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Small fields and short prices are recurring traits of the $85,000 Anoakia Stakes, a sprint for 2-year-old fillies that is run annually each fall at Santa Anita. Only five runners are entered Sunday in the Anoakia. Another characteristic is the reliability of chalk. Anoakia favorites have won six of the last 10, including the last three.
Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Pocono Downs Mohegan Pennsylvania.
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Trainer Bill Tharrenos has taken a strength-in-numbers approach to Sunday's pair of $100,000 Ontario-sired stakes for 2-year-olds over seven furlongs at Woodbine. He entered the trio of Silver Is Best, Big Bold and First, and Bank On Big Winner in the Frost King, and has Zabarta and Cayenne Kiss in the South Ocean.
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This week's Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale brings the curtain down on what has been a strong North American yearling season while looking for an encore to its own star turn last year.
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Marcus Miller reached a major milestone on Thursday (Oct.16) at Harrah's Hoosier Park, notching his 5,000th career driving victory during a four-win evening on the 14-race program.
The Midwest Standardbred Horse Sale, which replaced the Hoosier Classic Yearling Sale when that event was purchased by Dana Parham last year, commenced on Thursday at Corteva Coliseum at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
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There are many questions and only a few will be answered when 2-year-olds take the stage this Friday in multiple Breeders Crown elimination races. Perhaps at no other time in the sport's history have so many horses found fame and fortune racing strictly in one jurisdiction. The results bring champions from far and wide, with Woodbine Mohawk Park the destination to find out just how well they will match up when confronted by new competition.
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Breeders seek perfection but often come up short. To reach the Breeders Crown it sometimes pays to breed horses that are previous winners of the sport's year-end division defining race. For trainer Brett Pelling, 2025 marks the second straight year he will have a horse in the preliminaries with a pedigree that more than hints at greatness.
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The fastest male and female 2-year-old trotters of the season, not to mention among the quickest of all-time in their respective divisions - colt Mr Big Spender and filly Southwind Chaska - will look to continue their winning ways Friday when they compete in Breeders Crown eliminations at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Friday, October 17, at Belmont at the Big A.
