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Live racing in Maryland will shift away from Laurel Park to the Fair Hill Turf Showcase on Sunday and Monday. The newly renovated racecourse at the Fair Hill Training Center will host its second event since reopening, offering an eight-race flat racing card on Sunday and a nine-race steeplechase card on Monday.
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Rarely does trainer Rick Dutrow think his horses won't run a big race. Over and Ollie is that rare individual that gives Dutrow cause for pause when it comes to his confidence level. Friday, Over and Ollie returns to what he does best – sprinting – in Aqueduct's featured conditioned allowance race at 6 1/2 furlongs. But given Over and Ollie's last-place finishes in his two most recent starts, both stakes, Dutrow tempered his enthusiasm.
Pride of Jenni, the Australian Horse of the Year in 2023-2024, utilized a pacesetting style to end a four-race losing streak in the Group 2 Hollindale Stakes at Gold Coast Racecourse on May 8, her eighth group-level race win. The same tactics are likely to be employed when Pride of Jenni starts in Saturday’s Group 1 Doomben Cup at 1 1/4 miles at Doomben Racecourse in Brisbane.
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Viewership for the Preakness Stakes telecast on NBC Saturday spiked considerably over last year’s program despite the lack of the Kentucky Derby winner and a relatively lackluster field.
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For the third consecutive year, the Downs at Albuquerque will host the Ruidoso Downs race meeting in New Mexico that begins on Friday.
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Independence Rise, who was a dominant winner of the Turf Paradise Derby, could make his next start in the Iowa Derby at Prairie Meadows, according to his trainer, Robertino Diodoro.
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The Hell We Did, the Grade 3 Lexington runner-up who finished seventh of 14 in the Preakness Stakes, is scheduled to arrive at Lone Star Park on Thursday, according to trainer Todd Fincher.
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Express Kid, the runner-up in the Sunland Park Derby who had been under consideration for the Preakness Stakes, had a minor physical setback and is scheduled to return to action in the fall, according to his trainer, Justin Evans.
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It was 29 years ago this spring when Southern California-based trainer Bob Baffert traveled to Lone Star Park during its inaugural meet and saddled Anet to win the track's Derby. Fast forward to Monday, and Baffert will be looking for his fifth win in the race when he sends out Desert Gate in the $300,000 Texas Derby
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For the fourth time in 10 racing days this month, the $2 pick six has a carryover at Santa Anita on Friday.
