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Shapiro: How to bet the Twilight Derby
By Scott Shapiro
The final weekend of the short Santa Anita autumn meeting is upon us. It has been a solid few weeks of racing filled with a plethora of wagering opportunities after an uneven first half of the year at “The Great Race Place.”
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Seymourdini steps up in quality in Bold Ruler Handicap
The exciting Seymourdini looks to graduate to graded stakes company in the seven-furlong Bold Ruler Handicap (G3) at Belmont Park Oct. 28 against a group of high quality and resilient sprinters. Seymourdini (Bernardini), a $900,000 purchase ...
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Other tracks to play and bet Breeders' Cup weekend
Long-time horseplayers might remember that in the early years of the Breeders’ Cup, the then one-day, seven-race extravaganza was treated with much deference by other racetracks for simulcasting purposes.
While there were some tracks that conducte ...
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Brown pair head Athenia Stakes field
Chad Brown’s runners are always tough to beat in turf races for fillies and mares, and the 1 1/16-mile Athenia Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park Oct. 28 looks to be no exception. Brown trains three of the 12 entries, including the morning-line fav ...
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Third Cox Plate highly likely for Winx
Is there any way that Winx won’t win the $A3 million W S Cox Plate for a third time, and extend her win sequence to 22 races? The world’s best turf racehorse faces eight opponents in the 2,040-meter (about 1 ¼-mile) Cox Plate at Moonee Valley raceco ...
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Stormy Victoria takes on top Canadian sprinting females
American raider Stormy Victoria will be seeking her first stakes victory when she takes on some of Canada’s best sprinting fillies and mares in the Ontario Fashion Stakes (G3) at Woodbine Oct. 28. A French import, Stormy Victoria began her North Ame ...
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Sharp Samurai the one to beat in Twilight Derby
Sharp Samurai beats Big Score to win the Del Mar Derby. Benoit Photos.Sharp Samurai will need to beat a good field as he tries to win his fourth consecutive stakes race in the 1 1/8-mile Twilight Derby (G2) for 3-year-old turf runners at Santa Anita ...
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Derby contenders likely to emerge from Street Sense Stakes
The Street Sense Stakes at Churchill Downs may not be a graded stakes race, but it’s proved to be a useful guide to the Kentucky Derby preps. Several horses that ran prominently in the past four years would qualify for the Kentucky Derby: 2013 third ...
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Quality horses to contest Fayette Stakes
Multiple stakes winners, a former Kentucky Derby favorite, and grade one placegetters descend on Keeneland Oct. 28 for the 1 1/8-mile Fayette Stakes (G2). With a lineup featuring many horses that have been chasing Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) contende ...
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BC Internationals: Classic contender Churchill
It would be fitting for Aidan O’Brien to score an elusive Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) in 2017, a year defined by his quest to surpass Bobby Frankel’s single-season Group 1 record. But his prospects at Del Mar are particularly challenging, as he take ...
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Shapiro's initial thoughts on Breeders' Cup race order, horizontal sequences
by Scott Shapiro
In addition to the pre-entry announcement on Wednesday morning, the Breeders’ Cup also released the race order, wagering menu and guaranteed pools for the World Championships held next weekend at Del Mar.
One thing captivated ...
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BC Internationals: Classic contender War Decree
War Decree may not have the resume of Aidan O’Brien’s other Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) candidate, Churchill, but his raw talent should not be underestimated. Once an exciting juvenile who was nominated to the U.S. Triple Crown, the Kentucky-bred ha ...
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2017 Breeders' Cup Turf Preview and Picks
Although the Prix de l'Arc winner, Enable, has decided to skip the Breeders' Cup Turf , there's plenty of other talent signed on for what's become one of the prestigious grass races in the world. This year's BC Turf will be run for a $4 million doll ...
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Orange Park Derby Round 2
Lester Raines Kennel was the big winner in round 1, but there are still a ton of points available in round 2 for a greyhound to accumulate to move on to the quarter-finals. Will the first-round winners continue their success? Will new names throw th ...
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IRS rule changes make multi-race wagering at Breeders' Cup more enticing
by DICK POWELL
I have never been a proponent of opening up your bankroll on big racing days. Just because there are large fields in race after race, you better have a deep bankroll to survive. At least the Kentucky Derby is one-shot so even with ...
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Breeders Crown Finals Are No Locks For Any Involved At Hoosier Park
Breeders Crown Finals weekend is here. Along with our Breeders Crown Countdown blog, TwinSpires harness blog presents a unique approach to the 12 Breeders Crown finals—the Hambletonian Society’s richest and most prestigious events at Hoosier Park. Th ...
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Breeders Crown Finals Sextet Offers Outsiders With Powerful Potentials
This, our penultimate Breeders Crown Countdown, the exclusive TwinSpires blog dedicated to the events that would lead to the cast of characters in the Breeders Crown, the Hambletonian Society’s richest and most prestigious events now features the mai ...
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Fillies and mares on display in Breeders Crown finals on Friday
This coming Friday evening will truly be ladies night at Hoosier Park in Indiana as the seven-eighths mile oval hosts six Breeders Crown finals for fillies and mares of both gaits and all ages. Five of the six Breeders Crown finals will go a long way ...
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Who Was the Fastest Breeders' Cup Horse of All-Time?
Fastest by Seconds per Furlong
The Speed Ratings above are based on speed over 1 ¼ miles, and, in the way that people say 100-meters king Usain Bolt was the fastest runner in the world rather than 5,000-meters star Mo Farah, I’m going to look f ...
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What was the Best Breeders' Cup Classic Bet of All Time?
Being asked “what was the best Breeders’ Cup Classic bet” is a bit like being asked what was the best baseball home run ever – something that will be different depending on what team you like, what era you hold most dear, etc. For most players, the ...
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2017 Breeders' Cup Race Order and Wagering Menu
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 (ALL TIMES EASTERN)
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Breeders' Cup 2017 Pre-Entries
BREEDERS' CUP FRIDAY
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf 6th Race, Post Time 2:25 pm (PDT)
The BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE FILLIES TURF (GI) is a one mile race for 2-year-old fillies to be run on the turf. The race carries a guaranteed purse ...
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BC Internationals: Birdie Gold
Birdie Gold (Photo courtesy of Gary Mandella @MandellaGary)
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf International Horse Profile: Birdie Gold
by Kellie Reilly
Although Birdie Gold comes to the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) by w ...
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Maryland-bred trotters and pacers seeking Breeders Crown glory
This coming Friday and Saturday evening novice and serious harness racing fans alike will focus their attention on Hoosier Park in Indiana as the seven-eighths mile oval hosts the 12 Breeders Crown finals for both gaits and all ages. Less than one we ...
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Analyzing favorites and races producing the best value in the Breeders’ Cup
Favorites win approximately a third of the time nationally but that percentage has held only once in the last five years of the Breeders’ Cup. The public’s betting choice performed well in the 2013 edition, capturing five of 13 races (38%), but it wa ...
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Breeders' Cup International Horses: Turf contender Highland Reel
Defending Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) champion Highland Reel has made such a name for himself in the United States that it’s almost superfluous to give him another international profile treatment.
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Breeders’ Cup workout updates: Classic favorites, Distaff threats, sprint stars serve notice
Breeders’ Cup contenders have been upping the ante in the latest round of works in preparation for the November 3-4 World Championships at Del Mar.
Here are just a few of the highlights. For much more, check out the full Breeders’ Cup work stories ...
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2017 Breeders' Cup Mile Preview
Most horseplayers with Breeders' Cup betting experience will tell you that the most difficult race to handicap during the 2-day card is the Breeders' Cup Mile. Run over Del Mar's turf course this year, the BC Mile appears even more wide-open than it ...
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Raines Ruled in Round 1
The Lester Raines kennel took over the commanding spot in qualifying as they posted up win in 2 of the 5 races on the card, including the biggest effort of them all in the 7 th race. Hitting the lid, Lee Trinity stole away a mile ahead of the r ...
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Maryland-sired horses featured locally last weekend
Last Saturday afternoon and then on Sunday evening, many of the best Maryland-sired two-year-olds of both genders were highlighted in various stakes at Laurel Park and at Rosecroft Raceway as the runners, trotters and pacers all sought early limeligh ...
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Orange Park Derby Round 1
Another great stake race is upon us, and this time we get to go over the longer distance. The 2017 edition of the $35,000 Orange Park Derby will take place over the 660-yard course and feature 40 of the best routers at the racetrack. As always, we w ...
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Reflections on Champions Day and the influence of Medaglia d'Oro
by DICK POWELL
Heavy rains hit Great Britain on Saturday and the turf course at Ascot, home to British Champions Day, turned soft. Gale force winds swept the course and running times were extremely slow. It was the type day that you needed miler ...
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3-year-olds poised to make serious impact in 2017 Breeders’ Cup
In the Breeders’ Cup, 3-year-olds are often at a significant numerical disadvantage. Older horses will be represented by more than half the field in eight-of-nine races at Del Mar this year (four-of-13 Breeders’ Cup races for juveniles), with the Dis ...
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Hoosier Park’s First Breeders Crown Presented 22 Elims With Many Favorites And A Few Wild Upsets
In order of the Breeders Crown elimination races on the Hoosier Park program from Saturday, Oct. 21, here are our accomplishments and misses.
There were three $20,000 elims for two-year-old colt pacers. Two were won by favorites and we took th ...
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Breeders Crown elims fill Hoosier card
Saturday evening harness racing fans turned their attention to Hoosier Park as the seven-eighths mile oval in Indiana hosted a grand sum of 14 Breeders Crown elims for varying ages and both gaits and genders. The first three races on the card were t ...
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UPS driver Spann a Breeders Crown VIP after TwinSpires.com contest win
Growing up near the heart of the Standardbred industry, not far from the United States Trotting Association's headquarters in suburban Columbus, Ohio, it's no surprise Stephen Spann was bitten by the harness racing bug.
Some 40 years after his fir ...
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2017 Breeders' Cup Sprint Preview and Picks
Every race on the 2017 Breeders' Cup 2-day card should be competitive. There isn't a single race where the likely morning line favorite is a lock. This includes the Breeders' Cup Sprint where Bob Baffert's 2016 BC Sprint winner, Drefong, could be ...
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Japan's Kikuka Sho Preview
by Alastair Bull
Japan’s Triple Crown is rounded off Oct. 22 by the Kikuka Sho (G1) at Kyoto. The Japanese equivalent of England’s St Leger, it’s run over 3,000 meters (about 1 7/8 miles).
Unlike the St Leger, the Kikuka Sho is not regarded as ...
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Breeders Crown elims fill Hoosier Park Saturday night card
Tomorrow evening serious and novice harness racing fans alike will focus their attention on Hoosier Park as the Indiana oval hosts 14 Breeders Crown eliminations for varying age groups of both gaits and genders as the sport's best trotters and pacers ...
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Spot Plays for British Champions Day
There won't be a better way to spend a Saturday morning than by tuning into British Champions Day, when five lucrative group contests and the Balmoral Handicap make up a stellar six-race program as good as you'd find at Ascot's June Royal meeting.
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Fracas a key factor in Shapiro's Late Pick 4 analysis at Santa Anita Park
by Scott Shapiro
With just two weeks until the 2017 Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar, most of the attention is on the events leading up to the World Championships. However, there are still plenty of solid wagering opportunities available across the count ...
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Post position as a factor in the Breeders' Cup
Having the classiest and most in-form horse is arguably the most important element for Breeders’ Cup success. Other handicapping factors, such as post position, generally take a back seat or are less important than they might be on more ordinary race ...
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Dowager Stakes rematch for Apple Betty, Lottie
Apple Betty and Lottie lock horns for a third time this year in the 1 ½-mile Dowager Stakes (G2) on the Keeneland turf Oct. 15, with each seeking their first graded stakes win. The score is 1-1 between the pair, and the run of the race could decide ...
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Maryland-bred and sired horses on display this weekend
While many harness racing enthusiasts will be keenly focused on the Breeders Crown elims at Hoosier Park this Friday and Saturday evenings, Maryland racing fans will have the chance to see their top runners, pacers and trotters display their talentes ...
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2017 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Preview and Picks
One of the most anticipated races every Breeders' Cup is the BC Juvenile. More often than not, the BC Juvenile produces the winter book favorite on the Road to the Kentucky Derby . This year, should Bolt D'Oro win, there won't be an exception. I'll ...
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Breeders’ Cup workouts round-up: Arrogate, Gun Runner among top contenders hitting the track
Between their final preps and the November 3-4 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, the contenders are sharpening up with timed workouts.
Here’s a selection of this week’s notable moves from the BC17 contenders.
CLASSIC
At Santa Anita, ...
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Weather a key factor on British Champions Day
It hasn’t taken long for British Champions Day, held at Ascot Oct. 21, to become one of the best racedays in the world. Founded in 2011 by combining two Ascot feature races and three from Newmarket, it has once again drawn outstanding fields. Howev ...
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California trio head east for Raven Run Stakes
The Californian trio of Miss Sunset, Classy Tune, and Chalon head east to take on a good field of 3-year-old fillies headed by Tequilita in the seven-furlong Raven Run Stakes (G3) at Keeneland Oct. 21. California-bred Miss Sunset, from the Jeff Bo ...
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Twisted Tom heads good field for Empire Classic Handicap
The big day of the year for New York-bred horses has arrived, with nearly 100 competing in eight stakes races worth a total of $1.75 million on Empire Showcase day Oct. 21. It’s a valuable day for the New York Thoroughbred industry, and it has featu ...
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2017 Breeders’ Cup Classic Brisnet.com Speed Rating Report
The $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) will be held at Del Mar on November 4 and Gun Runner possesses the top last-out BRIS Speed rating in the prospective field, registering a 114 for his 10-length romp in the September 2 Woodward (G1) at Saratog ...
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2017 Breeders' Cup Probables for Pre-Entries
Bet America's listing of Breeders' Cup Probables
The Challenge races are over for the Breeders’ Cup, so it’s on to the main show. The fields for most of the Breeders’ Cup races are now all but set, and as always, they will have great depth an ...
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Admirals War Chest Seeks Third Maryland Million Classic
The annual race meeting celebrating the Maryland Thoroughbred industry is upon us again, with full fields carded for Jim McKay Maryland Million Day at Laurel Park Oct. 21. Founded after broadcaster Jim McKay found inspiration from the inaugural Bree ...
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Katnap Heads Foreign Quest for U.S. Grand National
While most eyes in North American Thoroughbred racing are looking toward the Breeders’ Cup, the country’s best jumpers head to Far Hills, New Jersey this weekend for the American Grand National. At $400,000, the Grand National is the richest jumps r ...
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Pacing, Trotting Stars Shoot For Berths In Breeders Crown Eliminations At Hoosier Park
Breeders Crown elimination weekend, 2017, has arrived. It’s off to Indiana’s Hoosier Park, where 166 horses will negotiate two weeks of championship action on the seven-eighths mile track. Oct. 20 and Oct 21 (except for one division) decides which of ...
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Eliminations Illuminate Hoosier Park With Action From Fighting Females In Multiple Divisions
Indiana’s Hoosier Park is aplenty with Breeders Crown (BC) eliminations on Oct. 20 and Oct. 21 and this exclusive blog, dedicated since August to the events that would lead to the cast of characters in the super stakes of the season, now features the ...
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Play the Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge with TwinSpires
How are you planning to win big during the 2017 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge?
Registration and participation from home in the 2017 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC), a "real money" handicapping tournament held the weekend of the ...
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C Z Rocket continues to make a favorable impression
By Dick Powell
Good horses can come along on the weekend or on a weekday afternoon. On the last Friday of the Saratoga meet, Al Stall Jr. unveiled first-time starter C Z ROCKET (City Zip) in a 6 1/2-furlong maiden special weight on the dirt. Off ...
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2017 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf Preview and Picks
Every year, one of the most exciting races during the 2-day Breeders' Cup Racing Festival ends up being the Filly and Mare Turf . This year should be no exception. Lady Eli, who finished second in the BC Filly and Mare Turf in 2016, is the presumpti ...
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Maryland-breds perform well at home and away
Last weekend offered standardbred racing fans a chance to see many of the sport's top trotters and pacers compete on a stellar card at Yonkers Raceway that also included eight New York Sire Stakes finals. One of those events was won by a Maryland-bre ...
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Breeders' Cup 2017 Pre-Entries and Probables for Del Mar
Breeders' Cup Probables and Pre-Entries Available Below
With the 14 official Breeders' Cup races being offered for the first time at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in 2017, there are plenty of new angles to examine while preparing your Breeders' Cup be ...
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5 Woodbine Win Plays For Bet Back Promotion
There is a Bet Back Promotion for today’s races at Woodbine. If your win bet finishes second, then you get your win bet back. You have to play at least 5 races to qualify. Here are the five I’d take a shot at.
Race 2: #3 Releasethe Glacken has bee ...
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Wheels And Motion: How To Play the Grade 1 Double Sunday at Woodbine
One of the better wagering opportunities (among many great ones) on the 12-race Pattison Canadian International day card today at Woodbine is the Grade 1 double linking the E.P. Taylor and the aforementioned featured race as races 9 & 10, which a ...
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Rosemary Rose Nabbed For $20 In Courageous Lady; Cold NYSS Champs Daily Double Pays $251; Contenders Alive In Feature Exotics
There was a parade of sires-stakes/province finals co-starring with the $1-million International Trot at Yonkers in the weekend’s menu of features.
The International Trot on Oct. 14 turned out to be a breeze for the strong public favorite, the ...
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Kellie Reilly's international profiles for Canadian International Day
Woodbine hosts Canadian International Day on Sunday, featuring the namesake Canadian International (Can-G1), E.P. Taylor Stakes (Can-G1) and Nearctic Stakes (Can-G2), and Kellie Reilly takes a look at the overseas contingent that has shipped in ...
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Mucciolo: Sunday's stakes analysis at Woodbine
A huge day of racing will take place at Woodbine Sunday, led by the $800,000 Canadian International S. (G1) and $500,000 E. P. Taylor S. (G1). Two additional graded races will be held – the Nearctic S. (G2) and Ontario Derby (G3) – and the latter mar ...
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Consistency may trump class in E.P. Taylor, Canadian International
With rain forecast Saturday night and into Sunday in Toronto, chances are the Canadian International (G1) and E.P. Taylor (G1) at Woodbine will be contested on ground less than firm.
In the 1 1/4-mile E.P. Taylor for fillies and mares, the ground ...
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Spot plays for Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Day at Keeneland
Even with the unfortunate scratch of Group-1 winning Euro invader Wuheida, Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) remains an outstanding race, aesthetically and betting-wise.
The two fillies that intrigue me most are #2 PROCTOR'S LEDGE ...
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Maryland-bred and sired pacers and trotters on display this weekend
Saturday afternoon at Yonkers Raceway the spotlight will be on the older trotters in the Grade I, $1 million Yonkers International Trot and a pair of $250,000 Invitational events at the New York half-mile oval, but the eight $225,000 New York Sire St ...
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Spot plays for light Saturday afternoon at Santa Anita
by Scott Shapiro
The Saturday card at Santa Anita Park is extremely light on star power after the abundance of graded stakes run over the first two weeks of the autumn meeting, but there is still an opportunity to make some money and pad our bank ...
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Australia's Caulfield Guineas Day Handicapping
Betting the Caulfield, Australia card that includes four group-one races
by Alastair Bull
While The Everest may have barged in a little to Caulfield’s traditionally massive Guineas day, there’s still plenty of outstanding racing at the Mel ...
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Australia's The Everest Stakes Betting Analysis
Chautauqua (Photo courtesy of the Hong Kong Jockey Club)
Based on the slot-holder concept of the Pegasus World Cup, Racing New South Wales has introduced The Everest
by Alastair Bull
October 14 is It’s a huge day for racing in Australi ...
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Handicapping inaugural running of $10 million The Everest
by Dick Powell
Tonight at 1:15 am (EDT), The Everest Stakes will be run for $10 million (Australian dollars) at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia going about six furlongs on the right-handed course.
If you like to do research on races ...
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Aerolithe a Dominating Favorite in Shuka Sho
There’s 18 horses to choose from in the final leg of Japan’s filly Triple Crown, the $1.6 million Shuka Sho, but there’s likely to be a dominating favorite. Aerolithe (Kurofune) is set to be at short odds for the 2,000-meter (about 1 ¼ miles) classi ...
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Yonkers and Charles Town reverse roles on Saturday
While thoroughbred racing fans are accustomed to seeing the top runners compete during the afternoons and standardbred racing enthusiasts are used to seeing the best trotters and pacers compete at night under the lights, Yonkers Raceway and Charles T ...
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European trio take on Quidura in E P Taylor Stakes
The Canadian International (G1) is the highlight of racing at Woodbine Oct. 15, but there is a strong undercard with plenty of good horses. Three horses have made their way from Europe for the 1 ¼-mile E P Taylor Stakes (G1) for fillies and mares, ...
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Return to Sprint Could See Paula Take Charge
A return to a sprint distance could be enough to get Take Charge Paula her first graded success in the six-furlong Matron Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park Oct. 15. Take Charge Paula (Take Charge Indy) won her first start, at Monmouth Park over five fur ...
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Melbourne Cup carnival hots up at Caulfield
The Melbourne Cup carnival hots up this weekend with Caulfield Stakes (G1) day Oct. 14 at Caulfield racetrack, including three races that will be important guides to the big races to come. The 1-1/4 mile Caulfield Stakes (G1), run at weight for-age ...
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Cox’s Plate next & speculating on Winx’s future
By Dick Powell
The $3 million Cox Plate (G1) is Australia’s premier horse race. No, not the two-mile $6 million Melbourne Cup (G1) run under handicap conditions on the first Tuesday of November where the marathon distance and high weights ...
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International Trot Headlines Big Yonkers Program; State And Province Super Finals On Parade
With the Breeders Crown elims a week away, raceway circuits look to settle local crowns. Indiana and Ontario holds super finals and New York gathers its best for state-bred finals at Yonkers, where also gather world-wide stars for the $1-million Inte ...
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Eligible Pacers And Trotters From Multi-Divisions Fire For Season’s Late And Lucrative Purses
With the Breeders Crown elims looming boldly, some eligible colts and fillies battle for big money in state-bred finals this weekend, which is important for their connections as they consider dropping into the box next week for “Crown” competition.
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Catchy aims to emulate Surround in Caulfield Guineas
Australian racing arguably has two major stallion-making races on its racing calendar: the six-furlong Golden Slipper (G1) for 2-year-olds in March, and the one-mile Caulfield Guineas (G1) for spring 3-year-olds, which is staged Oct. 14. However, th ...
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O'Brien looks to close on G1 record in Fillies Mile
Aidan O’Brien is just two wins away from equaling Robert Frankel’s world record of 25 group/grade one victories in a year. By the end of Friday, there’s a great chance that number will be one. O’Brien is set to saddle three horses in the Fillies Mi ...
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Early handicapping preparations for the Breeders’ Cup
by Scott Shapiro
After a couple of extremely busy weekends loaded with Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” events across North America, it is time as handicappers to catch our breath and start thinking about the World Championships at Del Mar next ...
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Idaho heads market for Canadian International
European horses have dominated the Pattinson Canadian International in recent years, and there’s every chance of more of the same in this year’s renewal at Woodbine Oct. 15. Aidan O’Brien’s Idaho is the 5-2 morning-line favorite in a field of 10 for ...
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Expert Eye needed by punters in Dewhurst Stakes
No juvenile race in Europe is more important than the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket. Since the Cartier Award for champion 2-year-old colt began in 1991, 11 of the 26 awards were given to the Dewhurst winner. It’s also an important guide to future raci ...
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New Money Honey faces worthy European challenge
Punters will need to assess the form of the European 3-year-old fillies against that of North America when handicapping the 1 1/8-mile Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 14 . The American division, headed by New Money Honey, fa ...
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Pair of juvenile fillies among notables from final round of Breeders’ Cup preps
Some thoughts on last weekend’s final round of Breeders’ Cup preps:
Keen Ice couldn’t catch the lone speed in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park but I expect him to bring a formidable late kick to the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic ...
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Rosecroft opens with several big efforts
While the opening round of the Maryland Sire Stakes for two-year-olds of both gaits and genders took center stage during the first weekend of the fall meet at Rosecroft Raceway, local racegoers were also treated to a bevy of quality performances by o ...
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A $7.8m mountain to climb for sprinters in The Everest
If the Kentucky Derby is the most exciting two minutes in sport, then the richest turf race in the world, The Everest, is a minute and nine seconds of thunder down under. Based on the slot-holder concept first used in the Pegasus World Cup, Racing ...
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Breeders’ Cup Takeaways from Keeneland October 6-8
Opening weekend at Keeneland was a big one, with eight graded races held at the Lexington, Kentucky venue. I like a few that might be interesting contenders at Del Mar next month.
Shadwell Turf Mile (G1):
SUEDOIS made hi ...
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Breeders’ Cup Takeaways from Belmont Park October 7-8
Five graded races, each with Breeders’ Cup implications, took place at Belmont Park this past weekend and I will shed some light on what I witnessed.
Champagne (G1):
Jason Servis-trained FIRENZE FIRE swept to the lead nearing mids ...
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Curlin’s Honor impresses at Keeneland
Trainer Mark Casse unveiled a much-hyped juvenile in the finale of a blockbuster Saturday card at Keeneland and the youngster did not disappoint. CURLIN’S HONOR , who went postward as the 9-10 favorite in a full field, made his debut a winning one b ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Firenze Fire
Firenze Fire wins the Champagne Stakes (Coglianese Photos)
Champagne Stakes Winner Firenze Fire
by Alastair Bull
If you took a quick look at Firenze Fire’s pedigree, you’d wonder how he could stay past six furlongs.
After all, w ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Free Drop Billy
Free Drop Billy wins the Breeders' Futurity (Coady Photo/Keeneland)
Breeders' Futurity Winner Free Drop Billy
by Alastair Bull
Free Drop Billy looked like he had potential Kentucky Derby class when he romped away to win the Breeders ...
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Few significant takeaways from Breeders' Cup prep weekends
by DICK POWELL
So what did I learn from all the Breeders' Cup prep races run over the past two weekends? Nothing, zilch, nada.
I learned that I am going to have to do a lot of work to get ready for this year's Breeders' Cup that will be held ...
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Plenty to think about for Belmont Futurity
Measuring up a number of different races will be the key to betting on the Belmont Futurity Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park Oct. 14. Mojovation and Happy Like a Fool head a small but intriguing group of 2-year-old sprinters contesting the 6-furlong da ...
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2017 Breeders’ Cup Distaff Preview and Picks
I was set to go all in on the Bob Baffert trained Vale Dori to win the Breeders' Cup Distaff . Then, Vale Dori's connections said that she'd skip the BC Distaff. Vale Dori could come back as one of the top mares in the U.S. in 2018. Skipping the ra ...
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What The Hill Sharp Colt Futurity-Elim Score; Fear The Dragon Roars Again; $26 Frosh-Stakes Strike; $51 Cold Daily Double; $27 Indiana Sires Stakes Win
It was the last Grand Circuit week in TwinSpires country, with the classic Kentucky Futurity the program’s climax on Sunday, Oct. 8 at The Red Mile.
A degraded Hurricane Nate sprayed the Kentucky track with moisture on Sunday and the sparkling ...
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2017 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Preview and Picks
The 2-day Breeders' Cup Racing Festival takes place at Del Mar this year. The races are on Nov. 3 and Nov. 4. This blog is all about the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile that takes place on Nov. 3. I don't need to see post-positions before analyzing the r ...
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Red Mile, Rosecroft and Yonkers offer Saturday action
With only three weeks remaining until the Breeders Crown finals at Hoosier Park, many of the sport's top trotters and pacers of all ages have been competing at The Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky, while others have been at Yonkers preparing for the s ...
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