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A pair of runners coming off career efforts at Saratoga, a five-time stakes winner in from Canada, a local who boasts a 3-for-5 record at Remington Park, and a Grade 1-placed maiden make for an interesting renewal of the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby on Sunday.
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Saturday’s 14-race card features purses totaling $3.65 million and includes eight divisions of the OSS Scarlet Championships and four Dayton Oaks Derby Grand Circuit races with two consolations.
Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Pocono Downs Mohegan Pennsylvania.
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King's Plate runner-up Tom's Magic has been waiting patiently for the anchor leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, the 135th running of the $400,000 Breeders' Stakes on Sunday at Woodbine. The American shipper should be favored in the 1 1/2-mile event for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds, which will be run around three turns on the inner turf for this year only while the main course undergoes renovations.
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The Sunset Six is a pick six wager that links the final three races at Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita. The $1 base wager is open only to retail players and has takeout of 15 percent. There are no consolation payouts, and the pool will carryover if no one selects all six winners.
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Yonkers International and Maple Leaf Trot champion Lexus Kody hopes to continue his winning ways on Saturday with Hall of Fame driver Yannick Gingras set to guide the sport's leading open trotter in the $250,000 Dayton Trotting Derby. The Dayton Raceway program features four major events for Open trotters and pacers, as well as the rich Ohio Sire Stakes finals for 2- and 3-year-olds of both gaits and sexes.
A new chapter in the Standardbred industry begins this fall with the official launch of Alliance Bloodstock, a fresh partnership dedicated to excellence in consigning and sales. The company, a collaboration between industry powerhouses Diamond Creek and Northwood Bloodstock, will make its official debut with a premier consignment at the upcoming Lexington Selected Sale.
No tickets were able to hit five-of-five in the Pick 5 on Thursday night (September 25) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, triggering a $3,860.97 carryover and a $15,000 guaranteed pool in the sequence on Friday night (September 26).
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The California Horse Racing Board, acting on a recommendation from a hearing officer, has denied Patrick Valenzuela’s request to restore his jockey’s license in the state, a racing board official said Thursday.
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Mr Big Spender came up only a fifth of a second shy of the world record for a 2-year-old colt trotter after he won his Bluegrass Series split on Thursday afternoon at The Red Mile in 1:51 2/5.
