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Weekend GamePlan: Picks for Kitten's Joy, Tampa Bay Stakes
Weekend GamePlan: Picks for Kitten's Joy, Tampa Bay Stakes
Marcus HershJan 29, 2026
Weekend GamePlan: Picks for Kitten's Joy, Tampa Bay Stakes
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With division leader Ted Noffey off the Triple Crown trail, several promising 3-year-olds will attempt to take advantage of the Eclipse Award winner’s absence when seeking to earn important Kentucky Derby qualifying points Saturday at Gulfstream Park in the $275,000 Holy Bull Stakes.
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Solitude Dude, a visually impressive winner of his first two starts, figures to be tested for the first time when he heads a field of six in Saturday's $175,000 Swale Stakes for 3-year-olds going seven furlongs at Gulfstream Park.
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Although she capped her outstanding 2-year-old campaign winning the 1 1/16-mile My Dear Girl Stakes in one-sided fashion, Mythical will turn back to seven furlongs when launching her 3-year-old season Saturday at Gulfstream Park in the $175,000 Forward Gal Stakes. The Grade 3 fixture drew a strong and well-matched lineup of eight, including stakes winners Tessellate, Sneaky Good, and On Time Girl.
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Due to extremely low and potentially hazardous cold temperatures forecast for the Garden State this weekend, the Meadowlands Racetrack is cancelling live racing for Friday, January 30; Saturday, January 31; and Sunday, February 1.
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Shisospicy, the champion female sprinter of 2025, will miss a scheduled start in the 1351 Turf Sprit at King Abudulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh on Feb. 14 due to a skin infection, trainer Jose D’Angelo said Thursday.
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Horses sometimes lose because of bad trips, other times they get outrun by better rivals. Both apply in the Grade 3 Megahertz Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita.
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Stronghold, the 2024 Santa Anita Derby winner, resumed a workout routine Thursday at Santa Anita. The 5-year-old drilled three furlongs in 39 seconds, his first breeze in more than three weeks as he gears up for his first start since August.
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All of a sudden, trainer Peter Eurton is loaded with filly-mare turf stakes winners. Paradise Lake and Medoro won stakes this month at Santa Anita and Fair Grounds; Vibez aims for a second stakes victory on Saturday in the Grade 3 Megahertz at Santa Anita.