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Jockey Desormeaux suspended for five days
Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux has been suspended five racing days for causing interference that led to a two-horse spill in the first race at Santa Anita on Oct. 5.
Steve AndersenOct 09, 2025
Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux has been suspended five racing days for causing interference that led to a two-horse spill in the first race at Santa Anita on Oct. 5.
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Youknownothing, a 4-year-old filly trained by Miguel Clement, will travel to Laurel Park on Saturday and take on the boys in the $125,000 Maryland Million Turf. Poor weather and also-eligible runners may be the only thing capable of stopping the filly, who seems to hold a decisive advantage over seven male rivals in the main field.
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Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez has been booked to ride the Grade 1 winner Formidable Man in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar on Nov. 1.
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Because he is Maryland-bred but not Maryland-sired, Post Time needed some luck to draw into the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic at Laurel Park on Saturday. But with a spot in the starting gate, the local superstar has gone from an outsider to overwhelming danger at his home track, where he remains undefeated in 10 starts.
Empressum recorded his second career win in the Champion of Champions at Los Alamitos in 2024. Empressum can earn a berth to the $700,000 Champion of Champions with a win in a tough running of the $100,000 Robert Boniface Los Alamitos Championship on Saturday.
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Trainer Miguel Clement hopes the horse-for-course angle bears fruit for his stable Saturday in a pair of turf stakes being run at Aqueduct. In the $150,000 Artie Schiller Stakes, for older males at one mile, Clement sends out Big Everest, who is 5 for 9 over the Aqueduct turf courses including victories in both the 2022 and 2023 Artie Schiller and a neck defeat in this race last year.
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Weekend GamePlan: Picks for Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, Glen Cove, Maryland Million Lassie
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Free Like a Girl will likely close out her fairy tale racing career in Saturday night's $100,000 Magnolia at Delta Downs. The $5,500 yearling purchase has earned $2.5 million in her career and is part of a field of eight for the seven-furlong race for fillies and mares bred in Louisiana.
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A gray gelding with a white tail, cantankerous attitude, and a rags-to-riches history marches toward the Breeders' Cup Sprint by running in an unorthodox prep race Saturday at Santa Anita.
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White Abarrio got serious Thursday morning at Gulfstream Park prepping for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile on Nov. 1 at Del Mar. The 2023 BC Classic winner zipped four furlongs in 45.94 seconds over a drying-out racetrack that was upgraded to fast after having been sealed and sloppy to start the morning.