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Saffie Joseph Jr. said Skippylongstocking came out of the Monmouth Cup with a corn on the bottom of his foot that is sensitive to the touch, but that the horse is sound and will be able to make the $1 million Charles Town Classic.
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Another day, another topflight contender works out for the star-studded Grade 1 Whitney on Aug. 8 at Saratoga. Monday morning, White Abarrio worked a half-mile in 47.77 seconds over Saratoga's main track
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Wins arrived in bunches for several leading jockeys and trainers on the three-day opening weekend of the Del Mar summer meeting from Friday through Sunday.
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Somerset West will be considered for lucrative stakes at Kentucky Downs later this summer after successfully winning at a mile for the first time in Saturday's Grade 2 San Clemente Handicap for 3-year-old fillies at Del Mar.
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Formidable Man or Gold Phoenix could have a record-breaking day Sunday at Del Mar. The older runners are scheduled to start in the Grade 2 Eddie Read Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on turf, seeking a record sixth career stakes win at Del Mar in the $250,000 race.
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Several contenders are questionable to run in the $150,000 Dashing Beauty Stakes on Thursday at Delaware Park, but heavy favorite Irish Maxima is ready to roll off a short layoff for trainer John Servis. The graded stakes winner was entered in the $100,000 Maggie Walker at Colonial Downs last weekend but scratched.
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Something will have to give when All of It and Celtic Dawn put their perfect records on the line in the $200,000 Suzie O'Cain Stakes. The Suzie O'Cain is the fourth leg in a pick six sequence that has a carryover of $99,020.
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Horseplayers must solve a pair of sprint-to-route riddles Thursday in Del Mar allowance races – fillies and mares on turf, and California-bred colts and geldings on dirt.
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Flying Black peaked around this time last year and should make some noise in Thursday's fourth race at Woodbine, a $25,000 claiming inner turf route for fillies and mares.
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After recent cancelations due to unsafe air quality forced changes to the schedule, Woodbine Mohawk Park ended up hosting a total of five Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series splits on Sunday.
