Order of Finish
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Happy FarmGhostzapper – Gospel Girl 5YO Gelding |
$115,500 |
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5YO Horse |
$40,000 |
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Recruiting ReadyAlgorithms – Need 
5YO Horse |
$24,000 |
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SeethisquickDiscreet Cat – Pahlmuhree
5YO Horse |
$12,600 |
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Strike PowerSpeightstown – Gold d'Oro 4YO Colt |
$8,000 |
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No DistortionDistorted Humor – Pacific Spell 6YO Gelding |
$6,000 |
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Mind Control Plays Mind Games in Tom Fool
When trainer Gregg Sacco gave Junior Alvarado a leg up on favored Mind Control in the $213,000 Tom Fool Handicap (G3), he told the veteran jockey to "ride his race." Midway on the final turn, Sacco was wondering what he had done.
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New York-Loving Mind Control Tops Tom Fool Entries
Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables' Mind Control, a dual grade 1 winner on the New York Racing Association circuit, leads a salty field of eight in the $200,000 Tom Fool Handicap (G3) March 7 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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Mind Control Wins Toboggan on Snowy Day
Mind Control may not make it easy on his connections to watch, but the multiple grade 1 winner sure knows how to hit the finish line first.
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TOBA January Member of the Month
In 2019, two partnership groups organized by Ara Aprahamian campaigned stakes winners. M and A Racing’s Happy Farm captured the Fall Highweight Handicap (G3) at Aqueduct, while Leitone took the Claiming Crown Jewel Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
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Firenze Fire Runs Down Stablemate to Win the Gravesend
Trainer Jason Servis earned a 1-2 finish in the $105,850 Gravesend Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack Dec. 22, with Mr. Amore Stable's homebred Firenze Fire getting a head in front of M and A Racing's Happy Farm at the wire.
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Servis Sends Out Talented Pair in Gravesend
The 61st running of the $100,000 Gravesend Stakes Dec. 22 at Aqueduct Racetrack will see a talented field of six highlighted by a prominent pair for conditioner Jason Servis, who entered graded-stakes winners Firenze Fire and Happy Farm.
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Happy Farm Steps Up in Aqueduct's Fall Highweight
Trainer Jason Servis scored his second graded victory of the weekend at Aqueduct Racetrack when M and A Racing's Happy Farm took over the lead on the turn for home and held on to win the $206,100 Fall Highweight Handicap (G3) Dec. 8.
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Grade 1 Winner Spiced Perfection Heads Go For Wand
After taking on some of the best distaff sprinters throughout the year, Spiced Perfection will end 2019 on a longer yet easier note.
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Strike Power Back on Main Track in Fall Highweight
On a day when families will be giving thanks for what means the most to them, Courtlandt Farms' Strike Power will no doubt appreciate getting back to what he does best.
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Sally's Curlin Triumphs in Chilukki Stakes at Churchill
CJ Thoroughbreds, Left Turn Racing, and Casner Racing's Sally's Curlin recorded her first stakes victory with a strong, late kick to take the $200,000 Chilukki (G3) Nov. 2 at Churchill Downs.
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Imperial Hint Sets Track Record in Vanderbilt Repeat
Raymond Mamone's Imperial Hint buried his competition July 27 to take home his second consecutive win in the $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
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Del Mar, Saratoga Sprints Top Weekend's Graded Stakes
Both of grade 1 races on the calendar are six-furlong sprints: the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) at the Spa, and Bing Crosby (G1) at Del Mar, part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series and offers the winner a fees-paid berth to the Sprint (G1).
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Air Strike, Cistron to Meet Again in Bing Crosby Stakes
Some two months after finishing heads apart in the Triple Bend Stakes (G2), that race's winner, Air Strike, and runner-up, Cistron, will meet again in the $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) July 27 at Del Mar.
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Smooth Sailing for Promises Fulfilled in John A. Nerud
Robert J. Baron's Promises Fulfilled exceeded all promises July 6 with a 4 1/2-length gate-to-wire score in the $300,000 John A. Nerud Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park.
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Promises Fulfilled Seeks Rebound in John A. Nerud
Robert Baron's multiple graded stakes winner Promises Fulfilled will look to add to his already extensive résumé when he takes on a field of eight other horses in the $300,000 John A. Nerud (G2) July 6 at Belmont Park.
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Firenze Fire Punches Met Mile Ticket With Runhappy Win
Mr. Amore Stable's homebred Firenze Fire improved his Belmont Park record May 11 when he rolled home a clear winner in the six-furlong, $150,000 Runhappy Stakes.
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Limousine Liberal Begins 2019 Campaign in Commonwealth
Kentucky sprint star Limousine Liberal has won five of his six stakes victories at Churchill Downs and hopes to carry that success east to Keeneland when he tests 13 foes in the Commonwealth Stakes.
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Recruiting Ready Makes the Grade in Gulfstream Sprint
Graded stakes-placed on several occasions throughout his career, Sagamore Farm's 5-year-old Recruiting Ready made the grade March 2 in the $100,000 Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
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Veteran Quijote Seeks Breakthrough Win at Gulfstream
At 6, Quijote seems well-positioned to earn the first graded stakes win of his career March 2 when the Florida-bred faces an expected seven rivals in the $100,000 Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes (G3).
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World of Trouble, Cherry Lodge Take Off-Turf Sprints
World of Trouble didn't get his rematch with champion Stormy Liberal when the $150,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint was taken off the grass because of soggy conditions Jan. 26, but he put on an impressive performance nonetheless.
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Recruiting Ready Makes Strong Return in Gravesend
Sagamore Farm's Recruiting Ready led every point of call and was able to hold off a late challenge by Skyler's Scramjet in his return to the races in the $100,000 Gravesend Stakes Dec. 23 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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Rose's Vision Bests Better Talk Now Field
A relaxed Rose's Vision swept up the rail and fought off Have At It with a gutsy move in the stretch to win the $100,000 Better Talk Now Stakes for 3-year-olds over the turf at Saratoga Race Course.
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Combatant to Meet Strike Power in Better Talk Now
Two of the 10 sophomores set to line up in the one-mile Better Talk Now on the Saratoga Race Course turf Aug. 27, began their careers running against some of the best in their class on dirt.
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Promises Fulfilled Finds Sweet Spot in Amsterdam
Pure class may have carried Promises Fulfilled across the line in his past three races, but a turn back in distance July 28 put the Shackleford colt's true talents on display.
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Hofburg Rolls to Easy Victory in Curlin Stakes
The confidence displayed by jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard Hofburg in the $100,000 Curlin Stakes July 27 on a sloppy Saratoga Race Course was warranted.
