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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.
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Scalp Has It Going On In Stretch To Win Lake George
In April, Spankys Barn picked up Scalp in a $25.000 claimer, a race that she ended up winning by six lengths. He would not run her right away, and seemingly took the type to take another look at adds, and she would reappear on the track with lasix.
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Pitcher Stakes Is A Phipps Rematch For Top Three
On paper, the Pitcher Stakes is a Grade 3, but there is nothing “Grade 3″ about the $400.000 purse that it offers and the quality of the horses that will be running in the race. We will see a showdown between Z Command and Fashionable, with five others who are very capable of knocking them off and stealing the show.
