $175,000 Herecomesthebride Stakes for fillies by a head. That win came about 90 minutes after Vasy came with a late run under Flavien Prat to nail Honey Dutch in the final stride and win the $175,000 Colonel Liam Stakes for males by a neck.
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Sunday, March 1, at Aqueduct.
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Cross-entered between Aqueduct and Gulfstream on Saturday, Brad Cox decided that the best path forward for Paradise led north to the $200,000 Busher Stakes. That decision has transformed the last-out maiden winner into a Kentucky Oaks contender.
