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Trainer Mertkan Kantarmaci has won three consecutive titles in NYRA’s “Under 20s Claiming Challenge” and is on track to continue that success during the current winter meet at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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Deronda is the breeder of Laobanonaprayer, who will seek a third straight stakes victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Franklin Square going 6 ½ furlongs for New York-bred sophomore fillies at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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Saturday’s victory in the $100,000 Say Florida Sandy for Our Last Buck at Aqueduct Racetrack rewarded the patience of trainer Michelle Nevin and owner J and N Stables, who saw the gelded son of Courageous Cat make his first stakes appearance in his 18th career start.
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Repole Stable, St. Elias Stable, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith’s royally bred maiden winner Overtook is on target for the Grade 3, $250,000 Withers on February 6 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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Luis Cardenas said he wanted to be a jockey ever since he was a child living in the Lima district of Punta Negra in Peru. In 2019, he had the chance to fulfill his dream, making the first three starts of his professional career. In 2020, those incremental steps led to big things, as Cardenas posted 41 wins to lead all apprentice riders on the NYRA circuit.
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E.V. Racing’s Eagle Orb is training forwardly off a victory in the Notebook on November 14 and could make his next start in the $150,000 Jerome on New Year’s Day at Aqueduct Racetrack, trainer Rudy Rodriguez said Sunday morning.
