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Almasty posts front-running Commonwealth Turf upset
Claimed for $30,000 in March, Almasty made his graded stakes debut a winning one in Friday’s $100,000 Commonwealth Turf (G3) at Churchill Downs. Jockey Jon Court guided the 3-year-old to a short lead as the field passed the stands the first time an ...
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Taris rolls to comfortable win in Go for Wand
A solid third behind Wavell Avenue and La Verdad in last month's Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), Taris proved too classy for her six rivals Friday afternoon at Aqueduct in the $300,000 Go for Wand H. (G3) .
Hot on the heels of Spellin ...
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Hard Not to Like potentially vulnerable in large Matriarch cast
Hard Not to Like , one of only two mares to have handed likely divisional champion Tepin a loss this season, is the class of Sunday's $300,000 Matriarch (G1) field at Del Mar over a mile on the turf. However, there are two factors that might leave ...
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Pletcher duo looms large in Clark, siding with Protonico at a better price
The $500,000 Clark H. (G1) headlines a 12-race program at Churchill Downs Friday and the eight-horse field features plenty of depth.
Hoppertunity will make a title defense in the 1 1/8-mile event, morning-line favorite Effinex exits a runner-u ...
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Hollendorfer's 7000th win comes on Thanksgiving
Edited press release
Kiss N Scat romped home by 13 lengths in the Thanksgiving opener at Golden Gate Fields, giving her Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer his 7,000th victory.
With the win, Hollendorfer bec ...
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Ahh Chocolate satisfies graded craving in Falls City; Frivolous retired prior to title defense
Edited press releases
Stoneway Farm’s homebred three-year-old filly Ahh Chocolate rated patiently in second before taking command in the stretch and drew away to win the 100th running of the $200,000 Falls City H. presented by TwinSpires.com (G2) ...
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$1 million LQHBA Breeders Futurity Set for Saturday at Evangeline Downs
Jet Black Rogue will be one of the favorites in Saturday night's LQHBA Breeder Futurity at Evangeline Downs
Up and coming Quarter Horse trainer, Trey Ellis qualified four runners, including Toastin With Coronas, a filly who will be ridden by A ...
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The Pizza Man dishes it out to Hollywood Turf Cup foes
Midwest Thoroughbreds’ homebred The Pizza Man served up a Thanksgiving feast to his legions of fans, flaunting his class as much the best in Thursday’s $252,250 Hollywood Turf Cup (G2) at Del Mar.
The Arlington Million (G1) winner was rebounding f ...
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Heart to Heart stays perfect on Churchill turf in River City
Terry Hamilton’s Heart to Heart is in love with the Churchill Downs turf. With his front-running victory in Thursday’s $100,000 River City H. (G3), the Brian Lynch trainee extended his recover to a perfect three-for-three over the Matt Winn course.
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Green Gratto tops longshot trifecta in Fall Highweight
The New Jersey-bred gelding Green Gratto sprung a major upset Thanksgiving afternoon at Aqueduct, leading all the way to win the $250,000 Fall Highweight H. (G3) by a head at odds of 24-1.
One of the lightweights in the field carrying 124 pounds, ...
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Dortmund towers over Native Diver; Om aims for sweep in Hollywood Derby
A slow-healing quarter-crack reportedly forced a change of plans for the star three-year-old Dortmund this week. Instead of shipping to Louisville for Friday's Clark H. (G1) at Churchill Downs, the Bob Baffert trainee will stay closer to ...
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Stakes highlight Wednesday card at Penn National
On the night before Thanksgiving, thoroughbred racing fans were treated to a trio of stakes races at Penn National. But the best performance of the night did not occur in the feature.
Roughly a month after finishing third in the Grade I Breeders ...
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Northfield’s Courageous Lady Looks Pricey; ‘Wiggle’ One More Time At Dover
Northfield Park and Dover Downs provide the sole features for this weekend, as we move into the final month of the year and the 2015 racing season. At Northfield, the Courageous Lady gathers soph-filly pacers for a. six-figure prize around the “Flyin ...
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Favorite Tale, Page McKenney popular winners at Penn National
Favorite Tale shook off the pressing Amelia's Wild Ride approaching the eighth pole and stormed clear to win the $200,000 Fabulous Strike H. at Penn National by two lengths on Thanksgiving eve Wednesday night.
The 1-2 favorite under Javier Castell ...
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Mobile Bay, Lavender Chrissie topple favorites at Zia Park
Super Derby (G2) winner Mobile Bay added another big win to his record Wednesday when taking the $218,000 Zia Park Derby . Under Edgar Prado, the 7-2 third choice prevailed over a determined Pain and Misery to win by a nose after a stretch-long duel ...
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Bernardini thriving at stud & 2016 looks extremely promising
BY DICK POWELL
BERNARDINI (A.P. Indy) was a wonderful racehorse that has gone on to be a wonderful stallion. This year, he has four Grade 1 stakes winners, only one behind leading sire TAPIT (Pulpit). Since going to stud in 2010, Bernardini has s ...
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Private Zone seeks repeat in Cigar Mile
A sharp second to Runhappy in last month's Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) going six furlongs, Private Zone will get back to doing what he does best Saturday in the Cigar Mile H. (G1) at Aqueduct.
Although a two-time winner of the Vosburgh (G1), Pri ...
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Kentucky Jockey Club provides a line on five horses in Kentucky Derby Future Wager; Dothraki Queen tops Golden Rod
Saturday’s $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) serves as a qualifier for the 2016 Kentucky Derby, offering points on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the top four respective finishers, and along with its fillies’ counterpart, the $200,000 Golden Rod (G2) , high ...
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Favorites excel at Aqueduct last week, Morse Code among a trio of McGaughey horses to watch
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
There was no graded racing this past week at Aqueduct.
Track Stats
A total of 45 races were held at the Long Island, New York venue, with favorites winning at a 40 percent rate and the top two betting choices combining f ...
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Kicking off Thanksgiving week at Churchill Downs with an Awesome Thought
Churchill Downs closes its November meeting and 2015 racing this week, and I'll be sorry to see it go. Not because I'm crushing it--I haven't had a winning day yet--but because the racing has been fun to watch and handicap on a daily basis.
A good ...
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7 to Consider in First Kentucky Derby Futures Pool
About a week ago I wrote about how it's never too early to talk about the Kentucky Derby . Well, it appears that more than a few people agree with me. The very first Kentucky Derby Futures Pool is out on Thursday. Wouldn't you know it? Nyquist, ...
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Flintshire, Mongolian Saturday among Hong Kong invitees
Edited Press Release
The Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin on December 13 have attracted a stellar line-up of Group 1 stars. A total of 33 international Grade/Group 1 winners are among the 56 entries selected for the world's great end-of- ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Greyhounds to watch
Welcome to another Southland monthly preview of the Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch . December's selections certainly look like they will give a solid showing in the coming weeks and months as their young careers have alread ...
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Open events highlight Tuesday card at Rosecroft
A trio of Open events on the latter half of the Tuesday evening card at Rosecroft Raceway proved contentious and formful just two days shy of Thanksgiving Day.
One week after finishing a sharp second as the slight favorite in the $12,500 Open 1 c ...
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Wednesday Penn National card looks appealing
While many Americans will be traveling tomorrow on their various destinations for Thanksgiving Day festivities, a bevy of horse players should find the Wednesday card at Penn National rather appealing.
A trio of stakes races highlight the Wednesd ...
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Early Thanksgiving Fare Served Wednesday at Zia Park
Jrc Callas First Defends his title in the Zia Park Championship on November 25
The day before Thanksgiving is filled with good racing fare as Zia Park offers a lucrative 11-race card with eight big stakes worth more than $1 million for Ameri ...
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No Dortmund but Hoppertunity makes title defense against deep Clark field
Bob Baffert elected not to ship multiple Grade 1 winner Dortmund for Friday’s $500,000 Clark H. (G1) at Churchill Downs due to a minor quarter-crack, but the Hall of Fame trainer will still be represented by the 2014 winner, Hoppertunity . The 4-y ...
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Dueling Kentucky Derby Future Wagers Offer Tremendous Opportunity
One of the most unique—and thus hopefully exploitable—wagering opportunities I’ve ever seen occurs this weekend when Churchill Downs rolls out its traditional Kentucky Derby future wager alongside a new offering: the Kentucky Derby-winning sire ...
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Motion/de Sousa combine to win lone graded stakes; speed plays well on turf at Del Mar
DEL MAR NOTEBOOK
There was a single graded affair during the week at Del Mar.
Red Carpet S. (G3) : RMJ Stables’ RUSTY SLIPPER (Lemon Drop Kid) moved three-deep into the lane and proved much the best on this day in securing a 1 ½- ...
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Deaths of Yes It's True, Keeper Hill announced
The deaths of Grade 1 winners Yes It's True and Keeper Hill were announced Tuesday by Three Chimneys Farm and Mill Ridge Farm, respectively.
Yes It's True, 19, was euthanized Monday at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute after surgery to repair a per ...
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Taris looks for successful stretchout in Go for Wand
Taris proved to be one of the leading female sprinters in the country with a fine third-place effort in last month's Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1). On Friday, the four-year-old daughter of Flatter will attempt to stretch her speed over ...
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Bettors have a new option as Sire Future Wager offered for 2016 Kentucky Derby
Edited Press Release
Churchill Downs Racetrack will offer a new twist to its Future Wager menu this year with the debut of the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager , which provides bettors with a unique opportunity to wager on select breeding stars ...
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"All Others," Nyquist favored in first Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool
Edited Press Release
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Nyquist (#15) is the likely individual choice, but the ever-popular " All Others " (#24) wager is the morning line favorite for the first of four pools of the 2016 Kentucky Derby Future W ...
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Stakes winners secure division honors
Standardbred racing fans were treated to a host of stakes races over the past three nights that enabled at least a handful of trotters and pacers to secure division honors.
Monday night at Dover Downs, Wiggle It Jiggleit (Montrell Teague) virtually ...
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Bal a Bali looks to keep momentum going in Seabiscuit
Brazilian Triple Crown winner Bal a Bali has had mixed fortunes since arriving in the United States, but the Richard Mandella trainee may have turned the corner, and hopes to prove the point in Del Mar’s $250,000 Seabiscuit (G2) on Friday. The 1 1/ ...
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Exaggerator Criticism Nothing More Than Hyperbole
by LAURA PUGH
This past Saturday the Delta Jackpot served as the coming out party for the tough-luck colt Exaggerator.
He set a solid pace after having to rush up from an outside post then held resolutely as Harland’s Punch and Sunny Ridge mou ...
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Favorites land sprint stakes at Mahoning Valley
Favorites prevailed in a pair of sprint stakes at Mahoning Valley in Ohio on Monday, but there was an unusual outcome in one of them.
The featured $200,000 Steel Valley Sprint produced a non-controversial finish when 2-1 choice Lewys Vaporizer r ...
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The Pizza Man makes another run to Del Mar for Turf Cup
Illinois-bred cult hero The Pizza Man, third as the favorite in last year’s Hollywood Turf Cup (G2) , makes another Thanksgiving Day run to Del Mar for the $250,000 feature. His leading opponents are fellow shipper Up With the Birds and course afici ...
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Complexion of Falls City depends on status of Frivolous
Will she or won't she run? That's the question most horsemen with skin in Thursday's $200,000 Falls City H. (G2) game are asking with respect to Frivolous ' participation in the 1 1/8-mile feature for fillies and mares at Churchill Downs.
Frivo ...
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Big Money and Big Opinions Monday at Mahoning Valley
There is a $200,000 stakes race today at Mahoning Valley Race Course, and shame on me for not knowing this for certain, but I think it is the co-second-highest purse ever offered for a Thoroughbred* race in Ohio. The Ohio Derby is tops, and the long- ...
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La Verdad looks to end recent streak of bad luck in Fall Highweight
The last several weeks have been tough ones for La Verdad and her connections, but there will be much for all of them to be thankful for if the five-year-old New York-bred mare can pull off a victory in the $250,000 Fall Highweight H. (G3) , the T ...
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International Star headlines Thanksgiving eve stakes at Zia, Penn National
Racing fans eagerly anticipating the smorgasbord of stakes offerings this Thanksgiving weekend will have tantalizing appetizers on Wednesday when Zia Park and Penn National play host to several graded-quality events.
Wednesday afternoon at Zia, I ...
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TwinSpires Online Handicapping Championship on Saturday: Largest Vegas qualifier offers more than $270,000 in cash and prizes, berth to NHC
The 5 th Annual TwinSpires.com Online Handicapping Championship is Saturday, Nov. 28, and the official horse racing wagering site of the Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup is offering players a chance at the more than $270,000 in cash and prizes ...
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New Brisnet.com Pick of the Day Product Helps Bust Chalk
There are as many ways to play the races as there are to play a race.
Just as straight (win, place, show) betting with a daily double on the first two races and an exacta on the last race has given way to exotics in every race and multiple super e ...
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Palm Beach Connections
Albatross
“The Big Bird” nearly pulled off the undefeated Grade Ladder to begins his career at Palm Beach and is a veteran of two Stakes Finals.
Jw Wyatt Earp
The veteran of 4 tracks ran this summer and fall at Palm Beach, getting ...
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Dolphus, Rachel Alexandra's half-brother, wins debut at Fair Grounds
Dolphus was bet down to 8-5 favoritism in his unveiling in Sunday’s 6TH race at Fair Grounds, largely on the strength of being a half-brother to 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, and the regard of high-percentage trainer Joe Sharp. The juvenil ...
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Stacked Deck states Sovereign case in Kennedy Road
Sunday's $160,009 Kennedy Road (G2) at Woodbine had Sovereign Award implications, with reigning champion Calgary Cat having a score to settle with Stacked Deck, who'd beaten him back in September's Bold Venture (G3). But Calgary Cat never factored, a ...
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Frivolous entered in Falls City, but could opt for Clark
One year ago, Frivolous scored a breakthrough in the Falls City H. (G2) at Churchill Downs. On Thanksgiving Day, she could try to defend her title, but connections are seriously considering a bolder career finale: a tilt against males in Friday’s Cla ...
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Maurice completes Yasuda Kinen/Mile Championship double
Unraced since his success in the June 7 Yasuda Kinen (G1), Maurice persuasively rebuffed any concerns about his sharpness going into Sunday’s Mile Championship (G1) at Kyoto, and became the first since Daiwa Major (2007) to sweep both of Japan’s marq ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday, November 22
Welcome to another Sunday afternoon of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. As many of you know who follow MoneyMaker Mike's Southland previews, from time to ...
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Friday ‘Gold’ With Double Exposure/Haughty’s $92 Exacta; $46 Is Bad Night Mare’s Dream Price
The best results for our weekend contenders were at the start, Friday, Nov. 20, with a pair of features’ exactas and the week’s top-dollar winner from the H2W (horses-to-watch list).
At the Meadowlands for all of the features this past weekend ...
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Rusty Slipper bestrides Red Carpet with de Sousa
They haven’t exactly rolled out the red carpet in New York for Britain’s champion rider Silvestre de Sousa, who’s had one win since beginning his Big Apple venture a few weeks ago. But you might say that Del Mar has, at least figuratively.
In just ...
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Button Down shows signs of things to come in Cardinal
The four-year-old filly Button Down suggested she could be potential force next year with a solid, season-ending victory in Saturday's $100,000 Cardinal H. (G3) at Churchill Downs.
The 2-1 favorite in a field of 11 fillies and mares, Button Down ...
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Exaggerator concludes juvenile season on a high note with game Delta Jackpot victory
After a non-threatening fourth as the second choice in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), Exaggerator gained a measure of redemption in Saturday’s $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot (G3) , gamely withstanding Sunny Ridge’s bid through the stretch to post ...
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Jet Black works her Magic in Delta Downs Princess
Jet Black Magic got a bit of revenge over La Appassionata, and in a big way, in Saturday's $400,000 Delta Downs Princess (G3) . Third by eight lengths to that rival in last month's $100,000 My Trusty Cat, Jet Black Magic made a sweeping move to the ...
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Lady Lara, Lochte make for logical outcomes at Gulfstream Park West
Saturday’s Grade 3 turf stakes at Gulfstream Park West both went to horses of proven class who were entering in good form. Lady Lara readily justified 8-5 favoritism in the $100,000 My Charmer H. (G3) , while Lochte ended up drifting to 3-1 before h ...
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Gold-Fun throws down gauntlet in Jockey Club Sprint
Gold-Fun drove to a convincing success over Peniaphobia in Saturday’s Jockey Club Sprint (G2) at Sha Tin, solidifying his status as the leading local contender for the December 13 Hong Kong Sprint (G1).
And the invading contingent for Internationa ...
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Military Attack outmaneuvers Blazing Speed in Jockey Club Cup
While reigning Hong Kong Horse of the Year Able Friend was overturned in the Jockey Club Mile (G2) , a former Horse of the Year recaptured his past glory in Saturday’s Jockey Club Cup (G2) at Sha Tin. Military Attack halted a six-race losing streak ...
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Friend unable to douse Flame in Jockey Club Mile
Hong Kong spectators glimpsed a rarity on Saturday, something that had happened only once before, in what seems a lifetime ago: the mighty Able Friend was upset over his pet distance of a metric mile at Sha Tin. Expected to sail through the Jockey Cl ...
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Dawalan clinches title in Colonial Cup romp
Dawalan and Rawnaq provided owner Irv Naylor and trainer Cyril Murphy with a one-two finish in Saturday's $100,000 Colonial Cup (G1) at the Springdale Racecourse near Camden, South Carolina.
The 5 1/4-length win by Dawalan not only made him the se ...
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California Chrome and Shared Belief
American Pharoah may have run off to the breeding shed. Sad? Sure. There isn't a horse racing fan on the planet that wouldn't have loved to see Pharoah run as a four-year-old. Horseplayers love horse racing. There are a lot of other ways to spend o ...
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Trials for the Los Alamitos $2 Million Futurity Set for Sunday
Walk Thru Crystal to Run Sunday Night at Los Al Post time for Sunday's card is 5:00 p.m. (PT). The ten fastest qualifiers in the 400-yard trials will return to Los Alamitos for the final on Sunday, December 14. The winner's share of the Los Ala ...
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How I will be playing the Delta Jackpot Pick 4
Delta Downs will offer a $200,000 Pick 4 guarantee on races 4-7 Saturday. The $1 million Jackpot (G3) anchors the sequence and serves as a points’ race for next year’s Kentucky Derby.
Here’s my analysis of the four races and a couple of recommende ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, November 21
Welcome to another Saturday evening of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. As many of you know who follow MoneyMaker Mike's Southland previews, from time to ...
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Isla Bonita shortens up for Mile Championship
Isla Bonita, Japan’s champion three-year-old colt of 2014, has arguably been asked to go farther than he really wants, and his sheer class has kept him afloat. Now he’ll finally get the cutback in trip he may be looking for in Sunday’s Mile Champions ...
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RIP Red Cadeaux
Much-loved globetrotter Red Cadeaux, who sustained a serious injury when competing in his fifth straight Melbourne Cup (G1) , had to be put down after developing complications. The news was announced Friday evening (Saturday morning Australia time) i ...
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Smarty Jones to stand at Calumet
Edited press release
Champion and dual classic winner Smarty Jones, whose 2004 Triple Crown bid and affable connections earned him legions of fans, is returning to Central Kentucky to take up stallion duties at iconic Calumet Farm.
His stu ...
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Aqueduct Holiday Fest stakes probables revealed
Edited press release
Fields are taking shape for next week's Holiday Fest stakes action at Aqueduct, with graded stakes racing commencing on Thanksgiving and culminating on Cigar Mile Day on Saturday, November 28.
On Saturday, multiple Gra ...
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Lament of a California stakes gravedigger
The band has been told to buff, polish, and tune their instruments. An expected call from the California Stakes Cemetery finally arrived this week with medical updates from the California Stakes Infirmary and news of potential internments for next ye ...
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Inaugural running of Steel Valley Sprint features top 3 from Perryville
Mahoning Valley will host the inaugural running of the $200,000 Steel Valley Sprint on Monday and a field of eight 3-year-olds has been entered for the 6-furlong test. Handicappers can turn to Perryville Stakes on the Breeders Cup Saturday undercar ...
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Gold-Fun takes on defending champ Peniaphobia in Jockey Club Sprint
Following the Jockey Club Cup (G2) and Jockey Club Mile (G2) on Sha Tin’s Saturday card, the Jockey Club Sprint (G2) serves up a clash between ex-miler Gold-Fun and reigning titleholder Peniaphobia. But the course-and-distance prep for the Decemb ...
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Jockey Club Cup redux? Blazing Speed versus Military Attack
Like the Jockey Club Mile (G2) at Sha Tin , Saturday's Jockey Club Cup (G2) -- the course-and-distance prep for the Hong Kong Cup (G1) -- features a defending champion in Blazing Speed .
The Tony Cruz veteran has shown admirable versatility over ...
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Able Friend’s title defense, Designs on Rome’s comeback & more in Jockey Club Mile
With just about three weeks to go until Hong Kong’s International Races on December 13, the big local guns are lining up for their preps at Sha Tin Saturday (or very, very late Friday night if you’re in the Western Hemisphere).
Able Friend , the ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Friday evening, November 20
Welcome to another Friday evening of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. As many of you know who follow MoneyMaker Mike's Southland previews, from time to t ...
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Meadowlands offers two nights of lucrative stakes action
This Friday and Saturday night standardbred racing fans will get their fill of top-notch stakes action when The Meadowlands hosts a bevy of lucrative open stakes for all ages and both gaits, while on Monday night Dover Downs will offer the Hap Hansen ...
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Dolphus, half-brother to classic-winning Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, debuts at Fair Grounds
Edited Press Release
Dolphus, a half-brother to 2009 Horse of the Year and champion three-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra, will make his career debut for trainer Joe Sharp in Sunday’s 6TH race at Fair Grounds , a six-furlong maiden special weigh ...
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Tiago dead at age 11
Edited Press Release
Adena Springs announced that multiple Grade 1-scoring millionaire Tiago has been euthanized following a long battle with an inoperable chronic digestive disorder.
The 11-year-old suffered his first major bout of colic in ...
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Protecting the betting public should be a greater concern
BY DICK POWELL
What do horseplayers talk about? If the industry would listen, their ears would ring. My friends are knowledgeable and not afraid to voice their opinions. Not all of their opinions are correct, some are based in paranoia, but they’ ...
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Mr Maybe turns heads with powerful Red Smith victory; McGaughey sends out a couple of horses to watch at Aqueduct
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
A pair of graded stakes races headlined the second week of racing at Aqueduct.
Discovery H. (G3) : Paul Pompa et al’s TOMMY MACHO (Macho Uno) took a short lead at the top of the lane and proved much the best in pulling away ...
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Meadowlands Features Frosh Finals, High-Priced Pace And Trot Miles
The Meadowlands offers one last 2015 stakes-filled weekend on Nov. 20 and 21 st.
The Fall Final Four events gather two-year-olds in the Three Diamonds, Valley Victory, Governor’s Cup and Goldsmith Maid, while older pacers and trotters go in ...
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Gulfstream Park plays host to pair of 1 1/16-mile turf Grade 3s
The Tropical Turf H. (G3) and My Charmer H. (G3) – traditional South Florida turf stakes run at Calder in past years – are the featured events at Gulfstream Park West on Saturday. Each race is worth $100,000 and sends runners 1 1/16 miles over Gu ...
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Bob Le Beau, Dawalan vie for jump title in Colonial Cup
One of the few remaining Eclipse Award races left to be decided, champion steeplechaser, figures to be settled Saturday in the $100,000 Colonial Cup (G1) , held at the Springdale Racecourse near Camden, South Carolina.
Division leader Bob Le Bea ...
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Espinoza joins stellar cast for International Jockeys’ Championship
Edited Press Release
Lafitt Pincay Jr. & Victor Espinoza photo courtesy of Benoit Photos
A stellar selection of the world's finest jockeys will take to Happy Valley Racecourse's floodlit arena on Wednesday, December 9, to battle for sup ...
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MJC designates Federico Tesio a ‘Win & You’re In’ race for Preakness
Edited Press Release
The Maryland Jockey Club (MJC) announced that renovated Laurel Park will offer a stakes schedule during its winter meet of $1.95 million highlighted by the $300,000 Barbara Fritchie (G2), $250,000 General George H. (G3), and ...
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Button Down, Kiss Moon among top threats in Cardinal
Button Down , who has made tremendous strides since breaking her maiden in belated fashion May 31, figures as a leading candidate in Saturday's $100,000 Cardinal H. (G3) at Churchill Downs. The nine-furlong grass test has attracted a field of 13 fi ...
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Key performers to watch at Fair Grounds
Fair Grounds will kick off its 144 th season of Thoroughbred racing on Thursday. The New Orleans track runs through March 27 and features a nice stakes schedule, including a three-race series for both the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.
Five of ...
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Trying To Get a Piece of Those Big Payouts at Churchill Downs
There’s been a lot to like about the current Churchill Downs meeting: The average win mutual is $15.92, favorites are winning at only a 31% clip, Pick 3s are paying 13.8% more than the parlay, Pick 4s more than 9.8% the parlay, and the Single^6 jackp ...
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Jockey Gilbert Ortiz Nears 3,000th Career Win
Quarter Horse jockey Gilbert Ortiz Veteran Quarter Horse rider Gilbert Ortiz is just one win away from reaching the coveted milestone of 3,000 victories. Born in Pleasanton, Texas, Ortiz, 52, Ortiz has ridden 20,000 races, mostly in Texas and ...
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Tuesday was ladies night at Rosecroft
Rosecroft Raceway may not have officially offered ladies day on Tuesday, but female trainers were definitely the rule on the program.
Women trainers won five of the 12 races on the card, including the Open Trot and another female trainer garnered ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday, November 18
Welcome to another Wednesday of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for the twilight card. As many of you know who follow MoneyMaker Mike's Southland previews, from time to time I like to go outsi ...
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Wednesday card at Dover Downs offers intrigue
While the Wednesday cards at Dover Downs in Delaware are normally dominated by trotting events, the five-eighths mile oval will play host to a trio of Delaware Standardbred Race Fund events for freshman filly pacers as well tomorrow.
In fact, Wed ...
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Why Stellar Wind will get my vote for three-year-old filly champion
The most difficult decision Eclipse Award voters arguably have to make this year is whom to select for champion three-year-old filly. As none of the main contenders has recorded a published work since the Breeders' Cup, it's reasonably safe to assume ...
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Toews on Ice makes it three straight in game fashion, speed plays well on both ovals at Del Mar
There was a single graded race during the week at Del Mar.
Bob Hope S. (G2) : Watson Weitman and Pegram’s TOEWS ON ICE (Archarcharch) made it three straight stakes wins with a 1 ¼-length tally under the guidance of Martin Garcia. The ...
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TURF TALK: No Eclipse Implications in Clark Despite Weak Older Male Division
November 16, 2015
The Clark Handicap and Cigar Mile close out the Grade 1 action among older males this year, and even though neither Honor Code nor Liam's Map had years for the ages their cases for champion older male are likely safe regardless ...
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Team American Pharoah earns 2015 Big Sport of Turfdom Award
Edited press release
The 2015 Big Sport of Turfdom Award -- recognizing a person or group of people who enhance coverage of Thoroughbred racing through cooperation with media and racing publicists -- has been awarded to the connections of America ...
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Never to Early to Talk 2016 Kentucky Derby
It's never too early to discuss the 2016 Kentucky Derby. The current odds of a horse repeating what American Pharoah accomplished in 2015, winning the Triple Crown, is Yes +650, No -1200. What the odds mean for those of you that only wager on hor ...
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From Hong Kong to England, two preps to watch on Wednesday
Wednesday cards on Kempton’s Polytrack and Sha Tin’s “all-weather” (which is really dirt) have more than typical resonance this week, with each venue staging a prep for bigger targets.
In Hong Kong, dirt specialist Gun Pit will tune up for the D ...
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Exaggerator favored to rebound in $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot
Exaggerator looks to end his juvenile campaign on a high note Saturday when he heads a field of 10 in the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot (G3) over 1 1/16 miles.
The Keith Desormeaux-trained son of Curlin, the 2-1 morning line favorite, captured ...
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Erupt tops European foursome set for Japan Cup
Nightflower in her spiffy German Racing blanket, courtesy of Cologne Raceclub (Kolner Renn-Verein) via Twitter .
The European challenge for the November 29 Japan Cup (G1) has been denuded of late, with Flintshire and Free Eagle both preferring to ...
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