Music Note, trained by Saeed bin Suroor, won her third grade I race at Belmont this year and her fourth in five starts overall at the big oval while held under wraps by jockey Javier Castellano.
Doremifasollatido saved ground early, moved into contention while splitting horses at the top of the stretch and pulled away for a two-length victory in the $250,000 Matron (gr. II) Sept. 13 on the Belmont dirt.
Entering the seven-furlong race for 2-year-old fillies as the only starter to have tried stakes company, Doremifasollatido stopped the clock in 1:24.74 with Eibar Coa in the irons.
Criminologist needed the length of the stretch to catch Waquoit’s Love, but the 5-year-old Maria's Mon mare finally ran down the pacesetter, getting up in the final stride to win the $100,000 Noble Damsel Handicap (gr. IIIT) by a head Sept. 13 on the Belmont turf.
Terrain (left, No. 10) got the best of a messy stretch run in the $200,000 Arlington-Washington Futurity (gr. III) when he was elevated from a third-place finish to victory following a rare double disqualification at Arlington Park Sept. 13.
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Big Brown made his return to turf a successful one Sept. 13 in the $500,000 Monmouth Stakes, sprinting to a commanding early lead under Kent Desormeaux and then gamely holding off Proudinsky for the length of the stretch to win by a neck.
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Septimus powered his way to a 13-length victory in the Irish Field St. Leger (Ire-I), enabling trainer Aidan O’Brien to sweep all five Irish classic races this season. In doing so, O’Brien became the first trainer in 73 years to accomplish such a feat.
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Sir Michael Stoute had won every other British classic at least twice, but a victory in the Ladbrokes St. Leger (Eng-I) had always eluded him. After 34 years of training, that omission from his resume was corrected when Frankie Dettori guided 8-1 shot Conduit to a comfortable three length win at Doncaster Sept. 13.