It was all Spendora (m, 5, Audible–Miss Freeze, by Frost Giant) in the GII Fasig-Tipton Locust Grove Stakes as the defending GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint winner toyed with the field, taking them pillar-to-post Saturday at Churchill Downs. Splendora broke on top, setting a :24.28 and :47.86 pace while 2024 2-year-old filly champion

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KERRY'S KISS (f, 4, Vino Rosso–Abuntia, by Olmodavor) stretched her win record to four in a row Saturday, staying perfect for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. in a rain-soaked edition of the GIII Princess Rooney Stakes, a 'Win and You're In' race for the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. Switched to Joseph Jr.'s barn

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Manuka Honey (f, 2, Upstart) made it a perfect three-for-three in Saturday's GIII Pocahontas S. at Churchill Downs, good for 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. The 4-5 favorite sat the trip in a tracking fourth, began to wind up with a sweeping move on the far turn and kicked on nicely

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   It's always worth paying attention when Charlie Appleby sends a horse across the Atlantic and Saturday's $500,000 GI Bet365 Summer Stakes at Woodbine was no exception. Godolphin homebred Al Hudaiba (GB) (c, 2, Dark Angel {Ire}–A'Shaari {GB}, by Dubawi {Ire}) captured the one mile 'Win and You're In' contest, punching his ticket to the

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Saratoga maiden winner Voyager (Justify) stepped up Saturday straight from the maiden ranks to win the GI Johnnie Walker Natalma Stakes at Woodbine, a 'Win and You're In' race for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Debuted on the dirt at Churchill Downs earlier in the summer, the D.J. Stables-owned Keeneland January grad ran

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