Trainer Mike Trombetta had all the cards in a pair of state-restricted $125,000 stakes for juveniles at Colonial Downs on Saturday. Shortly after Maryland-bred filly Just Philtored cruised home to win her turf debut by 4 1/2 lengths in the Dolley Madison, Virginia-bred colt Doubting Thomas dug in on the front end to take the Jamestown.
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sharp workout by Journalism on Saturday at Del Mar moved the 3-year-old closer to a start against older in the Grade 1 Pacific Classic on Aug. 30, though the colt’s connections stopped short of making it official.
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Sierra Leone and Fierceness, the one-two finishers from last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, both put in workouts Saturday morning at Saratoga, but it is increasingly likely they will not be facing each other here in the Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup on Aug. 31.
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Many expected the $500,000 Robert Hilton Memorial at Charles Town on Friday to be a showdown between Kentucky Derby runners Owen Almighty and Neoequos. But when half the field broke near the front and ensured a brutal early pace, 3-year-old gelding Barbadian Runner went to work against classier rivals and powered home late to win by 2 1/2 lengths.
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Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. entered four fillies in the Grade 2, $750,000 Charles Town Oaks on Friday, and after a prolonged battle, Indy Bay proved herself to be the leader of the quartet in a 1 3/4-length victory.
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Banishing, a gelding trained by David Jacobson, continued his scorching 2025 campaign with a powerful victory in the Grade 2, $1 million Charles Town Classic on Friday. After a breathtaking early move on the backstretch, jockey Tyler Gaffalione had little to do but nurse him to the wire on the way to a commanding 2 1/4-length victory.
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Indiana Sire Stakes action resumed at Harrah's Hoosier Park on Friday (Aug. 22) with a pair of $50,000 splits of the seventh and penultimate leg for sophomore pacing males, and two $67,000 divisions of leg four of six for 2-year-old trotting fillies. The undefeated Rock Shines Again served as the headliner, remaining perfect through nine starts at three as the leading driver/trainer combo of Trace Tetrick and Tyler George swept both glamor boy divisions.
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The 9-year-old Bold Eagle stallion Aetos Kronos S kept the gears turning while gutting through a parked first-half and stopped the clock with plenty of steam to set a track and Canadian record of 1:49 4/5 in winning his $50,000 Maple Leaf Trot elimination on Friday night (Aug. 22). That was the first sub-1:50 mile ever trotted in Canada.
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Global Heritage and R Dutchess came away victorious in a pair of Casual Breeze Stakes divisions for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Friday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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With a late kick, LMC Wagon Wheel won a surprisingly-competitive five-horse C$140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series event for 3-year-old trotting colts on Friday (Aug. 22) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
