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I'm A Chatterbox Leads Field for Houston Ladies Classic
This year's edition of the Houston Ladies Classic enticed several new owners, trainers and jockeys as well as a very familiar horseman: Larry Jones. The affable Kentuckian is hopeful that I’m a Chatterbox will be his third champion in the mile and o ...
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Not buying Arrogate as Pegasus pacesetter
The sense of anticipation reigns supreme for any Thoroughbred racing fan this week as American Horse of the Year California Chrome and Longines World’s Best Racehorse Arrogate battle one final time. It’s a rematch of the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1 ...
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The 2017 National Handicapping Championship Playlist
When it comes to music and horse racing events, I approach it more like a soundtrack than a cast recording. These aren’t the songs that most closely match the storyline but the ones I hear as best complementing the experience.
When it comes to the ...
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‘All Others’ favored, Classic Empire heads individual interests in KDFW Pool 2
Edited Press Release
John C. Oxley ’s Classic Empire (#3) , winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and the champion 2-year-old of 2016, is the individual favorite to win the 143 rd running of the Kentucky Derby Presented (G1), but the Mu ...
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Classic Empire tops early nominations to 2017 Triple Crown
Champion juvenile colt Classic Empire is one of 418 early nominees to the 2017 Triple Crown according to a release issued Tuesday morning by Churchill Downs, site of the Kentucky Derby (G1), the Triple Crown's first leg. The list also includes five f ...
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Oaks Maddy, Daytona Huge Winners At The 550
Congrats again to Oaks Maddy and her entire team on the victory and to Daytona for hosting one fabulous event that made memories of a lifetime. ...
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Pompano Wednesday Pickin’ from John Berry
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 RACE ONE (DOUBLE - 1-6, 3-6, 4-6 / PICK-5 - 1,3,4 w 6 w 3,5 w 2,5,9,10 w 7) 1-OK HEARTBEAT…dips a bit after showing :27.2 backside pace. Recent form decent and rail gives the edge. 3-CARLOTA BLUE CHIP…got a picture ...
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Pacing Mares Highlight Tuesday Card at Dover Downs
In the weeks between the National Football League conference championship games and Super Bowl 51 in Houston, most thoroughbred racing fans will be content to watch and wager on the inaugural $12 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park this Satu ...
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Most Interesting Horses in Pegasus World Cup
We horseplayers know a lot about California Chrome and Arrogate, the two favorites in the Pegasus World Cup. But, what about the other horses in the race?
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Dubai Carnival beads: Championship, Really Special perform up to their names
Do names correspond to an abstract reality? Or are they just handy labels?
Last Thursday’s Dubai Carnival action won’t solve the age-old philosophical argument between realists and nominalists, but it did showcase two horses who ran up to their lo ...
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Round 3 of bestbet Derby Tonight!
The field has been trimmed down and only the top 32 greyhound remain in the 2017 edition of the $20,000 bestbet Derby. Two greyhound are undefeated in the stakes so far, Easi Ted and Omega Point, but several others are just off in contention and the ...
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Two Remain Perfect in Round 2
The second round of the $20,000 bestbet Derby ran on Friday evening January 20 th , and two greyhounds posted up yet another win to keep their sheets clean heading into the quarter-finals. Two other greyhounds rebounded after disappointing efforts in ...
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Older Horses Earn the Spotlight
On the same night in which California Chrome garnered his second horse of the year title in the last three years, a quartet of older pacers delivered stellar efforts at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday night suggesting that they may not be far rem ...
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Favorites Feast On Features, Defeating Hot Choices; $9.80 Tweet Win Launches Dover Pick 3
We were very strong on a Dover Pick 3 on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Our Tweet alarm was posted with three horses aimed at hitting the $2.00 ticket cold. It was a good start, as we nailed Marion Mentor ($9.80, $5.00, $4.00) in the first leg.
We had a ...
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OAKS MADDY Wins the 2017 Daytona 550 Greyhound National Championship
OAKS MADDY brings home to Southland the 2017 Daytona 550 National Championship title with an incredible effort against an outstanding star studded field.
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California Chrome honored as 2016 Horse of the Year
California Chrome and assistant trainer Alan Sherman (c) Cecilia Gustavsson/Horsephotos.com
California Chrome ruled the night at the 2016 Eclipse Award ceremony at Gulfstream Park on Saturday evening. The talented and popular chestnut was honor ...
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California Chrome, Arrogate post dueling works for Pegasus
Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) one-two Arrogate and California Chrome, who will cross swords again in next Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup (G1), got their duel going a little early. At opposite ends of the country on Saturday, they posted their final seriou ...
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Guest Suite, Hawaakom among $10 win bets at Fair Grounds
Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte (G3), the first of three Kentucky Derby qualifying races at Fair Grounds, highlights a 12-race card that includes six stakes and TwinSpires.com is offering players 20X Points Winsurance at the New Orleans track. By mak ...
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It's Time to Crown a Champion - 2017 DAYTONA 550 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP is Saturday Evening, January 21
It won't be long now until the greyhound world crowns a champion as the 2017 DAYTONA 550
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Pegasus World Cup scouting report: Argentine import Eragon
Multiple Argentinean Group 1 winner Eragon puts the “world” in the January 28 Pegasus World Cup (G1), as the recent import is the only candidate to bring international intrigue into the $12 million bonanza.
Intrigue is probably the best Eragon can ...
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Saturday Night Offers Trio of Events to Closely Watch
Standardbred racing fans will be giving the Eclipse Awards a casual look throughout the evening, but they will focus most of gheir attention on several races at Yonkers Raceway in New York and The Meadowlands in New Jersey. Saturday's $45,000 Open H ...
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Round 2 of bestbet Derby
Rounds 2 of the $20,000 bestbet Derby is upon us this Friday evening at bestbet Jacksonville. All five fields remain intact, as the contestants seek more points and an opportunity to move on to the quarter-finals. Another grate night of racing will b ...
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Jessies First Down Named AQHA World Champion
Jessies First Down won eight races in 2016 and was named AQHA world champion. “I credit Judd, whose work ethic is unsurpassed,” said Abrams. “His assistant Jimmy Padgett was with us; even flying to Hobbs, New Mexico for the Championship at Sunl ...
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New York racing being dealt a body blow
by Dick Powell
New York racing is taking some body blows and you never know which one will turn out to be a knockout punch.
Finger Lakes Race Track has always been an important part of the New York breeding program and their racing has produced ...
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Contest Newsletter 01/20/2017
We have a packed schedule of Featured Contests this weekend, including three $1,000 contests taking place on Saturday featuring Gulfstream, Santa Anita & Meadowlands! LEARN MORE about all of our featured contests. SURVEY OF THE ...
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Prospecting For Profits In Features From Four Tracks; Outsider Exotic Contenders Looking Good
North America harness racing grinds through the new year with dozens of pari-mutuels opportunities for TwinSpires players. Our third preview blog of 2017 offers more personal harness-race features from at tracks carried by TwinSpires. Aimed at profit ...
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AQHA Champions to be Announced Tonight
Bobby D. Cox could win another Champion Breeder title this evening Some of the equine categories appear to be fairly certain. 2016 include top 2-year-old gelding should go to Imperial Eagle, winner of the $3 million All American Futurity (G1) a ...
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Pompano Wednesday Pickin’ from John Berry
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 RACE ONE (DOUBLE – 2-4, 2-5, 4-4, 4-5 / PICK-5 – 2,4 w 4,5 w 3,4,5 w 4,5 w 1,2) 2-YULE LOVE IT…pulled turn 2 in last & marched up strongly backside & held very firm through speedy finale. 4-DIAMOND LILY…had ...
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Thursday Dover Card Features Good Blend of Young and Old
Then several races later in the ninth, both Star Messenger (Tony Morgan) and Jet Airway (Callahan) arrive in the $20,000 Open off first over wins in the split, non-winners of $17,001 last six class last week. Jet Airway notched his first win in two t ...
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Post Positions Drawn for the DAYTONA 550 CHAMPIONSHIP Race, OAKS MADDY from Southland Gets the Coveted Rail Spot
race which will be run this coming Saturday evening, January 21 in Daytona Beach and drawing the coveted one box is none other then Southland's own OAKS MADDY. This extremely talented and proven stakes winner was going to be hard to beat from a ...
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Pacing Fillies and Mares Top Tuesday Card at Dover Downs
Then one race later on the card, onlookers will have the chance to see the top pacing distaffers on the circuit compete in the Winners Over/Open Handicap. Enhance Your Mind (Kirby), has won both of her starts this year and banked $18,000 while taking ...
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Dubai Carnival beads: Ageless Wizard defies time, de Kock’s back on Derby trail
Whenever I think, “surely age must be catching up with him by now,” the remarkable Reynaldothewizard goes out and defies the passage of time.
“Reynaldo” did it again in his 11-year-old (!) debut last Thursday, when turning a three-peat in Meydan ...
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Round 1 of bestbet Derby
No better way to kick off the year than with a great stakes event. Forty of the best distance greyhounds around will be competing in the 2017 edition of the bestbet Derby. This even will run over 660 yards and the qualifying rounds will be January 16 ...
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How to bet the 2017 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park
Over at Thoroughbred Daily News , The Smarty Jones Stakes (click for FREE Brisnet.com PPs) on Monday, January 16, at Oaklawn Park kicks off the TwinSpires.com Road to the Triple Crown throwdown , and as I said in my write up to take down B ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 1-15-2017
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap Up!
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Eclipse Award Nominees for Top Trainer and My Pick
Chad Brown Chad Brown's horses won an amazing 41 graded stakes races in 2016. That's close to unbelievable. Although Brown is known as one of the top turf trainers in the United States, if not the best in the U.S, he's gotten better and better at ge ...
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Arrogate, California Chrome headline Pegasus World Cup workers
Arrogate and California Chrome, the respective one-two finishers from the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), put in moves over the weekend to ready for a rematch in the $12 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) at Gulfstream Park on January 28.
The works t ...
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DAYTONA 550 Championship runs Saturday evening, January 21 at Daytona Beach
Previous winners were HUSKER MAGIC in 2015 and NEEDMYMONEYNOW who took home the title in 2016. There is no doubt OAKS MADDY will have her work cut out for her but Southland fans are sure to agree she is more than capable of leading the pack acros ...
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Show Serenade Topped With $22 Score; Pair of $13 Winners Share First For Features
Six personal features spread across Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 12—Jan. 14. This weekend we were day-program oriented, starting with Freehold, moving to the Meadows and finishing at Charlottetown.
At Freehold, both public choices gobbl ...
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AQHA Racing Champions To Be Announced on Wednesday
Trainer Judd Kearl won 128 races in 2016 2016 AQHA Racing Champions will be announced. The presentations will take place at Heritage Place in Oklahoma City in a ceremony which will be webcast beginning at 5:00 pm (Central). The awards will i ...
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Hanson: Streamline the key in Saturday's Oaklawn Late Pick 4
After a nine-month break from Oaklawn, there were definitely signs of rust in my handicapping and betting on Friday's opener .
My Pick 3 tanked off the bat when Athena, who had plenty of back class and a potentially favorable pace scenario, show ...
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Almanaar, Mr. Jordan key to Gulfstream Late Pick 4
Gulfstream features three graded stakes Saturday and five of the last six races drew at least 12 runners. Let’s focus on the Late Pick 4 (races 9-12) that includes the Ft. Lauderdale (G2) and Hal’s Hope (G3).
9 th race : The sequence kicks off w ...
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An All Distance Weekend
It’s the weekend and it time to watch, wager, and win on the best greyhounds around here at bestbet Jacksonville. Loads on talent on top and we get feature races over all three distances this weekend. That’s right, the 550, 660 and 770 variety and wi ...
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Dubai Racing Carnival - Meydan Overview
Victories for Mike de Kock, Christophe Soumillon, Godolphin and Ertijaal (the sprinting one) ensured an air of inevitability regards week one of the Carnival. We still learnt the odd new thing, primarily that Nicolas Caullery is a young trainer to ke ...
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Pompano Monday Pickin’ from John Berry
Monday, January 16, 2017 RACE ONE (DOUBLE - 5-2, 5-5, 6-2, 6-5 / PICK-5 - 5,6 w 2,5 w ALL w 5,7 w 1,4) 6-BLUENOSE GAL...gets even more class relief here. Has gate speed to overcome post & control festivities. 5-FEDERAL DEPUTY...didn’t seem ...
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Pompano Tuesday Pickin' from John Berry
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 RACE ONE (DOUBLE - 4-7, 5-7 / PICK-5 - 4,5 w 7 w 2,4,5 w 2 w 2,3,4,5) 5-CARLOS MITTANNA...was used hard to gain top spot early & cut the mustard to top of stretch. Dips here. 4-KDMAKEWAY...gave a bit of a hint in l ...
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Opening Day Wagering Strategies for Oaklawn Park
Oaklawn Park opens today, and TwinSpires.com is celebrating by offering 20x points on all losing win bets of $10 or more. We'll hope not to take advantage of this promotion by actually hitting all our win bets, but knowing how difficult it is to swee ...
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Eclipse Award Nominees for Outstanding Jockey and My Pick
Mike Smith Without a doubt, Mike Smith's ride aboard Arrogate in the 2016 Travers Stakes is what's put him on the short list for the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey. Smith took Arrogate right to the front. Arrogate and Smith showed that the Tra ...
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Contest Newsletter 01/13/2017
We have a pair of $1,000 Meadowlands contests on the menu this weekend - one each on Friday & Saturday nights! The entry fee is $125 and each contest is limited to 9 entries. We also have Handcuff contests each night with a $35 entry ...
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Arrogate continues to impress in Pegasus preparations
By Dick Powell
I keep raving about Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner ARROGATE (Unbridled’s Song) and he continues to give me things to rave about.
With the wet weather in Southern California this winter, his training regimen has been at the w ...
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Blizzard Of Features On Both Sides Of The Border; Pacing For Profits
North America is battling winter weather, which has forced a few racetracks here and there to cancel some programs but all in all harness racing battles back, offering enough races to keep TwinSpires players busy. Our second preview blog of the seaso ...
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Laurel Park Set to Host Two Sprint Stakes on Saturday
Lovable Lady has always thrived over the local strip, posting a 6-2-3 slate and $290,000 banked from 13 starts at Laurel, including three wins in four starts at the distance over the strip. Lovable Lady owns a 5-1-3 slate and $245,000 banked from nin ...
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Dover Downs Offers Solid Thursday Card
Then two races later in the $30,000 Preferred, railbound Dancin Yankee (Morgan) double jumps off a sharp 1:50.3 score in a conditioned event, while Little Ben (Kirby) seeks a second straight tally after defeating Delaware Special foes in 1:50 last we ...
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SOUTHLAND's 5 Up & Coming Young Greyhounds to Watch
BARTS IM JOEKOOL - 2 starts - 2-0-0-0 - Two schooling starts, two schooling wins which were followed by two official starts and two wins in those as well. Has a ton of early speed to go along with his inside running style.
Next race - Wednesday, ...
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Making the Most of Oaklawn Park Wagering Opportunities
One of my wagering resolutions in 2017 is to pay more attention to Oaklawn Park with the thought being that I’ve been missing opportunities there over the years (for another opportunity, check out the 20x promo on losing win bets !).
It’s a popul ...
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Starting 2017 Oaklawn meet with a Pick 3 play
If memory serves, Oaklawn Park has lost all or part of its opening weekend to bad weather a few times in recent years. That won't be the case this weekend as the forecast calls for seasonably mild temperatures Friday through Monday.
However, that ...
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Quarter Horse Handicapping for the New Year
Multiple Grade 1 winner Jessies First Down set high speed numbers in each start in 2016 Replays American Quarter Horses are sprinters, generally running distances of a "quarter" a mile (440 yards) or less. To win, they must break from the ...
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Dubai Carnival beads: Lights old and new shine at Meydan
The 2017 Dubai World Cup Carnival is already off on a history-making note, as Le Bernardin became the first two-time winner of the Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1 (G2) on Thursday’s opener.
Trained by Ali Rashid al Rayhi for Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohamm ...
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2017 Palm Beach He's My Man Tournament Preview
Dale Simons - Palm Beach Track Announcer
"I'm going to double down on JS Outlaw Legend , but watch out for my sleeper Ice Buster ."
Steve Lesser - Palm Beach Track Announcer
"I can give you all the dogs that figure that would be ea ...
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Friday the 13th Could Be Lucky for Some
In fact, both Sapphire City and Shortstacked are accustomed to competing in upper tier events on the Saturday evening cards at Yonkers and both notched the 50th wins of their careers last season over the New York half-mile oval. Sapphire City will m ...
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Younger Pacing Fillies Set to Clash
Vintage Babe, a four-year-old daughter of Vintage Master trained by Ed Gannon, Jr., and co-owned by Gannon and Gingras, brushed to command in before the half in 56.2 and held safe the late bid of In The Shadows (Tony Morgan) who rallied from last and ...
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SOUTHLAND's 2017 Stakes Lineup Announced!!!
$20,000 IRON DOG CHALLENGE - begins on Wednesday, February 1 - prelims
Finals - Friday, February 24 $25,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES - begins on Sunday, March 5 - Round 1
Finals - Friday, March 31 $25,000 SPRING FUTURITY STAKES - begins on Satu ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap 1-8-2017
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Arrogate works, California Chrome jogs on busy Pegasus weekend
Arrogate and California Chrome , the respective one-two finishers from the November 5 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and finalists for the 2016 Horse of the Year Eclipse Award, each took to the track on Sunday to ready for their upcoming showdown in th ...
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Yonkers Kicks Off 2017 Season on Sunday
Several races later on the card in a non-winners of $25,000 last five starts class for older trotters at one-mile and a quarter, Rubber Duck (Joe Bongiorno) maintained his sharp form and signified his readiness for the Open when he overcame post eigh ...
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Meadowlands $63 Win Strike Leads Year’s First-Week Prices; Favorites Partner In Pair of $46-Plus Exactas
With the major success in the Saturday, Jan. 7 personal features, here is a review that goes backward to Thursday, Jan. 5.
At the Meadowlands on the first Saturday of 2017, we blasted a big winner mid-program with Stratocaster ($63.60, $20.00, ...
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Yonkers Finale on Sunday Earns Top Billing
While PH Supercam is the class of the field, the aged wonder has to yield the top honor right now to City Hall (Tyler Buter), who is riding a five-race win streak for trainer Amber Buter, including last weekend's $35,000 Invitational at the Meadowlan ...
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McIntyre wins 2016 NHC Tour
Edited Press Release
Cheryl McIntyre of Massillon, Ohio, won three National Handicapping Championship (NHC) qualifying contests this year and earned 19,898 points overall to win the 2016 NHC Tour, which ended Sunday at the close of on-track qual ...
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Seldom Told Highlights Feature Races
Another great weekend ahead of us here at bestbet Jacksonville. Loads of great talent on tap and we have a little bit of something for everyone this weekend. Whether you like early speeders, closers, stalkers, tail gate runners, 550 races, 660 races, ...
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Gormley tough to oppose in Sham, but San Gabriel open to a minor upset
Saturday's $100,000 Sham (G3) at Santa Anita runs through Gormley . The John Shirreffs-trained colt impressively captured the FrontRunner (G1) in October, grabbing an uncontested lead when a rival expected to show speed broke poorly, before throwing ...
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Watch and wager on Saturday's Breeders' Cup Challenge races from South Africa
TwinSpires.com offers the opportunity to watch and wager on South African racing, so tune in Saturday morning for the first Breeders' Cup Challenge races of the New Year.
The Paddock S. (G1) for fillies and mares is scheduled for 9 a.m. (ET), and ...
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Louisiana Downs Quarter Horse Meet Begins on January 7
Eddi Martinez was the leading rider in the 2015 Louisiana Downs Quarter Horse meet Kenneth Weeks was the top trainer last season and will be joined by noted conditioners including Trey Ellis, Kenny Roberts, Carlos Saldivar, Kevin Broussard, Wil ...
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2017 Daytona 550 Field is Set
The 2015 All-American Seldom Told heads the field for the $45,000 Daytona 550.
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2016 Year in Review
2016 was a record breaking year at TwinSpires. We had our biggest year ever (in racing terms by about 6 lengths) and we had more players, like you, than ever before.
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Southland's Oaks Maddy Makes the Field for the DAYTONA 550 Championship on Saturday, January 21
The 2017 DAYTONA 550 Championship race is set and Southland's OAKS MADDY has made the field.
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Powell's 2016 Eclipse Awards Ballot
by Dick Powell
With a full day to spare, I submitted my 2016 Eclipse Awards ballot. I look at accomplishments and now how I would bet the major contenders if they showed up in the same race.
Two-Year-Old Male – CLASSIC EMPIRE (Pioneerof the N ...
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Dover Downs and Meadowlands Feature the Young and the Old
Several other trotters on the card bear watching for future efforts. Shady McCoy and Promise Delivered, both of which are trained by Kevin McDermott, form a solid entry in a conditioned race. Alexander Hanover finished last season with a 1-7-3 slate ...
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Features In The Deep Freeze; Miami Valley Opens; Variety For Victories
As 2017 rolls through its first month, plenty of full harness programs across North America present wagering opportunities promising profits for our TwinSpires accounts. The New Year will soon offer the winter stakes season and until then, we pursue ...
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Santa Anita 2017 - Week 1 recap
by Scott Shapiro
The first full week of Santa Anita Park’s winter meeting is “in the books.”
The meet that commenced on the day after Christmas and ran five days last week – including a holiday card on January 2 – saw an abundance of rain, a to ...
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One Famous Eagle Top Sire in 2016
Stinkin Rich, a son of One Famous Eagle, was a stakes winner at Indiana Grand As a racehorse, One Famous Eagle was a champion in both his 2-year-old and 3-year-old campaigns. He won the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity (G1), the Los Alamitos S ...
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Contest Newsletter
Our featured Thoroughbred games take place on Saturday with a pair of $1,000 Handcuff contests featuring the best racing from coast to coast - Gulfstream & Santa Anita! It’s just $35 entry to join each $1k game, with plenty of feeder con ...
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SOUTHLAND Update - Wednesday, January 4
Southland Greyhound Park got the 2017 racing season off to a huge start on Sunday and Wednesday follows that up with 20 more exciting races on the card. As you may have already noticed that is one of the changes that you will be seeing this year as S ...
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Dover Downs Midweek Cards Kick off New Year
One race later in the latter half of the early daily double, look for either Windsong Ingenius (Russell Foster), Guiltywithanexcuse (Victor Kirby) or Enrico As (Jonathan Roberts) to settle the issue in the lane in this non-winners of $9001 last six s ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings December 2016
*O Ya Sunflower*
Honorable Mention
Dutch Jackie, Hilco Agnes, O Ya Sunflower, Twitter Episode, Barts Dublin, Blu Too Tarmac, Pepper Cream, Big Red Dog, Kb's Katana, Duron Delta, O Ya Baby Blue, Mystic Melody, Hot Prospect Gal, Too Ta ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 1-1-2017
That's all we have for this week. See you next time for the Wrap Up!
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Jockey Robby Albarado Continues to Excel at the Fair Grounds
2007 Breeders' Cup Classic, Curlin Curlin went off fourth choice in the 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic behind Lawyer Ron, Any Given Saturday, and Street Sense. Only Curlin and Street Sense made up ground on second place finisher Hard Spun. Once again, C ...
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Three Of Four Features Blossom, $29 Tops Winners Before Launching 2017 Campaign
This blog reflects the end of the 2016 season, as the results reviewed took place on or before Dec. 31. There are some additions to the lists posted in our annual review, so the archives have been adjusted. That being documented, let’s review what tu ...
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Meadowlands Offers Solid New Years Eve Card
Then one race later in a non-winners of $15,000 last five starts class for older pacers, Dynamic Youth (Carl Cito, Jr.) ended his season on a three-race win streak by posting a 12-1 upset. A seven-year-old Bettor's Delight gelding owned, trained and ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday Evening, December 31
Race 1 - 334 yards - Grade TC - FIESTA DE GAMA (3 box) - While he's not on the morning line he is the class of this race and I look for him to take advantage of the drop back to Grade C to show a big effort here. Race 4 - 660 yards - Grade D - ...
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Championship at Sunland Park Final Quarter Horse Stakes of 2016
Esgar Ramirez will ride Imperial Eagle in the $200,000 Sunland Winter Juvenile Saturday afternoon Several others deserve consideration, including millionaire, First Valiant Sign, who will be ridden by AQHA champion jockey, G.R. Carter. The son ...
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Shapiro: How to wager on San Pasqual
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Santa Anita Park’s New Years’ Day card is headlined by the return of Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Arrogate in the Grade 2 San Pasqual Stakes. The San Pasqual is the eighth race on the Sunday afternoon card and drew a compact grou ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Friday Evening, December 30
Race 7 - 660 yards - Grade AA - CBJ CHEERLEADER (3 box) - She has gone off at over 10-1 in her last two races and does have the early speed in which to contend for the lead right out of the box. Race 8 - 583 yards - Grade D - DNT BRIAN DUNPHY (8 ...
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Meadowlands Offers New Year's Eve Card
One race later in a non-winners of $5000 last five starts class for pacers, K-Lees Shakenbake (Brett Miller) clearly looms the one to beat in the second half of the early daily double, having finished fourth as the 9-5 second choice against slightly ...
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NTRA hails newly proposed IRS regulations on pari-mutuel winnings
Edited NTRA press release
The Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Thursday issued newly proposed regulations relating to withholding and reporting with respect to pari-mutuel winnings.
The 31-page Treasury document, entit ...
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New Year's Contests
DON’T FORGET!
Holiday Monday has big tracks running, including Santa Anita and Aqueduct! We’ll have larger than normal Monday games on Thoroughbred, Greyhound & Harness racing! LEARN MORE about all of our Featured Contests thi ...
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Powell: Non-DQ on Gulfstream turf sends wrong message
by DICK POWELL
I pay a lot of attention to the rail placements on Gulfstream Park’s expansive turf course but I guess I haven’t been paying close enough attention.
It used to be that the rails started out at 0 feet and 72 feet. So if there wer ...
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Harness Racing’s Auld Lang Syne: Never Too Late To Profit Off Last-Minute Miles Of The Year
First and foremost, we wish everyone a Happy New Year. Thank you blog followers and all who participated in this year’s Players’ Pools. We hope your trust in our handicapping and in your own methods brought you a profit wagering on harness racing at ...
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Harness Players’ Horse Of The Year Leads Long List Of ‘Profit Ponies’ For 2016
Each year the TwinSpires harness department looks into the 12-month archives of suggested contenders posted in the exclusive weekly harness blog. We categorize all of the winners that have paid at least two digits (4-1 and up) in the order of win pri ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday, December 28
Race 3 - 660 yards - Grade C - BGR DOLLY PARTON (5 box) - This young runner impressed me last time out in her first outing over the 660 yard course and I will be watching to see if she can give an even stronger effort here. Morning line has her at ...
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Dover Downs Offers Final Thursday Card of 2016
Then three races later in the eighth, the $27,500 Delaware Special again rates one of the more contentious races on the card. Little Ben (Kirby) sports a 10-3-6 slate, $150,000 bankroll and mark of 1:50 flat this year for trainer Jim King, Jr., and a ...
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