With fewer than three months to go to the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita, weekend racing delivered guaranteed spots in the two big events on the program.
Fans at Ellis Park were treated to a thriller on Saturday in the $200,000 KY Downs Preview Dueling Grounds Derby when favored Wadsworth overcame a troubled trip and held of late charges of Highway Robber and Anglophile to win his second consecutive stakes at 'the Pea Patch' in Henderson, Kentucky.
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The Dueling Grounds Derby Preview, run at 1 1/8 miles on turf, is one of seven stakes contests that will be held next weekend at Ellis Park as part of Kentucky Downs Preview Days.
Geau Rocket ride and Scotland joined the crowded top ranks of 3-year-olds with weekend victories, defeating rivals who had been through the Triple Crown wars; all the weekend horse racing, recapped right here.