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September 24, 2012 11:36 AM
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J. Paul Reddam's Handsome Mike staged a Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) shocker at Parx Racing Sept. 22, taking the $1 million event at odds of 19-1.
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September 24, 2012 11:36 AM
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GSP Racing Stable's Well Spelled ambushed Trinniberg in the final strides of the $300,000 Gallant Bob Stakes at Parx Racing Sept. 22, closing from dead last to claim the victory by half a length over the multiple graded stakes winner.
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September 24, 2012 11:35 AM
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Kevin Switzer and his son, Kevin Switzer, Jr., finished in a dead heat for win in the sixth race at the Farmington Fair on Friday afternoon (Sept. 21).
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September 24, 2012 11:35 AM
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Godolphin aims for a third consecutive victory in the Group 1, £163,500 Fillies' Mile with Certify going for the highlight of the second day of the Cambridgeshire Festival at Newmarket this upcoming Friday. The Mahmood Al Zarooni-trained filly is one of the ante-post favorites for next year's Group 1 One Thousand Guineas, back at Newmarket, following three impressive victories that included a cozy neck success in the Group 2 May Hill over a mile at Doncaster on September 14.
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September 24, 2012 11:34 AM
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KEVIN RYAN has won two of the last five Ayr Gold Cups, including last year's race with Our Jonathan who bids for back to back wins in the race, but it is the trainer's Captain Ramius who has come in for heavy support on Saturday morning.
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September 24, 2012 11:33 AM
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Four Damsals unleashed a strong stretch kick to capture Friday night’s $8,400 featured ninth race at Vernon Downs.
Howard Okusko, Jr. was at the controls as Four Damsals ($9.90) kept an eye on the pace-setting Man O Matic from fourth at the quarter and half, and from third past the three-quarter mile mark. The 4-year-old daughter of Cr Excalibur-Lotstoliveupto closed from second in the final furlong to overtake Man O Matic and then trot on to a 2-1/4 length tally over the on-rushing Dreamanotherdream.
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September 24, 2012 11:33 AM
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Yonkers Raceway's usual Friday night pair of $44,000 co-featured Open Handicaps--for distaff pacers and any-gender-out-there trotters--were won by Rock N Soul (Jason Bartlett, $4.80) and Neighsay Hanover (Jeff Gregory, $7.80).
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September 24, 2012 11:16 AM
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A gambler at heart, horse owner Paul Reddam doesn’t mind taking chances.
“We tend in our stable to try hit the ball over the fence,” Reddam said. “We strike out a lot, but every once in a while the ball does go over the fence.”
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September 24, 2012 11:08 AM
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Winning the Little Brown Jug has always been at the top of trainer Casie Coleman's bucket list, so when Ontario-sired 3-year-old pacing gelding Michaels Power captured the Confederation Cup in August, she started thinking seriously about taking a third run at the storied race.
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September 24, 2012 11:07 AM
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Zayat Stables' Haskell Invitational (gr. I) winner Paynter has beaten laminitis and will be able to race again if he beats colitis, his owner said Sept. 21.
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September 24, 2012 11:07 AM
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Grade I winner and multi-millionaire Awesome Gem has been retired from racing, according to West Point Thoroughbreds.
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September 24, 2012 11:06 AM
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The Mayflower Mile, the seventh leg of Monticello Raceway’s year-long Heritage Drivers Series, will go to post on Monday afternoon, Sept. 24. The event will feature the driving talents of drivers of English extraction, which includes any country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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September 24, 2012 11:05 AM
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Here is a closer look at some of the New York Sire Stakes divisional leaders and their biggest threats in the $1.8 million Night of Champions at Yonkers Raceway Sept. 22:
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September 24, 2012 11:36 AM
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Jockey David Amiss recorded the 1,000th victory of his career at Suffolk Downs Sept. 22, guiding Adahai to the wire first in the $50,000 African Prince Stakes.
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September 24, 2012 11:36 AM
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Bluegrass Hall's homebred Optimizer continued his climb through conditions on the turf with a powerful 4 1/4-length win in the $200,625 Kent Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Delaware Park Sept. 22, earning his first graded stakes score in spite of racing on his wrong lead all the way down the stretch.
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September 24, 2012 11:35 AM
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Trainer Dale Romans sent Arlington Million (gr. IT) winner Little Mike and stablemate Silver Max through works at Churchill Downs Sept. 22, preparing the turf contenders for upcoming starts in New York and Kentucky.
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September 24, 2012 11:34 AM
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Hot off a winning steer in the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold elims at Flamboro in the afternoon, Anthony MacDonald defied the speed of light (and perhaps a few traffic laws) to arrive at Grand River Raceway in just the nick of time to call race two on the Sept. 21 Fun & Frivolity Friday night card.
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September 24, 2012 11:34 AM
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Driver Jim Morrill, Jr.’s five consecutive victories at Saratoga Casino and Raceway on Friday night (Sept. 21) included the first three of four $45,000 New York Sire Stakes Excelsior Series Finals for 2-year-olds with odds-on favorites.
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September 24, 2012 11:33 AM
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Hall Of Muscles, who hadn’t seen the lead in seven straight races, got there by accident Friday at The Meadows and discovered he liked it as he clicked off a stake-fastest 1:56.2 victory in a Keystone Classic division. The $125,198 event for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters was contested over three divisions, with Major Athens and Hes An American taking the other splits.
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September 24, 2012 11:22 AM
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Don Munger didn’t expect he had a stakes winner on his hands when he put the 2-year-old filly Roveing Patrol into training this past winter, and he certainly never envisioned that J. Paul Reddam, owner of Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another, would pay him $100,000 for his filly after just two starts at Emerald Downs.
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September 24, 2012 11:09 AM
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It’s been a long road to breeding success for John O’Connor, but he seems to have found the right path with his 3-year-old trotting gelding Brookroad Knight. The son of CR Excalibur is a winner of more than a quarter-million dollars already this year and will be competing in the $225,000 New York Sire Stakes final on the $1.8 million Night of Champions at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday night (Sept. 22).
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September 24, 2012 11:08 AM
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Trainer Todd Pletcher said he wants to survey weekend workouts before he plots paths for many of his Belmont graded stakes contenders, but did confirm four-year-olds San Pablo and Stay Thirsty for the Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at 1 1/4 miles on September 29.
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September 24, 2012 11:07 AM
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Undefeated champion Awesome Feather returned from her victory in the Sept. 20 Nasty Storm stakes in fine condition, reported trainer Chad Brown, and will train up to the Nov. 2 Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic at Santa Anita.
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September 24, 2012 11:07 AM
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Captaintreacherous, whose five wins in six starts this year includes the $1 million Metro Pace and the $309,000 Woodrow Wilson, coasted to an easy qualifying win in 1:53 on Friday morning at The Red Mile.
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September 24, 2012 11:06 AM
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Some of Ontario's most gifted sophomore fillies stepped into the spotlight at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday evening and delivered two glittering Gold Final performances.
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