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  • Scafati Thriving on Turf, Wins KD Turf Sprint

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    Without as much turf experience as others in the field, Scafati was overlooked by most bettors, or people in the Pick ‘em, as only 5.4% of participants felt that he was the one to beat. He was not one of our picks either, but did seem like an interesting longshot to potentially play.

  • The Inaugural Untapable Stakes Runs at KD Sunday

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    For the first time, The Untapable Stakes will be run here at HRP, and it was somewhat of a late addition to the stakes schedule. There are very few opportunities of this stature for the two year fillies on the grass, and even though this is not a graded stake, it’s large purse and influence on the BC in about three months makes it very appealing.

  • Large Purse at Stake in KD Turf Sprint

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    There are very few opportunities out there for turf sprinters to run for the type of purse that is offered in the KD Turf Sprint. It should therefore come as no surprise that the starting gate is filled to capacity with a field of fourteen ready to take part. The BC points that are on the line also offer a nice incentive.

  • Spiral Wins The Inaugural Mint Million

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    For the first time, the Mint Million was run within our virtual world, and hopefully it is here for a long time. Nine horses would go to post, attracted to it’s $1,000.000 purse, and our first winner of the race will be Spiral and Mb Stables, prevailing in a photo finish at the wire with Hollywood Hero.

  • Hilarity Stays Perfect in The Hopeful

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    Mb Stables has another good one! Every year, Mb Stables seems to have a collection of promising two year olds with one of them really capturing a large part of the attention. Right now, that honor goes to Hilarity, a colt by Fire N Fury that is now a perfect 4-for-4 in his career.

  • The Baruch Handicap Was All About Fuji

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    The rain that came down on Monday at SAR seemed to be a bit of a surprise. Spotty showers were in the forecast for the area, but for them to do enough to the turf course to make it go off as yielding was a disappointment.

  • No Clear Favorite for The Baruch Handicap

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    Part of the Labor Day card at SAR will be the 17th running of The Baruch Handicap, a Grade 2 event on the inner turf course. The conditions of this race have been relatively consistent throughout its history, though it did debut at a mile and a half before changing to the current distance in 2012.

  • The Mint Million to Be Run for First Time on Monday

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    A new stake has been added to the schedule this year, and it is quite a good one. The Mint Million is debuting at KD, and presents a $1,000.000 Purse to be divided amongst the top four finishers. It will allow this track to get some of the attention on a busy Monday that will be the final day of the meets at both SAR and DMR.

  • SAR Meet Comes to a Close with The Hopeful

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    Every year, the Grade 1 Hopeful is the final stake of the meet at SAR. It concludes what has been a memorable stretch of racing with many great moments taking place. It ends with a promise, or a hope, of greatness in the future. In the gate will be a collection of promising two year olds, some of which might be back at SAR next year to run in races like the Travers.

  • Maxmillion Farm Celebrates a Stallsome Sword Dancer Win

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    Stallsome has had a successful career running long on the grass, and is likely in the right barn to continue to do so, but coming off a disappointing race in the Bowling Green, there were not many who believed he would win the Sword Dancer. He was only picked a couple times in the “Pick ‘em”, and went off at 15/1, the second longest shot on the board.