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Neon Terra Wins Staten Island In The Final Strides
Neon Terra came into the Staten Island having only made four starts for her career, and was going up against some that had 25 or more races on their resume. This was her second stake appearance, and she was needing to do much better than she had here last month in the Iroquois.
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Adrenaline Dominates In The Thunder Rumble
Our pick to win would scratch out of the Thunder Rumble, leaving us with a field of seven. This would move up Adrenaline to be our top pick, and he would cruise to a win of about three lengths in wire to wire fashion.
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McWicked Pulls Away For Commonwealth Turf Victory
We would have seven three year olds taking part in the Commonwealth Turf On Saturday, and getting the win by nearly two lengths would be McWicked, an Mb Stables gelding who now has five wins in nine starts on the year. McWicked was among our picks, but not our top choice, and went off at odds of 7/1.
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Staten Island Looks Up for Grabs
The Staten Island is the companion race for fillies and mares to the Thunder Rumble, and will also be taking place on Saturday at AQU. The race has been run every year since 2009, when it initially offered just a $75.000 purse and has peaked at $150.000.
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Looking For Sanity In The Thunder Rumble
The Thunder Rumble, part of the NY Stallion Series, will take place on Saturday at AQU and it will run for a $125.000 purse. Eight NY-breds are entered to go seven furlongs on the main track. This race first appeared on the schedule in 2009 for just $75.000, and peaked at $150.000 in 2021.
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It May Be an Extravagant Day in Commonwealth Turf
This Saturday, a field of seven will be taking part in the Grade 3 Commonwealth Turf, held at a little over a mile, for three year olds. The race was first held in 2005, but has not been on the calendar every year despite being graded since 2008.
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Smokin Cherie Dominates The Pebbles Field
Smokin Cherie entered the Pebbles a perfect 4-for-4 on the turf, all in her last four races, but she was still made a 20/1 longshot on the morning line as perhaps the odds makers questioned whether or not she wanted to run a mile. That would emphatically be answered on Sunday, as she would not only win, but do so by three lengths.
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Menacing Shadow Claims Chilukki Crown
Once the claiming crown races were over at CD, it was time for graded competition as field of six took part in the $300.000 Chilukki. It had all the feel of an evenly matched race, but Menacing Shadow would run away with a convincing two length victory.
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Glee Drives Away with Kennedy Road Stakes Win
Rain would fall at WO on Saturday, leaving the track as muddy and leading to one scratch, giving us a field of eight. The weather would not spoil the day of Glee, the post time favorite who was also our pick to win, as he showed everyone why that was the case as he just barely held off the charge of upset-minded Mystic Freak Party to get the win.
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Elegance Of Light Is The One To Beat In The Pebbles
For Sunday, we’ll take a look at the Big A, where the 22nd running of the Grade 3 Pebbles will take place, drawing a field of seven. This will be just the fourth time that the race has been run here, however, as it was part of the BEL card from 2003-2021.