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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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Fair Grounds kicks off 144th season of racing on Thursday
As racing fans begin to salivate about the royal feast of graded stakes action coming their way Thanksgiving weekend, the state of Louisiana will offer a tasty appetizer this week.
On Thursday, the beloved and historic Fair Grounds in New Orlean ...
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Trio of Events highlight Tuesday Card
Although the track offers live racing only two nights each week, Rosecroft Raceway has heightened the quality of its product by keeping the live races at 12 each night and the purses, bolstered by slots at other venues throughout the state, have hel ...
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New course record set by GS TAYLOR.
Thursday's twilight session on November 12th at Southland Greyhound Park produced a new course record over the 703 yard distance. In the Grade B 11th race GS TAYLOR started from the 3 box and won going away, winning by a very impressive 13 1/2 ...
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Lucky Folie steals Desi Arnaz on the front end
Lucky Folie just held off Treasuring, Street Fancy and Surfside Tiara to take Sunday’s $100,000 Desi Arnaz S. (formerly Hollywood Park’s Moccasin S.) in wire-to-wire fashion at Del Mar.
The Richard Mandella-trained juvenile miss employed unusual ...
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Songbird belongs in the Kentucky Derby
This entire blog has been summed up in the headline: Songbird belongs in the Kentucky Derby.
Period.
However, the reasons behind this assertion can be many and varied, especially in the wake of comments that it would add no residual worth to he ...
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New jump challenge ties together England’s Cheltenham Racecourse & Iroquois meeting near Nashville
Edited Press Release
Cheltenham Racecourse, the Home of Jump Racing in the United Kingdom, and The Iroquois, a race meeting staged near Nashville, Tennessee, each May, are offering a new $500,000 bonus for any horse who can win both the Ladbrokes ...
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Romans: “Strong possibility” Keen Ice will go in Clark on Black Friday
Edited Press Release
Trainer Dale Romans says “there’s a strong possibility” that Keen Ice, who famously snapped Triple Crown champion and eventual Breeders’ Cup Classic victor American Pharoah’s eight-race win-streak with a upset win in this su ...
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Marialite upsets Queen Elizabeth II Cup
U. Carrot Farm’s Marialite (blue blinkers in photo) had a class question to answer going into her Grade 1 debut in Sunday’s Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Kyoto, and the well-bred daughter of Deep Impact furnished every response at odds of 14-1. Under a w ...
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Cashing Canadian Coups For $33, $27, $22; ‘Mosquito’ Sole Elim Stinger
Top-dollar winners once again surface in the H2W (horses-to-watch list), proving again what we emphasize about paying attention to overnight races. Though we have a great record for top-dollar winners in features throughout the year, the menu of wage ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - FLYING FIRED UP Wins
Friday evening at Southland was highlighted by the running of the inaugural KINGS VS QUEENS Classic Challenge and featured nine very talented greyhounds going paw to paw in their battle for the win and in a very close and competitive r ...
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Studying for tonight's Queen Elizabeth II Cup: replays and quotes
Coming up at 1:40 a.m. (EST) tonight is the Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1) from Kyoto, the first race in the Japan Autumn International series that runs for four straight Sundays. As a companion to the QEII Cup preview post , let’s go to the videotape ...
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Toews on Ice guts out win in Bob Hope
Toews on Ice battled it out with Mac Daddy Mac nearly the entire way in Saturday’s $100,500 Bob Hope S. (G3) at Del Mar, and ended up inching away in the shadow of the wire to secure the win under jockey Martin Garcia.
Trained by Bob Baffert for ...
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Isabella Sings posts front-running Mrs. Revere upset
Siena Farms’ homebred Isabella Sings made all the pace in Saturday’s $200,000 Mrs. Revere (G2) at Churchill Downs, earning her first graded stakes victory with a 27-1 upset. Paco Lopez orchestrated the theft job aboard the Todd Pletcher-trained d ...
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Casse juveniles, Dothraki Queen gearing up for Churchill runs
Trainer Mark Casse earned his first Breeders’ Cup victories this year thanks to Catch a Glimpse in the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) and Tepin defeating the boys in the Mile (G1), but the Sovereign Award-winning conditioner is far from done for the seas ...
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Kid causes Trouble, Gentlemen's Bet given win in De Francis
Trouble Kid lived up to his moniker in Saturday's $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel, crossing over into the path of Gentlemen's Bet down the backstretch and crowding several rivals. Although he passed the wire three parts of a le ...
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Mr Maybe unequivocally bursts onto turf scene in Red Smith, eyes bigger prizes in 2016
Photo courtesy of NYRA/Adam Coglianese Photography .
The rich get richer, as the saying goes, and so it proved once again in Saturday’s $250,000 Red Smith H. (G3) at Aqueduct. As if trainer Chad Brown didn’t have enough turf riches in his barn, ...
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Paris: the racing world reacts
The depraved terrorist attacks Friday night in Paris have sent shock waves throughout the world, including the world of racing. Twitter was the natural medium for expressions of outrage, grief, and most of all solidarity with France in its darkest ho ...
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Onus the key to Saturday’s plays at Churchill Downs
Saturday’s Mrs. Revere (G2) highlights an excellent 12-race program at Churchill Downs, with the last nine races all drawing at least 11 horses. I’ve got a strong opinion in the Mrs. Revere and will give my thoughts on a couple of other races.
Ra ...
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Stakes Elims highlight Meadowlands Saturday card
Saturday nights Meadowlands card features a quartet of eliminations for two-year-olds and a pair of prep races for older horses of both gaits.
Saturday's second race is the first of two Governor's Cup eliminations for two-year-old colt pacers. Fiv ...
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Big Weekend Ahead for Paul Jones
Leading Quarter Horse trainer Paul Jones
This weekend will be a big one for the California native. He has Ferrari GT entered in the $1.1 million Texas Classic Futurity (G1) on Saturday at Lone Star Park . On Sunday evening, he will saddle Sol ...
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Japan Autumn International kicks off with Queen Elizabeth II Cup
The ladies go first in Japan’s Autumn International, with Sunday’s Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1) at Kyoto serving as the opening act of the four-race festival. Kyoto also hosts the second stop, the November 22 Mile Championship (G1), while the scene sh ...
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How I'll play the all-stakes Pick 3 on De Francis Dash Day
The biggest day of the Laurel fall meet occurs Saturday when it plays host to six open stakes, including the $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash over six furlongs. However, only the last three of these six-figure features are offered in a Pick ...
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NYRA releases Aqueduct winter & spring stakes schedule
Edited Press Release
The New York Racing Association announced the stakes schedule for the 2016 winter and spring meets at Aqueduct Racetrack, featuring 49 stakes worth nearly $7.5 million, anchored by the 92 nd running of the $1 million Wood Me ...
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Kilbury Hits it Big on BC Weekend
.10 cents. That's a period with a 1 and a 0...and the word cents . 10 measly cents between Scott Kilbury's awesome unbelievable weekend and an unfathomable unbelievable weekend. Scott took down the $2,500 Friday Supper Tourney on Breeders' Cup Oct. ...
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Kentucky Derby Museum tour combines workouts with live racing at Churchill Downs
Edited Press Release
The Kentucky Derby Museum is introducing a new patron experience in The Works Tour and Breakfast that will be available only on a pair of Fridays in November. The unique morning tour features the opportunity to enjoy a light ...
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Santa Anita Winter Meet features eight Grade 1 stakes
Edited Press Release
With a pair of Grade 1 stakes, the Malibu and La Brea, leading the way on opening day, December 26, Santa Anita has announced its 2015-16 Winter Meet stakes schedule. This comprehensive offering will present fans and horsemen ...
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Meadowlands returns on Friday night
One night after Dover Downs hosted a quartet of lucrative Matron Stakes, harness racing will return to The Meadowlands in New Jersey and the famed one -mile oval will have a Breeders Crown feel.
Friday nights opening card will feature a p ...
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KINGS vs QUEENS CLASSIC
Friday evening at Southland will be highlighted by the running of the inaugural TwinSpires KINGS VS QUEENS Classic Challenge and is featuring nine very talented greyhounds going paw to paw in their battle for the win. The winner will be invited t ...
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Mr Speaker ranks as highweight and morning-line favorite in Red Smith
At times hinting that a step up in trip could be warranted, Mr Speaker tries 1 3/8 miles for the first time in Saturday’s $250,000 Red Smith H. (G3) at Aqueduct. The Shug McGaughey charge will tote the top weight of 122 pounds, conceding four to ...
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International buyers continue to bolster American sales; speed excels in Breeders' Cup
by DICK POWELL
The day after the Breeders’ Cup, Fasig-Tipton conducted their November sale across town on Newtown Pike and a day later, Keeneland began their November sale of broodmares and weanlings.
A total of 30 broodmares or broodmare pros ...
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Four reasons why American Pharoah should be SI’s 2015 Sportsman of the Year
In an era when horse racing is often relegated to the back pages, it’s refreshing to see American Pharoah’s exploits bring our sport back into the limelight – for all of the right reasons. Exhibit A: the Triple Crown champion features among the conte ...
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Mohaymen impresses in stakes bow; Marking & Spooking a couple of horses to watch from Aqueduct's opening week
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
A trio of graded stakes races headlined the first week of racing at Aqueduct.
Nashua S. (G2) : Shadwell Stable’s MOHAYMEN (Tapit) swept to the front with a big move nearing midstretch and powered home a 1 ½-length winner ben ...
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Kentucky Horse Park’s Southern Lights is a holiday tradition
The Southern Lights holiday festival returns to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington from November 20 through December 31.
More than 125,000 individuals in more than 30,000 vehicles attend Southern Lights annually from Kentucky and beyond, making ...
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More Matrons At Dover; Meadowlands Opens With Final Four Preps
Again this week and on a Thursday (Nov. 11), Dover Downs features a quartet of Matron Stakes. Three-year-olds hit the track in the Grand Circuit’s last batch of frosh and soph stakes. As the year winds down, we return to the Meadowlands for its fall- ...
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Toews on Ice seeking stakes hat trick in Bob Hope; Pretty N Cool tops Desi Arnaz
Del Mar hosts a pair of juvenile stakes this weekend, with the highlight coming on Saturday in the $100,000 Bob Hope S. (G3) at seven furlongs. Sunday will see fillies take to the track in the $100,000 Desi Arnaz S. , also at seven furlongs.
Th ...
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ON POINT: Songbird and the Kentucky Derby, Ed & James will believe it when they don't see it
November 11, 2015
Rick Porter said he will point his undefeated Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner (and certain champion two-year-old filly) Songbird to the Kentucky Oaks, and not the Kentucky Derby, but neither Ed DeRosa nor James Scully are ...
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Breeders' Cup Championship Saturday in Words And Pictures
by MELANIE MARTINES
Saturday came all too soon. The day racing fans have been waiting for. News of Beholder’s scratch earlier in the week did leave an air of disappointment since many were looking forward to seeing Beholder run against the boys i ...
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Tommy Macho draws away in Discovery
Tommy Macho seized command leaving the far turn and easily proved best in Wednesday’s $150,000 Discovery H. (G3) , scoring by 4 ¼ lengths in the Veteran’s Day feature at Aqueduct. The Macho Uno colt provided Todd Pletcher with his sixth career vict ...
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Palace hoping to rule Frank J. De Francis Dash; sprint stakes highlight Laurel card
Nine runners, including Grade 1 winner Palace, will line up on Saturday at Laurel Park to take part in the $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Dash S.
The 24th edition of the three-quarter mile event headlines a six-stakes strong card at Laurel on Satu ...
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Onus seeking fourth straight victory in Mrs. Revere
Stuart Janney’s homebred Onus will enter Saturday’s $200,000 Mrs. Revere (G2) at Churchill Downs on quite a roll, reeling off convincing wins in her last three outings, and the up-and-coming daughter of Blame heads an overflow cast of 18 3-year-o ...
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All the Quotes from the Silver Anniversary of the Cartier Racing Awards
Edited Press Release
The 25th annual Cartier Racing Awards, European horseracing's equivalent of the Oscars, were presented before an invited audience of 300 at the Dorchester Hotel, London, England on the evening of Tuesday, November 10, 2015.
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Main track more conducive to late runners; Esposito & Glory among Del Mar horses to watch
DEL MAR NOTEBOOK
Track Stats
From a total of 34 races held at the seaside racetrack during the past week, favorites won at a 44 percent clip and the top two betting choices combined for 53 percent of the wins. From 21 frays contested on the ...
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Ricky Ramirez Firing on All Cylinders
Jockey Ricky Ramirez poised for more wins this weekend at Lone Star Park.
Quarter Horse jockey Ricky Ramirez is having a great year and is likely to add more icing to his cake this weekend. Ramirez is the leading rider at Lone Star Park and ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - KINGS VS QUEENS
Friday evening at Southland will be highlighted by the running of the inaugural KINGS VS QUEENS Classic and will feature nine very talented greyhounds going paw to paw in their battle for the win. The winner will be invited to the pres ...
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Dover Downs hosts Matron Stakes for three-year-olds
One week after it hosted a quartet of lucrative Matron Stakes for two-year-olds of both gaits and genders, Dover Downs will present another quartet of Matron Stakes on Thursday evening as the three-year-olds of both gaits and genders take center stag ...
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Golden Horn named Cartier Horse of the Year
Edited Press Release
Golden Horn was named the Cartier Horse of the Year at the 25th annual Cartier Racing Awards, European horseracing's equivalent of the Oscars. The Cartier Racing Awards were presented before an invited audience of 300 at ...
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Exaggerator heads baker’s dozen pre-entered to Delta Jackpot
Edited Press Release
A total of 13 pre-entries were received for this year’s $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot (G3), which will be run on November 21. The race for 2-year-olds competing at 1 1/16 miles on a dirt surface will be the main event on a J ...
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A Veterans Day Classic: Remembering the Washington, D.C. International
The Veterans Day holiday falls on Wednesday this week, and it's a decidedly low-key afternoon on the American racing front. However, for an older generation of racing enthusiasts, November 11 (or an adjacent Saturday) is fondly remembered.
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Eddery, 11-time champion rider in Britain, dead at 63
Pat Eddery, a native of Ireland who won 11 jockey championships in Britain during an illustrious career, passed away Tuesday at the age of 63.
In a riding career that spanned the years 1968-2003, Eddery won 4,632 flat races in Britain, second only ...
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TURF TALK: American Pharoah's stud fee & Liam's Map's track record
November 9, 2015
The end of the racing season means the beginning of several stallion careers and none will be more anticipated in 2016 than that of Triple Crown champion American Pharoah, who enters stud at Coolmore's Ashford Stud for $200,000. ...
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Esoterique eyes Hong Kong Mile, where Able Friend awaits
Star French mare Esoterique, who never landed a blow when seventh in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at Keeneland, will be off on her travels again – this time to the Far East for the December 13 Hong Kong Mile (G1).
But even better, the Andre Fabre t ...
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Breeders' Cup Week & Championship Friday in Words & Pictures
by MELANIE MARTINES
Funny how time flies! I can’t believe it’s been a week since the Breeder’s Cup races. The anticipation of watching history is now behind us, and leaves us with fond memories of an exciting weekend at Keeneland Race Track. It’s ...
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Madefromlucky goes for third graded win of the year in Discovery
Madefromlucky will seek to notch his third graded stakes win of the year on Wednesday when he breaks from post 1 in the $150,000 Discovery H. (G3) . The nine-furlong fixture for three-year-olds is the Veterans Day feature at Aqueduct.
A son of 2 ...
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Are All the top Horses for 2016 Out West?
by LAURA PUGH
With Grade 1 winners Constitution, Honor Code, Lea, and Liam’s Map retiring from the East Coast-based ranks of the older male division, it is difficult to look past West Coast-based horses as the early leaders of the handicap divisi ...
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Palm Beach Kennel Club
*Pat C Short Cut*
Who Will Run In The National Championship From Palm Beach?
Palm Beach does not have an automatic berth to the big dance, but I am still highly confident one of South Florida's superstars will be in the field. “The L ...
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Shakhimat winds his way to victory in Coronation Futurity
Shakhimat took command of Sunday’s $188,502 Coronation Futurity soon after the start under jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson and never looked back, though he did weave around a bit in the Woodbine stretch.
The two-year-old colt capped off a nice day for ...
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Are You Kidding Me prevails in Autumn Stakes at Woodbine
Are You Kidding Me was facing quite a few familiar foes in Sunday’s $157,235 Autumn S. (Can-G2) at Woodbine, but an enterprising rail ride from jockey Alan Garcia saw the five-year-old score his third graded victory of the year.
The Kentucky-bre ...
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Trio Of $30-Plus Winners; Dover $109 Exacta And $53 Place Payoff Among Successes
Playing “outside the box,” so to speak, gave us some great across-the-board prices and big winners in the horses-to-watch list (H2W). Check out the H2W pool results below.
Our features’ contenders began with the Matrons at Dover Downs on Nov. ...
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Promising filly Code Warrior beats the boys in Golden Nugget
J.C. Racing Stable’s Code Warrior remained unbeaten from two starts when defeating males in Saturday’s $52,255 Golden Nugget at Golden Gate Fields.
And she’s a feel-good story too. Ridden by Anne Sanguinetti and owned by her parents, John and Chri ...
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Chilukki winner Spelling Again has found her niche at Churchill
Spelling Again, a four-year-old filly owned by Sea Jay Racing and trained by Brad Cox, has found her niche around one turn at Churchill Downs. Victorious in the $100,000 Open Mind going six furlongs during the September meet, the daughter of Awesome ...
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SOUTHLAND 2015 FESTIVAL OF STAKES
SUPER SPRINT Division -334 yards Arkans Henry - FINALS - ran 4th
Arkans TT Gator - Consolation - WON
Blackjack Lola - Consolation - ran 4th
Loop A -my pick to win it all -FINALS -ran 3rd
Oshkosh Fonzie - FINALS - CHAMPION
T's Blast Episo ...
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Goldy Espony gets away with another theft in Long Island
After her three-race winning streak was snapped with a ninth in the Glens Falls (G3), Goldy Espony resumed her previously successful front-running ways and stole Saturday’s $200,000 Long Island H. (G3) at Aqueduct.
One of a trio representing tra ...
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California Chrome looks happy and eager in first work back
California Chrome, the 2014 Horse of the Year who missed the bulk of 2015 due to setbacks encountered in his English venture, returned to the worktab for trainer Art Sherman on Saturday morning.
Taking to the track at Los Alamitos before the sun c ...
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Balmoral hosts American-Nationals
This Saturday night Balmoral Park near Chicago will garner the spotlight when it hosts a quintet of American-National Stakes each worth at least six figures.
Saturday's third race is the $120,000 American-National for three-year-old pacing fillies ...
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Grateful for the gift of Red Cadeaux
Given how desperate Red Cadeaux’s condition appeared at the conclusion of the Melbourne Cup (G1), when the infamous green screens were put up around him at Flemington, only an extreme optimist could have envisioned a recovery. But the globetrotting w ...
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Nominees announced for 2015 Cartier Racing Awards
Edited Press Release
Nominations for the 2015 Cartier Racing Awards, European horseracing's equivalent of the Oscars, were released on Friday.
The nine Cartier Racing Awards will be revealed and presented before an invited audience of 300 ...
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American Pharoah to stand for $200,000
Photo courtesy of Keeneland/Coady Photography .
Triple Crown champion American Pharoah will begin his stud career at a fee of $200,000, Coolmore announced Friday.
A sensational winner of the October 31 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) in his final ca ...
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Bank of America Challenge Championships
Jake Gold Br will be one of the top contenders in the Bank of America Challenge on Saturday Los Alamitos , Idaho, New Mexico, Minnesota and other regions. Or will the local Texas horses have the edge? The annual event for Quarter Horse racing ...
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SOUTHLAND 2015 FESTIVAL OF STAKES
SUPER SPRINT Division -334 yards
Arkans Henry - FINALS - race 10 - box 7
Arkans TT Gator - Consolation - race 1 - box 2
Blackjack Lola - Consolation - race 1 - box 1
Loop A -my pick to win it all -FINALS -race 10 - box 1
Oshkosh Fon ...
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Breeders Cup Recap
The 2015 Breeders Cup is on the books. It's taken a few days for the recap because I wanted to watch the races again. It turned out to be a very eventful, fairly awesome, Breeders Cup. But, I do have to admit that I'm excited that the BC ...
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Handicapping Insights - November 5
by Dick Powell
The Breeders’ Cup is over and there was a major handicapping lesson to be learned.
We have the most objective data available to those of us that bet on the races. Points of call, sectional timing, past performances and all sorts ...
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Champion Shared Belief returns to training at Golden Gate
Edited press release :
Champion Shared Belief on Thursday returned to the track at Golden Gate Fields, jogging leisurely as he prepares to come back from an injury he suffered in April.
At approximately 6:20 a.m.(PST), Shared Belief set f ...
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