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Preakness Quartet Return As Desert Gate Heads Ohio Derby Field
Desert Gate heads a 10-runner Ohio Derby field at Thistledown, where four Preakness Stakes runners return in Saturday’s $500,000 Grade 3 contest.
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Junior Alvarado Handed Belmont Ban Over Chief Wallabee Ride
Junior Alvarado has been fined and suspended after stewards ruled he exceeded the riding-crop limit aboard Chief Wallabee in the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga.
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Todd Pletcher Begins 10-Day Suspension In Forte Case
Todd Pletcher has begun a 10-day New York suspension tied to Forte’s 2022 Hopeful Stakes positive, with further legal arguments still being pursued.
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Royal Ascot Day Three Recap: Scandinavia Lands Gold As O’Brien Hits 100
Scandinavia edged out Trawlerman in a stirring Gold Cup finish at Royal Ascot as Aidan O’Brien reached 100 winners at the meeting.
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Baeza Adds Fresh Spark To Loaded Stephen Foster Picture
Baeza is being lined up for a deep renewal of the Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs, where Sovereignty, Magnitude and White Abarrio are also central to the build-up.
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Golden Tempo Pushes Into Older-Horse Debate After Belmont Surge
Golden Tempo’s Belmont Stakes win has lifted him beyond the three-year-old division and into the wider conversation before his Saratoga summer campaign.
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O’Brien Denies Team Tactics After Soumillon Ascot Ban
Aidan O’Brien has denied that team tactics were used in the St James’s Palace Stakes after Christophe Soumillon received an eight-day Royal Ascot ban.
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Ombudsman Puts York In Sight After Ascot Masterclass
Ombudsman defended the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot in brilliant fashion, with York now looming as a major summer target.
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Trawlerman Faces Scandinavia Test In Ascot Gold Cup Defence
Trawlerman returns to defend his Ascot Gold Cup crown at Royal Ascot, with Scandinavia heading the new staying challenge on Thursday.
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NYRA Launches Saratoga Fire Relief After 17 Horses Killed
NYRA has announced a Saratoga fire relief campaign after 17 horses were killed in a barn fire at the Saratoga Casino Hotel Harness Track.
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Stark Contrast Set For Belmont Derby Shot At Saratoga
American Turf winner Stark Contrast is being aimed at the Grade 1 Belmont Derby at Saratoga on July 4 after connections committed to keeping him on turf.
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