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NYRA fall stakes take a hit

Updated: July 27, 2010, 5:05 PM ET
By Mike Welsch | Daily Racing Form


SARATOGA, SPRINGS N.Y. -- The New York Racing Association has eliminated several traditional stakes and reduced the purses of many others at its fall Belmont and Aqueduct meets, including such prestigious events as the Flower Bowl, Beldame, Vosburgh, Champagne, Frizette and Cigar Mile.

Among the stakes put on hiatus this fall are the Matron, Futurity, Jerome, Lonesome Glory, Joseph Gimma and Bertram Bongard.

The Grade 2 Kelso on Oct. 3 will also feature a surface ...

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