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My Favorite 4 Geldings of All Time

Sun Feb 05 2017D.S. Williamson

Funny Cide Funny Cide finished second to Empire Maker in the Wood Memorial. He turned the tables on that rival in the 2003 Kentucky Derby. Empire Maker, who was around a 2 to 1 favorite, showed up the day of the race with a slight injury. It was not ...
500 Things We Learned From Saturday’s Prep Races

Sun Feb 05 2017Ed DeRosa

El Areeb and Irish War Cry are who I thought they were Sure, I didn't bet either of them (or in the case of Irish War Cry even pick to win his race), but their Brisnet.com Speed Ratings and how they earned them stuck out among this ...
Miami Pick-3 Leg Delivers Two Winners And $124 Exacta; $29 Pompano Hit Is Best Spot Win

Sun Feb 05 2017TwinSpires Staff

Along with a few double-digit winners from the horses-to-watch list (H2W—see below), our personal features produced a few winners and within the two-of-three winners in the Miami Valley Pick 3, a three-digit Exacta. So, we’ll begin this week’s update ...
Irish War Cry dominates on the lead, Classic Empire disappoints in Holy Bull; El Areeb much the best in Withers

Sun Feb 05 2017James Scully

It’s early February but Saturday proved to be a big day in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, with top contenders in play in two of the three points’ races offered. The $350,000 Holy Bull (G2) came last in the sequence but proved to be the ...
Highalator Unveils Potential at Big M

Sun Feb 05 2017Ted Black

A sophomore son of Somebeachsomewhere trained by Jenny Bier for owner-breeders Daryl Bier and Charles Dombeck, Highalator notched his second straight score and now owns three wins from five career tries. Highalator had won his previous start at Dover ...
ROUND 1 of Southland's $20,000 IRON DOG CHALLENGE STAKES Highlights Sunday's Schedule

Sun Feb 05 2017MoneyMaker Mike

Race 13 - 583 yard course - Grade SAA BGR Z Z TOP - box 1 XKT JON SCHNABEL - box 2 BARTS GIRL - box 3 KELSOS KILLER - box 4 BRASKA DALE - box 5 - my pick to win the title TNT YUKON GOLD - box 6 PJ IAINTMADATYOU - box 7 KL'S FINN - bo ...

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Three-year-olds Embark on Derby Trail

Sun Feb 05 2017Ted Black

Then just over an hour later, Irish War Cry gained command soon after the break and led throughout to capture the Grade II, $350,000 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Irish War Cry maintained the perfect start to his career with his third straight ...
Kentucky Derby potential of the Robert B. Lewis competitors

Sun Feb 05 2017TwinSpires Staff

Story and Photo by Scott Shapiro Saturday’s Grade 3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes is the second three-year-old race this year at Santa Anita Park to reward Kentucky Derby points to the top four finishers. The Lewis has often produced top contenders f ...
Withers romper El Areeb has ‘done everything we’ve asked of him, and then some’

Sat Feb 04 2017TwinSpires Staff

Story and photo by Teresa Genaro At the Ocala Breeders’ Sale of two-year-olds in training last March, trainer Cathal Lynch and bloodstock agent Glenn Brok went to $625,000 to buy a son of Curlin. Named Undulated, he went on to finish second in th ...
‘Tis the Season for Schooling Races

Sat Feb 04 2017

Rdd Lajollanfastdash won the $273,054 Mardi Gras Futurity last March at Louisiana Downs However, don’t dismiss a horse from consideration based on an unruly schooling race showing. Additional gate work in the morning can be added to their train ...
Mucciolo’s Sophomore Spotlight

Sat Feb 04 2017John Mucciolo

Swale: In this seven-furlong dash at Gulfstream Park, I think the outcome will boil down to the top two choices on the morning line. THREE RULES did not factor in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), suffering his lone defeat to date, though the son ...
Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds Share Center Stage on Saturday

Sat Feb 04 2017Ted Black

Across the Hudson River at the Meadowlands on Saturday night, the second half of the early daily double is an intriguing non-winners of two races or $20,000 lifetime event for younger horses. Dover Downs invader Highlander (Victor Kirby) won his most ...
Thoughts on Saturday's Derby preps for the $25,000 Kentucky Derby Dream Bet

Fri Feb 03 2017Vance Hanson

The $25,000 Kentucky Derby Dream Bet is back at TwinSpires.com! The qualifying round is simple enough: cash a $5 Win bet on a single horse in any of the 16 Derby preps between Saturday and March 26, and you advance to the Final Round, which will be ...

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