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Trainer’s strategy pays off as Benbang takes Blue Sparkler

By: Marcus Hersh DRF Trainer Jonathan Thomas entered the 3-year-old fillies Benbang and Empress Tigress in the Coronation Stakes on Friday at Saratoga and the Blue Sparkler on Saturday at Monmouth Park. On Friday, he scratched Benbang and won the Coronation with Empress Tigress, and on Saturday Thomas won the $100,000 Blue Sparkler with Benbang. Benbang […]

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Crown Winds Down With Fillies to Remember

By: Jay Hovdey BloodHorse Now that the 2022 Triple Crown has been safely put to bed, with the names of Rich Strike , Early Voting , and Mo Donegal  etched firmly into history, let’s take a look at the messages left behind. First up—attendance. Three of the 20 horses who ran in the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) ran […]

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Eclipse Thoroughbreds’ Unbeaten Manhattan Jungle Untroubled On Black-Type Debut

By Sean Cronin TDN Manhattan Jungle (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}–Skylight {Ire}, by Acclamation {GB}) annexed a five-furlong newcomers’ heat at Chantilly in her Apr. 13 unveiling and doubled up, at the expense of the reopposing subsequent winner Sabya (Fr) (Pedro The Great), over the same distance at Lyon Parilly in her Apr. 26 return last time. Breaking sharply to […]

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