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Ghost In The Shell Earns More Respect with Personal Ensign Win
Here in the SRF, Ghost In The Shell was picked to win the Grade 1 Personal Ensign. However, there were not many people that agreed that this late bloomer who was coming off a win in the Grade 1 Hirsch was the one to beat.
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Blowberg Prevails in The Jerkens Memorial
After finishing second in the Grade 2 Amsterdam here last month, Blowberg seemed as though he would be one of the horses to beat in The Jerkens Memorial
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Big Day for Night Rider Stables in The Albany
Topside ended up being quite a longshot for the Albany Stakes at SAR, which had just a small field of five horses. The gelding was making his debut for Night Rider Stables after being picked up in the auction in June from Mb Stables.
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Fractious Looks Great in The Jerkens Memorial
Looking forward to covering this race, due its implications for the BC Sprint (or BC Dirt Mile). It’s a talented field of twelve that comprises the 17th running of the Jerkens Memorial, which was also known as the Kings Bishop when I was regularly going up to Saratoga for Travers Day.
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Spankys Barn Looks To Haunt The Personal Ensign
The sixteenth running of the coveted Personal Ensign takes place just prior to the Travers at SAR, and there will be ten of them going to the gate hoping for the automatic ticket to the BC Distaff.
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A Taste of Singapore Comes to Albany
Before we have the big day on Saturday, we have some racing to take care of Friday, and the card should still be plenty entertaining. The Albany offers a $250.000 for three year olds bred in the Empire State, and it will go nine furlongs.
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Oh My Gad Remains Perfect After ELP Juvenile
The ELP Juvenile was an ungraded stake that ran for the 8th time, bringing together a group of talented two year olds.
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Apples To Oranges To Pacific Classic Champ
Apples To Oranges has had a successful three year old season, winning the Wood Memorial before hitting the board in both the KYD and the BEL.
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Only Three Run in Breeders Stakes
Breeders Stakes- $400.000 PurseWO- For Three Year Olds Foaled in CanadaOne Mile and One Half on the TurfAugust 17, 2019 Initially, there were six runners for the Breeders Stakes, but Mb Stables scratched all of his entrants, leaving us with… Read More ›
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D J C Looks for Third Straight in ELP Juvenile
A field of eight two year olds will be taking part in the eighth edition of the ELP Juvenile, an ungraded stake. The race did initially appear on the schedule in 2004, but from 2008-2015, it was never contested.