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  • Childe Girl Gets the Head Bob in Three-Way Mother Goose Photo

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    The field for the Grade 2 Mother Goose seemed to be a balanced one, and that would end showing on the odds board. It would also be apparent at the finish line, as three of them hit the line together, and you had to wonder if the stewards were going to a declare a dead heat between two of them, if not all three.

  • Nothing Indecisive About Categorical Maybe’s Bold Ruler Win

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    Back in August, Categorical Maybe struggled in the slop at SAR in the Jerkens Memorial, but could we blame that result only on the rain? He was on good form going into the race, and had a solid outing in an optional claimer at PRX. Returning to the graded level, the gelding could put any concern to bed in regards to that effort at SAR.

  • Better Later Than Never: It’s Mother Goose Time at AQU

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    After 18 years of being run at BEL, The Mother Goose is the next race to move from that track to the Big A, as the virtual renovations take place at BEL. This race is a former Grade 1, holding that status from 2005 until 2016, when it received the downgrade to a Grade 2.

  • Differing Paths Meet at The Forty Niner Handicap

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    Formerly known as the Kelso Handicap, a field of eleven comes together on Saturday to contest the 20th running of the rebranded Forty Niner Handicap at AQU. It’ll be the second time that race is run here, having been at BEL through 2021 until moving to the Big A in 2022.

  • Penalty Shot Sets His Sights on The Bold Ruler Goal

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    It’s time to take a look at the highlight of the day on Friday at AQU, which is the 19th running of the Bold Ruler, which is a six furlong sprint. The race has gone back and forth over the years, with most editions of the race occurring at BEL, but on three previous occasions, it has been here at the Big A (2009, 2019, and 2022).

  • Sin City Girlz Opens Up Then Hangs on to Win Dowager

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    Long races on the turf are nothing new for Sin City Girlz, and in a race that seemed to lack a major headliner, her experience in races like the Glens Falls and Flower Bowl seemed to be valuable for the Dowager, and with that we made her our pick to win.

  • Late Run Gives Smokin Cara Raven Run

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    It came down to the wire, and a tight photo for the stewards to look at closely between Smokin Cara and Shadow State, but in the end, it would be Smokin Cara getting the headbob at the very last moment in order to prevail in the Raven Run.

  • Dowager Is Truly a Wide Open Race

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    Seven fillies and mares will be heading to the starting gate on Sunday for the 17th running of the Dowager, a race that will take them the maximum mile and a half around the turf course at KEE. The Dowager was an ungraded stake originally, and would receive it’s graded designation in 2015.

  • Raven Run Draws a Field of Nine

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    While many trainers are beginning to think about the BC in a couple of weeks, there is still plenty of entertaining races to hold us over until then. This Saturday at KEE, we get one of those races as a generous $350.000 purse is being offered in the 19th running of the Grade 2 Raven Run.

  • Five Horses, Two Winners in Sycamore

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    There may not have been anything spooky that took place on Friday the 13th’s running of the Sycamore, but what we did see was twelve furlongs not being enough to have a single winner. After running the full distance, a dead heat was the result, coming between our pick in the preview, Anemoi, and Real One.