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Favorites continue nice run at Belmont Park
BELMONT NOTEBOOK
by John Mucciolo
There was no graded racing this weekend at Belmont Park.
Track Stats
A total of 47 races were held over the main strip at the Elmont, New York venue, with favorites winning at a 43 percent rate a ...
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Beholder the latest, and perhaps greatest, in a phenomenal era of distaffers
This is a golden age for females on the American Thoroughbred racing scene.
Distaffers accounted for three consecutive Horse of the Year titlists in the last decade, with Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta and Havre de Grace taking home the top prize in 2 ...
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Profiles on Breeders’ Cup Distaff Field
1 – I’m a Chatterbox (8-1)
I’m a Chatterbox is a very good bet at 8-1 on the morning line. The chestnut miss has suffered just one unplaced run in her 10-race career, and that came last year at Churchill Downs in the Golden Rod S. (G2). Since then ...
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These favorites look like keys in Breeders' Cup exotics
The 1991 Breeders' Cup remains one of the more memorable for me, although not for the right reasons. After making a long, arduous trek through more than two feet of freshly fallen snow to the local simulcasting facility, I then sat all afternoon and ...
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Breeders' Cup sires to watch
Photo of Tapit courtesy of Gainesway's Michael Hernon via Twitter .
While bettors all want to score at the Breeders’ Cup, so do the stakeholders in the bloodstock industry. Sires are in a competition of their own, making for a fascinating angle to ...
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Bank of America Challenge Championships at Lone Star Park
Jake Gold Br will represent California in the Bank of America Challenge on November 7
Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas will host a national championship, the 2015 Bank of America Challenge Championships on November 6 and 7.
The annual ...
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Churchill Downs kicks off 21-day Fall Meet on Sunday
Edited Press Release
Racing on the Kentucky circuit won’t skip a beat after Keeneland plays host to the two-day Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31. Churchill Downs Racetrack will open its 126 th Fall ...
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Breeders' Cup Friday Preview
Harmonize and jockey Junior Alvarado win the 25th running of the JPMorgan Chase Jessamine (Grade 3) $150,000 for trainer William Mott. Candice Chavez/ESW/CSM The top U.S. hopeful here is Harmonize, who rallied from far back to win the Grade I ...
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Minnesota Man wins $10,000 Breeders' Cup Classic bet, VIP trip to Keeneland
Press Release
Eugene “Geno” Korska turned 10 $15 win-place bets into an opportunity to wager $10,000 on the Breeders’ Cup Classic by winning the TwinSpires.com Big Bet Battle Royale.
In addition to the $721.50 Korksa won on his bets on designa ...
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Breeders' Cup Betting Strategies: RAIL Against the Machine
One of the great things about the Breeders’ Cup World Championships is that it offers a legitimate chance to just gamble on horse racing.
And one of the great things about gambling on horse racing is you can take a seemingly random thing like bett ...
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Whatever happens in BC Classic, American Pharoah should be Horse of the Year
By LAURA PUGH
American racing fans are a fickle bunch, and the newest instance shows that in spades. For over three decades America hoped and prayed for a horse that wasn’t just good, or even great, but worthy of immortality. For over three decad ...
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Final European contingent arrived Monday night; Golden Horn visits Keeneland training track on Tuesday
Edited Press Release
The Aidan O’Brien-trained Gleneagles , Europe’s sole challenger for this year’s $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, arrived at the Keeneland quarantine barn on Monday night shortly after 9:45 (ET), along with his six other Bal ...
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Untapable out of Breeders' Cup Distaff
Edited press release :
Winchell Thoroughbreds’ 2014 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) winner and Eclipse Award-winning champion 3-year-old filly Untapable has been scratched from the Distaff by her connections. Trained by Steve Asmussen, the daughter of ...
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Kb's Like A Fox Breaks Record
No matter what happens the rest of this season, it will be an historic ride watching this greyhound work. A Walk of Fame Star at Palm Beach should certainly await him after all is said and done. What does the Fox say? Replay of Fox's record ru ...
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Breeders' Cup Saturday: Post positions & morning line odds
Here are the final fields for Saturday's nine Breeders' Cup races:
CLASSIC (with revised ML odds after Beholder's scratch)
PP
HORSE
TRAIN ...
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Breeders' Cup Friday: Post positions & morning line odds
Here are the final fields for Friday's four Breeders' Cup events:
DISTAFF
PP
HORSE
TRAINER
JOCKEY ...
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Our favorite Breeders' Cup moment
What is your favorite Breeders' Cup moment of the past 31 years? That question was posed to the editors at Brisnet.com and here are events they found most memorable.
Kellie Reilly: As an ardent fan of Personal Ensign from the very beginning, ...
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Tough post for Nyquist, Liam’s Map starts in a favorable position
Post positions were drawn early Monday afternoon for 11 of the 13 Breeders’ Cup races, with the University of Kentucky’s John Calipari serving as the emcee for the Classic and Distaff draws later in the day, and there were a few notable takeaways. ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Round 3 Monday twilight
Welcome to another Monday twilight card of exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 19 entertaining races on tap for our viewing and wagering pleasure. The highlight of this card, and of several rounds to come, is the continuation of th ...
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TwinSpires.com title sponsor of all three Breeders' Cup sprint races
Edited Press Release
The Breeders' Cup and TwinSpires.com have announced an expanded business relationship for the 2015 Breeders' Cup World Championships . TwinSpires.com, the leading online and mobile betting platform, and the official wager ...
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These horses are in line for Eclipse Awards with Breeders' Cup success
While Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) candidates American Pharoah and Beholder long ago clinched their respective Eclipse Award division titles, most of the others remain up for grabs heading into next week’s two-day Breeders’ Cup meet at Keeneland .
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BC Internationals: Classic contender Gleneagles
Photo courtesy of Ascot Racecourse via Twitter .
Aidan O’Brien has famously compared Gleneagles to Giant’s Causeway, who nearly provided the master of Ballydoyle with an elusive victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) in 2000. We’ll discover whe ...
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BC Internationals: Turf contender Golden Horn
Photo courtesy of Champions Series via Twitter .
At the start of the season, few could have imagined what Golden Horn would go on to accomplish -- a glittering resume, featuring several of Europe's most coveted prizes, and deserved favoritism for ...
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Masochistic heads light BC work tab at Santa Anita; Baffert discusses American Pharoah
Edited Press Release
Grade 1 winner Masochistic headed a relatively light Breeders’ Cup work tab at Santa Anita Park on Sunday.
The Sought After gelding readied for the TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) with a bullet five-eighths move in : ...
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Classic features exciting match-up, Distaff more contentious
American Pharoah and Beholder left a lasting impression during the 2015 season, with the former becoming the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years and the latter crushing male rivals in a Pacific Classic tour-de-force, and the heavy hitters will meet ...
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BC Internationals: Turf contender Found
Photo courtesy of Frank Sorge/Horsephotos.com .
Found aims to become the first sophomore filly, and just third female overall, to defeat males in the Turf (G1).
The Aidan O'Brien trainee ranked as the highweight juvenile filly in both France an ...
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Honor Code posts final BC Classic breeze at Belmont; La Verdad headed to Filly & Mare Sprint
Edited Press Release
Multiple Grade 1 winner Honor Code turned in his final breeze for the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) early Sunday morning at Belmont Park, going four furlongs in :48 under the cover of darkness on the main track.
"He did very ...
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BC Internationals: Mile contender Time Test
Photo courtesy of Channel 4 Racing via Twitter .
Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) hopeful Time Test could be the next star on the horizon for Juddmonte Farms.
Trained by Roger Charlton, the three-year-old son of Dubawi and French Group 1 heroine Passage ...
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BC Internationals: Mile contender Mondialiste
Photo courtesy of WEG/Michael Burns Photography .
Mondialiste was bred and originally raced by Wertheimer et Frere, so an interesting subplot to the 2015 Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) is that he's likely to face another Wertheimer homebred in Impassa ...
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BC Internationals: Mile contender Make Believe
Photo courtesy of Champions Series via Twitter .
Andre Fabre could have relied only on the classy mare Esoterique for the Mile (G1), so it may be significant that he's giving top-notch three-year-old colt Make Believe a shot at the glory as well ...
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BC Internationals: Defending Mile champion Karakontie
Photo courtesy of Breeders' Cup Ltd .
The Niarchos Family's homebred Karakontie stunned the 2014 Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) at odds of 30-1, but his price was more reflective of his recent bad luck than his overall merit -- or his pedigree, as a dire ...
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Ward sextet, Grand Arch & Nemoralia take to Keeneland’s turf ahead of BC
Edited Press Release
Trainer Wesley Ward was pleased with the moves of his six horses pre-entered in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships that worked or galloped over Keeneland’s good turf course on Sunday.
“Everything went great,” Ward said. ...
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BC Internationals: Mile contender Impassable
Photo courtesy of France Galop via Twitter .
Like fellow Wertheimer et Frere homebred and stablemate Bawina , Impassable has been cross-entered to two 2015 Breeders' Cup events. And just as Bawina was given a first preference in her more logica ...
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BC Internationals: Mile contender Esoterique
Photo courtesy of Newmarket Racecourse via Twitter .
We continue our series of international blogs on the 2015 Breeders' Cup contenders with Esoterique, one of Andre Fabre's dynamic duo in the Mile (G1).
During her sophomore campaign in 2013, ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Round 3 Sunday
Welcome to another Sunday afternoon card of exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 entertaining races on tap for our viewing and wagering pleasure. The highlight of this card, and of several rounds to come, is the running of the th ...
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Odds show BC Dirt Mile is Liam's to Lose
Most horseplayers will come to the conclusion that the Dirt Mile is Liam's Map's to lose. The second place finisher in the Whitney Stakes and the smashing winner of the Woodward should be the favorite. The Todd Pletcher trainee looked unbea ...
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Hi-5 Strike Of $38Gs Lifts Breeders Crown Bettors’ Evening From Chalky Results
We begin our review with the end of the Breeders Crown program at Woodbine on Oct. 24 where the final race of the night was theonly non-Breeders Crown event. In Race 13, a conditioned pace, there was a mandatory pay off for the Super Hi-5 with an acc ...
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BC Internationals: Filly & Mare Turf contender Legatissimo
Photo courtesy of Leopardstown via Twitter .
Legatissimo looms as a formidable presence over the 2015 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1), as her highlight reel reveals.
After a fourth on unsuitably soft ground in her reappearance in the ...
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BC Internationals: Filly & Mare Turf contender Secret Gesture
Photo courtesy of Four Footed Fotos .
North American racing fans have already had a chance to see Secret Gesture twice on this continent. The 2013 Epsom and German Oaks (G1) runner-up tried last year's Filly & Mare Turf (G1), winding up fifth ...
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BC Internationals: Filly & Mare Turf contender Miss France
Photo courtesy of Channel 4 Racing via Twitter .
The Andre Fabre-trained Miss France scored her signature win in last year's 1000 Guineas (G1) at Newmarket (click link for replay), but didn't have as much success when a dead-heat fifth in the 20 ...
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Favored Dortmund, Om secure stakes wins at Santa Anita
Santa Anita Park hosted back-to-back stakes on Saturday, and each race shares a connection with Triple Crown champion American Pharoah.
The $200,750 Twilight Derby (G2) featured Om, who handed American Pharoah the first of his only two losses, w ...
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BC Internationals: Filly & Mare Turf contender Bawina
Photo courtesy of Champions Series via Twitter .
Bawina sits first on the also-eligible list for the Filly & Mare Turf (G1), but if fellow Wertheimer homebred Impassable opts for her first preference in the Mile (G1), she'll get her chance in ...
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BC Internationals: Filly & Mare Turf contender Queen's Jewel
Photo courtesy of Equidia Live via Twitter .
Queen's Jewel is one of three Filly & Mare Turf (G1) pre-entrants for Wertheimer et Frere, along with the Carlos Laffon-Parias duo of Impassable (first preference in the Mile [G1]) and Bawina (first ...
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A European sweep of the Turf, Filly & Mare Turf & Mile?
Golden Horn photo courtesy of Darley Stallions via Twitter .
Although extended forecasts in racing are just about as iffy as in meteorology, the view one week out is that Europe could be poised to sweep the Breeders' Cup's marquee races on the gra ...
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Tiger Ride rallies to take off-the-turf Valley View
Keeneland's turf course, which has looked a little worn in recent days, earned a needed rest on Saturday, the technical closing day of the Lexington track's fall meet.
A modest rainfall early in the day was just the right excuse for management to ...
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2015 Breeders' Cup BRIS Speed & Class Report
Using BRIS Speed ratings on dirt and BRIS Class ratings on turf, brisnet.com has assembled a Speed/Class rating report for the 2015 Breeders’ Cup .
Top contenders in eight of the 13 Breeders’ Cup races (excluding 2-year-old events and the TwinS ...
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Tonalist, Artemis Agrotera tune up for second BC attempts
Edited Press Release
Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) contender Tonalist breezed six furlongs at Belmont Park on Saturday, putting the final touches on his return engagement in next Saturday's championship race.
Trained by Christophe Clement, the ...
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Big Blue Kitten leads Brown's BC worker brigade
Edited Press Release
Trainer Chad Brown unleashed a cavalcade of Breeders' Cup -bound horses at Belmont Park on Saturday morning for their final works before their respective races.
Leading the charge for Brown were Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G ...
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Hollendorfer: Wild Dude, Songbird ‘very good’ in final Santa Anita drills for BC
Edited Press Release
Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G1) winner Wild Dude , pre-entered to the TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), and unbeaten Chandelier S. (G1) heroine Songbird , headed to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), wor ...
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Navarro wanted more from Private Zone’s work; Exaggerator drills for BC Juvenile
Edited Press Release
Private Zone , a four-time Grade 1 winner and possible favorite for the TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) on October 31 at Keeneland, worked a half-mile at that venue in :48.60 under Carlos Marquez Jr. just befor ...
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BC Internationals: Juvenile Fillies Turf contender Last Waltz
Technically, Last Waltz is no longer internationally based, since she recently immigrated to the Chad Brown barn. But having raced exclusively in Ireland so far, the daughter of Danehill Dancer warrants a highlight reel ahead of her U.S. bow in the J ...
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BC Internationals: Juvenile Fillies Turf contender Illuminate
Cropped photo from Newmarket Racecourse via Twitter .
The Hannon yard has had Breeders' Cup disappointments over the years, but perhaps Illuminate can dispel the gloom for Richard Jr. in the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1).
The daughter of top Europ ...
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Breeders Crown finals at Woodbine on Saturday night
Since 1984 one of the more popular phrases in harness racing has been "It All Comes Down to the Breeders Crown" and tomorrow night Woodbine Racetrack in Canada will host all 12 Breeders Crown finals worth nearly $6 million and those dozen events will ...
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O’Neill on Nyquist’s final drill for BC Juvenile: ‘I saw what I wanted, I really did’
Edited Press Release
Undefeated Nyquist posted his final drill in preparation for the October 31 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) early Friday afternoon right before the races at Santa Anita Park.
The Uncle Mo colt worked a handy five ...
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BC Internationals: Juvenile Fillies Turf contender Alice Springs
Photo of Alice Springs at Newmarket, courtesy of Irish Champions Weekend via Twitter .
Alice Springs, a flashy chestnut by Galileo, is Aidan O'Brien's sole representative in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1).
An emphatic debut winne ...
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Three probable favorites I'm avoiding at the Breeders' Cup
The two days of the Breeders’ Cup afford horseplayers numerous high-profile opportunities to take a stand – with horses they like and against horses they don’t.
Having seen most of the Breeders’ Cup participants run multiple times throughout yea ...
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Frosted fires bullet at Greentree Training Center for BC Classic
Edited Press Release
A key group of Breeders' Cup candidates readied for their respective assignments next weekend at their New York bases on Friday morning, led by Frosted , who fired a bullet half-mile at Greentree Training Center near Sarato ...
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BC Internationals: Juvenile (Turf) contender Waterloo Bridge
Cropped photo courtesy of Ascot Racecourse via Twitter .
Waterloo Bridge rates as an elso-eligible in both of his Breeders' Cup engagements. Trainer Aidan O'Brien listed his first preference as the Juvenile Turf (G1). Third on the AE list, he shou ...
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BC Internationals: Juvenile Turf contender Shogun
Shogun is one of three Aidan O'Brien trainees, along with Hit It A Bomb and Waterloo Bridge, pre-entered to the 2015 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) at Keeneland.
A full brother to this year's Oaks (G1) upsetter Qualify, Shogun moved forward of ...
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Frivolous posts ‘sensational’ move for Distaff on busy BC worktab
Edited Press Release
Multiple Grade 2 winner Frivolous showed her readiness for next week’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) by working five furlongs in :59.80 after the morning renovation break at Keeneland on Friday.
With trainer ...
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BC Internationals: Juvenile Turf contender Hit It A Bomb
We continue our series of 2015 Breeders' Cup contender replay posts with Hit It A Bomb.
Although the least experienced of Aidan O'Brien's trio pre-entered in the Juvenile Turf (G1), the War Front colt has won both of his starts in the manner of ...
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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile hopefuls put through their paces at Keeneland
Edited Press Release
Observers hoping to get a line on the talent for next Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) received a quick 15-minute peek Friday morning at Keeneland as four pre-entrants worked just after the track opened fro ...
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BC Internationals: Juvenile Turf contender Cymric
Cymric (right), courtesy of Channel 4 Racing via Twitter .
Cymric, along with Birchwood, gives Godolphin two chances in the 2015 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1).
Trained by John Gosden, the Kentucky-bred son of Kitten's Joy found the Chesha ...
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BC Internationals: Juvenile Turf contender Birchwood
Photo courtesy of Newmarket Racecourse via Twitter .
Birchwood has been on the go since the spring. Purchased by Godolphin after capturing his debut at Doncaster and a salty conditions race at Newbury (race replays available at those links), t ...
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Pletcher on preparations by BC runners: ‘I couldn’t be more pleased with all of them’
Edited Press Release
A week before the first day of the two-day Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland , trainer Todd Pletcher expressed confidence in the 11 horses he has pre-entered to the event. All have been training at Keeneland for ...
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BC Internationals: Turf contender Ordak Dan
Photo credit locosdelturf.com.ar, via Breeders' Cup on Twitter .
Two years ago, Ordak Dan’s Breeders’ Cup dream was ended by injury. But after a lengthy convalescence, the classy Argentinean regained top form to earn another tilt at the Turf (G1), ...
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Ageless skipping Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint
Edited Press Release
Ageless will not run in next Saturday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) at Keeneland, according to trainer Arnaud Delacour.
“We are not going to make it,” Delacour said of the mare, who sustained a deep c ...
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Favorites' chances vary in three Breeders' Cup sprints
An overview of the three sprints on Breeders’ Cup Saturday suggests all of them might play out very differently for bettors. The $1.5 million TwinSpires.com Sprint (G1) could very well be dominated by its two favorites, the $1 million Filly & ...
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BC Internationals: Distaff contender Salama
Photo courtesy of Keeneland/Coady Photography .
Who would have thought that less than two months after the retirement of Wise Dan, trainer Charlie LoPresti would be back with another 2015 Breeders’ Cup contender ? Only this time, instead of a for ...
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Final All Quarter Horse Card at Indiana Grand Race Course Set for October 24
Beach Cartel Entered Saturday in the Sterlie Bertram Memorial Stakes at Indiana Grand Indiana Grand Race Course in Shelbyville will host the final of their six All Quarter Horse cards this Saturday, October 24. There will be eight races, incl ...
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Is American Pharoah truly ready for the BC Classic?
Handicapping Insights
by Dick Powell
Triple Crown winner AMERICAN PHAROAH (Pioneerof the Nile) worked seven furlongs in 1:23 flat last week at Santa Anita. He followed that up on Tuesday this week with a seven-furlong gallop out in 1:23 1/5. W ...
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Breeders’ Cup releases corrected pre-entries for TwinSpires Sprint & Turf Sprint
Edited Press Release
Breeders’ Cup officials announced Thursday one change to the pre-entered fields of the $1.5 million TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) and the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) for the Breeders’ Cup World Champions ...
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Eclectic mix of juveniles lining up in Breeders’ Cup
Juveniles will get four opportunities to take home a Breeders’ Cup trophy on October 30-31 at Keeneland. The Juvenile Turf and Juvenile Fillies Turf have been carded for the Breeders’ Cup Friday program, while the main-track Juvenile and Juvenile F ...
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Early thoughts on Breeders' Cup Pre-Entries
More handicapping lies ahead, with Monday’s post position draw critical to the process, but the Breeders’ Cup released the Pre-Entries on Wednesday and I’ll provide some early thoughts on selected races.
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Juvenile Fillies Turf : Har ...
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Got Lucky, Liam’s Map headline Pletcher’s BC worker brigade
Edited Press Release
Trainer Todd Pletcher on Thursday sent out five horses pre-entered in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships for their final works before the October 30-31 event at Keeneland .
Among them was Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) ho ...
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Beholder sports BC Classic saddle towel in gallop at Keeneland
Edited Press Release
B. Wayne Hughes’ Beholder, sporting the first Breeders’ Cup saddle towel seen this week at Keeneland, made her first appearance on the main track Thursday morning galloping once around under exercise rider Janeen Painte ...
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Favorites holding the advantage at Belmont
BELMONT NOTEBOOK
A trio of graded races headlined the weekend at Belmont Park.
Futurity S. (G2): Godolphin’s ANNUAL REPORT (Harlan’s Holiday) made it two-for-two with a powerful last-to-first tally under the guidance of Joe Bravo. The Kiaran ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Round 2 Thursday
Welcome to another Thursday twilight card of exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 19 entertaining races on tap for our viewing and wagering pleasure. The highlight of this card, and of several rounds to come, is the continuation of ...
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In Pursuit Of Profits – Betting The Breeders Crown Finals
Dateline Canada, Woodbine Racetrack, Oct. 24. A dozen fields of standardbreds take flight in the final fields of the season’s championship series—The Breeders Crown. There is little argument that these fields are adorned with the best from all harnes ...
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Toews on Ice romps in Santa Anita stakes as times slow down on main track
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
There was a single graded race this past weekend at Santa Anita.
Twilight Miss S. (G3): Aithon Stable LLC’s BELLE HILL (Sky Mesa) moved to second at the top of the lane and got the better of a long duel in t ...
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Breeders' Cup 2015 Saturday Pre-Entries
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2015
BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE FILLIES TURF
3RD Race, Post Time 12:05 p.m. (EDT)
The BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE FILLIES (G1) is a 1 1/16-mile race for 2-year-old fillies.
The race carries a guaranteed purse of $2 millio ...
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Valley View, Twilight Derby on tap; Dortmund returns to action
A pair of fillies that placed in last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) are among an overflow field in Saturday's $150,000 Valley View (G3) , a 1 1/16-mile grass fixture for three-year-olds which highlights the official closing day of ...
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Sheer Drama turns in final work for Distaff at Gulfstream
Edited Press Release
Multiple Grade 1 winner Sheer Drama breezed a sharp five furlongs over Gulfstream Park's main track on Wednesday, the final work before her next scheduled start in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) October 30.
The ...
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Beholder feeling better; Runhappy rips six panels in 1:09.80
Edited press release
Trainer Richard Mandella could have been talking about himself when he reported Wednesday morning that Beholder was "eating good and feeling good." She was pre-entered in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) and $2 milli ...
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Breeders' Cup 2015 Friday Pre-Entries
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2015
BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE TURF
6TH Race, Post Time 3:30 p.m. (EDT)
The BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE TURF (G1) is a one-mile race for 2-year-old colts and geldings to be run on the turf.
The race carries a guaranteed pu ...
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The 10 Greatest Performances in Breeders' Cup History
The term "great," a subjective adjective too often applied and misused, perhaps is the wrong way to describe the following performances. However, time has given these individual achievements a unique aura and they've retained their power to thrill an ...
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No Beholder Means Distaff is Wide Open
Because Beholder's connections have decided to run the electrifying mare in the Breeders' Cup classic against Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, the Breeders' Cup Distaff on Friday, Oct. 30 has turned into a wide-open affair. Ogden Phipps ...
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American Pharoah, Beholder & Golden Horn featured as 200 Horses Pre-Entered to 2015 Breeders’ Cup
Edited Press Release
Led by Triple Crown winner AMERICAN PHAROAH, Pacific Classic winner and two-time Breeders’ Cup champion mare BEHOLDER and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner GOLDEN HORN (GB), an international cast of 200 of the worl ...
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Breeders' Cup releases race order; $11 million in guaranteed Wagering Pools
Edited Press Release
The Breeders' Cup announced Wednesday the official order of races, and guaranteed multi-race wagering pools for the 2105 Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Friday, October 30 and Saturday, 31 at Keeneland Race Course in Lex ...
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Upset Rumblings Are For Real In Frosh Breeders Crown Finals’ Big Cash-Contests
In a few cases, the two-year-old Breeders Crown finals at Woodbine on Oct. 24 will offer fields that appear in little conflict with some dominating trotters and pacers. The odds on these “super youngsters” will be prohibitive at best. You won’t need ...
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Texas Classic Futurity Trials Set for Saturday Night at Lone Star Park
Trainer Trey Wood has 16 juveniles entered Saturday night at Lone Star Park Saturday, October 24 will be a big night at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. They will host 16 trials for the richest race in the Lone Star State, the $1 milli ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - FESTIVAL OF STAKES
Welcome to another Wednesday twilight card of exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 entertaining races on tap for our viewing and wagering pleasure. The highlight of this card, and of several rounds to come, is the running of the ...
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Mongolian Saturday works; Keeneland releases stakes probables
Edited Press Release
Even though he never has raced outside the U.S., Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) hopeful Mongolian Saturday embodies the “world” in Breeders’ Cup World Championships because his connections are from Mongolia.
Owner G ...
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Beholder battling a slight fever; Smooth Roller jogs at Keeneland
Edited Press Release
Spendthrift Farm’s Beholder did not go to the track Tuesday morning for what would have been her first day of training at Keeneland.
“She has a little fever,” said Ned Toffey, general manager of Spendthrift Far ...
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Runhappy causing many to smile in quest for TwinSpires.com BC Sprint
This is the second in a series profiling the top contenders for the $1.5 million TwinSpires.com Breeders' Cup Sprint. A profile on Private Zone can be found here .
If ever there was a local fan favorite going into next week's Breeders' Cup a ...
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American Pharoah turns in swift six-furlong drill
Edited Press Release
In his most serious drill to date, Triple Crown winner American Pharoah worked six furlongs in 1:10.80 Tuesday morning at Santa Anita for Bob Baffert as the clock continues to tick down to a possible epic showdown with super ...
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Fort Erie Getaway Day Features 20x Points & Must-win Carryovers
It’s a big day to bet Fort Erie on TwinSpires.com!
In addition to a pair of must-win carryovers by virtue of it being closing day at the Ontario track, TwinSpires.com is offering 20x points on the 10-race card . That’s a pretty nice bonus t ...
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Harrington hosts two-year-old stakes
While many harness tracks put their stakes races or top overnight events on the weekends, Harrington Raceway, which does not offer live racing on Saturday or Sunday nights in the spring or fall, will present its best card on Wednesday evening on the ...
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BC Internationals: Juvenile Fillies (Turf) contender Nemoralia
Photo courtesy Keeneland/Coady Photography .
Trained by Jeremy Noseda, who sent out Wilko to surprise the 2004 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at 28-1, Nemoralia has a slightly different profile.
Wilko, a veteran with 10 starts under his belt prior ...
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Beholder arrives at Keeneland for date with Classic destiny
Edited Press Release
Dual champion mare Beholder arrived at Keeneland Monday afternoon for an anticipated match-up with Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) on October 31.
Beholder, winner of six c ...
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