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To hear trainer Kenny McPeek tell it, the 4-year-old Thorpedo Anna is “every bit” as good as the 3-year-old Thorpedo Anna, the one who won 6 of 7 starts and was crowned 2024 Horse of the Year. If true, Thorpedo Anna should win Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga. If not, the Personal Ensign, which drew a field of seven, becomes a wide-open affair.
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A summer sprint stakes that regained its relevance offers veteran Grade 1 winners a chance for the same on Saturday at Del Mar. But do Stronghold, Speed Boat Beach, and Express Train still have what it takes to win the Grade 2 Pat O'Brien Stakes? It's a fair question, because none have won a race in more than a year, nor have graded stakes-winning entrants Dr. Venkman and Spirit of Makena.
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Book'em Danno will attempt to complete a sweep of the three graded sprint races for older horses this season at Saratoga in the $500,000 Forego on Saturday when taking on last year's winner Mullikin and nine others. The Grade 1 fixture will be decided at seven furlongs and is a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race.
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Ryan Moore’s World Pool blog foe Nunthorpe Stakes Day.
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With two races under her belt and in a field where she is the lone graded stakes winner, May Day Ready could get back on course in Saturday's Grade 2, $400,000 Lake Placid Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Saratoga.
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Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Just two months ago, a pair of Blaine Wright trainees, 3-year-old Goin' South and 4-year-old Tougherthantherest, looked poised to race in stakes on Longacres Mile Day. Now, after a pair of last-out duds, Wright is trying to figure out what each horse is made of as he stretches both out to a mile for the first time this year on Saturday.
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Scylla and Hope Road seek to find their best form in what may be their best opportunity to achieve a Grade 1 victory when the two head a field of female sprinters in Saturday's $500,000 Ballerina at Saratoga.
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Ticker Tape Home will try to win Saturday's Grade 3 Seaway for the second year in a row for Mark Casse, but Woodbine's leading trainer has three other bullets to fire in the $150,000 sprint for fillies and mares.
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On Saturday, at Saratoga, Sovereignty will be heavily favored to secure the major share of the $1.25 million purse in the Grade 1 Travers, the marquee event of this historic venue's summer meet.
