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10/08/2016

Belmont Park’s G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup is the land of Hoppertunity

Hoppertunity was next-to-last in the field of five early, but well within striking range as Protonico sped to the lead from the inside through fractions of 24.87 and 49.03 seconds under constant pressure from Effinex to his outside. Effinex poked a head i

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10/08/2016

Quotes from the $150,000 Woodford (G3) Presented by Keeneland Select

On whether Mongolian Saturday was tiring near the finish “No, not at all. He was coming off that layoff, and (Ganbat) had him ready. He trained him just enough to win this one, and you know what the goal is.” Shaun Bridgmohan (rider of runner-up Hogy) “He

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10/08/2016

Quotes from the $250,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2)

Julien Leparoux (winning rider) “It was a little scary at the beginning. I thought she was going to break a little bit better. After that, she traveled very good and we got through on the rail. She made a big run.” Paco Lopez (rider of runner-up Stonetast

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10/08/2016

Quotes from the $400,000 First Lady (G1)

On whether Pletcher told him to go to the front “I’m sorry, Todd. He told me to cover her up, but that wasn’t possible. That was not going to happen.” Julien Leparoux (rider of runner-up and beaten favorite Tepin) “We had a good trip. The winner got loose

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10/08/2016

Quotes from the $500,000 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1)

Ricardo Santana Jr. (rider of runner-up Lookin At Lee) “He ran hard. He’s a really nice horse. He kept running. He tried. The track is really fast today so that didn’t help us either.” Brian J. Hernandez Jr. (rider of third-place finisher Wild Shot) “My h

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10/08/2016

Quotes from the $1 Million Shadwell Turf Mile (G1)

Edgar Prado (winning rider) “I’ve studied her races over and over. Seems like the real key is just getting her to relax. There wasn’t much speed in the race and she was very comfortable most of the race. I saw that horse (fast-closing Ironicus) coming and

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10/08/2016

Fall Turf Festival Gets Under Way at Gulfstream Park West

Jockey Emisael Jaramillo got off to a fast start by riding three winners on the opening-day card, scoring aboard Little United ($3.20 ) in the second, Flashing Cat ($8.20) in the fifth and Seven of Jack ($8) in the sixth. The Gulfstream Park meet continue

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10/08/2016

Frizette:Yellow Agate punches ticket to Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies

Libby's Tail, for trainer Rudy Rodriguez, set brisk early fractions of 22.86, 45.69 and 1:10.75 in maintaining the edge until Yellow Agate wore her down in the final sixteenth before hitting the wire in 1:35.82 in the mile course on the main track. Jockey

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10/08/2016

Anchor Down cuts loose in G2 Kelso ‘Cap

Sent off as the 2-1 favorite in the field of five, Anchor Down returned $6 for a $2 win bet. "My main concern was focusing on breaking good out of the gate because this horse has had a couple of issues out the gate," said Castellano. "He got a good clean

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10/08/2016

G1 Flower Bowl - Lady Eli

Lady Eli, ridden by Irad Ortiz, Jr., is trained by Chad Brown, who has now won four of the last six runnings of the Flower Bowl, a "Win and You're In" designated race for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita Park on November 5. Ra

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