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Hallmark Media and Churchill Downs have partnered on an all-new original movie called Kentucky Roses that will make its Hallmark Channel debut May 2 and stream the next day on Hallmark+, the media company and track said in a joint release on Wednesday.

The movie, which was shot at Churchill and wrapped production last year, unfolds across two timelines–present day and 1932. Kentucky Roses stars Andrew Walker (Three Wisest Men) and Odette Annable (Supergirl, Walker), alongside Ally Ledford, Peyton Meyer, Brynn Thayer and Gregg Henry.

The partnership continues in Hallmark Gold Crown stores with a collection of romantic jewelry inspired by the movie.

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Recently crowned Eclipse champion older dirt male courtesy of his victory in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar Nov. 1. Susumu Fujita's Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) turned in a strong piece of fast work Wednesday at the Ritto Training Center in advance of his title defense in the $20-million G1 Saudi Cup at King Abdulaziz Racecourse on Feb. 14.

The newly turned 5-year-old, trained by the globally successful Yoshito Yahagi, was partnered in a gallop over 1200 meters by his regular jockey Ryusei Sakai and covered the distance in the time of 1:18.7. As is customary in Japan, the work itself is slow-paced at first before the horses are asked to quicken through the wire. Forever Young got his final 200 meters in :11.6.

“This will help him improve,” Sakai said in the Japanese media. “He still had plenty of energy in his body, so I worked him properly.”

Since defeating his close relative and 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) by a half-length in the Classic, Forever Young has made history by becoming the first dirt horse to be named Japanese Horse of the Year, receiving 226 out of a possible 248 votes. He was also formally recognized as Japan's best older colt or male and champion dirt horse at ceremonies held earlier this week in Tokyo.

Forever Young made his first appearance of 2025 in the Saudi Cup, clawing his way past Hong Kong standout Romantic Warrior (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) in the shadow of the wire. Third in the G1 Dubai World Cup, he won the Nippon TV Hai ahead of his first successful American raid in three tries in November. The winner's share of the Saudi Cup purse would take his career earnings to just shy of $30 million.

Forever Young and the other Ritto-based runners headed to Riyadh entered quarantine Wednesday afternoon. They are expected to fly to the desert on Feb. 4.

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Last week's Five Fleet Fillies all came out of two back-to-back races on Gulfstream's Pegasus World Cup card.

5. MOVIN' ON UP, GP, 1/24-10th, 1 1/16 miles
BEYER SPEED FIGURE-92 (3rd)
(m, 5, by Accelerate-Stifle Yourself, by Cairo Prince)
O-Ken Ramsey. B-Estate of Harvey Clarke (Ky). T-Saffie Joseph Jr. J-Edgard Zayas.

For the second consecutive race, she appeared poised to win in the GII Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf only to be run down late–and Crevalle d'Oro (below) was involved both times. Except for a couple of subpar efforts at Kentucky Downs, she's been steady on the grass. For those carrying on the racing legacy of the late owner-breeder Clarke, her pedigree is truly “All in the Family”: her female side traces back three generations to Clarke's mare Arch's Gal Edith, dam of Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another (Flower Alley). She was claimed from the Clarke family in late 2023 by Ken Ramsey.

4. CREVALLE D'ORO, GP, 1/24-10th, 1 1/16 miles
BEYER SPEED FIGURE-93 (2nd)
(m, 5, by Constitution-Sonoma d'Oro, by Medaglia d'Oro)
O-TCC Stables and Michael and Jules Iavarone. B-Sandra Sexton (Ky). T-Jose D'Angelo. J-Jorge Ruiz.

She has changed hands twice in her last five starts, most recently for $500k at the Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale after a good fourth in Del Mar's tough GIII Goldikova Stakes. But her consistent form has been uninterrupted: her last three Beyers have been 91, 90 and now 93 from this Pegasus Filly & Mare runnerup finish. Her new owners are Michael and Jules Iavarone and their TCC (Triple Crown Capital) Stables.

3. DESTINO D'ORO, GP, 1/24-10th, 1 1/16 miles
BEYER SPEED FIGURE- 94
(f, 4, by Bolt d'Oro-Heart of Destiny, by Lion Heart)
O-Steve Landers Racing. B-Hurstland Farm and James Greene Jr (Ky). T-Brad Cox. J-Junior Alvarado.

To say Destino d'Oro is a genetic overachiever is an understatement: out of 28 horses to race under the first three dams, she's the only stakes winner. But she's a good one. Achieved with her usual flying finish, the Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf victory was her fifth in eight starts for Arkansas owner Landers, who bought her as a 2-year-old at OBS April for $185,000.

2. STERLING SILVER, GP, 1/24-11th, 7 furlongs
BEYER SPEED FIGURE- 95 (2nd)
(m, 7, by Cupid-Sheet Humor, by Distorted Humor)
O-Mark Anderson. B-Mallory and Karen Mort (NY). T-Anthony Margotta Jr. J-Javier Castellano.

The 7-year-old New York-bred millionaire was a solid runner-up to Grand Job (below) in the GII Inside Information Stakes in what could be her swan song: she is scheduled to be bred to Gun Runner. Mark Anderson, who owns auto repair shops in Milwaukee, tapped into a gold mine when he picked her from a sales video during COVID and bought her for $13k. Agent David Hager signed the ticket on behalf of Anderson Acres. She not only brought in $1.36 million on the track, but because of her success the breeders sent dam Sheet Humor to Not This Time, and that foal turned out to be Grade I-winning turf miler Rhetorical. With Sterling Silver's value thus ratcheted up another notch, Anderson entered her in the Fasig-Tipton 'Night of the Stars' Sale Nov. 3 with a $990k reserve, and had no complaints when the bidding topped out at $975k.

Grand Job | Nicole Thomas

1. GRAND JOB, GP, 1/24-11th, 7 furlongs
BEYER SPEED FIGURE-100
(m, 5, by Justify-Sure Route (GB), by Ishiguru)
O-Bell Tower Thoroughbreds and Medallion Racing.  B-Fullbury (Ky). T-Bill Mott. J-Junior Alvarado.

After looking every bit like a graded-stakes type in her first two U.S. starts, she sealed the deal with an emphatic Inside Information victory, the fourth score on the card for the prolific Mott-Alvarado tandem. Originally bought by Coolmore-adjacent owners for $105k–seemingly a bargain given Justify's $200k stud fee, even for a May foal–she was sent to Joseph O'Brien and purchased by her current partnership after three seconds in four starts in Ireland. Now the 5-year-old mare is worth much more than her original purchase price.

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In response to an open letter to the industry published in Tuesday's TDN from The Jockey Club, Mike Repole has proposed a four-hour, live forum between himself and The Jockey Club Board of Stewards, with a $1 million donation to aftercare. The concept was proposed o his feed on X Tuesday evening.

“I'm proposing a four-hour, live, uncensored forum between me and the Board of Stewards of The Jockey Club, broadcast for every track operator, owner, trainer, breeder, jockey, employee, horseplayer and fan in the industry to watch. Full transparency. No spin. No scripts. To further encourage you to do what's right for the people of this industry and for the Thoroughbred themselves, I propose a $1,000,000 aftercare commitment tied to this forum. I'll personally contribute $500,000. The Stewards collectively would contribute $500,000.”

The Jockey Club's letter rebutted several criticisms that Repole has aimed at the organization as well as others in the industry regarding the decline of the foal crop, aftercare funding, and access to data.

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A yearling filly from the first crop of multiple Grade I winner Taiba (hip 80) attracted the highest price of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's January Winter Mixed Sale Tuesday when selling for $150,000 to Marc Gunderson. The filly was one of three on the day–and two from Beth Bayer's consignment–to sell for six figures during an auction which produced increases over its 2025 renewal.

By the close of business Tuesday, 183 horses sold at the Winter Mixed sale for a gross of $3,476,100. The average of $18,995 rose 30.2% from the 2025 auction, while the median was up 60.0% to $12,000. Of the 307 catalogued lots, 257 head went through the ring and, with 74 reported not sold, the buy-back rate was 28.8%.

“The market is strong. It's very strong,” Bayer said. In addition to competitive bidding at the top, Bayer observed, “there were end-users across the board to get the other ones sold.”

During last year's Winter Mixed sale, 212 horses sold through the ring for a gross of $3,098,700, an average of $14,617, and a median of $7,500. The buy-back rate was 21.5%.

The sale-topping filly, both bred and consigned by Bayer, is out of Tranquil Song (Unbridled's Song) and is a half-sister to multiple stakes winner and multiple graded-placed Isolate (Mark Valeski).

Bayer purchased Tranquil Song as an 11-year-old for $2,000 at the 2018 Keeneland November sale. The mare's now 2-year-old colt by Cyberknife sold for $125,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale. In addition to her six-figure yearlings, Tranquil Song has also had a pair of foals sell for $90,000 at the OBS October sale in 2022 and 2024.

“She's been a really good mare for me,” Bayer said of Tranquil Song, who was bred and campaigned by John Sykes of Woodford Thoroughbreds. “I was working for Woodford–the first year I worked for them–and Mr. Sykes was selling some mares. Isolate was a foal at that time and he went through the ring a book or two ahead and sold for $70,000 and his momma came through empty and I bought her through the ring because I had seen him and he was so pretty. And of course, he's gone on and done all of the wonderful things he has done for the catalogue page and became such a great racehorse. And she's an Unbridled's Song mare, so I felt like I couldn't go wrong doing that.”

Of Tuesday's sale topper, Bayer said, “I have loved this filly since she was born. She was all class and a sweet, level-headed filly. She's done everything right the last four days at the sale. I kind of thought she would fall [in that price range]. I knew she had some value to her. You never know what's going to happen until it does, but I was very pleased when it did.”

Gunderson, a prolific buyer during the 2025 yearling sales season, continued to be active at the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale two weeks ago where his purchases included an $800,000 short yearling colt by Gun Runner (hip 114) and the broodmare Way to be Marie (Not This Time) (hip 502), acquired for $750,000.

Bayer also consigned the auction's second-highest offering, a yearling colt by Nashville (hip 22) who sold for $140,000 to Always Dreaming. Out of Rapid Racer (Forest Wildcat), the colt had been purchased by Racing Point for $37,000 at the Keeneland November sale two months ago.

“He was a client's horse,” Bayer said of the colt. “I was very pleased when I saw him when he came to the sales grounds. He was very well-received. He was just a big, strong colt and was very eye-appealing.”

Rounding out the trio of six-figure yearlings at the one-session auction was a colt by Simplification (hip 191) who sold for $100,000 to Rising Dividends Racing from the consignment of Danielle Loya's Silver Oaks Farm.

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The Illinois Racing Board suspended on Monday the license of Suburban Downs, Inc, which manages Hawthorne Race Course's Harness meet, for “failure to provide documentation demonstrating its financial integrity, and proof that they can meet the minimum standards” as outlined in certain state laws, according to a press release by the board.

Monday's action to suspend Suburban Downs's authorization to operate in Illinois follows Board action to cancel January 3-4 races for failure to submit required surety bonds, the press release states. Suburban Downs had been awarded 34 Harness race dates in 2026.

All licenses granted by the Illinois Racing Board are subject to the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 and all applicable administrative rules outlined in Title 11 of the Illinois Administrative Code.

“Today the Illinois Racing Board made a very difficult decision to suspend the operating license of Suburban Downs,” wrote IRB executive director Domenic DiCera in the press release. “On Jan. 15th, IRB requested bank statements that reflect the operating fund, and any fund related to racing operations at Suburban Downs. Unfortunately, their financial difficulties, including failure to provide financial documents showing their ability to operate assigned 2026 race dates, have led us to suspend their license.”

According to the press release, the racing board sent on Jan. 26 a letter to Tim Carey, Owner/CEO of Suburban Downs, outlining the sorts of financial records it's privy to under state law.

“The Board may require that the records, including financial or other statements of any licensee or any person affiliated with the licensee who is involved directly or indirectly in the activities of any licensee as regulated under this Act to the extent that those financial or other statements relate to such activities be kept in such manner as prescribed by the Board, and that Board employees shall have access to those records during reasonable business hours,”

The letter also outlines violations of 11 Ill. Admin Code 1314.120 which states “If track pays any purse by check, which upon presentation is dishonored, the matter shall immediately be referred to the Board for disposition”.

The Board will consider reinstating the licenses of Suburban Downs, Inc. should they cure the violations and provide documentation demonstrating they meet the minimum standards, including but not limited to its financial integrity, under the Act and rules contained in Title 11 of the Illinois Administrative Code, according to the press release.

The next Illinois Racing Board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 28.

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Since 2023, Mike Repole has waged a campaign of inflammatory social posts and public statements targeting The Jockey Club and other leading Thoroughbred organizations. His rhetoric relies on selective facts and false narratives–fueling division, eroding trust, and distracting from the real work our industry needs to move forward. His campaign offers no solutions or concrete plans and appears instead to be part of an effort by Mr. Repole to anoint himself the “Commissioner” of the sport.

As Stewards of The Jockey Club, we work to improve racing and breeding in ways that protect the horse, support workers, grow the industry, and build public trust. Our priority has been to focus on the work and avoid giving oxygen to Mr. Repole's baseless charges. But faced with escalating threats and a torrent of misinformation, it is time to set the record straight–with facts, not rhetoric.

Starting today, we will train a lens on Mr. Repole's attacks to show why these accusations are based on incomplete facts and falsehoods and are harmful to our sport. We will also highlight the ways in which The Jockey Club supports Thoroughbred racing and breeding throughout the Thoroughbred's entire life cycle. Our responses follow:

Claim: Mr. Repole alleges that the Board of Stewards is rife with conflicts of interest and engages in personal self-dealing for implied financial benefit.

Reality: Mr. Repole's allegations about the Board of Stewards are baseless and represent the worst kind of attack, the sort that attempts to damage reputations through insinuation rather than facts. Mr. Repole has even admitted that he has no facts to rely upon and that filing a lawsuit is his only way to try to find anything relevant.

These reckless accusations are irresponsible, unfounded, and deeply unfair to the individuals who volunteer their time and act in good faith to support the activities of The Jockey Club, a New York Not-for-Profit that operates in compliance with the conflict-of-interest requirements of the New York Not-for-Profit laws.

Claim: The Jockey Club misuses its cash reserves.

Reality: Over the past 15 years, The Jockey Club has contributed $112 million to support a wide range of racing, breeding, and aftercare-related matters outside of our companies' operations. For 2026, The Jockey Club has committed an additional $7 million to support those causes. This nearly $120 million investment is instrumental in driving growth and innovation, and in supporting multiple efforts to increase support for aftercare organizations, equine safety, increased national television coverage, and marketing, all of which are essential to the industry's vitality and public appeal.

Claim: The Jockey Club has failed to address aftercare.

Reality: Aftercare is a shared industry responsibility. The Jockey Club has performed its role dutifully, and it is wrong to assert that it has ignored aftercare or that “nothing has changed.” The Jockey Club is the single largest funder of aftercare–contributing $2.5 million this year and $23 million over the past 15 years–and is a founding member of Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.

Further, Mr. Repole recently posted an aftercare “plan” on X and criticized The Jockey Club for not implementing it. But what he shared was a bare-bones “Funding Model Projection” that largely mirrors Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance's funding approach and, as was clearly communicated to him by The Jockey Club, lacked key components of a complete and actionable plan, i.e., how donors would be incentivized, how the additional funds would be spent, and how success would be measured.

The Jockey Club is increasing its support for Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance in 2026 and continues to work with sales companies and other stakeholders to support Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and broader initiatives such as retraining and traceability.

Claim: All industry data should be distributed for free.

Reality: Mr. Repole argues that racing-related data compiled by Equibase (a joint venture of The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of North America racetracks, including Churchill Downs, NYRA, and Stronach racetracks) “should be [distributed] free just like every other sport.” He ignores that the gathering, compilation, quality control, and distribution of racing data is not costless–it requires continuing expenditures to support significant human resources and technological infrastructures to deliver vital and reliable data.

At the same time, the premise that other major sports “give away” all of their commercially usable data is flat-out incorrect as they regularly monetize their data. (See for instance, Data Ain't Dead: Protecting the numbers as the sports data industry matures.)

Claim: Mr. Repole continually blames the declining Thoroughbred foal crop on The Jockey Club, such as in an X post last August: “[U]nder the Jockey Club's watch, supply has been gutted. For over 20 years, while claiming to act for the 'betterment' of the sport, they've mismanaged it into the ground. The foal crop has dropped from 50,000 to less than 20,000.”

Reality: The decline in the foal crop is the result of a complex mix of forces–economic cycles, industry consolidation, and competition from other forms of gaming and sports wagering.

As a key example, tax policy has been a major driver of breeding economics for decades, and the Tax Reform Act of 1986 removed incentives that previously helped fuel breeding investment. In 2025, The Jockey Club worked with other industry organizations to help make 100% bonus depreciation for horse purchases permanent. For an in-depth examination of the foal crop decline, see The Jockey Club's Chair Everett Dobson's Nov. 6, 2025, Thoroughbred Daily News essay, Open Letter: The Declining Foal Crop and The Road Ahead.

Claim: Mr. Repole has stated that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) has done nothing to improve equine safety and criticizes The Jockey Club for supporting HISA. In fact, one of his lawyers sent The Jockey Club a letter on October 2, 2025, stating categorically: “Any suggestion that the sport is safer, or in any way better due to HISA, is demonstrably false.”

Reality: Racing under HISA is safer. As reported to the Equine Injury Database:

In 2021–the year preceding the HISA safety program–the fatality rate was 1.39 per 1,000 starts. In 2024 the rate at HISA-regulated tracks declined to 0.9 per 1,000 starts. In contrast, in 2024 the fatality rate at U.S. tracks not overseen by HISA was 1.76 per 1,000 starts. (Please see Equine Injury Fatality Rate 2009-2024. Figures for 2025 are still being compiled as tracks are still submitting their reports.)

In summary, Mr. Repole disagrees with The Jockey Club and most of the industry on these and other issues. Members of the Board of Stewards have met with Mr. Repole on multiple occasions to try to address his comments in a productive manner. Unfortunately, those meetings devolved into a one-way stream of heated accusations and demands from Mr. Repole. Diatribes and disagreement do not give him special authority to dictate the industry's direction and appoint himself as the “Commissioner” of our sport–especially when his positions are not based in fact or reality and he has yet to articulate any concrete or viable plans for progress.

We hope that sharing facts will provide clear insights into Mr. Repole's baseless accusations and illustrate the concerted efforts by The Jockey Club and others to help sustain and grow the sport. We will continue to work with members of the Thoroughbred industry to maintain a constructive and collaborative path forward.

Board of Stewards of The Jockey Club:

• Everett R. Dobson (Chair)
• Louis A. Cella
• William S. Farish Jr. (Vice Chair)
• Gary Fenton
• Terry Finley
• Ian D. Highet (Treasurer)
• Marc Holliday
• Stuart S. Janney III
• Bret Jones
• William M. Lear Jr. (Secretary)
• David O'Farrell
• Vincent Viola

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Due to inclement weather with projected temperatures ranging between 14 and 30 degrees, and out of an abundance of caution for the safety of both equine and human athletes, Oaklawn Park has canceled live racing scheduled for this weekend, Jan. 30-Feb. 1, which includes the GIII Southwest Stakes on Saturday, the Arkansas track said via a Tuesday release.

All affected race days and associated events will be rescheduled for the following weekend, Feb. 5-8.

The rescheduled weekend will offer the richest purse structure in North American racing, highlighted by championship-caliber fields.

The Southwest card, as originally drawn, will now be contested on Friday, Feb. 6.

The American Beauty Stakes will move to Saturday, Feb. 7, joining the GIII Bayakoa Stakes, which will also feature the highly anticipated 2026 debut of Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro), the reigning Eclipse Award-winning 3-year-old filly.

The originally scheduled Friday, Jan. 30 card, will move to Thursday, Feb. 2. Races originally planned for Sunday, Feb. 1, will be moved and run on Sunday, Feb. 8, an added race day.

Oaklawn's horseplayer events will also shift with the new schedule. The Southwest Showdown contest will move to Friday, Feb. 6, while the Oaklawn Horseplayer Championship will take place on Saturday, Feb. 7.

“We never take the decision to cancel racing lightly,” said President of Oaklawn Louis A. Cella. “However, the safety of our horses, jockeys, and all participants is always our top priority. We appreciate the understanding and flexibility of our fans and horsemen as we work to deliver an outstanding weekend of championship racing and host the richest road to the Kentucky Derby.”

The track also said that training was canceled for Wednesday, Jan. 28 and limited hours will be offered on Thursday between noon and 3:30 p.m. CT with a renovation break scheduled for 1:30 p.m. CT.

Additional information regarding promotions, on-track events, and adjusted schedules will be shared soon across Oaklawn's website and social media platforms.

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To better accommodate buyers and sellers in the wake of a nationwide winter storm and persistent freezing temperatures, Inglis Digital USA has pushed back the key dates for its

February Sale, the company said in a release on Tuesday.

The catalogue for the online auction will now be released on Monday, Feb. 2, and bidding will close on Friday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. ET, with each lot closing in three-minute increments.

By moving the dates of the sale, sellers will have more time to arrange their vet work and produce better quality media for offerings, such as photos and walk videos.

The new schedule also means buyers will have more time to schedule in-person inspections. Many parts of the country remain under heavy snow with hazardous travel conditions following last weekend's winter storm.

“We've taken the time to speak with our sellers and believe it is in everyone's best interest to start the sale on Monday [Feb. 2] instead of Friday [Jan. 30],” said Inglis Digital USA CEO Kyle

Wilson. “Central Kentucky and a large portion of the United States experienced some very severe weather causing delays and closings.

“We want to give everyone involved the necessary time to prepare themselves for a sale and offer their best product possible,” he said. “Flexibility is key with digital sales and I encourage any and all customers to reach out to us at Inglis Digital USA if there is anything we can do to help.”

With the added time until the release of the catalogue, Inglis Digital USA welcomes potential sellers to discuss adding entries to the February Sale up to the catalogue going live on Feb. 2.

To enter a horse for the February Sale or register as a bidder, visit www.inglisdigitalusa.com.

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The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program's 2026 Championship horse show will be held at Stable View in Aiken, South Carolina, Sept. 30 through Oct. 4, The Jockey Club announced Tuesday. The championship show is part of a schedule which includes 8,000 awards and classes at more than 1,600 shows in 42 states and five Canadian provinces in 2026.

Awards are available for multiple disciplines, including eventing, dressage, Western and English pleasure, ranch horse, hunter/jumper, competitive trail, barrel racing, polo, and polocrosse. A full calendar of shows offering awards is available at tjctip.com/CalendarOfEvents and will be updated as show dates are confirmed.

“This year marks the 15th year in which T.I.P. is offering awards, and we are proud of the success of this initiative in promoting the versatility of the Thoroughbred,” said Kristin Werner, deputy general counsel and director of industry initiatives for The Jockey Club and administrator of T.I.P. “Through 2025, there have been more than 13,000 shows that have offered T.I.P. awards, more than 48,000 T.I.P. numbers that have been assigned, and more than 114,000 award entries submitted for horses. We look forward to celebrating the talents of Thoroughbreds in a range of disciplines and putting their versatility on display in the greater equestrian community.”

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The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and the New York Thoroughbred Breeders are partnering to offer a bus trip from Saratoga Springs to Aqueduct Racetrack for Wood Memorial Stakes Day Apr. 4. This year's edition of the Wood

Memorial will be the final time the event is held at Aqueduct before moving to the new Belmont Park in 2027.

Tickets are $75 for Museum and NYTB members and $90 for non-members and are on sale now here: https://1049a.blackbaudhosting.com/1049a/Aqueduct-Bus-Trip.

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Keeneland's newly constructed Paddock Building–offering  more than 1,000 new public dining tickets in a variety of venues each race day–will make its debut at the track's 2026 Spring Meet, which opens Apr. 3.

“The Paddock Building represents an investment in the Thoroughbred industry and furthers Keeneland's mission to support and grow the sport,” said Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin. “It speaks to our confidence in racing's future while creating new, meaningful ways to engage guests year-round. These new venues will enrich the experience for racing fans, sales customers and special event guests and allow us to further showcase the very best of Keeneland's world-renowned hospitality.”

The Paddock Building, which is designed for year-round use, will serve as a setting for sales and private events, as well as an area to enhance the race-day experience with a range of distinctive dining options.

The new public ticketed venues in the Paddock Building include:

The 1936 Room, featuring lounge seating, high-top tables, passed heavy hors d'oeuvres and premium bar service in a reception-style setting that affords fans exclusive access to the Paddock Lawn next to the Saddling Paddock;

The Sycamore Room, offering a la carte high-end dining and located on the south end of the first floor of the Paddock Building adjacent to the new Stakes Winner's Circle;

The Dogwood Room, a second-floor venue overlooking the Saddling Paddock featuring buffet-style dining;

The Ivy Room, designed for private group gatherings and not included in public ticket offerings; and

The Rooftop, located on the third floor of the Paddock Building, and featuring two distinct spaces with sweeping views of the Paddock and the entire Keeneland campus. There is a fully enclosed premium indoor dining room and a covered outdoor space anchored by a focal bar.

Fans can explore the new Paddock Building here.

Tickets go on sale Feb. 17 at 9 a.m. at Tickets.Keeneland.com.  The Keeneland Spring Meet runs from Apr. 3-24.

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Live racing has been cancelled at Turfway Park on Wednesday and Thursday due to severe winter weather in the Florence, Kentucky area. Officials from the National Weather Service are forecasting wind chill values to not rise above the single digits over the next 48 hours and dip as low as minus 11 degrees on Wednesday.

Turfway Park officials continue to monitor the forecast and will make a determination Wednesday regarding Friday and Saturday's racing cards.

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Graded stakes winner Stormcast (Mitole) is among 19 additional entries to the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, which will be held Feb. 9 in Lexington. The latest group of supplements to the auction are catalogued as hip 386-404 and include several stakes winners and a half-sibling to a recent Grade I winner.

The 5-year-old mare Stormcast, winner of the 2024 GIII Bessarabian Stakes, will be offered as hip 395 and will be consigned as a racing or broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency.

Other supplemental entries include: Athena's War (Kor) (New Year's Day) (hip 386), a full-sister to champion Maximum Security, in foal to Oscar Performance and consigned by Mulholland Springs, agent; Sun Kissed Soiree (Medaglia d'Oro) (hip 388), a full-sister to graded stakes winner Marzo consigned as a broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent; stakes-winning My Sassenach (Uncaptured) (hip 389), in foal to Flameaway and consigned by Mulholland Springs, agent; Mia's Mom (Maclean's Music) (hip 397), a winning half-sister to recent GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational winner Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator), who is carrying her first foal by Essential Quality and is consigned by Buckland Sales, agent; Leo Toro (Nyquist) (hip 398), winner of last year's Ginger Punch Stakes at Gulfstream who is consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect byGainesway, agent; and multiple stakes winner and multiple graded-placed Dancing N Dixie (Neolithic) (hip 399), consigned as a broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

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More Than Looks (More Than Ready–Ladies' Privilege, by Harlan's Holiday), winner of the 2024 GI Breeders' Cup Mile, was represented by his first three foals Saturday, when a colt and a filly arrived in Kentucky and a second colt was born in Florida.

Multiple stakes-winning and multiple graded stakes-placed Eden Prairie (Mizzen Mast) produced a colt, bred by Sampson Racing Stables, at Chesapeake Farm in Kentucky.

“We couldn't be more pleased with this colt. He's a strong, good-looking individual,” said Chesapeake Farm's Collier Mathes. “The dam's success with More Than Ready made the decision to breed to More Than Looks an obvious choice after his Breeders' Cup win. We have big expectations for his future.”

Eden Prairie is the dam of multiple stakes winner and graded-placed Minnesota Ready (More Than Ready).

Also in Kentucky, Clear Voice (Kantharos) produced her first foal, a filly bred by Machmer Hall.

“We are thrilled to bits with this darling, leggy filly by Breeders' Cup Mile Winner More Than Looks,” said Carrie Brogden of Machmer Hall. “She has a beautiful expression and is the epitome of class for a newborn.”

A colt bred by Tag Stables, and out of the Stormy Atlantic mare Spirited Storm, was born at Lambholm South in Florida. Spirited Storm is the dam of the graded-placed Uncaptured Spirit (Uncaptured) and stakes winner Spirited Boss (Street Boss).

“He is a huge colt with lots of personality, but smart,” said Shelly Fournier of Lambholm South.

In addition to his Breeders' Cup victory, More Than Looks won the 2023 GIII Manila Stakes and was second in the 2024 GI Coolmore Turf Mile and GI Fourstardave Handicap.

More Than Looks stands at Lane's End for $10,000.

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Stablemates Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator) and White Abarrio (Race Day) exited their one-two finish in Saturday's GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational in good shape and connections are still contemplating next moves for the 7-year-olds, according to trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr.

“Nothing's signed yet. Just talking it over briefly, something like the GII Oaklawn Handicap comes into play for one of them,” Joseph said. “And also the G1 Dubai World Cup. But nothing's really been decided yet. We're going to sleep on it and then decide.”

The Oaklawn Handicap will be run at Oaklawn Park Apr. 18. The Dubai World Cup is scheduled for Mar. 28 at Meydan Racecourse.

Skippylongstocking was a 10-time graded stakes winner before earning his first Grade I victory at Gulfstream Saturday.

“He ran fast enough at times to win one, but he never did it. People were always knocking, knocking him, saying he's not a Grade I winner, not a Grade I winner, and look, he showed up,” Joseph said. “He did it in a race that a lot of great horses have won.”

Skippylongstocking rated well off the early pace under Tyler Gaffalione before rallying to catch defending champion White Abarrio in deep stretch in what was the later's first start since being controversially scratched by attending veterinarians at Del Mar just minutes before the start of the Nov. 1 GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.

“Obviously, there was a lot of pressure running Abarrio after being scratched from the Breeders' Cup. You're overthinking everything–that's not the way you want to train a horse. You have to train with confidence, but we couldn't be confident because of the lack of preparation,” Joseph said. “I didn't know how he would run. Going into the race, there was no confidence. To do what he did [Saturday] was special.”

Test Score (Lookin at Lucky) and One Stripe (SAf) (One World {SAf}), another pair of stablemates who finished one-two Saturday at Gulfstream, this time in the G1 Pegasus Turf World Cup Invitational, were reported in fine shape by trainer Graham Motion Sunday.

“Everybody looks really good,” Motion said. “One Stripe's a little irritated about being beaten, I think, but they both seem really good.”

Amerman Racing's 4-year-old homebred Test Score, second by less than a length after a troubled trip in the Nov. 29 GI Hollywood Derby, and jockey Manny Franco split horses in the stretch and held off One Stripe's dramatic late run to earn his second career Grade I victory and push his bankroll over $2 million.

“I've rewatched it a lot,” Motion said. “It was hard to watch at the time. I kind of focused on One Stripe at the top of the stretch and I didn't realize that the horse he was going to nail if he got there was Test Score. It was a little bit surreal.”

Hollywood Racing and Rikesh Sewgoolam's 5-year-old One Stripe, a two-time Group 1 winner at home under regular South African rider Gavin Lerena, found himself well out in the center of the turf course when they uncorked a furious late surge.

“Around the three-eighths pole Gavin said [One Stripe] got a little tight and got a little intimidated there and it took him a little while to get going. Once he straightened away, it took him a while to kind of switch leads and run on, which I think is why he ended up so far out on the track. But what a brave race he ran,” Motion said.

“Both jocks were great. I think the difference was the trip Manny had. It was just a perfect trip,” Motion added. “Test Score is just so resilient. He always just tries so hard. He's such a tough horse. He's a kind, kind horse in the morning but he's such a competitor.”

Motion said Test Score will get some time off after racing nine times at seven different tracks in 11 months and could point for the May 2 GI Turf Classic on the Kentucky Derby undercard.

“I'm definitely going to freshen him up. A race like the [Turf Classic] on Derby Day would probably make sense,” Motion said. “It's the right distance for him, it's a big purse and the timing would be good.”

One Stripe was making his second start of the Championship Meet Saturday, having earned his first North American victory in a one-mile optional claiming allowance Dec. 26 and may be pointed long-term at the GI Arlington Million at Colonial Downs in August.

“I really think a mile and a quarter is going to be in his scope. I think that's the kind of race I'd like to point for this summer, but I haven't really thought about his next start,” Motion said. “I really didn't think beyond the day for either one of them, but I'm not going to be in a hurry to run them back. One Stripe has had two pretty strong runs down here, so I'm not going to be looking to run him back real quick.

“I've had an extraordinary amount of people reach out. I guess being on national television makes a difference, but it's very rewarding,” he added. “I'm so pleased for the South African crew. They had faith in this horse and it kind of showed to be justified that he's this kind of horse. And I couldn't be prouder of Test Score. We've been really lucky with this horse and Trikari. I'm so fortunate to have some of these nice horses for Mr. Amerman.”

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Prominent racehorse owner Earle Mack's The Earle I. Mack Foundation, in partnership with Project Victory, has delivered 750 additional generators to communities across Ukraine, prioritizing children and families living in the most vulnerable conditions, according to a press release from the foundation. The generators and heaters, which run on petrol or diesel, help to restore heat, light, water and online learning across Ukraine.

Previously, heaters and generators delivered by the Earle I. Mack Foundation and its partners at the Pataki Center have brought critical heat and power to more than one million Ukrainians, primarily vulnerable children, helping them survive the bitter winter. The latest delivery with Project Victory brings the total number of heaters and generators donated to 1,150.

“These generators have been distributed to orphanages, shelters, foster families, home schools, and households, providing children with protection from prolonged blackouts that now last eight to 20 hours per day in many regions,” said Mack. “In some frontline and recently liberated areas, electricity is unavailable for weeks at a time. By supporting these deliveries, we are helping bring stability and dignity to children and families facing extreme hardship as winter sets in.”

Earle Mack has travelled to Ukraine to deliver the generators four times, with a fifth trip planed in the near future.

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NOBLE AFFAIR (c, 3, Vekoma–Paden Affair, by Rockport Harbor) was unveiled Dec. 27 at this venue but sprinting on the turf, and ran on well to claim third in a blanket finish after trailing early on from eighth.

Moved to the dirt for this second jump, he was asked to navigate a sloppy surface as Fair Grounds hustled to beat the weather, and left the gates carrying 3-1 odds on this seasonal debut. Out to set the pace through an opening quarter in :22.38 and after four furlongs in :45.89, Noble Affair was still leading the bunch, but that lead was under pressure from Corona de Oro (Bolt d'Oro) in the lane. Game along the rail as the 2-1 favorite came calling from the grandstand side, his advantage was shrinking late as the pair battled down to the wire. Noble Affair managed to hold off that looming rival by a half-length and it was a long way back to third.

The victor is the most recent to the races for Paden Affair, who has now produced five successful offspring from six of racing age. Her most recent is a yearling colt by Nashville, and the mare is due to Elite Power for 2026. Paden Affair is a half-sister to SW & GSP Indian Burn (Indian Charlie), herself the dam of MGSW & GISP Crazy Beautiful (Liam's Map).

Noble Affair was purchased for $600,000 at OBS April last season after previous selling for $275,000 as a yearling at Keeneland September last year and bringing $75,000 as a weanling during the auction's November sale in 2023.

#8 NOBLE AFFAIR ($8) goes gate-to-wire digging in late to win race 7 at the @fairgroundsnola. The son of Vekoma (@spendthriftfarm) was ridden by @James_D_Graham and is trained by Steve Asmussen. Wathnan Racing owns, pic.twitter.com/SELIos1aMO

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) January 24, 2026

7th-Fair Grounds, $54,000, Msw, 1-24, 3yo, 6f, 1:09.84, ft, 1/2 length.
NOBLE AFFAIR (c, 3, Vekoma–Paden Affair, by Rockport Harbor) Sales history: $75,000 Wlg '23 KEENOV; $275,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP; $600,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $38,450. O-Wathnan Racing; B-Sandra Sexton & Silver Fern Farm (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.
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Amerman Racing LLC's Test Score (Lookin At Lucky) continued a phenomenal and productive afternoon for the newly turned 4-year-olds on the grass at Gulfstream Park, as he emerged from the pack to take out the $1-million GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational, just holding off a late surge from his very well-backed stablemate One Stripe (SAf) (One World {SAf}).

Earlier on the program, Layabout (Laoban) was expertly handled from the front by David Egan to win the GIII W.L. McKnight Stakes, while Destino d'Oro (Bolt d'Oro) defeated her elders in the GIII Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf while making her first start as four.

Off at odds of 38-5 in his first start outside of age-restricted competition, the rail-drawn homebred secured the perfect spot two back on the fence in the box seat as Cabo Spirit (Pioneerof the Nile) made the running for Hall of Famer Mike Smith. Ridden for luck, with favored Program Trading (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) stalking his every move from the fence a few lengths adrift, Test Score was angled sharply to the outside of the pacesetter in upper stretch, edged to the lead and proved narrowly best.

One Stripe, who had never raced beyond a mile, was hammered at the tills in the late stages to jump at odds of 43-10 from a 12-1 morning line. The recipient of a midfield trip for leading South African jockey Gavin Lerena, the bay entire came widest for the drive and was getting to the winner, but the wire arrived too soon. Almendares (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}) finished a longshot third.

“I wanted to come out of there running because I knew there was a lot of speed in the race and I didn't want to be too far behind,” said winning jockey Manny Franco. “I didn't want to lose position going into the first turn. I held my position the whole time until we got to the backside. After that I was happy with where I was and how my horse was traveling.

“At the three-eighths pole, the horse on the lead got away a little bit and I was able to go outside him,” Franco added. “When [Test Score] made the front early he kind of waited a little bit, but when he felt the competition again he gave me another gear.”

Campaigned aggressively at three, Test Score defeated World Beater (Oscar Perormance) in the GI Belmont Derby at Saratoga on July 4 before finishing a half-length third to that foe in the Aug. 2 GI Saratoga Derby. An even fourth in the GIII Nashville Derby around the undulating course at Kentucky Downs in September, he outclassed his rivals in the GII Twilight Derby Oct. 25 with blinkers added for the first time and endured a checkered run through the lane when beaten a half-length into third in the GI Hollywood Derby at Del Mar Nov. 29.

Motion said he was inclined to shut down Test Score, given the rigors of his sophomore campaign.

“I'm going to give [Test Score] a bit of a break,” he said. “He's had a long year. I wanted to point for this race. We'll freshen him up for the spring. One Stripe, I think the future is unlimited for him. The distance really helped him today.”

Pedigree Notes:

John and Jerry Amerman purchased third dam Society Dream privately from her French breeder and she was a stakes winner and Grade III placed in California under the care of Neil Drysdale. She has posthumously gone on to become the second dam of the Amermans' dual-surface Grade III winner Endlessly, a son of their star turf horse Oscar Performance.

Miss Chapin, one of six winners out of Society Dream, also became a noteworthy producer for the couple, accounting for GI Just A Game Stakes heroine Coffee Clique (Medaglia d'Oro), two-time graded winner Admission Office (Point of Entry) and MGSP Royal Fury (Langfuhr).

Test Score is the third of three winners from his dam and has a 2-year-old half-brother named Military Academy (War of Will) and a yearling half-sister by Liam's Map. Joy of Learning was most recently covered by Not This Time.

Saturday, Gulfstream Park
PEGASUS WORLD CUP TURF INVITATIONAL S.-GI, $937,800, Gulfstream, 1-24, 4yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:47.04, fm.
1–TEST SCORE, 123, c, 4, by Lookin At Lucky
                1st Dam: Joy of Learning, by Kitten's Joy
                2nd Dam: Miss Chapin, by Royal Academy
                3rd Dam: Society Dream (Fr), by Akarad (Fr)
O/B-Jerry Amerman (KY); T-H. Graham Motion; J-Manuel Franco. $516,000. Lifetime Record: 13-5-3-3, $2,000,525. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com  catalogue-style pedigree.
2–One Stripe (Saf), 123, h, 5, One World (Saf)–Silver Stripe (Saf), by Silvano (Ger). O-Hollywood Racing and Sewgoolam, Rikesh; B-Drakenstein Stud (SAF); T-H. Graham Motion. $172,000.
3–Almendares (GB), 123, g, 6, Havana Grey (GB)–Glace (Ire), by Verglas (Ire). 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. (16,000gns Wlg '20 TATFOA; 14,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Rochfort, John, McLean Racing Stables, Gevertz, Saul, Nentwig, Michael and Pagano, Ray; B-D. TUCKER (GB); T-Philip D'Amato. $86,000.
Margins: NK, 1, HD. Odds: 7.60, 4.30, 37.70.
Also Ran: Astronomer, Program Trading (GB), Fort Washington, Chasing the Crown, Call Sign Seven, Cabo Spirit, Beach Gold, Cugino, Major Dude. Scratched: Balnikhov (Ire).
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TEST SCORE ($17.20) held off a flying One Stripe (SAF) in the $1,000,000 Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1) at @GulfstreamPark. Trainer @GrahamMotion trains the 1-2 finishers! @jockeyfranco was up on the 4YO Lookin At Lucky colt.

Pegasus World Cup is now: https://t.co/UXCZfzZ4lz pic.twitter.com/MOoRgUHdM7

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) January 24, 2026

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Jockey Junior Alvarado and trainer Bill Mott partnered up again for another win on Saturday's Pegasus World Cup card as Grand Job (Justify) romped home as the favorite in the GII Inside Information Stakes.

Bred in Kentucky but debuted as a 2-year-old in Ireland for then-trainer Joseph O'Brien, the daughter of Coolmore super-sire Justify hit the board in three of four starts but failed to break through for the win. Imported to North America as a 3-year-old, Grand Job found her footing in her first start for newly-crowned Eclipse-winning trainer Mott, winning her first two starts in gate to wire fashion by a total of 13 1/4 lengths before finishing second as a 4-year-old in the GIII Royal Delta Stakes. A winner again going a mile on the local course in late March of last year, she went to the sidelines for eight months and resurfaced to finish eighth when weakening from the lead at Churchill Downs sprinting six furlongs Nov. 25.

Drawn outside Saturday and going off as the favorite in her fifth consecutive race at odds of 2-1, Grand Job had plenty of early speed up the backstretch, racing three wide with Jody's Pride (American Pharoah) and One Magic Philly (Good Magic) both to her inside on the run into the far turn as the half ticked by in :45.06.

Alvarado, positioned high in the saddle and motionless past the quarter pole, clearly knew what he had as Grand Job swept past both runners and was alone turning for home before she even kicked into high gear.

A few shakes of the reins kept her focused as she easily out-finished the closing 5-1 shot Sterling Silver (Cupid) under a hand ride for the stylish win. Claret Beret (Not This Time) filled out the trifecta at 15-1.

Mott and Alvarado teamed up three races earlier to win the GIII Fred W. Hooper Stakes with 'TDN Rising Star' Knightsbridge (Nyquist) as well as the day's second race, a maiden special weight win by Swing Vote (Constitution).

“We always felt she had it in her,” Mott said. “You could see from Knightsbridge's form and her form, when they won early on, they were probably uncontested. Coming out of maidens and one-other-thans, they looked pretty good. Now that they've had time, they've looked that good against stakes quality. It was good see. It's just had to do with her development.”

“It's been an amazing day,” said Alvarado of his fourth winner on the day. “I've been on very live horses, good horses that I've been riding. This filly today, she's been ready for quite a while She was ready for me today, and I was just a passenger.”

Pedigree Note:
A $105,000 yearling pick up out of Keeneland September for Fergus Galvin, Grand Job is the 29th graded stakes winner for Triple Crown hero Justify. First dam Sure Route was stakes placed three times in North America herself and has a perfect five-for-five strike rate runners to winners led by her first foal, Grand Job's three-quarter sister Divine Image (Scat Dady) who took down the G3 Range Rover UAE Oaks in 2019 for Godolphin. That mare has since produced a group winner in France in Al Zanati (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}).

Sure Route was culled for just $17,000 listed as carrying a full-sibling to Grand Job at the 2021 Keeneland November Sale. While she ultimately failed to produce a fail from that cover, she does have a now 2-year-old Gold Pal colt in the pipeline and was served by another Coolmore sire in Tiz the Law for this season.

Fourth victory today for jockey @JuniorandKellyA!
Grand Job easily wins the Inside Information S. G2 presented by @MyRacehorse. #GulfstreamPark #ChampionshipMeet pic.twitter.com/VQxrwb0qhk

— Gulfstream Park (@GulfstreamPark) January 24, 2026

Saturday, Gulfstream
INSIDE INFORMATION S. PRESENTED BY MYRACEHORSE-GII, $200,000, Gulfstream, 1-24, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:21.41, ft.
1–GRAND JOB, 118, m, 5, by Justify
            1st Dam: Sure Route (GB) (MSP, $201,163), by Ishiguru
            2nd Dam: Shore Light, by Gulch
            3rd Dam: Shawgatny, by Danzig Connection
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($105,000
Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-Bell Tower Thoroughbreds and Medallion
Racing; B-Fullbury (KY); T-William I. Mott; J-Junior Alvarado.
$116,560. Lifetime Record: 10-4-4-0, $325,726. *1/2 to Divine
Image (Scat Daddy), Hwt.-UAE- at 7 – 9 1/2 f., GSW-UAE,
$391,535. Werk Nick Rating: C.
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2–Sterling Silver, 120, m, 7, Cupid–Sheet Humor, by Distorted
Humor. ($13,000 Ylg '20 FTKSEL; $975,000 RNA 6yo '25
FTKNOV). O-Mark T. Anderson; B-Mallory & Karen Mort (NY);
T-Anthony R. Margotta, Jr. $37,600.
3–Claret Beret, 118, m, 5, Not This Time–Bessie M,
by Medallist. ($85,000 Ylg '22 KEEJAN; $375,000 Ylg '22
KEESEP). O-Miller Racing LLC; B-Mitch Haynes (KY); T-Saffie A.
Joseph, Jr. $18,800.
Margins: 2 3/4, 2 3/4, HF. Odds: 2.10, 5.40, 12.90.
Also Ran: Her Laugh, Dazzling Move, Beyond Belief, Necessity, Jody's Pride, One Magic Philly, Indy Bay, Verity. Scratched: Patricia Ann. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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