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The Thursday afternoon program at The Red Mile is headlined by five divisions of the $264,200 International Stallion Stakes (ISS) for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters. The premier split features Milligan's School, who won the fastest division of the $289,000 Bluegrass on Oct. 1, timed in 1:56.3. Owned by Stroy Inc. and trained by Julie Miller, the son of Yankee Glide, out of SJ's Photo mare Tori Ann, has earned $132,494 in 10 starts this season, with four of them being wins. Jimmy Takter's Honor Above All, Ron Burke's Make Or Miss, and Ake Svanstedt's Metatron all also return to Lexington after competing in the Bluegrass. Split two is highlighted by the Jimmy Takter-trained Love Matters, whose record was tainted by a break in the $351,000 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes final. The winner of six races in seven starts qualified in 1:56.2 at The Red Mile on Sept. 25. He's sired by Explosive Matter, and foaled out of the Andover Hall mare Lotsa Love. He's owned by Christina Takter, Brixton Medical Ab, John Fielding, and Herb Liverman. He's competing against Bluegrass starters Labatt Hanover, Hollywood Highway, Coughlin, Desert Runner, and Sliding Home, who finished second in the Pennsylvania Sires Stakes final on Sept. 11.
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The Thursday (Oct. 8) program at The Red Mile is headlined by five divisions of the $264,000 International Stallion Stakes for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters. The premier split features Milligan’s School, who won the fastest division of the $289,000 Bluegrass on Oct. 1, timed in 1:56.3. Owned by Stroy Inc. and trained by Julie Miller, the son ofYankee Glide, out of the S J’s Photo mare Tori Ann, has earned $132,494 in 10 starts this season, with four of them being wins. Jimmy Takter’s Honor Above All, Ron Burke’s Make Or Miss, and Ake Svanstedt’s Metatron will also return to Lexington after competing in the Bluegrass.
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Three Breeders' Cup World Championships contenders from Todd Pletcher's high-powered stable—Liam's Map, Rachel's Valentina, and Stopchargingmaria—were on the track at Keeneland Race Course on a sunny morning Oct. 5. Rachel's Valentina, the undefeated daughter of Bernardini out of Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, worked in tandem with Stopchargingmaria, with the pair getting a half mile in :48 and galloping out five furlongs in 1:01 1/5.
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Take a look back at the Saratoga Race Coursemeet, where trainer Mark Casse almost couldn't buy a winner, and it's remarkable to see how the tables have turned. Coming off a summer where they took just three races from 42 starts for a 7% win rate, Team Casse is killing it at Keeneland. The barn has sent out five winners in the first three days of the autumn race meet alone—two of them in graded stakes—winning 45% of the time. They have six contenders for the Breeders' Cup World Championships to be run at the end of October at the Lexington oval.
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John Oxley's Airoforce, off an easy debut maiden win at Kentucky Downs, rallied in the stretch to win the Dixiana Bourbon Stakes (gr, IIIT) for 2-year-olds at Keeneland Oct. 4. Ridden by Julien Leparoux for trainer Mark Casse, Airoforce, a Colonel John colt, sat just off the early pace set by longshot Argot, rallied three-wide off the final turn and held off the late run ofCamelot Kitten, who was far back early, to win by 1 1/2 lengths. Siding Spring, another Casse trainee, finished another half-length back in third.
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Keeneland officials have confirmed that Flaxman Holdings' homebred Tacticussuffered a fatal leg fracture during training the morning of Oct. 4 at the Lexington track and was euthanized.
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The first of two divisions for the $220,000 Bluegrass 3-year-old colt trot at The Red Mile on Saturday night went to Crazy Wow off a pocket trip in 1:55.4. Muscle Diamond took the second split. Trainer Ron Burke said Crazy Wow will be supplemented to the Kentucky Futurity while his world champion filly Mission Brief, who raced against the colts in the Hambletonian and finished second, will stick with racing against the fillies. As for Crazy Wow, he took control through a :28.2 first quarter, but soon yielded to challenger and 4-5 favorite The Bank. The Bank went on to set fractions of :57.3 and 1:27 before Crazy Wow readied to pounce out of the pocket. Once out and moving in the stretch, Crazy Wow slid up to The Bank and past him after the eighth pole, advancing to victory over the favorite, Crescent Fashion, and Classic Venture. Owned by Our Horse Cents Stables, Jerry and Theresa Silva Stables, and Deo Volente Farms, trained by Ron Burke, and driven by Tim Tetrick, Crazy Wow collected the 12th win of his career, earning $977,415. The son of Crazed out of the Mr Vic mare No Pan No Gain paid $4.00 to win.
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Trainer Kelvin Harrison’s In The Arsenal won the fastest of the two splits for the $185,000 Bluegrass 3-year-old colt pace, winning in 1:52.3 on Saturday night (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile. Sitting off a hot pace set by Paparazzi Hanover, including fractions of :27.4, :54.3, and 1:23, driver Brian Sears pulled the even-money choice off the pylons and around a tiring pocket sitter in National Seelster. Catching Paparazzi Hanover at the top of the stretch, In The Arsenal progressed to the lead with Rock N’ Roll World following his move after the leader, beginning to challenge for control. However, In The Arsenal dug in to the inside of Rock N’ Roll World and held a half-length advantage in the end. Reggiano closed for third.
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Always B Miki made the first start of his 2015 campaign a winning one as he cruised to a dominant victory in the $20,000 Indiana Sires Stakes elimination for older pacing stallions and geldings at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Saturday (Oct. 3). With trainer Jimmy Takter in the bike, Always B Miki stopped the timer in 1:49 under wraps, finishing five lengths in front of his next closest competitor over a track rated 'good' on a cold, windy night in Indiana.
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On a blustery, frigid Saturday (Oct. 3) evening at The Red Mile, Mission Brief was simply dazzling in her $72,000 division of the Bluegrass Stake for 3-year-old filly trotters. Sent off the deserving 1-9 favorite in the first race on the card, the superstar easily dispatched of her rivals by 4-3/4 lengths with regular pilot Yannick Gingras barely moving a muscle in the bike. The daughter of Muscle Hill and Southwind Serena, who is owned by Burke Racing Stable, Our Horse Cents Stables, J&T Silva Stables and Weaver Bruscemi, commenced her mile from the seventh post position, but that and the track, which was rated good but definitely possessed some moisture, did not hamper her trip in the slightest.
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Double JH Stable's No Silent has done nothing but improve since breaking a seven-race losing streak in August at Del Mar, and took another step forward Oct. 3 at Santa Anita Park to win the $100,000 Eddie D Stakes (gr. IIIT). The 6-year-old gelded son of Silent Name stalked the pace, rolled four-wide on the turn, and pulled away steadily under jockey Gary Stevens to claim his first stakes victory by 1 3/4 lengths over hard-closing longshot Melatonin. Toowindytohaulroxwas elevated to third with the disqualification of Jimmy Bouncer, who came out and impeded the fourth-place finisher in the stretch.
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Robert S. Evans' Tonalist rated early and exploded late to win the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (gr. I) Oct. 3 at Belmont Park. The 4-year-old Tapit colt won the Gold Cup last year as well. Trained by Christophe Clement and ridden by John Velazquez, Tonalist won by 4 3/4 lengths over Wicked Strong, who took the lead at the head of the stretch but could not contain the winner.Effinex finished third. Tonalist covered the 1 1/14 miles on a sloppy, sealed track in 2:02.16. He paid $4 to win as the heavy favorite.
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Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund stakes action for Delaware sired 2-year-olds debuted for the season on Monday (Oct. 5) at Harrington Raceway with four $20,000 divisions completing the first leg for pacing fillies. Rowdy Patti ($4.60, Bryan Truitt) captured the first division for owners Roland Hall and Bryan Truitt Jr. in 2:00. The Roddy's Bags Again-Winbak Patty filly set all the fractions in her first lifetime win for driver/trainer Bryan Truitt.
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With his connections pointing him to the TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) Oct. 31 at Keeneland, grade I winner Big Macher turned in an easy five-furlong move in 1:01 2/5 Monday, Oct. 5 at Santa Anita Park. Trainer Richard Baltas said he is pointing 2014 Bing Crosby Stakes (gr. I) winner Big Macher to the Sprint off his 4 3/4-length victory in the Pirate's Bounty Stakes Sept. 7 at Del Mar. That easy victory marked the first race for Tom Mansor and Tachycardia Stables' Big Macher since his fifth-place finish in the March 28 Dubai Golden Shaheen presented by Gulf News (UAE-I) at Meydan.
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Celebrity Eventsy has turned a good number of her races into memorable occasions and trainer Staffan Lind hopes the 2-year-old filly trotter continues to step out in style when she competes in the first of four International Stallion Stakes divisions Wednesday afternoon at The Red Mile. Celebrity Eventsy is the 7-5 morning line favorite in her International Stallion Stakes division on Wednesday, with Brett Miller driving. A daughter of Manofmanymissions out of the mare Little Ms Queenie, Celebrity Eventsy has posted three wins and four second-place finishes in eight races. She heads to the International Stallion off a victory in a division of the Bluegrass Stakes last week at The Red Mile. "She's a tough filly,” Lind said. "She has a mind of her own, but she's using it very well on the racetrack. I think anytime you have a filly that wants to go forward at all times, that's a good thing. She can go high speed and she can do it effortlessly. She has a great gait.”
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Pompano Park opened its 2015-2016 126 night racing season on Sunday night (Oct. 4) with Wally Hennessey, Oho Diamond and Audrey's Dream providing the fireworks on a magnificent 80 degree evening. Hennessey, coming into the action with 8,818 lifetime wins during his Hall of Fame career, added seven more of them on opening night, including six in a row encompassing races three through eight. Hennessey began his winning evening in the non-wagering Sunshine State Stakes for 2-year-old trotting fillies by guiding Kevin Kelly's Gold Star Briana, a daughter of Basil, to a handy win in 2:05.2 in her first purse start. Two other non-wagering Sunshine State Stakes were also contested with Dave Myrick's Proud Joe T scoring for Rob Hoffman in his racing debut for juvenile colts and geldings in 2:08.1 and Prairie Fortune annihilating his foes in the sophomore event for colts and geldings in 1:57.3. This son of Arapa Victory was driven by trainer and co-owner Mike Deters on behalf of co-owner Laurie Poulin.
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Even-money favorite Riker made short work of his four opponents, going quickly to the lead, opening up, and cruising home to win his third consecutive stakes race and first graded contest in the $114,045 Grey Stakes (Can-III) Oct. 4 at Woodbine. Riker has now won the first four races of his career for Tucci Stables and trainer Nicholas Gonzalez. The dark bay or brown colt is by Include —Desviacion, by Unreal Zeal, and was bred in Kentucky by Turner Breeders.
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Got Lucky was just that Oct. 4 atKeeneland, finding running room from far back and closing past championUntapable and longshot Yahilwa in the final furlong to win the the $500,000Juddmonte Spinster (gr. I). The 4-year-old filly from the last crop of A.P. Indy picked up her first grade I victory for trainer Todd Pletcher, and in the process secured an automatic berth to the Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I). She ran the 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.44 on a fast track.
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Anthony Oppenheimer's 3-year-old colt Golden Horn, racing just behind the pacemaker, took off when asked in the stretch to comfortably win the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) at Longchamp Oct. 4. Heavily favored Treve, who was seeking her third consecutive win in the Arc, made up some ground late but didn't kick as usual to finish fourth, a nose behind New Bay. Flintshire, who always had Golden Horn in his sights, finished second as he did in last year's Arc, which is run at 1 1/2 miles.
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Mach It So, the veteran Mach Three gelding coming off a late-charging victory in the Quillen Memorial at Harrington, used speedy tactics Saturday night at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, overcoming less-than-ideal conditions and a good field to take the $24,000 featured pace in 1:49.4. Driver Andrew McCarthy sent Mach It So to the lead after the :27.1, and the career winner of $1.09M took it from there, putting up middle splits of :55.3 and 1:22.4, then booking home in 27 over a good track in 46 temperatures to win by six lengths for trainer Jeff Bamond Jr. and Bamond Racing LLC. The winner certainly seems to like the Pocono surface -- he took his mark of 1:48 here last year, and he certainly doesn't seem to mind traveling, now having consecutive wins at Mohawk, Harrington, and Pocono.
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Not to be outdone by their female counterparts, Crazy Wow and Muscle Diamond deserve their share of accolades for capturing their respective divisions of the Bluegrass Stake for 3-year-old male trotters on Saturday (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile. Crazy Wow took center stage first when he went to the gate as the public’s second choice at even money. The son of Crazed and No Pan No Gain, who is owned by Our Horse Cents Stables, JT45, J&T Silva Stables and Deo Valente Farms, had the services of Tim Tetrick for his mile. The duo left from post four in the sixth race of night and broke on top while the 4-5 favorite The Bank was caught three wide on the first turn. The Bank swiftly assumed control after a first quarter-mile in :28.2 while Tetrick bided his time with the Ron Burke trainee in the pocket spot. The top two remained in the same positions around the red clay oval through splits of :57.3 and 1:27.
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Nickname, a daughter of hot sire Scat Daddy, took a commanding lead in deep stretch to take the $400,000 Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park. The one-mile stakes for 2-year-old fillies is a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" qualifier for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.
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With a blazing speed ahead of him, Wild Dude's chances in the $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (gr. I) looked bleak early on—but the son of Wildcat Heir never relented, blowing by his rivals late to secure his second grade I score. Fellow closer Kobe's Back nearly got by the Jerry Hollendorfer trainee late, but Wild Dude held on to win by a neck, finishing six furlongs in 1:09.45 under jockey Rafael Bejarano. LongshotGlacken Too came in third, 4 1/4 lengths back.
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Grand Arch held off The Pizza Man in an exciting finish Oct. 3 at Keeneland, earning his first grade I win for owners Jim and Susan Hill when claiming the $1 million Shadwell Turf Mile (gr. IT) by a head. The Shadwell is a Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" event for the Oct. 31 Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT), a race the 6-year-old Arch gelding will contest after picking up his second graded victory in a row off an Aug. 15 victory in the Fourstardave Handicap (gr. IIT). "I would hope to think so," trainer Brian Lynch said of a Breeders' Cup Mile bid. "It's great to see him as he gets older. He just keeps getting better and better. We had this race in mind this year after a game effort last year. I was worried about the turf getting a little soft today, but he handled it well."
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