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Kopion, the dominant winner of the Grade 1 Derby City Distaff in May but second in her last two starts, worked a half-mile in 47.80 seconds at Del Mar for a fall campaign that has yet to be finalized.
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In Indiana, where sanctioned Thoroughbred racing began in 1995, the talented 3-year-old Chicory Blaze moves from a pair of age-restricted Indiana-bred stakes scores into the $100,000 Bucchero, a turf route in which he meets older rivals.
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The Jockey Club has elected 10 new members, including the high-profile owner Peter T. Brant, the organization announced on Monday.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Tuesday 8/19 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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The favorites in separate allowance races for California-bred fillies and mares face uncertainty Thursday at Del Mar – Miso Phansy is first time dirt, comebacker Freya is first start back.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Tuesday 8/19 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Apprentice Pietro Moran won Saturday's $1 million King's Plate in front-running style on longshot Mansetti. The meet's leading rider, Moran should again be tough to catch in Thursday's fourth race at Woodbine aboard Spirited in a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight event on Tapeta.
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For the record book, Velocity's upset win in Saturday's Del Mar Oaks was the second career Grade 1 win for jockey Ricky Gonzalez. In a sense, though, it was his first public win at that level.
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The Bar Hopping filly Ginger Tree Lex marked herself as a freshman trotter to watch for in upcoming major races by remaining undefeated five career races, all stakes and three of them Pennsylvania Sire Stakes, after setting a lifetime- best 1:54 3/4 in a division of her third preliminary Sire Stakes round on Sunday night at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, during $217,154 of PA-sired stakes competition.
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Brandon Blvd made it three-for-three in this year's Kentucky Championship Series for 2-year-old male pacers at The Red Mile with a 1:50 1/5 win in Sunday night's $80,000 event.
