For the second consecutive year, a horse owned by Doug McPhee won Sunday's $50,000 Muckleshoot Derby, a 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds at Emerald Downs. But this year's winner, He's Not Talking, had a new trainer – McPhee himself – owing to the recent death of Bonnie Jenne.
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During an Emerald Downs meet in which the impact of new arrivals from California has been felt so profoundly, it was fitting that Arrowthegreat - the winner of the track's signature $125,000 Longacres Mile on Sunday - hailed from the Golden State.
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Grand Slam Smile gave veteran jockey William Antongeorgi his first stakes win at Del Mar with a brave display from the front in Sunday’s $151,500 Solana Beach Stakes on turf.
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Meadowlands Pace winner Madden Oaks posted a hard-earned 1:49 2/5 victory in a $123,900 New York Sire Stakes contest for 3-year-old colts and geldings on Sunday afternoon at Tioga Downs.
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In coming weeks, the 5-year-old mares Ag Bullet and Sweet Azteca will start in graded stakes designed as prep races for the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar on Nov. 1.
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Indispensable, the winner of an allowance race at Del Mar on July 19, and Tarantino, third in the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap on July 20, are set to start in the Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Aug. 30, their trainers said on Sunday.
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Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s stranglehold on California’s 2-year-old division shows no sign of abating.
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Snow Face Princess has come a long way in a short time. She notched her second victory in 18 days and became a stakes winner in the process after rallying to upset odds-on favorite Cy Fair on Sunday at Saratoga in the $150,000 Bolton Landing.
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The well-traveled Artemus Citylimits prevailed in a blanket finish in Sunday’s $150,000 Vice Regent Stakes at Woodbine, while the favored Outlaw Kid had to settle for fourth after a brutal trip in the five-furlong inner turf dash.
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Dazzling Dame comfortably handled a class jump and a two-turn test going wire to wire in the $100,000 Sorority Stakes on Sunday at Monmouth Park.
