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George Weaver will almost certainly scratch Cy Fair, the morning-line favorite, from Sunday's Grade 3, $225,000 Quick Call Stakes at Saratoga, but he'll still have the horse to beat in Johnny's Red Storm.
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Rhetorical, the two-time Grade 1-winning New York-bred, returned to the work tab on Wednesday at Churchill Downs and if all continues to go well he will make the Grade 1 Fourstardave here on Aug. 8.
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Baeza, the Grade 1 Stephen Foster runner-up, worked five furlongs in 1:01.64 over the Oklahoma training track Friday morning as he continues preparations for a start in the Grade 1 Whitney at Sartoga on Aug. 8.
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On Thursday night, trainer Cherie DeVaux got to hang out with some of the most important people in the sports world at an event in New York City. On Friday morning, her most important horse, got back to work in Kentucky.
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Todd Pletcher had a busy morning on the main track Friday at Saratoga, working a very diverse group of 18 horses that consisted of several older stakes runners and a large number of 2-year-olds prepping for their career debuts.
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Longbranch Lou has earned three victories in $12,500 starter allowances on synthetic since February and will tackle the same condition at 1 1/16 miles on Monday at Gulfstream Park.
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Longtime trainer Bernie Flint died Friday morning in Louisville, his son, former trainer Steve Flint, confirmed.
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Even off a dominant win in her season debut, Smooch Up hasn't scared anyone off. A big field of 10 has been entered for Monday evening's $100,000 Lady Erie Stakes for 3-year-old fillies sprinting six furlongs on the Tapeta.
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Stronghold, the multiple stakes winner who is unbeaten in two starts this year, is on schedule for his first appearance in a Grade 1 stakes in 18 months in the $400,000 Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar on July 25.
As of Friday at noon these are the cancellations due to weather and air concerns.
