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Nutella Fella, Saratoga Race Course, 2023 Hopeful Stakes, Junior Alvarado, Gary Contessa

Longshot Nutella Fella Upsets Saratoga's Hopeful Stakes

Nutella Fella, dismissed at 54-1 on the tote board, powered by favored Timberlake late to take the $300,000 Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes Sept. 4 at Saratoga Race Course.

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2023 Hopeful Stakes at a Glance

For generations, Saratoga Race Course has been known as a locale for some of the sport’s best 2-year-old racing, and for colts the top 2-year-old race of the meet is the Hopeful Stakes.

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Bright Future Edges Proxy in Jockey Club Gold Cup Thriller

In a thrilling edition of the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes Sept.

2023 Pacific Classic, Del Mar, Arabian Knight, Bob Baffert

Arabian Knight Uncatchable in Pacific Classic

The 3-year-olds showed up their older peers in the Grade 1 FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic Sept. 2 at Del Mar, as Arabian Knight held off Geaux Rocket Ride in a thriller that spoke to the quality of both 3-year-olds.

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Parnac, Part of ABR’s ‘Stake and Stardom’ Initiative, Wins Flower Bowl Stakes in Upset

The Sept. 2 Flower Bowl Stakes at Saratoga Race Course will go in the books as a 1 3/8-mile turf race, but those who watched it, or examined the race’s fractions, know it was more like a three-furlong sprint that followed a one-mile warm-up.

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