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Filly Luster rules King's Plate with dominating victory
Luster, the 1-5 favorite under John Velazquez, won the 167th running of the $1 million King’s Plate with ease on Saturday at Woodbine.
Ron GierkinkAug 15, 2026
Luster, the 1-5 favorite under John Velazquez, won the 167th running of the $1 million King’s Plate with ease on Saturday at Woodbine.
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Thundering came out of graded stakes company and sailed home in the $125,000 Find Stakes on Saturday at Colonial Downs. The 4-year-old gelding has been on a tear for Derek Ryan and won the state-restricted race by 3 3/4 lengths.
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Trainer Kevin Attard, along with owners X-Men Racing VI and Madaket Stables, swept both 2-year-old turf stakes on Saturday’s King’s Plate undercard, taking the Soaring Free with De la Renta and the Catch A Glimpse with Meloni.
Yannick Gingras drove filly Shimmering Hanover and gelding Geologic to victories in their respective Pennsylvania Sire Stakes tilts for 3-year-old trotters on Saturday afternoon at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
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Favored Proctor Street outfinished the upwardly mobile Eponine to take the Grade 2 Canadian on Saturday at Woodbine while giving jockey Pietro Moran his fourth winner on the King’s Plate card.
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Souped Up registered a 10-1 upset while notching his first stakes under a jubilant Emma-Jayne Wilson in Saturday’s Grade 3 Bold Venture at Woodbine.
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Bishops Bay, coming off a photo-finish defeat at Monmouth Park in June, shipped right back to New Jersey on Saturday to get the better end of another thriller in the Grade 3 Philip H. Iselin Stakes.
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When the fog that enveloped the two tracks here Saturday morning lifted, it became clear the Grade 1 Travers on Aug. 29 has the makings of an interesting race.
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Matt Rose's analysis of selected races from the Sunday 8/16 and Monday 8/17 cards at Ocean Downs.