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How to bet the 2019 Cardinal Conditions Stakes on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby

Wed Apr 10 2019Dick Powell

The Cardinal Conditions Stakes will be run as Race 4 at Chelmsford City on Thursday afternoon in Great Britain. It is the final leg of the European Road to the Kentucky Derby and has attracted a field of nine going one mile on the Polytrack. Onl ...
2019 Kentucky Derby Contender Profile: Master Fencer

Wed Apr 10 2019J. Keeler Johnson

Strengths Master Fencer clearly has an affinity for dirt, and he doesn’t require any particular track configuration to excel. He’s never run over the same track or course more than once, and he’s run fine around left-handed and right-handed turn ...
Hoosier Pick of the Week for Wednesday Finds Island of Rock

Wed Apr 10 2019Adam Spradling

The 5 th Race at Hoosier Park on Wednesday is a non-winner of two/optional claiming event which attracted a field of nine. The one-mile pace features a few in the cast in need of a race which should set up things for my top selection. #9 ISLAND ...
Matchmaker Wins Are Common Again; ‘Levy’ Picks Play Exotics Roles; $53 Bomb Leads Price Parade

Tue Apr 09 2019TwinSpires Staff

Left over from last weekend’s horses-to-watch list (H2W) was a shipper from Monticello to Pocono. On Monday, April 1, the last day of our blog’s coverage, Stitch In Time won at 25-1 (see H2W results below) to take the week’s biggest win price. Her ...
U S S Michigan Seeks Kentucky Derby Berth in Cardinal Conditions Stakes

Tue Apr 09 2019J. Keeler Johnson

The European Road to the Kentucky Derby will conclude on Thursday with the running of the Cardinal Conditions Stakes at Chelmsford  City in England, and I’d advise everyone to keep a close eye on what transpires in this one-mile race. Held ...
Keeler Johnson's Kentucky Derby Top 10: It's a Rather Perplexing Year

Tue Apr 09 2019J. Keeler Johnson

I must admit, it’s getting harder and harder to compile my Kentucky Derby Top 10 rankings each week. Unlike last year, when the top contenders seemed pretty clear-cut at this point in the season, the 2019 Kentucky Derby picture remains complet ...

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Dick Powell’s Australian Pick of the Week April 10

Tue Apr 09 2019Dick Powell

Race 7 at Wyong (Australia A) on Wednesday night is a 6 ¾-furlong handicap for benchmark 70-rated horses. The track is expected to be “Soft-5” which is pretty neutral. FREE International Past Performances every day at Brisnet.com! #4 RAGAZ ...
Reformed claiming horses taking center stage in 2019

Tue Apr 09 2019John Mucciolo

Claiming runners turning into prominent horses is not a new thing in horse racing. We could look back to the early 1940s when a horse named *Princequillo was claimed for a reported $2,500. He not only outran his price tag to become among the top dist ...
Blue Chip Matchmaker and Levy set for fifth and final leg

Tue Apr 09 2019Ted Black

This coming weekend will mark the fifth and final rounds of eliminations for both the Blue Chip Matchmaker and George Morton Levy Memorial Series for Free-For-All pacers with a dwindling number of slots available for those lucrative finals on April 2 ...
Quick takes on latest round of 2019 Kentucky Derby preps

Mon Apr 08 2019Dick Powell

Some quick impressions of last weekends’ major Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races. *** Slow tracks do not necessarily mean slow horses but the winning times of the Santa Anita Derby (G1), Blue Grass Stakes (G2) and Wood Memorial (G2) were p ...
Sunday afternoon harness action heats up

Mon Apr 08 2019Ted Black

Temperatures throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region rose quickly over the weekend and the pacers and trotters at a trio of five-eighths mile ovals appeared to thrive amid the moderating conditions. Sunday afternoon at Harrah's Philadelphia - still commo ...
Three Takeaways from the 2019 Santa Anita Derby

Sun Apr 07 2019J. Keeler Johnson

The Track Was Slow The main track at Santa Anita has been deep and slow since racing resumed late in March, so the modest final time for 1 1/8 miles (1:51.28 seconds) and the slow time for the final three furlongs (:40.10) should n ...
Vekoma Much the Best in Blue Grass Stakes

Sun Apr 07 2019J. Keeler Johnson

The habitual slow starter Win Win Win , third in the Tampa Bay Derby (gr. II) last month, was once again slow into stride and settled in thirteenth place early before threading his way through the pack down the backstretch. Unfortunately, he ran int ...

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