Payoffs
| 5 Classic Empire | $11.00 | $5.00 | $3.80 |
| 10 Not This Time | $4.60 | $3.40 | |
| 9 Practical Joke | $4.60 |
| $2 Exacta (5-10) | $39.40 |
| $2 Trifecta (5-10-9) | $289.40 |
| $2 Superfecta (5-10-9-11) | $2,568.40 |
Order of Finish
| 1 |
Classic EmpirePioneerof the Nile – Sambuca Classica 
2YO Colt |
$1,100,000 |
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Not This TimeGiant's Causeway – Miss Macy Sue 2YO Colt |
$340,000 |
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Practical JokeInto Mischief – Halo Humor
2YO Colt |
$180,000 |
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Lookin At LeeLookin At Lucky – Langara Lass
2YO Colt |
$100,000 |
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SyndergaardMajesticperfection – Magic Belle 2YO Colt |
$60,000 |
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Three RulesGone Astray – Joy Rules 2YO Colt |
$20,000 |
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GormleyMalibu Moon – Race to Urga 2YO Colt |
$20,000 |
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| 8 |
KlimtQuality Road – Inventive 2YO Colt |
$20,000 |
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| 9 |
Term of ArtTiznow – Miles of Style
2YO Colt |
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| 10 |
TheoryGemologist – Gem Sleuth
2YO Colt |
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| 11 |
Star Empire (GB)Foxwedge (AUS) – Celestial Empire 2YO Gelding |
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Spendthrift Announces 2018 Stud Fees
B. Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm announced 2018 stud fees for its roster set to stand at the Lexington-based farm this upcoming breeding season, topped by Into Mischief who will stand for $100,000.
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Brown Contingent Out in Force as Breeders' Cup Nears
Trainer Chad Brown continued to crank things up with his Breeders' Cup contingent Oct. 21, sending out 11 potential starters working at Belmont Park.
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The Empire That Almost Was
There is no doubt the greatness was there with Classic Empire. And there is no doubt it was confronted by enough obstacles to prevent it from fully surfacing. But it did on occasion manage to trickle out, to show the world what might have been.
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Champion Classic Empire Retired to Ashford Stud
Classic Empire, the 2016 champion juvenile male for owner John Oxley, has been retired from racing and will stand at Coolmore America's Ashford Stud.
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Gormley Retired to Spendthrift Farm
Gormley, who will be Malibu Moon's only son at stud to win a grade 1 at 2, will join Spendthrift Farm's Share the Upside program at $12,500 in 2018.
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Free Drop Billy Rolls in Breeders' Futurity
At home in Kentucky, Free Drop Billy rolled to an easy win in the $500,000 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity (G1) Oct. 7 at Keeneland.
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Firenze Fire Bounces Back to Win Champagne
Sanford Stakes (G3) winner Firenze Fire rallied along the rail in the far turn under Irad Ortiz Jr. then edged Good Magic by about three-quarters of a length at the wire to win the $500,000 Champagne Stakes (G1) Oct. 7 at Belmont Park.
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Aveenu Malcainu on Right Path for Champagne
Belmont Park's Oct. 7 Champagne Stakes (G1) has drawn a robust field of 12 for the one-turn mile race for juveniles. New York-bred Aveenu Malcainu has two wins and the best last-out Equibase Speed Figure.
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Will West Coast Win Again in the Pennsylvania Derby?
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx Racing.
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Barretts Juvenile Key Prep for Run Away
Kaleem Shah's Run Away will make a relatively quick turnaround Sept. 23 for the $100,000 Barretts Juvenile Stakes at Los Alamitos Race Course, while trainer Simon Callaghan still has an eye on the Run Away and Hide colt's future.
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Into Mischief's Stud Fee Climbs to $100,000
While the bulk of Into Mischief's season for 2018 sold for $85,000, a small block of seasons recently sold out at $100,000.
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No Joke, He Could Be 3-Year-Old Champ
A horse like Practical Joke is so important to the sport and should be admired.
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Practical Joke to Ashford Stud for 2018
Multiple grade 1-winning son of Into Mischief will enter stud at Coolmore's Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky., the global operation announced Sept. 5. Practical Joke will likely make his next start in the Las Vegas Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1).
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Classic Empire to Bypass PA Derby, Future Undecided
John Oxley's multiple grade 1 winner Classic Empire will not run in the Sept. 23 Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx Racing and his connections do not have plans yet for the colt's next start, trainer Mark Casse said Aug. 29.
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Gun Runner Puts in Final Woodward Work
Multiple grade 1 winner Gun Runner put in his final breeze the morning of Aug. 28 for the $750,000 Woodward Stakes (G1) for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/8 miles at Saratoga Race Course Sept. 2.
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Battle of Midway Cruises to Shared Belief Stakes Win
Free of trouble and with an ideal stalking trip, Don Alberto Stable and WinStar Farm's Battle of Midway thrived by the beach at Del Mar in the $100,000 Shared Belief Stakes Aug. 26.
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West Coast is Best in Travers Stakes
One year after champion Arrogate shipped in from California and turned the division on its ear with his win in the Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1), West Coast emulated his stablemate when he registered a victory in the 1 1/4-mile test.
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Practical Joke Too Good in H. Allen Jerkens
Practical Joke remains unbeaten around one turn and added another top-level triumph to his resume when he ran down Takaful in the stretch to win the $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 26.
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Trio of Graded Winners Entered for Shared Belief Stakes
While the Travers Stakes (G1) will occupy much of the racing world's attention Aug. 26, across the continent another group of 3-year-olds looking to make a bigger splash a couple races down the line will square off in the Shared Belief Stakes.
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A Horse-by-Horse Analysis of the Travers Stakes
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga.
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Brown Confirms Cloud Computing to Start in Travers
Trainer Chad Brown confirmed that Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence's Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Cloud Computing will start in the $1.25 million Travers Stakes presented by NYRA Bets (G1) Aug. 26.
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Girvin, Cloud Computing Work at Saratoga
Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) winner Girvin made his final work for the Aug. 26 Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) a swift one Aug. 19 at Saratoga Race Course, where he earned the bullet for five furlongs on the day.
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Stellar Wind, Irap Get to Work at Del Mar
There will be plenty of quality on the track in the afternoon Aug. 19 at Del Mar, the biggest day of racing during the summer at the seaside racetrack every year, but the runners in the morning weren't too shabby, either.
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Champion Classic Empire Back Training in Ocala
With the champion colt's notorious training issues again flaring up at Saratoga Race Course this summer, Classic Empire has been shipped to Winding Oaks Farm in Ocala to prepare for the Sept. 23 Pennsylvania Derby (G1).
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Now Who Do You Like in the Travers?
Steve Haskin takes a look at the pros and cons of 11 prospective Travers horses as they head into the all-important race that could nail down an Eclipse Award.
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