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Taken to the lead shortly after the start by jockey Florent Geroux, John and Susan Moore's 5-year-old homebred Karakontie mare, Princess Grace, posted a front-running score in the Grade 3, $200,000 Dr. James Penny Memorial Stakes at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Pa., on Tuesday. The Michael Stidham trainee also captured the 2021 renewal of the race.

Heavily favored Flirting Bridge finished second under Julien Leparoux, with Love in the Air and Paco Lopez third and Runaway Rumour and Jorge Vargas Jr. fourth in the field of eight older fillies and mares.

Time for  1 1/16 miles on a firm turf course was 1:43.30.

The win was the first for Princess Grace since last year's G3 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes. The latter was her fourth consecutive graded stakes victory following wins in the G2 Mrs. Revere Stakes in November 2020, the Dr. James Penny Memorial last July and the G2 Yellow Ribbon Handicap at Del Mar last August. Following the Yellow Ribbon, Princess Grace ran third in a pair of stakes at Del Mar last November, the G2 Goldikova and the G1 Matriarch.

She kicked off her 2022 campaign with a disappointing seventh in the G3 Eatontown Stakes at Monmouth Park June 18.

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Epsom Oaks winner Tuesday is set to renew her rivalry with runner-up Emily Upjohn, trained by John & Thady Gosden, in the Juddmonte Irish Oaks taking place at the Curragh this Saturday. The Aidan O'Brien trained filly is one of 11 contenders remaining in the Group 1 Classic following entry stage.

O'Brien, who has won the race six times including victory with Snowfall last year, also has History, Toy, Emily Dickinson and Perotan in the race.

Jessica Harrington will be represented by Royal Ascot winner Magical Lagoon and Fennela, while Cairde Go Deo trained by Ger Lyons, Show of Stars trained by Paddy Twomey, and the Joseph O'Brien trained Tranquil Lady also feature.

Little Big Bear, Slan Abhaile and Blackbeard are amongst the 13 entries in the Jebel Ali Racecourse and Stables Anglesey Stakes, while there are 26 entries in the Kildare Village Ladies Derby and 26 in the valuable Paddy Power Scurry.

Mooneista is set to attempt to win a second Barberstown Castle Sapphire Stakes on Saturday. The Group 2 contest has also attracted Castle Star, Cadamosto, Brostaigh, Geocentric and recent Paddy Power Rockingham Handicap winner Ano Syra. A strong British trained team includes Equilateral, Raasel, Twilight Calls and Last Crusader.

The Group 2 Romanised Minstrel Stakes is one of the feature races on Sunday with Order of Australia, Dr Zempf and Pearls Galore amongst the entries, while twenty fillies remain in the Group 2 Kilboy Estate Stakes including Rumbles of Thunder, One for Bobby and Galleria Borghese. British trainers are likely to be well represented with Potapova trained by Sir Michael Stoute and Purplepay trained by William Haggas also feature amongst the entries.

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In the first steeplechase of the National Steeplechase Association summer season, Carrington Holdings' Ancient Times, a 5-year-old New York-bred, went wire-to-wire under Mark Watts to score by 2 ¾ lengths in a $40,000 maiden special weights hurdle at Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va.

Riverdee Stable and Ten Strike Racing's Awakened, ridden by Jamie Bargary, rallied over the last half mile from sixth to second, to finish a neck ahead of Bonnie Rye Stable's Quid.

Before making the switch to jump racing, the lightly raced son of Carpe Diem made just two starts on the flat, breaking his maiden in a state-bred maiden on the turf at Saratoga last September.

Ancient Times made his NSA debut at the Queen's Cup Races in April for owners Carrington and Bill Price and trainer Arch Kingsley, and was racing on the lead and appeared to have plenty left in the tank when he unseated his rider at the seventh fence.

On Monday afternoon, under a confident ride by Watts, Ancient Times broke fast and didn't look back. He was never seriously threatened.

For Watts, who has ridden only sporadically in recent years, it was his first victory since piloting Balance the Budget to victory in the Grade 1 $150,000 Colonial Cup at Springdale Race Course in Camden, S.C., on March 31, 2018.

In the day's other hurdle contest, a $40,000 maiden restricted to fillies and mares, Paul and Molly Willis' New Appointment came from far off the pace under leading rider Parker Hendriks, to score in her American debut.

The 4-year-old Irish-bred filly, trained by Keri Brion, was making her first start in more than a year, following five tries without a win in her homeland. She is a full sister to multiple stakes winner Historic Heart, who is owned in part by the Willis' and runs under the banner of Atlantic Friends Racing.

Signal Hill Farms' Peace Nicker, ridden by Ross Geraghty and trained by Julie Gomena, grabbed the lead at the start of the 2-mile race, breaking free of the pack by as much as five lengths.

With one furlong to go, Peace Nicker still looked strong, as New Appointment unleashed a furious rally on the outside. At the wire, the winner was three-quarters of a length clear of her game rival. It was another 4 ½ lengths back to the show horse, Ashwell Stable LLC's Eponine, ridden by Nathan Brennan. It was Brennan's first NSA mount.

For Hendriks, it was his NSA leading 13th winner of the season.

Full results from Monday's racing at Colonial Downs can be found HERE.

Racing resumes at Colonial next Monday. The first Saratoga steeplechase is July 20, and it's a big one: The Grade 1 $150,000 AP Smithwick.

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