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2016 Breeders' Cup Thoughts

Sat Oct 29 2016D.S. Williamson

Breeders' Cup Distaff Beholder - She gets a target in the Distaff this year. Finally! After being Stellar Wind's target in her last 2 races, one of the greatest mares to ever set foot onto a racetrack gets to run  after a horse. To me, that's hug ...
SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday Evening, October 29

Sat Oct 29 2016MoneyMaker Mike

Race 5 - 583 yards - Grade B - GOOD KINDA BAD ( box 5) - going for his 3rd straight win, all on the 583 yard course after having trouble in his three previous races over the 660 yard course. The move to a longer distance for those three races  ...
BC Internationals: Turf contender Ulysses

Sat Oct 29 2016Kellie Reilly

If you were handed a set of past performances with the subject’s name, pedigree, owner/breeder, and trainer blotted out, you’d wonder why this horse was in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1). Surely this was one less to worry about in a loaded $4 million ra ...
BC Internationals: Turf/Mile contender Mondialiste

Sat Oct 29 2016Kellie Reilly

Mondialiste has already been the subject of prior mini-biographies in advance of last year’s Woodbine Mile (G1) and leading up to this summer’s Arlington Million (G1) . Given those diverging targets between 2015 and 2016, it’s not that much of ...
BC Internationals: Turf contender Highland Reel

Sat Oct 29 2016Kellie Reilly

Highland Reel was a useful juvenile who became a globetrotting success at three, but as trainer Aidan O’Brien had predicted, he’s even better at four. Boasting the best current formlines in the field, and the historically key angle for the Breeders’ ...
Meadowlands Hosts Eight Breeders Crown Finals on Saturday Night

Fri Oct 28 2016Ted Black

One race later in the $600,000 Breeders Crown final for two-year-old colt trotters, much of the focus will be on Walner (Tetrick) who easily prevailed by three lengths as the 1-5 favorite in 1:53.3 in his elim for his third straight score and fifth t ...

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SOUTHLAND Preview - Friday Evening, October 28

Fri Oct 28 2016MoneyMaker Mike

Race 10 - 583 yards - Grade AA - FIESTA PARAGUAS (1 box) - Going for his 3rd straight win and 5th win in his last 6 races, this hard running greyhound with tons of early speed looks very capable of getting the job done here since he should outbreak ...
Short on experience, long on talent: Drefong a big player in TwinSpires.com BC Sprint

Fri Oct 28 2016Vance Hanson

This is the third in a series profiling the top contenders for the $1.5 million   TwinSpires.com   Breeders' Cup Sprint. A profile of Lord Nelson can be found   here , and A. P. Indian here . The least experienced member of ...
South Sea the pick in inaugural Spendthrift Stallion at Churchill Downs

Fri Oct 28 2016James Scully

Churchill Downs opens Sunday with the first of two Stars of Tomorrow programs exclusively for 2-year-olds. The 10-race card features the inaugural $300,000 Spendthrift Stallion Stakes, which drew a full field of 14 juveniles sired by Spendthrift Farm ...
Horses to watch on Day 1 of the Melbourne Cup Carnival

Fri Oct 28 2016Vance Hanson

Bettors looking to sharpen their handicapping skills before next week's Breeders' Cup might want to have a look at Saturday's (Friday night U.S.) opening program of the four-day Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington. This particular card typically ...
Round 2 of $50,000 Orange Park Derby Tonight

Fri Oct 28 2016Kelly Clark

Round 2 of Orange Park Derby - Friday evening October 28 th , 2016 Race 4 – SEVEN GREYHOUND RACE – For this one the 5 box will be left open as one greyhound has been scratched from the competition. Here we get a great match-up between two first ...
Untimed Play appears the right play in Saturday maiden at Keeneland

Fri Oct 28 2016Vance Hanson

A September 23 juvenile turf maiden at Churchill has yielded two starters for Saturday's sixth race at Keeneland. Giant Payday finished first in that race, but an erratic run by him forced Untimed Play to steady in deep stretch. After an inquiry, Gia ...
BC Internationals: Filly & Mare Turf/Turf contender Pretty Perfect

Fri Oct 28 2016Kellie Reilly

Pretty Perfect (nearer camera) getting mugged by Simple Verse Although Pretty Perfect is likely intended to serve as Seventh Heaven ’s pacemaker, she’s not to be disregarded. The Aidan O’Brien blueblood is a relentless galloper, and her forward ...

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