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Betting the Exacta in the Buena Vista Stakes
From claim to fame—that’s been the story for #9 Vasilika , who will start as the favorite in Saturday’s $200,000 Buena Vista Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita .
Claimed by Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer just over one year ago, the five ...
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Doses Of Dynamics In Selected Features; Hot Field Poised For Cal-Expo’s Shelly Goudreau Final; Exalting Exotics
This week our focus on selected features continues, along with opportunities arising for across-the-board and exotics action from our H2W (horses-to-watch) list, currently holding a strong 50-percent hit rate.
We hope to continue our high-powered ...
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Sports Phrases That Originated With Horse Racing
Wire-to-Wire
When a participant in a competition leads from start to finish, they are said to have won in wire-to-wire fashion. Certainly this has long been an accurate description of horse races, where—in the old days—the finish line was marked ...
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Prominent Thoroughbred Racetracks That No Longer Exist
Jamaica
One of New York’s longest-running racetracks, Jamaica used to host the Wood Memorial Stakes and was a contemporary of Saratoga, Belmont Park, and Aqueduct until a decision was made to shutter the track in 1959 and focus more attention on ...
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Dick Powell’s Dubai Pick of the Week Feb. 20, 2019
Race 5 at Meydan on Thursday morning is the Zabeel Mile (G2) for older horses going one mile on the turf. The race will be run around one, wide left-hand turn and the field of nine seems pretty evenly matched. Unlike last week, only four of the runne ...
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Keeler Johnson's Kentucky Derby Top 10: Another Twist in the Trail
There might be a new name atop the 2019 Kentucky Derby qualification leaderboard, but the top six names in my remain unchanged.
That’s not to say that there aren’t some changes further down on my list. War of Will moved to the top of the q ...
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Dick Powell’s Australian Pick of the Week February 20, 2019
Race 7 at Australia A (Hawkesbury) Wednesday night is a benchmark 64 handicap race going around two right-hand turns. A field of 10 older horses are entered and the ground is expected to be “Good.”
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Jockey Profile: Junior Alvarado
On Feb. 18, Junior Alvarado won the Hollie Hughes Stakes aboard Bavaro. Trained by Linda Rice, the Freud sired gray horse went off the favorite in a field of 6. Alvarado immediately took Bavaro to the lead. The horse didn't look back, notching yet an ...
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Showing horse players some love for Valentine's Day
TwinSpires gives credits for close calls in Valentine’s Day Challenge
The TwinSpires.com Valentine’s Day Challenge offered players who opted in a bonus for hitting a straight 1-4 exacta or double at designated tracks on February 14.
When a few r ...
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Scheinman: Southwest Stakes Handicapping Analysis
If you like Steve Asmussen, you’re going to love the Grade 3, $500,000 Southwest on Presidents Day at Oaklawn Park . The Hall of Famer hogs five of the 11 slots in the starting gate with three expensive sales buys yet to justify their purchase pric ...
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Longer-priced horses to watch on Southwest Day at Oaklawn Park
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- An excellent and challenging 10-race card awaits fans both here at Oaklawn Park and around the country on this holiday Monday. The feature is the $500,000 Southwest (G3) for three-year-olds, a Road to the Kentucky Derby series ...
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Harness action heats up on Sunday
A trio of five-eighths mile harness racing ovals scarcely in close proximity to one another took center stage on Sunday afternoon and evening as Miami Valley Raceway, Rosecroft Raceway and Pompano Park offered a bevy of solid overnight events for tro ...
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How to bet the 2019 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park
Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen has won the $500,000 Southwest (G3) on two prior occasions and is taking a serious swing at winning a third with five of the 11 runners in Monday's renewal over 1 1/16 miles at Oaklawn Park .
One day after seve ...
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Sunday spot plays at Oaklawn Park
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- Cool, overcast, but mainly dry are the forecasted conditions here at Oaklawn Park this afternoon and for tomorrow's Southwest Day program. Here are some horses of interest on Sunday's nine-race card.
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Yonkers and Meadowlands offer solid Saturday night cards
On the same evening that Laurel Park hosted its Winter Racing Carnival featuring a pair of lucrative graded stakes, both Yonkers Raceway and the Meadowlands had solid programs highlighted by a bevy of overnight events. In one of the early races on t ...
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Features Winner At Yonkers Pays $17; Northfield H2W Topper Returns $37; Power Plays Contenders Fill Exotics
Cold and warm, one day after another, the rotating weather conditions were much like the action we suggested through the week. Our selected features’ contenders were alive and our payouts there and in the horses-to-watch list were acceptable. Here ar ...
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Spot Plays for Southwest Stakes Day at Oaklawn Park
High-class Monday racing action isn’t common, but Oaklawn Park is making an exception by scheduling three graded stakes races for February 18, Presidents’ Day.
It’s a fun card with a lot of options, so let’s go through the fields and look for ...
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How to Bet the Southwest Stakes
When I started handicapping the $500,000 Southwest Stakes (gr. III) on Presidents’ Day at Oaklawn Park , I initially began by trying to separate the six runners coming out of last month’s Smarty Jones Stakes.
I took note of the fact that #1 ...
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Kentucky Derby, Oaks Candidates Face Off in Japan's Hyacinth Stakes
Assuming that Derma Louvre runs well, plans call for him to head to Dubai for the March 30 UAE Derby (UAE-II), where he would face international competition for the first time and further his quest to qualify for the Kentucky Derby. If all goes well, ...
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Hong Kong stars out in force at Sha Tin Sunday
Reigning Hong Kong Horse of the Year Beauty Generation bids to defend his crown in the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (G1) at Sha Tin Sunday. The first of three marquee events on the program, the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup is carded as the 6TH race, ...
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Handicapping Risen Star Day at Fair Grounds
The $400,000 Risen Star (G2) kicks off the Championship portion of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series and highlights a dynamite 12-race at Fair Grounds that includes six stakes. A full field of 14 is set and the Risen Star anchors a highly-compe ...
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Five things to know for Kentucky Derby preps: Risen Star, El Camino Real, Hyacinth, Southwest
Presidents’ Day weekend features four scoring races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby , chief among them Saturday’s $400,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds .
The Risen Star is the first race of the Kentucky Derby “Championship Season” offerin ...
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How to bet the Pick 3, Pick 4 and Black Gold Pick 5 on Risen Star Day
Fair Grounds will host a spectacular day of racing on Saturday, which will be highlighted by the $400,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2) for three-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles on the main track. Fifty Kentucky Derby eligibility points will go to the win ...
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How to bet the 2019 El Camino Real Derby
Thirteen sophomore males have been entered in the $100,000 El Camino Real Derby going 1 1/8 miles at Golden Gate Fields on Saturday. Eight are colts and five have already been gelded but it is an interesting group of horses with some terrific pedig ...
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Radio Network How To Bet Horse Racing Podcast: The Risen Star Stakes
The How To Bet Horse Racing podcast moves to the Radio Network. This week, host Ed DeRosa talks to analyst Scott Shapiro about the Risen Star Stakes, the first Kentucky Derby Championship Series part 1 race of the 2019 season. ...
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How to bet the Rachel Alexandra-Risen Star Double
This is the final weekend in February to take advantage of TwinSpires.com 's Derby Prep Double Bonus offer. Opt in and earn a 20% bonus on your gross winnings (up to $100 per day) when you cash a Double that includes any of this weekend's three ...
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Friday spot plays at Fair Grounds
A pair of Kentucky Derby and Oaks preps, the $400,000 Risen Star (G2) and $200,000 Rachel Alexandra (G2), highlight a strong 12-race program at Fair Grounds on Saturday. But before diving into Saturday’s action, let’s try to build the bankroll with a ...
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Numerous stakes highlight Laurel Park Winter Carnival of Racing
With the promise of brief, mild snow showers throughout the Mid-Atlantic region looming on Saturday afternoon, Laurel Park will host five open stakes during its Winter Carnival of Racing that could have a genuine winter feel well before and after pos ...
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Stakes value plays for Risen Star Day at Fair Grounds
The $400,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2) headlines a huge day of racing at Fair Grounds on Saturday. A total of six stakes events, four of which are graded, will be contested.
I think each of the black-type races is ultra-competitive with live pric ...
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Spot Plays for Risen Star Day at Fair Grounds
Planning to watch and wager on the Risen Star Stakes (gr. II) this Saturday at Fair Grounds ? Don’t forget to check out the other appealing races on the card!
I’ve already shared my thoughts on the Risen Star, but that’s just one of the dozen ...
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Why I'm Betting Eagle Song in the El Camino Real Derby
The last few years have certainly been tough sledding for local runners in the $100,000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields .
Not even their proven experience over a synthetic Tapeta track unique to California has been enough to give t ...
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Beau Recall is the Pick 4 single at Fair Grounds on Risen Star Day
Fair Grounds plays host to a superb 12-race card on Saturday, offering six stakes races led by the $400,000 Risen Star S. (G2) . A trio of Pick 4 wagers is offered on the day and I am focusing on the middle one that could come back with a very heal ...
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Get 2-1 for Winx to win Friday night’s Apollo
Love Winx but not at a prohibitive odds-on price? TwinSpires.com is offering to pay out 2-1 if the world’s top-ranked horse extends her lengthy winning streak in Friday night’s Apollo (G2). Post time for the Apollo, the 6TH at Randwick (Australia ...
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Fiery Features Afoot On Stormy Weekend; Power Plays Pit Punters Against The Odds
Now the west and east in North America have each been granted winter storms of their own. One is named Maya and the other is named Nadia (the latter sans the “Lobell” family name). We focus on the names of our suggested contenders, which this season ...
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Dick Powell’s Dubai Pick of the Week Feb. 13, 2019
Race 7 at Meydan on Thursday morning is a handicap turf race going 1 1/2 miles for older horses. It will be run around one lap of the expansive turf course and looks like it will be a sea of blue to watch since Godolphin has seven runners entered. Th ...
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Dick Powell’s Australian Pick of the Week Feb. 13, 2019
Race 7 at Australia A (Wagga) Wednesday night is an open handicap going seven furlongs around a right-hand turn. A field of 11 older horses are entered and the ground is expected to be good.
FREE International Past Performances every day at Bri ...
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Is War of Will Vulnerable in the Risen Star?
If horses always ran to form and everyone always received a perfect trip, handicapping races would be easy.
Certainly handicapping Saturday’s $400,000 Risen Star Stakes (gr. II) at Fair Grounds would offer no meaningful challenge. After all, d ...
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2019 Kentucky Derby: Eight Unraced Nominees to Remember
It seems hard to believe, but last year at this time, Triple Crown winner Justify was still a week away from his career debut.
Perhaps emboldened by the extraordinary success of the colt who shattered the “Apollo Curse,” seventy unraced horses h ...
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Derby, Oaks Contenders Face Off on Saturday at Fair Grounds
Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks contenders will shine at Fair Grounds on February 16, a busy day of racing that includes four graded stakes races at the New Orleans racetrack.
The highlight of the day is unquestionably the $400,000 R ...
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San Vicente runner-up Dessman a colt that will be heard from
The San Vicente (G2) was run on Sunday afternoon on a wet, sealed track at Santa Anita. The sprint distance means that most of the horses pointed for the Kentucky Derby (G1) skip the race, but when you are Bob Baffert and have so many good three ...
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Sharp scores highlight trio of Sunday cards
Harness racing enthusiasts had plenty of action to follow on Sunday afternoon and evening as Miami Valley, Rosecroft and Pompano Park each had something to offer. Just before the midway point of the Sunday card at Miami Valley, Hominy Hill (Trace Te ...
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Keeler Johnson's Kentucky Derby Top 10: Network Effect Rejoins the List
Last week was relatively quiet on the Road to the Kentucky Derby , so there hasn’t been much change to my Kentucky Derby Top 10.
I guess that’s to be expected since half the horses on my list haven’t even run yet this year. That includes Netwo ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Well Defined
Stonehedge, LLC’s Well Defined broke best and led at every call in a gate-to-wire tally in the Sam F. Davis S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday. The gelded Florida-bred picked up 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby following his im ...
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Sparky Ville Wears Down Dessman in San Vicente Stakes
“Going into the far turn, I was in tight, but I had to wait because I thought those horses were moving a little early,” Joel Rosario told Santa Anita publicity after the race. “When we left the quarter pole, I asked him and he really picked it up. I ...
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Two Triple Crown nominees to keep an eye on ahead of the Kentucky Derby
A little over a year ago in this space I compiled a list of six horses to watch in advance of the 2018 Kentucky Derby (G1) . The group was comprised of recent Triple Crown nominees with little-to-no stakes experience who seemingly possessed plent ...
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Rosecroft, Pompano and Northfield offer solid Sunday cards
One week after the New England Patriots upended the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl 53, many harness racing enthusiasts were focused on the Sunday cards that unfolded at Rosecroft Raceway in Maryland, Pompano Park in Florida and Northfield Park near C ...
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Mutuel field tops Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, Game Winner favored among individual interests
The mutuel field (#24) topped the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) when Pool 2 closed on Sunday at 6 p.m. (ET). The field, which includes "All Other 3-Year-Olds" not listed as individual selections, closed at its morning-line odds of 5-2 .
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Well Defined Sprints Away From Rivals in Sam F. Davis Stakes
The $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes (gr. III) at Tampa Bay Downs was supposed to feature a fast pace and a speed duel between a few of the prominent front-runners in the field. But Well Defined simply laughed at that notion, waltzing along on an un ...
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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.
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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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