Horse Racing News

My Miss Aurelia defeated Stopshoppingmaria for the second time this year, drawing away in the stretch for a convincing 5 1/2-length win in the $300,000 Frizette Oct. 8 at Belmont.

Holiday for Kitten continued owner/breeder Ken and Sarah Ramsey's success at Keeneland when just holding Musical Romance in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes.

English invader Western Aristocrat stole Saturday's Grade 1, $250,000 Jamaica Handicap under a masterful ride by Corey Nakatani, who was winning his fifth race on the card at Belmont Park.

Havelock took advantage of a sizzling early pace in Saturday's $150,000 Woodford Stakes at Keeneland, rallying to win the Grade 3 turf sprint by a length.

Ken and Sarah Ramsey's homebred Stephanie's Kitten came motoring down the middle of the track to take the victory in Friday's $400,000 Alcibiades Stakes on Keeneland's opening day.

New Zealand-bred Hoofit held off Aikenite by a desperate nose to score an 11-1 upset in the $175,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Oct. 7 on opening day at Keeneland.

Most races have some unknowns - uncertainties regarding horses or the race conditions that cloud the picture of how the race will unfold.

Daveron, a German-bred with stakes wins in 4 of her last 5 starts, and Never Retreat, a perennial overachiever with four graded wins this year, will clash with as many as 10 others in a riveting 14th running of the one-mile turf race.

Since mid-summer, Mr. Commons has had a crash course in how to be a top-class turf miler in California.

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