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The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) mourns the loss of trainer Thomas L. “Lou” Rondinello, winner of the 1974 Belmont Stakes with Little Current of John W. Galbreath’s Darby Dan Farm, and a steady stream of other graded stakes races on the New York circuit in the 1970s and ’80s.

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Dream Team One Racing Stable’s Kentucky homebred Hoist the Gold earned a career-best 109 Beyer Speed Figure for his frontrunning tour-de-force in Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000 Cigar Mile Handicap presented by NYRA Bets, at Aqueduct Racetrack.

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Nice Guys Stables' Where's Chris, last out winner of the Nashua here, will look to double up on stakes scores in Saturday's Grade 2, $250,000 Remsen. The nine-furlong route for juveniles offers 10-5-3-2-1 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top-five finishers.

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Trainer Cherie DeVaux, in the midst of a banner year with career highs in wins and purse earnings, will look to fete her 42nd birthday in style when she saddles Pipeline in Saturday’s Grade 2 Cigar Mile Handicap presented by NYRA Bets.

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Alpha Delta Stables’ Kentucky homebred Raging Sea garnered an 89 Beyer Speed Figure when scoring her first graded stakes victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Comely, a nine-furlong test for sophomore fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack.

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Coleswood Farm’s West Virginia-homebred Coastal Mission brings a six-race win streak into next Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000 Cigar Mile Handicap presented by NYRA Bets, at Aqueduct Racetrack.