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Alydar Preview: Endorsed Returns to the Spa

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott’s Endorsed stretches back out while getting much-needed class relief as he returns to the Spa in Sunday’s $85,000 Alydar Stakes at […]

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Code of Honor Returns Strong in Westchester

ELMONT, NY – W. S. Farish homebred Code of Honor returned to the track with a strong effort on Saturday, kicking ahead in mid-stretch to win his 2020 debut in the $100,000 […] Read More

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Westchester Preview: Code of Honor Makes Seasonal Bow

ELMONT, NY – Code of Honor will make his 4-year-old debut – and first start since November’s Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) – in the 92nd running of the $100,000 Westchester […] Read More

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Diamond King Gamest of All in Stymie

SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY – Cash is King and LC Racing’s Diamond King proved to be gamest of all runners, putting on a gutsy, front-running effort to win Saturday’s $125,000 Stymie […] Read More

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Adventist Goes from Last to First in Bernardini

SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY – After two stakes placings at long odds this meet, Barbara Hutnyk’s Adventist made his third time the charm when coming from far off the pace […] Read More

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Mr. Buff defends Jazil title

SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY – Chester and Mary Broman homebred Mr. Buff successfully defended his title with another gate-to-wire performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Jazil Stakes at Aqueduct. Breaking from the […] Read More

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Stan the Man Stakes His Name in Queens County

SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY – Long Lake Stable’s Stan the Man showed no signs of rust on Saturday, returning from a six-month sojourn to earn his first stakes score in the […] Read More

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Sadler’s Joy Trounces Red Smith Foes

SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY – Woodslane Farm’s homebred Sadler’s Joy, winless since taking the 2018 Mac Diarmida Stakes (G2) over 20 months ago, took a significant class drop and trounced his […] Read More

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Mr. Buff Breezes in $100,000 Jazil

SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY – Mr. Buff made easy work of the six-horse field in Saturday’s $100,000 Jazil Stakes at Aqueduct, wiring the field in the process. This was the fourth […] Read More

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Harlan Punch Makes the Grade in G3 Philip H. Iselin

OCEANPORT, NJ – Owner/trainer David Jacobson’s Harlan Punch didn’t have to do much to finally earn his first graded stakes victory on Saturday, cruising wire to wire over just three other foes to […] Read More