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When Rumours Have It makes her stakes debut in the $75,000 Sheer Drama at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, trainer Kent Sweezey may feel like he's just along for the ride following her unexpected blowout victory last time out.
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In 2023, trainer George Weaver brought No Nay Mets back to the U.S. off a bit of a disappointing performance in the Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot to win two stakes. Now Weaver is hoping a pair of 2-year-olds he sent to Ascot this season, Sandal's Song and Tough Critic, will have similar success, beginning Saturday at Saratoga in the $150,000 Skidmore Stakes.
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White Abarrio has been mentioned as a possibility for either the Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Aug. 30 or the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup on Aug. 31.
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Hill Road began his career with a five-length victory on turf in Ireland. He will be headed back to that surface when he makes his next start in the Grade 3, $3.5 million Nashville Derby at Kentucky Downs on Aug. 30.
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Ways and Means, who likely would have been favored in the Grade 1 Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 23, will be forced to miss that race after developing a fever, trainer Chad Brown said Thursday.
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It's All Right and Chi Town Prince might be more versatile than some of the competition they face Saturday night in a quality that could serve them well in the $100,000 Prairie Meadows Freshman.
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First Mission looks like an absolute lead-pipe cinch in the Grade 3, $250,000 Philip H. Iselin Stakes on Saturday at Monmouth Park. So did the last horse trainer Brad Cox started at Monmouth, and that didn't end well.
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Weekend GamePlan: Picks for E.P. Taylor, Del Mar Oaks, King's Plate
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A defined leader in the 3-year-old filly division should become clearer when Good Cheer takes on two-time Grade 1 winner La Cara and her dual surface graded-stakes winning stablemate Nitrogen in Saturday's Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama Stakes at Saratoga.
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A half-interest in reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna has been purchased by John Sikura’s Hill 'n' Dale Farm. A release announcing the deal also revealed the new partnership’s intentions to race the champion through 2026, if she continues to hold good form.
