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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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Pick 6 Preview: Arlington Park $31,076 Carryover - June 19, 2013
Photo: Ken Smith A pick-6 carryover of just over $31,000 awaits bettors on Wednesday at Arlington Park; let's take a short look at each of the six races that make up the sequence. Race four is a state-bred allowance race for fillies and mares ...
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Race Preview: Scioto Downs Columbus Survival Series 2nd Leg Thursday June 20, 2013
Races 10 and 12 are the two Survival Series races tonight. The final will be held on June 29th. Race 10's probable favorite is Mike's Hope in the 5 post after making the most of outside positions. It's hard to dismiss that 17 1/2 length win in 1:51. ...
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Upcoming Harness Races June 19th to June 26th
Thursday June 20th Hoosier Park: INSS 3rd Leg, $10,000, 3YO C&G Trot Scioto Downs: Columbus Survival Series 2nd Leg , $5,500, 3YO&UP Pace Friday June 21st Hoosier Park: INSS 3rd Leg, $10,000, 3YO F Pace Meadowlands: Meadowlands FFA, ...
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Harness Handicapping: Sire Stakes
Sire stakes races for 2 and 3 year olds have us handicapping these young horses at several tracks. Most of us know that we can't use the usual standards for handicapping races for older horses. So what then are the standards and methods we should use ...
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Stakes Preview: $25,000 George Kellas Memorial Sprint Stakes Round 1 at Wheeling Downs on June 18, 2013
The six races of the Sprint Stakes start in the sixth race on Tuesday afternoon at the WV track. The stakes is named for George Kellas, one of the founders of the "Round Up the Hounds" radio show and a friend to greyhound racing for many years until ...
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Pick 6 Preview: Hollywood Park $130,527 Carryover - June 16, 2013
Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there, maybe the best gift would be hitting the pick 6 at Hollywood Park today, which has a nice carryover of just over $130,000. Let's take a look at some of the contenders in the sequence. The first leg is ra ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Aside from the accolades, we told you that at 1-1 or up Captaintreacherous would be an overlay. He paid a remarkable $4.80 to win. The buzz horses were all zapped by the stretch to the point where the longest shot on the board—Twilight Bonfire—who go ...
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Race Preview: Cinderella & Willard Proctor Stakes - Hollywood Park, June 25, 2013
The supporting features on Saturday at Hollywood Park are a paid of two-year-old stakes and both are solid wagering events. First up is the Cinderella for the fillies. The two to back in the Cinderella are Pleasant Miss and On the Backstreets, who d ...
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Pace Handicapping: A Practical Demonstration
(Click on image to enlarge) (Click on image to enlarge) The first thing to take note of regarding this race is that the average early speed ration, or ESR, is on the moderate side for a sprint rac ...
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A Bettor’s Grand Guide To The North America Cup
What follows is an exclusive bettor’s look at the horses in the North America Cup. You can read their stats, drivers and trainers on the program pages and you can read the human-interest stories at a lot of websites. This text is only about the horse ...
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The Player’s Edge – June 14th: Churchill Downs & Hollywood Park
Photo: Matt Carter Churchill Downs – Matt Winn Stakes Churchill Downs – Stephen Foster Handicap Churchill Downs – Regret Stakes Hollywood Park – Vanity Handicap Churchill Downs – Matt Winn Stakes ...
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Race Preview: Orange Park Friday Evening June 14, 2013 Race 10 First Half Twin Tri
Orange Park has presented a challenge for handicappers looking to score the first half of the twin tri on Friday night. We have Whittington on the rail, which at first glance looks like a good place for him, because he runs the rail. But on further i ...
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Greyhound Handicapping: Are You Looking At the Wrong Numbers?
When most people handicap a greyhound race, their eyes automatically go to the dogs that have recent wins or in- the-money finishes. I'm no different from most people. When I look over the dogs, the ones with 1's at the end of their lines sort of "ju ...
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Marvelous Menagerie At Mohawk And More
It’s one of the biggest programs of the season, headlined by the Pepsi North America Cup on Saturday, June 15. There is so much material to accompany analysis of the races on the Mohawk Raceway program that night that we have split the difference wit ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 06/12 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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Bluffs Run $60,000 Juvenile Stakes - Quarter Final - Wednesday June 12th
The field will be trimmed to 24 greyhounds after tonight's quarter-final round of the Juvenile Stakes at the Iowa oval.
Here are the top points earners from the second round: Boc's John Luke (Boeckenstedt) 30
Boc's Phantom (Boeckenstedt) 30 DK's ...
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Harness Handicapping: What's Your Morning Line?
Parimutuel is a French word meaning "mutual sharing" and it is the type of betting that we have on harness, thoroughbred and greyhound racing in the US. It means that the winners share the pool of betting money, less the track take and breakage, but ...
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Triple Crown winners and losers
While not financially lucrative (-18.6% ROI), the Triple Crown series provided satisfying story lines, and perhaps more importantly as a fan of racing beyond the Triple Crown, story lines that are likely to continue on the road to the Breeders' Cup T ...
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Race Preview: The Stallion Series 3 YO Colts and Geldings - Harrah's Philadelphia - June 13, 2013
Race 8 There are 7 races in this series on tonight's card. Race 8 is the 4th of them. The standout seems to be Good Day Mate with Ron Pierce driving for Chris Oakes. As a team, they have 33% for wins and a .506 UDR. It's very hard to discount that, ...
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Harness Racing Action June 13th - June 20th
A weekend and week full of racing action that you can watch and wager on at Bet America.
Thursday June 13th
Harrah's Phila 3YO Colts&Geldings Pace PA Stallion Div $20,000 Scioto Downs 3YO&Up Open Pace Columbus Survival $5,000
Series 1st ...
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Race Preview: Karl Boyes Memorial – Presque Isle Downs, June 10, 2013
photo: Matt Carter Not a lot of racing going on Monday, but there is an interesting little stakes races at Presque Isle Downs in Erie, Pennsylvania. The five and one-half furlong Karl Boyes Memorial will be run for the seventh time on Monday an ...
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Wheeling Downs Wagering Changes on Tuesday June 11, 2013
If you play the West Virginia track, you should be aware of some changes that will start with the Tuesday matinee on June 11th. There will be 10-cent supers on EVERY race. The Pick 4 will now have a guaranteed payout of at least $500. That's a nic ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
It was a slow weekend for us on the betting platform because we were mostly done in by public choices. The one we wanted, the beast of pacing, Captaintreacherous, put in a dynamic performance to win a North America Cup elim. He was challenged in the ...
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Race Preview: Monmouth Stakes - Monmouth Park, June 9, 2013
The feature race on Sunday at Monmouth Park is the Grade 2 Monmouth Stakes at nine furlongs on the turf. The $200,000 race drew a field of nine with Boisterous the 5-2 morning line favorite. Things didn't go as fully planned on Saturday for the Phip ...
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The Player’s Edge – June 7th: Hollywood Park & Churchill Downs
Hollywood Park – Charlie Whittingham Memorial Hollywood Park – Manhattan Beach Hollywood Park – Honeymoon Handicap Churchill Downs – Saturday Pick 4 Hollywood Park – Charlie Whittingham Memorial
Slim Shadey ...
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Pick 6 Preview: Arlington Park $44,763 Carryover – June 7, 2013
Photo: Ken Smith
Let’s start the weekend off right with a pick-6 play at Arlington Park on Friday, which has a carryover of almost $45,000. The sequence starts with race four, a one-mile claiming race for fillies and mares.
The Business i ...
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Bluffs Run Juvenile Stakes Second Round Saturday June 8th - Preview
Ninety-six young greyhounds competed in the first round of the Juvenile Stakes and there were some surprises. Some favorites like Topline Drive, Chipper and Allie Uhl got bumped or blocked and didn't win. Some favorites, however, did win. Hilco Sing ...
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Belmont Stakes pedigree: looking for that magic cross
When it comes to pedigree handicapping, I'm not a big fan of saying a certain aspect of a horse's lineage means s/he can't do something on the track. Rather, pedigree helps gives clues as to what a horse might most like to do: run short, long, or som ...
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Race Preview: Palm Beach Friday Evening June 7th Race 10
Friday Evening - Palm Beach Race 10 Grade A
1-Hello Mary Lou (7-1)
2-Gogo Delana (10-1)
3-Trickapalooza (5-1)
4-Daves Hoorah (13-1)
5-Pat C Navvoo (7-1)
6-Prissy Bones (2-1)
7-PG Really Rich (7-2)
8-Atascocita Sacor (6-1) This is a very si ...
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Eliminations Galore With North America Cup Headlining
Glamour-boy pacers are in the limelight this weekend as the North America Cup eliminations are featured at Mohawk Raceway and this year’s first $1-million affair takes shape (the final is next week). The filly set takes aim at the Fan Hanover final f ...
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The Biggest Harness Races This Week June 7th to June 13th and Race Preview
Friday June 7th Hoosier Park IN Sire Stakes Fillies Pace 2nd Leg $30,000 Meadowlands 3YO Open Trot Summer Survivor 1st Leg $12,500 Mohawk Raceway 3YO Fillies Trot Elegant Image Elim $35,000
Mohawk Raceway 3YO&Up Fillies&Mares Trot Arm ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 06/05 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Host Derek Simon handicaps LIVE races from Belmont Park and Beulah Park and also offers an in-depth analysis of the Belmont Stakes. In the U. of Bet segment, Derek and Dave Schwartz of thehorsehandicappingauthority.com discuss how ...
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Harness Handicapping: Claiming Races
Many handicappers hate claiming races. They'll tell you that it's impossible to make money on claiming races, either because the favorite wins and doesn't pay, or some longshot comes out of nowhere and wins at monster odds. I strongly disagree. I thi ...
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Mid-week action at Meadows
Check out the Wednesday, June 5 Currier & Ives divisions at the Meadows by going to : https://www.twinspires.com/sites/twinspires.com/files/blogger_importer/06/currier-ives-hosts-fillies-in-lucrative.html We continue to exclusively follow all the ...
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$60,000 Juvenile Stakes at Bluffs Run on Wednesday June 5th
Ninety-six greyhounds will compete in twelve races on Monday afternoon's card at Bluffs Run in the first round of the Juvenile Stakes. All but 3 races on the card - races 9, 12 and 14 - will be stakes races. All of the runners will be under 26 months ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
It was a stakes-filled weekend and if you like the headline events get used to it because we are just starting with the big-purse flow. Let’s start this review with our good-news wins. At the Meadows we nailed the $178 exacta in the Pennsylvania ...
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Race Preview: Silver Train HBPA Stakes - Penn National, June 1, 2013
We took a look at three of the stake races on the Saturday card that make up the early pick-4 so lets breakdown the first leg, the first running of the Silver Train HBPA Stakes.
The six furlong sprint for Pennsylvania bred or sired fillies and m ...
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The Player’s Edge – May 31, 2013: Penn National & Hollywood Park
photo: Matt Carter
Penn National – Penn Mile
Penn National – Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup
Penn National – Mountainview Handicap
Hollywood Park – Californian Stakes
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Understanding Form Cycles
(Click on image to enlarge) Shockingly (not really), just as improving Beyer speed figures increase the likelihood of a regression, so too do ascending Form Ratings — especially if the most recent Rating exceeds 75 percent. Likewis ...
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Pick 6 Preview: Churchill Downs $68,357 Carryover – May 31, 2013
Photo: Matt Carter
When racing resumes at Churchill Downs on Friday there is a nice little carryover in the Pick-6 of just over $68,000. The sequence starts in race five, a $5,000 claiming race, which drew a field of nine.
Cold Feet is 5- ...
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Race Preview: JGR Puppy Stakes Final Orange Park Saturday June 1st
Saturday June 1st
Orange Park - Finals of the JGR Puppy Stakes - Race 11
Post Positions and Points 1- GS Tex (Willis Kennel) 44 Points 2- WW's Musician (Red Oak Racing) 46 Points 3- Pat C Stonewall (Pat Collins Kennel) 34 Points 4- ...
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Powerful Pacing Parade
Pacers adorn this weekend’s highlights, with older and younger fields in combat. For the mare pacers there are two generously pursed Golden Girl divisions at the Meadowlands and there are two New Jersey Sires Stakes (NJSS) finals for sophomore pacers ...
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Hit it or win it? The ULW dilemma
Bettors walk a fine line between trying to "hit" their wagers and maximizing profit from them. As a multi-race player, I constantly struggle with ULWs--underlaid likely winners--and how to use them. ...
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This Week's Biggest Harness Races May 31st
Friday May 31st Hoosier Park IN Sire Stakes 2nd Leg $10,000 The Meadows PA Sire Stakes $225,000 Mohawk Raceway Casual Breeze Stakes $150,000 Western Fair Raceway Molson $200,000 (Preview Follows This ...
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Harness Handicapping: It's the Horse, Of Course
If you have a favorite harness track, one that you play all the time, you probably know quite a bit about the drivers
and maybe even are quite familiar with the trainers there. But how much do you know about the horses? This might
seem like a fooli ...
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Greyhound Handicapping: Get Litter-al
Anyone who has followed my picks and articles for any length of time knows that most of my picks are in Maiden
races. There are a couple of reasons for this. One reason is because I make most of my money on Maiden races, so I
concentrate on them. T ...
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Turning $20 to show into $10,000
We're still 11 days out, but the Belmont Stakes (click for FREE Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs of possible entrants) is shaping up to be a fantastic race as part of an always-fascinating card at Belmont Park. Many of us (including the TwinSpir ...
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Race Preview: Winning Colors Stakes - Churchill Downs, May 27, 2013
The feature race on Memorial Day at Churchill Downs is the 10th running of the Grade 3 Winning Colors, a six furlong sprint for fillies and mares. This years race drew a field of seven, led by morning line favorite Judy the Beauty.
Judy the Beau ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Hello from my neighborhood track, Penn National Racecourse (see photo by Sharon Hindermyer). Here I was by the paddock, sheltered from the rain pelting the track, watching my thoroughbred-trainer friend Frank Cifarelli walk his steed before sending i ...
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Race Preview: Gamely Handicap - Hollywood Park, May 27, 2013
Special Memorial Day racing across the country on Monday and there are graded stakes galore. The feature at Hollywood Park is the Grade 1 Gamely Handicap for fillies and mares at nine furlongs on the turf. The $250,000 race drew a field of seven and ...
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Preakness 2013: Redemption for ‘Figure Handicapping’
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Pick 5 Preview: Arlington Park - Saturday, May 25, 2013
The Saturday card at Arlington Park is outstanding; three graded stake races will be run kicking off their summer stakes series, which culminates with the Secretariat, Beverly D and Arlington Million. First things first though as we start with the M ...
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The Player’s Edge – May 24, 2013: Arlington Park & Churchill Downs
Photo: Ken Smith Arlington Park - Arlington Matron Arlington Park – Hanshin Cup Arlington Park – Arlington Classic Churchill Downs – Louisville Handicap Arlington Park – Arlington Matron ...
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Oxbow's Preakness pace wasn't soft
Before Preakness, Ox bow had five previous races where at least one of those ratings (the E1 or E2) was 95+, and he lost all five of those races . In the Preakness , however, Oxbow po pped a 96-105 en route to a victory in wh ...
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Memorial Day Weekend 2013 Harness Stakes Races
Hoosier , Scioto , The Meadowlands and The Meadows all have sire stakes running this weekend, but that's not all
that's on the schedule. Hoosier has the Dan Patch and The Gregg Haston Memorial Invitational on Saturday. Also on
Saturday, Yonke ...
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Memorial Day Weekend Greyhound Race Previews
Memorial Day Weekend Highlights
Southland Greyhound Park Friday Evening May 27th
2013 Razorback Classic Championship
Race Preview - Race 13 1 - Oshkosh Longhorn (5-1)
2 - AMF Loan Officer (5-1)
3 - Barcelona Boss (5-2)
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Solid Stakes Situations
Pacing and trotting action ensues into deep spring with action from many divisions in the U.S. and business-torn Ontario. New Jersey Sires Stakes (NJSS) and Pennsylvania Sires Stakes (PASS) for soph pacers and trotters are flowing with glamour-boys a ...
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Harness Handicapping: Follow The Sun
Most people are happiest when the weather forecast calls for a sunny day. I like nice weather as much as the next person, but I perk up when rain is predicted in some areas. If it rains for long enough, there are a few tracks where post position bias ...
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Greyhound Handicapping: Evaluate Before You Rate
If you've been handicapping for a while, you know that greyhounds that can break out of the box and take the lead
are usually a better bet than ones that get out more slowly. The dogs that get out first avoid trouble and can see
the lure throughout ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
A lot of bettors were excited about Mister Herbie in the “Cutler” final at the Meadowlands on May 18, sending him off around 6-5. We liked him, though not at that price, and if you were so inclined to pass due to that then you saved a few bucks since ...
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Race Preview: Selene Stakes - Woodbine, May 19, 2013
The late pick 4 at Woodbine goes to post at 3:55 ET and the second leg of the sequence is the Grade 3 Selene Stakes for three-year-old fillies. With the scratch of Takeyourbreathaway the field is now down to eight with Spring Venture the one to beat. ...
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Race Preview: Red Bank Stakes - Monmouth Park, May 17, 2013
While most eyes will be on Pimlico and the Preakness, there is another graded stakes race taking place just up 95 then a right to the Jersey shore and Monmouth Park where the Grade 3 Red Bank stakes will be run. The one mile turf race drew a field of ...
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The Baltimore Bounce
(Click on image to enlarge) It appears that my hypothesis may be correct (the sample is far too small to be definitive). Horses that improved their Brisnet speed figure by more than five points in the Kentucky Derby (compared to their ...
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