Daily Racing Form National Digital Edition
LOSING A STEP?
If Ag Bullet at anything close to full strength shows up, the other seven entrants in the Franklin Stakes on Sunday at Keeneland run for second money. If the Ag Bullet who showed up in August in Franklin, Ky., runs similarly on Sunday, she will not be...
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SHINING STAR
It is, in one sense, Toronto versus Vancouver on Saturday in Lexington, Kentucky. Trainer Josie Carroll, born in the Toronto area, saddles morning-line favorite Luster in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup. Grant Forster, who hails from the...
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FLASHBACK
On Friday, it will have been nine years and 51 weeks since Barclay Tagg trained a Keeneland winner. Tagg’s opportunities since Tale of Verve captured a maiden race on Oct. 16, 2016, have been scant: Tagg subsequently has sent out just 10 Keeneland...
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Trio of scientists win Nobel Prize
Three scientists won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for discoveries related to the nerve cells in the brain. Karl Deisseroth, a 54-year-old American, Peter Hegemann, a 71-year-old German, and Georg Nagel, a 73-year-old German,...
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KEENELAND
$3 Late Pick 3 (15% takeout) All-Turf Pick 3 (races 5, 8, 10) (15% takeout) Rolling daily doubles (15% takeout) First Post: 1 p.m. ET
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FEW QUESTIONS
Rhetorical landed the Coolmore Turf Mile a year ago at odds of 9-1, but he’s not sneaking up on anyone bidding for a repeat victory in one of North America’s most important middle-distance grass races. The Keeneland morning line sets Rhetorical a 2-1...
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Fall 2026 Keeneland
When your boutique track runs a 17-day meeting, there’s no time for soft openings. Keeneland, as usual, hits the ground running. A 10-race Friday card, first of the fall season, features three graded stakes races, all part of the Breeders’ Cup...
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TURF STALWART
ELMONT, N.Y. – The rain and wind finally ceased around these parts early Monday morning and with a couple of dry – and warm – days in the forecast, the four graded turf stakes that were postponed last weekend and rescheduled for Thursday at Belmont...
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Five arrested near air base in London
Police arrested five British nationals near a military base in London, where airstrikes on Iran were facilitated by the United States Airforce. The man, all from London, were arrested on suspension of terrorism after three suspicious vehicles were...
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Congo short on health workers
Amid the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever, Congo is extremely short on health workers, according to the World Health Organization. In the eastern province of North Kivu, cases have grown at a 73 percent rate over the last three weeks. The outbreak...
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GETTING A REBOOT
Super Corredora, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2025, had a rough late winter campaign earlier this year, losing badly in two stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita. The defeats led to a vacation. Super Corredora resumed workouts in late July...
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LOOKING TO ATONE
Original Sin will be a few strides from the gate in Saturday’s Grade 1 Goodwood Stakes at Santa Anita when trainer Brendan Walsh will have a fair assessment of the 4-year-old colt’s chances. Original Sin broke slowly in the Grade 1 Pacific Classic at...
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Santa Anita
In his first three starts in the United States, Jordi Bear has chased Proletariat through the stretch in turf races at Santa Anita and Del Mar. In Friday’s sixth race at Santa Anita, the opening day of the track’s six-week autumn meeting, Jordi Bear...
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Iran warns of ‘new weapons’
After President Donald Trump increased his rhetoric against Iran over the weekend, Tehran warned it would use “new weapons with new capabilities” if the United States launched new attacks. President Trump described his options as “wiping Iran out,...
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Daniels dislocates elbow
Washington Commanders star quarterback Jayden Daniels was expected to undergo more tests after dislocating his elbow in a loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. On the final play of the first half, Daniels tripped on one of his offensive linemen, and...
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South Korea won’t deploy to Middle East
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Friday that he would not deploy military assets to the Middle East, resisting urging from President Donald Trump to play a more active role in supporting the United States against Iran. South Korea has...
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Fiji declares HIV emergency
Fiji has declared an HIV national emergency after data showed one in 60 people on the island have HIV, a staggering increase from one in 167 a few years ago. The data also shows that one in 50 pregnant women have HIV. It’s believed that approximately...
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BACK ON TRACK
ELMONT, N.Y. – Destino d’Oro’s ascension in the female turf division got derailed earlier this year by a foot injury. Sunday, her connections hope Destino d’Oro can pick up where she left off last winter when she returns from a six-month layoff in the...
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Always a Runner gets fresh start in Cotillion
Always a Runner, the Kentucky Oaks winner coming off an intense summer stint at Saratoga, will look to get back to her winning ways in the Grade 1, $1 million Cotillion Stakes on Saturday at Parx Racing. It’s rare for a runner-up finish to be a...
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BORN ANEW
ELMONT, N.Y. – Ready or not, a new era of New York racing begins Friday at Belmont Park with the christening of a new grandstand and the unveiling of four new racing surfaces. The new grandstand, at roughly 275,000 square feet, is about a third of the...
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Yankee Stadium linked to Legionnaires
The New York City Health Department has ordered several cooling towers in the Bronx to be cleaned and disinfected after an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. One of those towers is located in Yankee Stadium. City officials have said nine people have...
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Zverev wins U.S. Open
German star Alexander Zverev defeated American Ben Shelton to win the U.S. Open on Sunday, securing his second Grand Slam title. Zverev took the first two sets, Shelton won the third, and Zverev closed things out in the fourth set. Zverev, 29, also won...
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Congo fires kills 26 students
A fire swept through two schools in the city of Bukavu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 26 students and injuring dozens. The South Kivu provincial government said that 19 girls and seven boys were killed. The fire started at a nearby...
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SUNDAY JACKPOT
What High Lateen lacks in experience his trainer, David Fawkes, feels he can make up for with pure talent when going postward one of several key contenders in Sunday’s $62,500 allowance feature at Gulfstream Park. The race serves as the fourth and...
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SHOWDOWN
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Notable Speech made quite a statement when winning last year’s $1 million Woodbine Mile on the tight inner turf with a sweeping wide rally, after which he doubled up in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar. Last year’s Eclipse...
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Los Alamitos Race Course
The Del Mar summer meeting ended on Monday with a flurry of activity for jockey Kazushi Kimura. In the final five racing days, Kimura had mounts in 42 of 49 races. He rode five winners, including the Generous Portion for California-bred 2-year-old...
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NYRA considering keeping Belmont at 1 1/4 miles
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Triple Crown may not be done going through changes. While the general belief is the Belmont Stakes will move back to its traditional 1 1/2-mile distance in 2027 when it returns to Belmont Park, that may not be the case...
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Magnitude breezes for BC Classic after Asmussen’s big day
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The morning after winning three races Saturday at Saratoga, two with exciting 2-yearold prospects, trainer Steve Asmussen sent out his stable’s current marquee horse – Magnitude – for his first work in about a month as he steps...
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More than 100 people deported to Haiti
For the third consecutive Thursday, the United States deported a group to Haiti. More than 100 people were deported amid gang violence in the country. The flight, which took off from Louisiana, landed in the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien, as the main...
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Handal unbothered by short rest for Chummers
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Chummers looks to put the bow on a terrific summer for himself and his trainer Ray Handal when he wheels back on short rest to run in Monday’s $200,000 Gio Ponti Stakes for 3-year-olds at Saratoga. The Gio Ponti, scheduled for...
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PROPER SCHOOLING
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Midnight Still got a pretty good education as well as a victory from his first two career starts racing at distances shorter than which he should excel. Sunday, Midnight Still will try to put his lessons to good use when he...
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Miss Monica looks to extend Baffert’s Debutante record
DEL MAR, Calif. – The fastest 2-year-old filly in California has her work cut out against a big field Saturday in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante – or perhaps it is the other way around. Nine fillies have their work cut out against Miss Monica, whose...
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Sentient Soon offers value in Generous Portion
DEL MAR, Calif. – While there are good reasons to back the favorite in the $100,000 Generous Portion Stakes on Friday at Del Mar, an inconspicuous longshot undergoing a crucial equipment change merits consideration at significantly higher...
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HOT AND DRY
The weather forecast calls for a hot, dry week at Kentucky Downs, which means the connections of Tawny Port stand a good chance of making it rain after the Bowling Green Gold Cup Invitational on Thursday. Tawny Port likes a dry, firm, fast course, and...
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DOUBLE TROUBLE
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – With Jimmy P, the two-time winner of the Grade 1 Jonathan Sheppard Steeplechase at Saratoga, sidelined by injury, Wednesday’s running of the $150,000 Sheppard at 2 3/8 miles appears to be a wide-open affair. Trainer Ricky...
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Haitians demand answers for gang violence
Haiti’s National Police are facing mounting criticism over why authorities failed to prevent a recent gang attack in which 47 people were killed and more than 50 kidnapped. The attack happened last Sunday and is believed to be the largest kidnapping in...
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COULD BE SPECIAL
Dallas Stewart last trained a turf stakes winner in 2022. Know what it takes to win a turf stakes? A stakes-level turf horse. Those have been few and far between in the Stewart barn. But Seneca Park, among an overflow field of 2-year-old fillies...
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STARS COLLIDE
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A lot has changed in the 50 weeks since Magnitude finished 20 3/4 lengths behind Sovereignty in the Grade 1 Travers Stakes at Saratoga. For Magnitude, it’s been a change for the better. For Sovereignty, not so much. Since that...
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SECOND CHANCE
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – For trainer Grant Forster, the delight of watching Faithful Departed run so well outweighed the disappointment of her finishing second in last month’s Grade 1 Belmont Oaks at Saratoga. Shuffled back to last early and then held...
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Golden Club stands out in first leg of all-turf pick three
DEL MAR, Calif. – Bettors looking for a sure winner Thursday at Del Mar might heed the whimsical insight of trainer Craig Lewis. Lewis trains Golden Club, a second-start 2-year-old who figures to win race 3, a turf sprint for Cal-bred maidens. Golden...
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SITTING PRETTY
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A pair of Grade 1 winners, Usha and Iron Orchard, will return to statebred company for the first time since their 2-yearold campaigns when facing six other New York-breds on Wednesday at Saratoga in the $200,000 Johnstone, a...
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Claude AI hacked three companies
During a test, Anthropic said Claude AI hacked into the systems of three companies after a configuration error gave it internet access. Anthropic said a misconfiguration allowed Claude models to reach the internet from testing environments that were...
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TEXAS TWO-STEP UP
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The race was at Lone Star Park and was restricted to Texasbreds. But when Caroline’s Girl went from eighth to first while six wide in less than an eighth of a mile to win her career debut by 8 1/4 lengths, people took...
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BLINKER EXPERIMENT
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Maybe Commandment can be successful at a mile and a quarter, and perhaps he’ll get a chance to prove that at another point in time. But he already has proven himself to be effective at distances shorter than 10 furlongs,...
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RIGHT AT HOME
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Between them, Hall of Fame trainers Steve Asmussen and Todd Pletcher have won 10 of the 33 runnings of the Amsterdam Stakes at Saratoga. There’s a pretty good chance one of those two will add another Amsterdam to their trophy...
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DISTANCE HELPS
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Gezora went off as the 9-5 favorite and Speed Shopper as an outsider at 12-1 when the pair met for the first time in the Grade 1 New York Stakes at Saratoga over Belmont Stakes weekend. The final odds figure to be a lot closer...
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CLASS RELIEF
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – From the day after the June 6 Belmont Stakes, Bill Mott was thinking about running Chief Wallabee in Wednesday’s $150,000 Curlin Stakes at Saratoga and not because the race falls on the Hall of Fame trainer’s 73rd...
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Raiders sign top pick Mendoza
Heisman trophy winner and first overall draft pick Fernando Mendoza signed a four-year $57.26 million contract with the Las Vegas Raiders. Mendoza was the last of the Raiders’ 10 draft picks to sign. The Raiders will hold a fifth-year option on the...
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