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Time and Motion times it perfectly in QEII Challenge Cup
Phillips Racing Partnership’s homebred Time and Motion just got her head in front on the wire of Saturday’s $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland to record her fifth win of the year and first career Grade 1 score.
Jockey John Ve ...
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Heavenly Grace has some big horseshoes to fill
In January 2012 at the Eclipse Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, California, a four-year-old filly named Havre de Grace was revealed to be the 2011 Horse of the Year.
She earned that top honor without winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) or even ...
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Hanson: Siding with European non-favorites on Canadian International Day
Queen's Plate Day might be Canada's biggest day of racing, but for my money that provincial (no pun intended) affair is less intriguing than Canadian International Day, which attracts the eyes of the world.
The foreign participation runs very deep ...
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Almanzor turns Champion double over Found; Minding’s the Queen
French star Almanzor, who’d edged Found in the September 10 Irish Champion (G1), outkicked the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner once again in Saturday’s Champion S. (G1) at Ascot.
Perfectly handled by Christophe Soumillon after a sluggish sta ...
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Rawnaq in driver's seat for Eclipse after Grand National score
Rawnaq solidified his status atop the American steeplechase rankings on Saturday with a victory in the $350,000 Grand National (G1) at Far Hills, New Jersey, the most lucrative hurdle in the country.
With this victory, his third in as many starts ...
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Video form plus comments on Euros in Canadian International
To supplement the brief profiles of the Europeans in the Canadian International (G1) , I’ve collected their most significant race replays – embedded or linked – and added a few more comments.
Protectionist (photo courtesy WEG/Michael Burns vi ...
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After Tepin's Loss the Breeders' Cup Mile Looks Wide Open
Ironicus Ironicus might be the best turf horse in the United States not named Flintshire. He finished second to Flintshire in the 1 1/4 mile Grade 1 Manhattan Handicap in June. He came right back and finished second to Miss Temple City while chasing ...
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Video form plus comments on Euros in E.P. Taylor
Aim to Please photo courtesy of Michael Adolphson via Twitter
Continued from Part I on the Canadian International (G1) ...
This video form guide supplements the preview of the E.P. Taylor (G1) .
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The Juddmonte homebre ...
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Theory dominates Futurity
Theory ran to expectations in Saturday's $196,000 Futurity (G3) at Belmont Park, heading long-time leader Moves Like Ali at the eighth pole and drawing off to win by 3 1/2 lengths under Javier Castellano.
The 3-10 favorite in the field of five j ...
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Hanson: Two deep in QEII and spreading elsewhere in Keeneland Late Pick 4
Saturday's late Pick 4 at Keeneland, with the exception of the third leg, the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1), appears highly contentious on paper. I'll go just two deep in the QEII with Catch a Glimpse (#1, 2-1) and Time and Motion (#7, 5-2 ...
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Yonkers Hosts International Trot on Saturday Afternoon
Harness racing enthusiasts are accustomed to seeing the sport's best trotters and pacers compete under the lights, but this Saturday afternoon Yonkers Raceway will offer a special daytime card featuring a $1 million trot and a pair of $250,000 Invita ...
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Galileo Gold and other plays for British Champions Day
I might be proved wrong, but I don't envision any major upsets occurring Saturday morning (U.S. time) in the five British Champions Day group events at Ascot. However, there are few favorites I'll be standing against as well as a some longshots I'll ...
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Miss Ella ekes out victory in Franklin County
Jack Swain III’s homebred Miss Ella just held on to deny 5-2 favorite Fair Point by a neck in Friday’s $100,000 Franklin County Stakes (G3) at Keeenland.
Ridden by Joel Rosario for trainer Graham Motion, the Exchange Rate filly bided her time in ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday, October 15
Race 14 - Grade AA - 660 yards - OSHKOSH KID (8) is coming off a huge stakes win as the champion of the 2016 Southland Festival Of Stakes middle distance division. He's going for 6 wins in a row here and stands a solid chance of doing so. The ...
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Found set for Champion rematch with Almanzor; Minding shortens up for QEII
Since my early look at Saturday’s Champions Day card at Ascot , the final fields have been declared, and the storylines are now crystallized.
The eponymous highlight, the Champion S. (G1) (10:45 a.m. EDT) , can be billed as a rematch between Pri ...
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Strong international presence in E.P. Taylor
Of the 13 fillies and mares entered in Sunday’s C$500,000 E.P. Taylor (G1) at Woodbine, six are based in Europe. And if you include the four imports who call North America home, 10 contenders have an international dimension.
The John Gosden-train ...
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Prairie Meadows Closes Meet with Eight Stakes on Saturday
Jockey Jorge Torres will be honored as leading rider of the meet ...
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Palm Beach Fabulous Friday Matinee Preview 10/14/2016
Top Pick Race 14 - #8 Ethel Is Here
Enjoy the race action everybody! ...
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Powell willing to oppose Belmont's Super Saturday II horses in Breeders' Cup
by Dick Powell
Super Saturday wasn’t so super after all. The folly of lumping a bunch of graded stakes races on the same day, while hurting the rest of the weekends that are not designated as “super,” was in evidence Saturday at Belmont Park wher ...
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Idaho’s early favorite in vintage renewal of Canadian International
European shippers have captured the past six runnings of the Canadian International (G1), and that may soon become seven thanks to a formidable foursome on the scene at Woodbine. With invaders the caliber of Idaho, Protectionist, Dartmouth, and Eru ...
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Tracking Breeders’ Cup storylines
With most of the prep races in the books, let’s take an early look at some storylines for the 33 rd running of the Breeders’ Cup in three weeks.
Classic
As the centerpiece of a 13-race event, the $6 million Classic tends to define the Bree ...
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Yonkers Hosts International Trot; State And Province-Bred Stakes Parades In Maine, Ontario, Indiana, Ohio
It’s state-bred mania this week, while many stakes campaigners take a breather before possible schedules include the Breeders Crown. We will take readers on a full tour of a heavy Saturday, Oct. 15, with stops in four states and one province. That ni ...
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Quartet Of Simpsons For Sophs At Philadelphia
Harrah’s Philadelphia attracts Breeders Crown competitors for their Friday, Oct.14 card, which features two divisions of the $80,000 John Simpson Memorial for both three-year-old trotting fillies and three-year-old trotting colts and geldings.
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Harrington and Rosecroft Offer Good Thursday Cards
Looking to upend the Delaware invader are Cedar Hall Heiress, who won a conditioned event easily last week and gets the rail here, Valentina De Vie (Henrik Lundell) who very rarely loses in this spot, Rhapsody Rose (Roger Plante, Jr.) who owns a w ...
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La Coronel inviting favorable comparisons following Jessamine romp
Even with turf stars like Tepin and Catch a Glimpse in the barn, the Mark Casse stable is always on the lookout for young fillies that will ultimately fill those big shoes. They might have one in La Coronel, who rolled to a decisive victory Wednesday ...
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Catch a Glimpse headlines tough QE II Challenge Cup field
Catch a Glimpse returns to action on Saturday in Keeneland’s $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) having suffered her first turf loss August 21.
That tough neck beat came in the Lake Placid Stakes (G2) at Saratoga and was the sophomore ...
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Kentucky stakes wrap and the Breeders’ Cup
Many of the best horses in the U. S., and a few from abroad, raced last weekend, with many hoping to sharpen their tools in advance of the upcoming Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships in four weeks. With a bevy of stakes races spanning the ...
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New York stakes wrap and the Breeders’ Cup
Many of the best horses in the U. S., and a few from abroad, raced last weekend, with many hoping to sharpen their tools in advance of the upcoming Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships in four weeks. With a bevy of stakes races spanning the ...
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California stakes wrap and the Breeders’ Cup
Many of the best horses in the U. S., and a few from abroad, raced last weekend, with many hoping to sharpen their tools in advance of the upcoming Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships in four weeks. With a bevy of stakes races spanning the ...
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Rawnaq faces seven in Grand National at Far Hills
Rawnaq , the dominant hurdler in the spring when registering back-to-back wins in the Temple Gwathmey (G3) and Iroquois (G1), begins a late-season push for divisional honors Saturday in the $350,000 Grand National (G1) at Far Hills, New Jersey.
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Judd Kearl and Paul Jones Duel as Top Quarter Horse Trainers of 2016
Paul Jones has been AQHA trainer of the year a record 14 times Paul Jones is American Quarter Horse racing's all-time leader in money earned with over $78 million. The California native is second in victories to the late Blane Schvaneveldt with ...
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Theory makes belated stakes debut in Futurity
Theory was one of the better-looking debut winners at Saratoga over the summer, but a bruised foot prevented him from competing in the Hopeful (G1) and other major juvenile stakes. After a recuperative period at WinStar Farm, the Todd Pletcher train ...
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The best last-out Brisnet.com Speed Rating is beating the meeting so far at Keeneland
It's not an easy game, but it's sometimes easier than we make it out to be.
Through the first 30 races of the Keeneland fall meeting, flat betting the horse with the best last-out Brisnet.com Speed Rating would have returned +4% on your money. It' ...
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Lady Eli, Lord Nelson and Miss Southern Miss star in final round of Breeders’ Cup preps
A few races of interest remain but most Breeders’ Cup contenders have turned in their final prep. Over the last four days of frenzied action (Friday-Monday), several winners made a serious case for Breeders’ Cup favoritism in Lady Eli (Filly &a ...
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Winners and losers from this past weekend at Santa Anita
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The 2016 Breeders' Cup is just a few weeks away, and while the cards this past weekend were not as strong as the previous Saturday's, several races had implications for next month's world championships at "The Great Race Place." ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - October's 5 Up & Coming Young Greyhounds to Watch
potential to be Southland stars. As many of our regular readers probably know, the only requirement that I use in selecting the 5 up and coming young greyhounds to watch each month is that they have had no more then 10 official starts prior to bein ...
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La Coronel looks to keep Casse juveniles on a roll in Jessamine
After Tepin's surprise loss in last Saturday's First Lady (G1), trainer Mark Casse's weekend at Keeneland ended on a higher note when juvenile performers Classic Empire and Keep Quiet captured the Breeders' Futurity (G1) and Bourbon (G3), respectivel ...
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Big Score, Miss Southern Miss romp in Santa Anita’s Breeders’ Cup juvenile turf preps
George Krikorian’s homebred Big Score proved well named after his 3 1/4-length domination of the $102,415 Zuma Beach at Santa Anita. Exploding from midpack off a scalding pace, the Tim Yakteen trainee announced himself the leading local contender for ...
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Canadian International lives up to billing with strong quartet of invaders
The winners of the 2014 Melbourne Cup (G1), 2015 Grand Prix de Paris (G1), and 2016 Hardwicke (G2), and a triple classic performer this season, comprise a robust raiding party for Sunday’s Canadian International (G1) at Woodbine.
To name them, as ...
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Stealing 'Heart' bags Knickerbocker on yielding ground
Heart to Heart, who long ago earned a reputation of stealing graded turf stakes, bagged another prize at Belmont Park on Columbus Day with a gate-to-wire score in the $200,000 Knickerbocker (G3) .
Adapting to the yielding conditions, Heart to He ...
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Found tops Breeders’ Cup candidates engaged on Champions Day
Fresh off her triumph in the October 2 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1), Found remains eligible to wheel back in Saturday’s Champion S. (G1) at Ascot.
The Aidan O’Brien filly trod the same path last fall, finishing a luckless ninth in Paris and se ...
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Preakness winner Exaggerator retired
Edited Press Release
Preakness (G1) winner Exaggerator , the only three-year-old colt with three Grade 1 wins in 2016, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky.
"We could not be more excited ...
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If loss by Tepin a warning sign, Ironicus one to fear in BC Mile
There was a lot of action across various divisions on the second and final major weekend of Breeders' Cup preps, but the older filly and mare turf division was the true focal point.
Reigning champion Tepin suffered her first defeat of the season ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 10/9/2016
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap Up!
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Gloryzapper merits Breeders’ Cup consideration as a gutsy LA Woman
No guts, no glory, as the saying goes, and Gloryzapper illustrated the correlation with a gutsy display in Sunday’s $101,035 LA Woman (G3) at Santa Anita. By surviving a protracted pace battle and fending off all comers in deep stretch, the Phil D’ ...
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I’m a Chatterbox romps in Spinster
Grayson Farm’s I’m a Chatterbox returned to her winning ways on Sunday at Keeneland, romping by seven lengths in the $500,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) to earn an all-expenses paid trip to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) on November 4 at Santa Anita Park ...
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Keep Quiet silences Ticonderoga in Bourbon, stamps Breeders’ Cup ticket
Capping a superb weekend for Mark Casse’s juvenile squad, Keep Quiet turned in a polished and professional performance to defeat the green-as-grass Ticonderoga in Sunday’s $250,000 Bourbon (G3) at Keeneland. Gary Barber’s colorbearer thereby booked ...
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‘Miki’ Marks Fastest Win Ever—1:46; Tri-Crown For Marion Marauder; $48 Place Price Tops $23 Winner
The second Grand Circuit week at The Red Mile again ruled our features, including those in our addendum blog that covered Sunday, Oct. 9’s Kentucky Futurity program.
Lady Shadow, a prohibitive favorite, raced about the worse mile we have seen ...
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Baffert Has a Strong Hand Going into 2016 Breeders' Cup
Hoppertunity, BC Classic This year's Jockey Club Gold Cup didn't offer the best of the best in the handicap division. Nobody would ever claim that it did, but Hoppertunity put in his usual strong closing run. It led to a win in the JC Gold Cup, whic ...
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Lady Eli, other Brown runners exit Super Saturday in good order
Edited Press Release
Trainer Chad Brown said his entire contingent came out of Super Saturday in fine form.
Brown won three stakes on the day, highlighted by Lady Eli's return to the winner's circle in taking the Flower Bowl Stakes (G1) to ...
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Vyjack captures City of Hope Mile in record time
Vyjack was sent off the 4-1 third choice in Saturday’s $201,725 City of Hope Mile Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park but ran like a favorite when scoring by a half-length under jockey Flavien Prat.
Vyjack settled in midpack on the inside as even-mo ...
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Classic Empire overpowers Breeders’ Futurity foes
After rearing and dumping his jockey at the start of the September 5 Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga, Classic Empire rebounded in powerful fashion in Saturday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland. The Mark Casse-trained colt pulled his way to t ...
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Miss Temple City turns Maker’s 46/Shadwell Turf Mile double
During Keeneland’s Spring Meet, Miss Temple City opted to face males, rather than Tepin, and the move paid off with a deserved first Grade 1 coup in the Maker’s 46 Mile (G1) . Back at the Lexington oval for FallStars Weekend, the same choice present ...
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Super Saturday II Omnibus
Story & Photo by Teresa Genaro
The New York Racing Association didn’t luck out with the weather on the two big days of its fall meet this year, but at least Hurricane Matthew kept his distance, and the second of two Super Saturdays was buoyed ...
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Hoppertunity gives Baffert another shot at Classic gold
Story & Photo by Teresa Genaro
You have to go back to the last century to find Bob Baffert’s name on the list of winners of the Jockey Club Gold Cup , but a game Hoppertunity gave the California trainer a second spot on that list, running pa ...
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Desormeaux makes right ‘Call,’ shocks Tepin in First Lady
“If you were an opposing general trying to figure out how to neutralize the shock effect of Tepin’s acceleration, you’d order a ferocious early pace. Stretch out the battlefield, so to speak, and hope that the champion turf mare wouldn’t have quite t ...
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Cross-country trip pays off for Hoppertunity in Jockey Club Gold Cup
Scratched from a match-up against California Chrome in last Saturday's Awesome Again (G1) at Santa Anita, Hoppertunity made the most of the class relief and his first start at Belmont Park, rallying to win Saturday's $980,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G ...
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Tepin's Loss Doesn't Dull Breeders' Cup Implications From FallStars Saturday at Keeneland
Tepin’s loss at 2-to-5 in the First Lady was by far the biggest upset on a five-stakes day at Keeneland where only two favorites got the job done, and on the surface those results might lead some to believe the Lexington track played as crazy as the ...
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'Nervous horse owner' Hanley 'really, really, really happy' after Lady Eli's Flower Bowl win
Story & Photo by Teresa Genaro
For a man whose volubility makes him a terrific interview, Jay Hanley was curiously silent as he stood near the winner’s circle at Belmont Park on Saturday afternoon. Minutes earlier, his Lady Eli had won the Gr ...
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Lord Nelson keeps rolling in Santa Anita Sprint Championship
Lord Nelson collared game pacesetter All Run with about a sixteenth of a mile remaining and surged clear to a 2 1/2-length decision in Saturday's $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G1), improving to four-for-four in 2016 as he made a case for ...
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Irish Jasper finishes fast in TCA to provide Farish with milestone Bowl
Irish Jasper overcame a slow start to easily prove best in Saturday’s $250,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) , rallying boldly up the inside to win going away by 1 3/4 lengths. Along with notching an automatic berth to the Breeders’ Cup Filly &a ...
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Practical Joke closes out Champagne after Syndergaard brings heat
Syndergaard brought the heat, but Practical Joke, with Joel Rosario aboard, closed the deal, narrowly, in Saturday's $500,000 Champagne (G1) at Belmont Park.
Under heavy pressure from Big Gray Rocket, 19-10 favorite Syndergaard ripped off fracti ...
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Lady Eli sparkles in Flower Bowl
At this time last year, that headline would have sounded far-fetched. Sheep Pond Partners’ sensational turf star was battling a life-threatening case of laminitis. Beating it for survival was enough. Whether Lady Eli would ever make it back into trai ...
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Mongolian Saturday, Pure Sensation prevail in BC Turf Sprint preps
After going unplaced in four starts collectively in Hong Kong and England since December, Mongolian Saturday appreciated a return to the familiar at Keeneland on Saturday by taking the $150,000 Woodford (G3) on the same course and distance over whi ...
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Kentucky Futurity Day: Action Over The Red Mile For Sports’ Stars And Courageous Bettors
The Sunday program of the Red Mile is the Grand Circuit finale in Kentucky and the gateway to the Breeders Crown divisional championships. Don’t miss a race, post time is 1 p.m. Eastern Time.
Here’s a preview of the top races on Oct. 9 for ...
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Anchor Down wires Kelso in 1:32.90
If Anchor Down has a sweet spot, it's the one-turn mile at Belmont Park. On Saturday, the gray son of Tapit wired four rivals in the $343,000 Kelso H. (G2) in a sharp 1:32.90 over a fast track under Javier Castellano
Winner of the Westchester (G ...
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Yellow Agate rallies for Frizette victory
China Horse Club’s Yellow Agate ran down pacesetter Libby’s Tail in Saturday’s $400,000 Frizette Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park to score a close head win under jockey Manny Franco as the 6-5 favorite.
In doing so, the Kentucky-bred miss not only ea ...
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Breeders' Cup Preview News & Notes
The final major Breeders’ Cup preps are on tap for this weekend at three tracks, and TwinSpires.com has all you need to enjoy the action around the country.
Belmont Park and Keeneland really take center stage by staging their final big “Win & ...
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Chalk Talks at Keeneland Opening Day And Looks To Continue on Saturday
The favorite won 6 of 10 races and hit the board in two others on opening day at Keeneland to trigger shorter-than-typical multi-race payoffs, but there were some nice vertical exotics. At the spring meet, the average double paid more than the averag ...
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Making a Big Bet in the Breeders Futurity at Keeneland
I have no problem admitting that I'm prone to hyperbole when it comes to who I bet (e.g. Mac the Man , Wharton, Surgical Strike), but when it comes to what I bet. (i.e. how much) I'm a pretty straight shooter.
So when I say "I'm making the big ...
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Tepin casts a long shadow in Keeneland Late Pick 4
Breeders’ Cup prep races continue at Keeneland Saturday with five stakes and anticipation runs high for champion turf mare Tepin, who will be heavily favored in the First Lady (G1) before heading to Santa Anita for a title defense in the November 5 M ...
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Expect Ironicus to make up for lost oppotunities in Shadwell Turf Mile
For me, there was no bigger disappointment at least year's Breeders' Cup at Keeneland than the absence of Ironicus from the Mile (G1) after an infirmity halted his season several weeks earlier. His progression from an allowance class colt at the begi ...
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Turf juveniles aim to boost Breeders’ Cup credentials at Santa Anita
Fittingly enough on Columbus Day, turf juveniles embark upon a voyage of discovery in a pair of $100,000 turf stakes at Santa Anita. They might not be facing storms, sea monsters, or an uncertain path, but many are entering unknown territory over a r ...
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Dancing Rags captures Alcibiades
Chadds Ford Stable’s Dancing Rags proved best by a length in Friday’s $400,000 Alcibiades Stakes (G1) on Keeneland’s opening day card of the fall meet.
With jockey Angel Cruz aboard, the Graham Motion trainee was sent off at 12-1 but ran like a ...
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Knickerbocker could have Breeders’ Cup Mile implications
Although not nearly as deep as Saturday’s $1 million Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) at Keeneland , Monday’s $200,000 Knickerbocker (G3) at Belmont Park could itself yield a contender for the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1).
Trainer Brian Lynch has that itinerar ...
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A. P. Indian guts out Phoenix win in track-record time
A. P. Indian proved best, but only narrowly, in Friday's $250,000 Phoenix (G2) , the first stakes of the Keeneland fall meet. The 2-5 favorite, giving four pounds to all six rivals, was pressed by Limousine Liberal through the stretch into setting a ...
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How to bet the Santa Anita Sprint Championship
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The TwinSpires.com Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) is just over four weeks away and what a race it is shaping up to be in 2016.
With Breeders' Cup Challenge winners A. P. Indian, Delta Bluesman, Joking and locally based Lo ...
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How to bet Keeneland on opening day of 2016 fall meeting
Before getting down to the brass tacks of actually handicapping the opening day 10-race card on Friday, October 7, at Keeneland , we mused on some general wagering strategies for the 17-day autumn meeting, and now that we have 10 races handicapped ...
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Ramsey entry anchors Late Pick 4 at Keeneland
Love opening day at Keeneland! The 17-day fall session kicks off today with a 10-race card featuring the Alcibiades (G1) and Phoenix (G2), preps for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) and TwinSpires Sprint (G1), and fast and firm conditions are ...
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Charles Town Hosts West Virginia Breeders Classics
A sophomore son of Fiber Sonde trained by Runco for owner David Raim, Bullets Fever has won all four of his outings this year and is perfect in seven career tries including the Moscarelli Memorial BC last fall. He is a full brother to the talented ...
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Duponte Headlines the $384,615 Dash For Cash Futurity at Lone Star Park
Duponte will be seeking his third futurity victory of 2016 Saturday night in the Dash for Cash at Lone Star Park A quality mix of proven futurity winners and rising stars will compete in Saturday’s $384,615 Dash For Cash Futurity (G2) at Lone S ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Recap Of Our Up & Coming Greyhound Selections
September's 5 selections - starts & results & Grade running when selected - starts & results & Grade running as of now PJ CASHURTICKET - 4 starts - 0-1-2-1 - M Grade - as of now 7 starts - 1-2-3-1 - running in Grade D
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I’m a Chatterbox among five distaffers entered in Spinster; Bourbon draws oversubscribed 16
Five fillies and mares will line up in Sunday’s $500,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) for a guaranteed berth to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) while an overflow field of 16 has been entered in the $250,000 Bourbon Stakes (G3) for a shot at the Breeders’ ...
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Lord Nelson tops Santa Anita Sprint Championship
Unlike last weekend, when Santa Anita Park hosted the majority of its final major preps for the November 4-5 Breeders’ Cup, only one “Win & You’re In” contest will take place at the Southern California venue on Saturday.
That would be the $300 ...
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Bl Warlock Wins Redemption
In our most recent stakes event, the 2016 Redemption Stakes, the best two greyhounds at the racetrack were looking to cash in on the title. All-American Seldom Told was outed early on the last stakes event and Charlie Bale made the finals and just mi ...
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Hennessey Sweeps Pompano Features
Gleneagles (4), driven by Wally Hennessey, held off the furious late charge of Danza to win his third straight Sunshine State Stake at Pompano Park on Tuesday night. (Skip Smith Photo) Hennessey had two other wins on the program, completing a " ...
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More Red Mile Matches Through Weekend; Indiana Sires Stakes Freshmen Finals
Autumn in Lexington continues for the second and last week of Grand Circuit action. We have coverage for every day, including the Sunday, Oct. 9 closing program featuring The Kentucky Futurity for colts, the filly futurity, the glamour-boy pacing Tat ...
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Frosh-Filly Frolics Friday For International Stallion Stakes Purse Party
Grand Circuit action will be coming to a close this meet at The Red Mile. Among the ending festivities are four divisions of the $255,000 International Stallion Stakes for two-year-old trotting fillies scheduled for Friday, Oct. 7’s card.
That ...
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Four More MDSS Events Kick Off Thursday Card at Rosecroft
Then just past the midway point of the card, Philly Fanatic (William Carter) will seek her third straight victory and her fourth score in her last five outings for owner-trainer James Whalen, Jr. of Crumpton and Varsity Hanover fame. Toms Treasure ...
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Practical Joke, Nonna Mela headline Belmont juvenile stakes
Practical Joke has his work cut out for him as the Into Mischief colt takes on five rivals in the $500,000 Champagne Stakes (G1) as part of Belmont Park’s second Super Saturday of preps for horses heading to the Breeders’ Cup.
The Chad Brown tra ...
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Hoppertunity invades to face Effinex, Mubtaahij in Jockey Club Gold Cup
Bob Baffert elected to scratch Hoppertunity from last Saturday’s Awesome Again (G1) at Santa Anita and send him east for Saturday’s $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park, a savvy move given he won’t have to face California Chrome a ...
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Possible wet turf might help Sea Calisi in Flower Bowl
Much like last weekend, rain threatens to put a damper on the second Super Saturday of Breeders' Cup preps at Belmont Park. With one mid-week forecast pegging the rain chance at 80 percent, Sea Calisi could have an edge on softer turf over Chad Bro ...
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bestbet Hurricane Changes (Orange Park)
Due to Hurricane Matthew, and for the safety of our employees and patrons, bestbet (Orange Park) has modified their Live Racing and Poker schedule over the next couple of days as follows. There will be a matinee on Thursday October 6 th in pl ...
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Fioretti makes title defense in Thoroughbred Club of America
Fioretti , who parlayed a front-running trip into a 17-1 upset last year, will defend her title against seven foes in Saturday’s $250,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) at Keeneland. The 6-furlong event serves as a “Win & You’re In” for the ...
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Mondialiste, Ironicus head deep renewal of Shadwell Turf Mile
Tepin may be the star of Saturday's card at Keeneland in the First Lady (G1), but the $1 million Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) is surely the race of the day despite her absence.
Mondialiste , second to Tepin in last fall's Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) ov ...
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Graded winners Bitumen, Classic Empire & Gunnevera meet in Breeders’ Futurity
The $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) , one of five graded stakes on Saturday’s blockbuster program at Keeneland, features no shortage of contenders with a trio of graded winners highlighting the 12-horse field. The 1 1/16-mile race serves as a “Win ...
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Tepin aims to be First Lady again in final Breeders' Cup prep
Not only has Tepin earned the moniker "Queen of the Turf," but the Mark Casse-trained champion has divinely ruled Keeneland's grass course, in particular, over the past two seasons. On Saturday, she will defend her title in the $400,000 First Lady ...
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Santa Anita juveniles to watch at the Breeders’ Cup
Santa Anita played host to a slew of major races on Saturday that will have major implications on the upcoming Breeders' Cup races at the track in early November. While California Chrome, Stellar Wind and even Beholder in defeat cemented their status ...
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A. P. Indian finds faster track in Phoenix; 14 in Alcibiades
Wet weather and an off track last weekend in New York was enough for trainer Arnaud Delacour to scratch his two-time Grade 1 winner A. P. Indian from the Vosburgh (G1). Instead, the six-year-old has been re-routed to Keeneland for his final Breeder ...
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Harrington Offers Four Freshmen Finals on Wednesday
Then one race later in the $100,000 DSBF final for two-year-old trotting fillies, the Leigh Raymer-trained trio of Luv Is Blind (Kirby), Erica Leigh (Tyler Raymer) and Meantrotnjean (Davis) will leave from posts eight, seven and six, respectively, ...
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