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Six Hope to Find Fame in National Museum Of Racing
A field of six will be heading to the starting gate for the 19th edition of the National Museum Of Racing, which is a Grade 2 race held on the grass. Over time, the distance of the race has varied, starting at nine furlongs, then losing 1/16th of a mile in 2011, then another sixteenth in 2019, to its current level.
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Big Purse and BC Classic Spot at Stake in The Whitney
It’s time for one of the biggest races of the entire SAR Meet as the Grade 1 Whitney will be taking place. While everyone will want the winner’s share of the $1,000.000 purse, a victory will also provide an automatic entry into the BC Classic, giving it even more value.
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Familiar Faces Meet in The Troy
Checking in with racing at the Spa on Friday, we will have the 17th running of the Troy, which is a Grade 3 race for older horses. Until 2020, three year olds were able to participate in this turf sprint, but that would change during that year and it has remained that way.
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Dominance Dominates In Stretch To Win MTH Oaks
With a name like Dominance, you better be good. Heading into the MTH Oaks, this filly had been successful, but had never taken on a stakes crowd before. It would be her fourth stake for Nakamura Stables, who claimed her for $65.000 at the start of the year and she would knock off a pretty good crowd in that stakes debut.
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Afterburner Prevails In Quick Paced Bowling Green
The Bowling Green will go down as a memorable race, not because of the winner, but because of the way the pacesetters turned on the afterburners at the start of the race. The ultimate winner, Afterburner, did not want any part of the what they were doing on the front end and it would be the right call!
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Billy Joel Hopes To Stay Hot In Bowling Green
On the last day of July, a full field of twelve will head to the starting gate for the 17th running of the Bowling Green, which sends older turf horses around the inner course for eleven furlongs. The details of the race have varied throughout time, with the race being held at BEL from 2004 until 2014.
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Mother Goose Co-Winners Set For MTH Oaks Rematch
Sunday racing at MTH will be highlighted by the 17th running of the MTH Oaks, a Grade 3 stake for three year old fillies. The details of this race have been constant for most of that time, except for an odd trip to the turf in 2009.
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With Bella Chica, Mb Stables Wins WO Oaks For Sixth Time
On Sunday, we would see enough precipitation at WO to cause the main track to be downgraded to “good”. That would also sum up what Mb Stables thought of the result, as his two horses, who each started on the outside, finished 1-2 in the $500.000 WO Oaks.
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Z Command Strikes Out The Pitcher Stakes Field
While the eyes of the racing world were at MTH to see the Haskell, the best horse that stepped foot on the track on Saturday was not any of them that were running in the day’s featured race. Instead, that honor would belong to the great Z Command, a one-time BC Champion among other big races won by the six year old mare.
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WO Oaks Looks A Bit Wide Open
Canadian fillies will have their chance to shine as one of the top nation-bred races that exists for them, the WO Oaks, is run this Sunday. The race first appeared on the schedule in 2008, and the details of the race have remained constant through time.
