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Rumblings before the big event

Sat Mar 28 2015TwinSpires Staff

by JOHN MUCCIOLO Word on the “street” is that the mare Via Africa is well-fancied by her connections in advance of her run at the Al Quoz Sprint -- which goes as race 5. Trained by Mike de Kock, one of the winningest conditioners at the Racing Ca ...
Top 10 questions to be answered on Dubai World Cup night

Fri Mar 27 2015Kellie Reilly

Saturday's Dubai World Cup card poses no shortage of handicapping questions. While all of us can give our own opinionated forecasts about the answers (and you can peruse my stabs at Brisnet.com for free ), the horses themselves will render the final ...
Countdown begins for Dubai World Cup Day

Fri Mar 27 2015TwinSpires Staff

by JOHN MUCCIOLO Less than 24 hours remain until one of the grandest spectacles in horse racing – Dubai World Cup Day! The 20 th renewal of this program features another stellar cast, with horses from Japan, South Africa, the United States, Euro ...
Filly doubleheader begins countdown to Kentucky Oaks

Fri Mar 27 2015Jen Caldwell

Only seven preps remain for sophomore fillies to gain points to make the Kentucky Oaks (G1) field on May 1 at Churchill Downs, and two of those preps are taking place on Saturday about 10 minutes apart. First up will be the $400,000 Fair Grounds O ...
Factors That Matter

Fri Mar 27 2015Derek Simon

In his groundbreaking work, “Winning at the Races: Computer Discoveries in Thoroughbred Handicapping,” Dr. William L. Quirin educated a generation of horse players on which factors did — and, in some cases, which factors did not — lead to a winning ...
My Top Jockeys of the 1990's

Fri Mar 27 2015D.S. Williamson

Eddie Delahoussaye’s best rides occurred in 1988, when he won the Preakness and Belmont aboard Risen Star, and 1992 when he won the Belmont aboard A.P. Indy. Risen Star is the only son of Secretariat to truly excel over the racetrack. I actually h ...

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Main Sequence the Main Toss on Dubai World Cup Program

Fri Mar 27 2015TwinSpires Staff

by DOUG SALVATORE For well over a century, Thoroughbred racing in the United States has been heavily focused on dirt. It still is today, albeit certainly not to the extreme of a half-century ago. In most parts of the world, the same statement is ...
The dream continues

Fri Mar 27 2015TwinSpires Staff

by John Mucciolo Have you ever been to a party with a few hundred well-dressed, polite and intelligent people, in the Dubai Marina that was graced with the presence of one of the world's great visionaries who happens to rule a nation, eating cuis ...
Palm Beach Friday Matinee Preview 3/27/2015

Fri Mar 27 2015Jason Michael

*Atascocita Sybil* Race 15 Grade TA 738 Yards The best in the Marathon are ready to rumble to end the Matinee Card today. There is only 3 Grade A racers in this field, which in my handicapping experience is an automatic add into my number ...
Dubai World Cup Purses and Value Plays

Fri Mar 27 2015Ted Black

Then in the finale, the $10 million Dubai World Cup, much of the attention will be on California Chrome , the reigning United States Horse of the Year who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness last spring before having to settle for fourth in the ...
Levy series at Yonkers enters second round

Thu Mar 26 2015Ted Black

While the teams for the annual NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament otherwise known as "March Madness" will be down to four after Sunday's action, the top aged pacers in training will be looking to secure their berths in the "Elite Eight" for the George ...
Who Is the Most Likely Kentucky Derby Starter? Carpe Diem

Thu Mar 26 2015TwinSpires Staff

by LAURA PUGH Through the twists & turns of the Road to the Kentucky Derby, many changes have occurred to the prospective Kentucky Derby field: Breeders Cup Juvenile winner Texas Red has defected due to injury, and also, dropping from the o ...
Meydan doesn't disappoint

Thu Mar 26 2015TwinSpires Staff

by John Mucciolo Is this heaven? No, it’s Meydan. I have been to most of the major race tracks in the U. S., with trips to nearly all of the ovals in Kentucky, New York, Florida and the Golden State, but my first visit to Meydan in Dubai in advanc ...

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