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$500,000 Hambletonian Oaks - Race 11 - 4:14 p.m. on Saturday August 3, 2013
All the buzz is about Bee A Magician in this year's Oaks and with good reason. She's second only to Captaintreacherous in harness racing's Top Ten Poll and has won 8 out of 8 starts this year. She won her elim in 1:53.3. She won the Delvin Mille ...
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Upcoming Harness Races From August 1st to August 7th
Thursday August 1st
Hoosier Park: INSS 1st Leg - $10,000 - 3YO C & G Trot
Hoosier Park: INSS 1st Leg - $10,000 - 3YO F Trot Monticello Raceway: NYSS - $114,000 - 2YO C & G Pace
Monticello Raceway: Excelsior - $12,000 - 2YO C & G Pac ...
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It's OK to be wrong as long as you get paid when you're right
What do Rich Perloff and the TwinSpires.com Players Pool have in common? Neither hit the Pick 6 on Monday at Saratoga. The difference, though, is that Perloff could have while TwinSpires.com should have. The former because Perloff gave out an ...
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Pick 6 Preview: Del Mar - $261,359 Carryover, July 31, 2013
photo: Matt Carter When racing resumes on Wednesday at Del Mar a carryover of just over $260,000 will await bettors. The wager covers races three through eight and the sequence looks a bit tricky. Starter allowance horses kick off the pick-6 g ...
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Race Preview: Bing Crosby Stakes - Del Mar, July 28, 2013
Bing sang "Where the turf meets the surf" and on Sunday his track Del Mar honors him with the 68th running of the Grade 1 Bing Crosby stakes. The six furlong race drew a field of six led by morning line favorite Comma to the Top. Comma to the Top is ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
It was an extremely profitable weekend for this department, including suggestions from our Thursday blog and on-the-spot tweets from Hambletonian Trail stories. See below for a reminder on next week’s exclusive live reporting from the Meadowlands ...
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Sat, 2013-07-27 09:11
Day eight of the Saratoga Race Course meeting features two Grade 1 races, and in a testament to the lure of the three-year-old male division, a Grade 2 that many will view as the feature. It's certainly likely to be the feature of my wagering st ...
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Race Preview: San Diego Handicap - Del Mar, July 27, 2013
The feature race on Saturday at Del Mar is the 72nd running of the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap. Only a field of six line up for the mile and one-sixteen race, but contention runs deep. The morning line favorite for the race and likely post time favor ...
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The Player’s Edge – July 26th: Haskell Day at Monmouth Park
Monmouth Park – Haskell Invitational Monmouth Park – Oceanport Stakes Monmouth Park – Monmouth Cup Monmouth Park – Matchmaker Stakes Monmouth Park – Haskell Invitational Oxbow Retur ...
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Race Preview: Del Mar – Cougar II Handicap, July 26, 2013
photo: Matt Carter The feature race on Friday is the Grade 3 Cougar II Handicap for three-year-olds and upward at 12 furlongs on the main Polytrack. The race drew originally drew a field of 11, but with the scratches of Golden Itiz and Kettle C ...
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Pumped for the jumps, a steeplechase playlist
For me, a truly "only in Saratoga" phenomenon is that people who otherwise would not give another thought to steeplechase racing actually pay attention to the jumpers at North America's most prestigious race meeting. TwinSpires.com Summer Showd ...
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Greyhound Handicapping: It's Not All Genetic
In the late 1970's, I lived on the border between Rhode Island and Massachusetts. I was about halfway between the newly opened Lincoln Dog Track, a former horse track, and Taunton Greyhound Park. There was some great greyhound racing in those days an ...
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Greyhound Race Preview: Orange Park - Cascades at World Golf Classic - July 26th
There are two dogs coming out of stakes races in this feature race. One of them 3-Rotation ran into trouble and the other 8-Easi Butterball ran out of gas. It looks like he made a bid for the lead, couldn't get it and maybe lost sight of the lure or ...
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Upcoming Greyhound Races for the Week of July 26th
Friday July 26th
Orange Park: Cascades at World Golf Village Classic - Race 7 - Sprint Saturday July 27th
Bluffs Run: Bluffs Run Open Final - Sprint Orange Park: Battle of the Sexes Final - Sprint ...
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Froshes And Sophs And More Fight To Face August
Adios Action An octet of glamour boy pacers is set to start in the Meadows’ signature race, the $450,000 Delvin Miller Adios. To accompany the Adios on the Saturday afternoon card are sophomore filly pacers, competing in two divisions of ...
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Race Preview: Wickerr Stakes – Del Mar, July 24, 2013
photo: Matt Carter The feature race on carryover Wednesday at Del Mar is the $90,000 Wickerr Stakes for horses that have not won a stakes of $50,000 since May 1 and that deadline is an important one. After scratches a field of eight will break ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 07/24 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com and host Derek Simon discuss the latest racetrack goings-on, including Eblouissante's inauspicious return to racing, Verrazano's upcoming challenge in the Haskell, as well as betting strategies. In the U. of Bet s ...
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ABC Double carryover
The above grid represents my ABC selections only, and not the opinions of other Players Pool team members. Good luck to those in the pool and those playing Summer Showdown ! ...
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Harness Handicapping For the Fun of It
If I've heard it once, I've heard it a million times, "I just bet for fun. I don't want to get into all that handicapping." I always feel like asking the person saying that whether losing money is fun for them, because it's been my experience that lo ...
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Harness Race Preview: The Meadows - Arden Downs - Friday July 26th
Friday night at the Meadows features four divisions of the Arden Downs Trot series. The Ned McCarr for 3YO fillies takes place in races 1 and 4. The James Manderino for 3YO Colts and Geldings takes place in races 6 and 8. They're all contentious race ...
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Upcoming Harness Races For the Week of July 26th
Thursday July 25th
Harrington Raceway: DSBF Final - $100,000 - 3YO C&G Pace
Harrington Raceway: DSBF Final - $100,000 - 3YO C&G - Trot
Harrington Raceway: DSBF Final - $100,000 - 3YO F Pace
Harrington Raceway: DSBF Final - $100,000 - 3Y ...
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Cheering your favorites home
As the below video illustrates, there is no shortage of ways to cheer your favorite horse home when watching them race. Unless I'm cheering for the number two horse (affectionately known as "the deuce") then I find myself most typically cheering ...
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Pick 6 Preview: Del Mar $238,499 Carryover – July 24, 2013
photo: Matt Carter When racing resumes on Wednesday at Del Mar there is a very nice carryover of almost $240,000 in the pick-6 and it looks like a must play. Hopefully the outcome of this pick-6 won’t be decided five stories above the track. T ...
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It's time to work together on Thoroughbred after care
I do not have an issue with Grade 1 winners competing in lower-level races, including the lowest level, but a class drop is among the potential warning signs track officials and horsemen should pay attention. Couple Monzante's rapid descent with a ve ...
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Race Preview - Orange Park Eve - Battle of the Sexes Qualifier - Monday July 22nd
In Race 7 on Monday night's program , the 8 top female greyhounds at Orange Park will try to qualify for the finals on Saturday, July 27th. In Race 9, the males will do the same and the four qualifiers from each race will face each other in the Batt ...
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Race Preview: San Clemente Stakes - Del Mar, July 21, 2013
The feature race on Sunday is the Grade 2 San Clemente Handicap three-year-old fillies. The one mile turf race drew a field of 11, but after the scratches of Foxy Boss and Broken Sword, nine will break from the gate. The lukewarm morning line favori ...
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A Closer Look at Del Mar & Saratoga
(Click on image to enlarge) And, now, Saratoga : Avg. Winning Odds: 5.56-1 Favorite Win Rate: 38% Favorite In-the-Money Rate: 69% Average Payoffs Quinella: $39.30 Exacta: $10 ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
A lot of action all over the harness scene took place this weekend and a lot of favorites came through for the public. Our only stakes winner was in the Sheppard final at Yonkers, where we had Forty Five Red, paying $7.60. We were second w ...
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Saratoga Day 2: Now with more numbers than any other grid
Despite going four-for-six on my lone "A" picks yesterday , I needed the last race single to bail me out after flaming out early in the late Pick 4 and only managing to break even on a BAAB result on the early. The Saturday, July 20, card is no ...
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Race Preview - Southland - Chris Chance Memorial Race 9 - Saturday Eve July 20th
This may be the most contentious and hard fought race in many a card at Southland this year. It has undefeated youngster, Manhatin going up against U Too Pure Silk with 14 wins out of 28 races and a 31.71 in his last race. Also appearing in the 6 bo ...
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The Player’s Edge – July 19th: Del Mar, Arlington Park, Delaware Park & Woodbine
photo: Matt Carter Del Mar – Eddie Read Stakes Arlington Park – Arlington Oaks Delaware Park – Delaware Handicap Woodbine – Ontario Matron Del Mar – Eddie Read Sta ...
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The parlay savant
He did it again. Just ten days after turning $16 into $1,000 in Let 8 Ride , Ryan Yokoyama turned $10 into $1,551 in TwinSpires.com's Summer Showdown promotion by going eight-for-eight on $10 show bets Thursday at Del Mar. Also scoring a perf ...
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Pick 4 Preview: Del Mar CTBA Stakes – July 19, 2013
photo: Matt Carter One of the best wagers in the game is the pick-4 and there is no better place in the country to put down a pick-4 than Del Mar. Yesterday’s late pick-4, for $1, paid $276 with a parlay payout of $200.45 for $2. The pick-4 Fri ...
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Opening day at Saratoga
Below is the ABC grid for opening day at Saratoga. Six single "A" picks is the most I can remember having on a card, so it won't be hard to tell what kind of day I'm having/have had! Steve Byk said it best when he wished everyone a joyfu ...
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Show me the carryovers!
The first of 34 Summer Showdown days is in the books, and nobody picked 10 (or 9 or 8) on the opening day program at Del Mar, which means there's $3,000 up for grabs today--$1,500 from Wednesday plus the guaranteed $1,500 every day. If you pla ...
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Race Preview - Orange Park - Friday July 19th - Race 10 - First Half of the Twin Trifecta
Orange Park/Jacksonville has been putting together some great cards, especially on weekends. What I like about the programs is that there's a very good mix of grades and distances. It's rare to find the variety of sprints, routes and marathons that t ...
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Greyhound Handicapping: Taking the Good With the Bad
After you've been a greyhound handicapper for a while, you get to know what's good and what's bad as far as handicapping factors go. Early speed is good. Slow out of the box is bad. Hugging the rail on corners is good. Going wide is bad. Gaining in t ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 07/17 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Host Derek Simon and Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com discuss the opening of Del Mar and Saratoga, including who and what to watch for. In the U. of Bet segment, Dave Schwartz emphasizes the importance of playing to one's strengths as a bettor. And, lastly, ...
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Adios Pace elims highlight cool weekend of action
The heat wave should be over, ending five days of over 90-degree temperatures in most states on the east coast, so as the mercury drops and a lot of rain is expected, the trotters and pacers meet the weekend with a fine forecast, one that we hope wil ...
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Harness Handicapping - Parking Problem
Most harness handicappers are familiar with the term "parked out" and the little round circle or degree symbol that indicates it. It means that the horse was outside of other horses - on the side of the track away from the rail - for a quarter mile f ...
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Race Preview: The Meadows - PA Sire Stakes 2 YO Filly Pace 7th of 7 Divisions - Friday July 19th
Race 9 at the Meadows on Friday night should be a very competitive contest. The Meadows' top driver, Dave Palone, with 28% for wins in paces will be piloting one of three Dragon Again fillies, Stucklikeglue. Surprisingly, she's not the morning line f ...
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Upcoming Harness Races for the Week of July 18th
Thursday July 18th Harrah's Philadelphia: PA Sire Stakes - $200,000 - 3YO C&G Trot Ocean Downs: MSRF - $34,000 - 3YO F Pace
Ocean Downs: MSRF - $33,800 - 3YO C&G Pace
Ocean Downs: MSRF - $32,000 - 3YO C&G Trot
Ocean Downs: MSRF - $ ...
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Race Preview: Oceanside Stakes Second Division - Del Mar, July 17, 2013
Photo: Matt Carter The second of the Oceanside Stake races on opening day at Del Mar on Wednesday is, on paper, one of the best editions of the race. In the field of nine, Pure Loyalty and R S Watson were early scratches, there are six stakes w ...
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Summer Showdown strategy: the longer you go the easier it gets
But such is the task that awaits TwinSpires.com players looking to stake their claim at the $50,000 up for grabs in the Summer Showdown promotion that starts today with race 1 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. To win (or share) in each day's $1,50 ...
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Race Preview: Oceanside Stakes First Division - Del Mar, July 17, 2013
Wednesday is opening day where the turf meets the surf at Del Mar and that means the Oceanside stakes will be run as the feature. This year there will be two divisions and there does not appear to be an even split. The first division of the one mile ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
After Captaintreacherous won the Meadowlands Pace, as we predicted, the fabulous pacing colt’s win price of $3.20 looked gigantic. His total command of the mile was another notch in the belt of a pacer that will rank among the best of all time, inclu ...
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Race Preview: Arlington Handicap - Arlington Park, July 13, 2013
There are four graded stake races on the Saturday card at Arlington Park with perhaps the most important of the four the Grade 3 Arlington Handicap for three-year-olds and upward. Why is this race the most important? Because the ends the all-stakes ...
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The Player’s Edge – July 12th: Arlington Park, Hollywood Park & Colonial Downs
Photo: Ken Smith Arlington Park - Modesty Handicap Arlington Park - American Derby Colonial Downs - Virginia Derby Hollywood Park - American Oaks Arlington Park - Modesty Handicap
La Tia Look ...
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Let 8 Ride is back with big wins
What started out as an $8 win bet on Thursday turned into a $1,407 decision on Sunday. California horseplayer Ryan Yokoyama decided to take the plunge, and although he didn't connect on his win bet to land in the Jay Trotter Hall of Fame, th ...
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Greyhound Handicapping: Situational Setups
A friend of mine has a saying, "If it happened once, it'll happen again." He means that, for instance, if a black cat walks in front of you on your way home from the track, another cat will probably do the same thing within a short time. It's interes ...
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Greyhound Race Preview: Palm Beach Pick 4 for Friday Eve July 12th
The Pick 4 starts in Race 9, a Grade J race, so let's see if we can pick a couple of likely winners to start it off. 3-Fusileer at 5-2 certainly looks like he has the speed and position to ace this race. The only serious competition is the 2-1 morni ...
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Upcoming Greyhound Races for the Week of July 12th
Saturday July 13th Bluffs Run: Open Stakes 2nd round - $60,000 - Sprint Wednesday July 17th Bluff's Run: Open Stakes 3rd round - $60,000 - Sprint ...
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Meadowlands Pace tops miles of harness weekend action
Captaintreacherous, rested and reportedly in fine fettle, is the star of the sport’s first million-dollar race, this year worth $635,750, The Meadowlands Pace. He is the morning-line favorite and it would still be generous to get those odds on him. ...
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A smoking gun in every race
Now admittedly you don't need Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs to figure out if there's a lone speed type in the race. A bunch of 1s on the left-hand side of the running lines on one horse but not on any others is the best indication, but that still doesn't ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 07/10 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Host Derek Simon and Ed DeRosa discuss Game On Dude, Wise Dan, breastfeeding... and other horse racing-related subjects. In the U. of Bet/History segment, Derek recites some amazing stats on speed figures and also gives his opinion on ...
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Race Preview: The Meadows - PA Sire Stakes 2nd of 4 Div - $235,000 - 2YO C&G Trot - Friday July 12th
There's some real talent in the 4 divisions of the colts and gelding trots for 2 year olds on this card. Broadway Hall, Cantab Hall, Donato Hanover, Andover Hall and Tom Ridge are some of the prominent sires in the young trotters' pedigrees. While on ...
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Harness Handicapping: Breaking
When a horse breaks stride - fails to maintain a pace or trot, depending on which type of race it is - you can hear the crowd give a collective cry of disappointment. If it's the favorite, it's a louder cry, but even if it's a longshot, someone lamen ...
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Upcoming Harness Races for the Week of July 11, 2013
Thursday July 11th Harrah's Philadelphia: PA Stallion Div - $20,000 - 2YO F Pace Hoosier Park: INSS 4th Leg - $30,000 - 3YO C&G Trot
Hoosier Park: George Sholty 2nd Leg - $8,000 - 2YO C&G Trot Mohawk Raceway: Summertime 1st Leg - $20,00 ...
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Race Preview: Bluffs Run - $60,000 Open - First Round - Wednesday July 10th
Bluffs Run's top dog, SH Avatar, will take off from the 2 box in the sixth race in the first round of the $60,000 Bluffs Run Open on Wednesday, July 10th. With 19 wins out of 30 races and the championship of the Team Survivor Stakes, Avatar is sure t ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
We had a good night on the trotting side.
Briefly, we had the first three Pennsylvania All Stars colt-trot winners: Brew Master ($5.40), Aperfectyankee ($9.40) and Bluto ($9). In the Reynolds Stakes the night before at the Me ...
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Race Preview: Carry Back Stakes - Calder Race Course, July 6, 2013
The first leg of the pick-5 at Calder on Saturday is the Grade 3 Carry Back stakes for three-year-olds. The six furlong sprint drew a field of seven led by morning line favorite R Free Roll, a filly taking on the boys. This isn't the first time R Fr ...
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Race Preview: Hollywood Park Saturday Stakes - July 6, 2013
Two stake races on the Saturday card at Hollywood Park, one a good betting race and the other, not so much, but at least it's part of the pick 6 and late pick 4. First up is the Grade 2 Royal Heroine Mile for fillies and mares. The race ends the pic ...
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To Rate Or Not to Rate
(Click on image to enlarge) I pointed out that “seven of his nine career wins have come when he has been second or better — meaning first — at the first call. All nine of his career wins have come when he’s been third or better. ...
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Greyhound Handicapping - Go Online in the Summertime
Although I like live racing, I find that - especially in the summertime - I'm usually more successful at home, sitting in front of my computer watching and playing races on Bet America. I've tried to analyze why that is and I've come up with a theory ...
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Greyhound race preview - Orange Park (Jacksonville) - Race 10 First Half of the Twin Tri - Friday Eve July 5, 2013
If you're going to hit the Twin Tri, you need an exchange ticket on this race, so let's handicap it for trifecta bets. 1-WW Fastrak Dino (8-1) just dropped down from A and won by 3 lengths. I like to see that in a dog. I also like that he won in A ...
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Race Preview: King and Queen Stakes Final - Dubuque Greyhound - Thursday July 4, 2013
Race 12 This is an almost un-handicappable race, if there is such a word. And if there isn't such a word, I may have to invent it just for the occasion. Here's what we have: Three Superior Kennel dogs - 1, 2, 3 boxes. Roc A By MsMolly in the 4 bo ...
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Pick 5 Preview: Hollywood Park – July 4, 2013
The feature race on the July 4 holiday card at Hollywood Park is the Grade 2 Swaps, but with only a field of four and a pace standout in the race, it looks like the pick-5 is the play. So let’s dive right in. The opener in a state-bred allowance rac ...
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Harness Handicapping - Winning Consistently
Consistency is a very important handicapping factor. Give me a consistent plodder any day, over a brilliant but erratic speedster, that posts a 92 speed figure in one race and a 78 in its next race. With erratic horses, you don't know which horse you ...
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Race Preview: Pocono Downs - PA All-Stars 2YO Fillies 3rd Div- $75,000 - July 5, 2013
Race 4 There are 8 divisions of the Pennsylvania All-Star Series for 2 year olds on tonight's card at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The 4th race has some interesting entries: 3 first timers, one a Julie Miller entry, and more than one other trainer w ...
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Upcoming Harness Races For The Week of July 4, 2013
Thursday July 4th Hoosier Park: INSS 4th Leg - $10,000 - 3YO C&G Trot
Hoosier Park: The Sandra Lil 1st Leg - $8,000 - 2YO F Pace Monticello Raceway: NYSS - $114,000 - 2YO F Pace
Monticello Raceway: Excelsior - $12,000 - 2YO F Pace Scioto D ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Captaintreacherous, again denied by many, this time due to his outside post position in the Max Hempt Final at Pocono on June 29, paid a remarkable $4.80 by winning the race with defiance toward every harness-handicapping notion available. ...
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Pick 5 Preview: Churchill Downs - June 29, 2013
Two stake races on Saturday night under the twin spires and both are part of the 50-cent pick-5. First up is the Grade 3 Bashford Manor for two-year-olds.
The Steve Asmussen-trained D'cajun Cat was very professional in his debut drawing off to win ...
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Wise Dan Looks Vulnerable in the Firecracker
(Click on image to enlarge) Let’s start with the former: Whenever I see horses, especially older horses, record an unusually poor LSR (“poor” being relative, of course) it gives me pause. Rachel Alexandra, Blind Luck, Havre de Grace… all ...
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Race Preview: Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs James M. Lynch Memorial Pace for 3YO Fillies Saturday June 29th
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs will feature four stakes finals on Saturday night, June 29th.
The James M. Lynch Memorial Pace for 3YO fillies, $500,000
The Ben Franklin for older pacers, $500,000
The Max C Hempt Memorial Pace for 3YO's, $500,00 ...
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Race Preview: Iowa Derby - Prairie Meadows, June 29, 2013
The second of the graded stake races on Saturday night at Prairie Meadows is the Grade 3 Iowa Derby for three-year-olds. The eight and one-half furlong race drew a field of seven led by morning line favorite Manando. It took awhile for Manando to ge ...
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The Player’s Edge – June 28th: Prairie Meadows, Hollywood Park & Arlington Park
Prairie Meadows - Iowa Oaks Hollywood Park - Shoemaker Mile Hollywood Park - Triple Bend Handicap Arlington Park - Chicago Handicap Prairie Meadows - Iowa Oaks
Fiftyshadesofhay Draws Post Ten The S ...
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Winning underlay or losing overlay? The Players Pool conundrum
You are offered two games of chance with fixed odds. In the first game, you flip a coin and get 4-to-5 odds on your choice (heads or tails). In the second game, you roll a standard six-sided die and get 6-to-1 odds on your choice (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 ...
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Greyhound Handicapping With Average Win and Running Time Stats
Do you know what Wheeling, Tucson and Southland have in common and how it can affect your bottom line? They all publish the Average Win Time statistics. If you play these tracks, you should be familiar with these numbers. If you don't play these trac ...
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Race Preview: Wheeling Downs, George Kellas Memorial Sprint Semi Final Round Friday June 28th
The semi finals are in the 8th, 10th and 12th races on Friday night's program. Here's a preview of the 12th race. Flying Lone Wolf is working on her 4th straight win since acing a schooling race after a layoff. She's had 2 wins in this series and is ...
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Upcoming Greyhound Races for the Week of June 28th
Friday June 28th Wheeling Downs: George Kellas Memorial Semi Finals, $25,000, Sprint Saturday June 29th Dubuque: King and Queen Stakes, 3rd round, $45,000, Sprint Southland: Southland Derby, $60,000, Sprint Thursday July 4th ...
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Young Guns, Glamour Groups, Fire
Even though Pocono Downs gets the week’s top headlines with Saturday, June 29’s finals at the Pennsylvania oval next week, including another appearance by Captaintreacherous, the weekend agenda launches herds of freshmen onto the 2013 scene. Frosh- ...
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Pick 6 Preview: Hollywood Park - $94,863 Carryover – June 27, 2013
When racing resumes at Hollywood Park on Thursday there is a carryover of just under $95,000 awaiting bettors. The sequence starts with race three, a claiming race for fillies and mares at seven furlongs on the main cushion track. Full’s Figurehead ...
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Contest Races for Thursday and Friday
CLICK HERE FOR CONTEST DETAILS CONTEST RACES FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 27 1) Belmont 7 – OCL, 1M, Dirt – 4:13 2) Churchill 8 – AOC, 1 1/16M, Dirt – 4:29 3) Belmont 8 – OCL, 6F, Dirt – 4:45 4) Churchill 9 – CLM, 1M, Dirt – 4:59 5) Belmont 9 – CL ...
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Upcoming Harness Races for the Week of June 27th
Thursday June 27th Hoosier Park: INSS 3rd Leg, $30,000, 3YO C&G Trot Vernon Downs: NYSS, $139,000, 3YO C&G Pace
Vernon Downs: Excelsior, $12,000, 3YO C&G Pace Friday June 28th Hoosier Park: INSS 3rd Leg, $30,000, 3YO F Pa ...
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Harness Handicapping: Should You Play That Longshot?
Who doesn't love to play a longshot that wins at 10-1? I know I do. Those are the ones you tell your friends about. The ones you don't tell your friends about are the many longshots that you backed and then watched as they ambled along at the back of ...
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Race Preview: Vernon Downs Excelsior Series for 3YO Colts 2nd Division Thursday June 27, 2013
There are 5 races in the Excelsior Series on Thursday - races 1, 5, 7, 8 and 12. The NY Sire Stakes take place in races 4, 6 and 7 on Thursday's card also. The 5th race 2nd division contest in the Excelsior may come down to whether the five early s ...
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Pick 4 Preview: Gulfstream Park – Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Special live racing on Tuesday at Gulfstream Park, the preview day of the summer meet at the track, which begins on July 1. Eight races on the Tuesday card and the late pick-4 looks like an excellent play. The first leg of the pick-4 is race five, ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Captaintreacherous did it again this weekend, winning on Pocono’s five-eighths track in one of three elims for next week’s Max Hempt stakes. The champion glamour boy pacer paid $2.40 but our best pick was in the first “Hempt” elim, where we nailed Em ...
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Race Preview: Churchill Downs Debutante Stakes - June 22, 2013
Photo: Matt Carter The feature race on Saturday night under the lights at Churchill Downs is the 113 th running of the Debutante Stakes. The six furlong race drew a field of 11 with seven of those winning in their debut. The field is deep; pe ...
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The Player’s Edge – June 21st: Hollywood Park & Colonial Downs
Hollywood Park – Hollywood Park Oaks Colonial Downs – All Along Stakes Colonial Downs – Colonial Turf Cup Colonial Downs – Da Hoss Stakes Hollywood Park – Hollywood Oaks
A Five Pack of Fillie ...
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Pick 6 Preview: Churchill Downs - $30,260 Carryover, June 21, 2013
Photo: Matt Carter Pick-6 carryover of $30,260 for the twilight Friday card at Churchill Downs and it looks like a sequence that could produce an overlaid payout. The first leg is race six, a maiden claimer at one-mile on the main dirt track. ...
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Rocking Around the Clock on Saturday at TwinSpires.com
Near-around the clock action is nothing new on TwinSpires.com, but the class of the races offered on Saturday-- with group and graded stakes action beginning with Royal Ascot in the morning and concluding with Churchill Downs "after dark" --is pretty ...
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Upcoming Greyhound Races and Race Preview for June 22nd and 23rd
Saturday June 22nd Bluffs Run Greyhound Park: Juvenile Stakes Final, $60,000, Sprint Southland Greyhound Park: Southland Park Derby, $60,000, Sprint
Sunday June 23rd Dubuque Greyhound Park: King and Queen Stakes 2nd Round, $45,000, Sprint Wh ...
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Greyhound Handicapping: Take A Turn For The Better
I once read somewhere that, unlike human runners, greyhounds don't need to slow down for turns. When humans run on a banked track, when they get to a turn, their feet actually stay on the ground longer, to compensate for centripetal force that's tryi ...
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Pocono’s Powerhouse Features
Pocono Downs shines with features on Sun Stakes Saturday, June 22,with eliminations for finals at the Pennsylvania oval next week, including a big event on the Hambletonian Trail which you can read about on the excluscive blog. Soph-colt pacers ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 06/19 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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TwinSpires player turns $20 to show on Orb into $6,705.67 pay day
For those who thought (as I did) that Orb was the most likely winner of the Belmont Stakes, nearly even money (19-to-20, paying $3.90) to show on the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands winner in the third jewel of American Thoroughbred racing's ...
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