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Woodbine Mohawk Park: Analysis for Saturday 7/4/26
Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Saturday 7/4 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Kevin PlowchaJul 02, 2026
Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Saturday 7/4 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Expectations were low for sophomore filly trotter Charlotte Elise in the third leg of the Ohio Sires Stakes. Despite drawing the rail, she went off as a 43-1 longshot. Even some of her connections were skeptical that a win was within reach.
A dangerous heat dome is currently affecting Northern New Jersey – which includes East Rutherford – bringing stifling humidity and heat index values in the upper 90s to low 100s through the July 4 weekend.
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Howard Wolfendale, a longtime trainer in Maryland whose best horses were hardy runners plucked out of claiming races, died on Thursday night in Mechanicsburg, Pa., of complications from a stroke he suffered the previous week.
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The Federal Trade Commission has upheld a two-year suspension to trainer Phil Serpe first imposed last July, ruling that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has the power to impose sanctions on racing licensees.
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As we embark on the final fortnight of the 2025/26 Hong Kong racing season, Caspar Fownes remains firmly in the driver’s seat after an absorbing battle for the trainers’ title.
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A field of nine 2-year-olds, eight of whom won their most recent starts, has been entered for Saturday's Sanford Stakes at Saratoga. Unfortunately the six-furlong dashis expected to lose two of its leading players, Ashcroft Lane and Waggley.
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When Just Philtored ran at Colonial Downs last August, she was an undeniable juvenile filly romping home in stakes on dirt and turf with unchallenged authority. She will return to the Virginia track and switch back to dirt in search of her first victory as a 3-year-old in the $125,000 Miss Disco Stakes on Saturday.
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Movie Night, winner of a first-level allowance by 5 1/2 lengths on June 24 at Churchill Downs, will be pointed to the Grade 1 Test Stakes here on Aug. 8, trainer Will Walden said.
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Trainer Brendan Walsh will have a much larger presence in Saratoga this summer than he did last year when he started just 12 horses. He figures to find out right away what kind of summer it will be when he sends out horses in seven races over the first two days including runners in four stakes.