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Practical Joke's First Saratoga Winner Breaks Maiden on Opening Sunday

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This is a photo of thoroughbred Gun Runner, 2018 Horse of the Year winning the Whitney Stakes at Saratoga - with jockey
Photo by Keith Luke on Unsplash

Cactus Closer, a two-year-old colt by Practical Joke, broke his maiden in the Sunday opener at Saratoga, part of the meet's Keeneland-presented card. The scratch-trimmed field of six couldn't slow the young colt, who gave his sire an early credit on the Spa's oldest stage.

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With reporting from Thoroughbred Daily News.

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