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Before Sunday’s 10-race card wraps the second week @ChurchillDowns Fall Meet, below is a look back at a week that saw Viking & Mercante win stakes; apprentice Yomar Ortiz Jr. ride 7 winners; and Florent Geroux returned to the winner’s circle.

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* Carl Pollard’s 6yo homebred Mercante (pictured) gave jockey Walter Rodriguez his first graded stakes score in the $300,000 River City (GIII) @ChurchillDowns.

* Viking broke fast & scored a front-running victory in the $300,000 Bet On Sunshine.

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Stud farms and stallion rosters will be showcased at Stars of Tomorrow II on Saturday, Nov. 28 as @ChurchillDowns stages its first "Sire Power" golf-style skins competition among eight Kentucky stallion farms.

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* Saffie Joseph Jr.’s graded stakes-winning trio of Haulin Ice, Indy Bay & Mystic Lake head next Saturday’s $300,000 Dream Supreme @ChurchillDowns.

* Top blue-collar horses converge 28th Claiming Crown.

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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (Grade I) third-place finisher Salahudin could make his next start in the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (GII) on Saturday, Nov. 28 @ChurchillDowns, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert told At The Races' @Steve_Byk.

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