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06/06/2015

Metropolitan Mile (G1) Quotes

"When he came off the elbow, I [thought he'd get there] because he was doing so much running. At the three-eighths pole, I wondered, but when he was getting to the horses as quick as he was and I saw him get to Tonalist, I knew he had him beat and I thoug

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06/05/2015

Belmont Stakes Notes 6/5

The Belmont will be contested by eight 3-year-olds at the distance of 1 1/2 miles during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival presented by DraftKings, and it is the highlight of an extraordinary four-day weekend of racing offering 17 graded stakes races and

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06/05/2015

Pimlico’s Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout Saturday

First race post time Saturday is 12:45 p.m. Gates open at Pimlico and Laurel at 10:45 a.m. Multiple winning tickets with all six winners Friday returned $5,468.37. There was one single ticket on the 90-1 longshot Proud N Tall, but the 5-year-old gelding w

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06/05/2015

Jersey Girl Quotes

Barbara Banke of Stonestreet Stables, winning owner of Cavorting (No. 5): "She was great at two and I think we may have tried lengthen her out a little too soon. She didn't really care for Florida but she loves New York. So, she'll be racing here probably

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06/05/2015

Tremont Quotes

"This horse is the real deal. He's a little guy but we call him 'Mighty Mouse'. We'll take him home to Chicago. He trains [at Arlington] on the synthetic track just as good as he runs on this dirt track so we have a lot of options and could probably run h

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06/04/2015

Belmont Stakes Notes 6/4

"It was his first trip around there and we jogged straight off and he started galloping about the seven-eighths pole. I really couldn't see anything down the backside because it's so big around there, but when he finally came down the stretch he was movin

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06/03/2015

American Pharoah gets acquainted with Belmont main track

Under the watchful eye of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who arrived in New York Tuesday, the Zayat Stables homebred son of Pioneerof the Nile had an uneventful and easy jog around the racing strip under regular exercise rider Jorge Alvarez. "He took h

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06/03/2015

Belmont Stakes Draw Quotes

"I don't know how I'm going to feel about it. I don't think about it because I know how tough it is so I never get ahead of myself. I want to win it for the horse because the horse is deserving of it. He's an exciting horse to watch and he's an exciting h

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06/03/2015

Tonalist takes Belmont win streak into loaded G1 Metropolitan Handicap

Carded as the ninth race, post time for the Met Mile is 4:49 p.m. EST as part of NBC's 2 ½-hour national telecast from 4:30-7 p.m. The race is also a Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' qualifier for the Dirt Mile. "It is going to be a very big day. For pe

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06/03/2015

Shook Up slight favorite in tough G1 Acorn

After breaking her maiden by 13 ½ lengths on January 3 at the Fair Grounds, Shook Up faced at least one of Larry Jones' powerhouse duo of I'm a Chatterbox and Lovely Maria in each of her three subsequent starts on the Louisiana circuit this spring. The g

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