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What to Know About Del Mar's Dirt Surface
The 2017 Breeders' Cup takes place at Del Mar. Del Mar is affectionately known as "Where the Turf Meets the Surf". In my last blog, I wrote some words about how Del Mar's turf track should play. This blog is all about the dirt track. Del Mar, like o ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: The Tabulator
The Tabulator wins the Iroquois Stakes
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The Tabulator; winner of the Iroquois Stakes
by Alastair Bull
After producing a notable 2017 Kentucky Derby runner from his first crop, Darby Dan Farm stallion Dia ...
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The Jugette And The Buckette Highlight Femme Divisions
Glamour-girl pacers and trotters are featured in this edition during the Little Brown Jug meet in the Jugette and the Buckette.
Two short filly fields make up the elimination heats of the Jugette at the Delaware, Ohio fair. The top three-year- ...
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Weekend preps yielded various Breeders' Cup clues
by DICK POWELL
Monday night's $400,000 Presque Isle Masters (G2) had some interesting aspects for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1). In the past, the race has yielded MUSICAL ROMANCE, who used the Masters as a prep before winning th ...
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Bit Of A Legend N dominant in Quillen Memorial
Since arriving in the United States less than two years ago, Bit Of A Legend N has emerged as one of harness racing's best aged pacers and Monday night he solidified his reputation further by delivering a dominant performance en route to a three-leng ...
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What to Know About Del Mar's Turf Surface
The 2017 Breeders' Cup takes place at Del Mar. A few major prep races are still to be run. Since we're on the other side of September, it's a good idea to get an idea of Del Mar's turf surface, though. See below for a few things about Del Mar's turf ...
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Another Plested Powerhouse At $74 To Win; Ariana G Devours Division; What A Hill Avenges In Glamour-Boy Derby
Our biggest priced winner this week was a first-time entry on the horses-to-watch list (H2W), coming from a barn we touted from the start of the current Running Aces meet. Trainer Kathleen Plested came through with Tornado Henry at 36-1 (from headlin ...
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Woodbine Mile one-liners
A five-strong European contingent , plus a few North American-based contenders with top-level credits on their resumes, make for a contentious renewal of the Woodbine Mile (G1). Particularly in such an open-looking race, the free berth to the Breede ...
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How I'm betting the Woodbine Mile and Pocahontas Stakes
Backing a horse eligible for a first-level allowance in a Grade 1 typically doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but #10 LANCASTER BOMBER (9-2) can be the exception in Saturday's C$800,000 Woodbine Mile (G1).
Having beat all save Oscar Performance ...
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Scully: Handicapping juveniles at Churchill Downs September 16
The Iroquois (G3) and Pocahontas (G2), the opening points’ races in the Road to the Kentucky Derby & Road to the Kentucky Oaks series, take center stage and Saturday’s 11-race card at Churchill Downs also features four juvenile maiden races with ...
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Deciphering Belmont-Woodbine Pick 5
An international all-turf Pick 5 will be offered on Saturday. Four of the grassy tilts will be of the graded variety as this unique wager consists of three races at Woodbine and a pair at Belmont Park. I will take a crack at it, as it looks challengi ...
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Can Beach resist Ocean in St Leger?
Saturday marks the final British classic of the season, the 1 3/4-mile, 115-yard St Leger (G1) at Doncaster. If the 11-horse field doesn’t feature a single standout, I’d argue there’s strength in depth, and we’ll be hearing a lot more from several of ...
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Quillen Invitational highlights Monday harness racing
Both thoroughbred and standardbred racing fans are accustomed to seeing their respective stars compete primarily on weekend cards, but this coming Monday evening Harrington Raceway in Delaware will present its signature event when it hosts the latest ...
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The 2-Year-Old Juvenile Betting Guide FREE Download
2-Year-Old juvenile racing is sometimes a challenge to handicap, when many have limited starts. Whether you examine family pedigree, caculate their work tab habits, or research any listing of past performances that display experience over the crowd, ...
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Shapiro’s Los Alamitos Saturday Late Pick 4 analysis
By Scott Shapiro (@ScottShap34)
We have reached the midway point at the three-week 2017 Los Angeles County Fair meet at Los Alamitos.
The second of three Saturday cards in Orange County offers horseplayers a nine-race slate headlined by the $1 ...
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We're Back!
We’re Back! I’m glad to report that the bestbet Building, the kennel compound, and the greyhound are all safe and ready to go for this weekend. Kudos to all the hard-working kennel employees that risked themselves to keep all our greyhound safe duri ...
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Looking beyond the big two in Wynn Las Vegas' Breeders' Cup Classic Future
Gun Runner is currently listed as the 13-10 favorite on Wynn Las Vegas' 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic Future Wager, no surprise in the wake of the colt's 10 1/4-length demolition of the Woodward (G1) at Saratoga on Labor Day weekend.
With no further ...
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Saturday cards offer plenty of star power
This coming Saturday thoroughbred racing fans in the Mid-Atlantic region will have plenty of quality runners to view when Laurel Park hosts a handful of open stakes, including the Grade III, $250,000 Frank DeFrancis Memorial Dash at six furlongs on t ...
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Looking forward to Star in Iroquois, Upset in Pocahontas
By DICK POWELL
Churchill Downs opens its September meet this Saturday and the 11-race card ends with a pair of graded stakes races for two-year-olds of both sexes. With trainers wanting more time than ever between races, you could see the top hor ...
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‘Derby’ Duels And Amazing Aged Battles At Mohawk; Octo-Simpsons Sunday
Mohawk hangs the main marquee in the sport again this week with a parade of stakes finals featuring the season’s top stars, along with high-hopes elms for two-year-old pacers. The latter are handled by the TwinSpires-exclusive blog—the Breeders Crown ...
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Frosh Male Pacers March The Miles In Metro Stakes Eliminations
With the She’s A Great Lady attracting enough competitors to go straight to the final, three Metro eliminations highlight the frosh stakes going on the Grand Circuit-fueled program at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday, Sept. 16.
Elimination one gat ...
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2017 Breeders' Cup Distaff Top 5
With Songbird's retirement, I thought it would make sense to come out with updated Breeders' Cup Distaff Rankings. My Top 5 is listed below. I haven't placed the 5 fillies and mares in order of preference. Instead, I've just listed them. All 5 figu ...
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Top older pacers heading to Harrington next Monday
Harness racing fans in the Mid-Atlantic region have few opportunities to see the top horses of either gait or any age compete in person anymore with Delaware and Maryland both offering limited stakes, but next Monday evening Harrington Raceway will h ...
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Iroquois to kick off Road to Kentucky Derby 144
It’s never too early to talk Kentucky Derby and qualifying for 144 th edition of America’s most famous horse race begins Saturday with the $150,000 Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs.
The Road to the Derby Kentucky series awards points to the top ...
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Deauville, Mondialiste spearhead European team for Woodbine Mile; Hawkbill the class of Northern Dancer Turf
Saturday’s Woodbine Mile (G1) promises to have a distinctly international flavor. According to the Woodbine notes, five Europeans are expected in the “Win & You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), including 2015 Woodbine Mile winner Mondiali ...
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Show bettor has a day at Ajax Downs
But alas, Theydontlikemyname (#6) broke sharply and ended up finishing second, safely in the money. So at the end of the day, if our hero bet $2000 to show on one runner in all seven races, since they won them all today, they took home a tidy $700 pr ...
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Starter positioning, "magic" jockeys, and Arc trials
by DICK POWELL
There is, after all, life after Saratoga and Del Mar, and the European racing season on the flat is heading for its conclusion. The Breeders' Cup is only eight weeks from this coming weekend, so things are happening fast since the ...
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Sophomores on display at Harrah's Philadelphia
While many of the sport's top three-year-old colts and gelding trotters and pacers competed in lucrative stakes on Saturday night, a bevy of potential rising stars clashed in eight different divisions of the Liberty Bell at Harrah's Philadelphia on S ...
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Catching up with top sellers from 2016 Keeneland September
On the eve of the Keeneland September kickoff, it’s an opportune time to revisit the top sellers from the 2016 yearling sale. Of the nine who crossed the million-dollar threshold a year ago, six have been named, three have run, and one has won.
Th ...
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2017 Breeders' Cup Classic Top 5
The 2017 Breeders' Cup is less than 8 weeks away. It's time to come out with my 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic Top 5. I'm not ready to rank these horses yet. I've got a lot of handicapping to do before I do that. I did put them in the order that I beli ...
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Ariana G, Downbytheseaside Win Toying With Foes; ‘Crown’ Countdown Cools Off; $18 Winner Tops Overnight Prices
Top choices that were obviously going to do their best were right there this weekend in a mishmash of features.
However you decided to wager—if you did at all—in the questionable Jug Preview on Sept. 9 at Scioto, Downbytheseaside ($2.10, $2.10 ...
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Scioto Downs and Mohawk offers stakes
Saturday evening many of harness racing's best three-year-olds of both gaits and genders were on display at Scioto Downs in Ohio and Mohawk Raceway in Canada preparing to invade another small town in Ohio later this month while older horses at Scioto ...
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Irish Champions Weekend Sunday: Can O’Brien win all five Group races?
After a couple of big upsets on the Leopardstown kickoff to Irish Champions Weekend , will the unpredictability carry over to the Curragh on Sunday? Or will the pendulum swing back to the market leaders?
An Aidan O’Brien clean sweep of the secon ...
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Sonneteer looks to make mark on turf in Super Derby
Once an important race for 3-year-olds, the Super Derby no longer serves as a prep for the Breeders’ Cup Classic. During its heyday, the Grade 1 Super Derby produced Breeders’ Cup Classic winners Sunday Silence, Tiznow and Unbridled and second-place ...
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Kentucky Downs Saturday undercard plays & all-stakes Pick 4
Crazy as it sounds, Saturday will mark my first ever trip to the increasingly popular Kentucky Downs. While happy for it to be installed at #29 on my list of U.S. Thoroughbred tracks visited, I'll be even more thrilled to cash a few tickets during ...
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Mid-Atlantic tracks to get an upgrade in quality
Over the next three weeks at several thoroughbred and standardbred tracks throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, racing fans of both sports will have the opportunity to see various potential division champions compete in several lucrative stakes races o ...
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Irish Champions Weekend Saturday: Much more than Churchill and Winter
Even with Aidan O’Brien hotpots Churchill and Winter bestriding Day 1 of Irish Champions Weekend , Saturday’s action at Leopardstown provides some interesting wagering opportunities.
2ND Race, Wilson Towers Watson Champions Juvenile (G3) – As a ...
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American shippers seek top prizes in Korea
Last year’s inaugural runnings of the Korea Sprint and Korea Cup were swept by international shippers, and the two lucrative races on Seoul’s sandy dirt track are attracting the nation’s first-ever American-based runners on Sunday (late Saturday nigh ...
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Scully's Kentucky Downs Day 2 handicapping blog
Day 2 of Kentucky Downs features 10 races, including the $150,000 Old Friends Stakes. Given how contentious the racing can be in Franklin, Kentucky, it wasn’t surprising to see several upsets on the opening-day card but six of the 10 winners left the ...
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Mohawk Rides Again With Stakes Elims; Meadowlands For Brief Stint; NYSS Frosh Splits
With the sport’s eyes looking ahead to the 2017 Little Brown Jug week at the Delaware, Ohio fair, a “Jug” preview, the Grand Circuit at Mohawk and a brief Meadowlands meet for features are the Ohio overtures.
The TwinSpires-exclusive blog—the ...
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Maple Leaf Trot, Milton Elims Highlight Weekend Affairs At Mohawk
Grand Circuit action among the older sets are the divisions featured as the “Roaring Grand” continues at Mohawk Racetrack this weekend. Top stakes action including the eliminations for the Maple Leaf Trot and the Milton Pace on Friday, Sept. 8. Along ...
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Scioto Downs earns spotlight on Saturday night
This coming Saturday night many of the sport's top older pacers and a handful of the season's best three-year-old pacers will venture to Scioto Downs in Ohio for a pair of lucrative stakes races that onlookers will certainly watch closely for varying ...
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Tips for handicapping Los Alamitos
by Scott Shapiro
After a challenging yet safe and successful summer at Del Mar, the Southern California circuit wastes no time as racing commences at Los Alamitos on Thursday, September 7, and runs through Sunday, September 24, before moving nort ...
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Cold exactas in short fields
By Dick Powell
Sometimes, you never know. Last week, I advocated the way to make money in the Woodward Stakes (G1) was to put GUN RUNNER (Candy Ride) over RALLY CRY (Uncle Mo) in a cold exacta. With a five-horse field, there wasn’t much value av ...
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Final round of Breeders’ Cup prep races their losing appeal
With Labor Day weekend in the books, less than nine weeks remain until the 2017 Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar and many top contenders are already training up to the championship event in early November. The final round of major prep races, which takes pla ...
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My 5 Favorite Songbird Races
Songbird, the great 4-year-old filly trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, has been retired. Owner Rick Porter of Fox Hill Farms said that the great race runner has been retired due to physical issues . There's no reason to doubt Porter's assessment. Song ...
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Strong Wednesday card at Indiana Grand has several worth backing
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Indiana Grand has an outstanding nine-race card scheduled for Wednesday afternoon featuring four stakes races. The 12th running of the $200,000 Centaur and the 9th running of the $200,000 Indiana Grand headline the weekday slate ...
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Spot plays for opening day at Kentucky Downs
With only five days of racing at Kentucky Downs over the next two weeks, starting slow and revving up play after picking up on some trends might not be to everyone's taste. There simply isn't enough time. Each bettor has their own comfort level, thou ...
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Scully: Opening-day plays at Kentucky Downs
Horseplayers love large and contentious fields coupled with low takeout rates and Kentucky Downs offers it all. That’s why it’s proven wildly successful in recent years, with a record $22,540,761.22 being wagered on last year’s five-day session, an ...
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Using Sabermetrics to Win Kentucky Downs' Jockey Bet
The aftermath of the premiere summer meetings at Saratoga Race Course and Del Mar Thoroughbred Club usually brings about some legitimate philosophical discussion on whether number of wins is the best metric by which to crown a meet champion.
I'm O ...
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Kentucky Downs horses of interest on Wednesday
Kentucky Downs’ opening day was transferred from last Saturday to Wednesday, thanks to the rainy remnants of Harvey, but the terrific card was preserved intact.
Here are my comments on runners of interest, mostly from a turf pedigree perspective b ...
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O’Brien loaded for Breeders’ Cup “Win & You’re In” races on Irish Champions Weekend
With fewer than two months until the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar, the clues will be coming thick and fast on the international scene no less than domestically. This Saturday and Sunday, five “Win & You’re In” contests will be held during Irish Champ ...
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How to bet the Del Mar Futurity
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The closing day feature at the Del Mar summer meeting is the Del Mar Futurity (G1). A race won in recent years by 2015 Triple Crown winner and unanimous Horse of the Year American Pharoah, as well as 2015 two-year-old champion m ...
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Mucciolo: Closing Spa meet in style in Late Pick 4
We have reached another closing day at Saratoga Race Course on Monday, putting the finishing touches on yet another fantastic season of racing. I am intrigued by the challenging late Pick-4 sequence on the Labor Day card and will take a shot at a pot ...
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Stakes continue at Harrah's Philly and Ocean Downs on Sunday
One night after many of harness racing's best horses of all ages and both gaits competed at Mohawk Raceway in Canada and at Yonkers Raceway in New York, standardbred fans still had the chance to see a number of talented trotters and pacers compete in ...
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Ariana G Golden Again; Yonkers Trot Choice Fades; Downbytheseaside’s Wave Of Wins Ensues; Triple Partner Pumps $280 Ticket
NOTE: Sunday, Sept. 3 and Monday, Sept. 4 races were covered in the Aug. 31 blog. Please refer to it for more suggestions to play on this Labor Day weekend
We began on Friday, Sept. 1 with a pair of New York Sires Stakes for frosh-colt p ...
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Lucrative stakes highlight weekend cards
While many thoroughbred racing enthusiasts were still buzzing after seeing Gun Runner trounce his rivals in the Grade I, $750,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga, harness racing fans had the chance to see many of the sport's best pacers and trotters comp ...
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Final Saratoga Saturday Early Pick 5 play
Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good, which is how I felt after the first five races last Saturday at Saratoga. With an assist from the stewards, who elevated Paradise Island to first via disqualification in leg three, and a from Profiteer, wh ...
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Juvenile singles for Saturday Pick 4s at Saratoga, Del Mar
A short field of five will line up for today’s Spinaway (G1) at Saratoga (race 10) and Pure Silver puts a 3-for-3 record on the line as the expected odds-on favorite. She’s never been headed in previous starts and with the inside presence of Separati ...
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Kowboy Karma, Jehozacat worth following Saturday at Monmouth
With Saratoga and Del Mar reaching their crescendo, it’s easy for Monmouth Park’s two-year-old features to get lost in the shuffle on Saturday. But then you might miss the newest Larry Jones star, or the next blueblood celebrity for Lael Stables.
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Harness racing's best set to compete this weekend
While many Americans will be looking to find an ideal vacation spot this coming Labor Day weekend, marking the unofficial end to summer since many schools will open next Tuesday, harness racing enthusiasts will have the chance to see five of the spor ...
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Shapiro's Pick 4 analysis for final Saturday of 2017 Del Mar meet
by Scott Shapiro
Summer has come and gone.
We have arrived at the last Saturday card of the meeting and Racing Secretary David Jerkens and his staff have put together an extremely challenging 11-race slate to start the holiday weekend action. ...
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Gun Runner tough to go against in Woodward Stakes
by Dick Powell
Is there any way GUN RUNNER (Candy Ride) can lose Saturday’s Woodward Stakes (G1) at Saratoga? I would love to try to find a way to beat him but just can’t see it happening.
Only four older males dare to line up against the earn ...
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Road to the Kentucky Derby extends reach into Europe
Churchill Downs released the "Road to the Kentucky Derby" points schedule for the 2017-18 season , and several changes were made to the series.
Highlighting the changes is the addition of a "European Road to the Kentucky Derby," which consists of ...
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Yonkers Trot, Messenger Top Stakes; Grand Circuit Stake At Mohawk With Canadian Pacing Derby; PASS Soph Champs Battle
Labor Day weekend, 2017 offers many features across the continent. We have chosen the best for betting opportunities as our feature events this holiday weekend here on the main blog and on the TwinSpires-exclusive blog—the Breeders Crown Countdown (B ...
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Countdown Corners Yonkers Finals, Mohawk Grand Circuit Action For Sophs
Yonkers Raceway and Mohawk Racetrack will host many contenders for the Breeders Crown in stakes action on Saturday, Sept. 2, including in the $500,000 Messenger Pace and $113,880 Lady Maud at Yonkers Raceway and the $165,838 Simcoe Three-Year-Old Tro ...
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Del Mar training, riding titles will come down to the wire
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
With just six days to go at the Del Mar summer meeting the jockey and trainer races are up for grabs.
Two familiar names sit atop the rider standings as we head into the final week of racing. Flavien Prat and Rafael Bejarano ...
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Parity rules three-year-old class in wake of the Travers
by DICK POWELL
If horse racing ever had a national commissioner, maybe it would be the late Pete Rozelle, commissioner of the National Football League from 1960 to 1989. Rozelle always preached parity to give every fan of every team hope before ...
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New York highlighted the best of both breeds last weekend
Last Saturday afternoon many of the nation's thoroughbred enthusiasts were keenly focused on the action at Saratoga Race Course as the upstate New York oval hosted the Travers and numerous other lucrative, Grade I events and later that evening Yonker ...
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Baffert Stuns Travers Field Again, Also Songbird Takes an "L"
Bob Baffert stunned the Travers Stakes field again. This time, Baffert won the race with West Coast, a horse whose biggest win to date had been a Grade 3 at Los Alamitos. Lest we forget, last year Baffert won the Midsummer Derby with Arrogate. Arrog ...
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Don't Just Play Del Mar and Saratoga
Delaware Park Racing at Delaware seems to get better year after year. Trainers become very familiar with the way the main course and grass course plays at their home racetracks. That's definitely true in the case of Delaware Park where trainers that ...
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The Final Week at Saratoga Has Something For Everyone
The final week of racing at Saratoga has a little something for most everyone in regards to stakes races. While the potential future stars of grass racing highlight the mid-week features and 2018 Kentucky Derby (G1) aspirants will duke it out in ...
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Pocono Profits Pumped By $75, $21 Winners; Red Mile Cold Exacta $38 With $14 Score Atop; Yonkers Trot Field Set
Once again with its unique bravado, the horses-to-watch list (H2W) scores big with two large wins at Pocono and a win and cold exacta at The Red Mile to top its other payoffs. See the H2W list of wins, places, shows and exactas below.
Pennsylv ...
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Travers Stakes 2017 News & Notes
A field of 12 was drawn for the 148th running of the Travers Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga, and the star-studded group includes the winners of all three 2017 Triple Crown events – Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Always Dreaming, Preakness Stakes (G1) ...
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Eliminations highlight Mohawk and Yonkers cards
While much of the nation was focused on the stellar card at Saratoga Race Course that featured the Grade I, $1.25 million Travers Stakes for three-year-old colts, both Mohawk Raceway in Canada and Yonkers Raceway in New York offered a bevy of elimina ...
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2017 Travers Stakes one-liners
By pitting the three winners of the 2017 Triple Crown races and a few others in peak form, the 148th running of the Travers (G1) may help to clarify a muddled three-year-old picture. Given how many twists and turns we’ve seen in this division all yea ...
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Hanson: Attacking Travers Day Early Pick 5
It's generally one of the top 10 betting cards of the year in the U.S., but this Travers Saturday at Saratoga is truly an excellent one from top to bottom, both from a handicapping and sporting perspective.
Like the Triple Crown race days and Bree ...
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Scully's Travers Day handicapping blog
Outside of the Breeders’ Cup, it doesn’t get any better than Saturday’s 13-race program at Saratoga. The centerpiece event, the $1.25 million Travers (G1), is a great betting race with a contentious 12-horse field and the undercard features a host of ...
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Shapiro's Top Four for the 2017 Travers
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The three-year-old picture is as murky as ever in 2017. With three different victors in the Triple Crown races for the second consecutive year and two other unique winners in the Haskell Invitational (G1) and Jim Dandy (G2) , th ...
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Improving Irap rates top billing in deep Travers
“Great betting race” has become synonymous with Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers (G1). It’s impossible to envision a short-priced favorite in the Midsummer Derby, with the potential for eight of the 12 horses to be 10-1 or less come post time, and on ...
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Something for Everyone This Weekend
More great racing than you can shake a stick at this weekend at bestbet Jacksonville. We have something for everyone on tap and you will get your excitement with several different storylines playing out in the feature races. How about a greyhound tr ...
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Look for Cloud Computing to rebound in the Travers
by DICK POWELL
A dozen three-year-ols will line up for the 148th running of the Travers (G1) on Saturday afternoon in sunny Saratoga Springs, New York. To show you how well-balanced the field is, morning-line maker Travis Stone made Belmont S. ( ...
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Shapiro's All-Stakes Pick 4 ticket for Travers Day
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The best day of summer racing is upon us as it is Travers Stakes Day at Saratoga!
The card is loaded with seven graded stakes races, including six Grade 1s and of course the headliner, the 148 th running of the $1.25 million ...
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Friday spot plays from Saratoga
Friday is New York Showcase Day at Saratoga, with 11 races dedicated to state-bred horses. It's an opportunity to boost the bankroll for Saturday’s Travers Day program and I will look to get the afternoon off to a good start with a couple of early pl ...
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The 2017 Travers Stakes Betting Guide FREE Download
Arriving on Saturday, August 26, 2017 is a Saratoga Super Saturday that will see numerous grade I stakes and several Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and Your In" races. The race card for the day is noted as possibly one of the most talented cards in rac ...
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Travers Stakes Day Preview
This Saturday, August 26, is the biggest day of the Saratoga Meet. Multiple Grade 1 races take place this Saturday. The biggest race of the day is the Travers Stakes, often called the Mid-Summer Derby. I believe the 2017 Travers Stakes has much more ...
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Yonkers Trot Elims And Messenger Prelim On Tap; Canadian Pacing Derby’s Dual Duels; Hoosier State Finals Line Up
The second half of the 2017 season is a mixed bag of divisions with large wads of purses for sires- and feature-stakes. We are on top of the betting opportunities for most of these feature events this weekend on the main blog and on the TwinSpires-ex ...
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Freshmen Divisions Lead Grand Circuit Action at Mohawk
Freshmen pacers are in competition at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday, Aug. 26 in two divisions of the $226,050 Nassagaweya Stakes and in one division of its filly counterpart, the $192,333 Eternal Camnation.
Division one of the Nassageweya attra ...
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Collected a major BC Classic threat no matter who shows up
by DICK POWELL
It would have been a lot easier to draw handicapping conclusions if ARROGATE would have won the Pacific Classic (G1) by four lengths. But, he ran well enough when second to stablemate COLLECTED to enter into that "glass half full/ ...
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Focus turns to Yonkers Raceway on Saturday night
This coming Saturday the focal point for both thoroughbred and harness racing enthusiasts will be in opposing parts of New York as Saratoga Race Course hosts the latest edition of its famed, Grade I, $1 million Travers Stakes for three-year-old colts ...
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Remembering the Travers field with eight Grade 1 winners...and Gorky
With nearly 150 years of Travers (G1) to look back on, singling out one for having the best and/or deepest field in history can be a dicey proposition. Having a respectable (for lack of a better term) quantity of starters isn't necessarily a prerequi ...
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Breeders' Cup Galore on Saratoga Super Saturday
Saratoga Super Saturday 2017
Not only is Saturday the most significant day of the 2017 Saratoga meeting, but it’s also one of the biggest wagering cards of the year.
In recent years, Travers Day has firmed up its position as the seventh bigg ...
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Lady Aurelia tackles budding star Battaash in Nunthorpe, “Win & You’re In” for BC Turf Sprint
Ebor Festival preview continued from Part I on Juddmonte International and Part II on Yorkshire Oaks
“It felt like we were going a million miles an hour – she hasn’t lost her speed.”
So declared jockey Frankie Dettori after steering Lady ...
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Maryland-breds perform well and aim higher
Last weekend when Laurel Park hosted its second annual "Maryland Pride Day" as an early tuneup for the pending Maryland Million Day card on October 21, at least one sophomore filly served notice that she is going to be a major player on the biggest d ...
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Enable preps for Arc in Yorkshire Oaks, “Win & You’re In” for BC Filly & Mare Turf
Ebor Festival preview continued from Part I on Juddmonte International
Although Thursday’s Yorkshire Oaks (G1) is a Breeders’ Cup “Win & You’re In,” it’s unclear how much of an impact the 1 1/2-mile affair will have as the Filly & Mare ...
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Juddmonte International: triple grudge match with Breeders’ Cup Turf ticket on line
To give a racing twist to Richard III’s famous line, this week at York really does make for a “glorious summer.” Now all we need is enough sun to keep the ground in good shape.
The Ebor Festival features three Breeders’ Cup “Win & You’re In” e ...
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Accelerate to take second run at Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile
Accelerate has beaten Arrogate in two of their three lifetime meetings, but after finishing nearly three lengths behind the champion in last Saturday's Pacific Classic (G1) , he won't be taking a chance at running up that record to three-for-four. ...
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Saratoga's Mellon turf a case study of firming up after rain
by DICK POWELL
Dirt tracks often times get immediately faster when they get wet but some turf courses get firmer after it rains. Uh? I thought rain softens turf courses so how does it make them firmer?
It doesn’t happen overnight but we ...
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Arrogate to bring doubts into Classic again
Fears of a regression surrounded Arrogate following a track record-setting romp in last year’s Travers (G1) . The remarkable improvement from the first four career starts, including a 124 BRIS Speed Rating 24-points higher than his previous best, le ...
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Fear The Dragon Devours Huntsville; Top ‘Zweigs’ Zap Favorites; Killer Kentucky Kids Are Public Choices
Fear The Dragon ($2.80, $2.80, n/s/ ok) had no reason to be afraid of his major foe, Huntsville, at the Meadows on Aug. 18, because he came up short, finishing off the board to the champion pacer that he is yet to beat this season. We also had the th ...
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