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The only horses not trained by Bob Baffert in Sunday’s $100,000 Sham Stakes (G3) are Spun Intended, a highly regarded maiden for trainer Mark Glatt, and Packs a Wahlop, a two-time stakes winner on turf for trainer Jeff Mullins.

The first full weekend of live racing action in 2023 features a pair of Kentucky Derby prep races – the Jerome Stakes from Aqueduct on Saturday and the Sham Stakes from Santa Anita on Sunday.

A near gate to wire maiden winner, Spun Intended will show plenty of speed in his first try around two turns

Ballycroy Bloodstock is ushering in renovations to their stallion facility by adding two stallions to their roster. freshman sire and multiple graded stakes winner Collusion Illusion and Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner and current third-crop sire Tamarkuz will stand at the Loretto, Ont., farm for the 2023 breeding season. 

“He’s a very nice horse. I would say we would like to go to the Harlan’s Holiday and give him a shot in the Pegasus,” Joseph said.

Imaginary Stables’ John Guarnere took a big chance when he decided to help young trainer Elizabeth Dobles get her career started in 2016

“Do I miss riding? Not at all, not after all of these years,” said the 45-year-old Dominguez. “I am in the next phase of my life.”

Love the Nest held off stablemate Cousvinnysacanuck to win the $100,000 Minnesota Derby for state-breds by a nose on Saturday at Canterbury Park. Both are owned by Lothenbach Stables' Bob Lothenbach of Wayzata, Minnesota, and trained by Joel Berndt.

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