Rahystrada will return to Kentucky Downs in good form Saturday, dead-heating for third in the Grade 1 Arlington Million most recently, and figures to be a strong favorite as he goes for a second straight victory in the Grade 3, $200,000 Kentucky Turf Cup. The multiple Grade 3-winning millionaire posted a 3 3/4-length score last year in the 1 1/2-mile affair over the undulating, European-style turf course.
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Rafael Bejarano will replace Chantal Sutherland as the rider for multiple grade I winner Game On Dude, trainer Bob Baffert told The Blood-Horse Sept. 11. 
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Worthadd, a well-travelled son of Dubawi, will make his first appearance in North America in Sunday's Grade 1, C$1 million Woodbine Mile.
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When the 37th edition of the C$1 million Canadian Trotting Classic takes place this Saturday (Sept. 15) at Mohawk, driver Jack Moiseyev will look to do what no other driver has done before in the rich classic.
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Eight 3-year-old colt pacers were entered Tuesday (Sept. 11) for the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold elimination scheduled to be contested on Saturday (Sept. 15) at Mohawk Racetrack.
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The day after he broke his ankle in an August 5 on-track accident at Raceway Park, driver Jason Merriman was at Hazel Park, wrapped in a cast, trying to convince the state race stewards that he was ready for action.
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Tirade Hanover is one of the biggest threats to win the New York Sire Stakes final for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday night, Sept. 22. A gelded son of Crazed, out of the Royal Strength mare Teagarden Hanover, Tirade Hanover is owned by Leigh Nichol, Stephen Moss and Harold and Helane Solomon, and trained by Tyler Raymer.
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Take Charge Indy, who won the Florida Derby (gr. I) earlier this year before being sidelined by an injury, "has been in training for 30 days" and is being pointed for a return to competition during Keeneland's fall meeting, according to Charles Sandford.
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The final week of statebred legs began Monday night (Sept. 10) with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $286,060 New York Sire Stakes Frank Becerra Pace for 2-year-old fillies. Four formful groupings went at it in succession.
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Diego Saenz, a 33-year-old Mexico native, chalked up his second consecutive rider title and the fourth in the past four years at Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino at the recently concluded 84-night spring/summer meet.
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Six weeks from now Karen Blair will be among those receiving awards at the New England Harness Writers awards dinner. Blair is the publisher of the monthly newspaper Horse Talk, a task she has been performing since 2000. Its goal is dedicated to reporting and promoting the horse industry that exists in the Middleborough, Mass., area. She will be among nine recipients of the chapter's recognition awards. She is also a member of the New England Harness Writers chapter.
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Grade 1 Haskell Invitational hero Paynter appears to be getting the upper hand in his battle against laminitis, owner Ahmed Zayat reported in an encouraging series of tweets on Monday. The star three-year-old has been hospitalized since August 26, initially with a critical case of colitis, followed by the complication of laminitis, but he has been making a remarkable recovery.
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The New York Sires Stakes Night of Champions is set for Sept. 22 at Yonkers, but a Wednesday night (Sept. 12) clash of 3-year-old colt trotting titans at Batavia Downs Casino will give harness racing fans a sneak preview of the championship.
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Michael’s Power, the leading money-winning pacer in harness racing, will compete in the Little Brown Jug on Sept. 20 at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in central Ohio.
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Adam Birnbaum, Nathaniel Heagney, and Ben Weinrib will enter the freshman class at Vanderbilt University as the 2012 co-recipients of the 54th Fred Russell-Grantland Rice TRA Scholarship for sports writing.
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The highlight on day two of the St Leger Festival, Ladies Day Thursday, is the Group 2 £80,000 Park Hill Stakes over an extended mile and six furlongs. The contest, sometimes referred to as the 'fillies' St Leger,' will see nine runners go to post headed by Sir Henry Cecil's impressive Group 3 Lillie Langtry Stakes scorer Wild Coco. The four-year-old will clash again with The Queen's Royal Ascot heroine Estimate and Hazel Lavery, trained by Charlie Hills, who were third and ninth, respectively, in the Lillie Langtry.
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As Semper Fit prepares for Wednesday’s American-National Stakes elimination for 2-year-old male trotters at Balmoral Park, trainer Homer Hochstetler isn’t making any bold predictions one way or the other.
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This past weekend a contingent of Billings drivers returned after competing in the Canadian Maritimes at Charlottetown Driving Park and Summerside Raceway. Both racetracks are on Prince Edward Island.
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The British are coming to Monticello Raceway on Monday (Sept. 24). Well at least those with English blood in their family tree will be coming when The Mighty M presents its Mayflower Mile, a race for drivers of British heritage.
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Three-year-olds kicked off two days of racing at the York Fair on Monday (Sept. 10) in York, Pa. Four $3,080 divisions of the PASS filly pace were up first on the card, with Tony Schadel and Bestest Hanover taking the first wire-to-wire in 1:59. Bruce Schadel trains and owns the Dragon Again mare with wife Tanya Schadel. The second division went to Magic Starlight (Real Desire) and driver Eric Neal, pacing the mile in 2:00 for trainer Randy Neal and owners Neal Racing Stable LLC. Chrome Over, a Yankee Cruiser mare, captured the third division for trainer/driver Steve Schoeffel and owners Virginia and Kathy Schoeffel, Marian Schilling and Jim Nelson in 2:03.4. The fourth and final division was won by driver Brady Brown and Cin Cardle in 2:03.2. The McArdle mare is owned by Bob Key and trained by Mike Gillock.
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Harry Von Knoblauch's Mainland Key N ($12.40, Ross Wolfenden) was the beneficiary of a pocket trip in Monday's $20,000 Open at Harrington Raceway and responded with a strong surge in the stretch to prevail in 1:52.
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Harry Von Knoblauch’s Mainland Key N ($12.40, Ross Wolfenden) was the beneficiary of a pocket trip in Monday’s $20,000 Open at Harrington Raceway and responded with a strong surge in the stretch to prevail in 1:52.
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David Cohen made something of an abrupt move this fall, leaving what had been his home circuit for the better part of the last three years – the New York racing circuit – almost as soon as he posted one of his biggest career victories in the Travers Stakes.
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Undefeated Second City overcame a slow start to defeat the favored three-horse entry in the $204,339 British Columbia Derby (Can-G3) on Sunday evening at Hastings Racecourse.
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The Upstate New York Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association has announced that Robert A. Brooks will be the 24th horseman inducted into their Harness Racing Hall of Fame on Friday (Sept. 14), during a presentation in the winner’s circle at Tioga Downs.
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