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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
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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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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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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
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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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