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Thetactics Ofdance finished second today in a one mile and a sixteenth turf race
at Calder. Thetactics Ofdance rushed up to gain the early advantage, set the pace
under pressure along the inside for six furlongs, dug in when challenged in midstretch,
battled into deep stretch and yielded grudgingly. |
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Sort It Out defied his 66-1 odds in placing in the Damon Runyon Stakes Race for
2 year old New York Breds at Aqueduct today. After breaking in mid-pack, Sort It
Out settled down the backstretch, rallied down the stretch and finished 2 3/4 lengths
ahead of the third place finisher. |
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Edit It broke with the pack. Jockey Allen Garcia pulled Edit It to the rail where
she sat 6th, six lengths behind the leaders until the 3/4 pole. When Garcia asked
Edit It for run she responded eagerly and moved through on the rail at the turn.
She dueled Baymont through the stretch to just get up for the win at the wire. |
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My Snookie's Boy ridden by John Velazquez was sent off the favorite in a field reduced
to four in the $52,000 feature race at Aqueduct today. My Snookie's Boy had a perfect
trip setting a slow pace, but drifted out on the turn and allowed Country Judge
to slip through on the inside and defeat him by two and a 1/4 lengths. |
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Dashboard Drummer put in a great performance on the turf today at Calder obtaining
his 1st win as a three year old. Dashboard Drummer ridden by E. Castro broke well
and was pulled to the rail sitting 5th until the upper stretch where he split rivals
to gain the lead. He was hand ridden to the finish, driving all the way. |
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Dashboard Drummer, ridden by Pablo Fragoso proved he liked the turf by finishing
second in an exiting race at the Meadowlands. He broke slow but moved quickly up
on the inside to sit third until the turn for home. He then went three wide around
the turn and closed gamely on the outside, just losing to the leader, Freedom's
Honor, by 3/4 of a length. |
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Snub the Devil, ridden by John Velazquez, won a $50,000, six and 1/2 furlong claiming
race on the dirt at Saratoga today. Snub the Devil pressed the pace from the outside
for half a mile, then accelerated to the front in the upper stretch to take a clear lead. He remained full extended to hold of Misty Appeal in the final strides. |
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My Snookie's Boy legitimized himself as one of the top three year olds in the racing
world by finishing 2nd to Lion Heart in the $1,000,000 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth
Park. My Snookie's Boy settled in behind the leaders until asked for run by jockey
Stuart Elliott and then chased Lion Heart down the stretch just getting beat a length
at the wire. |
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Por Favor ran a huge race today at Monmouth Park on a very sloppy track. Por Favor
sprinted out of the gate and jockey Stuart Elliott never looked back in the six
furlong allowance race. Por Favor won by two lengths in very impressive fractions. |
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Miss Crafty Pal won impressively today on the second day of the Saratoga meet giving
Preferred Pals Stable two wins in two days. Ridden by the jockey of the day, John
Velazquez, who won his 3,000th career victory in the race before ours, rode Miss
Crafty Pal beautifully splitting horses nearing the quarter pole, charging to the
front, then pulling away in the stretch to win by 2 1/4 lengths. |
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Lucky Guy gave Preferred Pals Stable their 1st win at Saratoga Racetrack, winning
the seven furlong race by 3 1/4 lengths. Ridden perfectly by jockey John Velazquez,
Lucky Guy stayed off the pace in the middle of the race track until the top of the
stretch where he blew by the leaders and opened up three lengths to the wire. Unfortunately,
Lucky Guy was claimed out of the race. |
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My Snookie's Boy nearly pulled off the upset of the year in today's Long Branch
Breeder's Cup at Monmouth Park. Coming down the stretch, it was a two horse race
between My Snookie's Boy and the $1.4 million Lion Heart. My Snookie's Boy dug in
gamely, and had to keep Lion Heart in a drive the entire stretch, just losing to
the 3 - 10 favorite in a photo at the wire. |
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Preferred Pals stable surpassed $500,000 in purse earnings with Short Fat Fannie's
win on Sunday. In less than 2 1/2 years of racing, Pals II, III, and IV have had
16 wins in 77 total starts, with combined earnings of $502,197 since we began Preferred
Pals Stable. To date, Preferred Pals Stable's horses have won 21% of their starts;
have finished 49% of the time in the top 3 positions; and have finished in the top
5 positions in 74% of their races. |
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Short Fat Fanny, ridden by Jeremy Rose won her first race on the turf, beating the
favorite La Aspera in the five furlong race at Delaware Park today in the good time
of :58. Short Fat Fanny broke well, dueled until the top of the stretch with the
favorite and when asked pulled away convincingly from the rest of the field. |
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My Snookie's Boy won a $41,000 allowance race at Monmouth Park today by 71/2 lengths.
My Snookie's Boy broke well and stalked the leaders for 3/4 mile. When jockey Joe
Bravo asked for run, My Snookie's Boy accelerated impressively past the pacesetters,
opening up several lengths, then cruised to the wire. |
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Dashboard Drummer finished fourth today in the $350K, Grade 2, Ohio Derby. Ridden
again by Ramon Dominquez, Dashboard Drummer settled well back for the first half
after breaking well out of the gate, rallied on the second turn to get within two
lengths of the leaders and then leveled off. |
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Dashboard Drummer, ridden by Ramon Dominguez, came up just short of winning the
100K Sir Barton Stakes at Pimlico today. After rating behind the pacesetters, Dashboard
Drummer engaged the leaders at the tope of the stretch and took a short lead before
being beaten at the wire by Nick Zito's Royal Assault.
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Snub the Devil just missed winning the $75,000 Francis "Jock" LaBelle Memorial Stakes
today at Delaware Park. He broke alertly and lend the entire race fighting gamely
trying to hold off triple crown nominee Frisky Spider, who got up in the final strides
to nip Snub the Devil by a neck. |
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My Snookie's Boy won a $34,000 allowance race at Gulfstream Park today the hard
way proving he was much the best in the 8 horse field. My Snookie's Boy broke in
the air to start the race and was five wide going into the first turn in sixth place.
Jockey, Joe Bravo kept him wide down the backstretch as he started passing horses
after 1/2 mile. As the horses turned for home, My Snookie's Boy collared the leader
and held off a late challenge to win the mile and 70 yard race by a length, going
the distance in 1:42.74. |
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Dashboard Drummer finished fifth in a gallant effort today in the $325,000 Grade
2 Coolmore Lexington Stakes at Keeneland. Dashboard Drummer lead the fourteen horse
field for 3/4 of a mile before tiring. After breaking alertly, jockey Ramon Dominguez
found himself in front, and continued to keep Dashboard Drummer on the front end
for the early part of the race. Once passed by the eventual winner, Quintons Gold
Rush, Dashboard Drummer initially steadied in the stretch run, but then continued
racing to the wire, finishing 12 lengths behind the winner.
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Snub the Devil won impressively today in a 6 furlong allowance race at Aqueduct
in the fast time of 1:10.45 under the reigns of J. Castellano. After breaking on
top, he maintained open lengths on the competition through the stretch, winning
over the 3-5 favorite, Cherokee Spook, by 3/4 lengths. |
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Dashboard Drummer finished third among some of the top three year olds in the country
in the Grade I11 Swale Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The race was won by Wynn Dot Comma,
ridden by E. Prado. He beat the favorite Eurosilver, ridden by J. Castellano by
a head. Dashboard Drummer, ridden by Ramon Dominguez was 4 1/4 lengths behind the
leaders and one length ahead of Chapel Royal. Dashboard Drummer broke on top, rated
off the pace, angled out in the stretch, then closed to be up for show. Dominguez
lost his whip inside the sixteenth pole.
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Two Bayou won convincingly as the odds-on favorite in the one mile race at Aqueduct
today by 5 3/4 lengths. Ridden by apprentice jockey Tim Thornton, Two Bayou broke
well. Thornton kept her speed under wraps sitting third with her on the rail until
the half. He then made a move to the outside and she just drew away from the rest
of the field. Two Bayou was claimed in the race by trainer Pat Reynolds for $60,000. |
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