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Javier Castellano Saratoga Spill Update Follows Wild Applause Stakes Fall
Javier Castellano was sent for precautionary checks after a four-horse spill in Saratoga’s Wild Applause Stakes, with horses and riders avoiding serious injury.
Steve Yarmouth
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Irad Ortiz Jr Saratoga Suspension Leaves Opening Weekend Without Defending Leader
Irad Ortiz Jr and several leading jockeys will miss the start of Saratoga’s summer meet while serving suspensions, reshaping the opening weekend rider roster.
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Constitution River Coral-Eclipse Run Tops Sandown And Saratoga Saturday Schedule
Constitution River’s Coral-Eclipse bid at Sandown and Saratoga’s July 4 festival give Saturday’s racing schedule major UK and US focus.
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Colonial Downs July 4 Card Cancelled As Heat Moves Stakes To July 11
Colonial Downs has cancelled its July 4 live racing card because of extreme heat, moving two stakes races to July 11 and adding a July 13 fixture.
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BHA Adds Wolverhampton Fixture After Haydock July Cancellations
The BHA has scheduled an additional Flat fixture at Wolverhampton on Friday 17 July after Haydock Park’s next two fixtures were cancelled.
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Saratoga Race Course Opens 46-Day Summer Meet With Schuylerville Stakes
Saratoga Race Course opens its 2026 summer meet on Friday, with the Schuylerville Stakes headlining the first card of a 46-day season.
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Wesley Ward Horse No Doubt About It Euthanized Before Saratoga Opening Day
Wesley Ward-trained No Doubt About It was euthanized at Saratoga’s Oklahoma training track before the expanded 2026 summer meet opened.
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Colonial Downs July 3 Card Rescheduled As Heat Wave Hits US Racing
Colonial Downs has moved its July 3 card to July 6 as extreme heat continues to disrupt the US racing programme.
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Aidan O’Brien Coral-Eclipse Draw Hands Constitution River Stall Three At Sandown
Aidan O’Brien’s Coral-Eclipse team has gained a tactical lift after Constitution River drew stall three at Sandown, with Hawk Mountain in stall two.
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Woodbine Cancels July 3 Racing As Infrastructure Repairs Continue
Woodbine has cancelled its Friday, July 3 live racing card while underground infrastructure repairs continue, with Sunday reshaped into a 12-race programme.
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Book’em Danno Day Set As Champion Sprinter Heads To Monmouth Park
Monmouth Park will stage Book’em Danno Day on July 17 as the champion New Jersey-bred sprinter targets the Mr. Prospector Stakes.
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Jose Ortiz Jockey Of The Week Vote Follows Stephen Foster Double
Jose Ortiz has been voted Jockey of the Week for June 22-28 after a Churchill Downs stakes surge led by Magnitude and Lagynos.