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Top 5 Women Trainers of 2015

Wed Jan 06 2016D.S. Williamson

89. Josie Carroll -  One of Josie Carroll's most impressive horses in 2015 was Gamble's Ghost. Carroll is known for winning races at Woodbine, her home track. She was born in Ontario. Her 2015 was spectacular based on the number of horses that she s ...
Purses rise for several Keeneland Spring meet stakes

Wed Jan 06 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Keeneland on Wednesday a $4.225 million stakes schedule for its 2016 Spring Meet that offers 16 stakes, led by the $1 million Blue Grass (G1), the $500,000 Ashland (G1), the $350,000 Jenny Wiley (G1), which carries a purse in ...
2015 Eclipse Award finalists revealed

Wed Jan 06 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Led by Horse of the Year candidates American Pharoah, Beholder and Runhappy, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) on Wednesday announ ...
2015 Reilly Turf Awards - International Edition

Wed Jan 06 2016Kellie Reilly

Following on from the U.S. edition of the 2015 Reilly Turf Awards , let’s turn to the most memorable performances on the international front. MOST PLEASANT SURPRISE Golden Horn entered the season as a promising debut winner for John Gosden ...
Louisiana Downs Quarter Horse Meet Begins on January 9

Wed Jan 06 2016

Jockey Raul Ramirez, Jr. will have a full book in the 2016 Louisiana Downs Quarter Horse meet The 2016 Louisiana Downs Quarter Horse meet kicks off on Saturday, January 9. Located near Shreveport, Louisiana Downs’ will offer 11 stakes, inclu ...
Trotters highlight Wednesday card at Dover Downs

Tue Jan 05 2016Ted Black

Standardbred tracks often offer a pair of trotting events on an average program, but the Wednesday card at Dover Downs will feature 11 trotting events among the 15 events contested. Harness racing fans are sometimes reluctant to play trotting races ...

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Rees, Sullivan garner 2015 Media Eclipse Awards

Tue Jan 05 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters (NTWAB) have announced that Jennie Rees has won the 2015 Media Eclipse Award for Writing in the Feature/C ...
Flexibility impresses in Jerome; bettors adjust to varying conditions at Aqueduct

Tue Jan 05 2016John Mucciolo

AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK There was a single graded race for newly-turned sophomores last week at Aqueduct. Jerome S. (G3) : Klaravich and Lawrence’s FLEXIBILITY (Bluegrass Cat) lived up to his favored billing with a facile 4 ¼-length romp for traine ...
Headley sends out a couple horses to watch as well as Midnight Lute winner San Onofre

Tue Jan 05 2016John Mucciolo

SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK A quartet of graded races highlighted the second weekend of the winter/spring meeting at Santa Anita. San Gabriel S. (G2) : Bienstock and Winner’s FLAMBOYANT (Peer Gynt) moved to the fore nearing midstretch and gradually ...
How to wager on the Pick 6 carryover Tuesday at Turf Paradise

Tue Jan 05 2016Ed DeRosa

There are several things to attract horseplayers to today's 8-race card at Turf Paradise. Chief among them, of course, is the $72,618 carryover in the track's $1 Pick 6 wager. This level carryover for a non jackpot bet with a base of $1 is not typica ...
Churchill announces Spring stakes, Firecracker renamed Wise Dan

Tue Jan 05 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release The 142nd renewals the $2 million Kentucky Derby (G1) and $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) on the first weekend in May headline a roster of 26 stakes events -- 23 of which are graded races -- scheduled for Churchill Downs' Sprin ...
U.S. Thoroughbred handle rises 1.18 percent in 2015

Tue Jan 05 2016Vance Hanson

Equibase Company on Tuesday reported that total U.S. Thoroughbred handle in 2015 reached $10.67 billion, a 1.18 percent increase from 2014 when $10.55 billion was wagered. The move to positive territory was aided by a solid month of December when ...
New Year’s Wagering Revolution

Tue Jan 05 2016Ed DeRosa

As the ball dropped on 2009 to ring in 2010, my New Year’s resolution then was to keep better track of my wagers. Six years later I have a spreadsheet full of my wagering data, and it’s become so a part of my gambling experience (there’s also a po ...

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