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Zulu Kingdom and Salamis are Grade 1 winners pointing to similar such races later in the year. For now, however, Sunday's Grade 3, $300,000 Poker Stakes at Saratoga serves as a nice bridge toward those more prestigious spots later this summer.
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Saturday, June 6, at Saratoga.
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Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Maybe this wasn’t a vintage renewal of the race, but there’s absolutely no doubt who was best of the bunch that lined up for the Oaks on Friday at Epsom Downs.
Total commingled handle on Thoroughbred races held at U.S. tracks in May dropped 4 percent compared to the same month last year, but the number of races held dropped at a larger rate, according to figures distributed by Equibase on Friday.
For the second consecutive year, Trovatore starts in the Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen for turf milers in Japan on a two-race winning streak in Grade 3 races at Tokyo Racecourse
The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit has reduced a penalty for two violations of its prohibited substance policy to a series of fines after determining that a Parx-based trainer bore “no significant fault” for the finding of testosterone in hair samples from two mares in his care.
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Eddie Owens Jr. didn't offer any predictions ahead of the $75,000 John J. Reilly Handicap, but it's hard to knock his chances. With a stout trio entered in the field of 10, the trainer should be in the mix at every stage of the six-furlong sprint for New Jersey-breds.
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Barkley is one of the most accomplished horses in Emerald Downs history. So when his daughter Storm Harbor romped in her career debut, it couldn't be considered entirely surprising. After tiring in her second start, Storm Harbor will face older horses for the first time in Sunday's featured seventh race, a $24,000 allowance.
Fall Classic and Dulce Dreams won 300-yard Quarter Horses maiden races on March 22 at Remington Park. Fall Classic has now won three races, including the $1.1 million Heritage Place Futurity on May 30. Dulce Dreams can win her third race in Sunday's $1 million Ruidoso Futurity at the Downs at Albuquerque. Both Fall Classic and Dulce Dreams are trained by James Gonzales III.
