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Alpha Bella backs down pace, wires CTT-TOC field
Alpha Bella ended a 10-race losing streak since January 2024 by leading throughout Friday’s CTT-TOC Stakes at 1 3/8 miles on turf for fillies and mares at Del Mar.
Steve AndersenAug 15, 2025
Alpha Bella ended a 10-race losing streak since January 2024 by leading throughout Friday’s CTT-TOC Stakes at 1 3/8 miles on turf for fillies and mares at Del Mar.
Emmanuel didn’t need a perfect trip to win the $150,000 Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup Stakes at Penn National on Friday. But when jockey Jomar Torres flew up the rail and cut the corner aboard the 1-5 favorite, the result was no longer in question.
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Future Is Now rolled to her 10th career victory and seventh from her last nine starts when she drew off to a 1 1/2-length victory in Friday’s $150,000 Smart And Fancy Stakes at Saratoga
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 8/18 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Monday 8/18 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Instant Replay and Tip Top Thomas will have a chance to quickly rematch in the $200,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Parx Racing on Tuesday.
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The first-time starter Chapter One may very well have an early lead in what appears to be a tough maiden race for 2-year-olds at 5 1/2 furlongs at Del Mar on Saturday.
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Miso Phansy is entered in Saturday’s Grade 1, $300,000 Del Mar Oaks and Sunday’s $150,000 Solana Beach Stakes at Del Mar, and more likely to appear in the less valuable of the two races.
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Howard Wolowitz, a Group 1 winner at Kentucky Downs last year, put in a strong workout Friday morning at Saratoga that convinced his connections he's ready to return to Kentucky Downs in the $2 million Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint on Aug. 30.
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A pair of 3-year-old geldings trained by Jose D'Angelo will square off in a $25,000 starter allowance with a purse of $40,000 at Gulfstream Park on Sunday. Both earned blowout victories in their last start, though they did so under vastly different circumstances.