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Indiana-sired Sabonis returned to the Hoosier State for the Grade 2 $300,000 Dan Patch Stakes on Friday night at Harrah's Hoosier Park and was successful, prevailing from first-over in 1:49 2/5 with Dexter Dunn in the bike for trainer Brett Pelling.
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In the wake of PA Perfect's 20-1 upset in the $50,000 Home Grown for 2-year-old pacing fillies, Everlast Sting Deo refused to be outdone and threw down a vicious 26 second sprint home to break his maiden in the $48,000 Home Grown for 2-year-old male pacers and give sire Perfect Sting a sweep of Friday's (Aug. 8) co-featured events at the Meadowlands.
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Sammy Davis had a smooth start and an easier time than expected en route to a win in his first start in a stakes in Friday’s $98,000 Graduation Stakes for California-bred 2-year-olds at Del Mar.
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Dandy Ideal won for the third straight time in New York Sire Stakes competition when he captured Friday night's (August 8) $174,000 event for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers at MGM Yonkers Raceway in 1:51 3/5.
The only thing that Ron Burke might like better than winning stakes races is winning stakes races with offspring of Sweet Lou. On Friday afternoon at Harrah's Philadelphia, two 2-year-old pacing fillies from the Burke Brigade swept the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes third preliminary round during a card where $216,216 was up for grabs in stakes action.
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The last time Todd McCarthy drove Prince Hal Hanover it resulted in something McCarthy had done before - win the Adios. In fact, McCarthy became the first driver to capture the race in back-to-back years since Ron Pierce did it 20 years ago.
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The recipient of a perfect ground-saving ride from Dylan Davis, Ozara was able to move her way outside in the stretch and draw away to a 1 1/2-length victory over favored Deep Satin in Friday’s Grade 2, $300,000 Ballston Spa Stakes.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 8/11 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Monday 8/11 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Maximus Mearas S, who finished seventh in the Hambletonian Stakes this past Saturday at The Meadowlands, will miss the remainder of the year because of an injury.
