Miss Monica (Early Voting) became the first stakes winner for her freshman sire with a runaway 6 1/4-length victory in Saturday evening's GI Del Mar Debutante. She becomes the13th Del Mar Debutante winner for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert. The 2-5 favorite, a head-turning wire-to-wire winner with an 87 Beyer Speed Figure on debut at

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Trainer Jonathan Thomas has had good luck shipping to Del Mar, picking up five graded wins with Truly Quality (Quality Road), Mrs. Astor (Lookin At Lucky), and Will Then (War of Will) just in the last two years. He added another score to the mix Saturday with Observed (c, 2, Mandaloun–Overseen, by First Defence, a

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Just a week removed from being represented by a phenomenal four Group 1/Grade I winners at home and abroad, Coolmore America's Tiz the Law was back at it again Saturday afternoon at Kentucky Downs when his New York-bred son Caroline St. Beat surged past pacesetting Glacius (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) in the waning strides

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California shipper Somerset West (Kantharos) got rolling through the final sixteenth at Kentucky Downs and swept past the leading quartet to upset the GII Ainsworth Music City Stakes Saturday at odds of 19-1. The Keith Abrahams homebred has been on a roll of late for trainer John Sadler, breaking her maiden two back at Santa

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Sovereignty (Into Mischief) stayed put at Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott's barn Saturday morning. His scheduled workout had been scrapped, and the 4-year-old colt passed the time surveying the scene from his stall on a perfect late summer day. After developing an abscess in a hind foot the day before,

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