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Hoffman Thoroughbreds and Tom McCrocklin’s Promiseher America recorded her final serious piece of work in preparation for the Grade 1, $1.25 million Kentucky Oaks on May 6 at Churchill Downs, when going a half-mile in 49.77 seconds over a fast Belmont Park training track.

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D.J. Stable’s Lifetime of Chance made his first outing for Hall of Fame conditioner Mark Casse a winning one, scoring a determined neck victory in Saturday’s $200,000 NYSSS Times Square, a 6 1/2-furlong sprint for eligible New York-sired sophomores. The effort was awarded an 87 Beyer Speed Figure.

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Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Peter Searles and Patty Searles’ popular New York-bred City Man is scheduled to make his next start on May 6 in the Grade 2, $200,000 Fort Marcy at nine furlongs over the Belmont Park turf.

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Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, who will saddle Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s formidable multiple Grade 1-winner Forte in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby on May 6, will also bring a strong contender for Repole Stable to the May 5 Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks in the New York-bred Gambling Girl.

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Following a three-quarter length victory against a salty allowance optional claiming group on Thursday at Aqueduct Racetrack, Colts Neck Stables’ stakes-winner Nothing Better could return to New York later this summer for the Grade 1, $400,000 Jaipur on June 10 at Belmont Park, according to trainer Jorge Duarte, Jr.

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Lord Miles, trained by Saffie Joseph, Jr. and piloted by Paco Lopez, returned a whopping $120.50 for his 59-1 upset score in Saturday’s Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino, at Aqueduct Racetrack.