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It took photo finish equipment to determine Lennilu edged Finding Strength by a nose in the $100,000 Desert Vixen division of the Florida Sire Stakes on Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
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The favored England raider Haunted Dream made quite a splash in his North American debut Saturday at Woodbine, winning the Grade 3 Singspiel in course-record time under a textbook ride from Rafael Hernandez.
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Trainer Greg Foley, a Kentucky mainstay, earned his first career Grade 1 victory when Troubleshooting became a half-length victor in the $2 million Franklin-Simpson Stakes for 3-year-old turf sprinters on Saturday at Kentucky Downs.
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World Beater entered the Grade 3, $500,000 Old Dominion Derby at Colonial Downs on Saturday with a decisive class edge, having just won the Grade 1 Saratoga Derby Invitational in August. Several rivals brought somewhat of a challenge, but they were no match for the heavy favorite, who cantered home to win his third stakes race since May.
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The question Saturday in the $1,867,843 Music City Stakes: Could Shisospicy handle a testing 6 1/2 furlongs at Kentucky Downs?
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Had things gone as planned, the 3-year-old colt Plensa would have run in a first-level allowance race last week at Kentucky Downs. Plensa failed to get into that overfilled race – and that could not have worked out better for his connections. Instead of running for a couple-hundred grand, Plensa started here Saturday in the $1,897,778 million Gun Runner Stakes. He won by a length.
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Foxy Junior, a 5-year-old mare trained by Bernie Houghton, returned to Laurel Park on Saturday and delivered another sparkling effort in Maryland to win the $100,000 Twixt Stakes by 4 3/4 lengths. The Pennsylvania-bred is now undefeated in three starts at the track.
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Epic Ride has taken his trainer, John Ennis on, well, an epic ride the last two years. The horse took Ennis to his first Kentucky Derby and on Saturday at Kentucky Downs, leading nearly all the way in the Mint Millions, he took Ennis to the winner’s circle for the first graded-stakes score of his career.
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Three-year-olds took their turn in this year's Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championships on Saturday afternoon at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, with Louprint, Miki And Minnie, Fashion Green and Highlandstarburst posting victories in their respective $300,000 races.
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Stellify displayed a liking for the esoteric Kentucky Downs course, and for a route of ground, by winning an allowance-optional claiming race going 1 1/2 miles on Aug. 28. She confirmed those affinities as she wheeled back for a front-running 2 3/4-length score in Saturday's Grade 3, $2 million Ladies Marathon Invitational at 1 5/16 miles.
