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Dead Heat #3: Lil Sunshine And Prosecutor in The Staten Island
My dead heat trifecta would conclude Saturday in the Staten Island as Lil Sunshine and Prosecutor, the top two choices of the betting public, would finish in a dead heat.
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Furious Logic and Extreme Flyer Share The Thunder Rumble Win
In my second dead heat to cover today, it’s time to take a look at the NY Stallion Series- Thunder Rumble. In this one, a sole winner could not be determined either, as Extreme Flyer and Furious Logic will share the top prize.
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Winned And Were Wolf Gets W’s in Commonwealth Turf
Well, I guess I was due. After hearing others talk about the dead heats in the races they have been covering, I was thinking that it actually had been a little while since I had one. With the game reading my mind, we get a dead heat this afternoon in the Commonwealth Turf.
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Lil Sunshine Hopes to Shine Bright in Staten Island
Female NY-breds will get their chance to run in the NY Stallion Series on Saturday in the 16th running of the Staten Island, which is a seven furlong race on the track. When the race first appeared on the schedule, it ran for just a $75.000 purse, but the increases have only been slight, at best.
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Eleven To Take Part in the Thunder Rumble
This weekend is full of statebred stakes throughout the virtual racing world, and AQU is no exception as a pair of NY Stallion Series races will run on Saturday. One of them is the Thunder Rumble, which is a seven furlong race on the main track. It runs for the 16th time, with past winners being New York Yankees, undoubtedly a popular horse here that day in 2011, as well as Sexy Back in 2021.
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Winned Looks for CD Redemption in Commonwealth Turf
Six horses will be heading to the starting gate for the 15th running of the Commonwealth Turf, a race for three years olds on the turf at a mile and a sixteenth. It was first run in 2005, but has not been contested every year, and it was not until 2022 where we saw a significant purse increase for the race.
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Rubis Lights Up the Board in CC Canterbury
Not many people gave Rubis a chance to win the CC Canterbury, as the Mental Bloch Racing gelding was the longest shot on the board at 36/1. You could understand that, though, since he was being moved from the dirt and the turf, and bettors did not have any recent turf works to go by.
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The Sidley Stud Posts Another CC Win, This Time in CC Tiara
The Sidley Stud was not done after enjoying his win with Blue Blood in the CC Rapid Transit in the prior race, or his win with Whoop Whoop before that in the CC Glass Slipper. He would make it three in a row in the CC Tiara, as Hashtag Selfie hung on in the stretch to get this victory.
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Add Changes Pay Dividends for Blue Blood in CC Rapid Transit
It was a tight finish at the wire in the CC Rapid Transit between three horses, and a couple of longshots would take the top two spots. Blue Blood went off at odds of 26/1, but with some significant add changes, he was able to overcome his flat effort last time out and prevail at the wire and to light up the board.
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Full Field for CC Canterbury
Turf sprinters will get their CC race as well, as the CC Canterbury takes place on Saturday will a gate full of horses. It’s the 11th time that this race has been run, and to be eligible for it, horses had to have run for a claiming price of $25.000 or less since January 1, 2023.
