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Shapiro: Thoughts on mandatory payout Pick 6 on Del Mar's closing day

Sun Nov 26 2017TwinSpires Staff

by SCOTT SHAPIRO It is Closing Day at the 2017 Bing Crosby meeting at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and that means a mandatory payout in the Pick 6. Since there was no single ticket winner in the Jackpot portion of the pool on Saturday there will ...
Tapit Already a Legendary Sire

Sun Nov 26 2017D.S. Williamson

Tapit was a decent racehorse. In 2004, he won the Grade 3 Laurel Futurity. He also won the Wood Memorial. But, he finished 9th in both the Kentucky Derby and the Pennsylvania Derby. After being retired, Tapit was expected to be a good stud horse. I ...
Will Santa Anita’s Ship and Stay Program Help Horseplayers?

Sun Nov 26 2017D.S. Williamson

How Could Santa Anita's Ship and Stay Program help the Thoroughbred Industry in California? It should provide much larger fields on all levels of thoroughbred racing:  claiming, allowance, and stakes levels. 20% is nothing to sneeze at. This could e ...
Top-Pay Scores In Meadowlands Stakes; What The Hill Shines At $12; Four Exacta Partners Complement Favorites

Sun Nov 26 2017TwinSpires Staff

The Fall Final Four, plus older stakes (some three-year-old and up eligible), at the Meadowlands on Nov. 25 produced some winners and some hardy competitors to hit the board from our weekly blog suggestions. We did best with the older stakes, ...
Meadowlands offers eight lucrative stakes finals

Sun Nov 26 2017Ted Black

Two days after many Americans were still recuperating from a Thanksgiving Day feast and one day after many of them embarked on some early holiday shopping courtesy of Black Friday, the Meadowlands hosted a stellar card highlighting pacers and trotter ...
2018 Kentucky Derby Odds All Over Bolt D’Oro

Sat Nov 25 2017D.S. Williamson

McKinzie  30/1 There's so much press on this two-year-old that he's offering odds of 30 to 1 to win the Derby even though he only has a maiden win to his credit. Sired by Street Sense and out of a Petionville broodmare, Runway Model, MicKinzie is al ...

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Don’t Forget About the Fairgrounds Meet

Sat Nov 25 2017D.S. Williamson

One of the best fall and winter meets of the year is underway. The annual Fairgrounds Meet in New Orleans, Louisiana, has led to a multitude of star runners. Below, I highlight four of the most prestigious races at the Fairgrounds Meet. Check it out ...
Freshman pacers and trotters on display this weekend

Sat Nov 25 2017Ted Black

This Saturday evening the Meadowlands will offer a stellar card that includes four lucrative stakes for two-year-olds of both gaits and genders then on Sunday evening Rosecroft Raceway will kick off its 10-race program with a quartet of Maryland Sire ...
Shapiro: How to play Saturday's Pick 4 at Del Mar

Fri Nov 24 2017TwinSpires Staff

by SCOTT SHAPIRO The final Saturday afternoon of the 2017 Del Mar racing calendar is upon us headlined by the Hollywood Derby (G1).   After a summer filled with upsets, the Bing Crosby meeting in November has been kind to chalk player ...
Three price plays in Derby Sire Future Wager

Fri Nov 24 2017Kellie Reilly

Early in the afternoon of Day 2 of the Sire Future Wager , Medaglia d’Oro has been bet down to 9-2, thanks to his posse of Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls including Bolt d’Oro, Enticed, and Montauk, and Curlin is 7-1 after siring the Breeders’ Cup Ju ...
Powell: A closer look at the Golden Rod and Kentucky Jockey Club

Fri Nov 24 2017TwinSpires Staff

by DICK POWELL Churchill Downs conducts one of my favorite days of racing on Saturday when all 12 races are run for two-year-olds. The dozen juvenile races attracted 142 starters for an average field size of 11.83 per race and none went below 10 ...
Cambodia seeks first grade one in Matriarch

Fri Nov 24 2017Alastair Bull

Third in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, leading mare Cambodia is out for her first grade one victory in the Matriarch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar Nov. 26. Cambodia has improved throughout her 5-year-old season, winning the Gallorette Stakes (G3), ...
Local team could be too strong in Japan Cup

Fri Nov 24 2017Alastair Bull

Four foreign invaders have arrived to try and wrest the $5.1 million Japan Cup (G1) from the locals for the first time since 2005 – but they’ll have to beat a strong local team in the 1 ½-mile contest to do so. Coming in to challenge the Japanese ho ...

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