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SOUTHLAND Preview - Thursday twilight, January 15
Welcome to another Thursday of greyhound racing at Southland and on tap are 18 entertaining and exciting races for us to enjoy and wager on. I have several races that I feel offer solid wagering opportunities and these are listed below. Good luck to ...
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Trotting And Pacing Series Ensue
The Meadowlands takes the early highlight mid-January as our blog begins with Thursday races again this week. Jan. 15 features the second round of the Super Bowl Series for three-and-four-year-old conditioned trotters. This week the splits are worth ...
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Scully's Derby Top 10
Leaving Calculator out of the initial Kentucky Derby Top 10 list was an oversight. The gray colt proved he belongs with a smart performance in last Saturday’s Sham at Santa Anita, breaking his maiden with a 4 1/4-length decision that netted a career- ...
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Weekend harness preview 1/16/15
While many sports enthusiasts are already looking forward to this Sunday's Conference Championship games in the National Football League that will propel both winners into Super Bowl 49 in Arizona, standardbred racing fans will be seeking to pad thei ...
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Understanding Australian Horse Racing (Part 1/3)
This is the first of a three part series on Australian horse racing.
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Dubai: A New Chapter for True Story?
The star of last Thursday's Dubai Carnival opener was Godolphin's True Story, who manhandled his opposition in the Singspiel at about nine furlongs on turf:
With the Singspiel being his first start as a gelding, it would be easy to view h ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The bad news is that none of the horses in our four feature races won, nor did any of our Super Bowl and Worldly Beauty round-one choices. The good news is that in every one of those races was won by the public choice at prohibitive prices. Here’s ho ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - MoneyMaker Monday, January 12
Welcome to another MoneyMaker Mike's Longshot Monday at Southland Greyhound Park. As I posted last week on TwinSpires, some of you had requested I have several MoneyMaker plays instead of the usual one that I have, so during January I've decided Mo ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita Park for 1/11/2015
Bob Baffert’s Hoppertunity ran up the rail in the Grade 2 San Pasqual on Saturday to take home top honors as a 7/5 favorite. Baffert will be looking to win the stakes race at Santa Anita on Sunday, the Paseana, with another morning line favorite, the ...
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Palm Beach He's My Man Classic Semi-Finals Preview
I am shocked at the way #4 Storm Control from owner Steve Schlachter ran last round. A 6 th place finish has him in danger of missing the Finals if he doesn’t run well today. The last race was the first time he has missed the board all season ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday matinee, January 11
Welcome to another Sunday matinee of greyhound racing at Southland. Eighteen exciting and entertaining races are on tap for your viewing and wagering opportunities. I've selected several contests that grabbed my attention and these are listed below. ...
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Calculator enhances status with dazzling Sham
Calculator stylishly broke his maiden in Saturday’s Sham Stakes at Santa Anita, winning as pleased as he dominated the final furlongs.
The Florida-bred gray colt erased any doubts surrounding his status as a serious Kentucky Derby prospect.
Tra ...
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Atlantic City a New Jersey track with many Glory Days
Atlantic City Race Course's end has finally come. Greenwood ACRA, which had been conducting full-card simulcasting and six-day spring meets consisting of all-turf racing at the track in recent years, announced Friday that the entire facility would ...
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Handicapping By Number
Remember those paint-by-number kits we all loved as kids (granted, I’m being very liberal with my use of the words “all” and “loved,” but please play along)?
Well, recently, I had a guy ask me about handicapping systems that assigned points fo ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita for 1/10/2015
Grade 1 Clark winner Hoppertunity is the chalk in the Grade 2 San Pasqual on Saturday at San Anita. At 9/5, many horseplayers will think that Hoppertunity is offering overlay odds on the morning line. What it means is that the Bob Baffert trainee is ...
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Something for everyone but chalk players in the Sham Stakes
Four handicappers in the Brisnet.com family have weighed in on the Sham Stakes, and the only thing we agree on is that the morning line favorite Calculator is an underlay and not worth betting at the expected price. The Sham Stakes is a 16-point ra ...
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Wednesday harness preview 1/14/15
While the Wednesday cards at most harness tracks might have limited appeal to many standardbred racing fans and players, the midweek cards at Dover Downs tend to highlight the top trotters on the Delaware circuit and occasionally several of the races ...
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My 8 Favorite Moments on the International Turf in 2014
If you're a fan of turf racing, and like to curl up with a favorite beverage and peruse long articles, you'll love the Reilly Turf Awards -- my unique take on the year-in-review genre that comes in both North American and International editions ...
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Monday harness preview 1/12/15
While many sports enthusiasts will be focused on the inaugural College Football Playoff Championship game between Oregon and Ohio State later that night in Arlington, Texas, standardbred racing fans will be seeking to pad their bankrolls earlier that ...
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It's Not Complicated: California Chrome Was Horse of the Year
by Laura Pugh
Horse of the Year is exactly what it sounds like—an award that defines itself by its own name. It is Horse of the Year . Not Horse of Two Months, not Horse of Half the Year, but Horse of the Year .
Many voters overcompli ...
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Seasonal Series Launch
Four-year-olds and up (a few fresh sophomores included) on both gaits will be featured in the season’s traditional winter series’ legs leading to lucrative finals at the Meadowlands and Woodbine. It’s January again and in what some poets have labeled ...
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PJ EZ Pass to Pass the Competition
Southland greyhound racing for Thursday has 18 races on tap and several of these races drew my interest as solid wagering opportunities. I have listed these below and look forward to putting some cash in our pockets. Good luck to all and thanks for r ...
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Scully's Derby Top 10
Some will say it’s never too early to talk Kentucky Derby but for many Thoroughbred racing enthusiasts, the clock starts the first week of the New Year.
This is a time for new faces to emerge on the scene as we wait for the top performers from las ...
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Washington Bettor Calls Rainbow^6 Score a Miracle
It has been a good five weeks for Rainbow^6 players on TwinSpires.com.
Just days after the official wagering site of the Kentucky Derby gave away a $20,000 bonus to Rainbow^6 players who qualified by hitting the bet in December , Jesse Sherman ...
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Palm Beach: He's My Man Third Round Preview 1/7/2015
The Queen "The Queen" Race 15 Box to wire specialist #1 JS SpeedyPebbles from owner Shannon Henry will get a chance to matchup with one of the best lid flippers on the planet in #8 PJ Smoke Em Out in the finale. Whoever makes it ...
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Counselor to Take Home the Gold?
Wednesday's twilight card at Southland is highlighted by COUNSELOR running in the 17th race along with several other solid choices mixed among the races for this evening. I have selected several races that caught my interest and I've listed those be ...
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Weekend harness preview 1/9/15
After a brief respite for owners, trainers, drivers, patrons and horses alike, live racing will return to Yonkers Raceway in New York on Friday evening and the three-day weekend card features a trio of Open events for pacers and trotters. As is norm ...
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As boutique meets go, Oaklawn a delight
Boutique meets like Saratoga, Del Mar, and Keeneland are among the most popular with spectators and horseplayers alike, and Oaklawn Park's 57-day meet, which begins Friday, will be eagerly anticipated in many quarters.
Fueled by the success of the ...
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Eclipse ballot baptism by fire
A baptism by fire -- that's what it feels like to submit my first-ever Eclipse Award ballot, in one of the most intractable three-year-old male divisions in memory. No matter which way I voted, I feared committing an injustice to another deserving ca ...
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Dover Downs Preview (Thursday 1/8/15)
While many Americans brace for the latest dramatic drop in temperatures often associated with an arctic vortex, standardbred racing owners and fans will venture to Dover Downs on Thursday evening for that track's best card of the week, one that offe ...
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2014 racing season parallels 2002 but my Eclipse Award votes do not
Going through my first Eclipse Award vote in 2002, I promised myself that I would not become like some of my curmudgeon colleagues and lament the talent pool on particularly down years.
A lot has changed in 12 years. Voters now use the internet to ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday twilight, January 5
Welcome to MoneyMaker Monday at Southland Greyhound Park. For this twilight racing I've selected 4 races where I am giving a longshot pick. As most of you know I normally have one designated MoneyMaker pick for the program but several of you have sho ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Profits rule again, readers, as we scored in two of our feature races, hitting 50 percent, since one choice, CR Amigo, scratched at Western Fair. But before the scratch, we opened the Jan. 2 program with a big winner in Race 1.
We gave you Aro ...
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Harness preview 1/5/15
With the Wild Card round of the National Football League playoffs having been finished the night before, standardbred racing fans will look for an ideal way to kick off the upcoming week and many of them will do so by playing the solid Monday evening ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita for 1/4/2014
Yesterday’s pick, Dynamic Sky, had nowhere to go at the top of the stretch in the Grade 2 San Gabriel. It’s doubtful that jockey Corey Nakatani would have gotten Dynamic Sky up for the victory over Finnegan’s Wake, but Corey might have been able to g ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday matinee, January 4
For Sunday afternoon greyhound racing, Southland Park is the place to be as there are 18 exciting races on tap for the matinee. Several of these contests caught my attention as solid wagering opportunities and I've listed my choices below for you to ...
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How Good Trainers Become ‘Super’
I was at Longacres, the scenic racetrack once located in Renton, Washington, when a horse named Hilco Scamper made his career debut on May 18, 1985.
Sent off as the 7-5 favorite, the two-year-old gelding made like Secretariat that day, leaving ...
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The longshot you have to use in the Jerome Stakes
Although the road to the Kentucky Derby began four months ago in September 2014 with the first points races for the 2015 Kentucky Derby, there is something about the first prep for three-year-olds that adds excitement to the Triple Crown trail.
An ...
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Micks Miracle's Maiden Win Nets Owner-Breeder Liviakis More Than $250,000
When Micks Miracle finally made it to the starting gate, John Liviakis was going to make sure he got paid a lot more than what the purse offered if his homebred colt got the job done in his career debut.
So when Micks Miracle started on December 2 ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita Park for 1/3/2015
The first Saturday of 2015 is upon us and there’s plenty of thoroughbred action for horseplayers to choose from. The best race to look for a winner might actually be the Grade 2 San Gabriel at 1 1/8 miles over the turf at Santa Anita. The morning lin ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
In a busy News & Notes segment, host Derek Simon opines on jockey Angel Suarez’s tragic shooting, discusses the Horse of the Year battle with an in-depth look at Main Sequence, and comments on Courtney Love’s — yes, that Courtney Love — desire to ...
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My debut as an Eclipse Award Voter
There is no wrong answer to the 2014 Horse of the Year question. Bayern, California Chrome, Main Sequence and Shared Belief (listed alphabetically) all bring solid credentials to a murky debate lacking a standout.
I revealed my Horse of the Year s ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings December 2014
Just For Kicks * Just For Kicks* Honorable Mention Nikita's First, Nothin ForNothin, Ninis Chipotle, Atascocita Sybil, Dewzee, Jj’s Tango, Java Beretta, Aye Doctor Ron, WW’s Genesis, SKN Jackson, Just For Kicks, Pat C Dark Ciena, Pat C ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - January 2, 2015
Friday's card at Southland Greyhound Park has several promising wagering opportunities and I've listed them below. The evening's racing is highlighted by COUNSELOR running in the 8th race, he's a very impressive greyhound and capable of running a big ...
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Three-year-olds hit Derby trail in Jerome
Saturday’s Jerome at Aqueduct is the year’s first scoring race in the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” series and the one-mile and 70-yard race has attracted El Kabeir, winner of the November 29 Kentucky Jockey Club at Churchill Downs.
The John Terran ...
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Weekend harness preview 1/2/15
While many sports enthusiasts are eagerly looking forward to the Wild Card weekend in the National Football League playoffs, standardbred fans will be seeking to cash a few tickets at several tracks along the East Coast beginning on Friday night. Th ...
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The Wonder Of Winter’s Wrath
Bitter cold, precipitation, biting winds, early darkness, early dawns and layers of clothing contribute to the scenario of harness racing’s 2015 season. Battling one another and the elements will be common for horses and horsemen across the continent ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - January 1
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you and welcome to another Southland twilight card as the 2015 racing action gets underway. There are 18 races on tap for the Thursday session and I've pick out some races that offer good wagering potential and they are list ...
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Shared Belief the choice for champion and Horse of the Year
In this, Part II of my annual Eclipse Award commentary (Part I can be viewed here ), I'll discuss my reasons for supporting SHARED BELIEF as champion three-year-old male and Horse of the Year and why I won't be supporting some of the other candid ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday twilight, December 31
Wednesday's matinee card has a full slate of 18 exciting and entertaining races to close out the year at Southland and there are several contests that caught my interest. I have listed these below and I look forward to starting the New Year out by pu ...
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$50,000 Hes My Man Classic Tournament Preview
I’m going with JS SpeedyPebbles to win it all. She gets her favorite 1 box to start today and should carry momentum into the later rounds of the Classic. I believe Pebbles will get her second Stakes victory for owner Shannon Henry.
Othe ...
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Will San Antonio Offer Early Season Showdown?
by Laura Pugh
Many familiar names from 2014 are expected to race in 2015, and not just later in the year, either. The connections of several stars have mentioned the $500,000 San Antonio Stakes, on February 7, at Santa Anita Park, as a potenti ...
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New Year's Day Harness preview 1/1/15
While many sports enthusiasts will certainly be paying close attention to the two college football semifinals today between Oregon and Florida State University and Alabama and Ohio State to determine the first two teams to compete in the inaugural co ...
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Why Temple City Is a Freshman Sire Success
A 1 1/2-mile track record-setter by Dynaformer -- that's not the biographical snapshot you'd normally associate with a hot freshman sire. But it is if you're talking about Temple City. Currently sixth on the list of U.S.-based freshmen, the Spendthri ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
This week’s review focuses on the TwinSpires Harness Players Horse of the Year and a look at some of our big successes of 2014. Then, as usual, we will review our feature race results and the H2W action.
It happened on June 6 this season. Ou ...
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Horses Don't Bounce
Of all the racing “truisms” that are, well, not true, few grate on me more than the concept of the “bounce.” Conceived by Len Ragozin, founder of the “Sheets,” the bounce theory asserts that a peak effort, as measured by a horse’s speed figures, is l ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday matinee, December 28
Welcome to Southland's Sunday matinee racing card as there are 18 exciting and entertaining races for your enjoyment and wagering pleasures. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a great weekend as well. Good luck to everyone and thanks for r ...
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Will the Ship set sail in the Arima Kinen?
If you had to guess the most popular race in Japan, you might think of the Japanese Derby or Japan Cup. But in fact, it's the Arima Kinen, held at Nakayama right around Christmas. Fans get to vote on the composition of the field, with their top 10 ch ...
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Player Quick Pick: 12/28/2014
Aqueduct showcases New York breds on Sunday with two New York Stallion Stakes races. The first, Race 3, figures to be a battle between The Lewis Dinner and Omagoddonna. Race 5 is a somewhat deeper affair. Aqueduct Race 5 – 2:16 PM ET New York Sta ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
Host Derek Simon discusses the Eclipse Awards picture following Shared Belief’s victory in the Malibu Stakes and explains why there is more to assessing a horse’s talent than simply noting its graded success — or lack thereof.
In the U. of Bet seg ...
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Shared Belief was best in 2014
Shared Belief showed what he’s all about in the Dec. 26 Malibu Stakes, establishing a forward position in a speed-laden field before proving best. Whether it’s a daylight win or narrow decision, the competition doesn’t get past him if he gets the tri ...
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Player Quick Pick: Aqueduct 12/27/2014
Race 8 at Aqueduct on Saturday is a super competitive affair among horses entered in a high-level optional claimer going 1 mile and 70 yards. The morning line chalk at 3/1, Israal, breaks from the disadvantageous post-position 10. The race looks like ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - December 26, 2014 evening card
I sincerely hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and are enjoying a wonderful holiday season. After a short break for Christmas, Southland greyhound racing resumes Friday with both matinee and evening performances. These are MoneyMaker Mike's sel ...
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25,000 Reasons to Play Opening Day at Santa Anita with TwinSpires
By Lucky Kalanges
As I get older, pragmatism trumps idealism. I find this to be true in life and gambling. Long gone are the days when I was cocky enough to play $32 Pick 6 tickets and be disappointed when I didn’t get at least five of six winner ...
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Betting On The Brink Of A New Season
The holiday season goes into phase two, the celebration of 2015’s arrival and we continue to serve as your primary source for overnight harness action with our thorough TwinSpires harness blog. Once again this week, the final weekend of the year, we ...
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Aqueduct - 12/26/2014
It’s opening day at Santa Anita, but horseplayers shouldn’t forget about the Big A where a terrific 9 race card awaits. The feature, Race 3, has drawn a 5 horse field and a morning line chalk in Salutos Amigos. Since he figures to be difficult to bea ...
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Palm Beach 2014 Dick Andrews Futurity Final Preview 12/26/2014
*AMF Pushover* Prediction I’ve said it from the beginning….AMF Pushover is the best racer of this group. I’m calling another Pushover dramatic finish to take home the win for B & B Racing. Picks 5-1-8-3 Enj ...
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Saturday harness preview 12/27/14
While many Americans will be headed back to the malls this weekend to return or exchange gifts they perhaps never desired, standardbred racing fans will be looking to line their pockets in a different way as they head to a track or simulcast outlet s ...
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Opening-Day Santa Anita Plays
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
Thoroughbred racing slows down to a crawl in the days leading up Christmas but that changes Friday, December 26, with the traditional opening of the Santa Anita winter/spring meet.
Shared Belief is the ...
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eNews - $25K Pick 5 Pot O'Gold, and How to Wager Through the Holidays
Play big and win this holiday season at TwinSpires. The Holiday edition of eNews is here, to show you how to take down your share of the $25K Pick 5 Pot O'Gold, when to place bets Down Under, and all the opportunities to wager over the next week!
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Will Keeneland's Blue Grass Gambit Pay Off?
by Laura Pugh
When Keeneland returned its main track to dirt, the first thought I had was, “Boy! Now this means that the Blue Grass Stakes will become a meaningful prep for the Kentucky Derby again!” However, I'm not so sure of that following t ...
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What to Watch For As Santa Anita Opens
by John Mucciolo
The rich and exciting meeting at Santa Anita Race Track gets underway Friday, December 26, and the winter action ki ...
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Friday harness preview 12/26/14
Many standardbred racing owners, trainers and fans alike probably welcomed the brief respite to celebrate Christmas Day on Thursday, but many of them will be looking to get back to the races on Friday night to enjoy the holiday cheer that only cashin ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Our first week of the stakes’ hiatus season found us with one win from our feature race choices. On Saturday, Dec. 20, we struck at Charlottetown Drivers Park with Jk Hustler in Race 3. In the small field we received good prices for the pacer. Across ...
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What is ‘Smart Money?’
Several years ago, I wrote about “smart money” — the notion that a particular horse is getting pari-mutuel love from insiders or bettors in the know.
Over the years, I’ve come to affectionately refer to this group as “they,” based on interacti ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday matinee, December 21
Welcome to another Sunday matinee of exciting greyhound racing at Southland. There are four races which in going thru the program got my attention as good wagering opportunities so they will be my choices for today. I've listed them below and I hope ...
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Dortmund gets up in final strides
Dortmund continued to impress while being tested for the first time in his three-race career, remaining unbeaten with an ultra-game performance in Saturday’s Grade 1 Futurity Stakes.
Wide the entire way, the massive two-year-old colt needed every ...
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An Eclipse toast of ‘Brandi
A half-length victory in the Starlet (G1) at Los Alamitos on December 13 pretty much sealed the deal for Take Charge Brandi.
By winning the Starlet, Delta Downs Princess (G3) and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies in succession, the chestnut miss shou ...
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Breeding Dreams versus Racing Realities
So with lineage like that - you may be asking - how could I suggest not racing the baby? Because the odds of that foal being anywhere near as talented as either - let alone both - of its parents are super slim. What's interesting is that Curlin ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, December 20
Saturday evening's card at Southland Greyhound Park features 18 exciting and entertaining races and I've picked out 4 of them as good solid wagering opportunities. I've listed them below for you to check out and remember, TwinSpires is your one stop ...
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Saturday harness preview 12/20/14
In the second race, a non-winners of two races or $20,000 lifetime class for younger pacers, the event looks to be a virtual match race on paper. But one of the colts is well worth backing. Brick Bazooka (John Campbell) arrives with an unbeaten re ...
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Owner hopes to keep rolling with Dortmund
The German sports club naming strategy is working well for Kaleem Shah.
First up was Bayern, who capped an outstanding three-year-old season with a victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic and is a contender for Horse of the Year. His name is an appar ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
TwinSpires' Derek Simon discusses track bias, with an assist from "Betting Thoroughbreds" author Steve Davidowitz.
In the U. of Bet, Derek tackles the tote board, with an in-depth look at "insider" betting. How can one spot it and is it meanin ...
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eNews - 2 Million Points, Super Secret Santa Bonus, and Unlimited Data!
The latest eNews blast is here - and we want you to take down your share of 2 Million Points during the 12 Bets of TwinSpires! All you need to do is cash bets in featured races at 12 different tracks. Santa is coming to town early this Saturday! With ...
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Friday harness preview 12/19/14
One day after standardbred enthusiasts are still seeking to solve the mystery surrounding the final tallies for trotter of the year, pacer of the year and horse of the year, many will turn their attention to the Friday evening card at the Meadowlands ...
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Overnight Omnipotence
As we approach the end of another year and the equine age upgrades that define next season’s division, we are still swarmed with standardbred action across the board. Deep December offers your TwinSpires account many great opportunities across the co ...
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Thursday harness preview 12/18/14
[older pacer], McWicked [three-year-old colt pacer] and Artspeak [two-year-old colt pacer] won their titles easily. Although it has never happened in the previous 70 years of voting, my guess is JK She'salady becomes the first two-year-old filly pac ...
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Using Speed, Class, & Potter Stewart to Define a Great Performance
To most race fans, a great performance can be hard to define with words, but as Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said regarding obscenity, “I know when I see it.”
From a personal eye test perspective, Shared Belief winning the Pacific Classic ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Five up and coming young greyhounds to watch for at Southland in January
It's that time again, the middle of the month and MoneyMaker Mike's 5 selections for Southland's January five up and coming greyhounds to watch are now posted. The only criteria used for choosing these 5 greyhounds is that they have no more than 10 s ...
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Derby the goal for Take Charge Brandi
Take Charge Brandi did everything asked of her over a six-week span, capping a three-race graded stakes-winning spree with a gutsy score in last Saturday’s Starlet Stakes at Los Alamitos, and established herself as the presumptive two-year-old filly ...
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One man's Eclipse Award ballot (Part I)
The 2014 racing season is near complete and so is the Eclipse Award ballot I will be filling out electronically later this month. In the past I've waited until all my selections in the equine categories were decided before I revealed them publicly, b ...
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Harness ballots due today 12/16/14
Ballots that were distributed to the various members of the United States Harness Writers Association and the United Trotting Association were due back to the USTA by Tuesday afternoon and on Thursday afternoon the numerous division champions as well ...
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Hong Kong Postscripts
Now that the Hong Kong International Races are in the books, here are a few postscripts:
1 . Able Friend is no longer a budding star -- after the Hong Kong Mile, he's officially an international powerhouse.
From a potentially dicey spot behi ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - A recap of our 5 up and coming young greyhounds from August to December
As many of you may recall, back in August I started a monthly feature I called "Five Up And Coming Young Greyhounds" at Southland and today I wanted to bring you up to date on their stats since making the list. The criteria for selecting them was fai ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday, December 15
Today's card at Southland Greyhound Park has 18 exciting and entertaining races on tap and several of these contests drew my attention as they feature some good plays with a couple of longshots to take a chance on. I have them listed below as well as ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
We hope you took advantage of our suggested contenders at Yonkers on Sunday, Dec. 14 because with the 30X cashing on races 1—3 and the usual earning of TCS Elite Points, you should have racked up big numbers across-the-board because we had a mighty S ...
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Player Quick Pick: Aqueduct for 12/14/2014
Two-year-olds take to the inner track in Sunday’s feature at the Big A, the Damon Runyon stakes at 1 mi. and 70 yards for a purse of $100,000. The morning line favorite is the undefeated Regal Minister, but a full field of 12 is expected, meaning tha ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday matinee, December 14
Sunday at Southland Greyhound Park features 18 exciting races and several that stand out as good wagering possibilities. I have listed those choices below and I'm looking forward to putting some extra cash in our pockets with some solid picks. Good l ...
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Selections (and Longshots) for the Hong Kong International Races
As a follow-up to my four Hong Kong features on Brisnet.com, here is a more streamlined guide to help sort out the contenders in the International Races (HKIR) at Sha Tin. The Group 1 bonanza is held late Saturday night into the wee hours of Sunday m ...
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Player Quick Pick: Aqueduct for 12/13/2014
With the rains finally receding, a fast track is expected at the Big A on Saturday. The feature, the Queen County Stakes, is a non-graded race that has attracted such big names as Vyjack and Micromanage. Aqueduct Racetrack 8 | 3:43 pm ET Queen Co ...
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