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Debut runners prominent in Del Mar Horses to Watch list
Del Mar Horses to Watch
Thursday (8/25)
BITZKA enjoyed a dream trip in her debut, sitting in third behind a dueling pair, but I still came away impressed with her closing run as the two-year-old filly won going away beneath Chantal Sutherl ...
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Arrogate’s Travers victory earns Brisnet.com’s Highest Rating Ever
Arrogate won the $1.25-million Travers Stakes on Saturday August 27, at Saratoga Race Course. In doing so, he not only defeated the top 3-year-olds of 2016 but also all other horses who have raced since January 1, 1990, when Brisnet.com started assig ...
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Shapiro: How one big score can make a meet or season
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Being an everyday horizontal horseplayer takes patience and knowledge that you will lose your daily budget much more frequently than you will add to it. However, it just takes one or two big days a year to turn an annual p ...
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With Anticipation, P.G. Johnson put spotlight on turf-oriented juveniles
Turf-oriented two-year-olds will take center stage midweek at Saratoga with Wednesday's $200,000 With Anticipation (G2) and Thursday's $100,000 P.G. Johnson for fillies potentially yielding a contender or more for the Breeders' Cup in two months ...
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Jockey Esgar Ramirez Aims for His Second All American Futurity Win
Esgar Ramirez rode Mr Piloto to victory in the 2010 All American Futurity "He was wide, but moving very well," recalled Ramirez. "Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the seven (Dominyun), but I never got anxious." It is the dream of every Quart ...
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Nyquist, Exaggerator to meet again in Penn Derby, but will it ultimately mean anything?
If everything falls into place, Nyquist and Exaggerator will face each other for a fifth time this year on September 24 in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2) at Parx. As exciting a prospect as that would have sounded not too long ago, the questio ...
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Jockey, trainer races at Del Mar should come down to the wire
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
With just one week to go at the Del Mar 2016 summer meeting both the jockey and trainer titles are still up for grabs. Both will likely come down to next week's six-day racing schedule that concludes on Labor Day.
Fla ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 8/28/2016
That's all we have for this week. See you next time for the Wrap Up!
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday, August 29
start of August, I was going to be keeping up with 3 or 4 different Southland kennels each week and checking results from several days each week. People have often asked me over the years if it pays off to keep up with the them and my answer has alw ...
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Arrogate: the quintessence of a late-blooming superstar
Arrogate had his supporters in Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers (G1) but nobody could anticipate the scale of greatness at Saratoga. The sublime 13 ½-length, track record-setting victory is arguably the best performance in the 147-year history of the ...
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Season’s Highest Price From ‘Lady’ Winner At $119; Obrigado Best Trotter With $14 Score; 45-Percent In-The-Money Total
Two days of features and horses to watch (H2W) produced tepid win situations even with many contenders hitting the board but anything would have been overshadowed by the lucrative performance of a filly in the first of two She’s A Great Lady el ...
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Arrogate smashes track record in Travers runaway
Story & photos by Teresa Genaro
In the 147th Travers on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, some of the horses did what their form would suggest they would, and some didn’t. Laoban went to the lead, like he was supposed to, and Arrogate was t ...
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The dissimilarities of internationals at The Spa
by Ron Flatter
They both came to America with group wins from overseas. Both carried the ambitions of the Arab royalty that own them. And they are both six-year-olds in training with stud careers in their long-term future.
But for Flintshire a ...
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Lady Eli foiled in Ballston Spa – by Strike Charmer, and by tactics?
In advance of Saturday’s $400,000 Ballston Spa (G2) at Saratoga, I kept trying to tamp down my own expectations about Lady Eli’s comeback. Just getting here was a moral victory in itself, after a near-fatal attack of laminitis last summer. Surely i ...
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Travers 2016 Transcript & Quotes
147TH TRAVERS STAKES TRANSCRIPT
August 27, 2016
John Chandler
Mike Smith
Bob Baffert
THE MODERATOR: Good evening, everybody. On behalf of the New York Racing Association, we'd like to welcome the connections of the 147th run ...
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Nyquist Still Leads Three-Year-Old Male Division Even After Arrogate's Scintillating Travers Victory
In arrogating the Travers Stakes, Arrogate is in a position to arrogate the three-year-old male division and even Horse of the Year.
Arrogate was 11-to-1 when winning the Travers Stakes on Saturday, August 27, at Saratoga Race Course, and would pr ...
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A. P. Indian much the best in Forego
A. P. Indian made short work of nine rivals in Saturday's $700,000 Forego (G1) , thus sweeping both of Saratoga's Grade 1 sprints for older horses and punching a ticket to the TwinSpires.com Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita November 5.
Un ...
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Flintshire lives up to expectations in Sword Dancer
As just about everyone’s single, Flintshire justified 1-5 favoritism with an emphatic repeat victory in Saturday’s Sword Dancer Invitational (G1) at Saratoga. The Juddmonte homebred retained his position as the divisional leader ahead of the Breede ...
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Cavorting dances to Personal Ensign score
Stonestreet Stables’ Cavorting earned her third straight graded victory when taking Saturday’s $695,000 Personal Ensign Stakes (G1) at Saratoga by a half-length under jockey Javier Castellano.
The duo settled in the rear of the five-distaffer fi ...
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Drefong dazzles in King’s Bishop
Drefong sped to the lead at the break and dominated Saturday’s $500,000 King’s Bishop (G1) at Saratoga, establishing himself as a serious Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) prospect for Bob Baffert in his stakes debut. A winner of four straight from five ca ...
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Haveyougoneaway takes Ballerina to sweep Spa sprints for fillies and mares
Haveyougoneaway made it a clean sweep of Saratoga's graded sprint offerings for fillies and mares with a 10-1 upset of Saturday's $500,000 Ballerina (G1) .
Not only did the five-year-old daughter Congrats add the Ballerina to a prior win in the ...
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How to Bet the Torrey Pines
by Scott Shapiro
The penultimate Sunday of the Del Mar summer meeting is upon us and the feature is the Grade 3 Torrey Pines Stakes. The one-mile event for three-year-old fillies is conducted over the main track and is headlined by undefeated Cali ...
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Travers News & Notes
A full field of 14 was drawn for the 147th running of the Travers Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga, and the star-studded group includes Preakness Stakes (G1) and Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) winner Exaggerator and Belmont Stakes (G1) victor Cr ...
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Mucciolo: Destin-ed to win the Travers
It is hard for me to go against Exaggerator in Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers S. (G1) at Saratoga after his fine win in the Haskell Invitational (G1) where I thought he might be a race short but still pulled clear late, but it is also hard to swall ...
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Seven things to know for Travers Day
In light of Saturday’s blockbuster card at Saratoga, “five things to know” just can’t be enough. So we’ll make it a list of seven, one for each stakes on an action-packed Travers Day.
1. A Travers (G1) victory by Exaggerator would go a long ...
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Tonight’s Run to the Rose: Winx’s half-brother, Godolphin quartet, Star Turn
One week after supermare Winx kicked off her Australian season with a scintillating win in the Warwick (G2) at Randwick, her younger half-brother, El Divino , contests Friday night’s Run to the Rose (G2) at Rosehill. A prep for the Golden Rose (G1), ...
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Saratoga Hosts Stellar Card on Saturday
Preakness Stakes and Haskell Invitational Exaggerator (Kent Desormeaux) looms as the 3-1 choice in the Travers, but onlookers are weary of his fast track form. Granted, he did finished second to Nquist in the Kentucky Derby over a fast Churchill D ...
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Scully: Gift Box in Travers, three value plays on undercard
Saturday's $1.25 million Travers (G1) doesn’t have the star appeal of last year with American Pharoah, but it’s a much better betting race. And outside of the Sword Dancer (G1) with Flintshire, the undercard is dynamite as well for horseplayers.
I ...
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Quarter Horse Triple Stakes Action Saturday at Indiana Grand
Coco Beach will run in the QHRAI Stallion Service Auction Derby at Indiana Grand But he throws down the gauntlet with six qualifiers to the $192,739.00 QHRAI Stallion Service Auction (SSA) Futurity, which in its 17th running, boasts a record ...
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Is California Chrome One of the Greats? Yes!
2016 Pacific Classic - This solidified California Chrome's greatness in my mind. The race occurred about a week ago. Yes, if Beholder or Dortmund had gone with Chrome, things may have turned out differently. This is especially true for Beholder who ...
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Hanson: Several in Travers Day Grade 1 stakes pique interest
A blockbuster Travers Day program at Saratoga on Saturday includes a difficult all-Grade 1 Pick 6, difficult that is except for the Sword Dancer Invitational (G1), where I presume most will rightly single FLINTSHIRE (#6, 1-5). While I probably won't ...
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Shapiro’s Travers Day $1 million guaranteed All-Stakes Pick 4 Analysis
BY SCOTT SHAPIRO
Saturday is Travers Stakes Day at Saratoga Race Course and wow did the New York Racing Association put together an amazing card.
The Grade 1 events commence in Race 6 with the Personal Ensign for fillies and mares and run thro ...
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Red Hot Races This Weekend
Back at it again at bestbet Jacksonville with some of the best greyhounds here in the feature races for this weekend. We have top grade events over 550 and 660 yards and we get another Marathon in the mix for those of you that like the added, added d ...
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One Mean Man takes show on the road to Canterbury for Mystic Lake Derby
Not only is Saturday the biggest day of the Saratoga meet, but Canterbury Park in Minnesota also has one of the richest days of its season that evening. Conveniently, there is no overlap among the two cards with first post at Canterbury scheduled for ...
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Play 2016 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge online exclusively with TwinSpires
Edited Press Release
The Breeders’ Cup, in conjunction with TwinSpires.com , Friday announced that for the first time fans can now register and play online in the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC), exclusively with Twinspir ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Friday, August 26
start of August, I was going to be keeping up with 3 or 4 different Southland kennels each week and checking results from several days each week. People have often asked me over the years if it pays off to keep up with the them and my answer has alw ...
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A tribute to Shared Belief
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Thoroughbred racing has been fortunate of late to have several extremely talented and well-accomplished runners. On Friday afternoon, Del Mar remembers the career of the one of the most gifted this decade with the running of the ...
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Monaco could be Pletcher’s next big one
Tough to dub a horse a ‘star’ before he or she ever steps foot on the racetrack, but I have a hunch we will see a fine performance from a Todd Pletcher first-time starter in Saturday’s opener. In what appears to be a loaded maiden field, MONACO wil ...
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Litfin: How to Bet the Travers
by DAVE LITFIN
Those who make it through five races of Saturday's all-Grade 1 $250,000 pick six or the first three of the $1 million pick four at Saratoga must still come up with the Travers winner to collect.
Even with Flintshire, whose pictu ...
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Powell looks for Creator to rebound in Travers
by DICK POWELL
This Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, one of the best racecards ever assembled at the historic venue will be run. From top to bottom, the races are deep and talented and they provide both quality and quantity for the horseplayer t ...
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Genaro previews Travers Day
by TERESA GENARO
There was no way this year’s Travers (G1) would get the buzz that last year’s did, when American Pharoah descended on Saratoga Springs like a visiting head of state and was treated accordingly. No Triple Crown winner this y ...
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Why is everyone picking against Exaggerator to win the Travers Stakes?
Here is the list of three-year-old males who have won three Grade 1 races this year:
1. Exaggerator
Not much of a list.
Here is a list of Grade 1 winners in this year’s Travers Stakes (click link for FRE ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Racing Names 2016
"Kid Dynamite" Superior Tyson Honorable Mention ToSheetzToDaWind, Barts Iron Paws, B's Ben Dover, BartsHelloImLate, JS Jet Pack, Blazing Pandora, JS RedneckNation, Donald Trump, KawPeeWrite, CRT Full Of It, Killer Happy, BeFastOrBeLast, Whir ...
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Metro Pace Elims Highlighted At Mohawk; Top Aged Fields Fire At Vernon On Stakes-Filled Weekend
August winds down with more money-driven miles, stakes aplenty north and south of the border, as division leaders and spoilers aim toward the championships. At Mohawk, eliminations for another huge race card include three eliminations for the prestig ...
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Three Divisions Preps Move Yonder To Yonkers
Saturday, Aug. 27 at Yonkers Raceway presents the finals of the $118,574 Hudson Filly Trot (soph-filly trotters) and $109,050 Lady Maud (sofp-filly pacers) as well as the $40,000 elimination for the Yonkers Trot (soph-colt trotters).
The Hudso ...
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Wavell Avenue, Carina Mia star in Ballerina
While the Personal Ensign Stakes (G1), which kicks off the Saturday stakes action on Travers Day 2016, looks pretty well matched, the $500,000 Ballerina Stakes (G1) one race later is a bit murkier. The seven-furlong sprint drew 10 runners, includin ...
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Personal Ensign attracts well-matched field of five
Five distaffers will take their place in the Saratoga starting gate for Saturday’s $750,000 Personal Ensign Stakes (G1) on the Travers undercard, and any one of the quintuplet could end up in the winner’s circle in the end.
I’m a Chatterbox drew ...
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Mohaymen turns back in King’s Bishop, A.P. Indian seeks fifth straight in Forego
Fourth in the Kentucky Derby (G1) two starts ago, Mohaymen will turn back to a sprint for the first time since his juvenile season when he lines up for the $500,000 King’s Bishop (G1) at Saratoga. The gray Tapit colt tops a nice field of 13 3-yea ...
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Appearances by Flintshire, Lady Eli bookend Travers
Appearances by the country's leading older turf male and a beloved filly making a remarkable return to the races will bookend Saturday's Travers (G1) at Saratoga. Flintshire will look to make it three-for-three this season in the $1 million Sword ...
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A look at the Travers 5 without Triple Crown experience
For only the second time in its 147-year history, the $1.25 million Travers (G1) will feature a full field of 14. And most names are familiar, with nine entrants competing in Triple Crown races this spring, including Preakness (G1) winner Exaggerator ...
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Yonkers Hosts Solid Saturday Night Card
Doctor Butch, who competed in the Quillen two years ago, arrives with a solid 4-7-5 slate and $160,000 bankroll from 25 starts this year and will leave from post four. McArdles Lightning ended the Meadowlands meet on a roll, taking his last two start ...
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To Favorite or Not To Favorite
When a contest player breaks down a contest to its simplest form, it really is all about decisions. Whether it be what contest to play on a given day to what handicapping information to use, making decisions, right or wrong, will dictate most aspects ...
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Exaggerator receives post 7, early 3-1 favorite in 14-horse Travers
Exaggerator will try to strengthen his hold upon divisional honors in Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers (G1) , but the three-time Grade 1 winner will face no shortage of challengers in a capacity 14-horse field at Saratoga. The Keith Desormeaux-trai ...
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Horses to watch at Warwick Farm for King of Australia contest
Although I was humbled when my latter two selections backed out after setting the pace over soft ground, it was still a profitable evening last Friday at Randwick when Divine Prophet kicked things off with a last-to-first rally to narrowly take t ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Wednesday, August 24
It's week 4 of MoneyMaker Mike's short kennel study that is being done this month and I'm going with 3 more kennels which you will find listed below. The entries have been posted for the Wednesday and Thursday performances and I've listed the kenne ...
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Harmonize, Time and Motion impress on both coasts
We saw two of the best horses in training appear on opposite coasts on Saturday and neither disappointed. Champion California Chrome roared home a sublime winner of the Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar, while the otherworldly Songbird strolled home to ...
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Prairie Meadows Kicked off its 2016 live Quarter Horse Meet Last Weekend
Ajs High, who has won two Bank of America Challenge stakes, is expected to return to action on September 17 Prairie Meadows will also host four regional Bank of America Challenge Championship races on Saturday, September 17, led by the 440-ya ...
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California Chrome’s Pacific Classic invokes memories of Ghostzapper’s Breeders’ Cup Classic
California Chrome deserves all the accolades for a grand performance in Saturday’s Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar, dominating from the outset in a five-length romp. His journey over the last couple of seasons has been remarkable.
Winner of the 20 ...
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Breeders’ Cup implications aplenty from York’s Ebor Festival
Potential contenders for several Breeders’ Cup races advanced their claims during last week’s Ebor Festival at York. Trying to pinpoint who’ll end up going where is a moving target, as it were, but these are the most salient points to emerge from the ...
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Bob Le Beau strong favorite to repeat in NY Turf Writers Cup
Although there may have been some anxious moments when he had 19 length-deficit to make up, Bob Le Beau did so and more when taking the A.P. Smithwick Memorial (G1) earlier this month. On Thursday, the nine-year-old will go for a sweep of Saratoga' ...
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Even without Firing Line, Brubaker divisions hold intrigue
Smart Transition photo courtesy NYRA/Coglianese Photography
Del Mar’s traditional opening day feature, the Oceanside S., wasn’t split this year, but in an historical novelty, Wednesday’s Harry F. Brubaker has proven popular enough to warrant two ...
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Chrome's Classic performance increasingly rare in historically marquee division
There is not much to add in the way of adjectives to describe California Chrome's performance in Saturday's Pacific Classic (G1), but there are few takeaways from the race.
The manner of his victory should not have come as a surprise. Even taking ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 8/21/2016
That's all we have for this week. See you next time for the Wrap Up! ...
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Maryland-breds earn the spotlight on Saturday
Saturday afternoon was "Maryland Pride Day" at Laurel Park as the 11-race card was designed specifically for Maryland-bred/sired runners perhaps looking to get an early prep for the upcoming Maryland Million card over the same venue on October 22. Bu ...
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Time catches up with Glimpse in Lake Placid
Time gets all of us in the end, and thanks to a Hall of Fame ride by John Velazquez, Time and Motion finally nabbed Catch a Glimpse in Sunday’s $300,000 Lake Placid (G2) at Saratoga. Thus the 3-5 favorite suffered her first career loss on turf, by ...
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Midnight Storm wires Del Mar Mile
A Venneri Racing Inc. and Little Red Feather Racing’s Midnight Storm continued his winning ways on Sunday with a half-length victory in the Del Mar Mile Handicap (G1) under jockey Rafael Bejarano.
The Phil D’Amato-trained five-year-old was sent ...
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Shapiro: Pacific Classic a one-horse race from start to finish
Photo & story by Scott Shapiro
A lifetime best Brisnet Speed figure of 112 in the Pacific Classic from California Chrome and a record all-sources handle at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club headlined a great day of racing on Saturday afternoon in ...
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Camp Creek sails to 26-1 upset in Breeders’ Stakes
Hillsbrook Farms’ Camp Creek broke his maiden on July 15 at Woodbine in his fourth career start, but it was also his first try on turf.
The gray gelding proved his love for the surface switch yet again on Sunday when upsetting Woodbine’s $389,433 ...
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Lady Aurelia workmanlike in Prix Morny
For the first time, Lady Aurelia had to work a little to secure Sunday’s Prix Morny (G1) at Deauville.
The Wesley Ward pupil had won her first two starts by a combined margin of 14 1/2 lengths – a track record-setting debut romp on the Keeneland d ...
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SOUTHLAND recap - Monday, August 22
Saturday's results are in for Southland's greyhound racing card as we have now completed the 3rd week of MoneyMaker Mike's short August kennel study. This week there were 3 more kennels that I followed and as I said at the start of August, I was go ...
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Midnight Storm gets double form boost ahead of Del Mar Mile
Already installed as the 4-5 favorite on the morning line for Sunday’s $200,000 Del Mar Mile (G2), Midnight Storm received not one, but two, high-profile form boosts on Saturday.
The horse he fended off during his front-running victory in the Ju ...
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Top-Priced Winners, $18, $15, From Canada; Super Saturday Stakes Favorite-Heavy; ‘Countdown’ Winner
The Super Saturday at Pocono Downs was the focus of all the weekend features and it played well for the favorites, some of which offered low-price value.
Worth the low return was Southwind Frank ($4.60, $2.40, $2.10), who avenged his Hambleton ...
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California Chrome turns Pacific Classic into a runaway
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
California Chrome popped the gate and never gave them a chance.
In what was considered by many to be the strongest rendition ever of the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1), it was a one-horse race from start to finish. Victor Es ...
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Ashleyluvssugar hangs on, but Metaboss is the story from Del Mar ‘Cap
Alesia, Bran Jam Stables, and Ciaglia Racing’s homebred Ashleyluvssugar stole Saturday’s $252,415 Del Mar H. (G2) under a crafty ride by Hall of Famer Gary Stevens. Although the Grade 2 laurel, $150,000 winner’s share, and the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G ...
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Harmonize gets up in frenetic finish to Del Mar Oaks
Larkin Armstrong’s Harmonize hasn’t had much luck back East of late, but a journey westward did the trick as she prevailed in Saturday’s $301,725 Del Mar Oaks (G1) . Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott and well handled by Junior Alvarado, the 7-2 cha ...
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Conquest Daddyo could cap transatlantic Scat Daddy double with Lady Aurelia
This summer’s racing has underscored how colossal was the loss of Scat Daddy last December – from the stunning Royal Ascot heroics of Lady Aurelia and Caravaggio, to Chilean champion Dacita’s exploits in New York, Con Te Partiro’s romp in Saratoga’s ...
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Songbird flies to Alabama victory
Photos & story by Teresa Genaro
On a perfect Saturday afternoon at Saratoga, Songbird kept her perfect record intact, thrilling an announced crowd of 40,000 with a seven-length romp in the Grade I, $600,000 Alabama Stakes .
The last time ...
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Tourist reaches Grade 1 destination in Fourstardave
After knocking on the door multiple times over the past couple years, Tourist finally earned his first Grade 1 victory Saturday in the $500,000 Fourstardave H. (G1) at Saratoga.
Despite breaking inward and affecting A Lot and Ring Weekend, Tour ...
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Sir Dudley Digges, Amis Gizmo face off in Breeders’ Stakes
The Canadian Triple Crown season is coming to a close as the winners from the first two jewels face off in Sunday’s C$500,000 Breeders’ Stakes .
The final leg of the Canadian Triple Crown will take place on the turf, a surface Queen’s Plate Stake ...
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Hanson: Looking for a little longshot magic in the Del Mar Oaks
Obviously overshadowed by the Pacific Classic (G1) but also by the Del Mar H. (G2), which is included a national stakes Pick 4, Saturday's Del Mar Oaks (G1) is nonetheless an interesting handicapping exercise.
With the exception of perhaps Stays i ...
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Pacific Classic News & Notes
The showdown at the shore has finally arrived as Beholder, California Chrome and Dortmund all line up in one of the most exciting editions of the Pacific Classic (G1) ever run!
The trio of top-class racers headline the main event at Del Mar on Sat ...
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Scully: Beholder the pick in compelling Pacific Classic
With leading older males California Chrome and Dortmund, and the star mare Beholder making a title defense, the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) promises to be a great race.
Beholder improved off an easy win in last year’s Clement L. Hirsch (G1), r ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Saturday, August 20
Saturday's matinee and twilight entries are in for Southland's greyhound racing card as well as the results from Friday's two performances. We are now in week 3 of MoneyMaker Mike's kennel study that I'm doing this month. This week there are 3 more ...
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Five things to know for Pacific Classic/Alabama Day
In eager anticipation of Saturday’s showdown in the Pacific Classic (G1), and Songbird’s latest turn in the Alabama (G1), here are a few historical angles of interest.
1. California Chrome is trying to make history as the first Kentucky Derby (G1 ...
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Nonna Mela runs away with Adirondack
St. Elias Stable’s Nonna Mela easily captured her stakes debut in Friday’s rescheduled $200,000 Adirondack Stakes (G2) at Saratoga when pulling away for a six-length victory.
The dark bay daughter of Arch chased the early pace set by Silvertoni ...
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For Churchill Downs Racing Club, it's all about the fun
Story & photos by Teresa Genaro
When Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas agreed to train horses for the recently established Churchill Downs Racing Club, he figured that he and the club members would be in it mostly for the fun. He didn’t qui ...
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How to bet on TwinSpires the Emerald Downs Pick 5 carryover
There is a $15,154 carryover on the Pick 5 at Emerald Downs, and we’ll know where we stand on the sequence early, as I’m 2x1 to kick things off before going 3x6x4 to closer it out.
I have #2 Gold Locket as the most likely winner in the sequence, c ...
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Winx tough to oppose, but others offer each-way appeal at Randwick
While American racing fans enjoy the sultry (and occasionally wet) weather at Saratoga and the pleasant seaside breezes at Del Mar, the sport is slowing beginning to awaken from its winter slumber down under in Australia.
With the Sydney Spring Ca ...
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Sky Classic a good fit for Messi
The connections of Messi elected to scratch from last Saturday’s $300,000 American St Leger, a 1 11/16-mile race that was easily captured by long-distance turf specialist Da Big Hoss, in favor of Sunday’s $200,000 Sky Classic (G2) at Woodbine. It loo ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Friday, August 19
Friday's matinee and twilight entries are in for Southland's greyhound racing card as we are in week 3 of MoneyMaker Mike's kennel study that I'm doing this month. This week I am following 3 more kennels and I have them listed below. As I said at t ...
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Mucciolo likes to play Maidens on Big Racing Days
The Saturday card at Del Mar is a fine one, headlined by the jewel of the summer meeting, the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1). A stellar edition of the storied event will head to the post in Race 9, pitting a pair of future Hall of Fame runners and a ...
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Jockey Cody Jensen Riding High at Ruidoso Downs
Quarter Horse jockey Cody Jensen seeking his third All American Futurity victory. Jensen ranks fifth on the All-Time Leading AQHA jockeys with over 1,500 wins and mounts who have earned more than $34 million in his 14 years as a professional r ...
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Forego was the Most Accomplished Horse in the 1970's
Not only did Forego win his third straight American Horse of the Year Award, but he also took home honors, again, for Champion Older Male Horse. Forego wins his 4th straight award for Champion Older American Horse in 1977 - Forego's 1977 wasn't ...
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Catch a Glimpse’s again the one to catch in Lake Placid
A star three-year-old filly aims to prolong her unbeaten sequence at Saratoga. Chances are you thought of champion Songbird in Saturday’s Alabama (G1). But one day after Songbird struts her stuff on dirt, Catch a Glimpse will try to keep her turf r ...
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What Horse Racing Can Learn From Sommeliers
I enjoy horse racing, and I enjoy wine, but I don’t know wine like I do horse racing. I know enough to know I’m better off letting other people tell me what to drink in certain situations but also enough to feel comfortable making a choice for more l ...
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How to Bet the Alabama
by DAVE LITFIN
A week or so ago, the prospects for a “How to Bet the Alabama” column were looking pretty bleak, because how does one recommend going against a filly like Songbird?
There have since been two favorable developments, at least for ...
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Beholder a serious repeat threat in Pacific Classic
The late, great Bobby Frankel captured the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) a record six times, including back-to-back editions with Skimming (2000-01), a former claimer who recorded four of his five career stakes wins at Del Mar. When asked to explai ...
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Storms can wreak havoc at the Spa
by DICK POWELL
So what really happened at Saratoga last Saturday? I was there and it took me hours to figure it out.
The weather forecast was not good. Brutally hot and humid weather was already present and severe thunderstorms were going to hi ...
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How to Wager on the Pacific Classic
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Many have called the 2016 rendition of the Pacific Classic the strongest in the event’s 26-year history and it is arguably the North American race of the year thus far.
A field of nine, including 2014 Horse of the Year Calif ...
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SOUTHLAND'S 5 Up & Coming Young Greyhounds to watch for in August
Welcome to another Southland monthly preview of the Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch . August's selections consist of some hard running youngsters that have started their careers with some impressive wins and a few that are just ...
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