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Coverage of historic Belmont Stakes gives NBC 12th Media Eclipse
Edited Press Release
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) have announced that NBC Sports has won the Media Eclipse Award for Television -- Live Racing Prog ...
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Hennegan Brothers, Simon earn 2015 media Eclipse Awards
Edited Press Release
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) have announced that Digital Kitchen's production of "Ironman Perry Ouzts," directed by the Henneg ...
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American Pharoah's Breeders' Cup Classic Crowned Performance of 2015
American Pharoah’s win in the Breeders’ Cup Classic was the top performance of the year based on measurements provided by Brisnet.com, the official data source of TwinSpires.com and the Kentucky Derby.
Trained by Bob Baffert for Ahmed Zayat’s Zaya ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday, January 6
Welcome to the first Wednesday of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland here in 2016 as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. For the picks on Wednesday, MoneyMaker Mike has selected 3 greyhounds who ...
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Reilly Turf Awards - U.S. Edition
Lady Eli photo courtesy of NYRA/Adam Coglianese Photography/Susie Raisher.
The Reilly Turf Awards apparently have nine lives, since 2015 marks the ninth year for my idiosyncratic season-in-review honors.
The latest incarnation has a new home o ...
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January's Top Stories To Follow At Palm Beach
Watch That Handle!
The winter months have typically been very successful for Palm Beach financially because of the influx of people coming down from the North. Don't be surprised to see multiple $1,000,000 days for the most successful gr ...
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Exhibit takes the Monrovia Prize
DP Racing LLC’s Prize Exhibit returned to the winner’s circle on Sunday when posting a nose victory in the $201,500 Monrovia S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park with Santiago Gonzalez in the saddle.
The British-bred filly already boasted a pair of grade ...
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Dolphus under consideration for Lecomte
High-profile sophomore Dolphus, a half-brother to Horse of the Year and Preakness S. (G1) winner Rachel Alexandra, is possible for the $200,000 Lecomte S. (G3) on January 16 at Fair Grounds, according to trainer Joe Sharp.
The Dede McGehee homebre ...
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Dortmund out of San Pasqual following work
Dual Grade 1 winner Dortmund was removed from consideration for Saturday’s $200,000 San Pasqual S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park following a seven-furlong breeze Sunday over that track in 1:25.80.
The time equaled that of Harry F. Brubaker S. victor Po ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - January 4
Welcome to another year of exciting and always entertaining greyhound racing at Southland Park. As always, this 2016 season should be full of outstanding and highly competitive racing as some of the best greyhounds anywhere in the county are racing ...
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Watch Out, Here Comes Chad Brown and Flexibility
Just like that Chad Brown has a horse on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. In only his fourth lifetime race, the son of Bluegrass Cat dominated his 7 rivals in the Grade 3 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct.
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Woodbine’s $36 Winner Tops First New Year’s Weekend; Fat Place And Show Numbers Adorn Features
The best of our paying winners came from the horses-to-watch (H2W) list, starting the New Year with a set of double-digit victories.
Our features mix this past week had more positives than negatives, all in all, but only one outright winner. T ...
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A Flamboyant $94.20 upset of the San Gabriel
Overlooked at 46-1 in Saturday’s $201,500 San Gabriel (G2) , Flamboyant handsomely rewarded those who stuck with him despite a 10-race losing streak. The French import rediscovered his fine form, dating back to early 2014, and ran down front-running ...
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Forever Darling, San Onofre earn initial stakes wins in Santa Anita sprints
Forever Darling entered Saturday’s $200,500 Santa Ynez S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park owning just a maiden win, but exited a half-length victress after passing pacesetter and 2-1 favorite Pretty N Cool late in the stretch.
The Santa Ynez was the fi ...
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Life heads Isotherm in Dania Beach; Lira gets out in time in Ginger Brew
Saturday’s turf stakes for newly turned 3-year-olds at Gulfstream Park served up tight finishes. After 8-5 favorite Lira extricated herself in the nick of time to remain unbeaten in the $100,000 Ginger Brew , Life Imitates Art benefited from a dream ...
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Awesome Speed prevails at odds-on in Mucho Macho Man
Quickly recovering from an early bump, Awesome Speed tracked pacesetter Aggressive Driver to the quarter pole and then proved best through the stretch to take Saturday's $100,000 Mucho Macho Man at Gulfstream Park.
The 3-5 favorite in the one-m ...
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Flexibility much the best in Jerome
Flexibility swept to the lead leaving the far turn and cruised to a 4 1/4-length decision in Saturday’s $200,000 Jerome (G3) at Aqueduct, picking up 10 points in the first Kentucky Derby qualifying race of the New Year.
Trained by Chad Brown a ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings December 2015
*JS SpeedyPebbles* Honorable Mention Tc's Posey, HotFoot Rihanna, Blu Too Tarmac, JS SpeedyPebbles, St's Jerry Rice, CBJ Jackie O, Kiowa Brazil, Xtenshun, Superior Raylen, Atascocita Camry, CBJ Kennedy, Hustle It U ...
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California Chrome blazes six furlongs in 1:10.04
Exactly one week ahead of his comeback in the San Pasqual (G2), California Chrome polished off his preparations with a six-furlong work shortly before Saturday’s 1ST race at Santa Anita. The 2014 Horse of the Year would have done well to show no rust ...
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Awesome Banner, Lucy N Ethel lead all the way at Gulfstream
Front-running favorites captured both of Gulfstream Park's graded sprint stakes on Saturday, the first ones of 2016 for newly-turned three-year-olds.
In the $100,000 Hutcheson (G3) , Awesome Banner made an impressive return from a seven-month la ...
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Full Field for the Charger Bar Handicap at Los Alamitos
Defending champion, Quirky, leads the field in Sunday's Charger Bar Handicap at Los Alamitos. The $100,000 Charger Bar Handicap (G1) headlines the Sunday night card at Los Alamitos . Ed Allred's Quirky, will attempt to defend her title as the ...
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Pompano Sunday card has several plays
Those standardbred players looking to kick off the new year by cashing a few nice tickets should focus their attention on the Sunday evening card at Pompano Park. Widely considered the winter capital of harness racing in warm, southern Florida, Pomp ...
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Songbird breezes, California Chrome arrives at Santa Anita for San Pasqual
Edited News Release
Unbeaten Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner Songbird, who will be named champion 2-year-old filly at the January 16 Eclipse Award ceremonies, worked four furlongs Friday in :47.20 at Santa Anita with regular rider Mike ...
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2016 resolution: Concentrate more on stakes
After a solid first half of 2015 when my wagering activity resulted in a profit approaching 12 percent, I suffered an agonizing meltdown in the final six months of the year. While my TwinSpires.com records also include wagers placed on behalf of ot ...
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Ageless kicks off another campaign in competitive Monrovia
With her connections hoping she lives up to her moniker, the newly-turned seven-year-old turf sprint specialist Ageless heads a solid field of older fillies and mares in Sunday's $200,000 Monrovia (G2) at Santa Anita.
The about 6 1/2-furlong M ...
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NYRA schedules lucrative maiden trials for Tremont, Astoria
Edited Press Release
Six maiden races worth $100,000 each will be offered by the New York Racing Association this spring as part of a program leading up to the Astoria and Tremont, run on June 9 and 10 as the first two juvenile stakes of the year ...
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TwinSpires Players Horse Of The Year & Top Winners For Harness Bettors, 2015
As 2015 ends, we file our annual report to harness blog followers/TwinSpires account holders.
First, we announce our 2015 TwinSpires Players Horse of the Year. At the end of each season, we celebrate the horse endorsed in a blog that won and p ...
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David finds winning Path in Eddie Logan
Even-money favorite Path of David rolled to a comfortable one-length victory in the $79,250 Eddie Logan S., but he’s not the only one to take from the New Year’s Eve feature at Santa Anita. Arabian Leopard, who blew his chance with a lackadaisical st ...
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American Pharoah makes for a great year in horse racing
BY DICK POWELL
2015 is over and what a year for horse racing it has been. Last year, when CALIFORNIA CHROME (Lucky Pulpit) was beaten in the Belmont Stakes (G1), it looked like we might never have another Triple Crown winner. The task seemed ins ...
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Espinoza looking forward to stronger California Chrome in 2016
Jockey Victor Espinoza observes that we’ll see a new and improved model of California Chrome in 2016. The 2014 Horse of the Year, who hasn’t raced since finishing second in the March 28 Dubai World Cup (G1), is nearing a comeback in the January 9 San ...
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Mohaymen begins build-up to Holy Bull
Unbeaten Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful Mohaymen returned to the worktab Thursday for the first time since his victory in the November 28 Remsen (G2).
Subsequently dispatched to his Florida winter home, the Kiaran McLaughlin pupil breezed a half-mile ...
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Valuing Breeders' Cup Victories in Close Eclipse Contests
For this year's Eclipse Award ballot, my approach to each category fits one of three descriptions:
1. Slam Dunk 100% no brainer likely to be unanimous
*Horse of the Year, Two-year-old male, two-year-old female, three-year-old male, male sprinte ...
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San Pasqual- 2016 West Coast Dominance
5. Runhappy (?) - Yeah, I had to add a question mark to Runhappy. We don't know where he'll run next. Instead of repeating myself, I'll just point you out to a blog that I wrote this past Sunday. ...
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Ring Out The Old, Bring In The New With Harness Action
First, happy birthdays to all racehorses everywhere, as Jan. 1 officially makes them all one year older. Next, let’s keep our records straight—all the plays before Jan. 1 go into the 2015 ledger. We hope you have been keeping records, even the simple ...
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Championship at Sunland Park Rescheduled for Sunday
Jockey Damian Martinez will guide Jrc Callas First in the Championship at Sunland Park, rescheduled for Sunday, January 3.
One of the determining factors in rescheduling the Championship at Sunland Park, is that as a Grade 1 for older horses, ...
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Chiropractor, Distinctiv Passion & Pretty N Cool highlight Santa Anita stakes
Chiropractor made quite a splash when making his stakes debut in the November 28 Hollywood Derby (G1), posting a 14-1 upset, and the Tom Proctor-trained will try to continue his ascension in the turf ranks in the $200,000 San Gabriel (G2) , one of ...
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Hutcheson, Old Hat on tap as Gulfstream offers stakes quintet
Three-year-old sprinters will be in the spotlight Saturday at Gulfstream Park with the $100,000 Hutcheson (G3) and $100,000 Old Hat (G3) . The 6-furlong races highlight a nice card that features five sophomore stakes.
Sheikh of Sheikhs , winne ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - December 31, 2015
Welcome to another Thursday of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 20 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure on this, the last card of 2015. For the picks for this last program of the year, MoneyMaker ...
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Flexibility should appreciate Jerome class relief
After finishing second to Mohaymen in the Remsen (G2) and Nashua (G2), Flexibility will avoid that quality rival and has an excellent opportunity to record his first stakes victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Jerome (G3) at Aqueduct. The Chad Brown tr ...
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Closing types have some success but speed remains dangerous on Aqueduct inner track
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
There was no graded action this past week at Aqueduct.
Track Stats
A total of 18 races were held over the inner strip at the Long Island, New York venue, with favorites winning at a 39 percent rate and the top two bettin ...
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Palm Beach $50,000 He's My Man Tournament Preview
"Shorty"
Predictions
He's going to the National Championship for a reason. Pat C Short Cut is the most complete greyhound of this Field and will put his talent on display for the world to see in the Final. I wouldn't want to pick a ...
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Runhappy punctuates opening weekend, Belvoir Bay a turf filly to watch at Santa Anita
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
A slew of top stakes performances highlighted the big opening weekend of the winter/spring meeting at Santa Anita.
Malibu S. (G1) : James McIngvale’s RUNHAPPY (Super Saver) cemented his status as the top sprinter in train ...
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Longshot Winner at Mahoning Valley is Largest Win Payout This Century
R B Wild Promise’s victory on Monday at Mahoning Valley Racecourse was an upset of historic proportions .
Not only did the four-year-old snap a five-race losing streak to give owner Gwendolyn Crosser her first victory as a trainer, but the D’Wild ...
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Packard wins handicapping contest
[Clear View Hanover] and they finished one-two and I also had the exacta that race." Packard also owns 10 horses that primarily at The Meadows close to home and occasionally at Northfield Park, but he did have a trotter competing at The Meadowlands ...
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Fast miles highlight Dover Downs Monday card
Temperatures may not have been much above freezing when the Monday evening card at Dover Downs got under way, but it did not prevent numerous pacers from uncorking several fast clockings over the Delaware five-eighths mile oval and one catch driver ...
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Tis the season for filling out ballots
Last Saturday afternoon Santa Anita Race Course offered the last two Grade I races of the year and soon after which members of the National Turf Writers Association, the Daily Racing Form and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association were asked t ...
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Horse pays $415.20 to win on record day at Mahoning Valley
Edited press release
R B Wild Promise, a 206-1 longshot triggered several record payoffs, including a $415.20 payout for a $2 win ticket with his victory in Monday’s 7TH race, a $5,000 conditional claiming event at Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning V ...
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Eddie Logan anchors New Year’s Eve stakes action
Benoit photo of Santa Anita's iconic shoeshine man, Eddie Logan, who died in early 2009 at the age of 98 .
Thursday’s $75,000 Eddie Logan S. at Santa Anita isn’t the richest stakes on offer on New Year’s Eve, but as a listed contest for promisin ...
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How to handicap Super High 5 at Hawthorne Mandatory Payout
by NICOLLE NEULIST
The Hawthorne meeting will not end until Saturday, January 2, but the escalating Super High 5 jackpot carryover will meet its demise on Wednesday, December 30, when the Chicagoland track forces out all pools.
This is great ...
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Runhappy to aim for Met Mile after Texas vacation
Presumptive sprint champion Runhappy is scheduled to ship out of Santa Anita to enjoy a well-deserved vacation in Texas, the home base of owner Jim McIngvale. The TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) hero, who just extended his winning streak to six ...
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Glen Hill Farm's Lavin to be honored with Eclipse Award of Merit
Edited press release
In a career marked by enduring accomplishments in racing, breeding and devotion to the Thoroughbred industry, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers And Broadcast ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Greyhounds to watch
Welcome to another Southland monthly preview of the Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch . January's selections consist of several hard running youngsters that have started their careers with impressive wins and strong finishes. ...
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Dover Downs offers three solid cards this week
Harness racing fans still have several more chances to turn their Christmas bonuses into some serious cash this week before the official start to the New Year as Dover Downs closes out 2015 with a trio of solid programs.
In fact, Dover's Monday e ...
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Public’s Short Prices Take Out Longshot Contenders; 2015 Review And 2016 Weekend On Tap Next
The holiday week disrupted our usual deadline for features as the dark day for all tracks on Dec. 25 and a string of closing plants left us with two features after deadline (see previous blog), as well as some H2W (horses-to-watch) listed horses also ...
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Gender Agenda breaks through in Frankel, but Belvoir Bay steals the show on the undercard
Keith Brackpool, Alon Ossip and Timothy Ritvo's Gender Agenda scored a 10-1 upset of Sunday's $101,750 Robert J. Frankel (G3) , but a far more memorable performance was turned in by another British import -- 2-year-old filly Belvoir Bay in the Blue ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday, December 28
Welcome to another Monday of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure on the evening card. For the picks for this twilight program, MoneyMaker Mike will choose 5 g ...
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Nyquist, Songbird post works as connections map out plans
Nyquist and Songbird, the unbeaten duo who wrapped up respective divisional championships in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and Juvenile Fillies (G1), both posted works at Santa Anita this weekend.
On Sunday, the Doug O’Neill-trained Nyquist nego ...
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California Chrome drills in company; blinkers off for San Pasqual
At his Los Alamitos headquarters on Sunday, California Chrome continued his build-up to a comeback in the January 9 San Pasqual (G2). The 2014 Horse of the Year drilled seven furlongs in 1:25 2/5 beneath jockey Victor Espinoza, but without blinkers, ...
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Gold Actor stars in Arima Kinen
Although fan favorite Gold Ship raised the rafters at Nakayama as he began to circle the field on the far turn of Sunday’s Arima Kinen (G1), it was the other “Gold” runner – Gold Actor – who finished best of all to claim the prestigious season-ender. ...
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Gold Ship favored to go out in style in Arima Kinen
Nearly all of the leading players described in our early preview of tonight’s Arima Kinen (G1) have stood their ground, with the only big absentee being Japan Cup (G1) heroine Shonan Pandora.
As expected, six-year-old Gold Ship rates as the fa ...
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Runhappy dominates Malibu
Presumptive sprint champion Runhappy remained unbeaten at one-turn distances with another impressive front-running effort in Saturday’s $300,000 Malibu (G1) at Santa Anita, dominating the 7-furlong test for 3-year-olds by a 3 ½-length margin.
Ru ...
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Birdatthewire gets up late in La Brea
Birdatthewire closed furiously down the middle of the track to catch Hot City Girl and post a 10-1 upset in Saturday’s $301,000 La Brea (G1) at Santa Anita. Winner of the Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) and Forward Gal (G2) earlier this year, the Dale Ro ...
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More relaxed Om rebounds in Mathis Brothers Mile
After Om finished third as the 4-5 favorite in the November 28 Hollywood Derby (G1), Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens said that the colt “threw a fit in the starting gate.” For Saturday’s Mathis Brothers Mile (G2) on opening day at Santa ...
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Kitten stares down ‘gun in McKnight; Goldy locks up another in La Prevoyante
Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s homebred Charming Kitten dug in resiliently to see off Kaigun by a neck in Saturday’s $100,000 W.L. McKnight H. (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
The 5-year-old son of Kitten’s Joy was scoring an arguably overdue first gr ...
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It's all Green Gratto in Gravesend
After denying Palace with the help of a nine-pound weight concession in Thanksgiving’s Fall Highweight H. (G3), Green Gratto came right back to spoil his rival’s farewell party in Saturday’s $98,000 Gravesend at Aqueduct. Only this time, ...
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Jrc Callas First Leads Field in the Championship at Sunland Park
Jrc Callas First runs Sunday in the $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park in October. Past winners of the Championship at Sunland Park include A Ransom, Streakin Sin Tacha, First Moonflash, Cold Cash 123 and Prospect to the Top. Sunland will ...
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Best Behavior enjoys perfect trip, registers first stakes victory in Sugar Swirl
Miller Racing’s Best Behavior parlayed a favorable trip into her first career stakes victory, posting a two-length score in Saturday’s $100,000 Sugar Swirl (G3) at Gulfstream Park. Ridden by John Velazquez, the Marty Wolfson-trained 5-year-old mare ...
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Glory takes on the establishment in Robert J. Frankel
Sunday’s $100,000 Robert J. Frankel (G3) at Santa Anita features such established graded performers as Stormy Lucy , Rusty Slipper , Three Hearts , and Warren’s Veneda (in a rare turf start), which makes it a proper test of class for ...
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SOUTHLAND recap - Saturday, December 26
Welcome to another Saturday of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure on both the matinee and evening cards. For the past week or so MoneyMaker Mike has been pic ...
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$20,000 Dick Andrews Futurity
#8 JS TommyTheTank ~ Koppe, Staats & Collins (6-1 Odds)
Owner Shannon Henry sends her best pup into this Final, with a prime box that could prove to be a big difference. The only greyhound in this field that can break out of the b ...
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Borell picks up a major new client; Runhappy & Cavorting favored as Santa Anita opens with pair of Grade 1 stakes
BY DICK POWELL
It may not be the happy ending we wished for but the Maria Borell saga has taken a positive turn. Drawing Away Stable announced that beginning immediately, Borell will begin training for them at Gulfstream Park.
Borell was un ...
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Winter Harness Action Abounds During Season’s Stretch Drive
The holiday week finds many tracks on hiatus until the day after Christmas or finished with their meetings until 2016. During days and nights of harness action, even though they are few, we bring you the best of wagering possibilities on various avai ...
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Baffert Reloads and Derby Rankings
Although breeding suggests that he won't be able to negotiate 1 1/4 miles, breeding doesn't mean everything when it comes to the Kentucky Derby. The truth is that he has such a high cruising speed, not American Pharoah high cruising speed but a high ...
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Da Big Hoss, Goldy Espony & Stonetastic highlight Gulfstream stakes
Female sprinters and turf routers are in the spotlight Saturday as Gulfstream Park will host a trio of graded stakes races.
The $100,000 Sugar Swirl (G3) kicks off the stakes action and Stonetastic figures to appreciate the class relief after ...
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Top 10 “Nail Biters” of 2015 in American racing
With the New Year fast approaching, the TwinSpires.com editorial staff has put together a series of compilation blogs. The first featured the top 10 “ racing performances ” and today’s spotlight is on the top 10 “nail biters” of 2015.
1) ...
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Awesome Gent, Adventist, Clipthecouponannie & Katniss the Victor all post nice 2-year-old maiden wins at Aqueduct
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
There was no graded action this past week at Aqueduct.
Track Stats
A total of 44 races were held over the inner strip at the Long Island, New York venue, with favorites winning at a 27 percent rate and the top two bettin ...
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Quarter Horses Return to Hialeah Park on Saturday, December 26
The live Quarter Horse racing season at Hialeah Park begins on Saturday, December 26
Horsemen to watch include 2015 leading trainer Judd Kearl, Donnie Strickland, Rolando Almanza, Matt Frazier and Kenny Laymon. The very competitive jockey colo ...
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Five Kentucky Derby Horses DeJulio Is Watching
by BRUNO DEJULIO
Many of you are already talking Kentucky Derby , and I’m not even done with my Christmas shopping!
Now, I am not the type to jump on Derby bandwagons this far away from the race, but I do enjoy identifying horses who co ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Wednesday, December 23
Welcome to another Wednesday twilight card of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. For the past week MoneyMaker Mike has been picking greyhounds who hopefull ...
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Laurel offers stakes-filled card
Those horse players looking for some action immediately after Christmas Day will need to look no further than Laurel Park on Saturday.
Laurel will offer five stakes overall, two for two-year-olds and a trio for older runners, male and female.
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Baffert extends Futurity record with Mor Spirit; inside posts not good in final week at Los Alamitos
LOS ALAMITOS NOTEBOOK
There was Grade 1 test for two-year-old boys on Saturday at Los Alamitos.
Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) : Michael Lund Petersen’s MOR SPIRIT (Eskendereya) got into contention in early stretch and wore down front-running sta ...
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Fans asked to vote via Twitter for 2015 NTRA Moment of the Year
Edited Press Release
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) will conduct voting for the 2015 NTRA Moment of the Year via Twitter from now through January 3, 2016. Fans may cast their votes by tweeting at the NTRA’s official Twitter h ...
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Early look at Arima Kinen: Japan Cup vs QEII Cup form, clash of Black & Gold
International racing fans have one more Japanese major to look forward to before year’s end – Sunday’s Arima Kinen (G1) at Nakayama. The post-Christmas bash marks the swan song of temperamental fan favorite Gold Ship (pictured); an expected rematch ...
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Champion-in-waiting Runhappy tops seven-horse Malibu
Saturday is the day after Christmas, which means the curtain rises on the eagerly anticipated winter/spring meet at Santa Anita. Helping to usher in the prestigious stand is champion-in-waiting Runhappy , who heads a field of seven in the $300,000 ...
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Old Friends announces arrival of Belmont winner Touch Gold
Edited Press Release
Touch Gold, the horse famous for denying Silver Charm the Triple Crown in the 1997 Belmont S. (G1), has been retired to Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Center in Georgetown, Kentucky.
Michael Blowen, founder a ...
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Beau Purple and other retrospectives in a year of blogging
One of the advantages in having turned to blogging full time at TwinSpires.com in 2015 has been the opportunity to delve into historical topics on occasion.
Since I began following racing in the late 1980s, I've been fascinated with the sport's ...
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Woodchopper, Pago Hop on tap for Fair Grounds' post-Christmas card
Fair Grounds will host a trio of stakes next Saturday, one day after Christmas, with a pair of one-mile turf events for three-year-olds as well as the six-furlong Pan Zareta S. for distaffers.
An overflow group of 15 colts and geldings entered the ...
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Sudden Surprise highlights Damon Runyon; Fall Highweight top three square off in Gravesend
Sudden Surprise could give owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher a belated Christmas present next Saturday when lining up against five fellow juveniles in the $100,000 Damon Runyon S. over Aqueduct’s inner dirt.
The mile-and-70-yard contes ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Monday, December 21
Welcome to another Monday twilight card of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. For the next few days MoneyMaker Mike will be picking greyhounds who hopefull ...
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Pick-4 Leg Winner Tops At $16; Fraser Delivers $13 Score; Place Prices Top Winner Prices With Exacta Additions
Our overnight features presented a few wins this week. Unfortunately, since we suggest horses to play so far in advance, it sometimes costs us in toteboard clicks and our contenders turn out to be public choices of some sort.
Such was the case ...
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Super Sunday At Palm Beach
"Sizzle"
Interesting story line with #6 JS ToHotToHandle from the Koppe, Staats & Collins Kennel. Teammate to Pebbles and a former #1 Ranked racer here, "Sizzle" has a chance to stop Seaver's streak cold in its tracks this afterno ...
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Mor Spirit hands Baffert record eighth win in Los Alamitos Futurity
Mor Spirit wasn’t able to get over the stakes hurdle in his first try last out in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs, but on Saturday the dark bay juvenile surged past stablemate Toews on Ice in the $350,500 Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) ...
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Eagle shows signs of possible things to come in Tenacious
Suggesting he'll be a prime player in major events for older horses throughout the Fair Grounds meet, Will Farish's homebred three-year-old Eagle prevailed under a hand ride in Saturday's $60,000 Tenacious , one of six stakes on the Santa Super Sat ...
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Solemn Tribute, Tammy the Torpedo win Tropical stakes at Gulfstream
Lael Stables’ Solemn Tribute sprinted to the early lead in Saturday’s $79,500 Tropical Park Derby at Gulfstream Park and courageously battled back after being headed in upper stretch, posting a head decision in the 1 1/16-mile turf affair for 3-y ...
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Ishaq just holds in Inaugural while Hidden Treat prevails in Sandpiper
Tampa Bay Downs hosted Cotillion Festival Day on Saturday featuring three stakes, and taking center stage were a pair of two-year-old events readying juveniles for their upcoming sophomore seasons.
The $57,500 Sandpiper S. sending fillies six fu ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Sunday, December 20
Welcome to another Sunday twilight card of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. For the next few days MoneyMaker Mike will be picking greyhounds who hopefull ...
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California Chrome works three-quarters for San Pasqual
Horse of the Year and Kentucky Derby (G1) hero California Chrome continued readying for his return to action in the January 9 San Pasqual S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park with a six-furlong move on Saturday at Los Alamitos.
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X Y Jet impresses in Mr. Prospector
Gelfenstein Farm’s X Y Jet registered his first stakes victory in dominant fashion Saturday, rolling to a 9 ¼-length decision in the $100,000 Mr. Prospector (G3) at Gulfstream Park. Emisael Jaramillo was up on Jorge Navarro-trained gelding.
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American Pharoah's Snub Misunderstood
Many believe that American Pharoah not winning the Sportsperson of the Year Award is wrong, a tragedy, how could the Triple Crown Winner not win Sportsperson of the Year? I mean, he won the Triple Crown, something that hadn't been done in 37 ye ...
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