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Call Paul heads short but salty Saratoga Special

August 10, 2018 0

Todd Pletcher and Steve Asmussen are each well-represented by a pair of 2-year-olds but Call Paul deserves top billing in Sunday’s $200,000 Saratoga Special (G2). Based at Monmouth Park with Jason Servis, the bay colt […]

Manitoulin breaks through in Hollywood Turf Cup

November 24, 2017 0

Darby Dan Farm Racing’s Manitoulin capped a banner “Black Friday” for the historic nursery. You might even call it a couple of “doorbusting” breakthroughs. Not long after the Clark H. (G1) victory by Seeking the […]

How Unusual crashes Red Carpet

November 23, 2017 0

It’s not unusual for the progeny of recently deceased patriarch Unusual Heat, or jockey Corey Nakatani, to star on the California turf, and How Unusual illustrated both points with a 9-1 upset of Thanksgiving Day’s […]

Apple Betty skims rail for Dowager triumph

October 22, 2017 0

Joseph Allen LLC’s Apple Betty scooted through an opening on the rail entering the stretch of Sunday’s $125,000 Dowager Stakes (G3) at Keeneland and pulled off under jockey John Velazquez to record a 3 1/2-length […]

Harmonize back on song in Glens Falls

September 2, 2017 0

Larkin Armstrong’s Harmonize hadn’t visited the winner’s circle since her up-in-time photo in last summer’s Del Mar Oaks (G1), but all she needed was a step up in trip to 1 3/8 miles for Saturday’s […]

Pure Silver headlines five-filly Spinaway

August 30, 2017 0

Unbeaten romper Pure Silver will only have to take on four fellow juvenile fillies in Saturday’s $350,000 Spinaway Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, and everyone of that quartet will be facing a winner for the first […]

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