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Mechaya, given her raw talent, should not remain eligible for a first-level allowance race in July of her 4-year-old season and six starts into her career. And after the co-featured eighth race Friday at Ellis Park, she probably won't be.
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Crude Velocity, the Grade 2 Pat Day Mile winner who finished second to Englishman in the Grade 1 Woody Stephens, will not run in the Grade 1 Haskell on July 18.
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The Grade 1, $1 million Whitney Stakes on Aug. 8 may pick up another star, as Nysos is now under strong consideration for the 1 1/8-mile race at Saratoga.
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Tommy Jo and Iron Orchard, a pair of Grade 1 winners last year, make their belated seasonal debuts in Friday's Grade 3, $225,000 Victory Ride Stakes at Saratoga. But Goodall may be the one to beat.
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Kentucky Oaks winner Good Cheer gets her 2026 campaign and the Iowa Festival of Racing started as the headliner in the $100,000 Iowa Distaff.
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Celtic Dawn, unbeaten in three starts, will attempt to stretch out to one mile on turf in the $200,000 Suzie O'Cain Stakes for New York-bred fillies and mares on July 23 at Saratoga
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Jockey Javier Castellano will sit out for the next three weeks due to an issue with his lower back and general soreness as a result of the four-horse spill he was involved in during the running of the Wild Applause Stakes on July 3 at Saratoga.
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West End Kid, beaten a nose by Title Role in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby on July 3, will have one more race this year before being put away and geared up for a 4-year-old campaign.
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Winning is nice, but it's not everything. It's a good thing Emerald Downs trainer Steve Bullock feels that way, otherwise at this point he might be pretty frustrated with his 6-year-old mare Ms Flashy Harbor.
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Woodbine's top rider, Pietro Moran, has a chance to extend his lead in the standings with Rafael Hernandez suspended three days this week. The 2025 champion apprentice has mounts in four of Friday's seven races, including Rose Fortune in the fourth.
