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Yonkers: Analysis for Friday 5/22
Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 5/22 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Matt RoseMay 20, 2026
Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 5/22 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Friday 5/22 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Churchill Downs has doubled the purse of the June 27 Stephen Foster Handicap, making the Grade 1 mid-summer race for older horses worth $2 million, among the richest purses in the U.S.
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Jockey Juan Hernandez begins the four-day Santa Anita racing week on Friday with five mounts on the nine-race program. Five is a convenient figure for Hernandez, the precise number of wins he needs to record his 3,000th victory in the United States.
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Charles Town will cancel all three days of live racing this week, from Thursday to Saturday, due to “a water line leak near the main track.” Racing is expected to resume on Thursday, May 28.
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This Sunday afternoon (May 24) Harrah’s Philadelphia will present as good a card of racing as has been seen in North America so far in 2026, with $611,815 in purses to be contested during the track’s annual marquee “Super Sunday” program beginning at 12:40 p.m.
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Maybe you think of the trainer Wesley Ward as “Mr. Keeneland.” Maybe you don't know this: After Keeneland wraps up in late April, Ward has proven a force during Churchill's spring meet. Last year he was 8 for 30, and so far this meet, with two horses entered on Friday's nine-race program, Ward has gone 9 for 20.
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One Hundred Kings got into a bumping incident immediately after the start, switched leads late, raced a bit greenly while lugging in down the stretch, yet was still good enough to win his career debut in impressive fashion earlier this spring. Trainer Victor Barboza Jr. is confident his promising 3-year-old can build off the experience Friday at Gulfstream Park.
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Bob Baffert has a bunch of talented horses who have posted May workouts at Churchill Downs. It's just that Baffert either doesn't yet know or isn't willing to publicly state where many of them will next race.
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At 11 o’clock on Wednesday morning, trainer Jamie Ness had 4,995 career wins and said he wanted to get the milestone over and done with in a hurry. He wrapped things up in time for dinner.