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Can California Chrome handle turf?
In an exciting development that could have serious implications in year-end Eclipse Award voting, California Chrome’s connections said they will consider the Hollywood Derby (Grade 1 on turf) on November 29 at Del Mar.
A win in the prestigious rac ...
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Breeders Crown elims total 13 at the Meadowlands
It's time for the big contest elims and finals, two weeks of tremendous Breeders Crown harness racing, this year at the Meadowlands over four nights, two for elims (Nov. 14 and Nov. 15) and two for finals (Nov. 21 and Nov. 22).
The elim weeken ...
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California Chrome to Try the Turf
Here's my logic:
Half of his sire Lucky Pulpit 's 22 career starts came on the grass, including his lone stakes win in the Smile at Arlington Park back in 2005
His mother Love the Chase never tried the turf, but her six starts all cam ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
In the News & Notes segment, host Derek Simon opines that “ruining” the Breeders’ Cup may have been good for racing and he also reports on a Crazy News story from Britain.
In the U. of Bet segment, Derek unveils a “revolutionary” approac ...
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Is it time for an Eclipse Award voting guide?
Steven Crist recently wrote about an impending probability (“Older dirt horses need Eclipse of their own,” Daily Racing Form , November 8) in the upcoming Eclipse Award voting:
“For the fifth time in the last six years, the statuette for bes ...
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Tuesday harness preview
Those standardbred fans too eager to wait until this weekend for the Breeders Crown elims will want to get to the track early on Tuesday evening as Rosecroft Raceway in Maryland offers a 12-race card that offers plenty of plays early and late. In th ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The past week was highlighted by two blogs, due to the Matron Stakes finals being held on a single Dover Downs program, held on Thursday, Nov. 6.
Our highlight for the eight races was not a win, it was the place-and-show prices of a 157-1 soph ...
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Matron recap and early Breeders Crown glance
Last Thursday's card at Dover Downs may not have provided the ideal setting for eight stakes worth roughly $1.6 million after a heavy storm forced a 40-minute delay in the action, but those eight Matron Stakes helped provide an early read into this w ...
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Player Quick Pick: Aqueduct 11/9/2014
Race 8 at Aqueduct on Sunday looks like the type of event where horseplayers could find profits. Eight horses will enter the starting gate for the 1 mile journey over the Big A dirt and over half the field appears to have a shot at getting home first ...
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The Breeders’ Cup Bias & Other Nonsense
Well, it turns out Yogi Berra was right: It’s déjà vu all over again.
One year after cries of “speed bias” erupted after nearly every Breeders’ Cup race run over the main track at Santa Anita in 2013 , the bias boys — and girls — were out in ...
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Greyhound Preview Palm Beach 11/8/2014
* JS Froot Loops* Race 10 Grade A 545 Yards Two superstars go toe to toe in what should be a classic matchup. #1 JS Froot Loops from owner Shannon Henry gets her favorite box to fire from today. Has won or placed in 8 of her last 9 rac ...
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The Saturday Show Bets You'll Want To Make For 1-Million Points
The TwinSpires.com SHOW-a-profit promotion on Saturday requires players to finish in the black on their show bets only to win or share 1-million points.
Assuming no scratches that would result in cancelled show wagering, there are 38 eligible ...
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Is Breeders' Cup Juvenile Winner Texas Red as a Kentucky Derby Contender?
by James Scully
TEXAS RED
Afleet Alex-Ramatuelle, by Jeune Homme
Owner
Erich Brehm, Wayne Detmar, Lee Michaels & Keith Desormeaux
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Free Breeders’ Cup money from TwinSpires.com
The instructions were simple: Using the hashtag #BC14TS on either Twitter or Facebook (or both!) pick one horse to win the Breeders’ Cup Distaff and Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Ten users correctly tabbed Bayern to win the Classic while 25 were on ...
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Player Quick Pick: Aqueduct Racetrack for 11/8/2014
There is a 0% chance of rain tomorrow in Ozone Park, NY, meaning that the Long Island Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack shouldn’t see a single scratch. The morning line favorite is Danza Cavallo, who hasn’t raced competitively in over 100 days. Is the t ...
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Previewing the 2014 G3 Long Island Handicap
Aqueduct race 7 | 3:14 pm ET
G3 Long Island Handicap for 3&up F&M going 1-1/2 mi. (T)
1- Aigue Marine (GB) : Versatile speedster has proven a near-miss closer
2- Viva Rafaela (BRZ) : Always right there at the wire against the country ...
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The Power of Predicteform's New Pace Top
There were a total of nine New Pace Top (NPT) runners over three Breeders' Cup races on Saturday - the Juvenile, the Filly & Mare Sprint and the Sprint. Two of those three races were won by a horse with a NPT Form Cycle Pattern .
As ...
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Overnight Harness Action Aplenty
Here is the second part of this week’s harness blog, featuring our popular and profitable horses-to-watch list. All results and reviews of feature races will appear in the usual Sunday-night-Monday-morning blog.
If you have not already checked ...
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Ethel Is Here Breaks the 660 Yard Record At The Palm Beach Kennel Club
*Track Announcer Ramon Cadavieco with new record holder Ethel Is Here.*
In the 82 years since the Palm Beach Kennel Club opened in 1932, no greyhound has ever been faster on the 3/8ths Mile. Ethel Is Here (Trent Lee - J’s Alyssa) from owner ...
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Thursday harness preview
Throughout its prolonged fall-winter standardbred meet that began on Sunday, Dover Downs will have its best cards each week on Thursdays when the top overnight horses on the grounds compete. This Thursday the track will set the bar considerably highe ...
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The mourning after: take your medicine
More often than not I can look back at a bad day playing the races and say, “Well, at least it wasn’t my worst day ever.”
I couldn’t say that following Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup event where only a single “A” selection of mine (Dayatthespa in the Fi ...
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Breeders' Cup highlights using Brisnet.com PPs
One of the benefits of being a TwinSpires.com member is free Brisnet.com Past Performances when you wager, and this was truly a benefit at this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships , as Brisnet.com’s proprietary handicapping information like ...
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2014 SOUTHLAND Festival Of Stakes is in the books, congratulations to all the winners
Congratulations to all the winners in the 2014 Southland Festival Of Stakes which concluded on Friday night. It was an extremely competitive evening of stakes competition and the winners are listed below. Let's give a shout out and high five to both ...
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Matron Marathon At Dover, Nov. 6
The main harness features for the week will all take place at Dover Downs on Thursday, Nov. 6. With a 4:30 p.m. EST post, Dover will present eight Matron Finals. Though Dover is racing on Sunday, Nov. 9, due to the Breeders Crown elims at the Meadowl ...
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Tuesday harness preview
While thoroughbred racing fans perhaps got their fill of excitement last weekend when Santa Anita Park hosted the two-day Breeders Cup Championship races, standradbred fans were able to enjoy a solid card at Hoosier Park last Friday and will have ano ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
We nailed the rhyme and reason Always B Miki was going to win the Monument Circle at Hoosier on Oct. 31 with our essay on him, the glamour-boy pacing division, his possible appearance at the Meadowlands in November and the race itself in our Breeder ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings October 2014
* JS Froot Loops* Honorable Mention JS Froot Loops, Pat C Hooraw, Hustle It Up, Flat Richard, CRT Majestic, Jim Brown, Boc’s Vectress, Dewzee, AMF Pushover, Flying Conduit, JS Big Mack, TF Chucky Slick, Java Beretta *All photos provided ...
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The Championship Picture Following Breeders' Cup
Horse of the Year:
Now: Main Sequence
Still: Bayern or Untapable
Main Sequence won four Grade 1 races, including our richest turf event and second-most-valuable race in general, and the controversial no change in the Classic likely hurt ...
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Who Doug Salvatore Likes Today at Breeders' Cup
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies:
An eye-catching debut winner going just five furlongs at Belmont, Angela Renee is bred tremendously to go a route of ground. She's a full sibling to To Honor And Serve, and he won the Grade 2 Remsen at 9-furlongs a ...
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TwinSpires Bets the Best
A few best bets... Gary Smith : Besides the straight money using my top pick, #12 Main Sequence, I will also make a nice exacta box using #4 Brown Panther. In turn, I will use both horses in the first and second spots in trifecta and superfecta whe ...
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Doug Salvatore Breeders' Cup Friday Juvenile Picks
We've been on hiatus from handicapping juvenile races since a lovely 3-for-3 day with all top pick winners at Keeneland on October 4th. The Juvenile racing blog is back for the Breeders' Cup and we will try to navigate through a couple of treacherous ...
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Dougie Sal Talks Pace & Frustration
"Pace makes the race" is an old and famous adage. It is a handicapping truth across virtually all distances, surfaces, and class levels. Much has already been speculated on the anticipated pace scenarios in this years Breeders' Cup races. In fact, so ...
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Breeders’ Cup 2014
Well, it’s finally here.
Ever since the first Saturday in May came and went, horse players have been looking forward to the Breeders' Cup like kids look forward to that chubby guy and his sleigh every December 25.
As early as June ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
Derek Simon of TwinSpires.com and Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com preview the 2014 Breeders’ Cup races and Ed gives out his weekend "singles."
In the Handicapping segment, Derek takes a further, more in-depth look at selected BC races, including ...
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Breeders' Cup 2014 Value Plays for Friday and Saturday
by John Mucciolo
Friday
Juvenile Turf :
Trainer Brian Meehan is always a conditioner to keep a keen eye on when he imports horses across the pond to race on U.S. soil. The Irish native has enjoyed a bevy of success in the states, includi ...
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6 New Kings to Emerge
Are you ready for championship greyhound racing at its best, if so, wait no longer as Friday evening at Southland brings us the finals along with the consolation races of the 2014 Southland Festival Of Stakes tournament. Six different divisions will ...
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Friday harness preview
While thoroughbred fans are eagerly looking forward to the two days of the Breeders Cup Championship races that get underway on Friday afternoon at Santa Anita, standardbred fans will be keeping a close eye on the stellar program at Hoosier Park on F ...
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TwinSpires.com’s $2,000 Breeders’ Cup Selections Contest
Want to share your Breeders’ Cup wisdom with the world and win cash while doing it? Then check out TwinSpires.com’s social media network for three chances to cash in on the Breeders’ Cup Distaff and Breeders’ Cup Classic races this weekend at San ...
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Predicteform Breeders' Cup Distaff Analysis
In-depth analysis of the 2014 Breeders' Cup Longines Distaff including Pace Figures and Form Cycle Patterns of each starter. Please refer to the Legend or Pattern Guide for back-up definitions and patterns.
The Breeders' Cup Longines Di ...
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Greyhound Preview Palm Beach 10/30/2014
* Albatross* Race 14 Grade B 545 Yards I’m favoring #1 Aimeecita from Rader Racing here. The A grade hound dropping down had her last win from this box and in this class. Should have a solid rail rush. Fastest race time this season as w ...
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Hoosier Rocks On October’s Sunset
Launching into November, division leaders and scallywag upset hopefuls aim at the month’s last two weeks, when The Meadowlands presents the elims and finals of the Breeders Crown. While the thoroughbred world presents its parade of stars at Santa Ani ...
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Breeders’ Cup Second Chance Promotion
TwinSpires.com offers players a Second Chance for Breeders’ Cup
SAN FRANCISCO, October 29, 2014 – Advance-deposit wagering website TwinSpires.com is offering their customers a way to win even with losing wagers: TwinSpires will refund up to $50 on ...
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MoneyMaker Mikes' Final Eight
The 2014 Southland Festival Of Stakes finals are set along with the consolation races for Friday evening, October 31. What a tremendous past few weeks of incredible stakes racing we have had and after 4 extremely exciting rounds, the finals are set a ...
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Player Quick Pick: BC Sprint 11/1/2014
There is a ton of speed, as always, signed up for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint this Saturday. The race should set up for a presser or closer if the speed doesn’t hold and it’s hard to see the speed holding with Private Zone, Work All Week, Fast Anna, and ...
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Pro Player Quick Pick: BC Dirt Mile 10/31/2014
Supposedly, the likeliest winner on the Breeders’ Cup Friday card is defending BC Dirt Mile champ Goldencents. He’s listed at 6/5 on the morning line. Although Goldencents will be tough, there is a horse in the field that could provide major dividend ...
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Potential Breeders' Cup Overlays to Watch
Other than, perhaps, watching a great champion streak to victory or witnessing one being crowned, nothing quite beats that time-honored Breeders’ Cup experience of cashing tickets on an overlaid contender or longshot few others seemed to like.
W ...
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Seeking a Home-Court Edge At the Breeders' Cup At Santa Anita
by James Scully
The Breeders’ Cup will be held for a record eighth time at Santa Anita and an affinity for the dirt and turf ovals in Arcadia, California, is often beneficial.
Seven of the 14 horses that finished first in 2013 (She’s a Tige ...
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Breeders' Cup play list megamix
My 2014 Breeders' Cup World Championships playlist is set and with it the soundtrack to what I hope will be a weekend of undolt riches and safe and healthy trips for all involved.
Like a painter staring at a blank canvas or a skiier staring down f ...
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Jim Rome Is Hooked On Horse Racing
by John Mucciolo
Unbeaten champion Shared Belief will be the favorite in Saturday's $5-million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita. The classy son of Candy Ride has handled everything thrown at him to date -- from synthetic and dirt surfaces, ...
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Fun with Breeders' Cup Favorites
As much as I hate the cliché “wide open” moniker to describe any race or series of races (especially major events such as the Breeders’ Cup or Kentucky Derby ), it does seem apt for this year’s World Championships on October 31-November 1 at Santa ...
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Tuesday harness preview
While many of the sport's best pacers and trotters of all ages competed last weekend at Yonkers Raceway and Woodbine Racetrack and many of them will be heading to Dover Downs early next month for the Matron Stakes on Thursday, November 6, the Tuesday ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Our best shots this past weekend came from the final program at Colonial Downs and with exactas where our choices were partners with favorites, all listed in the horses-to-watch list (H2W). This weekend, too many of our suggested contenders faltered ...
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Weekend harness recap
While thoroughbred racing fans are obviously eagerly looking ahead to this weekend's Breeders Cup Championship races on Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita, standardbred fans had plenty to savor this past weekend when both Yonkers Raceway and Woodbine ...
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Weekend harness preview
This Saturday evening a pair of standardbred tracks will offer stellar cards that include the best trotters and pacers on the continent as Yonkers Raceway in New York hosts a quartet of stakes for soohomores while Woodbine Raceway in Canada presents ...
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Player Quick Pick: Belmont Park 10/26/2014
Sunday’s feature at Big Sandy is the Grade 3 Turnback the Alarm Handicap for a purse of $200K. Some great 3 and up fillies and mares will contest the long one turn mile and one sixteenth of the Turnback the Alarm on Sunday. Is there an overlay amongs ...
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Greyhound Preview - SOUTHLAND's 2014 Festival Of Stakes racing continues with Round 4 on Saturday evening, October 25
The 2014 Southland Festival Of Stakes continues Saturday evening with Round 4 taking center stage as all 18 races are stakes races. This is the last round before the Consolation and Finals are held next Friday, October 31. What an exciting and entert ...
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5 Steps to Breeders’ Cup Success
As many of my regular readers know, I love systems and angles. Simple systems and angles, complex systems and angles, goofy systems and angles — I love ‘em all.
My passion for a purely numbers-based approach to the Sport of Kings began in 1984 ...
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Player Quick Pick - Belmont Park 10/25/2014
A beautiful sunny day is expected in Elmont, NY on Saturday. The feature, the Grade 3 Bold Ruler, should be a great race, but the better betting race might actually be Race 8, the Chelsea Flower Stakes. Belmont Park 8 | 4:27 pm ET Chelsea Flower ...
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Greyhound Preview Palm Beach For 10/24/2014
*CRT Leyla*
What a way to start the racing weekend today at Palm Beach! Two of the biggest greyhound stars at the club Storm Control and CRT Leyla will square off in the finale in what should be an instant classic. Here are the top races I ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
In the News & Notes segment, host Derek Simon discusses the top stories in the Sport of Kings, including a new claiming rule in New York and a tragic confrontation between Steve Coburn, part-owner of California Chrome, and some members of the Bre ...
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The Best Put To The Test
The freshmen and the sophomores continue in combat for further assurances that going to the Breeders Crown is a sound idea and this season there are plenty of contenders in each division for hopes to be high. This weekend, many eligible frosh stake p ...
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Ghosts of Breeders' Cup Classics past
I probably need an intervention.
I’ve picked the favorite to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic in eight of the past 12 editions with just two wins to show from it (and in six of the past eight with just one win).
On the other hand, until the last ...
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Starting to Believe in this Horse
It's not about Shared Belief's 1:14 flat (on my watch) time. I could wax poetic about the fractions the dark bay set or how he pounced on the pair ahead of him at the quarter pole. But what caught my eye was how he rolled up the rail - by desig ...
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SOUTHLAND Festival Of Stakes update - Round 4 continues Saturday, October 25
By MoneyMaker Mike The 2014 Southland Festival Of Stakes moves on to Round 4 on Saturday, October 25 and it should be a fantastic evening of greyhound stakes racing in each of the six divisions. As some of you know before the contest started I poste ...
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Tuesday harness preview
While many sports enthusiasts will be eager to see the opening game of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday evening, standardbred fans will focus their attention on competitive cards tonight at both ...
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Greyhound preview - SOUTHLAND Round 3 Festival Of Stakes racing continues Monday, October 20
By MoneyMaker Mike The 3rd round of the 2014 Southland Festival Of Stakes racing continues on Monday, October 20 with all six divisions represented and all 18 races on the card part of this incredible stakes contest. What an evening it shoul ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
We start with our biggest success of the weekend, certainly a surprise to us at the price. Pointing to Luck Be Withyou in the Messenger elim at Yonkers on Oct. 18, we expected a decent price but not a longshot. The winner of the elim was Luck Be With ...
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Player Quick Pick: Belmont Park 10/19/2014
Saturday’s pick in the Hudson Handicap, Moonlight Song, proved best. The Charlton Baker trainee paid back $12.60. Let’s see if we can find another overlay winner in Belmont’s feature on Sunday, the $100,000 Bowl Game Stakes. Belmont Park 9 | 4:58 p ...
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Greyhound Preview Palm Beach Evening Card 10/18/2014
By Palm Beach Jason
Great card on tap for the Saturday evening racing in South Florida. Co-wins leader Kiowa Carmen will go for her 11 th win of the season in the 8 th Race, along with distance dog alpha hound Flying Fala looking to dominate i ...
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Player Quick Pick: Belmont Park for 10/18/2014
Belmont Park hosts some great New York bred stakes action today. The best state-bred NY horses figure to hit the track today with arguably the best betting race being the Hudson Handicap for 3 and up gong 6.5 furlongs for a purse of $150,000. Belmo ...
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Weekend harness preview
Throughout the month of October harness racing fans will get to see the best trotters and pacers compete in numerous, lucrative stakes as their respective trainers seek to enable their horses a way to end the season on a high note, especially with ye ...
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BC Value Plays
I know, I know. Imploring bettors to look for value in the Breeders’ Cup races is kind of like telling one’s teenaged son or daughter to look both ways before crossing the street. Granted, my mom was famous for the latter… but, generally, it is unnec ...
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TwinSpires.com launches new free handicapping service
TwinSpires has released a significant upgrade of its online ADW website featuring seven new free handicapping views for each horse race and the integration of an improved quality video player on the same pages. “The ability to watch free streaming v ...
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Big Stakes Menus at Maywood, Woodbine And Yonkers
The first stop this weekend takes place on Friday, Oct. 17, at Maywood in Illinois, where the track’s signature stakes events, led by the Windy City Pace, feature many of the Grand Circuit stars on both gaits, adorn the program.
On Friday, als ...
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Greyhound Preview - SOUTHLAND's 2014 Festival Of Stakes racing continues with Round 2 Thursday 10/16/14
By MoneyMaker Mike Southland's 2014 Festival Of Stakes championship racing continues with Round 2 on Thursday with three more divisons taking center stage. The evening's card features 16 stakes contests among the 18 races on tap and will highlight s ...
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Midweek recap
In each of the first two weeks of racing in October at Rosecroft Raceway, the Tuesday evening cards have clearly taken center stage and this past Tuesday it was one trainer who earned the spotlight. At the midway point of the 12-race card on Tuesday ...
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Refunding Losing Wagers on 10/15/14 KEE 7th
Due to an error with the data feed involving incorrect scratches in the Keeneland 7th, TwinSpires is refunding all losing wagers made on and using the race made between 1:57 pm ET and 2:50 pm ET This effects the:
Race 4 ~ Pick 5
Race 5 ~ P ...
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SOUTHLAND's 2014 Festival Of Stakes Round 2 continues Wednesday
By MoneyMaker Mike The 2014 Southland Festival Of Stakes greyhound racing continues Wednesday with Round 2 highlighting the twilight program. There are 16 stakes contests in the 18 races and it will be paw to paw action from start to finish with som ...
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Wednesday harness preview
While a series of severe thunderstorms is expected to impact the entire Mid-Atlantic region on Wednesday afternoon and into the evening hours, standardbred fans are hoping that calm conditions return prior to the post time for the program at Harringt ...
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Class and Speed Winning at Keeneland
The fact that the top Class and Speed Ratings are each showing a flat bet profit at the current Keeneland Race Course meeting, and I am not makes me ashamed to be director of marketing for Brisnet.com.
These two ratings, along with Prime Power, ar ...
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Greyhound Preview Palm Beach For 10-14-2014
By Palm Beach Jason
Great card for your Tuesday racing enjoyment today at Palm Beach. One of the hottest super sprinters here Nikita’s First goes for season win #10 in Race 4, along with some of the best middle distance racers here competing in ...
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Tuesday harness preview
While the early and midweek cards at most standardbred tracks often leave little to the imagination, the Tuesday programs at Rosecroft Raceway in Maryland have gradually become more and more contentious. This evening's 12-race card is certainly no di ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The best of our action over the weekend was across the board in the Ontario Sires Stakes (ONSS) Super Finals, Saturday, Oct. 11, where we gave you the highest paying of the eight championship winners, Code One Hanover ($55.70, $21.10, $10.20) in the ...
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Monday harness preview
While the Major League Baseball playoffs are in full swing and the National Football League is approaching the midway point of its 2014 schedule, the standardbred meets at Harrington Raceway in Delaware and Yonkers Raceway in New York are also at var ...
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Player Quick Pick: Belmont for 10/12/2014
Sunday’s feature at Belmont is the Grade 3 Athenia Stakes for fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles over the inner turf. Although 12 have signed on for the Athenia, is there any horse in the field that can beat the 5-2 morning line chalk, Annecdote? ...
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Player Quick Pick: Belmont for 10/11/2014
Belmont Park 8 | 4:27 pm ET G3 Knickerbocker 3&Up going 1-1/8 mi. (T) 3 – Za Approval – 7/2 – The six-year-old gelded son of Ghostzapper used a victory in this race last year as a prep to finish second in the BC Mile to Wise Dan. Za Approva ...
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Southland's 2014 Festival Of Stakes championship Round 1 continues Saturday evening
Saturday evening, October 11 at Southland Greyhound Park will feature the continuation of the first round of the 2014 Festival Of Stakes championship racing. There are 18 races on tap this evening and 16 of those races will be stakes contests. There ...
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Weekend harness preview
As both thoroughbred and standardbred racing fans can attest, the fall races often mark the beginning of the final stages when the best horses of all ages and both genders look to make their last push for division honors and potentially horse of the ...
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SOUTHLAND's 2014 FESTIVAL OF STAKES begins this evening
This evening at Southland Greyhound Park will be the start of the 2014 Festival Of Stakes championship racing. There are 18 races on tap this evening at 16 of those races will be stakes contests. There are 6 divisions of the Festival Of Stakes tourna ...
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The History of Drugs In Racing As a Business
by Doug Salvatore
“In the old romances of chivalry, there occurs an episode that has taken infinite forms but always has the same central theme. A wizard comes to the court of the king with the most magnificent mantle ever seen. He announces t ...
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American-Nationals Feature Stars On Weekend Bulging With Action
The following weeks are not transitional in the standardbred calendar; they are actually crucial as it draws closer to championship weekend, the Breeders Crown. The stars are out and campaigning all over North America and the American-National finals ...
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Remembering Cigar
November 26, 1994.
I was 27 years old, living in a studio apartment, with a lousy job (I can’t remember which one). I had a pounding headache and some Ace of Bass song — pick one, after a while they all sound alike — from the night before goin ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com joins host Derek Simon to discuss Treve's win in the Prix De L'Arc de Triomphe and the resulting confusion over her actual odds. He also offers his opinion on the Breeders' Cup hopes of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner C ...
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Plugged In: Dougie Sal on the weekend that was
It was truly a fascinating week in the world of racing, both at home and abroad.
The French filly Treve became the first horse to win multiple editions of the Qater Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in the last 36 years. Our reigning two-time Horse of the ...
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Greyhound Preview Palm Beach For 10/8/2014
Another great card on tap for the Wednesday racing at Palm Beach. One of the best on the 3/8ths mile Flying Fala will go for back to back wins in the finale 15 th along with “Super Sister” JS Froot Loops looking to get back into the winner’s circle ...
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Greyhound Preview - SOUTHLAND 10/8/14
Race 1 - Grade M - 583 yard course
I'm going with the (1) Yakiteyak who is running in her first official race but who has looked very good in her last two schooling contests where she won them both going box to wire and winning each by five le ...
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Weekend harness recap
During a weekend in which the last two remaining undefeated teams in the National Football League both suffered three-touchdown defeats, many of harness racing's top trotters and pacers also suffered setbacks at the Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky as ...
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The Factors That Factored: What Won In Week One At Keeneland
We’re between races at Keeneland, so what better time than the dawn of week 2 to see what types of handicapping angles have performed well at the meeting so far?
There were 30 races on opening weekend with 24 on dirt and six on turf. Of those 24 o ...
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Tuesday harness preview
While many standardbred tracks tend to offer their best cards on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, Rosecroft Raceway has recently joined the growing list of harness venues that have compiled their best programs early in the week to take advantage of the nu ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The first division of the Tattersalls Pace on Oct. 4 highlighted the two days covered at The Red Mile. The huge favorite, and our first choice, Always B Miki won ($2.40, $2.10, $2.10 ok) but what made the race exciting to our blog followers was our s ...
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