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Super Score At Monticello pays $81; Cal-Expo Produces $39 Winner; Watch List Pays 54 Percent Across The Board
It was one of those great weeks for our suggested contenders, with solid numbers, a continuance of early-season high two-digit winners and across-the-board gems from our selected features, Power Plays and horses-to-watch (H2W) list. Let’s go over our ...
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Mandatory payout sparks interest in Gulfstream Rainbow 6
Saturday's mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Park will attract a huge final pool if not huge win mutuels during the sequence. It's the best time to get involved with this jackpot wager, especially at a 20-cent minimum. Here's how my tic ...
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How to Bet the San Vicente Stakes
Trainer Bob Baffert has won the San Vicente Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita on nine occasions, and since he’ll be sending out two of the five starters in Sunday’s renewal of the seven-furlong sprint, it stands to reason that he’ll have a strong ...
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Trainer Profile: Danny Gargan Could Have His Best Year Ever
Danny Gargan first saddled a horse in 1997. That year, he only saddled 5 runners. Of the 5 horses, he got a second place and 3 third place finishers. Gargan didn't resume training until 2013. From 2013 on, he's been one of the more understated but hi ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Mind Control
Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stable’s Mind Control led at every call en route to a 1 1/2-length victory in the Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct on January 1. The bay sophomore picked up 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby in securing his secon ...
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Fair Grounds Pick of the Week for February 9
Saturday's sixth race at Fair Grounds, a six-furlong maiden special weight for three-year-olds, could be the spot where #2 CHESS CHIEF (6-1) finally breaks through.
After a solid debut fourth at Churchill Downs in September when he was beaten ...
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Playing the Tampa Bay Downs Late Pick 5 on 2019 Sam F. Davis Day
by Nicolle Neulist
Saturday's card at Tampa Bay Downs features four stakes. Though there is no All-Stakes Pick 4, the late Pick 5 features all four stakes races, plus an open $16,000 claiming turf contest going a mile to end the day. The Late P ...
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How to Bet the Las Virgenes Stakes
In my opinion, the only way to make a meaningful profit playing Saturday’s $200,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita is to play the exotics straight and hope that your selections are absolutely perfect.
Just five three-year-old fi ...
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Is Knicks Go Vulnerable in the Sam F. Davis?
I don’t think anyone will deny that #3 Knicks Go was among the best two-year-olds of 2018, but that doesn’t mean that he’ll be unbeatable in Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes (gr. III) at Tampa Bay Downs.
Knicks Go will surely be favored ...
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Pacing Into Profits Through The Weekend; Promising Power Plays Payouts; Selected Features Defy Public
A huge shift in the temperatures across North America and the afterglow of the Super Bowl puts all of our usual raceways into action again. We are ready with selected features, including Power Plays, for maximum profit hunts.
Accompanying the spec ...
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Picks and Plays for Louisiana Premier Night at Delta Downs
Saturday night is Louisiana Premier Night at Delta Downs , a special day of racing with ten stakes events packed into a twelve-race card that kicks off at 6:25 p.m. Eastern.
The card is naturally stacked with multi-race wagers, including rollin ...
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Dick Powell’s Australian Pick of the Week Feb. 6, 2019
Race 7 at Australia A (Grafton) Wednesday night is a Class 1 Handicap going six furlongs around a right-hand turn. A field of 12 fillies and mares are entered and the ground is expected to be good.
FREE International Past Performances every day ...
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Dick Powell’s Dubai Pick of the Week Feb. 6, 2019
Race 3 at Meydan on Thursday morning is the $250,000 UAE 2000 Guineas (G3) for three-year-olds going about one mile on the dirt. The race will start on a chute and make a dogleg left turn for the run down the backstretch. It has attracted a field of ...
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Horses of interest in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2
Aside from Knicks Go , we won't be gleaning many clues from the individual entries in this weekend's Pool 2 of the 2019 Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) . The aforementioned is an entrant in Saturday's Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs , th ...
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NHC Q&A: Steven Shaffer
Find this story in the NHC BRISnet Betting Guide special issue.
By Jim Mulvihill
Steven Shaffer will be among the youngest NHC competitors at Treasure Island Las Vegas this year , but his handicapping style is strictly old school. While oth ...
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Dubai Carnival Update: Walking Thunder Carries Derby Dreams for Dubai
Quite frankly, I’d be pretty surprised if Walking Thunder is beaten on Thursday. He’s a clear standout and should sit a perfect trip setting or stalking the pace. Making money on the race could be difficult, especially if the Al Bastakiya Trial runne ...
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Six Horses That Could Take Bill Mott Back to the Derby
Tacitus
A fourth-place finish in a Belmont maiden race marked a rather inauspicious start for Tacitus, but he was facing a quality field that day and came right back to win a one-mile maiden race at Aqueduct by a neck, with recent maiden winner ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Harvey Wallbanger
Harold Lerner, AWC Stables, Nehoc Stables, Scott K. Akman and Paul Braverman's HARVEY WALLBANGER made a last-to-first move to upset the Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. The Kenny McPeek trainee picked up 10 points on the Road to ...
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All Others, Game Winner top choices in Pool 2 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager
The three-day pool opens at noon Friday (EST) and concludes Sunday at 6 p.m.
The Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which feature $2 Win and Exacta wagering, provide fans of Thoroughbred racing with opportunities to place bets on possible entrants in ...
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Kentucky Derby Update: Surprise in Holy Bull, No Surprise a Baffert Runner Dominates
Saturday, Feb. 2, brought another round of Kentucky Derby prep action. One favorite dominated in his Derby prep. Mucho Gusto looked every bit like another Bob Baffert monster 3-year-old in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes. The other two winners definitely ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Mucho Gusto
The Bob Baffert-trained Mucho Gusto earned 10 points on The Road to the Kentucky Derby with his stylish tally in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) on Saturday. He upped his mark to three-for-four after his Santa Anita triumph over a sloppy, sea ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Tax
R. A. Hill Stable, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Hugh Lynch and Corms Racing Stable’s Tax picked up his first graded stakes win and 10 points on The Road to the Kentucky Derby with a victory in the Withers Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct on Saturday. T ...
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Keeler Johnson's 2019 Kentucky Derby Roundup
With just three months remaining until the 2019 Kentucky Derby , the prep season is really starting to heat up.
It seems like yesterday that the Road to the Kentucky Derby was just getting underway with the running of the Iroquois Stakes (gr ...
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Keeler Johnson's Kentucky Derby Top 10: Who's On, Who's Gone?
Another week, another meaningful shake-up in my weekly .
Following a somewhat disappointing series of Saturday prep races , I have chosen to drop Maximus Mischief and Gunmetal Gray from my list, while weekend winners Tax and Extra Hope ar ...
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Pros and Cons of the Weekend Derby Prep Winners
Last weekend was a big one on the Road to the Kentucky Derby with three major prep races being held across the country, but if we’re perfectly honest, the results—while intriguing—came up a little disappointing.
A sloppy, sealed track led to t ...
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Mucho Gusto Shows New Dimension in Robert B. Lewis Stakes
“Every race, he [gets] better and better,” Talamo told Santa Anita publicity. “I’m glad I’ve been working him, because he’s worked better, too. He settled today like he’s been doing this a hundred times… He galloped out real strong. I don’t think dis ...
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Harvey Wallbanger Posts 29-1 Upset in Holy Bull Stakes
The Holy Bull marked Harvey Wallbanger’s 2019 debut as well as his first run against winners. Last year, he competed in four maiden races, finishing second on three occasions before breaking through with a victory on November 17 at Churchill Downs. ...
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Tax Rallies Inside to Win Rough Running of Withers Stakes
"I was hoping the hole would open up and I got lucky and got through," Alvarado told the New York Racing Association. "He responded right away when we got the space, it was just enough for him. When we got to the lead at the sixteenth pole he started ...
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Yonkers and Meadowlands offer Saturday cards
While many thoroughbred racing enthusiasts were following the three-year-olds on both coasts on Saturday, numerous harness racing fans were following the action at Yonkers Raceway and the Meadowlands as much of the frigid temperatures finally departe ...
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Early-Week Blowout With $65 Winner At Northfield; Miami Pick Places, Pays $37 To Partner A $187 Exacta; Winter Series Score
Some big numbers and not so big numbers developed for us through this week’s coverage period, with the horses-to-watch list (H2W) contributing to the high side. Let’s go over our success and failure from all of the suggested wagering.
Thursday, ...
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Three-year-olds on display on both coasts
Three months before the top three-year-old colts in the land gather for the latest edition of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, a bevy of talented sophomores were on display on the first Satur ...
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Five things to know for Kentucky Derby preps: Holy Bull, Withers, Lewis
The 2019 Kentucky Derby (G1) trail is officially heating up with three points races on tap Saturday.
The Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park , Withers (G3) at Aqueduct , and Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita offer 17 points apiece, apportion ...
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Thoughts on the Swale-Holy Bull Double at Gulfstream Park
Throughout the month of February, TwinSpires.com bettors can opt in and earn a 20% bonus (up to $100 per day) on the gross winnings from any successful Double wager that includes any of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series preps. Click here fo ...
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Dover Downs Thursday card offers blend of upsets
On a night when several thoroughbred race tracks cancelled their live cards, Dover Downs offered a solid Thursday program in which drivers and pacers braved the subfreezing temperatures to unleash numerous fast miles over the five-eighths mile oval. ...
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How to bet the 2019 Robert B. Lewis Stakes
The Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) will be run going 1 1/16 miles over the main track at Santa Anita on Saturday. Only six are entered and trainer Bob Baffert has just one starter. The Lewis is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby and will award 1 ...
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How to bet the 2019 Holy Bull Stakes
If you thought it rained a lot at Gulfstream Park last Saturday, keep your umbrella ready. South Florida is supposed to get so much rain, Gulfstream had to switch a pair of turf stakes races to Sunday in hopes of staying on the grass.
So, it loo ...
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Track Condition Could Be Key Factor in Robert B. Lewis Stakes
Regardless of Albert Hammond’s opinion that “It Never Rains in Southern California,” the weather figures to have quite an impact on the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. III) at Santa Anita .
There’s plenty of rain in the forecast between ...
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How to Bet the Withers Stakes
For a race with only seven starters, there’s a surprising amount of depth and talent in Saturday’s $250,000 Withers Stakes (gr. III) at Aqueduct .
I say “surprising” in part because the Withers is a nine-furlong Road to the Kentucky Derby p ...
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Is Maximus Mischief Vulnerable in the Holy Bull Stakes?
When ten horses line up to face the starter in Saturday’s $350,000 Holy Bull Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park , all eyes will be on the heavy favorite #8 Maximus Mischief .
On paper, this 8.5-furlong Road to the Kentucky Derby prep race ...
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Woodbine/Mohawk Winter Pacing Series Conclude; Polar Vortex Threatens Selected Features, Power Plays
This week’s North American winter storm is named Jaydon and it is dumping a ton of snow amid record-breaking minus degrees from the Midwest through the Northeast. If it blows to sea before Feb. 2, you will be able to take advantage of our two feature ...
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Wednesday qualifiers signal start of Rosecroft winter-spring meet
Wednesday afternoon, just before the vaunted polar vortex could make its presence felt throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, Rosecroft Raceway hosted seven qualifiers as the various trotters and pacers took their first strides toward appearing in the u ...
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How to bet the 2019 Withers Stakes
A field of seven has been entered in the Withers Stakes (G3) at the “Meat Locker,” formerly known as Aqueduct . Racing was canceled there on Thursday and let’s hope for everyone involved that it thaws out. The Withers is part of the Road to the Ken ...
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Dick Powell’s Dubai Pick of the Week Jan. 30, 2019
Race 2 at Meydan on Thursday morning is the $250,000 UAE 1000 Guineas for three-year-old fillies going about one mile on the dirt. The race will start on a chute and make a dogleg left turn for the run down the backstretch. It has attracted a field o ...
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Trainer Profile - Mark Casse
Most horseplayers know who trainer Mark Casse is. Casse dominated Woodbine Racetrack for years before saddling horses in the United States. While training horses at Woodbine, Casse won an incredible 9 Sovereign Awards, and was Woodbine's leading trai ...
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Fair Grounds Pick of the Week for February 2
Saturday's seventh race at Fair Grounds is the co-featured $60,000 Lloyd Captain Maestri Memorial, an about one-mile grass test for three-year-olds.
CORRUZE (#6) (7-2) enters the race perfect in two starts on grass. The Into Mischief colt surp ...
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Dick Powell’s Australian Pick of the Week Jan. 30, 2019
Race 4A at Scone is for older horses going 1 3/8 miles around right-hand turns. Australia is in the midst of record heat and drought so I expect the course to be on the firm side of good.
FREE International Past Performances every day at Brisne ...
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Top 5 After City of Light's and Accelerate's Retirements
City of Light obliterated his competition in the 2019 Pegasus World Cup. But, like what often happens in horse racing, his connections have decided to retire the Quality Road sired 5-year-old. With City of Light headed to the breeding shed, the mantl ...
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Top trotters and pacers highlight Yonkers Saturday night card
One night before millions of sports enthusiasts will gather round their televisions to watch Super Bowl LIII between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams, a rematch of their classic Super Bowl 36 encounter, Yonkers Raceway in New York wi ...
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Keeler Johnson's Kentucky Derby Top 10: Where Does Hidden Scroll Rank?
When Triple Crown winner won the 2018 Kentucky Derby, he broke the much-hyped “Apollo Curse” and became the first horse since Apollo in 1882 to win the Kentucky Derby without racing as a two-year-old.
Now that the “curse” has been broken, will ...
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Jockey Profile - Tyler Gaffalione
Although Tyler Gaffalione had a great first year as a jockey, finishing 30% in the money aboard 331 mounts, he didn't hit his stride until his second year aboard equines. That year, 2015, saw Tyler ride 1,419 horses. Of those over 1,400 mounts, Gaffa ...
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Jockey Profile - Rajiv Maragh
In 2003, Rajiv Maragh had a single mount. The horse he rode earned $80. The very next year, though, Maragh showed that he had the makings of a great jockey. Rajiv rode 796 horses in 2004. He won 78 races and finished in the money 33%. From then on, t ...
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Bellafina keeps options open with Triple Crown nomination
Kaleem Shah’s star filly Bellafina is expected to remain in her own division on the path toward the Kentucky Oaks (G1), but connections have retained the option of taking on males.
The Simon Callaghan trainee was nominated to the Triple Crow ...
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Parx Racing Pick of the Week for January 29
Tuesday's fourth race at Parx, a $40,000 maiden claiming event for three-year-old fillies, includes one who faced a champion and lived to tell.
#3 AWESOME ALAINA (4-1) debuted at Parx last July in a maiden special weight going five furlongs. The ...
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Handicapping Insights: Pegasus World Cup Day saw top efforts on track but not from stewards
Some things never change. Watching the races from Gulfstream Park on Saturday reinforced my impression that no matter how much we complain, there is no one looking out for us. You could take the same column that I wrote last year and just update the ...
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Bricks and Mortar Crushes Rivals in Pegasus World Cup Turf
Trainer was delighted with the results. “Irad [Ortiz Jr. rode him beautiful,” he told Gulfstream Park after the race. “The horse came ready and handled the course. Everything worked out perfectly.” Commenting on an injury that kept Bricks and Morta ...
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City of Light Shines Bright in Pegasus World Cup
“When Javier started moving at the half-mile pole, it didn’t appear that anybody was really pressuring him,” winning trainer Michael McCarthy told Gulfstream Park after the race. “He was able to go ahead and hold off his run for a little bit. One he ...
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Blizzard Series Heats Up With $19 Winner; Top Selected Feature Scores With $20 Victor; Watch Horse Worth $24
Let’s go over our success and failure from the week of wagering.
Thursday, Jan. 24
At Woodbine/Mohawk (WoMo), we backed a great one in the first division of the second leg of the Blizzard Series, catching Shes On A Roll ($19.50, $6.70, $2.40) ...
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Gulftstream Park hosts pair of Pegasus Invitationals
A modest series of storms may have left the Gulfstream Park surface sloppy on Saturday afternoon, but they could hardly dampen the enthusiasm surrounding the third edition of the $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational on the main track or the inau ...
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Gray Attempt Successfully Stretches His Speed in Smarty Jones Stakes
Sprint to the lead. Run everyone off their feet. Hang on to secure the victory. Rinse and repeat.
That’s been the magic formula for the up-and-coming three-year-old Gray Attempt , who secured his third straight front-running triumph when forging ...
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2019 Pegasus World Cup News & Notes
The third running of the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) is joined this year by the inaugural running of the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1), which has attracted a stellar cast of international grass competitors.
The $16 million pur ...
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Horses to note on a rainy Pegasus World Cup Day
Rain has become a significant factor as we enter Pegasus World Cup Day at Gulfstream Park . The main track is listed as “sloppy” and the first three races carded for the turf have been transferred to the main track, prompting a flurry of scratches ...
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Pegasus World Cup thoughts and a couple of wet track horses
North America’s richest race, Saturday’s $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) features a solid field of 12 at Gulfstream Park.
Cigar Mile (G1) winner Patternrecognition will show speed from post 12 and multiple Grade 1 hero City of Light ...
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How I'm playing the Pegasus World Cup Late Pick 5
As a horse player, the best feeling in the world is when you know at the quarter pole you're going to get paid and it's only a matter of how much.
Such was the case during last year's Pegasus World Cup (G1), when I was alive to both Gun Runner a ...
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Pegasus World Cup highlights weekend action
During the weekend between the National Football League Conference Championship games and the upcoming Super Bowl in Atlanta, thoroughbred racing fans will have plenty to digest this Saturday afternoon as Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Florida, hosts ...
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2019 Pegasus World Cup pedigree fun facts
The lucrative Pegasus Day purses will pad not only the participants’ bankrolls, but also their sires’ progeny earnings.
The $7 million Pegasus World Cup Turf features offspring of several renowned sires.
Delta Prince boasts the gaudiest ped ...
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2019 Pegasus World Cup Turf one-liners
If the $9 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) on dirt deserves the “ one-liner” treatment , so does its new $7 million companion race on turf. The international distaffers are enticing as they get a 12-pound weight break from an evenly matched domesti ...
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Blamed the key to challenging Pick 4 on Pegasus World Cup Day
The $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) is the obvious headliner on a huge day of racing at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, but there is plenty of fine racing and money to be made throughout the 12-race card. The Pick 4 sequence spanning ...
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2019 Pegasus World Cup one-liners
After discussing the storylines and studying the past performances (free) for the Pegasus World Cup (G1), it’s time to distill them all into the quick takes we dub “one-liners.”
In post position order:
#1 BRAVAZO – Tough and genuine col ...
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2019 Pegasus World Cup Day Spot Plays
The Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) is certainly the marquee event on Gulfstream Park ’s Saturday afternoon card in South Florida, but there are plenty of races on the undercard that are worth wagering on as well.
Here are a few races I wil ...
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A look at the opening day 12% takeout Pick 5 at Sam Houston
Sam Houston opens a 32-day Thoroughbred meet Friday night, and by far the most attractive aspect for horse players is the 12% takeout on all multi-race exotics, including Doubles, Pick 3s, Pick 4s, and Pick 5s.
Only one 50-cent minimum Pick 5 is s ...
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All-Graded Stakes Pick 4 on 2019 Pegasus World Cup Day
Gulfstream Park offers horseplayers a strong 12-race card on Saturday afternoon headlined by the third running of the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) .
An intriguing All-Graded Stakes Pick 4 sequence is part of the wagering menu for the Pega ...
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[Video] ON POINTS: Lecomte S. & Smarty Jones S. Kentucky Derby Discussion
Fresh from The Big Easy, James Scully joins Scott Shapiro to talk all things three-year-olds, including a recap of the Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds and a look at the Smarty Jones at Oaklawn Park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2QulxSdaU8
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Another Hennessey milestone highlights Wednesday card at Pompano Park
One night before the 48th annual Eclipse Awards were announced at Gulfstream Park, host of this weekend's Grade I, $9 million Pegasus World Cup and Grade I, $7 million Pegasus World Cup Turf, a full slate of trotters and one Hall of Fame driver took ...
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How to bet the 2019 Pegasus World Cup Turf
The inaugural running of the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) attracted an eclectic group of 10 runners. Three are females, three are geldings and four are horses. Two were born in Japan, one was born in Ireland, one was born in Canada and ...
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How to bet the 2019 Pegasus World Cup
The third running of the Pegasus World Cup (G1) is probably the best betting race yet. In the first year, monsters Arrogate and California Chrome faced off , then Gun Runner romped last year . This year, the vacuum created by the early retirement ...
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Blizzard, Snowshoe Series Continue In Canada; Ovals On Fire In The Deep Freeze Promise Pulp Prices
Our selected features continue covering Woodbine-Mohawk (WoMo) winter pacing series with the second legs of the Blizzard (fillies and mares) and the Snowshoe (colts and horses).
More and more horses are added to the weekly H2W (horses-to-watch) li ...
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Fair Grounds Pick of the Week for January 26
Saturday's feature at Fair Grounds is Race 5, a $44,000 third-level allowance for older horses on the turf with an $80,000 claiming option. Returning from a layoff approaching 11 months will be no easy task for #8 HIGH NOON RIDER (4-1) , but he appe ...
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Dick Powell’s Dubai Pick of the Week Jan. 23, 2019
Race 6 at Meydan on Thursday morning is a $135,000 handicap for older horses going about 1 1/2 miles on the turf. With the wide course, they will only go around two turns as they make one lap.
The morning-line favorite is Bin Battuta (#1) , who r ...
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Handicapping Insights: Andy Harrington’s National Turf Clocker’s Report comes through
Last Saturday, Santa Anita Park put up a $2 million guarantee for a single winner of their Rainbow Pick 6, which will be in effect until February 1. Figuring that there would be a lot of money chasing the jackpot, and since none of my money was in ...
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Dick Powell’s Australian Pick of the Week Jan. 23, 2019
Race 3 at Tamworth is for older horses going seven furlongs around a right-hand turn. Australia is in the midst of record heat and drought so I expect the course to be on the firm side of good.
Based on the morning line for the race, the field of ...
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Super Steed the Smarty Jones selection for January Road to the Derby Bonus cash
He was the even-money favorite to win the $74,000 Sugar Bowl at Fair Grounds on December 22, but instead of asserting his superiority in the six-furlong dash he finished a nondescript fourth, beaten seven lengths by the victorious #8 GRAY ATTEMPT.
...
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Going for Big Money in Pegasus World Cup
The Pegasus World Cup takes place this Saturday on January 26. Horseplayers have already started their handicapping. The way to play the Pegasus is to either go chalky with Accelerate and City of Light, or to go the opposite way, use one of the chal ...
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How to Bet the Pegasus World Cup Turf
The inaugural running of North America’s richest turf race—the $7 million Pegasus World Cup Turf (gr. I) —didn’t attract as deep a field as one might have hoped given the size of the purse, but you certainly can’t knock the race from a betting pers ...
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How to Bet the Pegasus World Cup
Accelerate or City of Light —who’ve you got?
It seems that the majority of handicappers will be picking one of those two runners to win the $9 million Pegasus World Cup (gr. I) at Gulfstream Park , and it’s easy to understand why. They both ...
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Magic Wand Offers Great Value to Win Inaugural Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational
On Tuesday, they drew for the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational. The race goes off this Saturday, January 26. Not surprisingly, there's some international flare in the $7 million event. Ireland's Magic Wand and Japanese runner Aerolithe both made t ...
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Pegasus World Cup Turf international scouting reports: Aerolithe and Magic Wand
Saturday’s $9 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) has one international participant in Mexico’s undefeated Kukulkan , a 30-1 shot for reasons to be mentioned below, but the new $7 million Turf (G1) features a couple of major win candidates in Japan’s ...
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Parx Racing Pick of the Week for January 22
Tuesday's fourth race at Parx, a six-furlong $12,500 claimer for fillies and mares, appears as if it could be the proper class level for #4 LOU'S CHARDONNAY (5-1) .
Although she's been found wanting in her last couple of starts following nice win ...
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Justify’s legacy among 2019 Pegasus World Cup storylines
Saturday’s $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) melds storylines from the sport’s biggest events, the Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup , along with the prospect of untapped potential on display.
Here’s one way to explore the multifacete ...
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Sorting the Contenders in the Smarty Jones Stakes
The Road to the Kentucky Derby continues on Friday with the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park , a one-mile race that strikes me as considerably easier to interpret than last week’s Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds.
Whether that i ...
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Keeler Johnson's Kentucky Derby Top 10: A "Win-Win-Win" Situation
In the two weeks since my last update, two new names have joined my , including an exciting stakes winner from Tampa Bay Downs who looks like a potential beast in the making.
How do they all stack up? Let’s take a look….
Game Winner
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Pegasus World Cup Turf: Japan’s contender Aerolithe takes to Gulfstream Park
Japanese Grade 1 heroine Aerolithe , the first international shipper to arrive for Saturday’s $7 million Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1), galloped on the Gulfstream Park main track Sunday morning.
After jetting in the wee hours of January 16 , t ...
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Pegasus World Cup: Imperative rounds out cast after defection of McKinzie; top players fire bullets
Loooch Racing Stables and Imaginary Stable’s Imperative has secured the 12th and final spot in the starting gate for Saturday’s $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1), co-owner Ron Paolucci mentioned via Twitter. As first reported by D ...
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2019 Kentucky Derby Contender Profile: War of Will
As the old saying goes, a good horse can come from anywhere, so by extension a Kentucky Derby contender must be able to come from anywhere… even if he’s a turf-bred youngster back from a foray in Europe.
That, in essence, is the journey of Wa ...
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War of Will Conquers Opposition in Lecomte Stakes
Saturday’s Lecomte Stakes (gr. III) at Fair Grounds was billed as a wide-open race that just about any of the dozen starters could potentially win. But when the dust settled, it was favored War of Will who raced to a resounding victory, crus ...
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Horses of all ages on display on both coasts
On the same weekend in which the National Football League conference championships would determine which two teams will face one another in Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta next month, both thoroughbred and standardbred racing fans had plenty of quality acti ...
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Tote Explodes With $107 Winner At Meadows; Show Horses Add To Power Plays; Winter Storm Nixes Action
Only a few weeks ago, as 2018 ended, our TwinSpires Harness Players’ Horse of the Year emerged. It was unusually late in the season for a candidate but by a mere few dollars we had our 2018 champion.
This past week, on a slow Monday in January, ou ...
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Handicapping Fair Grounds All-Stakes Pick 4
The first of three Kentucky Derby qualifiers at Fair Grounds, Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte (G3) shapes up as a good betting race with a full field of 14 and anchors an All-Stakes Pick 4.
Here’s my thoughts on the Pick 4 sequence:
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Fair Grounds Pick of the Week for January 20
Whether Sunday's seventh race at Fair Grounds stays on the turf or is moved to the dirt following forecasted rain earlier in the weekend, #3 NOBLE FEVER (10-1) appears an interesting candidate in the one-mile maiden event for three-year-old fillies ...
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[Video] ON POINTS: Lecomte Stakes Kicks Off Fair Grounds' Road to KY Derby
The Lecomte Stakes on Saturday drew a full field of three-year-olds hopeful to launch themselves on the Kentucky Derby trail via Fair Grounds Race Course's Road to the Louisiana Derby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2amlwN2WSug
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Dick Powell’s Fair Grounds All-Stakes Pick 4 selections
Fair Grounds is hosting the Lecomte Stakes (G3) on Saturday, which will serve as the final leg of an All-Stakes Pick 4. With 14 runners expected to compete in the Lecomte, this will not be easy with a small ticket. Luckily for us, there is a 50-cent ...
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