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Merryman may ship Jean Valjean back to New York for Belmont Turf Sprint
Trainer Elizabeth Merryman said all remains well for Jean Valjean, who could soon return to New York for his graded stakes debut at Belmont Park.
Patrick MoquinSep 16, 2026
Trainer Elizabeth Merryman said all remains well for Jean Valjean, who could soon return to New York for his graded stakes debut at Belmont Park.
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Ready or not, a new era of New York racing begins Friday at Belmont Park with the christening of a new grandstand and the unveiling of four new racing surfaces.
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Trainer Derek Ryan confirmed the news that Book'em Danno will miss the rest of the 2026 season because of a hyper-extended left leg injury. The gelding will require four months to recover, which will “probably” rule him out of races in the Middle East early next year as well.
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Three weeks after she finished a game second in a maiden race for turf sprinters at Del Mar, Stormy Sunset will race for the first time on dirt in a maiden race at 5 1/2 furlongs on Friday at Los Alamitos.
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It will not be the epic showdown of champions Forever Young and Sovereignty that was once the promise of a Jockey Club Gold Cup that would have been a most memorable way to open the new Belmont Park on Friday. But the presence alone of Japanese superstar Forever Young makes the Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup a must-see event
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Sprung Loose goes back to his preferred Tapeta surface among a field of seven in Friday's Woodbine headliner combining Ontario-sired allowance types with $40,000 claimers, all of the nonwinners-of-three variety.
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Whiskey Wow and Grand Reserve each registered a victory in their respective $35,000 third-preliminary divisions of the Kentucky Sire Stakes for trotting 4-year-olds on Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 15) at The Red Mile.
No winning tickets were held in Tuesday night's (September 15) Pick 5 wager at MGM Yonkers Raceway, triggering a $7,096.34 carryover and a $25,000 guaranteed pool in the sequence on Wednesday night (September 16).
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Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale of premier Thoroughbred racing prospects continued to have an electric atmosphere during Tuesday’s second session as a colt by Into Mischief sold for $3.7 million to M.V. Magnier and Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm to become the most expensive horse of the sale.