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Thursday night's (February 19) program at MGM Yonkers Raceway got a boost to the wagering menu when no one hit the Pick 5 on Wednesday (February 18), triggering a $5,614 carryover and a $15,000 pool in the sequence.
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It would be hard to be more Monticello than Greg Merton since he jogged his first horse at age six and was in the business full-time by the time he was 16 at the famed Catskill Mountain oval. On Monday afternoon, the 52-year-old horseman reached another milestone in his long career as he posted his 6,000th win with Lanas Desire in 1:57 3/5 for trainer Art Green.
There is no clear favorite in Saturday’s Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 2-year-olds at Caulfield Racecourse in Australia just as there no standout in the next race for some of the same runners, the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes on March 21.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Friday 2/20 card at the Meadowlands
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Friday 2/20 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park
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The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has filed a complaint to its board alleging that Churchill Downs has failed to pay $2.4 million to the authority for services provided in 2025, according to a notice posted to HISA’s website on Wednesday.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Friday 2/20 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Before Shane’s Wonder made his debut at Parx Racing on Tuesday, Alfredo Velazquez received a stunning report from jockey Eliseo Ruiz after a morning workout. The trainer might have been prepared for a comparison to four-time stakes winner Buccherino, the undisputed star of his stable, but he was indignant when Ruiz went a step further describing the unraced colt.
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Jockey Angel Cruz has caught fire in the Mid-Atlantic, boasting a 19 percent strike rate at Laurel Park and Charles Town to begin his 2026 campaign. The pot got even sweeter in Maryland last Saturday, when the journeyman rider took center stage in the $200,000 General George and guided rising star Point Dume to a commanding gate-to-wire victory.
