After a career of always showing up for a piece of the pie, it's finally Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator) who's the talk of the town, and the statesman strolled home to the roar of an appreciative Oaklawn crowd to confidently win the GIII Essex Handicap. The seven-year-old entire has been exclusively in graded stakes company since early

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Maiden winner and 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' EMERGING MARKET (c, 3, Candy Ride {Arg}–Wild Empress, by Empire Maker) and Sunland Derby winner Pavlovian (Pavel) threw down in the Fair Grounds stretch Saturday but it was Chad Brown and the colors of Klaravich Stables who came out on top in the GII Louisiana Derby.

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Fulleffort (Liam's Map), a rallying second in both of the local preps, punched his ticket to the Kentucky Derby with a powerful win in Saturday's GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway Park. Favored at 9-5, the Leonatus S. and John Battaglia Memorial S. runner-up raced in ninth through fractions of :23.18 and :47.16. The gray

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Last year's Rags to Riches Stakes winner, Life of Joy (Gun Runner) booked herself a return trip to Churchill Downs Saturday, taking down the GII Fasig-Tipton Fair Grounds Oaks and with it, 100 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. Debuted late in her 2-year-old season by trainer Brad Cox, the $375,000 Keeneland September

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Some 20 years ago, Lemons Forever (Lemon Drop Kid) parlayed a close third-place effort in Turfway Park's Bourbonette Oaks into one of the biggest upsets in the history of the Kentucky Oaks, lighting up the tote to the tune of 47-1 on the first Friday in May at Churchill Downs. With her victory in this

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