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Jockey Club Gold Cup Runners Tighten Screws

By Blood-Horse Staff
09/21/2013

Several New York-based contenders for the Sept. 28 Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I) turned in their final works Sept. 20-21. At Belmont Park, trainer Todd Pletcher worked GoldMark Farm’s Whitney Invitational Handicap (gr. I) winner Cross Traffic and Dogwood Stable’s Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Palace Malice on the training track, while Chad Brown…

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Saratoga: Cross Traffic, Mucho Macho Man tune up for Woodward Stakes

By Mike Welsch
08/25/2013

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Cross Traffic and Mucho Macho Man, the first- and third-place finishers in the Grade 1 Whitney here Aug. 3, turned in their final workouts Sunday for their scheduled rematch in Saturday’s Grade 1 Woodward. Mucho Macho Man, who was narrowly beaten by To Honor and Serve despite an unlucky trip in the 2012 Woodward, was the…

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Cross Traffic Lookin’ Good

By Dan Illman
08/07/2013

At 5:37 pm on Saturday afternoon, 10 minutes before post time for the Grade 1 Whitney Handicap, I received a text from DRF Handicapper Mike Beer. “Cross Traffic is the best looking horse I’ve ever seen.” Cross Traffic ran to his looks in the Whitney and finally achieved a well-deserved graded victory. In his two prior races, the Grade 3…

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Whitney win puts Cross Traffic into top 10

By The Sports Network
08/05/2013

Cross Traffic, a 4-year-old colt owned by GoldMark Farm, won for the
third time in just five career starts as he notched his first stakes
victory after seconds in the Westchester Handicap and Met Mile. “This was a real quality-filled race,” said Pletcher. “To beat the Breeders’ Cup winner (Fort Larned) and runner-up (Mucho Macho Man)
from last…

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Cross Traffic Takes Fast Lane to Whitney Win

By Claire Novak
08/03/2013

GoldMark Farm’s Cross Traffic sprung a wire-to-wire victory in the $750,000 Whitney Invitational Handicap (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 3, kicking away at odds of 7-2 while 2012 winner Fort Larned finished fifth (VIDEO). The 4-year-old son of Unbridled’s Song earned his first stakes score by three-quarters of a length and also picked up…

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Whitney: Cross Traffic holds off Successful Dan at Saratoga

By David Grening
08/03/2013

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – At the three-sixteenths pole of Saturday’s 86th Whitney Invitational Handicap, Cross Traffic had turned back Fort Larned and Mucho Macho Man – the 1-2 finishers from last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic – and opened up a two-length lead. In the middle of the track, however, Successful Dan was continuing a bid that had begun…

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Sports Horse Racing: Mylute primed for Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course

By Michael Veitch
07/26/2013

Refreshed and ready for a return to action, Mylute could be sitting on a big effort in Saturday’s $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga. The Grade 2 event at 1 1/8 miles is the traditional local prep for the $1 million Travers Stakes on Aug. 24, and has drawn one of the toughest fields of recent years.

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Saratoga: Mylute tries to upend Palace Malice in Jim Dandy

By David Grening
07/25/2013

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Going into the Belmont Stakes, Palace Malice was the hard-luck horse, winless in five starts as a 3-year-old, encountering trouble and bad luck at almost every turn. Everything finally clicked in the Belmont as Palace Malice came home a decisive 3 1/4-length winner for Dogwood Stable and trainer Todd Pletcher.

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Mylute works for Jim Dandy Stakes

By Sports Network
07/20/2013

Mylute, third in the Preakness Stakes, put in a half-mile workout Saturday at Saratoga and will start in the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes next Saturday.

Ridden by Rosie Napravnik, Mylute went the four furlongs in 52.23 seconds.

“It was an easy half-mile,” Amoss said.

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Belmont Park: Cross Traffic to run in Whitney

By David Grening
06/17/2013

An intriguing matchup is looming in the Grade 1 Whitney on Aug. 3 at Saratoga between defending Whitney Handicap winner Fort Larned and the speedy Cross Traffic. Fort Larned, who won last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic in front-running fashion, reverted back to his front-running ways Saturday night in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster and scored an impressive 6 1/4-length victory at…

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Belmont: Met Mile draw puts Cross Traffic on rail again

By David Grening
05/24/2013

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Todd Pletcher said he felt the rail post position might have compromised Cross Traffic when he finished a game second to Flat Out in the Grade 3 Westchester last month at Belmont Park. Hours before post positions were to be drawn for Monday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap, where Cross Traffic will…

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Sahara Sky passes Cross Traffic to win Met Handicap

By USA Today
05/27/2013

NEW YORK (AP) — Sahara Sky came barreling down the middle of the track and caught Cross Traffic at the end to win the $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park on Monday. The finish was a thriller. Cross Traffic took the lead in the stretch and seemed headed to victory before Sahara Sky unleashed his run from near the back of the nine-horse…

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