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Confident Elegance Lives Up to Her Name in LCD Lassie
Confident Elegance has gotten her career off to a great start, finishing second on debut and then following that up with three straights wins, which did include a LA-bred stake back in August. She would bring that streak to FG for the running of the LCD Lassie, and she seems like the one to beat.
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Continental Prevails Over Sectumsempra in LCD Juvenile
For Continental, the LCD Juvenile was a lot like his last race, the Peluso Memorial Stakes, that he won by a half a length. In that race, he had to carry two more pounds than most of his rivals, and in the LCD Juvenile, he would spot the entire field those two pounds.
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Gigafemme Overpowers Rivals in Stretch to Win Fifth Avenue
Gigafemme has made it a habit to run against NY-breds, but was still looking for her first win against them in a stake. She had run well in her two prior races, and was expected to do the same here as well. It turns out that she would wait until the purse reached this high point to grab the win, an impressive win of nearly two lengths.
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Elegance on Display in LCD Lassie
The two year old stakes at LA were able to fill, so I’ll pick up the 15th running of the LCD Lassie on Saturday, which has also drawn a field of five. The purse for the race has been a consistent $100.000 throughout time, and that might be part of the reason the LA is getting passed over on the breeding side as other states have higher such purses.
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LCD Juvenile Draws a Field of Five
Filling the LA-bred stakes this weekend was difficult, as four out of the seven scheduled such races failed to fill, including two races that I was given to cover. So, I will move on to one of the races that did get enough entries at FG, the LCD Juvenile, for two year olds.
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Eleven Hope to Find Joy in Fifth Avenue
On a weekend that will have several statebred stakes taking place around the country, it should come as no surprise as to why breeding in New York is so popular within the game. The purse levels for the Fifth Avenue and Great White Way far exceed what we are seeing in other states. Here, we will look at the Fifth Avenue, which is the race for juvenile fillies.
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Lucille Edges Multiple Shadows to Win The Demoiselle
It’s back to the winner’s circle in The Demoiselle for D J C Racing Stables, as the trainer wins the race for the second year in a row as well as for the third time in five years. Getting the job done for him was Lucille, a filly who wins her third big stake in four tries.
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Extreme Jet Thoroughly Dominates The Remsen
There is still five months until the KYD, but for now we can have some fun with predicting who the top contenders will be. In looking at the Remsen, a race that did end up having several KYD runners in it last year, including the winner, Extreme Jet, at the very least sent a message that we need to remember his name.
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Will The Remsen Produce Another KYD Winner?
Will we see the future KYD winner running on Saturday at AQU in the Remsen? Well, we did last year, as Hippyheart’s Bad Debt finished second in the Remsen and he carried that momentum into the spring. Now, a field of twelve will hope that they can follow the lead of Bad Debt and also make the big race.
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Luminous Gold Makes Alydar Stables Debut in The Demoiselle
It’s a big weekend for two year olds at the Big A on Saturday, as races that award points for both the KYO and the KYD will take place. Here, we will look at the fillies side in the 20th running of the Grade 2 Demoiselle. 10 points for the KYO will be heading to the winner, so while it’s not the biggest prep for the race, we all know that a few points could mean the difference between running in the race or sitting on the also eligible list.