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After two defections from the Belmont Stakes were confirmed Wednesday morning, one addition to the field was finalized Wednesday afternoon. Vitruvian Man, third in the Santa Anita Derby in his only start this year, will run in the $2 million Belmont on June 6 at Saratoga, trainer Doug O’Neill said.
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Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 5/29 card at The Meadowlands.
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In the third race on Friday, a turf sprint, Witty, Nothing Better, and Whenigettoheaven will scrap for a $56,000 purse, but it would not have been unusual to see any of them winning on the Preakness undercard earlier this month.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 5/29 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Friday 5/29 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
The only time the veteran Australian sprinter Jimmysstar has not started in a Group 1 in the last eight months occurred in early November when he won the Russell Balding Stakes. Otherwise, Jimmysstar has started in six consecutive Group 1 sprints, beginning with a third-place finish in the $13.09 million Everest Stakes last October. The streak will extend to seven straight appearances in Group 1 races when Jimmysstar starts in Saturday’s $713,300 Kingsford Smith Cup at 6 1/2 furlongs at Eagle Farm in Brisbane.
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Barbadian Runner, a six-time stakes winner last year, will return to Laurel Park in a $56,000 allowance on Saturday.
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Formidable Man may have a familiar summer schedule at Del Mar in coming months after winning his first start of 2026 in Monday’s Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile on turf at Santa Anita.
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Percy's Bar had her first work since racing in the Kentucky Oaks when she breezed a half-mile May 24 at Keeneland – but toward what end, trainer Ben Colebrook isn't yet certain.
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Ian Wilkes trains the best 1 1/2-mile grass horse in North America, Burnham Square, but on Friday at Churchill will try to win the co-featured seventh race on the other end of the turf spectrum. In the turf sprint, Wilkes sends out Justiqueso over 5 1/2 furlongs in a female-restricted second-level allowance race with an $80,000 claiming option.
