Iron Man Cal (Collected), who earned an automatic berth in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile with his win in the GII Pat O'Brien Stakes at Del Mar Saturday, will train up to the Oct. 31 championship at Keeneland, trainer Phil D'Amato said Sunday. “I think that's the safest bet,” D'Amato said. “Just keep him

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Saratoga Maidens, Presented By Keeneland Well backed at 33-10 to improve for a better-than-it-seemed fourth on career debut over this course and distance July 26, KIPROS (c, 2, Oscar Performance–Balance, by Thunder Gulch) was awkward in a few spots in this second go, but absolutely leaped out of the ground with less than a sixteenth

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Club Reign (Core Beliefs), tabbed a 'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard' following his impressive debut victory at Saratoga Saturday, could make his next start in the GI Champagne Stakes, according to trainer Whit Beckman. “My thoughts go back to another horse I was around a lot that broke his maiden on Travers Day and

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Glencrest Farm and 30A Thoroughbreds' Quibbler (f, 2, Epicenter–Hassler {Ire}, by War Front), dismissed at 22-1, bounded home an easy winner of her debut at Kentucky Downs Sunday. The filly became the sixth winner for her freshman sire (by Not This Time). Unhurried early, Quibbler was patiently handled and settled well back in the field

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Saratoga Maidens, Presented By Keeneland Dismissed as the 8-1 second-longest price in a scratched-down field of six for the Sunday opener at Saratoga, Cactus Closer (c, 2, Practical Joke–Star Cactus, by Uncle Mo) refused to lie down at the fence in the final stages and became an overdue first winner for the Dale Romans barn

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