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Breaking Down the Brisnet Prime Power Rating
It’s no secret that, for many moons now, I have been trying to beat the game with mechanical methods of play. In large part, because I simply don’t have time to handicap like I did 5-6 years ago… nor do I enjoy the process like I used to.
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Older Pacers Poised To Pounce For Six Weeks In Definitive Yonkers Duels
The Ides of March behind us, the scourge of winter degenerated, the season’s traditional marathon for older pacers of both sexes plunges into action. The George Morton Levy Memorial and Blue Chip Matchmaker, surface on the Friday, March 20 and Saturd ...
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Rosecroft Tuesday cards have become tougher
There was once a time when harness racing fans looked down on the weeknight cards and preferred to wait until the weekends to wager on the best trotters and pacers that most standardbred ovals offer. But the weeknight cards at Rosecroft Raceway and D ...
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Full fields await in Turfway Park’s graded stakes double
Turfway Park has the distinction of ending the Blue Grass state’s 112-day graded stakes drought when it plays host to the $550,000 Horsehoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral Stakes and $125,000 Bourbonette Oaks on Saturday, March 21.
The races are the only ...
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SOUTHLAND 2015 - Quarterfinals Of $20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES set for Wednesday, March 18
The 2015 SOUTHLAND $20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES QUARTERFINALS (SLEEK 16) are set for Wednesday, March 18 and the field is now down to 16 talented greyhounds vying for the championship. Listed below are the four races and the four greyhounds in each ...
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Texas Red off Kentucky Derby trail but could still make a major impact
Texas Red, a smashing 6 ½-length winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, has been removed from Kentucky Derby consideration. His connections announced the decision on a Facebook post:
To the fans of Texas Red and Thoroughbred Horse Racing,
Con ...
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The Power of Early Speed And the Power of Finding It
In 2005 the Daily Racing Form database contained more than 200,000 Thoroughbred races run in North America, at more than 30 different tracks, over a nine-year period. Someone had the idea to run a query and see how horses performed when they made t ...
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Saratoga Pick Pays $186.50 To Win; Northville Daily Double Is $529 Score
This weekend’s horses-to-watch (H2W) list was written in gold dust, while our features’ contenders group had a silver lining.
It’s all on the H2W list below. It began Friday the 13 th when skill met luck and The Filly Princess, our only conte ...
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Champ is back as American Pharoah rolls in Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn
Two-year-old champion American Pharoah showed no rust while returning from a 168-day layoff in Saturday’s Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park, confirming his status as a leading Kentucky Derby contender with a commanding 6 1/4-length decision.
The Rebel ...
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$20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES 2nd Round update
What an exciting evening of stakes racing it was at Southland last night with some of the best greyhounds in the country going paw to paw in their quest to advance to the next round of the 2015 $20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES . The results leave just 1 ...
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Qualifiers help ignite older pacers
For the second straight week the morning qualifiers at the Meadowlands Race Track have looked like an early preview for the numerous older stakes races this spring, summer and fall and harness racing fans perhaps should take note of how well the spor ...
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Dubai: Super Saturday & the Peloponnesian War
Strained historical parallel alert: the results of the March 7 "Super Saturday" card at Meydan generally called to mind the outcome of the Second Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC). As my ancient history professor once pointed out, although Sparta defeat ...
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Player Quick Pick: Oaklawn Park 3/14/2015
American Pharaoh returns in the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park . Untapable returns in the Azeri Stakes at Oaklwan. Due to the presence of those champions, horseplayers are going to find it difficult to make money in either the Rebel Stakes or the Azer ...
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Where Will Shared Belief Run Next? Not Dubai, Maybe Met Mile, Maybe Sooner
by LAURA PUGH
You have to love the madness of Social Media. A mere day after Shared Belief’s incredibly easy Santa Anita Handicap score, it was reported that Jerry Hollendorfer had confirmed the gelding’s next major target would be the Metropolit ...
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TwinSpires Player Sharp Is World's Hottest Gambler Right Now
How did R. F. Sharp celebrate the one-month anniversary of winning $188,491.40 on a Pick 6 at Santa Anita Park? By winning $1,078,668.22 on the Rainbow^6 at Gulfstream Park.
That’s right; the same guy who celebrated this score a month ago is cel ...
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Kentucky Derby Failure to Triple Crown Glory
4. Point Given, 2001 – The Bob Baffert trained Kentucky Derby favorite is one of only five horses to win the Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes. The other four are Man o’ War in 1920, Whirlaway in 1941, Native Dancer in 1953 and ...
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Palm Beach $50,000 St. Patrick's Invitational Preview
Prediction
Many possibilities with how much early speed is in this race. Hustle It Up is in the best spot on the rail and is due to beat rival Storm Control. Janie Carroll takes home their first Stakes Title at Palm Beach after this one. ...
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Vautour Impresses on Cheltenham Day 3; Final Picks For The Festival's Final Day
by CANDICE HARE
Vautour was perhaps the most impressive on day three of the festival, as he backed up his short priced favoritism when he demolished his opposition in the JLT Novices’ Chase. It was a day where frontrunners did well as him, Ryan ...
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SOUTHLAND 2015 $20,000 Hound Madness Stakes - Round 2, Friday March 13
Welcome to Southland and Round 2 of the 2015 $20,000 Hound Madness Stakes . The highlight of the evening are the four races that will feature this stakes racing and I've listed those races below along with my picks for those greyhounds who I believe ...
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A lot of American Speed in Americah Pharoah's Pedigree
Two-year-old champion male American Pharoah returns to action in the $750,000 Rebel Stakes on Saturday at Oaklawn Park. Away since late September, he'll have just two prep races for the Kentucky Derby.
American Pharoah has trained sensationally we ...
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And the Database Says…
As regular readers now, I often use this space to discuss my latest ideas and studies in astrophysics… well, OK, horseracing — same thing, only vastly different. Anyway, this week, I wanted to something unique. So, on Facebook this past Wednesday, ...
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My favorite all time track!
2. Zenyatta
Zenyatta needs little introduction, only a nose kept her from being the “perfect” lady. Blame got her by a nostril in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, a race which will be long talked about whenever race people and sports fans gathe ...
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Pari-Mutuel Marauders Versus The Meadowlands
It’s the final week of winter. Beginning March 20, the Yonkers stakes season starts hand in hand with spring, launching the George Morton Levy and Matchmaker series and new seasons at Hoosier, Pocono, Harrah’s Philly and Scarborough.
In the th ...
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Racing through the rain and fog
Tuesday evening was hardly ideal for man or animal at most harness racing venues throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region, but the rain and fog that enveloped Rosecroft Raceway could hardly put a damper on the best trotters and pacers that the oval has to ...
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Nicholls Pays Dollars On Cheltenham Day 2 Plus Day 3 Picks
by CANDICE HARE
Dodging Bullets topped off a fine season with a win in the Champion Chase, defeating the likes of a game Somersby, defending champion Sire De Grugy, and a disappointing Sprinter Sacre.
Today was Paul Nicholls’ day in the spotli ...
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Scully’s Derby Top 10 – Dortmund continues to star in country’s deepest region
Dortmund continued to distinguish himself, leading all the way in Saturday’s San Felipe. Carpe Diem was also impressive while making his 2015 debut the same afternoon, romping by five lengths in the Tampa Bay Derby, but he wasn’t facing the same leve ...
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Hare Hopes for Cheltenham Day 2 Sire Power Following Mullins-Walsh Treble On Day 1
by CANDICE HARE
Faugheen lived up to the hype when taking the Champion Hurdle on a day when the duo of Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh’s short priced favorites dominated, scoring three wins on the day.
Other highlights of theirs included Un D ...
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SOUTHLAND 2015 -$20,000 Hound Madness Stakes update
This past Saturday at Southland was the first round of the 2015 $20,000 Hound Madness Stakes . This is a five round elimination stakes contest with the finals being run on April 4. Listed below are the top four seeds in each region and how they did ...
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Cheltenham Day 1: Seedling can spring an upset
by CANDICE HARE
Day one of the Cheltenham Festival is upon us and we kick things off with the Supreme Novices Hurdle, which is contested over a distance of two miles and 110 yards. Mullins trainee Douvan is a heavy favorite after winning t ...
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Fraser, Meadows Scores Top Cast Of Weekend Winners
The Meadows Pick 3 began two races too late for us to sensationalize on our score as the program opened on March 6. In that first race, as you will see perusing the horses-to-watch list (H2W) below, we scored our highest win price of the week, Prada ...
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The Excitement of Cheltenham Comes TwinSpires This Week
by CANDICE HARE
You’d be hard pressed to find a race meeting with a more distinctive atmosphere than the Cheltenham Festival, where the tremendous and deafening roar of the crowd greets the runners as they set off for the first race of the four-d ...
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Chalks Talk In Big Stakes But Silent In Other Events
A trio of favorites obliged in the three major Kentucky Derby prep races this week, and a trio of fascinating sophomores emerged from Gulfstream Park, so without any further ado, let's get to reviewing this weeks important 3-year-old action.
(and ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday twilight, March 9
Welcome to another Monday twilight session of 18 exciting and always entertaining greyhound races at Southland. In going over the program there were several contests that grabbed my attention and in going back over those races I picked out the ones I ...
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Honeybee success may turn sour for Sarah Sis
Sarah Sis easily grabbed command entering the stretch of Saturday’s Honeybee S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park and cruised under the wire in geared down fashion.
That could explain the dark bay filly’s relatively low 86 BRIS Speed figure. The Ingrid Mason t ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
In an extended News & Notes segment, host Derek Simon recaps Saturday’s big stakes races — the Gulfstream Park Handicap, Swale, Gotham, Tampa Bay Derby, San Felipe and Santa Anita Handicap — and attempts to gauge the “quality” of each one. ...
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Carpe Diem wins Tampa Bay Derby
Carpe Diem has been widely considered as an elite Kentucky Derby (G1) contender since his strong juvenile campaign, and the Todd Pletcher trainee only reinforced that status by dominating in his return to action in Saturday's $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby ...
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Dortmund continues to impress in San Felipe
After a pair of hard-fought victories in the Los Alamitos Futurity and Robert B. Lewis, Dortmund was a more comfortable winner of Saturday’s $400,000 San Felipe. After eking out photo finishes in his last two starts, Kaleem Shah’s massive chestnut as ...
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El Kabeir switches tactics, rallies to win Gotham going away
El Kabeir displayed a new dimension in Saturday’s $400,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct, closing from well off the pace to post a convincing win.
The 1 1/16-mile race served as a Kentucky Derby qualifier and El Kabeir vaulted to the top of the Kentuc ...
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Honeybee still abuzz with excitement
Some might say that, without Take Charge Brandi, Saturday's $150,000 Honeybee S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park has lost a lot of its luster.
They would be wrong.
The 1 1/16-mile race still features three exciting filly p ...
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Chasin’ Big ‘Cap Day Pick 5
The $1 million Santa Anita Handicap (Race 11) is Saturday’s premiere event at “The Great Race Place,” featuring America’s best horse, Shared Belief, who is expected to roll against an uninspiring cast of 12 challengers.
Saturday’s Santa Anita prog ...
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DeRosa Reveals His #TSshowdown Selections
For horses on the Triple Crown trail, a win or second-place finish on Saturday in any one of the three Kentucky Derby Championship Series races would a likely spot in the starting gate for the 1 ¼-mile classic, but for TwinSpires.com players still al ...
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Dubai World Cup Preview Card - Saturday 3/7
Then one race later in the Grade III, $200,000 Burj Nahaar at one mile on the main track, a prep for the Grade II, $1 million Godolphin Mile, much of the focus will be on railbound Tamarkuz (pictured right) , who has won his last two starts over ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday matinee, March 7
Welcome to Southland for a Saturday of matinee racing which included 18 exciting and entertaining greyhound races on tap. Normally we pick the evening card to handicap but this afternoon's program included several good wagering opportunities so I wen ...
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Are Speed Figures Still Important?
In 2010, I did a column for Youbet.com regarding the importance — or lack thereof — of speed figures. Back then, I only had Trackmaster figs to work with, so I thought it might be kind of fun to revisit my study using the Brisnet numbers. But first, ...
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Dubai: Super Saturday Forecast, Part II
Picking up where we left off in the midst of the Super Saturday card, here are my notes on the three remaining races.
The Dubai City of Gold (UAE-G2) (post time 9:55 a.m. EST) is the stepping stone to the Dubai Sheema Classic (UAE-G1). No City o ...
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The Redboard Report: Native Hero Emigrates With My Money
by DAVID ARAGONA
See the initial Redboard Report for an overview of this series of post-race ruminations.
As horseplayers, we all have shared the painful experience of watching a horse that we had considered during the handicapping process, ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita 3/7/2015
3 - Dortmund – 8/5 – Like Ocho Ocho Ocho, Dortmund, Bob Baffert’s top ranked Kentucky Derby contender, was sired by a Run for the Roses winner. Dortmund looks a lot like his dad, Big Brown. He might actually have a longer stride than what his f ...
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Palm Beach Friday Matinee Preview 3/6/2015
Fantastic Friday card at Palm Beach without a doubt this afternoon. Many of the top superstars this track has to offer will be on display for the fans to enjoy. The most anticipated race today will come in Race 14 with the two top ranked r ...
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Dubai: Super Saturday Forecast, Part I
Before the fantastic U.S. racing action kicks off Saturday, Dubai serves up a feast of course-and-distance preps for World Cup night. If you haven’t gotten into the Carnival scene yet, Meydan’s “Super Saturday” is a great way to prepare for the main ...
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Big Cap Preview
Moreno (6/1)
Moreno had no shot in the Breeders' Cup Classic because of the start, and he clipped heels in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. If you throw those two races out, he’s got as legitimate of a shot to beat Shared Belief as any of them in here ...
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Scully’s Derby Top 10 – Prospect Park joins in advance of San Felipe
The Great War is off the Kentucky Derby trail, bleeding through Lasix as he faded in last Saturday’s John Battaglia Memorial, and his departure opens a spot for a new addition to the Top 10 list, Prospect Park.
A dark bay son of Tapit, Prospect Pa ...
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Pick-3 Power; Fraser, Yonkers In Profit Portraits
Let winter wallow through the first weekend of March, roaring like the lion it always imitates when it arrives, because the northern hemisphere is cooking with harness racing and we will be targeting every great wagering opportunity available.
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Thursday twilight, March 5
Welcome to another program of 18 exciting and entertaining races at Southland for Thursday. There are several contests that drew my attention for a closer look and I've come up with some good opportunities for making money and I've listed those choic ...
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Aged stars return in Meadowlands qualifiers
While thoroughbred racing fans are accustomed to following the workout tabs at the various tracks to see when the top three-year-olds and top older horses are posting their first breezes and drills before their seasonal debuts, standardbred racing fa ...
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Dubai: Local Time keeps ticking, Almoonqith finds his calling
Godolphin's Local Time clocked her foes once again in last Thursday's U.A.E. Oaks (UAE-G3) , but the striking visual impression could be no more than a desert mirage. The evidence of the clock, and the form book, raise questions about her otherwise a ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings February 2015
Jj's Tango Honorable Mention Nikita’s First, Turbo Casper, Nothin ForNothin, Loop A, Pat C Short Cut, Java Beretta, Jj’s Tango, Pat C Rapper, Tah Tyler, Kb’s Santa Lucia, HareRaisnGudTime, Peddler, Superior Philly, Pat C Shy ...
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Double-Digit Prices Across The Board
We were in play with the features this week but this time of the season our major accomplishments are not the races that make headlines. Indeed, it’s the results that impress the bettors more than the insiders.
Check out the horses-to-watch li ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday twilight, March 2
Welcome to another Monday of exciting greyhound racing at Southland and on tap are 18 entertaining races for our viewing and wagering pleasure. I've selected a couple of good longshot opportunities and a couple of top grade contests that I believe ca ...
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Stellar Wind makes some noise in Santa Ysabel
As expected, Light the City was sent off the favorite in Saturday’s Santa Ysabel S. (G3), but it was Stellar Wind who stole the show at Santa Anita Park for new trainer John Sadler.
The chestnut miss utilized her outside post position to good effe ...
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Recap of January/February's 5 Up And Coming Young Greyhounds at Southland To Watch
As many of you know from reading MoneyMaker Mike's Southland previews around the middle of each month I post the next month's 5 up & coming young greyhounds to watch. This is a recap of January and February's young greyhounds that were selected. ...
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Betting For Profit
Anybody who’s been around the Sport of Kings for any length of time knows that all thoroughbreds descended from the Byerley Turk, the Darley Arabian or the Godolphin Arabian; all horseplayers seemingly descended from Mr. Geppetto .
Asking a r ...
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Saturday’s Prime Power Play – Put the Percentages in Your Favor
Prime Power Play, Saturday, Feb. 28:
THE GREAT WAR (Turfway Park, Race 6, #11)
Prime Power is Brisnet.com’s most powerful number, a rating that is a feature of the Ultimate Past Performances and other reports. With Prime Power, BRIS Speed, Cl ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita for 2/28/2015
The final day of February 2015 brings horseplayers two Kentucky Derby prep races. The first is the G2 Swale where Daredevil makes his 2015 debut. The second is the John Battaglia Memorial at Turfway where The Great War is the even money morning lin ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, February 28
Welcome to another fun filled and exciting Saturday evening of greyhound racing at Southland. On the card are 18 races and while going thru the program I noticed several contests that stood out to me as good wagering opportunities and I have listed t ...
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Bet Now, Win Later; It's the Future Wager Way
Who can win the Kentucky Derby is an important question to ask when deciding whether to get involved in a future wager, but just as important for making the advance investment worth your time and money is the chance that a horse not only makes the ga ...
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Beginning a ‘Legacy’ or ‘Light’ up the toteboard in Santa Ysabel?
That headline is a bit misleading.
While Achiever’s Legacy could begin her, well, legacy in Saturday’s Santa Ysabel S. (G3) at Santa Anita Park, there is little chance that Light the City will light up the toteboard in the 1 1/16-mile contest.
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Winners & Losers In February Prep Races
There have been six Graded Stakes route races for three-year-olds run so far in the month of February: the final four races of the Kentucky Derby Prep Season and the first two races of the Kentucky Derby Championship Series.
Here’s how I saw them: ...
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Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3 Analysis
Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) opens Friday (Feb. 27) at noon (ET) and concludes at 6 pm. on Sunday.
The mutuel field closed at 3-1 in Pool 3 of the 2014 KDFW and the morning line odds are the same for this weekend’s edition.
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Top 5 Horses that Never Ran in the Kentucky Derby
Late-bloomers end up becoming awesome runners later in the horse racing year, and later on in their careers at older ages.
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Palm Beach Friday Matinee Preview 2/27/2015
*Atascocita Sybil* Race 15 Grade TA 738 Yards The best racer on the Marathon course #1 Atascocita Sybil from Suncoast Racing has been tremendous this season. Has the top season time (41.78 secs) at Palm Beach and gets the pole position ...
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What do a phaeton, chatterbox and condo have in common?
The answer to that question is 50 Kentucky Oaks (G1) points – at least if you’re talking about Ekati’s Phaeton, I’m a Chatterbox and Condo Commando.
Actually, those three fillies have more than 50 points toward a starting berth in the Oaks due to ...
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February Finale Filled With Pure Profit Expectations
The forecast looks well enough to try again at the Meadowlands with its triptych of winter-series finals on the last weekend in February. Our suggested contenders for Feb. 28’s features are rehashed below.
Our overnight races chosen this weeke ...
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Scully’s Derby Top 10 – Itsaknockout, International Star join as McLaughlin duo departs
Whether you thought Upstart was the best horse or Itsaknockout lost all chance due to interference, the Fountain of Youth gave Thoroughbred racing fans something to debate.
It was an oddly-run race, with the top finishers staggering home over a ti ...
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Take Charge Brandi's possible Derby bid not quite like the others
In news that did not surprise long-time racing fans, champion juvenile filly Take Charge Brandi was confirmed Wednesday as being under consideration for the $750,000 Rebel at Oaklawn Park on March 14.
An appearance in the signature prep for the $1 ...
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Top trotters and pacers eager to return
Photo: Twitter @trotinsider Not surprisingly, Johansson hails from a harness racing family and her father, Hall of Fame trainer Jimmy Takter, is best known for his work with trotters. In fact, Takter trainees Shake It Cerry (champion three-year ...
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Stewards Actually Were Consistent in Fountain of Youth DQ
by Laura Pugh
The biggest complaint regarding stewards has more to do with the consistency of their decisions than the decisions themselves. For many fans, this was on display Saturday, February 21, at Gulfstream Park where the headline Fountain ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday twilight, February 25
Wednesday's greyhound racing program at Southland looks very interesting with some solid runners going to post and I've selected several races and listed them below that I consider to be good plays for the card. Good luck to all and thanks for readin ...
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Dubai: Cladocera ascending, Hunter's Light rekindled
The upwardly mobile Cladocera joined an exclusive club last Thursday, adding the Balanchine (UAE-G2) to her previous success in the January 29 Cape Verdi (UAE-G2). Only two others have turned that double -- Sun Classique (2008) and Sajjhaa (2013) -- ...
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Dubai: Catching up with the Carnival highlights
It might be Lent, but it's still Carnival time in Dubai, which is now available for watching and wagering at TwinSpires.
In honor of that welcome development, let's catch up with the highlights of the Carnival so far. Since my after-action report ...
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Khozan Stacks Up Well Historically, But Can He Buck Historic Apollo Curse?
“I’d rather have a lot of talent and a little experience, than a lot of experience and a little talent”
-John Wooden
Khozan is a fascinating horse who has demonstrated exceptional talent every time he’s had the opportunity.
His first impress ...
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Far Right wins again in Southwest
Far Right has been the master of Oaklawn Park's road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) so far, following up his victory in the January 19 Smarty Jones S. with similar late-running heroics in Sunday's $300,000 Southwest S. (G3). This time, he did so over a s ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday twilight, February 23
On tap for Southland today are 18 exciting races and in going over the program I've pick out several that caught my attention and which I think offer good opportunities for us to put some cash in our pockets. Good luck to all and thanks for reading. ...
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Player Quick Pick: Oaklawn Park 2/22/2015
11-Mr. Z- 3/1 – Sure, he veered out and lost all chance at the victory in the Smarty Jones, but trainer D. Wayne Lukas is a master at developing three-year-olds. One of the ways to fix Mr. Z’s incredible lack of racing discipline is to put a more ...
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‘Pandora’ Pounds Tracks; Winter Winners Roll Over Frozen Ground
This time around, a storm called Pandora (winter storms are named these days) comes barreling through the south and flows up the eastern seaboard with snow and sleet. It gets intense mid-Saturday, Feb. 21, and harness tracks begin to cancel.
B ...
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Silly DQ costs Upstart money and points but not a Kentucky Derby start
Upstart’s undeserved disqualification in the Fountain of Youth Stakes cost him purse money and qualifying points, but the good news (if there can be any after losing $160,000 on a bogus call) is that it won’t cost him a start in the Kentucky Derby.
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday matinee, February 22
Good afternoon to everyone and welcome to Southland where there are 18 exciting greyhound races on tap for today. After going over the program, I found several appealing contests that stand out as solid wagering opportunities and I've listed those be ...
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Itsaknockout prevails in controversial Fountain of Youth
Saturday’s Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park ended in controversy when 4-5 favorite Upstart was disqualified and placed second behind Itsaknockout after drifting out into that rival passing the sixteenth pole.
After forcing his rival to steady, ...
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International Star surges up rail to win Risen Star, guarantees Kentucky Derby berth
Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s International Star stamped his ticket for the Kentucky Derby in Saturday’s Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds, parlaying a rail-skimming trip into his second consecutive stakes victory at Fair Grounds.
After rallying to the l ...
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Palm Beach 2015 3/8ths Mile Derby Final Preview
Pat C Brightly ~ Koppe, Staats & Collins ~ 37.60 secs best time 6-1 Odds Draws the pole position 1 box, which is statistically this season the most favorable box to win from. Another stellar rusher but can be short at times at the wire ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, February 21
Welcome to another Saturday evening of 18 fun filled and exciting races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. I have gone thru the program and selected some races that I feel offer solid picks and which also could pay some nice prices. Good ...
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Kentucky Derby Championship Series Kicks Off
There are three Kentucky Derby points races this weekend. The two on Saturday—the Risen Star at Fair Grounds and the Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream—each offer a $400,000 purse and 85 qualifying points (w/ 50 to the winner).
So which race attr ...
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Introducing The Redboard Report: right about the races after they've been run
by David Aragona
The title of this series of blog posts is intentionally tongue-in-cheek. While I will indeed partake in that frowned-upon practice of explaining why horses that I did not pick beforehand won, should have won, or just ran well, ...
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Let's go to the videotape: One Lucky Dane
In addition to studying the Brisnet past performances, another key element of handicapping is investing the time to watch the race replays available in the voluminous TwinSpires archive.
The visual evidence is especially helpful when evaluating li ...
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Forward Gal deja vu in Davona Dale?
A full field of 14 has been assembled for the $200,000 Davona Dale S. (G2), the most expensive of the three Kentucky Oaks (G1) points races on Saturday. While the Gulfstream Park contest offers the most in purse money, it is the shortest in distance ...
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Perceived Ability
Over the past few days, I’ve posted quite a bit on my Facebook page about a new technique I’ve been working on called the Perceived Ability Rating, or PAR.
PAR is my attempt to represent a horse’s ability based not on past performances — spe ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
Host Derek Simon handicaps races from Tampa Bay Downs with Jon Luman , using the former’s Ability-X Ratings. They also discuss the potency of the morning line, California Chrome and horizontal wagering strategies, as well as Metaboss’ big win in the ...
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I'm a Chatterbox looks to silence rivals
West Coast Belle and Angela Renee could maintain their spot in the top five of the Kentucky Oaks leaderboard with good enough efforts in Saturday's $175,000 Rachel Alexandra S. (G3) at Fair Grounds.
The duo, both graded winners, have been assigned ...
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Road to the Kentucky Derby: What Signature Preps are the Most Successful?
5. Arkansas Derby – The Arkansas Derby has produced five First Saturday in May winners. The most famous have been Lil E. Tee, who finished second in the Arkansas in 1992 before upsetting the great Arazi at Churchill Downs and Smarty Jones in ...
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A filly in the "Busher" could be worth 50 points
The girls will have three shots this weekend at earning points toward what is, essentially, a guaranteed spot in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) starting gate.
On Saturday, Aqueduct hosts the $100,000 Busher S. going 1 1/16 miles, Fair Grounds is putting o ...
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Eclipse Award voters needed clarification
The Eclipse Awards for champion Older Male and Older Female were reclassified on Thursday to Older Dirt Male and Older Dirt Female. Given the results of the past two years, I was glad to see the Eclipse Awards steering committee clarify the purpose o ...
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