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September 4, 2012 3:22 PM
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The second and final preliminary leg of Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) for 3 year olds highlighted the 15-race card Saturday night at The Red Mile, and with the predicted rains from the remnants of Hurricane Isaac failing to materialize, it left the famed clay oval lightning fast. Of the six KYSS contests that went postward, four winners set new lifetime marks.
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September 4, 2012 3:17 PM
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Heavily favored Captaintreacherous, with Tim Tetrick, overhauled Apprentice Hanover in deep stretch, then held off a closing Odds On Equuleus by a neck to win the C$1 million Metro Pace for 2-year-olds on Saturday (Sept. 1) at Mohawk Racetrack.
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September 4, 2012 3:17 PM
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World record holder Put On A Show, with Jody Jamieson doing the steering, took command turning for home and put away a classy group of pacing mares while taking the C$100,000 A Spring Of Hope Invitational on Saturday (Sept. 1) at Mohawk Racetrack.
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September 4, 2012 3:16 PM
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Outsider Middie spurted away from the field in upper stretch to post a 3 3/4-length victory under jockey Francisco Torres in the $150,000 Washington Park Handicap in track-record time over Polytrack at Arlington Park Sept 1.
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September 3, 2012 3:27 PM
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Archangel, who won July's $445,594 Yonkers Trot in world-record fashion, returns to Westchester Tuesday night. He does so as the marquee attraction in the $331,270 New York Sire Stakes Dick McGuire Trot for 3-year-old colts and geldings.
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September 3, 2012 3:25 PM
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Multiple grade I winner Ron the Greek registered his first published work since a runner-up finish in the Aug. 24 Whitney Invitational Handicap (gr. I), breezing four furlongs in :49.95 on the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 31. The move was seventh-fastest of 24 clocked at the distance on the day.
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September 3, 2012 3:24 PM
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Archangel, who won July's $445,594 Yonkers Trot in world-record fashion, returns to Westchester Tuesday night (Sept. 4).
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September 3, 2012 3:23 PM
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Jockey Martin Garcia, a 27-year-old native of Veracruz, Mexico, reached milestone victory 1,000 Aug. 30 when he booted home Bubba Fizz in the second race at Del Mar.
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September 3, 2012 3:17 PM
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Heading into last week's Ontario Sires Stakes Gold elimination Norm Dunstan felt Lexus Helios was rounding into peak form and would be able to hold her own against the top 3-year-old trotting fillies in the province.
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September 3, 2012 3:16 PM
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Pacing stallion Cam's Rocket added a unique accolade to his name last week -- his progeny set track records on both the trot and pace within a five day period.
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August 30, 2012 4:26 PM
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Unbeaten Executiveprivilege, the top two-year-old filly on the West Coast, will look for the third stakes victory of her young career in the Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Del Mar.
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August 30, 2012 4:25 PM
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Led by the pacing sensation Summertime Lea, 2-year-old New York bred pacing fillies will be on display when New York Sire Stakes action returns to Batavia Downs on Saturday night (September 1). More than $110,000 in Sire Stakes money will be up for grabs. Post time is 6:25 p.m.
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August 30, 2012 4:22 PM
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Fed Biz, an early hopeful on the Triple Crown trail for owner Kaleem Shah and trainer Bob Baffert in February, returns to action in the $100,000 El Cajon Stakes Aug. 31 at Del Mar.
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September 4, 2012 3:22 PM
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Foiled Again, driven by Yannick Gingras, became the richest pacer of all-time when he posted the 14-1 upset to take this year’s edition of the C$787,000 Canadian Pacing Derby on Saturday evening (Sept. 1) at Mohawk.
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September 4, 2012 3:17 PM
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Check Me Out obliterated the world record for 3-year-old trotting fillies on a five-eighths-mile track when she cruised to a 1:51.3 victory in her $200,000 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes championship on Saturday night (Sept. 1) at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.
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September 4, 2012 3:17 PM
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To Honor and Serve served notice that he is a legitimate contender in the handicap division heading into the fall with an impressive performance in the $750,000 Woodward Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, turning back favored Mucho Macho Man to win by a neck.
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September 4, 2012 3:16 PM
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Godolphin Racing's Emcee established himself as one of the nation's premier sprinters with a dominant victory in Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Forego Stakes, striding away to a 4 1/2-length victory at Saratoga. With Alan Garcia up, the improving four-year-old garnered his first stakes victory when completing seven furlongs in a quick 1:21, and the Kiaran McLaughlin-trained colt has now earned $479,900 from a 7-4-0-2 record.
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September 3, 2012 3:25 PM
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Whether it sends out one filly or two, Stonestreet Farm holds a strong hand in the Spinaway Stakes (G1) for two-year-old fillies on Sunday at Saratoga Race Course.
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September 3, 2012 3:24 PM
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Aunt Mel breezed to victory in the $10,000 elimination race, marking the 3-year-old trotting filly as the favorite in next week’s $50,000 Helen Smith final at Freehold Raceway.
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September 3, 2012 3:24 PM
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Ohio Sires Stakes action will top Northfield Park’s Saturday (September 1) program, when 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers and trotters are featured.
They race in the fourth and last preliminary leg of the 2012 Ohio Sires Stakes, their last chance to earn points to be eligible to the OSS finals. Those championships will be held at Scioto Downs in Columbus on Saturday (September 8).
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September 3, 2012 3:18 PM
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Ten juveniles will go postward Sept. 2 in the $100,000 Sapling Stakes (gr. III) at Monmouth Park, where trainer Todd Pletcher has entered a trio of developing contenders.
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September 3, 2012 3:16 PM
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Reigning Cartier European Horse of the Year Frankel will make his next — and perhaps final — start in the QIPCO Champion Stakes (Eng-G1) October 20 at Ascot.
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September 3, 2012 3:16 PM
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Champagne Tonight established herself as the early favorite for her $200,000 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes championship event next Friday at The Meadows, as at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon (August 30),the 2-year-old pacing daughter of Western Terror-Lake Shore Drive stormed to a pacesetting 1:53 victory in her division of the $343,162 final preliminary leg of the series.
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August 30, 2012 4:25 PM
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Ohio Sires Stakes racing will highlight Northfield Park’s Friday (August 31) program when 2-year-old filly pacers and trotters square off.
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August 30, 2012 4:22 PM
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Get Serious is a fan favorite at Monmouth Park, where he has won eight stakes (five of them grade III affairs). But the 8-year-old gelding faces multiple challenges going into the Sept. 1 Cliff Hanger Stakes (gr. IIIT) as the 5-2 choice on the morning line, including a new rival and his own record in the one-mile turf event.
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