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4 days ago | 
racingpost.com | Molly Rollins
Two years after George Weaver landed his first Royal Ascot success with Crimson Advocate, the trainer hopes to be back in a winning position overseas once more with Dew Sweepers' Sandal's Song. Unraced before the Royal Palm Juvenile Stakes, Sandal's Song made his debut a winning one, rocketing home by a length and a half on Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
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5 days ago | 
bloodhorse.com | Molly Rollins
Shisospicy kept the flame burning hot for her third win in a row for Morplay Racing, capturing the $224,625 Mamzelle Stakes (G3T) May 10 at Churchill Downs. Although she achieved her two prior wins in gate-to-wire fashion, jockey Jose Ortiz didn't panic when beat Shisospicy to the early punch in the Mamzelle. Applying outside pressure her rival, who had only finished a half-length behind her in last month's Limestone Stakes, the pair carved out a blazing opening tempo of :21.72 and :44.03.
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5 days ago | 
bloodhorse.com | Molly Rollins
extended his early lead over the freshman sire class when his 2-year-old daughter gave the first-crop stallion his first stakes winner in the $100,000 Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies Stakes May 10 at Gulfstream Park. A multiple graded stakes-winning turf sprinter himself, it was no surprise to see Leinster's filly Lennilu take to the lawn with a convincing 3 3/4-length score.
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5 days ago | 
bloodhorse.com | Byron King |Molly Rollins
Two leading contenders for the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1), and , recorded breezes May 10 for the upcoming $2 million race at Pimlico Race, and another leading 3-year-old, , joined the prospective lineup, according to Preakness officials.
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1 week ago | 
bloodhorse.com | Molly Rollins
2025 marks the third year that Gulfstream Park will host the Royal Palm Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies stakes, the only two juvenile Royal Ascot qualifying races in the country. Contested over five furlongs on the turf May 10, the Royal Palm Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies offer the winner an automatic entry into one of Royal Ascot's six prestigious juvenile races.
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1 week ago | 
bloodhorse.com | Molly Rollins
A rematch of last month's Limestone Stakes could resurface in the $225,000 Mamzelle Stakes (G3T) for 3-year-old fillies May 10 at Churchill Downs. The first through fourth place finishers in the Mamzelle, Shisospicy , , , Me Governor , and (finished in a dead-heat for fourth with Me Governor), all of whom finished within a length apart of each other at the wire, return in Saturday's Mamzelle. The winner of the Limestone was Morplay Racing's speedy filly Shisospicy.
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1 week ago | 
bloodhorse.com | Molly Rollins
This column highlights the performances of 2- and 3-year-old maidens who have made no more than five starts and who either sold for more than $500,000 at public auction, have siblings that are graded/group winners, or have dams that are graded/group winners. BloodHorse research shows maiden winners, in particular, who meet these criteria are more likely to go on to be graded stakes winners.
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1 week ago | 
bloodhorse.com | Molly Rollins
makes it back-to-back graded stakes scores with a narrow victory in the $200,500 Charles Whittingham Stakes (G2T) May 3 at Santa Anita Park. Racing in midpack for most of the 1 1/4-mile journey, favored Atitlan advanced turning for home before overtaking Packs a Wahlop and holding sway over a closing Dicey Mo Chara at the wire. Atitlan ($3.20) prevailed by a head, stopping the timer in 1:59.92 over a firm turf course. Packs a Wahlop finished another head in front of Dicey Mo Chara in third.
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1 week ago | 
bloodhorse.com | Molly Rollins
With a relentless rally on the outside under Irad Ortiz Jr, edged and to win a blanket photo in the May 3 Churchill Downs Stakes (G1). The winner ran seven furlongs over a sloppy track in 1:22.64, prevailing by a head in the $1 million sprint at Churchill Downs. Favored Nysos, making his first start since February 2024, lost for the first time in four starts and finished in a dead heat with Banishing for second.
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1 week ago | 
bloodhorse.com | Molly Rollins
left no doubt who the queen of the 3-year-old filly turf division is, rocketing to a 3 1/2-length victory in the $575,000 Edgewood Stakes (G2T) May 2 at Churchill Downs on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) undercard. "She's amazing, isn't she?" trainer Mark Casse enthused after D. J. Stable's star performer rolled to her fourth straight black-type win. Nitrogen, b, 3/f Medaglia d'Oro - Tiffany Case, by Uncle MoOwner: D. J. Stable, LLC (Leonard C. Green)Breeder: D. J. Stable, LLC (KY)Trainer: Mark E.
