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Jockey Profile: Luis Contreras
Last Friday, in the first graded race of the 2017 Saratoga Meet, Luis Contreras rode Dream It Is to a win. Contreras has spent most of his career riding up in Woodbine. It was interesting to see Contreras take the call aboard Dream It Is. Because hi ...
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Siding with potential over experience in Prince of Wales
Besides the improbability of getting qualified under the current Road to the Kentucky Derby Series points system, on its face it seems extremely far-fetched that America's most revered race could ever be won by a horse making its second lifetime star ...
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Short but select field expected for Jim Dandy
Triple Crown race winners Always Dreaming and Cloud Computing will bring star power to Saturday’s $600,000 Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga. A prep for the $1.25 million Travers (G1) on August 26, the 1 1/8-mile event is often overshadowed by the $1 mi ...
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Enable may aim to dethrone Highland Reel in King George
After demolishing fellow three-year-old fillies in the Oaks (G1) at Epsom and the Irish Oaks (G1) last time out July 15, Enable appears set to wheel back versus older males in Saturday’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth (G1) at Ascot.
The “W ...
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bestbet Sprint Classic Round 3
Round 3 of the bestbet Sprint Classic runs on Monday evening July 24 th at bestbet Jacksonville. Although the field has gotten smaller and competition has gotten taller. Only 4 races remain in the stakes and every point counts from now on out i ...
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A tale of two superstar favorites: Lady Eli lives up to billing, Arrogate flops
If Lady Eli’s Diana (G1) was just the dandy we eagerly hoped for, Arrogate’s flop in the San Diego (G2) was a letdown as gigantic as it was unexpected.
Their divergent performances on Saturday throw into relief their long-term career contrasts.
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2017 Mid-Summer Derby Travers Stakes Rankings
The 2017 Mid-Summer Derby, the Travers Stakes, takes place on August 26. The 3 winners of the Triple Crown races: Derby winner Always Dreaming, Preakness winner Cloud Computing, and Belmont winner Tapwrit, are likely to show up in the Travers' starti ...
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Running Aces’ Amazing $54 Winner; Century Score At $34; Fear The Dragon Vs. Huntsville Next Week
Check out the horses-to-watch list for our headline winners at Running Aces and Century Downs.
Next week’s Adios Pace at the Meadowswill match the glamour-boy-pacing division’s two top colts, Fear The Dragon and Huntsville. Both won their Adio ...
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Harness Races Highlighted by the Meadows and Saratoga
While many thoroughbred racing fans were keenly watching the action at Del Mar Race Course in California and Saratoga Race Course in New York - the sport's two concurrent premier tracks each summer - harness racing enthusiasts got their fair share of ...
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Del Mar’s upcoming 7TH race features Futurity nominees
Among the warm-up acts for Arrogate at Del Mar today, the most intriguing may be the 7TH race (8:03 p.m. ET). The five-furlong maiden for two-year-olds has attracted seven Del Mar Futurity (G1) nominees, including two expensive sales juveniles whose ...
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Exotic plays with Arrogate
Arrogate, the world’s top-ranked horse, returns to action in Saturday’s San Diego H. (G2). Scheduled for 9:03 p.m. (ET), the 1 1/16-mile race attracted five undistinguished challengers and Arrogate should be 1-9 on the tote board as he seeks his eigh ...
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How to bet Del Mar's Late Pick 4 starring Arrogate
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The first Saturday of the Del Mar summer meeting is upon us and is headlined by the presence of the great Arrogate.
The 2016 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner has not been seen since his last to first victory in the $10 million dol ...
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Pair of Saturday plays at Saratoga
A nice card awaits horseplayers on Day 2 at Saratoga and I will recommend a pair of horses on the 11-race program. Both will be used prominently in any multi-race wagers.
Race 8 (5:02 p.m. ET) is a one-mile allowance/optional claiming event ...
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Three spot plays on the grass Saturday at Saratoga
A pair of grass allowances and the Diana (G1) are the focal points for our spot plays on the first Saturday of the Saratoga meet.
Trainer Wesley Ward has two intriguing imports in the 7th race, a 5 1/2-furlong N2X allowance/optional claimer. Evacu ...
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Pedigree notes for Saratoga: Sanford plus two maidens on undercard
It’s been about a decade since the historic Sanford (G3) has produced a winner who progressed into a major three-year-old, so here’s hoping that one member of Saturday’s 103rd cast can erase the stat.
Free Drop Billy , despite his homespun-sound ...
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The Curious Case of Arrogate as an Overlay at 1-to-20
Arrogate will be 1-to-20 odds in the San Diego Handicap on Saturday at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.
Those odds indicate he should win this race 95.24% of the time. It's an extraordinary statement that might actually shortchange last year's champion ...
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Mrs McDougal key to Friday's Pick 4 at Del Mar
The Osunitas Stakes (race 7, 10 p.m. [ET] post time) serves as the featured race at Del Mar Friday evening and Mrs McDougal will make her first start for Richard Mandella in the 1 1/16-mile turf affair. A three-time stakes winner, the 5-year-old ma ...
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How To Bet Saratoga 2017 opening day
Opening day at Saratoga is finally here, and my approach to the 10-race card in Upstate New York is pretty similar to how I approached the 10-race opening day card at Del Mar on Wednesday: I want to hit the Pick 5; I want to hit the Pick 4s, but my b ...
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How to find value in the San Diego Handicap
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
On Saturday afternoon Southern California racing fans will be fortunate to see one of the most impressive racehorses -- Arrogate -- I have ever set eyes on. The 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner returns to the races for the ...
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Free Picks for Saratoga And Handicapping Information
The Saratoga Race Course meeting is finally here, and Brisnet.com and TwinSpires.com have teamed to offer bettors great handicapping information absolutely free during the 40 days of live racing.
The action begins Friday, July 21, and runs through ...
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Horse-for-course angle in Saratoga opening-day Late Pick 4
Saratoga opens Friday with a 10-race program featuring a pair of graded stakes. The Late Pick 4 sequence starts with a turf allowance (race 7) and I like a horse for the course who is exiting a better-than-it-looks effort at Belmont Park.
#6 Red ...
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Pedigree notes for Schuylerville and Friday juvenile maiden at Saratoga
Saratoga is synonymous with promising two-year-olds, so it’s apt that the historic meet wastes no time in featuring the emerging youngsters. Friday’s co-feature, the $150,000 Schuylerville (G3), begins the Spa series for juvenile fillies that continu ...
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The Meadows and Saratoga Offer Solid Saturday Cards
This coming Saturday standardbred racing fans will have the chance to watch quality pacers compete during the afternoon and then well into the evening as The Meadows hosts a solid daytime card featuring a pair of eliminations for the Adios Pace while ...
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Pace yourself and other tips for betting Saratoga
by DICK POWELL
Del Mar opened on Wednesday and Saratoga opens on Friday. California usually races four days a week but Del Mar increases it to five and Saratoga is the last track in America to race six days a week so there are full menus to choos ...
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2017 Saratoga Race Meet Preview
The 2017 Saratoga Meet opens Friday, July 21. Some of the best horses, trainers, and jockeys are going to be at The Spa. Just like every year, summer racing at Saratoga produces some great, gigantic, payoffs. Arrogate, who ended up becoming the best ...
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Aiming At The Adios; PA Parades State-Breds; Saratoga’s Super Stake Sends Stars To Battle
It’s that time of the season when it seems there is no relief for division stakes and the stars, co-stars and string-alongs keep pushing their ways through high-powered fields and high-purse events. Elims for the Adios Pace at the Meadows highlight t ...
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Final Stops On The ‘Trail’ Include Tompkins-Geers
With three weeks until the first Saturday in August, some colts and fillies will be making their final preparations for the Hambletonian in their respective splits of the Arthur Tompkins Memorial.
The $49,870 filly dash of the Arthur Tompkins ...
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Bucking a Mountaineer Trend And Singling a Closer in Pick 5 Carryover
Several favorites look vulnerable in the Pick 5 tonight (Wednesday, July 19) at Mountaineer, including morning line choices of 4-to-5, even money, and 9-to-5, but one favorite I will lean on is #7 Divine Connection--5-to-2 on the race 7 morning line. ...
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How to bet Del Mar 2017 Opening Day Summer
Navigating the initial card of the 36-day summer meeting at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club is like a 10-race choose your own adventure about an international espionage plot. I.e., Who do you trust?
Unfortunately for me as a multi-race player, my ...
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Speed play on Del Mar’s opening day
Del Mar opens Wednesday with a contentious 10-race program and the Late Pick 4 (races 7-10) concludes with a one-mile claiming event that lacks front-running types. I will take a stand in the finale with inside speed.
#2 Anxious Times has fallen ...
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2017 Del Mar Race Meet Preview
Del Mar's annual summer meet begins this Wednesday, July 19. Del Mar's Meet runs from July 19 through Sept. 4. As always, some of the best horses in the nation are set to run at Del Mar. The very best horse in the world, Arrogate, is scheduled to run ...
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Four Horses To Use In Your Del Mar Bets On Opening Day 2017
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Wednesday marks one of my favorite days on the calendar: Opening Day at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club , and hopes are high as we embark on another journey “Where the Turf Meets the Surf.” For opening day handicapping reports,&nb ...
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The 2017 Saratoga Race Meet Betting Guide
Opening Friday, July 21 and concluding on Monday, September 4, the 2017 Saratoga meet continues the prestigeous tradition of quality racing at the Spa. As one of racing's most prized meets and anticipated events on the calendar, the botique racing pr ...
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The 2017 Del Mar Race Meet Betting Guide
Starting Wednesday, July 19 and concluding on Monday, September 4, the Del Mar Turf Club summer meet holds a wealth of racing and wagering action. With only a few years under it's belt since switching back to dirt, and with the Breeders' Cup coming i ...
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Two spot plays for Del Mar's opening day card
I'm hoping that relative back class and fondness for Del Mar will play a role in the ultimate success of my two main plays on Wednesday's opening day program at the San Diego-area course.
Race 6: Among the candidates in this second-level allowan ...
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Debutante nominees abound in Wednesday maiden at Del Mar
While Wednesday’s Oceanside will produce contenders for Del Mar’s graded turf stakes for three-year-olds, the La Jolla H. (G3) and Del Mar Derby (G2), the 5TH race on opening day puts the spotlight on Del Mar Debutante (G1) hopefuls.
The five-fu ...
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Lady Eli-Antonoe clash in Diana highlights Saratoga stakes prospectus
Racing fans won’t have long to wait for fireworks at Saratoga’s 149th season: Lady Eli and Antonoe are expected to clash for the first time in Saturday’s $500,000 Diana (G1).
If Friday’s curtain raiser can’t equal that star power, its pair of $150 ...
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Jockey Profile - Joel Rosario
Jockey Joel Rosario rode 3 horses in 2003. In 2005, Joel rode 6 horses. 3 of the 6 horses that Rosario rode that year finished in second place. The following year, he rode 219 horses. Of his 219 mounts, 29 won, 33 finished second, and 30 finished thi ...
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How to Bet Del Mar 2017 Summer Meeting
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
On Wednesday afternoon the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club opens the gates for another exciting summer in San Diego County. For Del Mar handicapping reports, CLICK HERE .
The highly anticipated meeting runs through Labor Day w ...
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Freshmen Scores Over Features With Double Digits; Chalk Gets Meadowlands Pace And ‘Marauder’ Magnificent in ‘Maturity’
Our Freshman Frolic section was once again productive with three double-digit winners snatched from nine special two-year-old events around the ovals (see recap below for all frosh results).
Chalk was clouding the rest of the July 15 features ...
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Meadowlands Pace Highlights Stellar Card
While thoroughbred racing fans might have keenly watched the action at Delaware Park on Saturday afternoon when Songbird prevailed, unconvincingly, as the 1-20 favorite in the Grade I, $750,000 Delaware Handicap for fillies and mares, serious standar ...
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Maryland-bred Runners, Pacers, Trotters on Display
Saturday afternoon at Laurel Park a quartet of Maryland-bred three-year-olds of both genders were permitted to display their talents on the grass in a pair of stakes, but it was the only open stakes on the card that produced the winner with the most ...
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All-stakes Pick 4 play and thoughts on the Indiana Derby
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. -- Fans looking at Indiana Grand's big card on Saturday night will have noticed two all-stakes Pick 4s on offer: the one "wit" or "wit out" the Indiana Derby (G3), as our friends in Philly might say.
The one ending in the Indiana ...
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Bet the ‘Farm’ at Newmarket
Not really, but #4 Finniston Farm (7-1) does loom as a fascinating value play in Saturday’s Superlative S. (G2) on the final day of Newmarket’s July Festival.
Carded as the 5TH race (with an 11 a.m. EDT post time), the seven-furlong test for juv ...
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Saturday Spot Plays for Indiana Grand and Los Alamitos
by Scott Shapiro
The final weekend of racing before Saratoga and Del Mar kick in to high gear next week is upon us. Most of the top barns and horses are preparing for the spotlight of the summer meets, but there are still opportunities to pad the ...
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Solid program carded for Indiana Derby Day
by Scott Shapiro
It is Indiana Derby Day at Indiana Grand Racing and Casino on Saturday and that means a solid 10-race card filled with quality stakes action and solid opportunities for horseplayers all evening long.
Click here to find Scott ...
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The Night Goddess
bumped and cutoff the former stakes champion. That made this one a two-greyhound race coming home, and each team was represented as they started a battle for the finish line. Pullanallnigther, the female participant, was still clinging to a lead, bu ...
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Analysis of Belmont main track upgrades Songbird's Phipps, explains Keen Ice's Suburban
by DICK POWELL
The sensational SONGBIRD (Medaglia d’Oro) takes on five opponents in the $750,000 Delaware Handicap (G1) this Saturday at Delaware Park. Assigned 124 pounds under the handicap conditions, she has to concede as much as 13 to 9 poun ...
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Meadowlands Pace For A Price; Hambletonian Champ Dominates ‘Maturity’; Frosh Pacers Shoot For In ‘Sheppard’ Score
This weekend’s big feature may bring back some storied memories as we predict another upset in the Meadowlands Pace on July 15. It’s a big night of stakes and stars, pacers and trotters, colts, fillies, mares and horses.
Again this weeke ...
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August Campaign Reaches Trail Stretch With ‘Dancer’ And ‘Miller’ Memorials
Less than a month out from the August classic, the most significant prep events on the Hambletonian Trail are set to go on the under-card of the Meadowlands Pace Saturday, July 15 at the Meadowlands when the glamour boys compete in two divisions of t ...
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Meadowlands Offers Stellar Saturday Night Card
After months of being fed a steady diet of lower-level conditioned events perhaps more fitting of a B track, the Meadowlands will turn things up a notch or two this Saturday evening when it hosts a stellar card featuring many of the best older pacers ...
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A proper visit to Indiana Grand awaits for Indiana Derby Day
For a track only about a 2 1/2-hour drive from central Kentucky, Indiana Grand (nee Downs, which has held Thoroughbred racing since 2003) has unfortunately been stuck on the backburner for a long time as a place to take in a day of races.
Truth be ...
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Jockey Profile: Luis Saez
Jockey Luis Saez has become one of the absolute best riders in the nation. Saez, who usually rides between Gulfstream Park and on the New York circuit, started riding in 2009. In less than a decade, Saez's mounts have earned over $71.8 million dollar ...
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Caravaggio’s clash with sprint establishment anchors Newmarket July
Coming not long after Royal Ascot, Newmarket’s July Festival doesn’t match its breadth of star power, but the three-day stint will end on a spectacular note Saturday as unbeaten Caravaggio tackles older sprinters in the July Cup (G1).
Aidan O’Br ...
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Maryland-breds Continue to Impress at Several Venues
While Maryland-breds such as Lady Shadow and Devious Man have already earned their fair share of the spotlight on a national stage, several others garnered local bragging rights on Monday night at a pair of half-mile ovals in two different states. M ...
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Freshman Frenzy Features Have Top Winners, Including Best Price In ‘Sheppard’ Elims And More
Freshmen filled the agenda this weekend and we did very well with the winners and the winning prices. Our top horses-to-watch (H2W) list winner, Kadabra Queen was the top price at $20.00 in an Ontario Sires Stakes event for youngsters. And there were ...
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Meadowlands and Yonkers Offer Stakes Elims
Saturday night offered standardbred racing fans a chance to see some of the sport's top sophomore pacers and trotters compete at The Meadowlands and several promising two-year-old colt pacers clash in the Lawrence B. Sheppard eliminations at Yonkers ...
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Belmont Derby requires spread in all-stakes Late Pick 4
An all-stakes Pick 4 encompassing 80 percent of Belmont Park's graded stakes on Saturday is a bit of a challenge even with one planned single (and not the one you might expect) in the sequence. Here are my thoughts on the four races:
Belmont Spri ...
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How I’m betting Late Pick 4 on Belmont’s Stars and Stripes Racing Festival
Today’s $1.2 million Belmont Derby (G1) is ripe for an up-and-coming turf sophomore. I’m not keen on stakes veterans Oscar Performance, Good Samaritan, Ticonderoga and Big Score – they’ve taken turns beating each other with little separating the pack ...
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International scouting report: Belmont Derby Invitational
Pia Brandt isn’t a household name among American racing fans, but the French-based trainer sends out the most straightforward European challenger in Saturday’s $1.2 million Belmont Derby Invitational (G1).
Called to the Bar , despite not having a ...
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Meadowlands Pace Elims Take Center Stage
This weekend and perhaps each weekend into August, the Meadowlands will be the focal point of many of harness racings biggest owners, trainers, drivers and fans as Saturday night's card offers a handful of stakes including the famed Meadowlands Pace ...
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International scouting report: Belmont Oaks Invitational
Although repackaged as the $1 million Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1) in 2014, and accordingly luring international shippers, New York’s premier contest for three-year-old turf fillies has continued to go the way of U.S.-based performers.
That tren ...
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Ignoring Finest City in Saturday's Late Pick 4 at Los Alamitos
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The first of two Saturday afternoon cards during the short Los Alamitos summer meeting offers a late Pick 4 sequence starting in Race 6 that is headlined by the Great Lady M (G2) featuring 2016 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprin ...
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Weekend Feature Races
Another great weekend of greyhound racing is upon us with loads of talent on tap. We have several top-grade events over 550 and 660 yards to watch and wager on, so let’s see if we can get you cashing some tickets this weekend at bestbet Jacksonville. ...
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How I’m betting the Iowa Derby
Most of the runners in the $250,000 Iowa Derby (G3) are seeking a measure of redemption following recent setbacks, but McCormick enters on the upswing for Ian Wilkes. The intriguing 3-year-old will bring a two-race win streak into his stakes debut ...
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Stars and Stripes Racing Festival looks pretty special
by Dick Powell
Whether you like grouping big races on a single day, I have to admit that Saturday’s card at Belmont Park looks like it will be pretty special.
Billed as the Stars and Stripes Racing Festival, even though most of us celebrated t ...
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Meadowlands Pace Battle For Berths; Four-Year-Old Graduates Finals Featured; ‘Sheppard’ Sends Froshes At Yonkers
The heat is on. July takes off and the two-year-old season blossoms with it. You will find a few frosh stakes events as our features as well as the continuation of our Freshmen Frolic section, where we aim to sensationalize on the early two-year-old ...
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Trotters Continue Preps for Hambletonian In Final Month
A week out from the Del Miller and Stanley Dancer Memorials, drawing to the end of the Hambletonian Trail, colts and fillies readying for the first Saturday in August will be in competition this weekend, with fillies competing in the $41,880 Reynolds ...
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How to play Los Alamitos
by Scott Shapiro
The landscape changes on Thursday as the Southern California circuit moves from Santa Anita Park to Orange County for a two week stop at Los Alamitos Race Course before things get rolling at Del Mar on July 19 for their highly an ...
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Smashing performances ahead of Del Mar and Saratoga
This is typically a slow time for Thoroughbred racing, with highly-anticipated openings of Del Mar and Saratoga only a couple of weeks away, but a number of performances stood out in the five-day period between June 30 and July 4.
And most of thes ...
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Maryland-breds Take Center Stage
On Sunday and Monday evenings Ocean Downs offered nearly a dozen Maryland Standardbred Race Fund events for three-year-old trotters and pacers in the wake of Saturday night's Sun Stakes card at Pocono Downs where one Maryland-bred trotter perhaps asc ...
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Queen’s Plate Day Takeaways
HOLY HELENA is for real . Stronach Stables’ Holy Helena was a clear favorite for Sunday’s $1 million Queen’s Plate S. and delivered with authority. The Jimmy Jerkens trainee was alert early on, moved to the fore with ease turning for home and proved ...
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Pavel soars in debut
Saturday played host to some fine racing action with big stakes races taking place across the country. But first-time starter PAVEL stood out most to me, posting a superb score in the 6TH Race at Santa Anita July 1.
A sophomore son of Creative Cau ...
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Astute handicapping needed in Santa Anita closing day Late Pick 4
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Not only is Tuesday the celebration of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, but also it is closing day of the spring/summer meeting at Santa Anita.
A challenging 10-race slate should present some lucrative payou ...
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H-Trail Treasure Wins At $32, Ignites $101 Exacta, $151 Trifecta; Fear The Dragon Fires Again At Pocono; Frosh Score Is Big Across The Board
Fear The Dragon ($3.00, $2.10, $2.10 ok), our early pick for soph-pacing champion, took the big-money event for his division, the Max Hempt Memorial Final as part of the Sun Stakes Saturday program at Pocono Downs. Though we lost with “Fear” in his o ...
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Palm Beach Final Top 10 Rankings and Races 2016-2017 Season
That's a wrap on the season folks! I hope you enjoyed following along, as much as I enjoyed covering it. What stories will dominate the headlines in 2017-18? Stay tuned to find out! ...
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Arlington Park Preview Day on July 8
Belmont Park isn't the only racetrack running a festival on July 8. The Arlington Park Millions Preview Day also takes place on July 8. Although more well-known horses take to the turf at Belmont in the Stars and Stripes Festival, horseplayer should ...
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How To Bet the Queen’s Plate 2017 Superfecta
Those who follow my near-daily wagering exploits know that I’m a big fan of multi-race wagers, which makes Sunday’s 13-race Queen’s Plate day card at Woodbine a must play for me give the guaranteed pools in the Pick 5s (races 2 & 6) and Pick 4s ...
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How I'm betting the Queen's Plate
Canadian Racing Hall of Fame member Mark Casse has enjoyed so many great moments at Woodbine that I'll be betting on him having another Sunday in the C$1 million Queen's Plate, a race he won for the first time three years ago with the filly Lexie Lou ...
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Playing the Pick 5 on Queen’s Plate Day
Sunday is Queen’s Plate Day and Woodbine is offering a Pick 5 culminating with the 158th running of the Canadian classic. Here are my thoughts on the sequence and the ticket I will be playing:
Race 6, King Edward (G2) : The Pick 5 kicks off wit ...
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Five things to know for the Queen’s Plate
The oldest continuously held race in North America, the Queen’s Plate, will be contested for the 158th time on Sunday . The 1 1/4-mile classic is the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, also comprising the Prince of Wales and the Breeders’ S., ...
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Pocono Downs Offers Stakes-filled Card on Saturday Night
One night after harness racing fans everywhere bid a fond farewell to Hall of Fame driver John Campbell following his final night of competition on Friday evening at the Meadowlands in New Jersey, many serious standardbred fans focused their attentio ...
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Meadowlands Highlights the Old and the New
In the span of less than 24 hours this weekend the Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey bid a fond farewell to a legendary driver while perhaps welcoming several future stars into the mix. On Friday night Hall of Fame driver John Campbell competed in ...
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Will Malibu remain a Secret after Queen’s Plate?
When conservative conditioner Malcolm Pierce entered MALIBU SECRET in the Vandal S. for his lifetime debut as a juvenile in 2016, it was a sign to me that he thought that he had a very good one in his hands. The son of Malibu Moon finished a strong s ...
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Taking down the Pick 5 on Queen’s Plate Day
An outstanding card with 13 races, led by the $1 million Queen’s Plate, will be hosted by Woodbine on Sunday. I will take aim at cashing in on the Pick 5, which starts in Race 6 and concludes with the featured event.
Race 6, King Edward S. (G2) : ...
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Spot Plays for Sunday and Monday at Santa Anita Park
by Scott Shapiro
Happy Independence Day weekend to you and yours!
Most folks have a lot more than horse racing going on as we approach the Fourth of July on Tuesday. Time spent with family and friends over the next couple days can be some of t ...
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Challenging Santa Anita Pick 4 has potential to pay well
by Scott Shapiro
The final Saturday afternoon card of the Santa Anita spring meeting is upon us and the 10-race slate includes a challenging late Pick 4 that has the potential to pay well.
The 55th running of the $100,000 Grade 3 Wilshire Stak ...
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How to bet the Pick 6 on June 30 at Churchill Downs
It’s closing night at Churchill Downs, which means everything must go in the carryover pools: the $3,375 Super High 5 on the 11 th (last) race and the $146,754 Single (Pick 6) jackpot, which isn’t a jackpot on the final day of the spring-summer meet ...
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Jackpot 6 ticket seeks to capitalize upon Romans single
The pool for Friday’s mandatory Jackpot 6 payout at Churchill Downs is expected to exceed $1 million and a nice card awaits horseplayers. The sequence begins in Race 5, which is scheduled for 7:57 p.m. (EDT) on the Downs After Dark closing-day progra ...
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Queen's Plate Betting Guide offers insights and analysis
The field is now set for the 158th running of the Queen’s Plate, the longest continuously run race in North American and the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown.
TwinSpires.com is ready for all the action with its FREE Queen’s Plate Bet ...
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Battle of the Sexes Final
Another great stake event at bestbet Jacksonville is upon us! The 2017 edition of the Battle of the Sexes will take place on Saturday evening July 1 st in the 11 th race on the card. It will be the top 4 Females vs. the top 4 Males in this contest, ...
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Expect more turf racing and a compelling trainer’s race at Saratoga
By Dick Powell
As we head into July, I often get asked by people who see me in Saratoga, “How do you get ready for the meet?” I usually respond with a shriek and break out into a cold sweat. “Saratoga is opening in three weeks? OMG!” ...
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Even at Royal Ascot Pace Makes the Race
Sometimes, it takes a while to realize the mistakes that you've made. As horseplayers, we've all developed a particular method of studying racing forms. Some of us first look at speed ratings. Some of us prefer to look at pace ratings. Some of us, li ...
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Sun Stakes Saturday At Pocono Promises Fast Miles With Big Purses For Finals And Consolations
The July 4 weekend will be colorful in the Pennsylvania mountains as Pocono Downs presents its Sun Stakes Saturday on the month’s first day. After a mixture of results in last weeks elims, top trotters and pacers compete for the big finals’ prizes, a ...
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Earl Beals Bestow Bright Betting Opportunities for Hambo And ‘Oaks’ Hopefuls
Pocono Downs’ Saturday stakes-packed program includes dashes for the Hambletonian hopefuls, competing in the $75,000 consolation for the Earl Beal Jr. Memorial and the $500,000 final on July 1.
The consolation only includes two ineligibles, wi ...
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Stakes Action Takes Center Stage on Saturday Night
While many harness racing enthusiasts will focus their attention on the Meadowlands on Friday night when Hall of Fame driver John Campbell climbs into the bike for the final time at the New Jersey one-mile oval, serious and novice standardbred fans a ...
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Hall of Fame Driver John Campbell Bids Farewell on Friday Night
Midway through the Friday evening program at The Meadowlands, the one-mile harness racing venue in New Jersey that he helped transform into the sport's mecca in the 1980's and 1990's, Hall of Fame driver John Campbell will climb into the bike for the ...
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Belmont Stars and Stripes Festival on July 8 Key Date for Saratoga
The 2017 Saratoga Race Meet starts on July 21. The meet ends on September 4. We've got almost a whole month before some of the best horses, trainers, and jockeys in the world hit up The Spa for another great Saratoga Race Meet. But, we have precious ...
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Pedigree notes for Bashford Manor, Debutante
It’s early days yet as far as the two-year-olds are concerned, but Friday night’s Bashford Manor (G3) features a handful of smart pedigrees with the scope to progress from here.
Might at least one or two graduate from Churchill Downs’ closing nigh ...
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Is Summer the New Time for Baffert Three Year Olds?
For years, pretty much since 1996, Bob Baffert has been known as the King Trainer of the Triple Crown. Cavonnier finished second in the 1996 Kentucky Derby. In 1997, Baffert won the Derby and Preakness with Silver Charm. He repeated the feat in 1998 ...
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