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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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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 05/29 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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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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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 05/22 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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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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The Player’s Edge; The Preakness at Pimlico Race Course
photo: Matt Carter Pimlico - Preakness Stakes Pimlico - Dixie Stakes Pimlico - Maryland Sprint Handicap Pimlico - Gallorette Handicap Pimlico - Preakness Stakes
Orb in the Sec ...
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Race Preview: Black Eyed Susan - Pimlico, May 17, 2013
The feature race on Friday at Pimlico is the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan for the three-year-old fillies. The nine furlong event is the tenth race on the card, which is the second leg of the late pick-4. The favorite for the race is Emollient, who is ...
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Stakes Races on Tap at The Meadowlands on Saturday May 18th
On Saturday, Meadowlands will run the finals of the Arthur J. Cutler Memorial Stakes, the $100,000 Meadowlands
Maturity for 4 year olds, and the 1st leg of the NJ Sire Stakes. There will be a lot of good betting opportunities on
the card and lots o ...
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Race Preview: Pimlico Special – Pimlico, May 17, 2013
The Pimlico Special has a rich history with winners like War Admiral, Seabiscuit, Citation, Cigar, Skip Away, Mineshaft and Real Quiet. When it was one of the top races for older horses in the country the purse was $750,000. It’s “only” worth $300, ...
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Horse by horse Preakness analysis with fair odds line
I’m not the type that’s big into having to pick one horse as the winner of each race. I understand why it’s done for major events, but even though I’m calling Itsmyluckyday my pick to win the Preakness Stakes (as he was in the Derby) it’s not like I ...
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Foes Out In Full Force
Some big names from the past and present are involved in this weekend’s harness features around North America. Older pacers and trotters of the first degree meet at the Meadowlands and New Jersey Sires Stakes (NJSS) and Pennsylvania Sires Stakes (PAS ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 05/15 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
TwinSpires ' Derek Simon discusses all the latest Preakness news with Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com . Among the topics are: Orb’s scintillating recent workout, Departing’s status as the likely second choice in Maryland and fair-value exacta combinatio ...
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Race Preview: Pimlico – The Very One, May 17, 2013
Photo: Matt Carter The second leg of the late pick-4 on Friday at Pimlico is the feature Black Eyed Susan, but we are going to wait for Friday’s blog to analyze that so let’s move on to the third leg, the $100,000 The Very One stakes for fillie ...
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Harness Handicapping: A Pick 3 Strategy
One the the biggest complaints against harness racing is the perceived low payoffs. True, a lot of the winners pay
less than $4. On the other hand, look at almost any harness card and you'll see two digit and - sometimes - even
three digit winners. ...
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Greyhound Handicapping: Put It In Print
How the heck did we handicap before computers gave us free programs that we can download way before the races? I remember how different it was when I first started playing the dogs at Lincoln Greyhound Park in RI many years ago. If I didn't get the n ...
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Race Preview: Jim McKay Turf Sprint – Pimlico, May 17, 2013
photo: Matt Carter
The first leg of the late pick-4 on Friday, Black Eyed Susan day, at Pimlico is the $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint for three-year-olds and upward going five furlongs. The race drew a field of eight, but is expected to com ...
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Enter the Preakness exacta matrix
Anyone can make a morning line for projected win odds, but making one for exacta will pays takes a little more finesse, though I did take some liberties to make it easier while still providing guidance as to where the money will go in the exacta pool ...
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Preakness Preview: Handicapping Pimlico - May 13, 2013
The Triple Crown moves to Baltimore and Pimlico Race Course this weekend and its a track that many may not be familiar with except for this one weekend every year. So how does the track play? Does it favor speed and inside posts? Let's take a look. ...
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Southland Razorback Classic Round 3 Monday May 13th
source:arkansas.com If you saw Smokey Joe's last race, you'll want to see him in the 5th race at Southland tonight. Although he's won his last 3 races in this series, Joe has competition tonight. The 1-Bella Everest loves the rail and has it. ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
This past weekend you had to go out of your way to find a winner from this department, as the weekend’s offerings, in general, missed their marks, mostly to favorites. Keeping good notes on our Thursday blogs and following through is what worked this ...
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Race Preview: Eclipse Stakes - Woodbine, May 12, 2013
First things first, happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers across the world. Now on to the handicapping.
The feature race on Sunday at Woodbine is the Grade 2 Eclipse Stakes for four-year-olds and upward going eight and one-half furlongs on the ...
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Kentucky Derby Recap & Triple Crown Preview
(Click on image to enlarge) Though the son of Into Mischief is clearly a closer (say that five times fast), notice that he was within three lengths of the leader at the first call in four of his five races prior to the Derby. However, ...
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Final Derby thoughts and what Orb's win means for racing
As the Kentucky Derby aftermath gives way to Preakness chatter, the story lines for the second jewel of American Thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown are becoming fairly well established with Orb's quest to become the first Triple Crown winner since Af ...
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Pacers and Trotters Compete in Stakes at Meadowlands on Saturday May 11, 2013
Two 7-horse divisions will be behind the gate at The Meadowlands on Saturday for the TVG Free For All Pace, vying
for a piece of $50K in races 6 and . In the first division in post 5 is Razzle Dazzle, winner of the George Morton Levy
Memorial Pacin ...
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Northern Exposure; Jersey Giants
The big Saturday features this week take us to Canada, where Woodbine hosts the Princess Final and the Diplomat Final, starring sophomores. The co-starring events are at the Meadowlands. Of course, there are four John Simpson Stakes on Friday, May 10 ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 05/08 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
TwinSpires' Derek Simon and Brisnet's Ed DeRosa recap the 2013 Kentucky Derby and look forward to the Preakness Stakes. In the U. of Bet segment, Dave Schwartz and Derek further discuss the Derby as it relates to value betting. Lastly, in the Hand ...
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Greyhound Handicapping: Looking For Trouble
I've often wished that it was possible to file objections at the greyhound track, like they do at horse tracks, for
bumping, crowding and cutting off other dogs. It's really frustrating when a dog I've played is closing on the outside
and the dog h ...
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What could stop Orb in the Preakness
When the Preakness Stakes unfolds on May 18 at Pimlico Race Course, two things regarding the running of the race are likely to be different than the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands: 1) the surface, 2) the pace. And it probably won't ...
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On to Pimlico and The Preakness (and Triple Crown history?)
A talented field and a sloppy track did nothing to deter Orb from victory in the 1 ¼ mile classic at Churchill Downs May 4th. Orb will meet some of his Derby challengers in The Preakness Stakes May 18th at Baltimore’s Pimlico racetrack as he attempt ...
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Southland's Razorback Classic Round 2 On Wednesday May 8, 2013
It's not often that you get a mid-week program with as many high class races or as many routes as this one.
Wednesday's twilight program at the West Memphis oval will feature thirteen SAA races at the 660 yard distance as the
Razorback Classic resu ...
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Can Orb do it?
Catching my breath following a whirlwind 78 hours in Louisville and already looking forward both to the Preakness Stakes in less than two weeks and Kentucky Derby 140 in less than a year. One of the things I got right in my pre-race analysis was ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
It was the beginning of the Hambletonian Trail and we repeated with a winner in the soph-colt trot classic Dexter Cup at Freehold. Celebrity Maserati defeated the big favorite, paying $6.00. All race reviews and reports will be posted at the Hamble ...
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Race Preview: Turf Sprint and Humana Distaff - Churchill Downs, May 4, 2013
The first two races of the all-stakes pick-6 on Saturday at Churchill Downs is the Grade 3 Turf Sprint and Grade 1 Humana Distaff. Lets take a look at some of the contenders.
Up first is the Turf Sprint where Havelock, Regally Ready, Ghost is Cl ...
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And they're off in the Kentucky Derby
My Kentucky Derby analysis in the form of Mark Johson's race call of the most exciting two minutes in sports. "They're in the gate! "And they're off in Derby one-thirty-nine. "Oxbow from the inside immediately goes to the lead ...
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Derby Day
v:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} It’s finally here — Derby Day! And I, like so many of you reading this I’m sure, have been immersed in h ...
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The Player’s Edge – May 4, 2013: Churchill Downs & the Kentucky Derby
Churchill Downs - Kentucky Derby
Churchill Downs - Turf Classic
Churchill Downs - Churchill Downs Stakes
Churchill Downs - Distaff Turf Mile
Churchill Downs – Kentucky Derby
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The Breeders' Cup Kentucky Oaks
This year's Kentucky Oaks has the feel of a Breeders' Cup race to me in that good horses will be good prices, and while it'd be a surprise if Rose To Gold, Princess of Sylmar, or Pure Fun won in that neither is one of the more likely winners, it'd ha ...
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Race Preview: Kentucky Oaks – Churchill Downs, May 3, 2013
The feature race on Friday under the twin spires at Churchill Downs is the Grade 1, $1-million Kentucky Oaks for three-year-old fillies. Ten fillies will break from the gate in the nine-furlong race, but most eyes will be on two of them.
Dreamin ...
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Race Preview: American Turf - Churchill Downs - May 3, 2013
Photo: Matt Carter
The third leg of the pick 4 ending with the Kentucky Oaks is the American Turf for three-year-olds and no time will be wasted, let's get right to the wide-open field.
Anyriderill Do is two-for-three in his brief career i ...
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Video previews of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands
Triple Crown Insider's preview of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands. ...
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‘Trail’ Mix Amid Meadowlands Marquee
With all horseracing eyes on The Kentucky Derby, the Grand Circuit’s focused stakes can only take co-starring roles. Still, this is our official start of the big season, including the launch of our exclusive information center, the Hambletonian Tra ...
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Kentucky Derby 2013 Post Positions
Post positions for the 2013 Kentucky Derby: 1. Black Onyx
2. Oxbow
3. Revolutionary
4. Golden Soul
5. Normandy Invasion
6. Mylute
7. Giant Finish
8. Goldencents
9. Overanalyze
10. Palace Malice
11. Lines of Battle
12. Itsmyluckyday
13. F ...
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Race Preview: Alysheba Stakes – Churchill Downs, May 3, 2013
Photo: Matt Carter
On to leg two of the Kentucky Oaks pick-4, the Grade 2 Alysheba Stakes for four-year-olds and upward and while a couple of the older handicap horses are waiting for the Grade 1 Stephen F. Foster Handicap in a couple of mont ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 05/01 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Special Kentucky Derby edition! Scheduled guests include Brian Zipse, managing editor of Horse Racing Nation , Kerry Thomas of the Thomas Herding Technique and, of course, Ed DeRosa ( Brisnet.com ) and Dave Schwartz ( thehorsehandicappingauthority ...
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Bluffs Run $60K 3/8ths Derby Final on Saturday, May 4, 2013
The Kentucky Derby isn't the only big race coming up this weekend. At Bluffs Run, eight determined greyhounds will
meet and decide the winner of the 3/8ths Derby. This has been a series of very competitive races, and all the dogs
are running in top ...
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Harness Handicapping: No Wasted Bets
Bangor Raceway is going to be running in a few days. That's good news for people in Maine, because it gives us two tracks to play. Scarborough is the other one and they have some good races. I watched one the other day at Scarborough that was as cont ...
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Greyhound Handicapping: Due Diligence
Every once in a while, I have a losing streak. It happens to all of us, no matter how good our handicapping skills are. I used to chalk it up to bad luck and just kept going, hoping that things would turn around. Over the years, I've learned that thi ...
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Race Preview: Eight Belles Stakes - Churchill Downs, May 3, 2013
The lead up to the Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs is the Kentucky Oaks, but there are a lot of wagering opportunities in between the two major races. Over the next four days we will look at the Friday pick-4 at Churchill ending with t ...
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Kentucky Oaks, $1 Million, 3YO fillies, 1 1/8 miles (dirt)
Post positions for Friday May 3rd Kentucky Oaks. PP, Horse, Jockey, Trainer, Odds 1. Silsita, Gary Stevens, Todd Pletcher, 20-1
2. Midnight Lucky, Rafael Bejarano, Bob Baffert, 9-2
3. Beholder, Garrett Gomez, Richard Mandella, 7-2
4. Unlimited B ...
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Kentucky Oaks morning line
Initial indignation gave way to curiosity as I tried to figure out who gets ignored if Dreaming of Julia is as low as 2-to-1. Based on her Gulfstream Park Oaks performance, it looked as if Dreaming Of Julia could be odds on, but there's just bee ...
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Bullet Train Pulls Into Derby Station
One thing about the new Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands points system : the buzz it generated certainly outweighed its practical use. With a projected field of 19-20 entrants, there was no need for a mechani sm to determine prefere ...
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Secretariat, The Kentucky Derby and Top winning Times
The May 4th running of the 139th Kentucky Derby commemorates the 40th anniversary of the immortal champion Secretariat and his unchallenged winning time of 1:59 .40. The only other horse to break a 2 minute time for the 1 ¼ race was Monarchos (2001) ...
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Race Preview - Wilshire Handicap - Hollywood Park, April 28, 2013
There is a huge pick 6 carryover on Sunday at Hollywood Park of over $120,000 and one of the key races in the sequence is the Grade 3 Wilshire Handicap. The 52nd running of the one mile turf race drew a field of eight led by morning line favorite Mo ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The Matchmaker and the George Morton Levy finals were the focus of April’s end at Yonkers. The “Levy” offered two events before the final but only the favorites knew their ways to the winners’ circle. The best we did was have EZ Noah for third ...
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Pick 4 Preview: Gold Rush Day - Hollywood Park, April 27, 2013
The late pick 4 on Saturday, Gold Rush day, at Hollywood Park is an interesting one. The sequence includes a claiming race on the turf and three California-bred stakes. We took a look at the Snow Chief in this week's Player's Edge so let's breakdown ...
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Derby drive time
One of my favorite big-event traditions is making a music play list for traveling, and my favorite play list to make is the Derby because it's me, the early morning dew, rolling pastures, and 75 minutes of music on Interstate 64 to kick off my week. ...
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Derby prom
Dana Byerly's " Derby Dating " columns are on hiatus, which is a shame because her approach was a fun way of parsing the contenders. With her blessing, I decided to take a run at the approach by aligning my picks with who I would want to take to prom ...
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The Player’s Edge – April 26, 2013: Churchill Downs, Hollywood Park, Golden Gate & Pimlico
Photo: Matt Carter
Churchill Downs - Derby Trial Stakes
Hollywood Park - Snow Chief Stakes
Golden Gate Fields - San Francisco Mile
Pimlico - Federico Tesio Stakes
Church ...
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Race Preview: Elkhorn Stakes - Keeneland, April 25, 2013
photo: Matt Carter
Friday is closing day at Keeneland and with that comes the traditional closing day feature, the Grade 2 Elkhorn Stakes. The marathon 12-furlong race drew a field of 11; let's take a look.
The principles in the race are ...
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Floridian Stakes Final on Friday's Late Card at Mardi Gras on April 26th
Floridian Stakes Final on Friday's Late Card at Mardi Gras on April 26th
The 7th race on the late card will produce the winner of this marathon series. Eight greyhounds will be vying against
each other for the stakes title and $10,000. Morning li ...
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George Morton Levy and Bluechip Matchmaker Stakes on Saturday, April 27th at Yonkers Raceway
George Morton Levy and Bluechip Matchmaker Stakes on Saturday at Yonkers
Post position may play a big part in who prevails in both series this time out, because some of the leading horses have the worst post positions at the half mile track. Look ...
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Pick 4 Preview: Keeneland Bewitch Stakes - April 25, 2013
photo: Matt Carter
The feature race on Thursday, the day before closing day, at Keeneland is the Grade 3 Bewitch Stakes for fillies and mares at 12 furlongs on the turf course. The race drew a deep field of 12, but all eyes will be on Gatheri ...
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Last ‘Levy’ Stand; Courageous Lady Calls Seven
The George Morton Levy Series Final for stalwart older pacers becomes the focus this Saturday, April 27, with the older mares co-starring in the final of the Blue Chip Matchmaker, both at the events’ home track, Yonkers Raceway. After five weeks ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 04/24 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
TwinSpires' Derek Simon and Brisnet's Ed DeRosa discuss all the Derby doings, including top contenders Verrazano , Revolutionary, Itsmyluckyday and Orb . In the U. of Bet segment, the planned discussion of value betting goes out ...
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Harness Handicapping: Claim To Fame
I admit it. I'm a sucker for longshots and angles. While I try to rein myself in and stick to what I know works best, sometimes I just can't help but take a chance on a horse that's at long odds. I do have my standards though. If I play a horse, it h ...
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Greyhound Handicapping: Best and Worst Post Positions
At most greyhound tracks, the best boxes in sprints are the 1, 2 and 8. Of course, this isn't always true and it changes as the track condition and weather change. But for the most part, if you look at the results for all the tracks, you'll find that ...
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Greyhound Stakes at Southland and Mardi Gras on Monday April 22, 2013
Southland's Spring Futurity Stakes Round 3
Races 5 through 7 and 16 through 18 feature some of this year's best young greyhounds as they vie for a win in the third round of this series. In Race 5, SE's Brother should be able to get the lead fro ...
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Race Preview: San Juan Capistrano - Santa Anita, April 21, 2013
Sunday is closing day at Santa Anita and that means the running of the traditional closing day feature, the Grade 2 San Juan Capistrano Handicap. This years race drew a field of seven and contention runs deep.
Sky Kingdom is the morning line fav ...
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