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Saturday cards highlight horses with bright futures
With many of the stakes races complete across the landscape at most harness racing venues, a pair of races at two different tracks on Saturday night will highlight pacers who are winding down this season and perhaps poised for a successful one ahead. ...
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Popular California track caller Trevor Denman announces retirement from Santa Anita Park
Edited Press Release
Trevor Denman, the voice of Santa Anita since 1983, has announced his retirement from The Great Race Place and will not return for the 2015-16 race meet which begins on December 26.
“After calling the races for 44 years, ...
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Three horses to bet on Saturday, December 5
Given the weather forecast, I’ve hesitated diving too deeply into the opening day/Claiming Crown card on Saturday at Gulfstream Park, but a couple plays seem safe on the 11-race card.
For a primer on the South Florida track’s championship meeting, ...
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TOBA upgrades Fourstardave to Grade 1 for 2016
Edited Press Release
The American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) presented its listing of U.S. graded and listed stakes races for 2016, the results of its annual grading session conducted Decemb ...
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Kentucky Derby hopefuls in Gulfstream’s Championship Meet spotlight; Pletcher & Castellano seek to continue dominance
Gulfstream Park kicks off the 85-day Championship Meet Saturday with the $1.1 million Claiming Crown, featuring nine lucrative starter stakes for horses that raced for a tag previously.
Maiden and allowance races for foals of 2013 will be viewed w ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, December 5
Welcome to another Saturday evening card of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. As many of you know who follow MoneyMaker Mike's Southland previews, from ti ...
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Claiming Crown kicks off Championship Meet at Gulfstream Park
The 17th running of the Claiming Crown kicks off the 85-day Championship Meet at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, but the event is far from the highlight of the meet.
That honor belongs to the $1 million Florida Derby, the highlight of an eight-stakes ...
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Greatness of Shared Belief Never Truly Fulfilled
I wrote a preview piece a couple of weeks ago about how exciting 2016 is going to be . The first thing that I wrote about was Cailfornia Chrome battling Shared Belief. The Breeders Cup returns in 2016 and at the time of the writing, both horses had ...
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Effinex & Tonalist record Grade 1 wins, looking forward to a budding rivalry in 2016
BY DICK POWELL
The 2015 racing season is winding down and lots of good racing was offered over the Thanksgiving weekend. Before you think that it is the end of the quality racing season, don’t forget about the Grade 1 stakes at Los Alamitos and S ...
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Shared Belief succumbs to colic
Shared Belief, the champion 2-year-old male of 2013, died Thursday, December 3 from colic. The 4-year-old gelding had recently resumed training for Jerry Hollendorfer, galloping a day earlier at his Golden Gate Fields base, after being sidelined last ...
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Tonalist, Mohaymen among star performers in a stakes-packed week at Aqueduct
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
Six graded tilts led the way this past week at Aqueduct.
Cigar Mile H. (G1) : Robert Evans’ TONALIST (Tapit) had just one beat in midstretch but powered home dramatically on the outside to post a neck tally. The standout fou ...
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Three Reasons to Bet on Turfway Park and How To Play It
Three years ago, Turfway Park was getting ready to open its winter meeting just two months after the close of its September meeting and as one of five racetracks with the Polytrack surface.
Today, Turfway opens its winter meeting not having raced ...
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Zia Park Hosts $200,000 Southwest Juvenile Championship on Sunday
Post time on Sunday is 12:00 pm (Mountain). The Southwest Juvenile Championship will run as the 11th race on the card. ...
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Autumn Series Finals Pair Off At Woodbine; Northlands’ Best Soph Pacers Raring To Upset
Canada supplies our features this week from east to west. In Alberta, Northlands Park presents its two signature events, both for soph pacers bred in the province. The Northlands Filly Pace includes the best of the gals from their elims and the colts ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings November 2015
*Paid Vacation* Honorable Mention Paid Vacation, Aye Doctor Ron, BlueByYou, O Ya Raspberry, Amf Sweet Glide, Atascocita Camry, Victory Gallant, Atascocita Mare, Craigie Piney, Atascocita Gass.
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Thursday, December 3
Welcome to another Thursday twilight card of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. As many of you know who follow MoneyMaker Mike's Southland previews, from t ...
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Grade 1 winner Princess Violet returns to action in Garland of Roses
December 5 will be a rare Saturday in U.S. racing with no graded stakes scheduled. However, a trio of graded stakes-winning female sprinters will be in action at Aqueduct and Laurel.
The six-furlong, $100,000 Garland of Roses is the last stakes ...
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NYRA schedules 237 race days in 2016
Edited press release
The New York Racing Association (NYRA) released its 2016 racing calendar on Wednesday, which calls for 237 days of live Thoroughbred action at Aqueduct, Belmont Park, and Saratoga.
Once again, the 40-day summer meet at ...
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Modest rain does not dampen Rosecroft Tuesday card
Overcast, cool, rainy conditions prevailed throughout the day and evening on Tuesday, but numerous trotters and pacers seemed to thrive over the off going at Rosecroft Raceway in Maryland that evening.
In fact, in the opening race on the card Fas ...
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Dortmund & The Pizza Man logical, Stormy Lucy & pair of Glen Hill/Proctor horses post upsets at Del Mar
DEL MAR NOTEBOOK
There was a slew of graded racing during closing week at Del Mar.
Hollywood Derby (G1) : Glen Hill Farm’s homebred CHIROPRACTOR (Kitten’s Joy) rallied between runners in the lane to score by a head in his stakes ...
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Five Takeaways from Thanksgiving Weekend
1) Kentucky Derby Winter Favorite : The Remsen Stakes (G2) is maligned (no Kentucky Derby winners since Go for Gin & Thunder Gulch went back-to-back in 1993-94) and critics may doubt trainer Kiaran McLaughlin when it comes to the Kentucky ...
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Surprises in First Kentucky Derby Futures Pool
There were some surprises in the first Kentucky Derby Futures Pool. One none surprise was the fact that the mutuel field closed at 3/5. The field is almost always the favorite at the end of the first Kentucky Derby Futures Pool. 3/5, as I wrote las ...
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Wiggle It Jiggleit goes out in style
Almost exactly one month after Triple Crown winner American Pharoah put the finishing touches on his horse of the year campaign by winning the Breeders Cup Classic in emphatic style, Wiggle It Jiggleit sealed his status as harness racing's horse of ...
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Early look at the Champions Cup, the race formerly known as the Japan Cup Dirt
The Japan Autumn International concludes Sunday with the Champions Cup (G1). If that name doesn’t ring a bell, it’s probably because you’re more likely to remember its former name, the Japan Cup Dirt (G1). This marks the second year of its new brandi ...
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Total, average handle increases during Churchill fall meeting
Edited press release
The November 1-29 Fall Meet, the 126th autumn racing session in Churchill Downs' 141-year history, featured strong results in wagering and attendance categories following 2014's weather-shortened 24-day Fall Meet that lost tw ...
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The Dortmund weight goof and other Thanksgiving weekend thoughts
Probably several pounds heavier after a long weekend of eating, I'm also, hopefully, a little wiser on turning 39 and gorging on more than 20 graded stakes over the same period. Here are a few thoughts on last week's racing action:
Weight concern ...
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Average handle drops at Del Mar, rises at Gulfstream Park West
Edited press releases
Del Mar raced to a handy conclusion to its 20-day fall race meet -- its second "Bing Crosby Season" -- Sunday afternoon. Total handle for the five-week stand when compared to last fall's four-week, 15-day numbers showed nota ...
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Stormy Lucy makes waves in $132.80 upset of Matriarch
In an ultra-competitive renewal of the $302,250 Matriarch (G1) at Del Mar Sunday, it’s easy to see why Stormy Lucy was ignored as the second-to-longest shot on the board at 65-1. Winless from seven career starts at a mile (including an eighth in th ...
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Field favored in Pool 1 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager
Edited Press Release
With the Kentucky Derby still 23 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” closed as the odds-on 3-5 favorite in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) and unbeaten Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) win ...
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Dressed in Hermes prevails in Cecil B. DeMille
Budget Stables’ Dressed in Hermes rated in midpack during Sunday’s $101,750 Cecil B. DeMille S. (G3) at Del Mar before running down Collected in the lane to score by 1 1/4 lengths under jockey Mike Smith.
Trained by Janet Armstrong, the bay juve ...
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Mohaymen, Lewis Bay exit Remsen, Demoiselle in good order
Edited Press Release
Shadwell Stable's Mohaymen emerged from Saturday's Remsen (G2) victory in good shape, according to trainer Kiaran McLaughlin on Sunday morning.
Armed with a perfect three-for-three record, which now includes a pair of G ...
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Mr Speaker retired to stud at Lane's End
Mr Speaker’s career has ended just about a month after John Boehner’s. In a press release issued Sunday afternoon (posted in a slightly edited form below), it was announced that the Phipps blueblood was retired to stud at Lane’s End.
While I shoul ...
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Casse dreaming of Kentucky Derby following Saturday victories
Edited Press Release
Norman Casse, chief assistant and son to trainer Mark Casse, can’t help but dream about Kentucky Derby 142 after two big wins on Saturday’s “Stars of Tomorrow II” card at Churchill Downs with John C. Oxley’s Airoforce in t ...
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Shonan Pandora escapes the box, inflicts heartbreak on Last Impact in Japan Cup
Tetsuhide Kunimoto’s Shonan Pandora weaved her way through traffic in the stretch to mug the rail-hugging Last Impact at the wire in Sunday’s Japan Cup (G1), in a one-two finish for their great sire Deep Impact. Both collared 8-5 favorite Lovely Day ...
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Three-year-old pacers earn spotlight
Tomorrow evening at Dover Downs the best three-year-old pacer in the land will put the finishing touches on his horse of the year campaign, while this past Saturday night another pacing sophomore continued his newfound success.
Tomorrow night at ...
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Overnight Winners In Pricey Parade; Average Win Price $13.71, Top Winners $34, $28, $25
Since one of our features, the Progress Pace, is set for a day after our press time, we will cover our results in our next blog. Meanwhile, a great deal of success was posted in our H2W (horses-to-watch) list for the past week, through Saturday, Nov. ...
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Japan Cup preview: will the home team keep the trophy for the 10th straight year?
It’s been 10 years since a foreign shipper upstaged the Japan Cup (G1), and even then, British-based Alkaased just lasted by a flared nostril from Japan’s hard-charging Heart’s Cry.
With the Japanese team reduced by injuries this year, there’s a c ...
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Key race replays for the Japan Cup
For late-night cramming ahead of the 1:40 a.m. (EST) feature at Tokyo, here are some key race replays to accompany our Japan Cup (G1) preview and quotes from connections .
Eight runners are coming out of the Tenno Sho Autumn (G1), led by the vi ...
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Quotes from Japan Cup connections
Now that we’ve previewed the field for the Japan Cup (G1) , which goes off at 1:40 a.m. (EST) tonight, here are selected quotes from japanracing.jp.
Alan Cooper , racing manager for the Niarchos Family, on Erupt : “The Japan Cup has long been a ...
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Dortmund pulls away in easy Native Diver score
Kaleem Shah Inc.’s Dortmund continued his winning comeback with an easy 4 1/2-length victory in Saturday’s $150,000 Native Diver S. (G3) at Del Mar. With jockey Gary Stevens aboard, the Bob Baffert-trained sophomore glided under the wire to finish ...
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Chiropractor caps graded double for Glen Hill, Proctor in Hollywood Derby
About an hour after Family Meeting sprang a 37-1 upset of the $101,750 Jimmy Durante (G3) at Del Mar, her stablemate Chiropractor (right) made it a Saturday turf stakes sweep for owner/breeder Glen Hill Farm and trainer Tom Proctor in the $302,250 ...
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Airoforce storms home in Kentucky Jockey Club
John C. Oxley’s Airoforce made a seamless transition from turf to sloppy conditions in Saturday’s $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs, rallying to the lead in midstretch and drawing away to a 1 3/4-length decision. Julien Leparoux ...
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Carina Mia is Golden in Churchill Downs mud
Three Chimneys Farm LLC’s Carina Mia romped over Keeneland’s fast dirt in her last start and repeated that over a sloppy track at Churchill Downs in Saturday’s $200,000 Golden Rod S. (G2) .
The 1 1/16-mile contest is a points race on the Road to ...
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Tonalist offers big late kick to capture Cigar Mile
Tonalist saved his best for the final furlong of Saturday’s $670,000 Cigar Mile H. (G1) , lagging toward the back of the field until offering a dramatic late kick to score by a neck at Aqueduct. Winner of the 2014 Belmont Stakes at 1 ½ miles and the ...
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Forever Unbridled outduels Carrumba in Comely
Charles Fipke’s homebred Forever Unbridled was making just her second start in Saturday’s $300,000 Comely S. (G3) at Aqueduct since an 11th-place finish in the May 1 Kentucky Oaks (G1), and the bay lass prevailed after a stretch-long duel with 2-1 ...
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Hoppertunity pointing to Dubai World Cup, Looks to Spare benefits from change in riding instructions
Edited Press Release
Hoppertunity exited Friday’s runner-up effort in the Clark H. (G1) in “good shape” and will be pointed toward to the $10 million Dubai World Cup (G1) at Meydan Racecourse on March 26, trainer Bob Baffert reports.
“That’s ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, November 28
Welcome to another Saturday evening of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. I hope everyone had a very happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday. As many of you know ...
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Mohaymen solidifies Derby prospects with Remsen win
Mohaymen will head to Florida as one of the leading Kentucky Derby (G1) favorites following a solid victory in Saturday's $300,000 Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct.
Saving ground toward the rail as Donegal Moon set moderate fractions of :24.35, :49.16, a ...
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Lewis Bay handles stretchout in Demoiselle
Lewis Bay became the third graded stakes winner produced by her dam when taking Saturday's $300,000 Demoiselle (G2) at Aqueduct by 1 3/4 lengths as the even-money favorite.
Reared by the Summer Squall mare Summer Raven, herself the winner of th ...
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Bernardini offspring among solid prospects on Thanksgiving Saturday
After dining on turkey and trimmings Thursday and leftovers on Friday, the bettor in me is ready to feast on the plethora of graded stakes offerings traditionally served on Thanksgiving Saturday.
Here are a few contenders I'll be watching with int ...
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Midway through the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager: Sifting through the options
As a follow-up to my “fun facts” piece about the inaugural Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager , here are some ways to try to sift through and narrow down the options.
Pioneerof the Nile has attracted support as the sire of American Pharoah, but h ...
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Midnight strikes in Seabiscuit
After losing his way over the summer, Midnight Storm is back. Last year’s scintillating Del Mar Derby (G2) winner snapped a four-race losing skid with a smart performance in Friday’s $251,000 Seabiscuit H. (G2) back at the seaside track.
But unl ...
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Effinex confirms his class in Clark victory
Breeders’ Cup Classic runner-up Effinex carried his form forward in Friday’s $500,000 Clark H. (G1) at Churchill Downs, rallying to a short lead in upper stretch and gamely withstanding the late bid of 2014 Clark winner Hoppertunity to score by thr ...
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Almasty posts front-running Commonwealth Turf upset
Claimed for $30,000 in March, Almasty made his graded stakes debut a winning one in Friday’s $100,000 Commonwealth Turf (G3) at Churchill Downs. Jockey Jon Court guided the 3-year-old to a short lead as the field passed the stands the first time an ...
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Taris rolls to comfortable win in Go for Wand
A solid third behind Wavell Avenue and La Verdad in last month's Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), Taris proved too classy for her six rivals Friday afternoon at Aqueduct in the $300,000 Go for Wand H. (G3) .
Hot on the heels of Spellin ...
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Hard Not to Like potentially vulnerable in large Matriarch cast
Hard Not to Like , one of only two mares to have handed likely divisional champion Tepin a loss this season, is the class of Sunday's $300,000 Matriarch (G1) field at Del Mar over a mile on the turf. However, there are two factors that might leave ...
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Pletcher duo looms large in Clark, siding with Protonico at a better price
The $500,000 Clark H. (G1) headlines a 12-race program at Churchill Downs Friday and the eight-horse field features plenty of depth.
Hoppertunity will make a title defense in the 1 1/8-mile event, morning-line favorite Effinex exits a runner-u ...
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Hollendorfer's 7000th win comes on Thanksgiving
Edited press release
Kiss N Scat romped home by 13 lengths in the Thanksgiving opener at Golden Gate Fields, giving her Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer his 7,000th victory.
With the win, Hollendorfer bec ...
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Ahh Chocolate satisfies graded craving in Falls City; Frivolous retired prior to title defense
Edited press releases
Stoneway Farm’s homebred three-year-old filly Ahh Chocolate rated patiently in second before taking command in the stretch and drew away to win the 100th running of the $200,000 Falls City H. presented by TwinSpires.com (G2) ...
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$1 million LQHBA Breeders Futurity Set for Saturday at Evangeline Downs
Jet Black Rogue will be one of the favorites in Saturday night's LQHBA Breeder Futurity at Evangeline Downs
Up and coming Quarter Horse trainer, Trey Ellis qualified four runners, including Toastin With Coronas, a filly who will be ridden by A ...
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The Pizza Man dishes it out to Hollywood Turf Cup foes
Midwest Thoroughbreds’ homebred The Pizza Man served up a Thanksgiving feast to his legions of fans, flaunting his class as much the best in Thursday’s $252,250 Hollywood Turf Cup (G2) at Del Mar.
The Arlington Million (G1) winner was rebounding f ...
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Heart to Heart stays perfect on Churchill turf in River City
Terry Hamilton’s Heart to Heart is in love with the Churchill Downs turf. With his front-running victory in Thursday’s $100,000 River City H. (G3), the Brian Lynch trainee extended his recover to a perfect three-for-three over the Matt Winn course.
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Green Gratto tops longshot trifecta in Fall Highweight
The New Jersey-bred gelding Green Gratto sprung a major upset Thanksgiving afternoon at Aqueduct, leading all the way to win the $250,000 Fall Highweight H. (G3) by a head at odds of 24-1.
One of the lightweights in the field carrying 124 pounds, ...
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Dortmund towers over Native Diver; Om aims for sweep in Hollywood Derby
A slow-healing quarter-crack reportedly forced a change of plans for the star three-year-old Dortmund this week. Instead of shipping to Louisville for Friday's Clark H. (G1) at Churchill Downs, the Bob Baffert trainee will stay closer to ...
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Stakes highlight Wednesday card at Penn National
On the night before Thanksgiving, thoroughbred racing fans were treated to a trio of stakes races at Penn National. But the best performance of the night did not occur in the feature.
Roughly a month after finishing third in the Grade I Breeders ...
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Northfield’s Courageous Lady Looks Pricey; ‘Wiggle’ One More Time At Dover
Northfield Park and Dover Downs provide the sole features for this weekend, as we move into the final month of the year and the 2015 racing season. At Northfield, the Courageous Lady gathers soph-filly pacers for a. six-figure prize around the “Flyin ...
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Favorite Tale, Page McKenney popular winners at Penn National
Favorite Tale shook off the pressing Amelia's Wild Ride approaching the eighth pole and stormed clear to win the $200,000 Fabulous Strike H. at Penn National by two lengths on Thanksgiving eve Wednesday night.
The 1-2 favorite under Javier Castell ...
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Mobile Bay, Lavender Chrissie topple favorites at Zia Park
Super Derby (G2) winner Mobile Bay added another big win to his record Wednesday when taking the $218,000 Zia Park Derby . Under Edgar Prado, the 7-2 third choice prevailed over a determined Pain and Misery to win by a nose after a stretch-long duel ...
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Bernardini thriving at stud & 2016 looks extremely promising
BY DICK POWELL
BERNARDINI (A.P. Indy) was a wonderful racehorse that has gone on to be a wonderful stallion. This year, he has four Grade 1 stakes winners, only one behind leading sire TAPIT (Pulpit). Since going to stud in 2010, Bernardini has s ...
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Private Zone seeks repeat in Cigar Mile
A sharp second to Runhappy in last month's Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) going six furlongs, Private Zone will get back to doing what he does best Saturday in the Cigar Mile H. (G1) at Aqueduct.
Although a two-time winner of the Vosburgh (G1), Pri ...
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Kentucky Jockey Club provides a line on five horses in Kentucky Derby Future Wager; Dothraki Queen tops Golden Rod
Saturday’s $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) serves as a qualifier for the 2016 Kentucky Derby, offering points on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the top four respective finishers, and along with its fillies’ counterpart, the $200,000 Golden Rod (G2) , high ...
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Favorites excel at Aqueduct last week, Morse Code among a trio of McGaughey horses to watch
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
There was no graded racing this past week at Aqueduct.
Track Stats
A total of 45 races were held at the Long Island, New York venue, with favorites winning at a 40 percent rate and the top two betting choices combining f ...
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Kicking off Thanksgiving week at Churchill Downs with an Awesome Thought
Churchill Downs closes its November meeting and 2015 racing this week, and I'll be sorry to see it go. Not because I'm crushing it--I haven't had a winning day yet--but because the racing has been fun to watch and handicap on a daily basis.
A good ...
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7 to Consider in First Kentucky Derby Futures Pool
About a week ago I wrote about how it's never too early to talk about the Kentucky Derby . Well, it appears that more than a few people agree with me. The very first Kentucky Derby Futures Pool is out on Thursday. Wouldn't you know it? Nyquist, ...
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Flintshire, Mongolian Saturday among Hong Kong invitees
Edited Press Release
The Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin on December 13 have attracted a stellar line-up of Group 1 stars. A total of 33 international Grade/Group 1 winners are among the 56 entries selected for the world's great end-of- ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Greyhounds to watch
Welcome to another Southland monthly preview of the Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch . December's selections certainly look like they will give a solid showing in the coming weeks and months as their young careers have alread ...
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Open events highlight Tuesday card at Rosecroft
A trio of Open events on the latter half of the Tuesday evening card at Rosecroft Raceway proved contentious and formful just two days shy of Thanksgiving Day.
One week after finishing a sharp second as the slight favorite in the $12,500 Open 1 c ...
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Wednesday Penn National card looks appealing
While many Americans will be traveling tomorrow on their various destinations for Thanksgiving Day festivities, a bevy of horse players should find the Wednesday card at Penn National rather appealing.
A trio of stakes races highlight the Wednesd ...
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Early Thanksgiving Fare Served Wednesday at Zia Park
Jrc Callas First Defends his title in the Zia Park Championship on November 25
The day before Thanksgiving is filled with good racing fare as Zia Park offers a lucrative 11-race card with eight big stakes worth more than $1 million for Ameri ...
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No Dortmund but Hoppertunity makes title defense against deep Clark field
Bob Baffert elected not to ship multiple Grade 1 winner Dortmund for Friday’s $500,000 Clark H. (G1) at Churchill Downs due to a minor quarter-crack, but the Hall of Fame trainer will still be represented by the 2014 winner, Hoppertunity . The 4-y ...
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Dueling Kentucky Derby Future Wagers Offer Tremendous Opportunity
One of the most unique—and thus hopefully exploitable—wagering opportunities I’ve ever seen occurs this weekend when Churchill Downs rolls out its traditional Kentucky Derby future wager alongside a new offering: the Kentucky Derby-winning sire ...
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Motion/de Sousa combine to win lone graded stakes; speed plays well on turf at Del Mar
DEL MAR NOTEBOOK
There was a single graded affair during the week at Del Mar.
Red Carpet S. (G3) : RMJ Stables’ RUSTY SLIPPER (Lemon Drop Kid) moved three-deep into the lane and proved much the best on this day in securing a 1 ½- ...
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Deaths of Yes It's True, Keeper Hill announced
The deaths of Grade 1 winners Yes It's True and Keeper Hill were announced Tuesday by Three Chimneys Farm and Mill Ridge Farm, respectively.
Yes It's True, 19, was euthanized Monday at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute after surgery to repair a per ...
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Taris looks for successful stretchout in Go for Wand
Taris proved to be one of the leading female sprinters in the country with a fine third-place effort in last month's Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1). On Friday, the four-year-old daughter of Flatter will attempt to stretch her speed over ...
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Bettors have a new option as Sire Future Wager offered for 2016 Kentucky Derby
Edited Press Release
Churchill Downs Racetrack will offer a new twist to its Future Wager menu this year with the debut of the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager , which provides bettors with a unique opportunity to wager on select breeding stars ...
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"All Others," Nyquist favored in first Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool
Edited Press Release
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Nyquist (#15) is the likely individual choice, but the ever-popular " All Others " (#24) wager is the morning line favorite for the first of four pools of the 2016 Kentucky Derby Future W ...
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Stakes winners secure division honors
Standardbred racing fans were treated to a host of stakes races over the past three nights that enabled at least a handful of trotters and pacers to secure division honors.
Monday night at Dover Downs, Wiggle It Jiggleit (Montrell Teague) virtually ...
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Bal a Bali looks to keep momentum going in Seabiscuit
Brazilian Triple Crown winner Bal a Bali has had mixed fortunes since arriving in the United States, but the Richard Mandella trainee may have turned the corner, and hopes to prove the point in Del Mar’s $250,000 Seabiscuit (G2) on Friday. The 1 1/ ...
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Exaggerator Criticism Nothing More Than Hyperbole
by LAURA PUGH
This past Saturday the Delta Jackpot served as the coming out party for the tough-luck colt Exaggerator.
He set a solid pace after having to rush up from an outside post then held resolutely as Harland’s Punch and Sunny Ridge mou ...
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Favorites land sprint stakes at Mahoning Valley
Favorites prevailed in a pair of sprint stakes at Mahoning Valley in Ohio on Monday, but there was an unusual outcome in one of them.
The featured $200,000 Steel Valley Sprint produced a non-controversial finish when 2-1 choice Lewys Vaporizer r ...
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The Pizza Man makes another run to Del Mar for Turf Cup
Illinois-bred cult hero The Pizza Man, third as the favorite in last year’s Hollywood Turf Cup (G2) , makes another Thanksgiving Day run to Del Mar for the $250,000 feature. His leading opponents are fellow shipper Up With the Birds and course afici ...
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Complexion of Falls City depends on status of Frivolous
Will she or won't she run? That's the question most horsemen with skin in Thursday's $200,000 Falls City H. (G2) game are asking with respect to Frivolous ' participation in the 1 1/8-mile feature for fillies and mares at Churchill Downs.
Frivo ...
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Big Money and Big Opinions Monday at Mahoning Valley
There is a $200,000 stakes race today at Mahoning Valley Race Course, and shame on me for not knowing this for certain, but I think it is the co-second-highest purse ever offered for a Thoroughbred* race in Ohio. The Ohio Derby is tops, and the long- ...
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La Verdad looks to end recent streak of bad luck in Fall Highweight
The last several weeks have been tough ones for La Verdad and her connections, but there will be much for all of them to be thankful for if the five-year-old New York-bred mare can pull off a victory in the $250,000 Fall Highweight H. (G3) , the T ...
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International Star headlines Thanksgiving eve stakes at Zia, Penn National
Racing fans eagerly anticipating the smorgasbord of stakes offerings this Thanksgiving weekend will have tantalizing appetizers on Wednesday when Zia Park and Penn National play host to several graded-quality events.
Wednesday afternoon at Zia, I ...
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TwinSpires Online Handicapping Championship on Saturday: Largest Vegas qualifier offers more than $270,000 in cash and prizes, berth to NHC
The 5 th Annual TwinSpires.com Online Handicapping Championship is Saturday, Nov. 28, and the official horse racing wagering site of the Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup is offering players a chance at the more than $270,000 in cash and prizes ...
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New Brisnet.com Pick of the Day Product Helps Bust Chalk
There are as many ways to play the races as there are to play a race.
Just as straight (win, place, show) betting with a daily double on the first two races and an exacta on the last race has given way to exotics in every race and multiple super e ...
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Palm Beach Connections
Albatross
“The Big Bird” nearly pulled off the undefeated Grade Ladder to begins his career at Palm Beach and is a veteran of two Stakes Finals.
Jw Wyatt Earp
The veteran of 4 tracks ran this summer and fall at Palm Beach, getting ...
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Dolphus, Rachel Alexandra's half-brother, wins debut at Fair Grounds
Dolphus was bet down to 8-5 favoritism in his unveiling in Sunday’s 6TH race at Fair Grounds, largely on the strength of being a half-brother to 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, and the regard of high-percentage trainer Joe Sharp. The juvenil ...
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