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Levy series prelims prove telling
Heading into last Saturday night's fifth round of preliminary action of the George Morton Levy Memorial series for aged pacers, several of the starters had already punched their ticket to this Saturday's $530,000 final. But several others were on the ...
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My First Kentucky Derby
This week, we'll be strolling down memory lane to revisit several Kentucky Derbies that hold special personal meaning for us. Our inaugural "team blog" fittingly looks back on our first Derby memories .
James Scully : I remember watching the Kent ...
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18 Picks and Counting: My struggle to pick a Kentucky Derby winner
It’s not exactly a Chicago Cubs-type record of futility, but it’s certainly not a record I’m proud of.
Not since Grindstone got his nostril in front of Cavonnier in 1996 have I cashed a win bet in the Kentucky Derby (and even then my payoff was de ...
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SOUTHLAND 3rd Round $20k SPRING FUTURITY
The 3rd round of the 2015 SOUTHLAND $20,000 SPRING FUTURITY STAKES will be run today in the twilight session in four races as the field has been cut to 32 greyhounds. Listed below are the races and the results of MONEYMAKER MIKE's picks to make th ...
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Pair Of 15-1 Shots, Series Scores, Headline Productive Profits
Our feature contenders over the weekend did well, though offering some unpredicted prices. “Levy” winners at Yonkers on April 18, the last round of the series prelims.
We thought the longest price we could get was from Mach It So in the first ...
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The 2015 Kentucky Derby field is unthinkable without the 1964 winner -- and the beaten favorite in 1953
A thought experiment: imagine if every current NBA player were descended from Wilt Chamberlin, NFL players traced back to Johnny Unitas, and Ted Williams featured prominently in MLB players' genealogies.
That's the case in Thoroughbred racin ...
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Santa Anita's Triple Threat
Sunday's feature is the Grade 3 San Simeon going 6 1/2 furlongs on turf down the hill. The race has attracted some seriously talented runners including Home Run Kitten, the morning line favorite, Holy Lute and Sweet Swap. All three are specialists ...
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Palm Beach Puppy Stakes Semi-Final
*Bally's Arthur*
I am ready to roll for the Sweet 16 Puppy Stakes Semi-Finals today at Palm Beach. The top rookies the Club has to offer will put it all on the line to see who can make the Final 8 next Saturday, April 25 th . I was very surpris ...
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Sheikhs, Shahs & Pharoahs headline 2015 Kentucky Derby
by John Mucciolo
A stellar, top-heavy field of sophomores will headline the Run for the Roses in the 141st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 2.
It’s been a long time since we’ve had so many formful results in prep races, which ...
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Carpe Diem a picture of power
I'm not a professional work watcher, nor do I play one on TV. And as a further disclaimer, I've been a Carpe Diem fan since his terrific debut sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs at Saratoga.
But the Kentucky Derby (G1) contender could hardly have made a bet ...
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Kentucky Derby Bubble Watch – 5 horses waiting for a defection
No horses stepped back from the brink last week, leaving the status of five Kentucky Derby hopefuls in limbo as their connections anxiously await any future defections from the prospective 20-horse field.
A points system determines eligibility for ...
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Predicting the Kentucky Derby Pace
One of the things that makes the Kentucky Derby a race like no other is the pace. Whereas most races at 1 1/4 miles or greater produce moderate early fractions, the Kentucky Derby is often run like an elongated version of the All-American Futurity, a ...
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Finding the Right Kentucky Derby Key Horse
Last week's article described how using a key horse in the Kentucky Derby can lead to riches. The fact is that every pool in the Kentucky Derby is so large that putting most of your Derby Day bankroll on who you think will win the race constitute ...
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SOUTHLAND-2nd Round SPRING FUTURITY
Southland completed the 2nd round of the 2015 $20,000 SPRING FUTURITY Stakes on Wednesday, April 20 and listed below are MONEYMAKER MIKE's picks and how those 8 greyhounds did in Round 2 of this very exciting and entertaining stakes contest. Rou ...
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Why is the Kentucky Derby called the Run for the Roses?
Although the Kentucky Derby has a few nicknames , perhaps its most lyrical is the "Run for the Roses." Evocative of the garland of roses draped across the victorious horse in the winner's circle, it conjures up images of past greats sporting the flo ...
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No Sound Reason to Bet On Cozmic One in Debut
One of the most talked about and publicized unraced horses is finally set to make his career debut in the second race on April 17 at Santa Anita Park. Cozmic One, the first foal out of the great Zenyatta, will break from the rail in a one-mile maiden ...
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Top Three Have Separated Themselves From the Rest of Talented Derby Field
by LAURA PUGH
At the conclusion of the Championship Series of the Kentucky Derby Preps, it looks as if my prediction came to be.
On my last analysis of the current Derby Top Twenty I wrote “So, what can we expect in round three? I would say ...
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Levy series heads into final leg
This Saturday will mark the fifth and final round of the prestigious and lucrative George Morton Levy Memorial Series for aged pacers, with eight spots up for grabs for the $500,000 final on April 25 and another eight pacers seeking minor spoils in t ...
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Shared Belief Heads East
Last spring General A Rod (pictured) was one of only three runners to contest all three legs of the Triple Crown, finishing 11th in the Derby, fourth in the Preakness and then seventh in the Belmont while California Chrome won the first two l ...
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10 Fun Facts about the 2015 Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby has four different nicknames – “The Run for the Roses” “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports” “America’s Greatest Race” “The Oldest Continuously Held Major Sporting Event in America”
There are three fillies – ...
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Rains cannot dampen Tuesday card at Rosecroft
Even as afternoon rains initially turned the Rosecroft Raceway surface sloppy on Tuesday evening, the program proved to be rewarding for a number of owners and trainers who might have thought their various pacers forgot how to find the winner's circl ...
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Yonkers Pacing Series In Last Round; Profit Stalking at Pocono, Meadowlands
The George Morton Levy Memorial and Blue Chip Matchmaker series are each on their last leg, so to speak. Yonkers presents another Friday and Saturday night of divisions, the overture for next week’s finals. In the “Levy.” There are three Levy splits ...
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Preliminary Pace Discussion in 2015 Kentucky Derby
California Chrome “rated kindly” in third, according to the Equibase chart caller, during the early stages of the 2014 Kentucky Derby but was never far behind, within two lengths of the pacesetter at the first two points of call (quarter-mile and hal ...
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Southland 2015 Spring Futurity Stakes - Round 2
The highlight of the Southland card on Wednesday, April 15 is the running of the 2nd round of the 2015 $20,000 SPRING FUTURITY Stakes. There are 6 races of this stakes competition on the program and the action should be fast and furious as the grey ...
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The Six Greatest Kentucky Derby Performances of All Time
by DOUG SALVATORE
Having studied virtually all of the three-year-old crops since 1896, I've been asked before to name which horse or horses I think ran the best performance ever in the Kentucky Derby.
I thought it would make an interesting top ...
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2015 Kentucky Derby BRIS Speed Rating Report
Let’s take a look at the recent BRIS Speed ratings earned by 2015 Kentucky Derby contenders. As a matter of comparison, the two previous numbers of the last 15 winners are also included.
Listed below are 24 of the top 25 point earners under consid ...
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Newcomers highlight Tuesday card at Rosecroft
While the Tuesday evening cards at Rosecroft Raceway have been solid from the outset of the meet, they have gotten a little tougher since Dover Downs concluded its extended winter-spring meet and several more invaders will highlight this Tuesday's pr ...
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Leading contender American Pharoah arrives for 2015 Kentucky Derby
Forty-eight hours after a stirring eight-length victory in the Arkansas Derby, American Pharoah is on the grounds at Churchill Downs. The probable Kentucky Derby favorite arrived via charter from Hot Springs, Arkansas on Monday afternoon (April 13) a ...
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Why is it named the Kentucky Derby?
The Kentucky Derby is America's most celebrated horse race, but its inspiration comes from England. Col. Meriwether Lewis Clark, founder of Churchill Downs, wanted to model the track's major races after the English classics.
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Highest Priced Series Score, $29, Dover Winner, $45, Lead Profit Parade
We hunted for the best “Levy” winner at Yonkers over the past few weeks. We were nipped and headed with four choices coming in second. On April 11, we broadcast in our blog that the April 11 divisions appeared to be the most contentious of the series ...
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Miss Ella remains perfect in Beaumont, but KY Oaks off the table
The Graham Motion-trained Miss Ella (Exchange Rate) entered Sunday’s $250,000 Beaumont S. (G2) at Keeneland owning just a maiden win, but that didn’t stop the bay filly from capturing her stakes debut in style under jockey Rajiv Maragh.
The duo st ...
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Levy series heads into final round
After opening with 34 horses split into five divisions on March 21, the George Morton Levy Memorial Series for aged pacers at Yonkers Raceway saw only 17 horses go behind the gate on Saturday evening as the contenders and pretenders continued to get ...
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Palm Beach Matinee Preview 4-12-2015
Race 15 Grade TA 660 Yards The record breaker herself #5 Ethel Is Here from the Janie Carroll Kennel is ready to fire this afternoon. Is coming off a close Place finish last time out, which is good news for the players today because Ethel ...
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SOUTHLAND: 2015 Spring Futurity Stakes - Round 1
SOUTHLAND Preview - First Round Of 2015 SPRING FUTURITY Stakes is in the books
The first round of the SOUTHLAND 2015 $20,000 SPRING FUTURITY Stakes competition is in the books and what an exciting and entertaining start it was. Here is a quick r ...
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American Pharoah answers key question in Arkansas Derby
Champion American Pharoah made a mockery of Saturday's $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1), winning in a laugher as the 1-10 favorite was fully entitled to do. But in the process, the Bob Baffert trainee answered a key question -- in a fashion so resoundi ...
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Kentucky Derby fever could be impossible to resist for Lexington winner Divining Rod
Lael Stables’ homebred Divining Rod (Tapit) proved much the best in Saturday’s $250,000 Lexington Stakes (G3) at Keeneland, swinging out leaving the far turn and driving past Donworth (Tiznow) and Fame and Power (First Defence) to win going away by t ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita Park 4/12/2015
One of the best overlays of the weekend could be found in Santa Anita's feature on Sunday, April 12. The $75,000 San Pedro Stakes going 6 furlongs on the dirt has attracted 9 lightly raced three-year-olds. The favorites on the morning line, Kentuc ...
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To Beaumont or not to Beaumont, that is the question (whose answer won’t impact KY Oaks)
Unless the winner is Sweet Success (Candy Ride) and there are numerous defections from the current leaderboard, Sunday's $250,000 Beaumont S. (G2) will have no impact on the May 1 Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs.
The Beaumont, scheduled for ...
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Kentucky Derby Key Horse Betting Strategy
The $2 exacta paid $152.40. Sound handicapping could have easily yielded Super Saver or Ice Box as decent key horses for exactas and trifectas. Horseplayers could have definitely bet a smaller exacta key wheel with Super Saver and Ice Box in the f ...
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Speed Still Rules on synthetic at Woodbine
by Ed DeRosa
The meet preview blog posts are starting to take on a template form, as with every track opening I continue to wax poetic about the power recent speed.
Woodbine is the latest to join the group, as the best last-out Brisnet.com S ...
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Grand National tests mortality of both man and beast
by Vance Hanson
The most popular and most controversial Thoroughbred race in the world will be held Saturday at Aintree Racecourse outside Liverpool, England – the Grand National Steeplechase.
Contested at a grueling 4 1/2 miles over obstacles ...
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Will Pharoah Rule in Arkansas?
Look at most Kentucky Derby contender lists and you’re sure to see the name of American Pharoah.
Richard Rosenblatt of the AP has last year’s juvenile champion ranked third (right behind Dortmund and Carpe Diem), while Bloodhorse ’s Steve ...
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SOUTHLAND: 2015 Spring Futurity Stakes
SOUTHLAND Preview - 2015 $20,000 Spring Futurity Stakes Round 1 - Friday, April 10
The highlight of Friday's evening program at Southland is the start of the 2015 SPRING FUTURITY Stakes contest as Round 1 gets underway with six races on the card ...
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13 players, 3 races, $20 show bets, $1-million
This is uncharted territory for all of us—the players, the marketing team, the racetrack. We’ve never had one player alive this deep let alone 13, but that’s where we are heading into the final Kentucky Derby prep weekend.
Thirteen TwinSpires.com ...
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Levys Look Combative Sans Dominant Stud; Pick-3 Cash Campaign Continues At Meadows
The George Morton Levy Memorial and Blue Chip Matchmaker series roll through spring at Yonkers as the second weekend of April offers more racing in the thaw of winter. The “Levy” goes with a trio of divisions and the Matchmaker again does a duo.
...
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Levy series heads into fourth leg
This Saturday evening's fourth leg of the prestigious, lucrative George Morton Levy Memorial Series for aged pacers at Yonkers Raceway will certainly reflect the war of attrition that can impact the quality and quantity of competitors looking to secu ...
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Interview with Jeremiah Englehart
This week I was privileged to interview trainer Jeremiah Englehart. One of the best up and coming trainers, and in my opinion will be one of the best, if not the best, one day. There were hundreds of trainers that I could have reached out to, but he ...
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I'll Miss Colonial Downs But Don't Miss Betting On Racing With TwinSpires
I’ll miss Colonial Downs.
To date, it’s the only track I’ve seen that moved races to the turf following inclement weather, and I doubt I’ll ever see an “off dirt” designation ever again.
And personally, I cashed one of my biggest win bets there ...
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Wins prove the be timely
Since the meet began last month the Tuesday cards at Rosecroft have gradually gotten stronger and now that the Dover Downs meet is winding to a close and horses accustomed to racing at the Delaware five-eighths mile oval are seeking similar tracks to ...
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Palm Beach $20,000 Puppy Stakes Preview
Omega Point ~ B & B Racing ~8 wins on the season, 29.24 secs best time “Sensational” owner Steve Schlachter just retired last years Puppy Stakes Champion Storm Control this week, and Steve’s got another youngster ready to win more Stak ...
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Who Is Rising To Top of Good Crop?
by LAURA PUGH
Typically, this is a time of year when there are more questions than answers, but that wasn’t necessarily the case eight years ago, when one of the best crops in recent history, with top performers as Curlin, Street Sense, Rags to R ...
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Top contenders showing speed in preps, expected to change tactics in 2015 Kentucky Derby
Dortmund and Carpe Diem exit convincing wins as two of the likely top three betting choices in the May 2 Kentucky Derby, along with juvenile champion American Pharoah if he delivers in this Saturday’s Arkansas Derby. One common characteristic surroun ...
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Southland crowns COUNSELOR as the 2015 $20,000 HOUND MADNESS winner
The 2015 SOUTHLAND HOUND MADNESS STAKES is in the books and what an amazing final race it was as COUNSELOR comes from five lengths behind to overtake CHASMO'S DIESEL for the title. With Chasmo's Diesel going right to the front on the break, it ...
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Pumping Profits In Overnight Action
On the positive side of the week are the strong and profiting results of the horses-to-watch list (H2W). Though the H2W did not explode as it did a few weeks back, it is consistent with powerful across-the-board prices. In fact, as you can see below, ...
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Condo Commando, Stellar Wind and Lovely Maria strut their stuff as Include Betty enters Kentucky Oaks picture
The Kentucky Oaks (G1) has gotten both clearer and murkier thanks to Saturday’s final four major preps and points races. Each winner displayed grit and made the case for why she should be favored in the May 1 Oaks at Churchill Downs.
In an attemp ...
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Blue Grass winner Carpe Diem brings speed and impressive talent to Kentucky Derby
Carpe Diem confirmed his status as a leading Kentucky Derby contender in Saturday’s $1 million Blue Grass at Keeneland, powering away to a facile three-length victory under jockey John Velasquez.
“The horse had trained really, really well,” condit ...
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After the Santa Anita Derby, can anybody stop Dortmund?
Dortmund scored another facile victory on Saturday in the $1 million Santa Anita Derby and quite possibly ran himself into the favorite’s role for the $2 million Kentucky Derby on May 2.
At this writing, Derby favoritism will likely be bestowed on ...
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Frosted back in his sweet spot in Aqueduct's Wood Memorial
Godolphin Racing's Frosted earned his way back into Kentucky Derby (G1) calculations with a two-length victory in Saturday's $985,000 TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial (G1) at perhaps his favorite racetrack, Aqueduct.
Under Joel Rosario, the 2-1 shot c ...
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Dubai World Cup retrospective: highs, lows, and videos
As with the other marquee race meetings around the world, last Saturday's Dubai World Cup program offered some exhilarating moments, interspersed with a few disappointments.
Here are the replays of the eight Thoroughbred races, along with my perso ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, April 4 - 2015 $20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES FINALS
Saturday's evening greyhound card is highlighted by the running of the SOUTHLAND 2015 $20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES FINALS in Race 10. The competition has been reduced from 64 greyhounds to now only two, CHASMO'S DIESEL and COUNSELOR. Both of th ...
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Player Quick Pick: Aqueduct 4/4/2015
The feature at the Big A on Saturday is the Grade 1 Wood Memorial. El Kabeir takes on Daredevil and Frosted in one of the top Kentucky Derby Preps of the year. But the race right after, the Carter Handicap, is the one that could produce an overlay ...
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Peace and War needs to win Ashland battle while Santa Anita Oaks comes up grassy
Saturday’s $500,000 Ashland S. (G1) at Keeneland is do or die time for Peace and War (War Front).
The Olly Stevens trainee currently has 10 points toward a starting berth in the Kentucky Oaks (G1), and needs both the points and race to ready for t ...
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Levy series enters third round
Through the first two rounds of the lucrative, prestigious George Morton Levy Memorial series for aged pacers at Yonkers Raceway, only three horses own victories in each of the first two legs and only three others have one win to their credit. So for ...
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Lucky 13 TwinSpires.com Players Alive for $1-million Prize
Thirteen TwinSpires.com players are five races away from having a chance to place a $20 show wager on the Kentucky Derby and win $1-million.
The $1-million Road to the Kentucky Derby SHOWdown game requires TwinSpires.com players to place a $20 sho ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
In the News & Notes segment, host Derek Simon recaps the Dubai World Cup Carnival, explaining why Main Sequence and Mubtahhij are overrated and why California Chrome is likely to have his hooves full at Royal Ascot.
In the U. of Bet segme ...
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My Top Jockeys of the 2000's
5. Mike E. Smith
Like Bailey Smith didn't slow down at all once the new decade hit. He won the 2002 Breeders' Cup Distaff aboard one of the greatest female horses to ever run, Azeri. In fact, if Zenyatta had never started winning races with the s ...
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Opening Day at Keeneland
Keeneland in my opinion is one of the hardest tracks to handicap. On the other hand, it is one of the most rewarding tracks with big fields and great exotic payouts. It makes this track one to do a bit of studying on. I make sure to visit Keeneland ...
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Salvatore Smites Sun Tzu to Play Against Pletcher in Blue Grass
by DOUG SALVATORE
Todd Pletcher trains both even money morning line favorite Carpe Diem in the Blue Grass and 9-to-5 morning line favorite Daredevil in the TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial Stakes. Alarmingly (to people who don’t like to bet chalk), b ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings March 2015
#10 Kb’s Like A Fox ~ Super Sprinter ~ Rader Racing 17 wins on the season, 16.48 secs best time The most successful super sprinter in the history of Palm Beach with 55 career wins. How many W’s can “The Fox” get in his historic career? Ho ...
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Condo could swoop on Gazelle while Oaklawn offers up a Fantasy
There are four major Kentucky Oaks (G1) preps scheduled for Saturday spanning the entire country. Two are Grade 1s, which will be discussed in Friday’s blog, while the other two will be the subject of this blog. Each race offers points on a 100-40-20 ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Friday evening, April 3
Welcome to another exciting and entertaining Friday evening of greyhound racing at Southland. On tap are 18 races that feature some of Southland's finest going paw to paw with each other. There are several races that stood out as solid wagering oppor ...
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Kentucky Derby Handicapping
Yeah, yeah, yeah… I know. The Run for the Roses is still a month away, so why am I writing about Derby handicapping today? Well, it’s because I see the glass as half-full — the Kentucky Derby is just a month away! See the sense of urgency that crea ...
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Scully’s Derby Top 10 - Mubtaahij, Materiality added; four horses in action this weekend
The final major preps are underway, with the Florida Derby and Louisiana Derby expected to yield multiple starters last weekend, and three scoring races will be offered this Saturday.
The Blue Grass and TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial are important r ...
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California Chrome and the Great Royal Ascot Gambit
by LAURA PUGH ... It’s been five days since the Dubai World Cup was run: five days since California Chrome finished second in the world’s richest race and five days since California Chrome’s connections said they would send their Horse of the Year ...
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Multiple-Series Action Ensues; Pick-3 Additions, Et Al
With little bravado, The George Morton Levy Memorial and Blue Chip Matchmaker, continue with round three at Yonkers this weekend. We are still looking for some upsets and this could be the week.
We have included some more Friday action this we ...
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Aged pacers highlight Tuesday cards at Rosecroft
While certainly few would compare the quality of the overnight horses that compete on the Tuesday cards at Rosecroft Raceway each week to the stellar aged pacers that contest the lucrative, prestigious George Morton Levy Memorial Series for five week ...
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Southland Preview: Future Superstars April 2015
Welcome to another Southland monthly preview of the Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch In April. These five are those that have shown solid potential from the moment they stepped on the track and are definitely worth watching over the n ...
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Pace Makes the Race & a Winning Horseplayer At Keeneland
The Keeneland Race Course main track has certainly challenged horseplayers the past ten years. From the speed-favoring golden rail of spring 2006 to the ever-evolving Polytrack from fall 2006-spring 2014 to the return to dirt in October 2014, staying ...
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Southland: 2015 Hound Madness Stakes Finals
After almost a month long stakes contest, after starting with 64 greyhounds and after 5 extremely competitive and very entertaining rounds, it has come down to the finals of the SOUTHLAND 2015 $20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES and two amazingly talented ...
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Latest Kentucky Derby Preps Impact Future Pool 4
Florida Derby winner Materiality closed at 12-1, but while the Todd Pletcher trainee is 3-for-3 in his young career he will be seeking to buck history on the first Saturday in May. No horse since Apollo in 1882 has won the Derby without making a ...
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Chrome at Royal Ascot: California Dreamin
The Royal meeting at Ascot in June will generate more interest than usual from American racing fans if reigning Horse of the Year California Chrome makes his intended start in the Prince of Wales's Stakes on the second day (Wednesday) of the five-day ...
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The atypical Dubai shipper: Mubtaahij a serious Kentucky Derby contender
The success rate is non-existent and horses prepping in Dubai’s U.A.E. Derby can’t be taken legitimately by some handicappers when it comes to the Kentucky Derby.
The natural opposition, a “show-me first” mentality, is easy to understand given the ...
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Pocono Double-Digit Winner Leads Week’s Payoff Successes
Pennsylvania harness at Pocono produced the top winner for us this weekend, coming, along with two other double-digit winners, from the horses-to-watch list (H2W, complete across-the-board and exacta results below).
It was the first Saturday a ...
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Favorites live up to hype in Oaks preps
I’m a Chatterbox (Munnings) and Birdatthewire (Summer Bird) lived up to the betting public’s expectations when taking Saturday’s Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) and Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2), respectively.
I’m a Chatterbox tracked just off pacesetter Jugni ...
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Levy series second round review
Through the first two rounds of the prestigious, lucrative George Morton Levy Memorial Series at Yonkers Raceway, the cream is beginning to rise to the top and several of the contenders are still on the outside looking in in regards to the $400,000 f ...
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International Star continues to shine in Louisiana Derby
Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s International Star wore down pacesetter Stanford (Malibu Moon) in deep stretch to post a neck victory in Saturday’s $750,000 Louisiana Derby (G2), completing a sweep of the three-year-old graded stakes at Fair Grounds.
“That ...
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Has Florida Derby winner Materiality risen too far, too fast?
Trainer Todd Pletcher’s record-tying third victory in the Florida Derby on Saturday was achieved when the lightly-raced Materiality held off even-money favorite Upstart in the $1 million, 1 1/8-mile fixture.
Materiality’s win comes just a year aft ...
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20th Dubai World Cup exceeded expectations
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
I am not sure if the host nation has put on a bigger show previously since this was my first voyage to the desert, but the 20 th Dubai World Cup couldn’t have been much more majestic.
I have mentioned previously abou ...
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Prince Bishop upsets California Chrome in Dubai World Cup
The biggest beneficiary of the Dubai World Cup's (UAE-G1) return to dirt Saturday wasn't the stern American challenge launched by California Chrome and Lea. Instead, it was the Saeed bin Suroor-trained Prince Bishop, unplaced in his past three attemp ...
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Southland: 2015 Hound Madness Stakes Semifinals
The SOUTHLAND 2015 $20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES semifinals will be run in tomorrow's matinee program, Sunday, March 29. After starting with 64 greyhounds vying for the stakes title, we are now down to the FINAL FOUR. I am pleased to announced tha ...
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Solow rides high in Dubai
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
The Freddie Head-trained Solow angled into the clear near the top of the stretch and parlayed a lethal turn of foot into a most facile tally in the $6 million Dubai Turf.
The five-year-old son of Singspiel, who had the widest p ...
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Mubtaahij on to Kentucky Derby
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
Al Bastakiya S. hero Mubtaahij lived up to the hype in the UAE Derby (UAE-G2) on Saturday with a punishing, eight-length win over a devastated field. The sophomore colt, who has improved during each race at the Carnival, left his ...
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Fifth time the charm for Power
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
Eight-year-old Sole Power, in his fifth run at the World Cup, finally broke through in the Al Quoz Sprint, delivering a blistering late run to post a strong victory under Richard Hughes.
Trained by Eddie Lynam, the eight-y ...
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And here we go on Dubai World Cup Day
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
This has to be the best way to start the day -- with high-class horse racing!
The weather is perfect at Meydan and the track played fairly in the opener, the Godolphin Mile, which was won narrowly by favored Tamarkuz, with Sloa ...
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Player Quick Pick: Florida Derby 3/27/2015
Saturday figures to be one of the best days of racing so far in 2015. Not only is California Chrome taking on Lea in the Dubai World Cup, but the Fair Grounds offers the Louisiana Derby while Gulfstream Park offers the Florida Derby. The Florida Derb ...
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Predicteform Living In a Materiality World For Florida Derby Pick
by DANNY ZUCKER
The Grade I Florida Derby is run at 9 furlongs at Gulfstream Park, just north of Miami, Florida for a purse of $1mm USD. In its 63 rd year, the Florida Derby is an important race towards the road to the Kentucky Derby as th ...
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Rumblings before the big event
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 ...
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Top 10 questions to be answered on Dubai World Cup night
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 ...
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Countdown begins for Dubai World Cup Day
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 ...
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Filly doubleheader begins countdown to Kentucky Oaks
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 ...
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