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Bigger Picture conquers Red Smith Handicap
Three Diamonds Farm’s Bigger Picture grabbed command of Saturday’s Red Smith Handicap (G3) in upper stretch and pulled off a 1 1/4-length victory at Aqueduct with jockey Jose Ortiz in the irons.
Bigger Picture bided his time just off the inside ...
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Sticksstatelydude leads all the way in paceless Discovery
Saturday's $150,000 Discovery (G3) had the potential to yield an up-and-coming star for an older dirt male division that is expected to thin out considerably over the next several months. However, the result of the 1 1/8-mile test for three-year-o ...
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Does winning the Breeders' Cup Classic matter anymore?
One week removed from the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), rumblings suggest that California Chrome has an inside track on Horse of the Year honors despite having lost the country's most lucrative weight-for-age event to Arrogate, the presumptive champion ...
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Looking for Messi to score the goal in Red Smith
The co-features at Aqueduct on Saturday, the $200,000 Red Smith H. (G3) and $150,000 Discovery (G3), are not only interesting and competitive affairs but, for those so inclined, conveniently linked with a Double wager.
Wake Forest is the 8-5 morni ...
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Blackout seeking breakout in Commonwealth
Turf 3-year-olds are featured in Saturday’s $100,000 Commonwealth Turf (G3) at Churchill Downs and the 1 1/16-mile affair marks the stakes debut for Blackout.
After showing little earlier in his career, Blackout won back-to-back starts at Newbury ...
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Meadowlands Hosts Four TVG Finals on Saturday
his career. Always B Miki has won 11 of 17 starts this year for trainer Jimmy Takter, including an astonishing 1:46 score at Lexington to become the fastest horse in the history of the sport. Always B Miki is the early favorite to garner division ho ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday Evening, November 12
Race 2 - 703 yards - Grade C - BIGSHOT MADDY (box 2 ) - A month ago she was running in one of the Festival Of Stakes division finals and now she finds herself back in C grade. This hard running young greyhound has shown a ton of talent and I am ...
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Finals of Orange Park Derby
The last qualifying round has been run and now we have our finalist for the 2016 $50,000 Orange Park Derby. Loads of talent are laced through the finalists with each having a special path to a victory in this race. Whether it be early speed, late spe ...
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Arrogate runs to his training with powerful Classic finish
By DICK POWELL
Wouldn’t it be great if we had the same information every day that we get on the Breeders’ Cup races? A couple of examples.
I had a strong opinion on BEHOLDER (Henny Hughes) in the Distaff. Forget the Pacific Classic (G1) when ...
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Dover Downs Offers Stellar Thursday Card
Then one race later in the $150,000 Matron Stakes for three-year-old filly pacers, Pure Country (Brett Miller) and L A Delight (John Campbell) will continue their extended rivalry, while local product Newborn Sassy (Tetrick) joins the mix. Pure Count ...
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Soph-Matrons At Dover; Two Fall Final Four Elims At Woodbine Opening; Meadowlands Hosts Older Free-For-Alls
Another week of Matrons at Dover, attracting sophomore-standardbred stars, as many freshman trotters and pacers race for berths in the autumn elims for the divisions’ last stakes of the season at Woodbine. Huge four-digit events for older warriors ar ...
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Texas Classic Futurity Saturday at Lone Star Park
Fastest qualifier, Koolnfamous, runs in Saturday's $1 million Texas Classic Futurity Some of the top Quarter Horse jockeys in the country will be riding at Lone Star on Saturday. Cody Jensen will pilot Tough To Be and G. R. Carter, who is the a ...
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Red Smith, Discovery highlight Aqueduct’s Saturday card
Twelve runners, including one main-track only entrant, will take to Aqueduct’s turf on Saturday going 1 3/8 miles in the $200,000 Red Smith Handicap (G3) .
One race later, 11 sophomores will head out onto the main track for the $150,000 Discover ...
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Sir Dudley Digges returns in Commonwealth Turf
Unraced since a second in the final leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, Queen’s Plate winner Sir Dudley Digges heads a field of 11 3-year-olds in Saturday’s $100,000 Commonwealth Turf (G3) at Churchill Downs. Julien Leparoux has the mount on the Mi ...
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Rosecroft Offers Solid Tuesday Card
Two races later on the card, PL Hoofhearted (Frank Milby) lived up to his role as the even-money choice in another non-winners of $2500 last five starts class to score by four lengths in 1:52.3. A five-year-old Mach Three gelding trained by Walter ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday, November 9
Race 4 - 583 yards - Grade B - SAWGUS (box 2) - This impressive young pup is going for 4 wins in a row and while he's only had 5 official races in his career so far, he's definitely caught the attention of many a Southland fan. Race 8 ...
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$4.7 million not enough to part with Arrogate's dam
Two days after her first foal, Arrogate, upstaged California Chrome in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), the 10-year-old mare Bubbler was in hot demand at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November Sale.
Bidding reached as high as $4.7 million – which wou ...
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Rosecroft Card Will Cap Election Night
Three races later in a non-winners of $5000 last five starts class for trotters, Dunn Dealin (Brian Burton) arrives off a sharp score against similar on Oct. 25 in 1:55.1 for owner-trainer Judith Welty, while Fashion Smile (Jonathan Roberts) gets som ...
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Arrogate's two-stakes campaign and accepting change
I've been a fan and follower of Thoroughbred racing for 30 years and have worked in the industry in several capacities for around 20. The longer you're in the game, the more you come to realize that on some matters the clock won't be turned back, the ...
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Scully’s Breeders’ Cup Wrap-Up
The 2016 Breeders’ Cup delivered great performances coupled with exciting finishes over two fantastic days at Santa Anita.
Here are my takeaways:
Magnificent Rally: Arrogate backed up an incredible Travers victory with another scintillating ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 11-6-2016
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap Up!
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Los Alamitos Super Derby Final Set for Sunday Evening
Rite Regal headlines the field in Sunday night's Super Derby at Los Alamitos Race Course For racing fans not ready to hang up their handicapping for the weekend, check out Sunday night's feature at Los Alamitos. The Cypress California racetr ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 News & Notes
Breeders’ Cup 2016 is upon us and the hopefuls are putting in their final preparations for the two-day extravaganza at Santa Anita Park on November 4-5.
TwinSpires.com has all you need to enjoy the action including works, analysis, news, photos ...
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Public Pounces On Feature Winners With Cavalcade Of Chalk; H2W Hits 47-Percent ATB Average
Three nights of assorted features at three different tracks took the spotlights for the weekend after the Breeders Crown championships. Public choices ruled the results and some awful trips and breaks doused our contenders (and some raced terribly). ...
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Saturday's Races Were Well Worth the Wait
Arrogate emerged on the scene belatedly by winning the Travers in track record time then wore down California Chrome in the lane to prevail by a half-length in 2:00.11 for the mile and one-quarter. Arrogate has won five of six starts and earned ov ...
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Highland Reel, Queen's Trust strike for Europe in Breeders' Cup
by RON FLATTER
Arcadia, California – Having done it five times before, Aidan O’Brien was bound to win the Breeders’ Cup Turf again Saturday. The only question was which of his two horses was going to get the job done.
For anyone who watched ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Classic Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Bob Baffert
Garrett O'Rourke
Dr. John Chandler
Mike Smith
Press Conference
Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic is Arrogate, and we'r ...
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Arrogate clinches three-year-old title and in our view Horse of the Year
A potential dilemma in the race for champion three-year-old male was resolved Saturday when Arrogate ran down California Chrome to claim all the glory in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
Arrogate's season of stakes participation was incredibly brie ...
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Eclipse Awards Debate Begins as Arrogate Dethrones California Chrome in Breeders' Cup Classic
Let the debate begin.
Did Arrogate’s brilliant Travers-Breeders’ Cup Classic double do enough to usurp California Chrome as Horse of the Year following wins in the Dubai World Cup, Pacific Classic, and Awesome Again?
On one hand, the back half ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Mile Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP MILE
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Adam Wachtel
Elliott Walden
Gary Barber
William Mott
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: The winner of the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile was Tourist. And we're joined now ...
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Arrogate runs down California Chrome in final strides of Breeders’ Cup Classic
Arrogate proved to be the real deal in Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic , rallying to catch California Chrome in deep stretch and post a half-length victory.
The winner capped a tremendous two-day Breeders’ Cup program at Santa Anita f ...
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Tourist finally gets his trip in Breeders’ Cup Mile
After luckless passages in the past two runnings of the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) , Tourist’s travel nightmare was transformed into a dream at Santa Anita on Saturday. The 12-1 chance parlayed a perfect ground-saving passage into a career-defining win ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Filly & Mare Sprint Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP FILLY & MARE SPRINT
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Ian Kruljac
Mike Smith
Wayne Seltzer
Tyler Seltzer
Eric Kruljac
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the Breede ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Turf Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP TURF
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Michael Tabor
Derrick Smith
Aidan O'Brien
Seamus Heffernan
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the second biggest prize on the afternoon ...
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Finest City saves her finest moment for BC Filly & Mare Sprint
Finest City had run some strong races over seven furlongs at Santa Anita before, but had never won over its main track in five attempts heading into Saturday's $921,725 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) . She picked a good time to end that ...
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Obviously wires Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint
Anthony Fanticola and Joseph Scardino’s Obviously finally earned a Breeders’ Cup win on Saturday, but not in the Mile (G1), the race he’s competed in for the past four years.
Instead, the eight-year-old son of Choisir was entered in the Breeders’ ...
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Highland Reel leads Breeders’ Cup Turf foes on a merry dance
In a race devoid of any other serious pace presence, the Aidan O’Brien-trained Highland Reel loomed as a potential wire threat in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) , much as he’d nicked the July 23 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth (G1) at Ascot ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Juvenile Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE
Saturday, November 5, 2016
John Oxley
Mark Casse
Julien Leparoux
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile was Classic Empire, and we' ...
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Classic Empire prevails over Not This Time as Kentucky-based runners dominate Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
Classic Empire surged clear in upper stretch and withstood the late run of Not This Time in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita, cementing championship honors with a neck decision. Owned by John Oxley and trained by Mark Cas ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Turf Sprint Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP TURF SPRINT
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Anthony Fanticola
Joseph Scardino
Philip D'Amato
Flavien Prat
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Sprint Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP SPRINT
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Bob Baffert
Martin Garcia
Susan Chu
Charlie Chu
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, we are back down in the media briefing room, and the winner of t ...
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Drefong turns back Masochistic in TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint
The lightly-raced Drefong took it to older rival and favorite Masochistic in the early stages of the $1,365,000 TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) , and put away that rival to claim the six-furlong, championship event Saturday at Santa Anita.
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SOUTHLAND Preview - November's Five 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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Breeders' Cup 2016 Juvenile Fillies Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE FILLIES
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Joe Ciaglia
Mario Gutierrez
Peter Eurton
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to get started. The winner of the 14 Hands Winery Br ...
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Queen's Trust denies Lady Eli in Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf
When 8-5 favorite Lady Eli went after front runner Avenge in the stretch of the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) , the laminitis-defeating star appeared on the verge of crowning a fairy-tale comeback. But the blaze face of Cheveley Park’s ho ...
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Champagne Room upsets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at 33-1
Champagne Room wasn’t given much chance in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Santa Anita Park, sent off at 33-1 following a pair of well-beaten runs against more highly regarded foes who were lining up in this spot as well.
The B ...
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Pedigree fun facts: 2016 Breeders’ Cup Saturday edition
Picking up where we left off on Breeders’ Cup Friday , here are pedigree fun facts for certain contenders on Breeders’ Cup Saturday.
Juvenile Fillies (G1) runner With Honors hopes to emulate her second dam, champion Dreaming of Anna , who wire ...
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Shaman Ghost spikes fever, scratched from Breeders' Cup Classic
Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) contender Shaman Ghost was withdrawn Saturday morning after developing a fever.
“He spiked a little temperature last night and left some of his feed. So, we scratched him,” assistant trainer Kent Sweezey reported.
Tra ...
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How Mucciolo is playing the Breeders’ Cup Saturday Late Pick 4
The late Pick 4 starts in Race 9 with the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) and while this wager seems potentially a bit more straight-forward than the earlier sequence spanning Races 4-7, it is not for the faint of heart, either.
Turf :
The ...
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Oscar Performance, New Money Honey take New York road to Breeders' Cup success
by RON FLATTER
Arcadia, California – The early path to success for 2-year-olds in this year’s Breeders’ Cup was through New York.
Both Oscar Performance and New Money Honey parlayed decisive Grade 3 wins last month at Belmont Park into vict ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Distaff Transcript
BEHOLDER - BREEDERS' CUP DISTAFF
Friday, November 4, 2016
Richard Mandella
B. Wayne Hughes
Gary Stevens
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff is o ...
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Shapiro: Santa Anita surfaces played fair on Breeders' Cup Friday
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
We head into Breeders’ Cup Saturday with a dirt and turf course that both appear to be playing quite fair.
Understandably, racing fans were concerned that the main track might have a significant bias based on memories of the 2 ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Juvenile Fillies Turf Transcript
NEW MONEY HONEY - BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE FILLIES TURF
Friday, November 4, 2016
Chad Brown
Javier Castellano
Bob Edwards
Kristine Edwards
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the Bre ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Dirt Mile Transcript
TAMARKUZ - BREEDERS' CUP DIRT MILE
Friday, November 4, 2016
Kiaran McLaughlin
Joe DeSantis
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Congratulations to the winners of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Tamarkuz. We are joined by traine ...
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Beholder Is to the Cubs as Songbird is to the Indians in Breeders' Cup Distaff Thriller
What a week for sports!
Two days after the Chicago Cubs bested the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series, Thoroughbred racing delivered a thunderous encore when champions Beholder and Songbird threw down the length of the Santa Anita Park stre ...
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Beholder-Songbird duel conjures up a memory, produces happier ending
When Beholder and Songbird crossed the wire at Santa Anita Friday afternoon, their noses separated only by inches, instead of having a celebratory thought I couldn't help but think back to a darker chapter in Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) history.
Wh ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Juvenile Turf Transcript
OSCAR PERFORMANCE - BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE TURF (G1)
Friday, November 4, 2016
Brian Lynch
Bob Feld
Jerry Amerman
John Amerman
Jose Ortiz
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, ...
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Tamarkuz rallies to win Dirt Mile
Shadwell Stable’s Tamarkuz took advantage of a hot pace in Friday’s $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita, collaring Gun Runner in midstretch and drawing off to a 3 ½-length decision. Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin and ridden by Mike Smit ...
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Scully’s Breeders’ Cup Saturday Pick 4 plays
Saturday’s nine-race Breeders’ Cup slate includes a pair of Pick 4s on Races 4-7 and 9-12 and I will take a swing with multiple tickets on each sequence.
Here are the horses I will be using in the first Pick 4:
Race 4: Valdorna is one of my ...
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Pedigree fun facts: 2016 Breeders’ Cup Friday edition
Dirt Mile contender Point Piper is the third Breeders' Cup starter for his dam..
I stumbled upon some interesting pedigree factoids in looking up the female lines of Breeders’ Cup contenders, using Product 750 (catalog-style page) on Brisnet.com ...
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Spelling Again giving Louisville owner ‘ultimate experience’
by Jennie Rees
Here’s how the Seajay Racing partnership views being in Saturday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint with Spelling Again, trained by Churchill Downs-based Brad Cox.
“One of our partners put it perfectly,” said Sea ...
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Miss Temple City finally faces ‘good friend’ Tepin in BC Mile
by Jennie Rees
Miss Temple City will finally meet her pal Tepin on the race course in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile on grass.
Trainer Graham Motion twice opted to avoid Tepin, the reigning Breeders’ Cup Mile winner and female turf c ...
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Semi-Finals of Orange Park Derby
Only three races remain until we find out just who is going to be in the finals of the 2016 $50,000 Orange Park Derby, but those three races will be no cakewalk for anyone of our competitors. The 7 th , 9 th , and 11 th races for Saturday evening at ...
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Notable sires represented in 2016 Breeders’ Cup
Galileo photo courtesy of Coolmore's Kevin Buckley via Twitter
The late Sadler’s Wells still holds the record as the sire of six Breeders’ Cup winners, but Tapit is closing in with five entering Friday. The late Unbridled’s Song, who could see hi ...
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Ironicus the play of BC Saturday, plus a $3 million guaranteed Late Pick 4
I'll admit that this year's Breeders' Cup Saturday card has been a more serious handicapping challenge for me compared to the 2015 program at Keeneland. Here are thoughts, such as they are, on the nine races we'll see.
JUVENILE FILLIES: Frankly, ...
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Breeders’ Cup Saturday Pick 5 Analysis
by Scott Shapiro
As a regular player of the Pick 5 it excites me tremendously to get a sequence with five consecutive stakes races that include large fields throughout.
The monster card on Saturday begins with three stakes races that are not Br ...
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Scully’s Best Bets on Breeders’ Cup Saturday
After tabbing three longshots of interest in the Breeders’ Cup earlier this week, I will turn my focus to best bets. Both are in juvenile races Saturday.
Not This Time is listed as the 7-2 morning line favorite in the Juvenile but given the d ...
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How to wager on Breeders' Cup Friday at Santa Anita Park
Anyone who is viewing the ten-race Breeders' Cup Friday card as simply a bankroll builder for Saturday's day of racing is likely missing out on some opportunity to have a truly transcendent day at the races because this is a well balanced card with a ...
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Proud Connections Celebrated Bank of America Challenge Victories
Ajs High, under Stormy Smith , wins the Grade 1 Bank of America Challenge Championship on October 29 "This has been a team effort. Having him run in three Challenge races has been amazing," he said. "We owe a great deal to Charley & Stormy" ...
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Meadowlands, Yonkers Offer Good Cards on Saturday Night
But looking to play the spoiler role in the Classic are New Jersey Viking (Andrew McCarthy), International Moni (Scott Zeron) and Explosive Matter (David Miller). New Jersey Viking has won five of 10 starts and banked over $130,000 for trainer Ake ...
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Colebrook happy Limousine Liberal made trek from Kentucky
by Jennie Rees
With Lord Nelson scratched Thursday after being treated with antibiotics for an infected cut, trainer Ben Colebrook is really glad that Limousine Liberal shipped from Kentucky for Saturday’s $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint. It wa ...
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Bad fall in race doesn’t stop Lull
by Jennie Rees
There might be a faster horse than Lull in Friday’s $1 million Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita Park. But it’s hard to imagine there’s a 2-year-old filly in the race possessing more heart.
After winning her debut by three le ...
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Scully's Breeders' Cup Friday Pick 4 plays
A fantastic rendition of the Distaff highlights Friday’s 4-race Breeders’ Cup line-up, with the mighty Songbird taking on elders for the first time in her unbeaten career. The 1 1/8-mile race serves as the anchor for a Pick 4 along with the Juvenile ...
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What Songbird, Personal Ensign and Zenyatta (might) have in common
Princess Rooney and Ashado had five, Beholder four. Dance Smartly did even better with just two while Paseana and Inside Information had three apiece. Azeri boasted only one.
What am I talking about? Why, losses entering the Breeders’ Cup Distaff. ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings October 2016
*Kten Grace*
Honorable Mention
Go Big Or GoHome, JS Jet Pack, O Ya Sunflower, Tnt Ole Red, Janice Dean, Amf Sunny Blaze, Barts Magic Mike, Kten Grace, Down The Glen, O Ya Baby Blue, Pat C Aden, JS Tim Tation, JohnnyCantWait, Tc's Car ...
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My principal rooting interests in Breeders’ Cup 2016
This should come with a reader warning label, since I haven’t looked clever at the Breeders’ Cup in a few years.
An optimist would say that my luck is due to change, while a pessimist would feel safe in discounting my opinions until I show evidence ...
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies -- Yellow Agate
Yellow Agate – 2-2-0-0, $285,000
Owner: China Horse Club
Trainer: Christophe Clement
Jockey: Manny Franco
Yellow Agate brings a two-for-two mark into Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, and the bay lass could exit the event unbeat ...
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1-horse stable Daddys Lil Darling gives Polk shot at Juvenile Fillies
by Jennie Rees
A year ago, Nancy Polk watched a horse she’d bred, raised and sold win a Breeders’ Cup race, with Mongolian Saturday capturing the $1 million Turf Sprint at Keeneland. This week she’ll fly to California to watch not only Mongolian ...
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Powell: How to develop betting strategy for 2016 Breeders' Cup
by DICK POWELL
The Breeders’ Cup will be run for the 33rd time and it seems like yesterday when the first one was run at Hollywood Park with celebrities like Elizabeth Taylor and Cary Grant were in attendance. The “A” list has been replaced ...
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Players Pick 5 on Breeders' Cup Friday
by Scott Shapiro
The Breeders’ Cup action does not commence until the 6TH race on Friday afternoon, but my favorite wager in Thoroughbred racing will get things started in Race 1.
The Players’ Pick Five with the low 14 percent takeout includes ...
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Best Longshot in the Breeders’ Cup
by Scott Shapiro
The Breeders’ Cup is a time for horseplayers to not only watch the superstars of the game compete on the biggest stage, but also a time to find value at the windows with full fields of talented runners from across the globe. The ...
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Mucciolo’s Live Longshots on Breeders’ Cup Saturday
In a search for some live price plays that could, if nothing else, make the vertical exotics juicier on Breeders’ Cup Saturday, I’ve landed on the following horses:
Classic:
Recent Woodward S. (G1) upsetter Shaman Ghost (20-1) is a great e ...
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Lord Nelson out of Sprint; two defections allow Green Mask into Turf Sprint
Thursday brought major developments regarding two Breeders' Cup races, the TwinSpires Sprint (G1) and Turf Sprint (G1).
Lord Nelson , one of the top contenders in the six-furlong Sprint on the main track, will miss the race after developing infecti ...
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Matrons At Dover; Hoosier Star Quartet Features; Kindergarten Capers Highlighted At Meadowlands
The remaining two months of the harness-racing season offer the sport’s last stakes series—the Matrons—at Dover, along with other late-autumn affairs for top earners whose connections have decided to keep in play as the year wanes. This week, Kinderg ...
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Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Offer Plenty
Then on Friday afternoon Santa Anita will host a quartet of Breeders' Cup events, with the main event being the finale, the $2 million Distaff at one-mile and an eighth for fillies and mares. Three of the ladies are garnering the most attention, but ...
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Taking a crack at the hardest Pick 4 of all time on Breeders’ Cup Saturday
Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup action gets underway in Race 4, marking the beginning of a bevy of sensational tilts on the biggest day of racing in the U.S. It also starts a Pick-4 sequence, with races consisting of the Juvenile Fillies, Filly and Mare Tur ...
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Tom’s Ready indeed! Chrome fever brings Saints’ Benson back into racing
by Jennie Rees
The influence of the wildly popular California Chrome on this week’s Breeders’ Cup goes well beyond all the “Chromies” and extra fans he’ll pack into the Santa Anita Park grandstand for Saturday’s $6 million Classic. The 2014 Kentu ...
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies -- Valadorna
Valadorna – 2-1-1-0, $44,600
Owner: Stonestreet Stables LLC
Trainer: Mark Casse
Jockey: Julien Leparoux
Valadorna took two tries to break her maiden and enters the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) off her initial victory at Keeneland ...
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies -- Jamyson 'n Ginger
Jamyson ‘n Ginger – 3-1-0-1, $55,500
Owner: Magic Cap Stables
Trainer: Rudy Rodriguez
Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr.
Jamyson ‘n Ginger makes her stakes bow in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), but that may not stop the Rudy Rodriguez fill ...
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies -- Dancing Rags
Dancing Rags – 3-2-0-1, $275,360
Owner: Chadds Ford Stable
Trainer: Graham Motion
Jockey: Angel Cruz
Dancing Rags is unbeaten on the main track in two starts since beginning her career with a third-place run in a maiden turf contest at L ...
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies -- Daddys Lil Darling
Daddys Lil Darling – 4-2-1-0, $224,165
Owner: Normandy Farm
Trainer: Kenny McPeek
Jockey: Corey Lanerie
Daddys Lil Darling dropped her career debut sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs at Churchill Downs in June, but easily earned her first victory ...
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies -- With Honors
With Honors – 3-2-1-0, $157,800
Owner: LNJ Foxwoods
Trainer: Keith Desormeaux
Jockey: Flavien Prat
With Honors will be making just her second main track start when lining up in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) on Saturday. The Ken ...
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Hanson: Breeders' Cup Friday a card for action play
The four Breeders' Cup races on Friday figure to offer great entertainment value, the Distaff (G1) in particular, but my stronger opinions and betting capital are generally saved for Saturday's blockbuster card. My general opinions on Friday's races ...
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I'm a Chatterbox seeking to make noise against champs in Breeders' Cup Distaff
‘We want the best there. Larry is not intimidated by any of them’
by Jennie Rees
ARCADIA, Calif. — In Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff that includes an unprecedented three champions, trainer Larry Jones observes that ...
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What Breeders' Cup Juvenile Horses Could Be In The Kentucky Derby?
by Tim Quek
In 2015, Nyquist won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) and proved that the Juvenile holds value in preparation for the Kentucky Derby (gr. I). Many 2016 Juvenile contenders also hope to successfully springboard into their three-year-o ...
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Strategy for Improving Big Event Racing Wagering ROI
In retrospect, it was pretty silly that I titled my Thoroughbred Times blog “Big-Event blog” considering how poorly I’ve done wagering on racing’s four biggest events.
Since 2010 when I began daily recordkeeping of my wagering on horse races there ...
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BC Distaff an extremely rare showdown of three 3-year-old champions
Friday's Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) is more than potentially the race of the year. It's also a historically unique showdown in one respect.
Songbird is not officially the 2016 champion three-year-old filly, but it's a certainty she will be, win or ...
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Detox just to retox: No one wants to hear you sing about tragedy
Here we go again. For the third consecutive game, the Cleveland Indians can win the World Series. Trouble at this point is that so can the Chicago Cubs.
The winner is World Champion; the loser is a footnote to the story of the team that ended eith ...
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What to look for at Santa Anita on Breeders' Cup weekend
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
With just a few days until the start of the 2016 Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita, racing fans from across the globe are not just diving into past performances. They are also trying to determine how the surfaces in Arcadia, Californi ...
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Bombs Away in Round 3
To say that the longshots took over round 3 of the 2016 $50,000 Orange Park Derby would be an understatement. All three of the undefeated greyhounds went down and none of them even made the quiniela in their respective races. So, the points are sprea ...
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