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Casie Coleman always knew Sarandon Blue Chip possessed sizable talent.
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A year ago at Saratoga Race Course, fans caught a glimpse of the future when 2011 Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Union Rags powered to a 7 1/4-length victory in the Saratoga Special Stakes (gr. II).
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Graded stakes placed Jemima's Pearl will look for a breakthrough win when she starts in the Monmouth Oaks (G3) Saturday at Monmouth Park.
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A field of six 2-year-old fillies, including a recent impressive maiden winner and two stakes winners, are set to contest the Aug. 12 Adirondack Stakes (gr. II) at Saratoga Race Course.
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HIGH-PROFILE jockey Chantal Sutherland said on Thursday that she is relishing the chance to ride in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup on Saturday, when she will form an all-girls team featuring captain Hayley Turner and fellow Canadian Emma-Jayne Wilson.
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Jockey Gallyn Mitchell, the all-time leading rider at Emerald Downs, is scheduled to undergo surgery to repair a severe fracture in his right hand.
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Thirty of New York’s top 2-year-old trotting fillies will battle in four $29,000-plus divisions of the New York Sire Stakes on Friday evening (August 10) at Batavia Downs.
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The heats are now set for Sunday's 36th edition of the Confederation Cup after the live draw on Thursday morning trackside at Flamboro Downs.
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Ocean Downs hosted the 2-year-old Maryland Standardbred Fund races on Wednesday night. In the first division for colt and gelding trotters, a non-wagering event, Cashmere Briefs (Political Briefing-Cashmere Sahbra) left from post three to control the mile. Jonathan Roberts pulled Pure Glory at the five-eighths-mile marker and just when it looked like he was going to catch Cashmere Briefs at the wire Pure Glory made an unfortunate break. Cashmere Briefs stopped the clock in 2:05.3 for Nanticoke Racing, Delbert and Michael Cain and trainer-driver Les Givens.
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Last year, Samsawinner had a terrific year winning seven races, the fastest in 1:58.3, and amassing purses in excess of $65,000 for the owner-trainer combination of Woody Hoblitzell and Brue Aldrich.
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Executiveprivilege ran to her good looks and to her 2-5 backing Aug. 8 at Del Mar in the $150,000 Sorrento Stakes (gr. III). The 2-year-old filly by First Samurai covered the 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:16.98 and defeated Speedinthruthecity by 1 1/4 lengths.
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One of the top horses at Saratoga regardless of surface, Wise Dan will revert back to turf competition Saturday when he lines up for the Grade 2, $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap. The talented five-year-old gelding tried the turf for the first time 13 months ago, winning the Grade 2 Firecracker Handicap, and finished fourth against a deep field in the Grade 1 Shadwell Turf Mile two starts later. Since then, Wise Dan has raced exclusively on the main track for trainer Charles Lopresti, delivering sensational wins in the Grade 1 Clark Handicap, Grade 2 Fayette Stakes and Grade 3 Ben Ali Stakes as well as a head second in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap most recently.
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Paul Pompa Jr.'s Morrow Cove has stamped herself as a talented filly on the improve in her past two starts for trainer Graham Motion. Whether she's good enough to get a graded score will be discovered Aug. 11 at Monmouth Park, when the 3-year-old runner goes postward against five peers in the $100,000 Monmouth Oaks (gr. III).
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There's a common thread linking Sunday's pair of $200,000 juvenile stakes at Saratoga, and it's the formidable presence of Todd Pletcher runners. The meet's leading trainer will send out impressive debut winner Kauai Katie in the Grade 2 Adirondack for fillies, while the unbeaten duo of Shanghai Bobby and Drum Roll will go to bat for the barn in the Grade 2 Saratoga Special.
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Acclamation and Richard's Kid continued preparations Thursday for the signature event of the Del Mar meet, the $1 million Pacific Classic on August 26. The two horses have accounted for the last three runnings of the 1 1/4-mile event, with Richard's Kid winning back-to-back prior to Acclamation's success last year.
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With his intimidating speed, four-year-old ridgling Turbo Compressor has developed this year into one of the dominant turf runners in the country.
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Jockeys John Velazquez and Anthony Hamilton, trainers Roger Attfield and Robert Wheeler, and racehorses Ghostzapper and Planet will be inducted into the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame on Friday in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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Travis Kolaczynski: two driving victories. Roger Hammer: two driving victories. Sounds like a normal day on the Pennsylvania Fair Circuit, huh?
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Multiple Group 1 winner Nathaniel is likely to pass on the Juddmonte International Stakes (Eng-G1) August 22 at York, further clearing the way for unbeaten Cartier European Horse of the Year Frankel.
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The New York Racing Association, Inc. has released the stakes schedules for the 2012 Belmont Park and Aqueduct Racetrack fall meets that will be highlighted by the $1 million TVG Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I).
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Summertime Lea (1:52.2) captured the fastest of three divisions in a $116,605 New York Sires Stake for 2-year-old filly pacers on Wednesday night (Aug. 9) at Vernon Downs.
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The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's board of trustees Aug. 8 re-elected Peter Willmott as its chairman. Joining Willmott on the board to serve three-year terms as new members are Ramona Bass, Craig Bernick and Bryan Sullivan.
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Bettors won’t have to look hard to find something in common with all five of the contestants in the La Jolla Handicap (gr. IIT) at Del Mar Aug. 11 for 3-year-olds. Three of them ran in the first division of the restricted Oceanside Stakes at a mile on turf at Del Mar July 18 and the other two in the second division.
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My Miss Aurelia made her 2012 debut a winning one Aug. 8, overpowering four other 3-year-old fillies to take the $100,000 Mandys Gold Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. The 2-year-old champion filly of 2011 is unbeaten in five starts for Stonestreet Stables and George Bolton.
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