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Matt Bax will send out Hambletonian-eligible trotters Southwind Coors and Snowpiercer in Friday’s eliminations of the Goodtimes Stakes for three-year-olds at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Their performances in the event could determine whether they are part of the Hambo conversation in the weeks that follow.

Julie Miller is hoping to enjoy a strong Espresso on Saturday at Freehold Raceway.

Anthony Lombardi has owned horses for 38 years and cannot ever recall racing one after the age of three.

Pebble Beach shored up his rock-solid resume with another classic Canadian performance, this time in the $911,250 Breeders Crown (presented by the Libfeld/Katz Breeding Partnership) for three-year-old pacing colts & geldings. 

After a bout with inclement weather, racing resumed at Red Mile on Tuesday and Boudoir Hanover kicked off the 11-race card with a 1:51.1 victory in the $80,000 third round leg of the Kentucky Championship series for sophomore female pacers.

On Sunday (Aug. 28), Rebuff returned to his victorious ways at The Red Mile in the $80,000 third leg of the Kentucky Championship series for sophomore trotting males in 1:51.4. 

Michael Andrew has produced some standouts in his 20-plus years as a breeder, such as Dan Patch Award-winner Obrigado and millionaires Little Brown Fox and Likeabatoutahell, but he is still hoping for a Hambletonian champion.

Ake Svanstedt captured the 2021 Hambletonian Stakes with Captain Corey and will begin the road to this year’s $1 million event on Saturday with Hambo hopeful Justice in the $150,505 Dexter Cup at Freehold Raceway in New Jersey.

This season’s Kentucky Derby preps have come and gone. Barring defections, the top 20 spots on the Derby leaderboard are locked up, and we know which horses are likely to enter the starting gate on the first Saturday in May.Up until this point, this list had been a hybrid of one handicapper’s opinion and runners likely to make the field. Now, though, we can exclusively focus on the top 20 horses on the leaderboard.

The 100-point Kentucky Derby preps have come and gone. All that’s left on the road to the Run for the Roses is Saturday’s Grade 3 Lexington Stakes at Keeneland, which serves as a last resort for connections with horses on the outside looking in.