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[h=3]Oaks champ Princess of Sylmar among stars returning to track this weekend[/h]This weekend's racing sets the tone for the quality competition that is expected to be the coast-to-coast norm for the better part of the next month.

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[h=3]Horse racing roundup | Pair of fillies dead-on for Schuylerville dead heat[/h]Brazen Persuasion and Bahnah hit the wire together after a battle through the final yards for a dead heat for victory in the 95th running of the $150,000, Grade III Schuylerville for 2-year-old fillies, one of two opening-day stakes for the 150th

 

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[h=3]Horse racing roundup | Wired Bryan rolls to victory in Sanford[/h]For the past seven years until January, Michael Dilger had worked as an assistant to Todd Pletcher, the all-time leading trainer at Saratoga Race Course.

 

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[h=3]Kitten's Dumplings shows her super kick to win Lake George at Saratoga[/h]Next to last on the turn, Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s 3-2 favorite Kitten’s Dumplings launched her usual late rally to outkick Watsdachances in deep stretch and win the 18th running of the $200,000, Grade II Lake George for 3-year-old fillies on the turf at Saratoga Race Course on Wednesday.

 

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Churchill Downs planning another seating expansion[/h]After selling out its nearly 300-seat Mansion at prices of $7,000 and up for the 2013 Kentucky Oaks and Derby, Churchill Downs Inc. is planning another new seating area — the Churchill Downs Rooftop Garden.

 

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[h=3]Haskell favorite Verrazano has chance to restore his roar[/h]Verrazano has already experienced his share of extremes in a racing career that began on Jan. 1 of this year.

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[h=3]Racing Roundup | Palace Malice convincing winner of the Jim Dandy[/h]In what his connections called his best performance to date, favored Palace Malice pounced on pacesetter Moreno at the top of the stretch and the Belmont Stakes winner went on to score a convincing one-length victory over Will Take Charge in the $600,000,

 

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[h=3]Calvin Borel a winner on Ellis Park's camel and ostrich day[/h]Three-time Kentucky Derby winning jockey Calvin Borel prevailed on Hey Boo in Ellis Park's camel race on Saturday.

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[h=3]Keeneland is always busy, even when the horses aren't racing[/h]The months between the April and October meets at Keeneland Race Course might seem to drag for racing fans, but just because there are no races doesn't mean Keeneland stops, too.

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Fort Larned jockeys for back-to-back Grade I Whitney Handicap wins[/h]Trying to become only the second horse to win the $750,000, Grade I Whitney Handicap in back-to-back years, Fort Larned breezed five-eighths of a mile in 1:00.71 Monday morning at Saratoga. It was the fastest of 31 works at the distance.

 

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Churchill Downs new grandstand area will have 2,400 new seats[/h]Churchill Downs on Tuesday said its new grandstand seating near the Kentucky Derby starting gate will add 2,400 seats as part of a $14.5 million project to improve food, beverage and bathroom accommodations in a corner of the track closest to Central Avenue.

 

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   [h=3]Can Fort Larned repeat 2012 Whitney Handicap feat at Saratoga?[/h]When Fort Larned ran in last year's Grade I Whitney Handicap at Saratoga, he went off at 7-1 odds and was the fifth choice. And understandably so.
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   [h=3]Mr. Hot Stuff wins Smithwick at Saratoga[/h]Fan favorite Mr. Hot Stuff earned his first career Grade I stakes victory Thursday at Saratoga Race Course, taking the lead over the eighth fence and going on to a mild upset in the $100,000 A.P. Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase.
   

 

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[h=3]Groupie Doll nice catch for the old 'Pea Patch' at Ellis Park[/h]Groupie Doll, last year's champion female sprinter, will make her 5-year-old debut in the $100,000 Gardenia Stakes at Ellis Park on Aug. 10.

 

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   Cross Traffic gets the green light to victory in Whitney Invitational Handicap at Saratoga[/h]On the anniversary of the day that racing began 150 years ago in this city, a proverb nicely describes the 86th running of the Whitney Invitational Handicap on Saturday: 'He who hesitates is lost.'
   
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[h=3]At 9, three-time Arlington Handicap winner Rahystrada just gets better with age[/h]When Robert Courtney Jr. bought then-4-year-old Rahystrada for $10,000 from his farm's longtime client Jaime Carrion, he suspected the gelding would only get better with age.

 

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[h=3]Interactive | Jennie Rees' Top 10 horses to have run at Ellis Park[/h]

 

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[h=3]Groupie Doll rejuvenated after turn out[/h]While there is always a risk that giving a mature mare extended time off would permanently take her mind out of the racing game, the four bullet workouts Groupie Doll has posted since returning in late June have indicated she is ready and willing...

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[h=3]Groupie Doll comes up short in Ellis Park's Gardenia Stakes[/h]In attracting champion female sprinter Groupie Doll, Ellis Park's $100,000 Gardenia Stakes boasted perhaps the most accomplished horse ever to run at Ellis Park. It also proved one of the biggest upsets at the Western Kentucky track.




[h=3]Wise Dan wins Fourstardave at Saratoga[/h]Reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan won the $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, taking control at mid-stretch and beating King Kreesa by 1¾ lengths.


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[h=3]Horse Racing Notebook | Corfu holds on by nose in Saratoga Special[/h]Corfu held off Wired Bryan to take the $200,000, Grade II Saratoga Special by a nose, giving trainer Todd Pletcher a victory over his former assistant, Michael Dilger, and Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez his fifth winner on Sunday's card at Saratoga Ra

 

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[h=3]Thoroughbred foal crop continues to shrink[/h]The Thoroughbred foal crop will continue a decline in numbers next year, and the two most recent foal crops were even smaller than predicted, The Jockey Club announced Tuesday.

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