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Key Takeaways from the Whitney Stakes and Other Big Weekend Races

Tom Pedulla presents five takeaways from Whitney Day on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course and other key developments this weekend:

Fighting Mad Wins Clement Hirsch, Earns Breeders’ Cup Distaff Berth

Last week, Gary and Mary Wests' homebred Maximum Security made his first start for trainer Bob Baffert and carried the silks of partners Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith to

Ramon Dominguez: World-Class Jockey and World-Class Person

Five months after a spill on Jan. 18, 2013, Ramon Dominguez sat in a doctor’s office and received news no jockey ever wants to hear. His career was over.

The doctor explained the severity of a traumatic brain injury Dominguez had suffered. He outlined the risks that would be associated with another such injury, risks so great that they made it unthinkable for the jockey to enter the starting gate ever again.

Thousand Words Stuns Honor A. P., Collusion Illusion Punches Breeders’ Cup Ticket

This spring after dull performances from Thousand Words when he ran fourth in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes and 11th in the Oaklawn Stakes, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert gave the dual graded winner a freshening, believing the colt had lost his will to perform.

Improbable Strikes in Whitney, Vexatious Upsets Midnight Bisou in Personal Ensign

Improbable was surely the operative word in the 93rd and most unusual edition of the Grade 1 Whitney Stakes.

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