For the 40th time in 167 years, a filly has won the King's Plate. LUSTER (f, 3, Knicks Go–Ruby Frost, by The Factor) made easy work of this 12-strong field, coming from mid-flight under John Velazquez to romp by open lengths in the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown. Breaking evenly from the rail,

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The fog lifted Saturday morning, and then the star came out. Golden Tempo (Curlin), the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Belmont Stakes winner, emerged on the main track at Saratoga just before 8:45 a.m. and dazzled in his second-to-last work before the Aug. 29 GI, $1.25 million Travers Stakes. With jockey

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Ladies first in the GI Christophe Clement Stakes. Survie (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}) had to close into a glacial pace, but roared home like they'd unleashed her at the top of the stretch, and posted a glorious win to secure an automatic berth to the GI Breeders' Cup Turf at Keeneland. An elite runner in her

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Meloni (American Pharoah) came with a sustained run from the back of the pack and cleared off late to run her record to two-from-two with a handy success in the Catch a Glimpse Stakes, a prep for next month's GI Natalma Stakes. Backed into strong favoritism off a convincing 1 1/4-length debut success sprinting over

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Trainers Cherie DeVaux and Steve Asmussen reported in on their Saratoga winners Saturday morning with the former providing updates on Englishman (Maxfield) and Remember Mamba (Kitten's Joy) and the latter offering a good prognosis for recent Smart and Fancy victress Zeitlos (Curlin). The DeVaux barns at Keeneland and Saratoga were active ones over the last

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