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After matching strides throughout the stretch, 6-5 favorite Twilight Blue emerged as a narrow head winner over tracking stablemate Intrepid Heart in Saturday’s inaugural running of the $200,000 Fort Larned for 3-year-olds and up at Churchill Downs.
Sensational turf sprinter Golden Pal will attempt a stakes victory at Saratoga Race Course for the third straight year in Friday’s $300,000 Troy (G3) for 4-year-olds and upward sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs over the Mellon turf.
Bruce Lunsford’s Art Collector takes on three other graded stakes winners in Thursday’s $135,000 Alydar, a nine-furlong test for older horses who have not won a stakes other than state-bred in 2022, at Saratoga Race Course.
Gelding captures featured Rick Violette by a head.
Tyler Gaffalione’s banner year continued at theChurchill Downs Spring/Summer meet where he earned his 8th leading rider title