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Dare we dream of two Triple Crowns?
Going into Saturday’s 144th Kentucky Derby (G1), the year 1882 featured prominently in the discussion as the last time that an unraced two-year-old, Apollo, had gone on to win the Derby. Now that Justify has put the “Curse of Apollo” to r ...
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Features,Watch List Produce $119 Exacta Among Six-Plus Combos With Favorites; $27 Top Win; Double Digit Place Prices
Kentucky Derby weekend had many of our harness-racing features and horses-to-watch (H2W) choices in the mix; and though more contributed to exactas than they were winners, we collected a few sharp winners and combos from our high-percentage ...
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Harness action heats up after Derby ends
While thoroughbred racing fans may have been looking for an early evening respite after Justify splashed home three lengths clear as the 5-2 favorite in the latest renewal of the $2 million Kentucky Derby, serious harness racing fans were paying clos ...
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Justify wins Kentucky Derby 144
Justify captures the 144th Kentucky Derby (G1) under jockey Mike Smith (c) Jamie Newell/Horsephotos.com
Justify moved his record to a perfect four-for-four on Saturday when taking the 144th running of the $2,192,000 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Chur ...
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Scully: Pick 4 Plays into Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby anchors an All-Stakes Pick 4 I will be playing. Here are my thoughts on the sequence:
Race 9, American Turf (G2)
#11 Untamed Domain should appreciate the return to turf for Graham Motion and rates a slight edge. I will al ...
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Shapiro's Fair Odds Line for the 2018 Kentucky Derby
Today is the day. At 6:48 ET the anticipation ends and the gates open for the 144th Kentucky Derby .
With less than 12 hours before the big race there is little work left to be done. It is now in the hands of the racing gods.
With that being ...
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2018 Kentucky Derby one-liners
If you’re looking for a quick take on each Kentucky Derby (G1) contender, you’ve come to the right place. After all of the virtual ink has been spilled and opinions hashed out, it can help to have one final distillation of the essentials.
So in ...
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2018 Kentucky Derby News & Notes
The preps have been completed and the contenders are putting in their final major works – it's time for the 2018 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs!
The clock is ticking down the days – not the months, not the weeks, the DAYS! – until the 14 ...
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Harness action heats up long after Derby ends
While most thoroughbred racing fans will look to take an extended nap after the conclusion of the Kentucky Derby tomorrow evening at Churchill Downs, especially those patrons confined to the Louisville oval for 10-12 hours, serious harness racing fan ...
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Monomoy Girl refuses to yield in Kentucky Oaks 144
Monomoy Girl and Wonder Gadot (c) Bob Newell/Horsephotos.com
Michael Dubb, Monomoy Stables LLC, The Elkstone Group LLC and Bethlehem Stables LLC’s Monomoy Girl dug deep in the stretch of Friday’s $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) to claim victory ...
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Shapiro: How to bet the Kentucky Derby on different budgets
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The Kentucky Derby is not only the most prestigious race in the world but it is a race for horseplayers of all levels.
If you have a large budget to invest on Saturday then perhaps the Pick 6 or $1 minimum superfecta wager is ...
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Quality Field Assembles for Ruffian Stakes
The field for Sunday’s $250,000 Ruffian Stakes (gr. II) at Belmont Park might be small, but it’s certainly not lacking in quality.
Five of the six fillies and mares entered in the one-mile event are graded stakes winners, including Unchained Me ...
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Value plays on Kentucky Derby undercard plus thoughts on other O’Brien shippers
Note the headline implies that the Aidan O’Brien horses on the undercard don’t represent value…
HUMANA DISTAFF (G1) : Expect AMERICAN GAL (7-2) to move forward off a close fourth in the Madison (G1) comeback that she really needed – a race that ...
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Scully: Kentucky Oaks Day Pick 4 plays
The $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) for 3-year-old fillies serves as the main event Friday and anchors a Pick 4 (races 8-11). I will preview the sequence and list my Pick 4 tickets below.
Race 8
The Alysheba (G2) marks the second start ba ...
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Mucciolo: Taking a swing at Derby Day Late Pick 4
Churchill Downs has a sensational, 14-race card for Kentucky Derby day, led by the Run for the Roses. I love a horse in the race following the big one, so the late Pick 4 is the most enticing multi-race play to me on the card.
Race 11
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Mucciolo's Kentucky Derby longshots of interest
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
The much-anticipated 144th Kentucky Derby (G1) has finally arrived. A stellar field is set in what could be one of the more memorable Run for the Roses in recent times. I will take a look at a few longshot players that I feel can ...
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Reilly’s Kentucky Derby horses of interest
If trying to handicap the Kentucky Derby (G1) is an annual exercise fraught with peril for me, Saturday’s 144th running is all the more so. I cannot remember another year with this strength in depth, where any of the first seven on my Top 10 list ...
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Keeping it simple for Oaks-Old Forester-Derby Pick 3
Perhaps one of the more overlooked wagers on Kentucky Derby weekend, the Pick 3 that links the Kentucky Oaks (G1), Old Forester Turf Classic (G1), and the Derby (G1) itself has the potential to pay well, even if dominated by short-priced winners. I'l ...
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Hanson: Horses of interest on Kentucky Derby Day
We'll have additional opinions on the Kentucky Derby Day card a little later, but here are horses of interest in several of the undercard stakes.
Race 6 -- Humana Distaff (G1)
AMERICAN GAL (#8, 7-2) ran perhaps the best race among the ...
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Shapiro's Approach to the Oaks/Derby Double
The two biggest races of the year at make up a Daily Double sequence that commences with the one-million dollar Grade 1 Longines Kentucky Oaks on Friday and concludes with the world-famous Kentucky Derby sponsored by Woodford Reserve on Saturday ...
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Kentucky Derby highlights stellar weekend of racing
This coming Saturday afternoon novice and serious thoroughbred racing fans alike will focus their attention on Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky as the famed oval amid the twin spires will host the latest renewal of the Grade I, $2 million Kent ...
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Longshots in the Kentucky Oaks undercard stakes
Martini Glass wins the Azeri Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park (c) Oaklawn Park/Coady Photography
Five stakes help make up the undercard of the 144th running of the Kentucky Oaks (G1) on Friday at Churchill Downs, and the races offer the perfect ch ...
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Top 3 picks and longshots in the Kentucky Oaks
Wonder Gadot (left) and Monomoy Girl (right) readying for the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs (c) Churchill Downs/Coady Photography
The Kentucky Oaks (G1) doesn't grab as much attention as the Kentucky Derby (G1) , but there are just as ma ...
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Betting the Kentucky Derby Trifecta on a $100 Budget
$5,464. Favorites may have won the last five renewals of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (gr. I) , but the average payoff for the trifecta over that time frame has still been a hefty $5,464, because let’s face it—hitting the trif ...
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How to Bet the Humana Distaff
Just how competitive is Saturday’s $300,000 Humana Distaff (gr. I) at Churchill Downs ?
Well, if the morning line odds are any indication, it’s one of the toughest races on the card. Six of the eight entrants in this seven-furlong sprint are li ...
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Keying Synchrony in the Old Forester Turf Classic
The Kentucky Derby is undoubtedly the highlight of the Saturday card at Churchill Downs , but the stakes-packed day of racing includes many other competitive races as well, with one of the best being the $500,000 Old Forester Turf Classic Stak ...
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Mucciolo's 'Dreaming' of big Pick 4 on Kentucky Oaks Day
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
The Friday card at Churchill Downs is a fine one, led by six graded stakes races. Race 11 is the $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1), and I will tab a Pick 4 play concluding with the feature.
Race 8
I mentioned my affection for ...
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Chad Brown Seeks Fourth Straight Win in Sheepshead Bay
Although most handicappers this Saturday will have their eyes on Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby , it could also pay to keep an eye on what transpires at Belmont Park .
Three graded stakes races are on the agenda, including the $200,000 ...
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Apollo casts a long shadow but curses made to be broken
What does the Kentucky Derby hold for future contenders, what can we learn from the past? One of the longest-standing trends in sports, the Curse of Apollo says...
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Hanson: How to bet the Kentucky Derby
Post-time favorites in the Kentucky Derby have not exactly been my friend. They've reached the winner's circle five years in succession, none without my support in the Win pool.
The last two favorites I did back in the race disappointed. Point Giv ...
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The Hambletonian Trail: Trotting Trials As Dexter Cup, Lady Suffolk Set Stage For The New Season
May 5 marks the start of the 2018 season for three-year-old colt and filly trotters eligible to the sport’s premier events—The Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks—to pave their paths to the first Saturday in August, at the Meadowlands.
The Dext ...
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Jam-Packed Harness Grid On Kentucky Derby Weekend; Meadowlands, Miami, Pocono Features Filled With Promise
All eyes are on Churchill Downs as the TwinSpires tower over the sport on the first Saturday in May. The Kentucky Derby will attract horseplayers of all equine breeds and countless other sports fans. The “Derby” will be featured on simulcasts everywh ...
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Shapiro: How to play the Old Forester Turf Classic/Kentucky Derby Double
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The wagering menu is as strong as ever in 2018 with the low-takeout Pick 5 added to the plethora of options available to racing fans leading up to the world-famous Kentucky Derby (G1).
With a slew of multi-race bets ...
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Betting the Free $10 with Refer a Friend
There's nothing like free money and TwinSpires.com is forking out the dough just in time for Kentucky Derby 144.
Every time a friend registers for a wagering account on TwinSpires.com with the invitation code you send, and places their first bet, ...
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Shapiro's Final Verdict: Kentucky Derby 2018
We are just a few days out from the world-famous Kentucky Derby set to go to post at 6:50 local time on Saturday evening.
The first leg of the Triple Crown has been as enjoyable as ever to analyze starting months ago given the talented crop set t ...
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Mucciolo's Kentucky Derby draw analysis
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
The field is all set for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby (G1) following the post draw on Tuesday morning. I will take a look at the post positions and morning-line odds below.
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Mucciolo analyzes Kentucky Oaks draw, finds value on morning line
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
The field of 14 is all set for the 144th $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs on Saturday. I will take a look at the post draw and odds for each of the fillies.
#1 SASSY SIENNA (15-1) – One ...
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Always Dreaming poised for another Churchill score
It's always a delight to racing fans when a Kentucky Derby (G1) winner returns to Churchill Downs. On Friday, 2017 Derby hero ALWAYS DREAMING makes his comeback to Louisville in the $400,000 Alysheba (G2).
Always Dreaming has not visited the win ...
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Keeler Johnson's 2018 Kentucky Derby Fair Odds Line
As you can see, I have just three horses in the Derby field listed as overlays based on their morning line odds: Good Magic , Bolt d’Oro , and Noble Indy . Good Magic in particular could be appealing if he starts at 12-1, since I have him peg ...
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Justify Draws Lucky Seven at Kentucky Derby Post Position Draw
Trainer Bob Baffert was late in arriving at the post position draw for the 2018 Kentucky Derby, but if he was worried about where his horses would draw, he needn’t have been.
By the time Baffert arrived, his Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) winner Justi ...
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144th Kentucky Derby Field
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Jockeys in the 2018 Kentucky Derby
When trainer D. Wayne Lukas announced that jockey Luis Contreras would have the call on Bravazo in the 2018 Kentucky Derby (G1) , the final puzzle piece fell into place. Riders have now been assigned for the top 21 horses in the 144th Run for the R ...
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Harrington offers solid Monday card
Much of the attention for harness racing fans on Monday evening is typically on half-mile tracks and earlier tonight Harrington Raceway in Delaware offered a solid card that gave an early indication that the lucrative Governor's Day evening program h ...
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My 2018 Kentucky Derby Picks
I use Brisnet speed ratings. Audible's Brisnet speed ratings were 85, 91, and 94 in his 3 races last year. He busted out with a 105 speed rating when he won the Fountain of Youth Stakes. He ran a 107 when he won the Florida Derby. He could improve w ...
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When and Where to Watch the 2018 Kentucky Derby
By now, you’re probably aware that there’s a pretty big horse race coming up on May 5th in Louisville, Kentucky.
The must-see event is the 144th running of the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (gr. I) , a 1 ¼-mile race th ...
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Abel Tasman Looks Tough in La Troienne Stakes
One year ago, Abel Tasmen gave notice that she was a champion in the making by unleashing a powerful late rally to win the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) at Churchill Downs by 1 ¼ lengths.
That was the first of three Grade 1 wins that the Bob Baffert-tra ...
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Handicap the Kentucky Derby Like Any Other Horse Race
Mendelssohn can rate. Audible can rate. Magnum Moon can rate. Good Magic can rate. So can Bolt d'Oro. That means the front runners could end up being cheap speed horses like Bravazo and Promises Fulfilled. Then again, at their fastest neither Bravaz ...
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Keying the Favorites in the Kentucky Oaks
While it’s not easy to hit the trifecta in any race, let alone a Grade 1 event with fourteen horses, I get the feeling that Friday’s $1 million Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) at Churchill Downs could provide a great opportunity for bettors seeking to m ...
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Kentucky Oaks Post Position Draw and Odds Analysis
Kentucky Derby week at Churchill Downs kicked off with a burst of excitement on Monday morning when post positions were drawn for Friday’s $1 million Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) , the prestigious race for three-year-old fillies that is held one day b ...
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144th Kentucky Oaks Field
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Five-eighths mile cards highlight Sunday racing
A trio of five-eighths mile harness racing ovals - two in Pennsylvania and one in Maryland - took center stage on Sunday evening as Harrah's Philadelphia, Rosecroft Raceway and Pocono Downs offered fans a chance to wager on numerous competitive event ...
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When and where to watch the 2018 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks
Kentucky Derby Week is upon us, but not everyone can make the trip to Louisville, Kentucky, to partake in the festivities.
Nobody has to feel left out, though, as multiple events will be broadcast both on online and through network television.
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2018 Kentucky Derby workout report for April 29
Hopefuls for the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) have either already posted or are getting ready to post their final major moves ahead of Saturday's Run for the Roses.
This final Kentucky Derby workout report will take a look at thei ...
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2018 Kentucky Derby: It’s Pletcher’s Brigade Versus Two Freaks
The 2018 Kentucky Derby is less than a week away. That means it's time to get down to specifics. One of the things I noticed is that this year's Derby comes down to four Todd Pletcher horses and a couple of freaks. A case can be made for every one o ...
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Pick-4 Leg Blossoms With $20 Winner; Sharp Miami Stakes’ Choices; Exacta Partner Pays $190 With Our Help
The season is moving along well for us. This week with limited features, we collected a few sharp winners and combos. The best combo comes from our horses-to-watch list (H2W) thanks to a high-percentage-return move we endorse. Using favorites to top ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Justify
Justify wins the Santa Anita Derby (G1) (c) Benoit Photo
Santa Anita Derby winner Justify
Santa Anita Derby (G1) star Justify has been sublime from three dominant wins in 2018 and will aim to buck a 136-year drought in the 2018 Kentuc ...
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How to Play the Late Pick 5 on opening night at Churchill Downs
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Tonight starts the Spring meeting at the home of the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs.
A 10-race card is on tap, including a pair of Pick 5s with the new player friendly 15% takeout rate. The first sequence begins in Race ...
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How to Bet the Californian Stakes
The field might be small, but I’m intrigued by the handicapping challenge offered by Saturday’s $200,000 Californian Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita .
Six horses will face the starter in this nine-furlong prep for the Gold Cup at Santa Anita (gr ...
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How to bet Churchill Downs on Opening Night
The opening of the Spring Meet at Churchill Downs is Saturday night, which means a most highly-anticipated renewal of the Kentucky Derby (G1) is edging closer and closer.
First things first, though, and there are 10 races to take a gander at under ...
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Up-and-Coming California-Breds Face Off at Golden Gate Fields
Although most of the attention this week will be focused on the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks , if you’re looking for up-and-coming three-year-olds that could have an impact on the second half of the season, you might want to keep an eye o ...
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Starting the Meet With a Bang: Opening Night at Churchill Downs
On Saturday night, I will enjoy my first ever Opening Night card at the home of the world famous Kentucky Derby.
The last time I spent time during live racing at was several years ago on a cross-country trek from Asheville, North Carolina to Sou ...
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Closing out the Keeneland Meet Strong- Late Pick 5 Analysis
It is Closing Day at and that means that all pools are mandatory payouts, including the late Pick 5 that commences in Race 6.
Horses that possess stamina will be on display on Friday in Lexington as all five races are conducted at least two turn ...
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How to Bet the William Walker Stakes
The Kentucky Derby is still more than a week away, but the Churchill Downs spring meet is set to kick off on Saturday with a ten-race card highlighted by the $100,000 William Walker Stakes .
Although conducted on dirt in the past, the William ...
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Quality Field Aligns for License Fee Stakes
The start of the annual spring meet at Belmont Park also signifies the start of top-quality turf racing to the New York circuit, a fact that is readily apparent upon glancing at the entries for Sunday’s $100,000 License Fee Stakes .
The six-f ...
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Best ways to leverage the low takeout Pick 5 on Churchill Downs’ opening day
by Scott Shapiro
Opening day at Churchill Downs is just a couple days away and with the start of the meet comes fantastic news for horseplayers.
OPENING NIGHT BET BACK! Get your Win Bet back!
The Pick 5 wager that formerly carried ...
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Cheval Grand Seeks Rebound in Tenno Sho (Spring)
Two-mile marathon races might be a rarity in North America, but that’s far from the case in other parts of the world.
In fact, Kyoto racecourse in is set to host the Group 1 $2,685,000 Tenno Sho (Spring) this Sunday, a 3,200-meter test of stami ...
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Sophomores Volley At Miami Valley In Stakes Quartet; Philly Pick-4 Fortune A Target; Dexter Cup Elim On Tap
This week we focus on Miami Valley for some classic Ohio invitational miles, featuring colts and fillies early in their 2018 crusades as sophomores. Also, we start the week again on Thursday at Philly hunting for a big payoff in the Pick 4. ...
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Trotters take center stage at Harrington on Wednesday
While rain showers throughout the Mid-Atlantic region may have turned numerous racing surfaces sloppy by post time, the Harrington Raceway half-mile oval was instantly made to feel renewed when it offered a quartet of events for trotters and had one ...
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How to bet the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs
While some bettors might be excited or confident enough to have their exact selections and wagering plans mapped out more than a week ahead of the Kentucky Derby, for the vast majority this is a time to take a more general outlook at the race from th ...
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2018 Kentucky Derby Betting Guide
A free handicapping tool for better Kentucky Derby bets!
A 20 horse field can be overwhelming for even the seasoned betting fan. Let us help you sift through the Derby contender information and ...
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Keying Commute in the Elusive Quality Stakes
After a long winter at Aqueduct , handicappers are in for a change of pace this week when racing in New York returns to Belmont Park for the annual spring meet.
The feature race on the first Saturday card is the $125,000 Elusive Quality St ...
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Shapiro's Fair Odds Line for the Kentucky Derby as of April 25th
We are just 10 days away from one of the more fascinating Kentucky Derby’s in recent memory. This year’s group of colts is as top heavy and strong as I can recall.
I am unlikely to be involved in the Win pool unless my opinion on a top choice bec ...
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Using Trainer Angles in Handicapping, Part 2
The history of horse racing is filled with rags-to-riches stories of horses rising from humble beginnings to enjoy success at the highest levels of the sport.
Legendary Hall of Fame inductees such as Lava Man and Stymie have taken the “claim-to-fa ...
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2018 Kentucky Derby: 5 Horses Talented Enough to Win the Triple Crown
Each year, 3-year-old racehorses attempt to win the most popular, some say the most important, horse race in the United States, the Kentucky Derby. Sometimes, like in 2017, the quality of 3-year-old horse races doesn't run deep. That's not the cas ...
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Poll Vault: Unlocking the Secrets of Shapiro's Derby Top 10
Racing fans tend to be some of the most opinionated folks I know and at no time is that more obvious than the days and weeks leading up to North America’s most prestigious race.
Handicappers use a number of methods to communicate those opinions, b ...
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Keeler Johnson's Kentucky Derby Top 10 -- 4/24/18
Twelve days, folks. Just twelve days remain until twenty of the best three-year-old Thoroughbreds from North America and Europe vie for supremacy in the 2018 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
Since the start of December, I’ve been compiling a , ...
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Harrington Raceway offers solid Monday card
Harrington Raceway's Monday cards have continued to be among the best in the Mid-Atlantic region and the Delaware half-mile oval offered owners, trainers, drivers and onlookers the chance to see numerous competitive events for older and younger pacer ...
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Powell: 2018 Kentucky Derby BRIS Speed rating analysis
by DICK POWELL
We have already looked at how the top 20 Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders stack up based on foal dates and Dosage. Now, let's look at form patterns.
Horses rarely run their "A" game race after race. The ones that do are enshr ...
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2018 Kentucky Derby Jockey Facts and Trends
It was the most improbable of victories—an unknown longshot named Mine That Bird surging past his more heralded rivals to win the 2009 Kentucky Derby at the stunning odds of 50-1.
While Mine That Bird deserves much of the credit for his unfo ...
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Rosecroft, Pompano and Pocono offer solid Sunday cards
Harness racing enthusiasts are accustomed to seeing the sport's best horses and drivers compete in lucrative events on Saturday nights and perhaps many of them needed a brief reprieve following the stellar card at Yonkers Raceway this past Saturday, ...
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2018 Kentucky Derby: Todd Pletcher's Got Another Loaded Hand
Todd Pletcher took home his second Kentucky Derby last year with Always Dreaming. This year, he's got a great shot to take home his third Kentucky Derby. Pletcher has no less than 4 contenders for the Run for the Roses on May 5. Of those 4 contenders ...
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2018 Kentucky Derby workout report for April 22
The preps are done and it’s just two weeks until the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 5 at Churchill Downs.
The contenders are gearing up for the 144th Run for the Roses with works across the country, so this report changes from workou ...
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2018 Kentucky Derby: How Much Does History Mean in Picking the Derby Winner?
But, maybe, the 2-year-old trend is sort of meaningless because of the nature of horse racing. The reason sports betting trends mean something is because sports teams don't often go through wholesale changes. Tom Brady has been the New England Patrio ...
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Keystone Velocity repeats in Levy; Shartin N scores in Blue Chip Matchmaker
Saturday evening offered novice and serious standardbred racing fans had the chance to view the sport's first two Grade I races of the year when Yonkers Raceway hosted the $532,000 final of the George Morton Levy Series for older, Free-For-All pacers ...
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Meadows $67 Bomb Tops Winners; Miami Filly Fast For $15 Win; Levy Choice Joins Favorites For Boffo $87 Triple
We had a good week with two of three contenders posting big wins from the horses-to-watch (H2W) list, while we hit at Miami Valley with a double-digit filly, before the Yonkers main events totaled two winners and two thirds.
Here are the ...
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How to Bet the Charles Town Classic
Some major stakes races have a tendency to be dominated by the favorites, while others tend to be a bit more unpredictable.
Take, for example, the Zenyatta Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita, a race that has never been won by a horse starting at higher ...
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How to play Keeneland on Saturday
Spring is (finally) beginning to creep its way into Lexington, Kentucky, on a consistent basis, and the next few days figure to be ideal ones weather-wise for locals to take in the live action at Keeneland before racing shifts to Churchill Downs next ...
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Handicapping Late Pick 4 at Santa Anita Saturday
An interesting slate of races concludes Saturday’s card at Santa Anita Saturday and I’m interested in the Late Pick 4. Here are my thoughts on the sequence and how I’ll be playing it:
Race 8
$100,000 American S. (G3) looks wide-open to me and ...
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Opening day plays at Woodbine
Saturday marks the opening day of the fine meeting at Woodbine Racecourse . I have tabbed a quartet of contenders who could get the meet off to a fast start:
Race 4
#4 SILENT CEREMONY (8-1) makes a first run since the fall with a class plu ...
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How to Play the Kentucky Derby card
Total handle on the Kentucky Derby Day program at Churchill Downs exceeded $200 million for the first time in 2017. Already the biggest business day on the American racing calendar, the crossing of that previously unbroken threshold emphasized even m ...
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Eight Belles, Edgewood could attract Kentucky Oaks nominees
With all the attention focused on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) , it’s easy to overlook the undercard races on the first Friday in May at Churchill Downs.
There are five graded events scheduled besides the Kentucky Oaks on May 4, and two of them are res ...
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The 2018 Kentucky Derby field by foal date and dosage index
by Dick Powell
Since the last time I looked at prospective Kentucky Derby (G1) starters, 11 of them have defected for one reason or another. So, with the Derby fast approaching and the field of 20 starting to solidify, it’s time to take another ...
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Hawksmoor Among Big Names Entered Saturday at Laurel
On a quiet Saturday with relatively few graded stakes races on the agenda, racing fans are advised to turn their attention to a quality card at Laurel Park that includes five stakes races.
The day’s feature events are the $125,000 Federico T ...
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How to Bet the Federico Tesio Stakes
If you’re keeping an eye out for those up-and-coming “new shooters” that so often turn up in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) at Pimlico, then I recommend that you take a look at Saturday’s $125,000 Federico Tesio Stakes at Laurel Park .
The ni ...
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Layla Noor Returns in Weber City Miss Stakes
At this time of year, it pays to keep an eye on every significant stakes races for three-year-olds around the country, because you never know where the next up-and-coming star might come from.
That’s why handicappers should keep an eye on Saturday ...
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Levy, Matchmaker Finals And Consolations, Adorn Yonkers Program; Philly Exotic Challenges; Miami Fillies A-Flying
A quick and cold five weeks since the beginning of The Grand Circuit’s older pacer series at Yonkers—the George Morton Levy and the Blue Chip Matchmaker series—is still cold in parts of North America but we are hoping to cease reporting the weather i ...
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Charles Town Classic Highlights Stakes-Filled Card at Charles Town
Although there aren’t any Kentucky Derby prep races to look forward to this Saturday, handicappers are nevertheless in for a treat thanks to a terrific card at Charles Town that includes nine stakes races.
Let’s take a quick look at some of the ...
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How Grass Pedigrees Can Provide Value in Turf Races
It’s easy to assume that once a horse has started its racing career and run in a few races, its pedigree is no longer an important factor to consider in handicapping.
While this might be true in some cases, there are still many instances when pedi ...
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2018 Kentucky Derby: Who's On the Bubble?
Who’s in and who’s out? That’s a question that be asked repeatedly during the next two weeks as the 2018 Kentucky Derby approaches.
The last two Derby prep races—the Arkansas Derby (gr. I) and the Lexington Stakes (gr. III) —were held on Sa ...
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Yonkers set to host George Morton Levy and Blue Chip Matchmaker Series finals
This coming Saturday evening, Yonkers Raceway will earn the distinction of hosting harness racing's first two Grade I events of the season when the New York half-mile oval presents the $532,000 George Morton Levy Series final for Free-For-All pacers ...
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