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Sarah Sis thwarts Living the Life by a head in Presque Isle Masters
Under a well-judged ride by Florent Geroux, Sarah Sis controlled the pace throughout in Monday evening’s $400,600 Presque Isle Downs Masters (G2) and just lasted from two-time defending champion Living the Life. The Ingrid Mason trainee negotiated ...
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Pennsylvania Derby an important race for Nyquist, Exaggerator
The $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2) at Parx Racing serves as an important race for the season's first two classic winners. Unless Arrogate pops up with a superlative performance in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) in early November, the three-yea ...
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SOUTHLAND's 5 Up & Coming Young Greyhounds for September
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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Songbird, Cathryn Sophia bout in Philly set in $1 million Cotillion
In fictional boxing terms, undefeated champion filly Songbird will enter her bout in Saturday's $1 million Cotillion (G1) at Parx Racing, near Philadelphia, as the equine equivalent of Apollo Creed. However, even with Parx-trained Kentucky Oaks ( ...
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Lady Aurelia to ‘run her best ever race’ in Saturday’s Cheveley Park
Trainer Wesley Ward is striking a confident tone ahead of Lady Aurelia’s tilt at the Cheveley Park (G1) at Newmarket on Saturday.
“Lady Aurelia worked great on the Rowley Mile the day before yesterday and is ready to run her best ever race&nb ...
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Wide-open Lonesome Glory attracts field of eight
With its three biggest Grade 1 races left to be run over the next two months, the American steeplechase division is in search of some clarity. However, Thursday's $150,000 Lonesome Glory (G1) at Belmont Park is a wide-open affair just as likely to ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 9/18/2016
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap-Up!
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Living the Life bids for three-peat in Presque Isle Downs Masters
In its short history, the Presque Isle Downs Masters (G2) has a tendency to produce repeat winners, with Informed Decision (2009-10), Groupie Doll (2012-13), and currently Living the Life (2014-15). On Monday evening, the two-time defending champio ...
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Turf juveniles Victory to Victory, Good Samaritan earn Breeders’ Cup spots at Woodbine
Woodbine Mile (G1) weekend concluded Sunday with a pair of “Win and You’re In” events for the turf juveniles.
One day after sending out champion Tepin to beat the boys in the Woodbine Mile, trainer Mark Casse deployed a four-strong force in hopes ...
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Royal Charm Renders $62-Win $122-Place Shocker; Jack Attack For $15; ATB Average Hits 40 Percent
Wednesday, Sept. 14, we could only point players to one show price at Hoosier with our spot-plays tweet. The 19-1 Hot Cakes finished third ($3.80) in Race 9. In Race 7 Ride Wilma Ride (33-1) was sixth and in Race 6 Cruisin On (7-1) broke and was elim ...
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Team Tepin Comes Together for Woodbine Mile win
Those around Tepin in the moments before she won the Woodbine Mile (G1) paced underneath hats emblazoned with the champion’s name. Afterward chants of “Tepin! Tepin!” rained down from the grandstand as she entered the winner’s circle.
“She’s don ...
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Not This Time impresses in Iroquois
Not This Time broke a step slowly but left no doubt to his superiority in Saturday’s $150,000 Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs, offering a sensational turn of foot leaving the far turn to grab a clear lead as he rolled to an 8 ¾-length decision in ...
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Daddys Lil Darling punches Breeders' Cup ticket in Pocahontas
Daddys Lil Darling punched a ticket to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) and earned qualifying points for next year's Kentucky Oaks (G1) with a successful off-the-pace rally in Saturday's $200,000 Pocahontas (G2) at Churchill Downs.
Runni ...
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The Pizza Man back in business in Northern Dancer; Rainha Da Bateria edges Dacita in Canadian
Midwest Thoroughbreds’ The Pizza Man had been experiencing a downturn in 2016, but the popular Illinois-bred rose to the occasion in the $228,401 Northern Dancer Turf (G1) on Woodbine Mile Day.
A fast-finishing sixth as the defending champion in ...
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Woodbine Mile News & Notes
The Woodbine Mile (Can-G1) has finally arrived and Tepin is primed and ready!
Tepin Adds Spice to Woodbine Mile
The contest has drawn a field of eight runners, but none as popular as Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) queen Tepin.
The five-year-old m ...
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How to wager on the Woodbine Mile card
We're all excited about the late Pick 5 at Woodbine, which features three graded stakes including a pair of Grade 1s: the Northern Dancer and the Ricoh Mile with champion Tepin. That Pick 5 is guarnateed at $100,000 with the last four races encompass ...
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Not This Time brings high expectations to Iroquois
Dale Romans couldn’t be more bullish on Not This Time, who steps up to make his stakes debut in Saturday’s Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs.
“That was pretty spectacular but I expected a big effort,” the conditioner said after the Giant’s Causeway ...
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Harrington Raceway Hosts Quillen Memorial on Monday
Mara, who also owns a victory over Always B Miki this season, drew the dreaded eight hole for the Quillen and will need to display speed and stamina in order to overcome that slot in order to upend Wiggle It Jiggleit and Luck Be Withyou on Monday ni ...
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Northern Dancer key to guaranteed pools on Woodbine Mile Day
The Woodbine Mile (G1) anchors guaranteed Pick 4 & Pick 5 pools on Saturday and Tepin will bring a seven-race win streak into her first start since mid-June. The champion turf mare runs well fresh and will be used as a single on my primary tick ...
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Tepin Lends Spice to Woodbine Mile
There are not many peppers hotter than a Tepin, and there aren’t many horses hotter than Tepin right now, either, as the reigning champion turf female and Royal Ascot heroine brings her international road show to Woodbine for the Ricoh Mile on Saturd ...
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Hanson: Gearing up for my first trip to the Little Brown Jug
Despite residing in central Kentucky for the better part of 20 years, It's rather odd that I've never made the three-hour excursion to Delaware, Ohio, for one of the biggest horse races held in the region -- the Little Brown Jug.
Although primaril ...
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Four Bank of America Challenge Stakes Saturday at Prairie Meadows
Multiple stakes winner Ajs High will run Saturday afternoon at Prairie Meadows in the Bank of America Challenge Championship The final contest of the afternoon is the 440-yard, $74,340 Bank of America Prairie Meadows Championship Challenge Stak ...
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Palm Beach Fabulous Friday Matinee Preview 9/16/2016
Top Pick Race 14 - #5 Ethel Is Here
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Mohawk Racetrack Hosts Stellar Card on Saturday Night
favorite to secure divisional honors among sophomore trotting colts for Burke. But after sharp scores early in the campaign, Southwind Frank was second in the Hambo elim and final behind 'Marion' and then was a listless second last week in his ML T ...
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Charles Town Hosts Graded Stakes and West Virginia-bred Stakes
One race earlier it will be the older boys on display in the $100,000 Wild & Wonderful Stakes at seven furlongs. While the Pink Ribbon looks fairly wide open, Rise Up looms as the odds-on favorite from the rail in this event. He won his only p ...
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Natalma attracts overflow field; Conquest Farenheit heats up Summer
One day after the Woodbine Mile (Can-G1), juveniles will get their turn in the spotlight at Woodbine on Sunday when lining up in the C$250,000 Natalma Stakes (Can-G1) and C$200,000 Summer Stakes (Can-G2) .
Each one-mile turf race will award the ...
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Carroll horses look live on Woodbine Mile Day
Trainer Josie Carroll is no stranger to Woodbine Race Course, nor Canadian racing in general, as the 58-year-old conditioner has been a local mainstay since going out on her own in 1994. Carroll became the first female trainer to bag the country’s mo ...
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Runhappy breezes six furlongs for Ack Ack
Edited Press Release
Reigning champion male sprinter Runhappy breezed six furlongs Thursday morning from the Churchill Downs starting gate in 1:14.40 under jockey Edgar Prado in preparation for his much-anticipated four-year-old debut in the $10 ...
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Don’t overlook Presque Isle stakes
By DICK POWELL
Breeders’ Cup prep races have been going on for months and while the “Win And You Are In” events are well-publicized, there are others that merit our attention.
This coming Sunday and Monday, Presque Isle Downs will run a pair ...
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Mike Smith Could Rule the 2016 Breeders' Cup
Defrong - It's likely that Masochistic, a talented West Coast runner in Ron Ellis's barn, will head to the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. Mike Smith will have a shot at winning the Breeders Cup Dirt Mile with Defrong although it appears that some terrifi ...
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Trotting Drums Along The Mohawk; Empire Freshmen Assault Sires Stakes; Wiggle It Jiggleit Races Home
Mohawk gathers last week’s elimination contenders for five huge finals. Among the fields are many of the stars aiming still higher to reach earnings and perhaps capture the divisional championships in the Breeders Crown series. A Twinspires million-p ...
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Trio Of Lucrative Affairs For Trot And Pace Divisions
Another week of Grand Circuit racing takes place at Mohawk Racetrack, with their program on Saturday, Sept. 17 featuring the $363,000 Peaceful Way Final, $350,000 William Wellwood Memorial Final, and two $35,000 eliminations for mares in the Milton P ...
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Points chase for 2017 Kentucky Derby begins with Iroquois
Saturday’s $150,000 Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs is the first of 35 qualifying races in the 2016-17 “Road to the Kentucky Derby” series and a contentious field of eight juveniles has been assembled for the 1 1/16-mile test, which will award poi ...
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Queen of the Turf Tepin takes royal tour to Canada for Mile
Tepin , the reigning queen of the American turf, heads north of the border for the first time Saturday to kick start her fall campaign in the C$1 million Woodbine Mile (G1) .
Last seen venturing to England and walking away with the spoils after ...
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How to bet Churchill Downs in September
The first order of business when discussing the upcoming Churchill Downs meeting that opens Friday, September 16, is what to call it.
It’s not the September meeting because it spills into October (racing is September 16-18, September 22-25, and Se ...
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Bling on the Music seeking validation – and Breeders’ Cup berth – in Pocahontas
Ten juvenile fillies have been entered in Churchill Downs’ $200,000 Pocahontas Stakes (G2) on Saturday, and the 1 1/16-mile affair kicks off the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series of points of races leading to the 2017 Kentucky Oaks (G1).
The Po ...
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Rosecroft Resumes Live Racing
One race later on the card, Boardwalk Gangster (Roberts) capped the inaugural pick 5 with a handy, wire-to-wire score in 1:54.1 in a non-winners of $2500 last five starts class. A five-year-old Cams Card Shark gelding owned and trained by Amanda M ...
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SOUTHLAND'S 2016 Festival Of Stakes Continues with Round 2 on Wednesday, September 14
opportunities and thanks for reading. 2016 Southland Festival Of Stakes - 9 Divisions Barry Baldwin Juvenile Division - my pick to win the division - VJ GRACE THE ACE
Darby Henry Male Sprint Division - my pick to win the division - tough cal ...
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Can’t stop Maker at Kentucky Downs; decision pending for Da Big Hoss
Mike Maker started slowly, posting a 0-for-7 mark on the September 3 card that opened the five-day meet, but there’s been no stopping him of late at Kentucky Downs. The 47-year-old trainer is poised to easily capture his second consecutive title at t ...
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Live Quarter Horse Racing Season Gets Underway Friday at Lone Star Park
The winning connections of Tres Friends. 2015 Texas Classic Futurity champion, in the Lone Star Park winner's circle Dash for Cash Futurity and Derby on October 9 and the Grade 1, $1 million Texas Classic Futurity and $400,000 Texas Classic Der ...
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Is Mutakayyef this year’s Mondialiste in the Woodbine Mile?
That headline’s a bit cheeky, since the task faced by European shippers in this year’s Woodbine Mile (G1) is entirely different. Last year, there was a solid – but not formidable – North American cast for Mondialiste to beat, but on Saturday, you’ve ...
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Rosecroft Resumes Live Racing on Tuesday
[now defunct] before purchasing Laurel and Pimlico. DeFrancis would later sell Freestate to Mark Vogel, who also owned Rosecroft and opted to close Freestate, which had the summer dates, and keep Rosecroft open year-round. Rosecroft has changed han ...
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Sam F. Davis joins points races for 2017 Kentucky Derby
Edited Churchill Downs press release
The 38th running of the Sam F. Davis S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs will replace Canada’s Grey S. (G3) on the list of 35-select races that comprise the 2016-17 “Road to the Kentucky Derby,” Churchill Downs offici ...
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Churchill Downs, JRA announce 'Japan Road to the Derby'
Edited Churchill Downs press release
Fresh off Japanese-based Lani’s run in this year’s Triple Crown that culminated with a third-place finish in the Belmont S. (G1), Churchill Downs Inc. (“CDI”) has partnered with the Japan R ...
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Tepin ‘flew home’ in final work for Woodbine Mile
If any rivals had hopes that Tepin might be a little below her best in Saturday’s Woodbine Mile (G1) – her first start since her historic conquest of Royal Ascot – the champion’s recent works should make them think again.
On Monday, Tepin capped a ...
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Salhus Dubbed King of Australia, Wins Trip to Melbourne Cup
A lifelong horseplayer who got into betting racing from Australia via simulcasts during live racing at Canterbury Park will get a trip of a lifetime courtesy of TwinSpires.com and Sky Racing World .
Real estate agent Brad Salhus outlasted 60 othe ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 9/11/2016
That's all we for this week. See you next time for the Wrap Up!
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Geroux sweeps Kentucky Downs stakes on five-win day
Florent Geroux piloted Da Big Hoss to a title defense win in the Kentucky Turf Cup (G3) at Kentucky Downs on Saturday, and one race later was back in the winner’s circle aboard Mississippi Delta for the Kentucky Downs Ladies Sprint Stakes.
However ...
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Makahiki lifts Japan’s Arc hopes; Wicklow Brave overturns Order
File photo of Makahiki from the May 29 Japanese Derby copyright Japan Racing Association
Japan’s hopes of landing the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) took a step forward Sunday when Makahiki smoothly came through his French debut in the Prix Niel ...
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Catching up with the top sellers from 2015 Keeneland September
With the Keeneland September Sale kicking off on Monday, it’s time to revisit the top sellers from the 2015 yearling auction.
Of the 11 who sold for at least $1 million, eight have been named, three have raced, and one has won.
$2.1 million T ...
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2016 Del Mar Meet Awards
The Don't Forget About Me Award: Dortmund He's not a 1 1/4 mile horse. Anything less than that, like he proved in the San Diego, is going to make him tough. What he did show in the Pacific Classic is that he doesn't have trouble relaxing off of t ...
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Top Trotters and Pacers Shine on Saturday Night
PH Supercam (Jason Bartlett), a fixture in the George Morton Levy Memorial series at Yonkers as well as the Open, benefited from a pocket trip behind Winds Of Change and overhauled that one in the lane to score in 1:51. A nine-year-old Million Do ...
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Monstrous Maine $94 Score; Exacta Partners Produce $88 And $75 Pays; Always B Miki Whips ‘Wiggle’
Two weeks after we peaked this season thus far with a $119.00 winner (our largest payoff yet), our H2W (horses-to-watch) list, keeping a close eye on harness racing in Maine, scored at Bangor with Maras World at $94.20. See the results below for the ...
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Texas Chrome shines in Super Derby
Keene Thoroughbreds LLC’s Texas Chromed entered Saturday’s $392,000 Super Derby (G3) at Louisiana Downs having captured the track’s prep for the 1 1/8-mile contest – the Super Derby Prelude – on August 6.
The J.R. Caldwell trainee proceeded to p ...
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Da Big Hoss reigns supreme in Kentucky Turf Cup once again
Skychai Racing’s Da Big Hoss did not disappoint as the 1-2 favorite in Saturday’s $594,180 Kentucky Turf Cup (G3) , comfortably winning the 1 ½-mile turf affair at Kentucky Downs for the second straight year. Conditioned by Mike Maker and ridden b ...
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California Chrome celebrates California Chrome Day with 5f workout
It may have been California Chrome Day in Cypress, California, on Saturday, but the namesake didn’t get the day off.
Instead, California Chrome worked five furlongs in 1:00.80 over the fast main track at Los Alamitos.
The 2014 Horse of the Year ...
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Wellabled coasts in A-W Futurity but doubtful to try dirt
Wellabled, from the first crop of classic winner and triple Grade 1 winner Shackleford, streaked to a 7 3/4-length win in the $100,000 Arlington-Washington Futurity at Arlington on Saturday, pushing his lifetime mark to two-for-three for owner Car ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday, September 11
opportunities and thanks for reading. 2016 Southland Festival Of Stakes - 9 Divisions Barry Baldwin Juvenile Division - my pick to win the division - VJ GRACE THE ACE
Darby Henry Male Sprint Division - my pick to win the division - tough cal ...
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Almanzor denies Found in Irish Champion; Alice Springs back to best in Matron
French Derby (G1) hero Almanzor uncorked a devastating rally from the rear to collar Found in a vintage Irish Champion (G1) Saturday at Leopardstown.
Trained by Jean-Claude Rouget and ridden by Christophe Soumillon, the 7-1 chance earned a spot in ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday, September 10 - FESTIVAL OF STAKES Underway
opportunities and thanks for reading. 2016 Southland Festival Of Stakes - 9 Divisions Barry Baldwin Juvenile Division
Darby Henry Male Sprint Division
Darby Henry Female Sprint Division
Ness Sechrest Middle Distance Division
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Zia Park Live Racing Season Commences on September 10
2014 AQHA world champion Jrc Callas First won last year's Zia Park Championship. Zia Park will offer live racing on a Saturday through Tuesday schedule with a 12:15 pm (MT) post time. The live racing season at Zia Park will conclude on Decembe ...
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Laurel Park Hosts Turf Festival on Saturday
a game and gritty winner of his career debut here on August 7. Away a step slow, Undulated got squeezed by two rivals at the break and then clipped heels with one of them. He hesitatingly launched his bid on the far turn with little room and proceed ...
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Order of St George headlines second half of Irish Champions Weekend
After a dazzling Saturday at Leopardstown , anchored by the Irish Champion (G1) , Irish Champions Weekend concludes Sunday at the Curragh with a trio of Group 1 prizes. Aidan O’Brien has a strong chance of a triple, thanks to defending champion Or ...
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How to wager on Ed DeRosa's September 10 #BykPix at TwinSpires
There are four wagering promotions that deserve your attention this weekend:
20% rolling doubles at Louisiana Downs;
Showvivor at Kentucky Downs : Hit 5 $5 show bets on the 10-race card and split $500;
Bet $500 on Woodbi ...
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Churchill Downs partners with Spendthrift Farm to create new stakes
Edited Press Release
Spendthrift Farm has partnered with Churchill Downs to create the Spendthrift Stallion Stakes – a new $300,000-guaranteed stakes race to be run this fall for two-year-olds that are sired exclusively by Spendthrift Farm stalli ...
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Despite giving weight, New Bay each-way value in Irish Champion
With all due respect to the classic St Leger (G1) at Doncaster, the most interesting race in the world on Saturday will be held across the Irish Sea at Leopardstown. The Irish Champion (G1), over 1 1/4 miles, is overflowing with quality . It's also ...
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Rumble Doll receives positive jock switch to Hernandez at Kentucky Downs; speed offers best chance for Turf Cup upset
Saturday’s 10-race program at Kentucky Downs features four stakes and the turf may have some give to it with precipitation expected during the afternoon. Long-distance specialist Da Big Hoss will make a title defense in the $600,000 Kentucky Turf Cup ...
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All Distances Covered
What a wonderful weekend of racing we have ahead of us here at bestbet Jacksonville. There is a plethora of talent waiting to take to the racetrack course and try their hands and taking home a win. Once again we will feature top grade races over all ...
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Saturday Cards Offer Plenty of Intrigue and Value
wins and $270,000 banked from 18 starts this year for trainer Steve Elliott. All Bets Off (Matt Kakaley) has been the best of the Ron Burke brigade this season and brings a solid 3-5-5 slate and $470,000 bankroll from 19 starts including a fourth-p ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Friday, September 9
opportunities and thanks for reading. 2016 Southland Festival Of Stakes - 9 Divisions Barry Baldwin Juvenile Division
Darby Henry Male Sprint Division
Darby Henry Female Sprint Division
Ness Sechrest Middle Distance Division
Ansel Styles ...
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Harzand, Minding, and much more in epic Irish Champion
Saturday’s Irish Champion (G1) at Leopardstown promises to be an epic showdown. Describing it as a clash between the top classic-winning three-year-olds of 2016, dual Derby star Harzand and six-time Group 1 vixen Minding , just scratches the surfa ...
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Qemah looms large in Matron on Irish Champion undercard
While the Irish Champion (G1) is an exceptional centerpiece , the rest of Irish Champions Weekend isn’t lacking in star power either. French invader Qemah adds luster to the Matron (G1) on the Irish Champion undercard at Leopardstown Saturday, and w ...
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Airoforce the one to beat in Dueling Grounds Derby
Little went right for Airoforce earlier in the season but the multiple graded stakes winner appears back on track following a nose second in the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame (G2) at Saratoga on August 5. The gray colt is eligible to regai ...
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2016 Saratoga Meet Awards
The Better Remember Me Award: Suffused The Juddmonte Farm owned, Bill Mott trained daughter of Champs Elysees, has 2 wins and a second out of her last 3 races. Granted, the best race she's won has been the Grade 3 Glens Falls in her last. ...
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More Mohawk Elim Action, State-Bred Champ Challenges Adorn Weekend Programs With Betting Opportunities
Both sides of the North America border host lucrative harness features and we are on top of them with suggested contenders for star standardbreds in Ontario, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. So is his week’s Breeders Crown Countdown, which covers pre ...
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Glamour-Boy Trotting And Pacing Divisions On Parade In Big Stakes
Sophomore standardbreds head to Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday, Sept. 10 for two eliminations of the $80,000 Canadian Trotting Classic and the $204,040 Simcoe Three-Year-Old Pace.
Elimination one for the Canadian Trotting Classic pins Marion Mar ...
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Mo Tom revisits Louisiana for Super Derby
Mo Tom has returned to the Pelican State for the first time since running fourth as the 2-1 favorite in the March 26 Louisiana Derby (G2), and the occasion is Saturday’s $400,000 Super Derby (G3) at Louisiana Downs.
Mo Tom actually began his car ...
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Onus returns to favorite turf for Lady Baltimore
Onus was hardly disgraced in falling short against some of the country's leading fillies and mares during the Saratoga meet in the Diana (G1) and Ballston Spa (G2). On Saturday, the gray four-year-old returns to Laurel, where she is three-for-three, ...
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Human Success Stories Abound Last Weekend at Ruidoso Downs
Jorge Haddad stands The Louisiana Cartel on his Texas farm ...
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Shapiro's favorite moments of Del Mar's 2016 summer meet
by Scott Shapiro
As the summer ends and the racing community begins to look towards the 2016 Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita Park, I thought the proper way to finalize the meet at Del Mar was to discuss a few of my personal favorite moments.
With ...
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Los Al kicks off 12-day session
Racing in Southern California moves to Los Alamitos on Thursday for a 12-day fall meet that runs from September 8 through September 25. While this might be considered by some as “down time” between the Del Mar and Santa Anita sessions, I have endured ...
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Da Big Hoss installed as 7-5 choice in Kentucky Turf Cup repeat bid
Da Big Hoss will be a prohibitive favorite when he makes a title defense in the $600,000 Kentucky Turf Cup (G3) , one of four stakes on the Saturday program at Kentucky Downs. The Mike Maker-trained horse registered his first graded stakes tally wh ...
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Juveniles impress at Del Mar
A pair of Grade 1 races were held for two-year-old runners over closing weekend at Del Mar and I came away very impressed with the winners, who look to have bright futures.
Fillies went seven panels on Saturday in the Del Mar Debutante (G1) and U ...
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Surgical Strike Key to Centaur Stakes day at Indiana Grand
Surgical Strike appeared on my radar when winning the Battaglia Memorial at Turfway Park. I liked that race so much that I bet him to win the Kentucky Derby ahead of his Spiral Stakes try. A third-place finish there derailed his Triple Crown hopes, b ...
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Klimt seeks to make it three straight; inconsistency remains Frosted’s calling card
Klimt rallied to win going away by 4 1/4 lengths in Monday’s Del Mar Futurity (G1), establishing himself as the early favorite for the November 5 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) in his backyard at Santa Anita. He’s also the front-runner for the Eclipse ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday, September 7
was going to be keeping up with 3 or 4 different Southland kennels each week and checking results from several days each week. I have always felt that keeping up with a kennel chart is a valuable and solid option to have at your disposal as you hand ...
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Idaho all the rage for St Leger; Nemoralia preps for American trip
A bonanza of top-class international racing is on the horizon, with the upcoming Irish Champions Weekend and Sunday’s Arc trials at Chantilly, but the first of Europe’s fall highlights is this week’s St Leger Festival at Doncaster.
Opening Wednesd ...
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Derby prospects for Del Mar Futurity top two
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
As the summer racing meets end and the big two-year-old stakes races take place, not only do racing fans enjoy the growth of the top juvenile runners, but they begin to think about which of the young stars have what it takes to ...
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Practical Joke leaves co-owner Hopeful
by TERESA GENARO
The Hopeful (G1) may have been won by a horse called Practical Joke, but there was nothing funny about a race that was bookended by two jockeys going down and two horses requiring medical attention.
At the start, undefeated C ...
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Klimt gives Baffert his 13th Del Mar Futurity
Kaleem Shah’s Klimt surged past front-running 4-5 favorite and opened up in deep stretch to hand Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert his 13th Del Mar Futurity (G1) win. Previously a dominant winner of the Best Pal (G2), Klimt turned the double in Del Ma ...
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Ring Weekend survives inquiry in course-record Bernard Baruch
St. Elias Stable and West Point Thoroughbreds’ Ring Weekend found the third start off his lengthy layoff to be the proverbial charm in Monday’s $250,000 Bernard Baruch (G2) . Rallying from just off the quick pace, the 5-2 favorite prevailed in a tus ...
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Lady Shipman wins, Awesome Slew sparkles at Parx
Lady Shipman took another step toward the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) with a one-length score in the $200,000 Turf Amazon H. at Parx Racing on Labor Day.
Ridden by Joel Rosario for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, last year's Turf Sprint runner-up ...
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Woodward result leaves some players jaded, raises weighty issues
Despite an awkward beginning, a weight discrepency, and, according to trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, a trip measuring 40 feet longer than Shaman Ghost's, I doubt I'm alone in thinking Frosted still managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in Sat ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 9/4/2016
That's all we have for this week. Good luck to all players, owners and especially the athletes in Monday's Labor Day Puppy Stakes Final. We'll see you next time for the Wrap-Up! ...
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Labor Day Offers Plenty on Intrigue on Half-Mile Ovals
and should outlast the late bids from Live Action and Machine Team in this spot. One race later on the card, look for Seacoast (George Dennis) to earn a modest slide when he leaves from the rail one week after drawing the dreaded eight hole. A fou ...
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Brown may have redefined how we 'measure a meet'
by Teresa Genaro
In the opening number in Rent , the cast queries, “How do you measure a life?” If the late Jonathan Larson, who penned that musical, were writing at Saratoga this summer, he might have to ask, “How do you measure a meet?” and the ...
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Avenge in Mabee, Free Rose in Del Mar Derby carve out similar trips to victory
Unbeaten 2-1 favorite Sobradora Inc could have taken control of the Southern California filly and mare turf division in Sunday’s $202,070 John C. Mabee (G2) . But after she suffered her first defeat in a non-threatening fifth, it remains as wide ope ...
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Lucy N Ethel remains perfect in Prioress upset
J. A. G. Racing and Jettany Thoroughbred Corp.’s homebred Lucy N Ethel led all the way home in Sunday's $300,000 Prioress Stakes (G2) at Saratoga to post a 22-1 upset under jockey Jose Lezcano.
The dark bay daughter of During grabbed command as ...
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2016 Palm Beach Labor Day Puppy Stakes Preview
Prediction
I predicted Big Red Dog would be victorious originally and I'm sticking to it. "Clifford" should be able to out rush and outclass this field and bring yet another Puppy Stakes title home to Rader Racing . Let the super star ...
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