Cruise the Nile has passed every test so far for trainer Graham Motion and will take a much deserved step up in the Grade 3, $250,000 Dinner Party Stakes on Saturday at Laurel Park. Unbeaten since switching to turf in December, the 4-year-old gelding will surge into his graded stakes debut with momentum to spare.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 5/15 card at Yonkers Raceway.
The accomplished sprinter Jimmysstar has secured the role of favorite for Saturday’s Group 1 Doomben 10,000 Stakes at Doomben Racecourse in Australia under unlikely circumstances.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Friday 5/15 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
MGM Yonkers Raceway, in association with the Standardbred Owners Association of New York, is proud to announce a new program aimed at increasing the horse population and wagering options for its patrons while at the same time rewarding owners and trainers for supporting the best overnight program in the country in terms of purses.
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Mr. A. P., second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Del Mar last October at 20-1, has resumed workouts at Santa Anita after an extended rest.
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Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella plans to have starters in the three major stakes at Santa Anita on May 25 – the Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile, Grade 1 Gamely Stakes, and Grade 2 Hollywood Gold Cup.
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Dandy Ideal, one of the major players in the 3-year-old pacing male ranks last year, showed he was ready to start his 4-year-old season with a 1:52 2/5 victory in a Wednesday morning qualifier at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
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Driver Sam Widger notched win number 8,000 on Tuesday (May 12) at Eldorado Scioto Downs with Saying Grace N in 1:53 3/5.
Unbeaten Minimum Forty moves up to nonwinners-of-three company in Friday's Woodbine feature that combines Ontario-sired allowance types with $40,000-claiming females. Can she survive a speed duel with the sharp Gulfstream shipper Brittany's Way?
