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Like the Super Bowl, these races decided championships (Part 2)
Continuing on from Part 1 of this feature posted Tuesday, we now delve into the races that more or less decided Horse of the Year from the (more) modern era of 1990-2014.
1990 - Hollywood Gold Cup (Hollywood Park) CRIMINAL TYPE edged reigning ...
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Big Start For Upstart, But Can He Progress?
The main focus of last weekend’s three-year-old action occurred at Gulfstream Park, where the Holy Bull, Hutcheson Stakes, and a very promising Maiden Special Weight event garnered most of the attention.
We’ll also review the California Cup Derby— ...
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Like the Super Bowl, these races decided championships
The 49th edition of the Super Bowl on Sunday will pit the New England Patriots versus the Seattle Seahawks to determine the champion of American professional football. The upcoming showdown got me thinking about which races in the Super Bowl-era dete ...
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The Success That Was the Daytona 550
A National Champion
Congratulations to Husker Magic from The Abernathy Kennel. The female North American wins leader from Derby Lane in 2014 left no doubt that she was the top sprinter with a resounding close to win her team a champio ...
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Thursday harness preview 1/29/15
In the week leading up the Super Bowl, serious standardbred racing fans will be heading to various tracks along the East coast perhaps looking to pad their bankrolls before kickoff, although Winter Storm Juno is probably going to limit some of the wa ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
We began the weekend on Friday (though there were horses to watch on Thursday, so always look at the H2W list for entries on Thursdays) at Woodbine with two winter series finals.
In the Snowshoe Final we raced second to the big favorite ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday twilight, January 26
Welcome to another Monday of entertaining greyhound racing at Southland Park. As most of you know, Mondays during January have featured all MoneyMaker Mike's longshot picks and while this is the last longshot Monday for a while, I do plan on having o ...
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Lightning Strikes the Rainbow Twice At TwinSpires
TwinSpires.com player William Smith of Maryland hit the Rainbow 6 Jackpot at Gulfstream Park on Friday for $119,599. This is the second time already in 2015 the big prize has been taken down by a TwinSpires player, bringing our players’ Rainbow 6 tot ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday matinee, January 25
Welcome to another Sunday matinee of entertaining greyhound racing at Southland Park. On tap this afternoon is 18 exciting races and I've selected several that stood out as good opportunities for wagering and I'm hoping we put some nice cash payoffs ...
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Pletcher flexes $4.195 million in purchases at Gulfstream
Todd Pletcher, who picked up a record seventh Eclipse Award for leading trainer last weekend, doesn’t have any starters in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby prep at Gulfstream Park, the $400,000 Holy Bull (G2). But he’ll be represented by a lavish contingent ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, January 24
At Southland on Saturday evening there are 18 exciting greyhound races on tap and I've selected several good wagering opportunities from them along with MoneyMaker Mike's pick for the 2015 Daytona 550 Championship which is also being run o ...
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Player Quick Pick: Gulfstream for 1/24/2015
Saturday’s big race is the Grade 2 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The morning line favorite is Upstart, trained by Richard Violette, but since these are newly turned three-year-olds, anything can happen. Is Upstart a solid enough favorite to wa ...
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Gulfstream's all-stakes Pick 5 tough, but hittable
Gulfstream Park will be presenting an all-stakes, 50-cent Pick 5 on their quintet of three-year-old features on Saturday, and here's how I'm playing it.
Race 7 -- Hutcheson Stakes
Barbados (#7) looks to be a strong favorite after an impressiv ...
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Lighting up the toteboard in Forward Gal
Saturday’s Forward Gal S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park has come up pretty competitive with 11 sophomore fillies throwing their hat in the ring.
In addition to the winner’s share of the $200,000 purse, there are also 10 points up for grabs on the Road t ...
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Different Strokes for Different Races
I often hear from players asking me what factors work best in different races.
“Hey Simon,” they say (nobody uses my first name, not sure why). “What do you look for in $16,000 claiming races at Canterbury Park?”
To which I respon ...
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Coburn Hopes California Chrome's Fairytale Journey Continues As Four-Year-Old
Nobody would have expected much from a foal out of a mare claimed for $8,000 by an obscure, $2,500 sire. Nobody would expect much from a colt whose knees were a little crooked and whose trainer and owners weren’t among the racing elite.
For Califo ...
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2015 Inaugural TwinSpires Daytona 550 National Championship Event
The 2015 Inaugural TwinSpires.com Daytona 550 National Championship event is fast approaching us as Saturday, January 24 is right about the corner. This star studded greyhound field is sure to provide plenty of excitement and tons of discussion both befo ...
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Genuine January Jewels
Once again this week we go after the prices, the contenders that confuse the crowds—and we do it with some winter series finals at Woodbine and the Meadowlands and with selected overnight events—our feature races—and our exclusive, popular horses-to- ...
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Friday harness preview 1/23/15
While much of the Northeast prepares for a potential winter storm this weekend, serious harness racing fans will seek to beat the inclement weather by cashing several tickets at Yonkers Raceway and the Meadowlands on Friday night just in case they ge ...
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Interview With JS SpeedyPebbles Owner Shannon Henry Ahead Of The Daytona 550
PBJason: Thank you so much Shannon for taking the time for TwinSpires to interview you. Best of luck in the Daytona 550! Shannon Henry: Thank you Jason! I would like to extend the best of luck to all of those in the race Saturday! I hope fo ...
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Santa Anita: Player-Friendly Tips
Bet the other Baffert – How many times has this happened? Bob Baffert, who received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona like I did, will saddle two or even three horses in a race and the one with the highest odds wins? This use ...
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Scully's Derby Top 10
Mr. Z takes a precipitous drop out of my Kentucky Derby Top 10 list, acting like he was more interested in Oaklawn’s famous Corned Beef Sammy than finishing Monday’s Smarty Jones Stakes when bolting toward the grandstand with a clear lead.
Far Rig ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
TwinSpires' Derek Simon discusses Steve Asmussen and the recent KHRC ruling clearing him of all charges, as well as LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings.
In a special NFL Segment, Derek compares the New England Patriots' deflated balls wit ...
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Interview With Storm Control's Owner Steve Schlachter
Storm Control was able to win the $50,000 He's My Man Classic this past Saturday in a sizzling winning time of 29.52 secs. He also drew the 2 box for the National Championship, giving "The Storm" a fantastic inside spot to break from. The Na ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Mostly, again this past week, the public beat us in all but one of our highlighted and featured races and the one time we wound up on their side, we lost.
The Super Bowl series’ second leg of three races at the Meadowlands was won by two first ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday twilight, January 19
Another MoneyMaker longshot Monday at Southland so get ready for 18 exciting and entertaining races. Monday is our longshot day during the month of January and all picks will be the same as our regular MoneyMaker play during the week which most of yo ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday matinee, January 18
Afternoon all, welcome to another Sunday matinee of greyhound racing at Southland. There are 18 exciting races on the card for your viewing and wagering opportunities and TwinSpires is waiting to help you with any of your betting needs or questions t ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita Park for 1/18/2015
In the Megahertz Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday, Fanticola went gate-to-wire over the turf to beat some decent horses like Nashoba’s Gold and Rusty Slipper. In the feature on Saturday, the 1 ½ mile Astra Stakes over the turf, there doesn’t appear ...
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New NYRA Rules Completely Eliminate Injuries in Racing
WARNING: This article will probably make some people mad. If you are one of them, I only ask that you consider the facts presented before you question my heritage and/or make suggestions as to what I can do with my opinions — many of which, I suspect ...
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Player Quick Pick: Fairgrounds for 1/17/2015
The three-year-old prep races start off in full force this Saturday with the ever popular LeComte Stakes at the Fairgrounds in Louisiana. The favorite is the Neil Howard trained Eagle. But, Eagle breaks from post-position 11 and as every horseplayer ...
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Why Any Greyhound Can Win The He's My Man Classic Final At Palm Beach
My Prediction I’ve said it from the beginning….I believe JS SpeedyPebbles wins this Tournament. But as I have said in this article, any one of these racers could take the top prize if all goes their way. Picks 4-2-6-1 Enjoy the He’s M ...
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Brisnet.com & Predicteform.com Road to the Kentucky Derby Lecomte Podcast
The Grade 3 LeComte Stakes is run at a mile and 70 yards (indicated by an 8” in the Pace Figures) for newly turned three year-olds at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans; the race is a Kentucky Derby qualifying race worth 10 points to the winner ...
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Understanding Australian Horse Racing (Part 2/3)
In America, we actually take a different approach then most countries, when it comes to what betting number horse will be coming out of what post position.
In Australia and most other countries, betting the 1 horse does not mean your getting the ...
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Longshots might boost Saturday's Late Pick 3 at Oaklawn
After the opening weekend (January 9-11) at Oaklawn was canceled due to inclement weather, horsemen have been anxious to get racing at the Hot Springs, Arkansas, oval this week. Of the nine races carded for Saturday, seven have full fields of 12, one ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - February's Five Up And Coming Young Greyhounds to watch at Southland
It's that time again for MoneyMaker Mike to pick five up and coming young greyhounds to watch for the month of February at Southland. As some of you may know, these are greyhounds who have 10 or under races so far in their career and who show excepti ...
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Pick the winner of the Lecomte and (maybe) win an iPad!
TwinSpires.com is giving those who interact with the leading account wagering platform a chance to win an iPad simply by selecting the winner of the Lecomte Stakes on Saturday at Fair Grounds.
There are four ways to enter:
1. Follow @twinspire ...
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Busanda -- A good place to start
Aqueduct’s Busanda Stakes has enjoyed few quality fillies since its inaugural running in 1974, with perhaps the most notable being champion Wayward Lass in 1981.
The race is named after a filly -- by Triple Crown winner War Admiral and granddaught ...
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Turf Talk: How Bright Will 2014 Stars Shine in 2015?
It’s always exciting when big names return for another year of racing, and 2015 promises no shortage of excitement with all three Horse of the Year finalists returning (Bayern, California Chrome, and Main Sequence) along with the 2012-2013 winner of ...
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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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