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Franco, Brown Team Up With Kathryn The Wise In Dominant La Verdad Performance

Lawrence Goichman’s homebred Kathryn the Wise, with a powerful front-running performance, proved much the best in Saturday’s $100,000 La Verdad at Aqueduct Racetrack. Breaking alertly under Manny Franco for conditioner Chad Brown, Kathryn the Wise went to the lead and…

Hronis, Ortiz, Brown Top Earnings List For 2018

Hronis Racing LLC and Irad Ortiz Jr. finished the year as the leading owner and jockey, respectively, by earnings for the first time while Chad Brown repeated as the top earner for trainers, according to final statistics released today by Equibase Company LLC, the Thoroughbred…

Brown, Franco, Dubb Capture Year-End NYRA Titles

December 31, 2018
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All Tracks, Los Alamitos

Trainer Chad Brown registered his fourth consecutive New York Racing Association year-end training title, jockey Manny Franco picked up his first crown and Michael Dubb earned his fifth straight title on the circuit as the curtain came down on racing…

Competitionofideas Circles Field For First Black Type Score In American Oaks

December 29, 2018
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Making her first start in graded stakes company, Seth Klarman’s Competitionofideas circled her seven rivals en route to a dominant score in Saturday’s Grade 1 American Oaks at Santa Anita Park. The 3-year-old daughter of Speightstown, ridden by Joel Rosario…

‘Beloved Champs’ Wake Forest, Kharafa Arrive At Old Friends

December 4, 2018
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All Tracks, Gulfstream Park, Los Alamitos

Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility in Georgetown, KY., announced on Tuesday the arrival of two new notable retirees: Grade 1 winner Wake Forest and stakes winner Kharafa. Wake Forest was a Group 3 winner in Germany before relocating to…

Del Mar Handle Increases 7.3 Percent During Fall Meet

Following on the heels of a stellar summer season, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., completed its fifth fall meet Sunday, highlighted by gains in total handle and four weeks of safe racing. All sources wagering for…

Uni Comes From The Clouds To Nab Matriarch Victory

December 2, 2018
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All Tracks, Los Alamitos

Micheal Dubb, Head of Plains Partners, Robert LaPenta and Bethlehem Stables’ Uni came from near last of a strung-out field to hit the wire first in Sunday’s Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar, crossing the finish a half-length ahead…

Pegasus World Cup ‘A Consideration’ For Cigar Mile Winner Patternrecognition

December 2, 2018
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All Tracks, Gulfstream Park, Los Alamitos

Patternrecognition rewarded trainer Chad Brown and owners Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence for their patience with a Grade 1 breakthrough in Saturday’s $750,000 Cigar Mile Handicap presented by NYRA Bets at Aqueduct Racetrack. A $420,000 purchase at the 2015 Ocala…

Raging Bull Topples Very Game River Boyne In Hollywood Derby

December 1, 2018
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All Tracks, Los Alamitos

Peter Brant’s talented sophomore colt Raging Bull, sent to post as the 9-5 favorite, had to go five-wide around the far turn but got the job done in Saturday’s Grade 1 Hollywood Derby at Del Mar; he defeated a determined…

Patternrecognition Goes All The Way In Cigar Mile; Mendelssohn Fourth

December 1, 2018
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All Tracks, Los Alamitos

Seth Klarman and William Lawrence’s Patternrecognition earned a third consecutive victory by crossing the wire first in Saturday’s Grade 1 Cigar Mile, besting the eight-horse field by a hard-fought 3/4-length. Sent off at odds of 5-1, the 5-year-old son of…