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Justify Filly Grinds Her Way To Victory In Saratoga Maiden

It took every inch of the stretch for Just F Y I (Justify) to get past the well-regarded Shop Lifting (Into Mischief) in Saturday's sixth race at Saratoga, but a jump before the wire she poked her head in front, earning a victory that had her connections bullish on her future. The six-furlong maiden special weight race with a purse of $136,000 went in 1:11.06 and Just F Y I, who is trained by Bill Mott, paid $9.50. The winning margin was a head. "As her training progressed Bill became...

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World of Trouble Recovering From Foot Bruise

Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables and Bethlehem Stables' multiple Grade I winner World of Trouble (Kantharos), who had to be scratched as a heavy morning-line favorite from Saturday's GIII Troy S. at Saratoga, is recovering from a foot bruise and visited the track Sunday morning, according to trainer Jason Servis. "He's better. He had a foot bruise. We tested it and he was tender, real tender. We kind of had to cut it out and it got a little more tender, nothing serious," Servis told the NYRA notes team. "He actually...

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