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The road to the Aug. 15 King's Plate begins in earnest Sunday at Woodbine when Military Time heads a field of six Canadian-bred 3-year-olds in the seven-furlong, $125,000 Queenston Stakes. Trained by Mark Casse, Military Time earned a big 80 Beyer Speed Figure when romping on debut in a Tapeta sprint last August.
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Spinelli will launch what could be an exciting summer campaign on Sunday, when she returns from a two-month freshening in the eighth race at Gulfstream Park. She's part of a field of 10 fillies and mares for the first-level allowance over 5 1/2 furlongs on Tapeta.
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Horses climbing through allowance conditions inevitably hit a wall at some point, but Majorca has not met his match just yet. The 4-year-old gelding has won three straight races at Laurel Park and will ship to Parx Racing for a $52,000 allowance on Monday.
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Sunday's Matt Winn at Churchill Downs provides a bridge to the Haskell and Jim Dandy, which both lead to the Travers and into autumn. It's a race for unproven horses like Taptastic to join the division's elite and an opportunity for Derby also-rans who didn't go to the Belmont, like Further Ado, to march into summer.
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In three wins since mid-November, Slay the Day has led or disputed the pace in sprints. The same style could be key to a potential second stakes win in Sunday's Grade 3 Soaring Softly Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf at Saratoga.
In three wins since mid-November, Slay the Day has led or disputed the pace in sprints. The same style could be key to a potential second stakes win in Sunday's Grade 3 Soaring Softly Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf at Saratoga.
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Not thrilled with the prospect of going from the 1 1/8-mile Kentucky Oaks to another 1 1/8-mile race, the Acorn at Saratoga, Baffert kept Explora at Churchill. If she runs to her trainer's expectations, Explora ought to win the $225,000 Leslie's Lady Stakes on Sunday.
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A competitive turf allowance with stakes implications has replaced the previously scheduled $100,000 Desert Stormer Stakes as Sunday's featured eighth race at Santa Anita after the stakes was canceled due to insufficient entries.
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The news of the moment is that Dexter Dunn elected to stick with Brandon Blvd and pass up on the drive behind Odds On Mr Mamba in their North America Cup elimination on Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Social media was abuzz with comments like "What was he thinking?" or "That decision really says a lot" and maybe they have a point, or maybe not.
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By now it's no secret that trainer Andrew Harris and his ownership connection are in the market for the best horses - no matter whether they are at yearling sales or during the stakes season. For those deals to pay dividends, the horses must show up in the sport's biggest events.
