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01/13/2015

Stakes Advances: Louisiana Stakes

The late Jim Tafel’s 5-year-old Louisiana defending champion Fordubai has also served notice in the mornings that he may be a force with which to reckon on Jan. 17. A notoriously slow workhorse, the son of E Dubai shot out an uncharacteristic bullet on

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01/11/2015

SAN PASQUAL STAKES QUOTES

VICTOR ESPINOZA, APPEALING TALE, SECOND: “He got caught a little wide. The (nine) horse (Blue Tone) in front of me drifted out a little, but I was already there so there wasn’t much I could do; I just had to go with it. He ran great though. Coming off

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01/11/2015

SHAM STAKES QUOTES

VICTOR ESPINOZA, ROCK SHANDY, SECOND: “He went very nice. I think he’s going to be a nice colt; he’s still trying to figure it out, he’s still green. I think he’ll be better on the dirt rather than the turf. The way he works in the morning, I’

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01/05/2015

Miami Shores Stakes

Ol Donyo and Flores Island are the two most prominent horses of the Wolfson contingent and are fully expected to start. Ol Donyo finished a fast-closing third behind Merry Meadow in the six-furlong Sugar Swirl (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Dec. 13. “She di

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12/29/2014

Mucho Macho Man Stakes to Kick off Gulfstream’s Road to Florida Derby

The first stakes for newly turned 3-year-olds on the 2015 calendar attracted 25 nominations for the fourth running of the race formerly known as the Gulfstream Park Derby and now named in honor of the 2013 Breeders’ Cup Classic champion. Mawthooq, one o

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12/26/2014

Gravesend Quotes

Irad Ortiz, Jr., winning jockey aboard Salutos Amigos (No. 4): "I got a perfect trip, he broke well and sat just off the lead. I tried not to use him up early and had plenty of horse for the finish. I got the chance to go inside in the stretch and had ple

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12/26/2014

Gulfstream News & Notes - Fri 12/26

“He’s doing OK,” Klesaris said. “There was nothing career-ending or life-threatening. He had a pretty good laceration above his eye and on the corner of his eye, and he had a little bit of plastic surgery. He just looked like he came out of a priz

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12/21/2014

LOS ALAMITOS FUTURITY

Contested for the first time locally after being run 33 times as the Hollywood Futurity (1981-2006) and CashCall Futurity (2007-2013) at the now-closed Hollywood Park, the Los Alamitos Futurity finished with Dortmund, Firing Line and Mr. Z on the wire tog

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12/21/2014

Tropical Park Derby

Saddled by Norm Casse, assistant to trainer and father Mark Casse, Sky Flight prevailed over 25-1 pacesetter Cement Clement by a length following a powerful run through the stretch in the 1 1/16-mile turf event for 3-year-olds. “The race seemed to set u

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12/21/2014

Tropical Park Oaks

The 3-year-old Irish-bred Sandiva, after enduring difficult trips and close finishes in each of her previous two starts since joining Pletcher’s string from Europe, finally got the trip Pletcher had been seeking, and she scored her first American win â€

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