Winchell Thoroughbreds' multiple Group/Grade I winner Magnitude (Not This Time) has emerged from his sterling victory in the GI Stephen Foster in good form, and will ship to Saratoga in the coming days, it was announced via release. “I cannot tell you how proud I am of [assistant trainer] Scott [Blasi] and the entire team,”

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Irad Ortiz Jr. claimed his first Churchill Downs Spring Meet riding title at the conclusion of racing Sunday while trainer Joe Sharp and owner David Jacobson also took home respective championships in their categories. The riding title is Ortiz Jr.'s second overall at Churchill Downs behind his 2025 Fall Meet win. Represented by agent Steve

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OZONE PARK, NY–Aqueduct has been running since 1959, for 67 years, the track is rundown and a new shiny Belmont Park will open in September. So the time has come for New York racing to move on, for the Big A to step aside in the name of progress. On Sunday, after the ninth race,

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You can be certain there were numerous horseplayers nationwide frantically trying to hit the “cancel bet” buttons on their advance-deposit wagering interfaces the moment that Magnitude (Not This Time) popped through the starting gate prematurely prior to Saturday's GI Stephen Foster Stakes. He remained in the hands of the assistant starter and didn't run off,

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We knew he was fast, and he more than justified the betting public's faith in his graded stakes debut. Juddmonte's Deep Flame (Into Mischief) could not be caught in the lane, striding home under little pressure to claim his first black-type victory in the GIII Maxfield Stakes on closing day at Churchill Downs. Deep Flame

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