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Wet Your Whistle Wires Belmont Turf Sprint

ELMONT, NY – David Palmer’s Wet Your Whistle struck the front end early and never relented, taking the field gate to wire in Sunday’s $150,000 Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park. Wet Your…

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Faction Cat Establishes New Record in Turf Dash

OLDSMAR, FL – Asterace Group’s Faction Cat established a new track record while taking the field gate to wire Saturday in the $100,000 Turf Dash Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. Breaking sharply from post 6 under Albin Jimenez as the 9/2 third choice on the tote, Faction Cat outhustled the 2/1… Read More

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Temple Tackles Gio Ponti

SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY – Trainer Mike Maker’s faith in Temple paid dividends on Friday when the former claimer held off Kadar by a nose at the wire to tackle the $150,000 Gio Ponti Stakes at Aqueduct. Breaking from post 8 at 8/1 odds under Jorge Vargas, Jr., Temple was able… Read More

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Uncle Benny Times Run Perfectly in $150,000 Futurity

ELMONT, NY – Ara Aprahamian’s Uncle Benny and jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr., waited until the perfect moment to strike before launching a furious rally down the stretch to win Sunday’s $150,000 Futurity Stakes at Belmont Park. The Futurity is a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” event, with Uncle Benny receiving an automatic berth in… Read More

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Mind Control Wires G1 Hopeful

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Red Oak Stable’s homebred Mind Control possessed the lead throughout the race, no matter who challenged him, en route to winning Monday’s Grade 1, $350,000 Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga. Breaking from post 2 under John Velazquez at odds of 10/1, Mind Control held command while running heads apart with… Read More

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Chattel Sweeps Away in $100,000 Skidmore

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – David Baxter’s Chattel made it two in a row on Friday, taking command at the top of the stretch before sweeping off to a resounding upset score in the $100,000 Skidmore Stakes at Saratoga. Dismissed by bettors at odds of 22-1, Chattel broke well under Kendrick Carmouche and settled… Read More