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Smooth Roller hits the jackpot in Awesome Again
Smooth Roller brought just three career starts into Saturday’s $300,750 Awesome Again S. (G1) at Santa Anita Park, but exited the 1 1/8-mile contest a first-time stakes winner with a guaranteed berth in the October 31 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at ...
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Songbird polishes off Chandelier triumph
Songbird moved her record to a perfect three-for-three on Saturday when easily taking the $300,750 Chandelier S. (G1) at Santa Anita Park by 4 1/2 lengths under jockey Mike Smith.
The Jerry Hollendorfer pupil did so while running 1 1/16 miles in ...
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Big Blue Kitten smashes Fantastic Light's course record in Joe Hirsch, makes BC Turf statement
Big Blue Kitten stated his case to be regarded as the leading American-based hope for the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) with a course record-smashing victory in Saturday's $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) at Belmont Park. Well handled by Joe Bravo, ...
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Beholder turns Zenyatta into paid workout
If Beholder’s 8 1/4-length romp in the August 22 Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar looked effortless, then Saturday’s win in the $300,750 Zenyatta S. (G1) at Santa Anita Park could only be classified as a paid workout.
Seriously, Beholder could ha ...
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Rock Fall finds more late, takes Vosburgh as heavy favorite
Rock Fall was the overwhelming 2-5 favorite in Saturday's $400,000 Vosburgh (G1) at Belmont Park, and after a tense final quarter-mile prevailed by a neck under Javier Castellano.
A stalking third as Wildcat Red and Weekend Hideaway traded leads ...
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Nyquist has to dig deep but remains perfect in FrontRunner
Following easy wins in the Del Mar Futurity (G1) and Best Pal (G2), Nyquist was put to the test in Saturday’s $300,750 FrontRunner Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita before gamely prevailing by three-quarters of a length.
A son of freshman sire Uncle Mo ...
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Tapiture gets Ack Ack confidence boost ahead of BC Dirt Mile
Second to Goldencents in last year's Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) as a three-year-old, Tapiture had been largely disappointing this season -- until Saturday's $100,000 Ack Ack H. (G3) at Churchill Downs. By digging in determinedly and staving off t ...
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Isotherm posts fitting upset in Pilgrim
Isotherm scored a fitting, upset victory in the $200,000 Pilgrim (G3) at Belmont Park on Saturday. The juvenile colt descends in tail-male line from Zabeel, a champion sire in Australia and New Zealand, who reportedly passed away Friday at the age ...
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La Verdad isn’t flashy but leads all the way as Gallant Bloom favorite
La Verdad carried her speed to another stakes victory in the Empire State, improving to 5-for-5 this year with a half-length decision in Saturday’s $300,000 Gallant Bloom H. (G2) at Belmont Park. Now a nine-time stakes heroine, the New York-bred ma ...
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Wedding Toast tunes up for Distaff bid with front-running Beldame romp
Unraced since an impressive win on the Belmont Stakes undercard, Wedding Toast returned with a sharp tally in Saturday’s $400,000 Beldame (G1) at Belmont Park and served notice she’ll take some beating in the October 31 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) a ...
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Handicapping the first of two Breeders' Cup Super Saturdays: prohibitive favorites abound
Horseplayers seeking value face a number of heavy favorites on the first of two Super Saturday programs for the Breeders’ Cup.
The Zenyatta (G1) at Santa Anita serves as a prime example, with Pacific Classic (G1) winner and Breeders’ Cup Classic ( ...
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Big Closing Weekend at The Downs at Albuquerque
Trainer Brian Stroud and Jrc Callas First
Racing stars will be out in forces this weekend for the final two days of the Downs at Albuquerque live racing season. One "can't miss" race is Sunday's $200,000 Downs at Albuquerque Fall Quarter Hor ...
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Competitive field entered for Oklahoma Derby
A well-matched group of 12 sophomores has been assembled for Sunday’s $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) at Remington Park, and the nine-furlong contest really is up for grabs.
Desert Dynamo holds the distinction of being the morning-line favorite at ...
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Alabama Bettor Wagers $14.40 on Woodbine Super High 5 to Win $64,122.95
A lot of stars aligned for Thomas from Alabama to turn $14.40 into $64,137.35 on Wednesday night betting Woodbine via TwinSpires.com.
First, Thomas had to have the time to play on a Wednesday night, then he had to find a track he wanted to play, a ...
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Hoosier Park takes center stage on Saturday night
It Jiggleit captured the Little Brown Jug to secure his status as the top standardbred of either gait or any age this year, several of the sport's best trotters and pacers will convene at Hoosier Park in Indiana for a quartet of open stakes.
While ...
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Include Betty highlights Remington Park Oaks
Oklahoma Derby Day is Sunday at Remington Park, and track officials have scheduled a plethora of stakes for the occasion.
However, the biggest event on the undercard has to be the $200,000 Remington Park Oaks sending a field of seven 1 1/16 mile ...
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Four things I'm watching for in this weekend's round of BC preps
There's a lot going on in Saturday's first round of final Breeders' Cup preps, where the action from Belmont Park, Churchill Downs, and Santa Anita will be coming at a fast and furious pace all afternoon. Here are four things I'll be watching for:
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ON POINT: Beholder Headlines First Breeders' Cup Super Saturday
September 25, 2015
The first of two Super Saturday Breeders' Cup prep days is this Saturday, September 26, with graded stakes Breeders' Cup preps at Belmont Park, Churchill Downs, and Santa Anita Park. The West Coast features top races for Breede ...
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Palm Beach Friday Matinee Preview 9-25-2015
Put Puppy Stakes Finalists #2 Bf Par Snipe in your exotic plays, as she has hit the board in 14 of 18 starts (78%) this season. Java Beretta on top to end the Friday Matinee with Jackie O closing in for the Place spot. Picks 6-4-2-3 Top ...
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Wiggle It Jiggleit wows them in Little Brown Jug
Dealt A Winner had posted a 26-1 shocker to capture the $320,000 Cane Pace at the Meadowlands on the Hambletonian Day card, while Revenge Shark posted a mild 9-1 upset to take the $500,000 Messenger Stakes at Yonkers Raceway last month. But heading i ...
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Hard Not to Like looking for Grade 1 hat trick in Rodeo Drive
Hard Not to Like brings a pair of Grade 1 victories into Saturday’s $300,000 Rodeo Drive S. (G1) at Santa Anita Park, and a win in the 1 1/4-mile turf contest would not only net her a third straight top level score but also a guaranteed berth in t ...
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Bob Le Beau prevails in Lonesome Glory Steeplechase
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Bob Le Beau split rivals in midstretch and held off a late challenge from Hinterland to win Thursday's $150,000 Lonesome Glory Steeplechase (NSA-G1) at Belmont Park by a half-length and notch his second straight Grade 1 victory.
Tra ...
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Thoroughbred sales don't support anti-Lasix crowd; Frosted & I'm a Chatterbox impress
By Dick Powell
The Keeneland September Yearling Sale grinds on and the results have been spectacular. Through nine sessions, 2,076 yearlings have been sold for $270,447,300, with the $130,273 average increasing 4.35% over last year.
The market ...
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Avanzare, Talco meet again in City of Hope
Avanzare and Talco , the 1-2 finishers in the August 23 Del Mar Mile, will square off again in Sunday’s $200,000 City of Hope Mile (G2) at Santa Anita. They are leading contenders among nine horses in the one-mile turf affair.
Avanzare posted ...
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Beholder seeks third Zenyatta score; Bayern looking for return to winner’s circle in Awesome Again
Pacific Classic (G1) heroine and dual champion Beholder returns to face her own gender on Saturday in the $300,000 Zenyatta S. (G1) at Santa Anita Park, one of five stakes on the opening day card that will offer an automatic berth to the Breeders ...
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Nyquist, Songbird looking to clinch Breeders’ Cup spots
Juveniles will get a shot at a guaranteed berth in both the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and Juvenile Fillies (G1) when lining up in the respective FrontRunner S. (G1) and Chandelier S. (G1) at Santa Anita Park on Saturday.
Each race is worth $ ...
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Big Blue Kitten seeks elusive Turf Classic win
Second by a nose two years ago and fourth as part of a favored entry in 2014, perhaps the third time will be the charm for Big Blue Kitten in Saturday's $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) at Belmont Park.
The 1 1/2-mile fixture on the Wid ...
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Rock Fall will be hard to beat in Vosburgh
From an historical perspective, horses seeking victory in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1), now sponsored by TwinSpires.com , have been better off not winning the Vosburgh (G1) at Belmont Park. Only one horse, Artax (1999), has been able to pull off th ...
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Tapiture preps for BC Dirt Mile in Ack Ack; Mylute tries to clear stakes hurdle in Lukas Classic
The final Saturday of the September meet features three stakes races at Churchill Downs, including the $175,000 Lukas Classic . Formerly known as the Homecoming Classic, the 1 1/8-mile race was recently renamed for the 80-year-old Hall of Fame train ...
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Little Brown Jug Thursday, Then Saturday Yonkers, Hoosier, Mohawk And Freehold Stakes
The weekend begins early, on Thursday, Sept. 24 for The Little Brown Jug. The late afternoon American pacing classic is analyzed below, along with some other major events on the “Jug” program. Saturday, Sept. 26, we head to Freehold in the afternoon ...
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SOUTHLAND RECAP July and August's Five Up
Welcome everyone to a SOUTHLAND recap of our monthly selections from July & August's Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds. Each month I select five greyhounds who have shown determination, drive and talent in their very young careers to watch ...
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Little Brown Jug highlights midweek racing
Both thoroughbred and standardbred racing fans are accustomed to seeing the best horses of all ages in their respective sports compete at major ovals on weekends. But one of the biggest races in harness racing is actually held annually on a Thursday ...
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Moonist -The Streak Continues
Moonist wins his 10th career stake at Los Alamitos Race Course on September 20, 2015 Based on his exceptional performance this year, Moonist currently standings third in the AQHA Racing-Horseplayernow.com National Poll for older horses. Make su ...
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Older horses battled bravely in Quillen
Last Monday evening Harrington Raceway presented the ninth edition of the $150,000 Bobby Quillen Memorial Invitational for older pacers and the lucrative, prestigious event proved well worth the wait to local fans.
Foiled Again (Yannick Gingras) a ...
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Jugette Tests A Dozen Soph-Filly Pacers; Buckette Tests Trotting Gals
At the Delaware, Ohio Fairgrounds Wednesday, Sept. 23, all eyes are upon the glamour-girl pacers. Twelve of them (nine eligible to the Breeders Crown [e]) contest two elimination heats to earn berths in the 2015 Jugette Final.
Each elim heat i ...
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Breeders' Cup reveals logo for 2016 event at Santa Anita
The Breeders’ Cup on Tuesday revealed the stunning new logo for the 2016 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Following an exciting and historic 2015 horseracing season, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships will return for the ninth time to Sant ...
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Five Takeaways from September 19-20 Weekend
Frosted Primed : Frosted saved ground along the rail, advanced into contention rounding the far turn and easily proved best in the final furlongs of Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2), recording his first victory since the TwinSpires.com W ...
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Bayern Could Have Won the Bayern Stakes
While handicapping this past Saturday's Parx Racing card, I came across the Bayern Stakes. Going off as Race 7 on Saturday's 11 race card, the Bayern Stakes was run for a purse of $150,000. The conditions of the race stated that it was for three-ye ...
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How to use the toteboard to bet the Pick 5 carryover at Mountaineer
There is a $21,618 carryover in the Pick 5 tonight at Mountaineer, and it is a challenging sequence that requires the bettor to balance how much to use likely winners with big longshots who aren’t impossible.
Take the first race in the sequence (r ...
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Bob Le Beau tops field of eight in Lonesome Glory
Clarity at the top of the steeplechase division might come as early Thursday when Bob Le Beau heads a field of eight in the $150,000 Lonesome Glory (G1) at Belmont Park.
The 2 1/2-mile hurdle is the first of three Grade 1 events in the fall t ...
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American Pharoah records first work since Travers
Monday morning at Santa Anita, Triple Crown winner American Pharoah recorded his first workout since losing his first race of the season in last month's Travers (G1).
Under Martin Garcia, American Pharoah worked four furlongs in :49.80, 58th faste ...
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Lucky Lindy runs away with Ontario Derby; Midnight Miley upsets La Lorgnette
Robby Albarado took a trip north of the border on Sunday and guided Lucky Lindy to an easy 3 3/4-length victory in Woodbine’s $134,738 Ontario Derby (Can-G3) .
The duo first paired up for Lucky Lindy’s stakes debut in the grassy Toronto Cup on Ju ...
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Lukas hospitalized after health scare
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas suffered a health scare Saturday night while in Pennsylvania but was doing well Sunday morning, according to various media outlets.
Lukas had Mr. Z entered in the Pennsylvania Derby (G2) and champion Take Charge ...
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Kharafa, Old Harbor steal the spotlight at Belmont Park
Belmont Park played host to a pair of New York-bred stakes on Sunday, with Kharafa taking the $122,500 Ashley T. Cole S. by two lengths under jockey Javier Castellano and Old Harbor capturing the $125,000 John Hettinger S. by 3 1/2 lengths with E ...
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Quillen takes center stage on Monday night
While Foiled Again arrives with only one win in 14 starts this year, onlookers should keep in mind that the 'old man' has faced the best older pacers on the continent at various venues and most of his setbacks have been on the bigger tracks. His lone ...
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Canadian ‘Cowboy’ Tops At $21; Public Nabs Features’ Favorites; $9 On 1-9 Shot
First and foremost, this harness update blog will address the beginning of the Delaware, Ohio Fair race meet that leads to The Little Brown Jug. Harness racing at the fair features many stakes and a score of overnight events from Sunday, Sept. 19 thr ...
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Super Majesty reigns in Dogwood
A pair of sprint races for three-year-old fillies took center stage Saturday evening as the Dogwood S. (G3) at Churchill Downs and the Charles Town Oaks (G3) went off within 15 minutes of each other.
The Dogwood was the feature event on the Down ...
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Hot City Girl fires in Charles Town Oaks
About 15 minutes following the Dogwood S. (G3) at Churchill Downs, the $350,000 Charles Town Oaks (G3) saw Hot City Girl utilize the same front-running tactics as Super Majesty for a 2 1/2-length score under jockey Jose Ortiz.
The duo took comma ...
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Kiss My Hocks Retired and Will Stand Stud
Champion Quarter Horse Kiss My Hocks
AQHA 2-year-old champion, Kiss My Hocks has been retired from racing and will begin his new career as a stallion in 2016 at Southwest Stallion Station near Austin, Texas.
The strapping chestnut colt show ...
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Kiss Moon wins again as Kentucky Downs meet concludes
Saturday's $289,200 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf played out exactly like the June 6 Mint Julep H. (G3) at Churchill Downs, as Kiss Moon rallied from just off the pace to deny favorite I'm Already Sexy at the finish. The margin was a head in the 1 1/ ...
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Frosted turns in strong BC Classic prep with Penn Derby score
A three-week turnaround proved no hurdle for Frosted in Saturday's $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2) at Parx Racing. What helped most was the absence of American Pharoah and a return to stalk-and-pounce tactics
Last seen softening up the Triple ...
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I’m a Chatterbox talks the talk in Cotillion
I’m a Chatterbox maintained an inside trip on the backstretch of Saturday’s $1 million Cotillion S. (G1) at Parx Racing, angled out entering the final turn and easily ran down pacesetter Calamity Kate to post a two-length victory under jockey Flore ...
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Recepta continues ascension in distaff turf ranks, earns first graded win in Noble Damsel
After dropping all three starts in 2014, Recepta didn’t enter her four-year-old campaign with lofty expectations. The Jimmy Toner-trained filly pocketed her first stakes victory since her juvenile season when capturing the restricted De La Rose at Sa ...
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Mr Speaker records first stakes win of 2015 in Commonwealth Cup
Winner of the Belmont Derby (G1), Lexington (G3) and Dania Beach (G3) last year, Mr Speaker entered his 4yo season with solid expectations but went unplaced in his first two stakes attempts. The Phipps Stable homebred rebounded in the $250,000 Com ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview -Young Greyhounds to watch
Welcome to another Southland monthly preview of the Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch . October's selections certainly look like they will give a solid showing in the coming weeks and months as their young careers have already g ...
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Kentucky Downs Pick 5 wagers rely on a pair of singles
The fifth and final day of the 2015 Kentucky Downs meet concludes Saturday with another competitive program featuring 13 races and a nearly $30k Pick 5 carryover.
The Pick 5 begins in race 9 and I’ve got a couple of strong opinions in the sequence ...
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Handicapping the Late Pick 4 on Pennsylvania Derby Day
Parx Racing features a strong program today, highlighted by a pair of $1 million races in the Pennsylvania Derby (G2) and Cotillion Stakes (G1), and TwinSpires.com is offering a 1 million Points Hit It and Split It promotion, where players can clai ...
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Mohawk offers stellar Saturday night card
While the Breeders Crown might still be a month away, standardbred racing fans will want to pay close attention to the racing at Mohawk Raceway on Saturday night which features a bevy of lucrative stakes for trotters of all ages.
Mohawk's third r ...
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Lookin' At Laurel
As someone who cut his racing teeth at Longacres, Playfair, Yakima Meadows and Portland Meadows, I have a deep appreciation for the “little guys” of racing — the not-yet-ready-for-prime-time tracks.
To me, the Longacres Mile was and still kinda-so ...
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Horses I'll be watching on Pennsylvania Derby Day
The most important racing action on Saturday takes place at Parx Racing outside Philadelphia, where the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2) and $1 million Cotillion (G1) serve as likely final Breeders' Cup preps for several three-year-olds.
Here ar ...
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ON POINT: What the Pennsylvania Derby can tell us about American Pharoah
September 17, 2015
Ed DeRosa tells James Scully about his rendezvous with Jewel, and James picks against both favorites in this weekend's $1-million races at Parx: The Pennsylvania Derby and Cotillion Stakes: ...
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Three Plays on an Excellent Pennsylvania Derby card
Handicapping Insights
By Dick Powell
Parx Racing has a sensational racing program scheduled for this Saturday and with cooperative weather in the forecast, it should be a big day for the racetrack situated north of Philadelphia. When you exam ...
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Brisnet.com Accepting Entries for Second Annual Rippey Handicapping Award
The second-annual Ron Rippey Handicapping Media Award is now open for entries. Brisnet.com will present the honor at the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters dinner on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the Griffin Gate resort in Lexington during Breeders’ Cup ...
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Texas Red sidelined until 2016
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) hero Texas Red is done for the rest of the 2015 after a nuclear scan revealed a cannon bone bruise.
Erich Brehm Jr. broke the news on Twitter Thursday, saying the bay son of Afleet Alex was shipped to Lexington, Kentuck ...
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Mohawk, Hoosier Shine With Stakes, National, Local Stars On Fire
All of last week’s elim winners from the Mohawk series of stakes return on Sept. 19 for another cavalcade of stars. There is also stakes wagering action at Hoosier (check out 20X points five days a week when you win $20 or more at Hoosier) and ...
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QH Season Starts at Lone Star Park
Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, will kick off its 2015 live Quarter Horse season on Friday, September 18. The 26-day meet will continue through Saturday, November 14 with many notable special events and graded stakes. Major stakes include t ...
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Saturday stakes highlight Mid-Atlantic cards
This Saturday afternoon and evening a pair of thoroughbred tracks in the Mid-Atlantic region will offer several lucrative stakes, while a harness oval in that region kicks off its 2015 fall meet.
Saturday afternoon Laurel Park will host a pair of ...
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Force the Pass gives relocated Commonwealth Derby a boost
Once the home of the late, great Washington D.C. International, Laurel's famed turf course has not played host to a graded stakes for a number of years. That all changes Saturday when the $400,000 Commonwealth Derby (G2) and $250,000 Commonwealth ...
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I'm Already Sexy seeks title defense at Kentucky Downs
Kentucky Downs concludes its brief, all-turf meeting Saturday with a marathon 13-race program that includes three open stakes.
The deepest of the trio is the $300,000 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf over a mile, where I'm Already Sexy defends her t ...
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Sensational Sands Point winner, favorites perform well as Belmont opens Fall session
BELMONT NOTEBOOK
A lucrative stakes race topped the opening weekend at Belmont Park.
Sands Point S. (G2) : Godolphin’s homebred SENTERIO ITALIA (Medaglia d’Oro) tracked in second early, took the lead in early stretch and spurted away from her ...
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Singling speed in Early & Late Pick 4 at Kentucky Downs
Another contentious card awaits horseplayers today as Kentucky Downs offers the fourth of five racing programs this month.
I’ll be playing both the early and late Pick 4, focusing upon a couple of singles in each sequence.
Race 3: #4 Chiltern ...
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Meadows, Mohawk, Feature Eligible Stars And Upstarts
Mid-week action for an historic stake takes place Wednesday, Sept. 16 at the Meadows, as it presents the $170,000 Nadia Lobell for soph-filly pacers. Nine go to the gate, six that are Breeders Crown eligible (e).
Both of Joe Holloway’s femmes ...
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Want Golden Horn in BC Turf? Hope it keeps raining in Europe
This hardly qualifies as a news alert, but it's good to get an idea of where we stand regarding the possible participation of European star Golden Horn in the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1).
Glimpsing trainer John Gosden at the Keeneland September Yearli ...
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TURF TALK: Sales Season in the Blue Grass, top yearlings & amazing food
September 14, 2015
The Keeneland September yearling sale is the largest of its kind in the world, and no doubt many future stars will parade through the ring this week, but in addition to the glitz and glamour of the crowd and the promise of a we ...
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Ambitious Brew thrives on Los Alamitos dirt track; Baffert sends out a couple of nice juvenile winners
LOS ALAMITOS NOTEBOOK
There was no graded action over the opening weekend at Los Alamitos.
Track Stats
From a total of 34 races held at the Southern California racetrack during the past week, favorites won at a 35 percent clip and the top ...
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Five Takeaways from September 12-13 Weekend
Treve Revved : Excited to see Treve seek a record third straight Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) on October 4 following her demolition of Sunday’s Prix Vermeille (G1) at Longchamp. Conditoned by Criquette Head-Maarek and ridden by Thierry Jarnet, ...
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Southland Recap - Tuesday, September 15
Post position 1 - 5 times
Post position 2 - 5 times
Post position 3 - 3 times
Post position 4 - 2 times
Post position 5 - 2 times
Post position 6 - 5 times
Post position 7 - 4 times
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Post position 9 - 0 times
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My day at Keeneland September, starring a few War Fronts and a Fastnet Rock
During Monday's opening session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, I enjoyed watching the yearlings as they kept circling before observers, awaiting their turn to go into the auction ring. So this post is more of a personal commentary than a p ...
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Da Big Hoss continues win streak in Kentucky Turf Cup
The claim of Da Big Hoss for $50,000 at Churchill Downs in late June by owner Skychai Racing and trainer Mike Maker continues to pay off in spades. On Monday, the four-year-old Lemon Drop Kid colt ran to his third win in succession for connections wh ...
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Pennsylvania Derby likely final Breeders' Cup prep for Frosted
Three weeks after playing a conspicuous role in the defeat of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in the Travers (G1), Frosted will have his final prep for a presumptive start in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) in Saturday's $1 million Pennsylvan ...
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American Pharoah Rank with a Classic Win?
My brother just told me yesterday that Keen Ice's owners are claiming that they have the best three-year-old in the country. I didn't look it up because it made no sense to me how you could claim that after beating American Pharoah once over a track ...
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Will popular Cotillion provide clarity to three-year-old dirt filly division?
As one of the more lucrative races of its kind in the country, the $1 million Cotillion (G1) at Parx Racing has enjoyed a resurgance in popularity among the nation's leading three-year-old fillies in recent years.
Since 2008, when the purse was ...
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The horses to bet in the Kentucky Cup Turf on September 14 at Kentucky Downs
Saturday's loss is Monday's gain, as the rescheduled Kentucky Cup Turf festival goes at Kentucky Downs with a 10-race card featuring more than $2-million in purses, including an all-stakes Pick 4 to close out the card with $1.5-million in purses.
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Five first-crop sires to watch at Keeneland September
For racing fans, the sales have a "circle of life" aspect to them. It doesn't seem all that long since we watched the parents of these yearlings compete on the track, and now their offspring aren't far from entering training themselves.
This is ve ...
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Mondialiste spears through late in Woodbine Mile
Last after a half-mile, and with five lengths still to make up in midstretch, English shipper Mondialiste motored in the final yards, split foes, and got up in time in Sunday's $763,249 Woodbine Mile (G1) , a "Win and You're In" for the Breeders' Cu ...
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Strut the Course does just that in Canadian
Strut the Course once again put her love for Woodbine’s turf on display when separating herself from the pack and pulling away to take Sunday’s $254,820 Canadian S. (Can-G2) under Luis Contreras.
In the process, the five-year-old mare gave train ...
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Order of St George, Air Force Blue romp at the Curragh
Trainer Aidan O'Brien swept the three Group 1s during the second half of Irish Champions weekend Sunday, with Order of St George slamming older horses in the Irish St Leger (G1), Air Force Blue dominating the National (G1) for two-year-olds, and Mind ...
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Interpol arrests Habibi’s rally for Northern Dancer upset
Interpol parlayed a neck victory in the Sky Classic S. (Can-G2) on August 16 into a half-length triumph at 10-1 in Sunday’s $255,874 Northern Dancer Turf S. (Can-G1) at Woodbine.
The Sid Attard-trained four-year-old held a slim advantage through ...
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Stacked Deck just holds in Bold Venture
With only four horses in Sunday’s $114,442 Bold Venture S. (Can-G3) , one wouldn’t think there’d be much opportunity for excitement.
Well, one would be wrong.
The 6 1/2-furlong Polytrack contest kicked off the stakes action on a Woodbine Mile ...
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Monday card offers plenty of value
Harrington will offer its feature race on September 21 when the track hosts the $200,000 Robert Quillen Memorial for older pacers, a race now slated as an Invitational in an attempt to level the playing field. Last year trainer Ron Burke had more th ...
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Treve serves notice with Vermeille rout
Pretenders to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) throne have been warned: the reigning queen isn't prepared to brook any opposition. That's the only conclusion one can draw from Treve 's annihilation of Sunday's Prix Vermeille (G1), her course-and-d ...
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American Pharoah is owed the chance to make history
by Laura Pugh
In our sport there are flashes of brilliance and then there are legends. Brilliance often can lead to the making of legends, but it is up to the owners to allow their horses to build a legacy of legends. A great example of this is th ...
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Multiple Cold Exactas, $28 Frosh Winner, Contenders Hit The Board All Weekend
Few featured contenders from our blogs were uninvolved with paying off this past weekend. The public hoarded some but the sheer volume of paying ponies and a few cold exactas made for a strong few days.
The biggest score took place at Scioto o ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday, September 13
Race 7 - 583 yards - Grade A - CRT TOMMY HEARNS - 7 box - For the fourth straight time he has drawn the 7 box and he's coming off a huge 12 length win last time out so I sure wouldn't overlook him here.
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Treve preps for third Arc; Karakontie among big names in deep Moulin
In this weekend's whirlwind tour of top-level international racing, our next stop is at Longchamp Sunday, where two-time Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) heroine Treve is the star attraction on "Arc Trials" Day.
Treve seeks to regain her crown in t ...
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Frivolous continues Churchill Downs love affair in Locust Grove
Frivolous has shown an unmistakable liking for Churchill Downs, earning a pair of Grade 2 victories under the Twin Spires over the past couple of years, and on Saturday added the track’s $100,000 Locust Grove S. to her resume.
The G. Watts Humph ...
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Golden Horn clips Eagle's wings, but survives inquiry in Irish Champion
A couple of hours after the dramatic disqualification in the St Leger (G1) at Doncaster Saturday, another eventful stretch run in the Irish Champion (G1) left fans wondering if Golden Horn would keep his front-running victory. The 5-4 favorite veer ...
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Sentiero Italia marches on to to QEII Cup after Sands Point romp
It is now safe to say the void in the three-year-old filly turf ranks left by Lady Eli, who continues to recover from the effects of laminitis, has been ably filled by Sentiero Italia.
Godolphin's homebred by Medaglia d'Oro on Saturday romped to h ...
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Sweep of Summer, Natalma gives Casse two for Breeders' Cup
Trainer Mark Casse swept Woodbine's two Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" events for juvenile turf runners, the Summer (G2) and the Natalma (G2) for fillies, in 2014. Despite that history, bettors apparently were caught off guard Saturday as the cond ...
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Dothraki Queen fires in Pocahontas
Jockey Corey Lanerie settled Dothraki Queen into a ground-saving inside trip for Saturday’s $200,000 Pocahontas S. (G2) and the move paid dividends as the bay lass was able to squeeze through on the rail in the stretch to take command and pull off ...
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