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Keeneland starts the first five-day race week of its fall meet with an eight-race Wednesday card featuring an appealing allowance, and a carryover after some surprises on Fall Stars weekend.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Tuesday 10/7 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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The jockey John Velazquez, 53, inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 2012, won five of Saturday's 11 races, and seven races over the span of the three day racing week. He enters the second week of the meet the leading jockey with a glittering 7-for-20 record.
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The jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. was badly hurt on Sept. 21 at Churchill Downs when his mount, Sgt. Garcia, broke down. And yet there Hernandez stood in a spiffy outfit Saturday at Keeneland, looking hale and hearty.
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Rhetorical, minor upset winner of the Grade 1, $1.25 million Coolmore Turf Mile, heads a considerable list of turf horses who raced at Keeneland over the weekend and – no surprise – are bound for Breeders' Cup races.
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The 2-year-old colt Outfielder passed his dirt test with a two-length allowance win going six furlongs Saturday at Keeneland. He is likely to now get a route test.
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In a stellar opening weekend at Keeneland in which he won a pair of graded stakes, trainer Brendan Walsh also opened the book on a potential star for the future.
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Total wagering on Thoroughbred races at U.S. racetracks in September dropped nearly 6 percent on a sharp decline in the number of races held during the month, according to figures released by Equibase on Monday.
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After sweeping Keeneland's Grade 1 races for dirt 2-year-olds, Ted Noffey and Tommy Jo are headed back to Saratoga, where they launched their careers, to prepare for their biggest test yet, the Breeders' Cup on Oct. 31 at Del Mar.
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Acoustic Ave has won three of four starts since trainer Linda Rice claimed the 5-year-old gelding seven months ago. The one loss was a second-place finish behind Over and Ollie at Saratoga on July 4. Acoustic Ave now meets Over and Ollie again in a third-level allowance that serves as Aqueduct's feature on an eight-race Thursday card.
