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TURF TALK: Chromie Is Our Homie & Oaklawn Opens

Tue Jan 12 2016TwinSpires Staff

January 11, 2016 California Chrome won the San Pasqual Stakes on Saturday, January 9, at Santa Anita Park, but the win left some wondering if he has returned to peak form, and if not, what can be done in Dubai to get him there in time for the Dub ...
Oaklawn kicks off 2016 with another record purse distribution

Tue Jan 12 2016Vance Hanson

Oaklawn Park enjoyed a season to remember in 2015 as the track was graced twice by American Pharoah, who prepped for his historic Triple Crown sweep by winning the Arkansas Derby (G1) and Rebel (G2). Whether there is another Thoroughbred of that s ...
SOUTHLAND preview - Wednesday, January 13

Tue Jan 12 2016MoneyMaker Mike

Welcome to another Wednesday twilight program of highly entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at  Southland as there are 18 races on tap on the card for your viewing and wagering pleasure. For the picks Wednesday, MoneyMaker Mike  will stay wi ...
Why the TwinSpires.com Players Pool Played the National Racing Club Sweepstakes Rainbow 6

Mon Jan 11 2016Ed DeRosa

It's not often you get a 15-race card on a Monday at a non-harness or greyhound track, but that's what awaited bettors today at Portland Meadows where the National Racing Club Sweepstakes anchored the marathon card with the Thoroughbred action kickin ...
Chocolate Ride back in best form for Colonel Bradley

Mon Jan 11 2016Vance Hanson

Chocolate Ride won Fair Grounds' two most important grass races, the Muniz Memorial (G2) and Fair Grounds H. (G3), in wire-to-wire fashion last season, and on Saturday will seek to take possession of the $125,000 Colonel E.R. Bradley H. (G3) as we ...
Dubai Carnival beads: Ertijaal steals the spotlight on opening night

Mon Jan 11 2016Kellie Reilly

With the Dubai World Cup Carnival kicking off last Thursday, it’s time to resume our weekly review of the Meydan action. By analyzing the performances, we aim to get a bead on the Carnival; hence my attempt at a pun in the title. The featured race ...

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California Chrome Doesn't Have To Stay Home But Trust Trainer To Do His Job

Mon Jan 11 2016TwinSpires Staff

by LAURA D. PUGH California Chrome’s 2016 season started right where he left off in 2015: with co-owner Perry Martin micromanaging the 2014 Horse of the Year’s campaign. “California Chrome seemed to struggle a little bit at the end, I thought,” ...
TwinSpires.com Lecomte draws full field, Stageplay tops Silverbulletday

Mon Jan 11 2016Vance Hanson

A gate-load of three-year-old colts and geldings were entered late last week for Saturday's $200,000 TwinSpires.com Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds, and, informally speaking, Tom, Walter, and Dolph figure to attract a lion's share of the attention in ...
California Chrome to race in Dubai ahead of World Cup

Sun Jan 10 2016Kellie Reilly

California Chrome was “a little tired” upon his arrival home at Los Alamitos Sunday morning, according to trainer Art Sherman’s son and assistant Alan. “That was to be expected,” the younger Sherman said the day after “Chrome” returned from a nine ...
Nyquist, Mor Spirit turn in works at Santa Anita

Sun Jan 10 2016Kellie Reilly

Two leading protagonists on the 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) trail – surefire champion Nyquist and Mor Spirit – continued to gear up at Santa Anita Sunday for their seasonal reappearances. Nyquist, who extended his unbeaten sequence to five in the Bre ...
SOUTHLAND update - Sunday, January 11

Sun Jan 10 2016MoneyMaker Mike

Here is a quick recap of our picks from this past Friday and Saturday evenings of highly entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at  Southland.   MoneyMaker Mike  selected several greyhounds over the past few evenings that have shown to be solid ...
Casse pointing Conquest Big E to Gulfstream’s sophomore series

Sun Jan 10 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release With several promising three-year-olds for 2016 in his stable, trainer Mark Casse has the enviable task of scheduling their respective 2015 early-season campaigns, which he hopes will make him a busy man on the first Saturday ...
Where Pletcher Found His Dirt Horse

Sun Jan 10 2016D.S. Williamson

California Chrome Returns a Winner Sporting his new California Chrome, LLC colors, the 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner dominated a talented group in the Grade 2 San Pasqual Stakes on Saturday, Jan. 9 to signal that 2016 might be his ...

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