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Pick-6 Preview: Santa Anita $101,931 Carryover - January 21, 2013
Welcome to special Monday racing and it’s a great day to play, especially with a carryover in the pick-6 at Santa Anita of over $100,000. Let’s dive right in, no time to waste.
The first leg is a maiden claiming race for four-year-olds and upward ...
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Pick 4 Preview: Santa Anita - La Canada Stakes - January 20, 2013
The feature race on Sunday at Santa Anita is the 39th running of the Grade 2 La Canada Stakes for four-year-old fillies. The field of six looks like a race between Lady of Fifty and Book Review. Preference given to Lady of Fifty even though Book Rev ...
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Greyhound Handicapping - Weekend Wrapup and Monday Stakes Preview
Emeraldcityflyer Wins the United Greyhound Futurity Final at Mardis Gras Congratulations go out to Joe Trudden Kennel, and to Leslie Csokasy, owner of Emeraldcityflyer, who won the United Greyhound Futurity Finals at Mardis Gras Park on Saturday. ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Expanded coverage of the horses to watch list (H2W) provided more winners and great prices for most, as well as we faired better with our choices in the early stakes season action at the Meadowlands . We scored in the best paying of three ...
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Playing the Pick Three
(Click on image to enlarge) Now, there were two things I liked about this particular sequence: 1) The top three contenders in the opening leg had a combined morning-line odds ranking of 12, while the final leg had a ranking (after sc ...
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Race Preview: Silverbulletday Stakes - Fair Grounds, January 19, 2013
In between the Louisiana Handicap and LeComte Stakes on Saturday at Fair Grounds is the $125,000 Silverbulletday Stakes for three-year-old fillies. The race has a great tradition of top fillies on the trail to the Kentucky Oaks.
This year's race ...
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The Player’s Edge – January 18, 2013: Fair Grounds, Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita
photo: Matt Carter
Fair Grounds – Lecomte Stakes
Fair Grounds – Louisiana Handicap
Gulfstream Park – Sunshine Millions Classic
Santa Anita – Palos Verdes
Fair Grounds – Lecomt ...
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Pick-6 Preview: $59,161 Carryover - Santa Anita, January 18, 2013
Thanks to a couple of bombs and a devastating performance by Eblouissante yesterday, the Bet America Blog hit the late pick-4 and now we will turn that money into the pick-6 carryover on Friday. The first leg is race three, a claiming race for four- ...
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Greyhound Handicapping Picks - Friday January 18, 2013
When three of the dogs on my watch list showed up in one race, I knew I had too many picks to post in the regular section today. So, I'll post them here. These pups are ones that I've watched since they started schooling. They might not hit the board ...
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Your Insight: Trip to the Track
In last week’s newsletter offer we asked you how you prefer to attend races at the track, with your family, friends or by yourself. The overall response was varied making it easy to recognize that each custom has its benefits. “For me a day at the r ...
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Race Preview: Eblouissante Take Two – Santa Anita, January 17, 2013
Race fans gathered in the paddock at Hollywood Park and tuned in to their simulcast feeds on December 15 waiting for the half to Zenyatta, Eblouissante, to make her second career start. Everything was set, but the Bernardini-filly did not make it o ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 01/16 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Ed DeRosa and Derek Simon discuss the Eclipse Awards and Dave Schwartz describes how to become a better bettor. TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 01/16 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio ...
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Stakes Preview - Finals of the He's My Man Classic at Palm Beach Kennel Club Saturday January 19, 2013
Rader Racing Kennel will have four entries among the eight finalists in Saturday afternoon's $50,000 He's My Man Classic finale at Palm Beach Kennel Club. Atascocita Henri from Suncoast Kennel scored 50 points to top the standings. The 2012 Puppy St ...
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Harness Racing Highlights January 16, 2013
photo: USTrotting The Meadowlands The Meadowlands has a busy weekend that starts on Thursday with the 2nd round of the Super Bowl trotter series going in 3 divisions with full fields in each division. In the first round of the Presidential ...
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Standardbred Champions: Dan Patch
Dan Patch (April 29, 1896-July 11, 1916) was the top pacer of his day. Dan Patch broke 14 world speed records in the early 1900s, ultimately setting the world's record for the fastest mile by a harness horse (1:55) during a time trial in 1906, a reco ...
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Carryover action at Turf Paradise
I can't exactly call Turf Paradise one of my favorite tracks to play, as I rarely check into it on a weekend day of racing, but it's definitely a track I like to play, as its Pick 5 carryovers into Monday or Tuesday help scratch my itch during an oth ...
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Pedigree handicapping with Brisnet.com's APR Online
It used to be detailed pedigree information was the domain of the horse industry professional--particularly those on the breeding side of things, but handicappers would do well to familiarize themselves with Brisnet.com's American Produce Records ( ...
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Greyhound Handicapping - Palm Beach Kennel Club Monday January 14, 2013 Race 1 Grade M
A Word To The Wise for Monday Regular readers of my articles know that a big part of my handicapping consists of finding good dogs when they're in Grade M, and then following them up the grade ladder. One way that I do this is by watching schoolin ...
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Pick 6 Preview: Santa Anita $231,345 Carryover - January 13, 2013
Of the five races we took a look at yesterday in the Santa Anita pick-6 we were able to pick three winners, but the biggest feat may have been correctly predicting another carryover. Sunday's pot will start with $231,346; lets dive right in for a qu ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The stakes season’s start at the Meadowlands and although it was hard to go beyond the choices for us, we wound up with only one winner from the legs. Bestyetjet wound up the choice in the first of the Clyde Hirt chapters, paying $5.60. The other con ...
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Kentucky Derby Futures
(Click on image to enlarge) Shanghai Bobby (18-1) His effort in the BC Juvenile was less than inspiring, although he did record a ridiculously fast -17 early speed ration (ESR) in that race. Prior to that, the son of Harl ...
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Pick 6 Carryover: Santa Anita 1/12/2013
Another pick-6 carryover at Santa Anita this Saturday, which includes the Grade 2 San Fernando Stakes; let's take a look.
Race four is the first leg, a sprint down the hill for older claiming runners. The full field of 11 has a morning like favo ...
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Stakes Preview - $50,000 He's My Man Classic Semi-Finals at Palm Beach Kennel Club Sunday January 13, 2013
At Palm Beach Kennel Club on Sunday afternoon, Races 12 and 14 will feature the 16 greyhounds that made it through the 3 qualifying rounds of this series. Only one, #5 Riverview Stevie, is undefeated. The red female out of Kiowa Sweet Trey and CV's M ...
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The Player’s Edge – January 11, 2013: Santa Anita, Gulfstream Park, Tampa Bay Downs & Golden Gate Fields
Santa Anita – San Fernando Stakes
Gulfstream Park – Ft Lauderdale Stakes
Tampa Bay Downs – Gasparilla Stakes
Golden Gate Fields – California Derby
Santa Anita – San Fernando Stakes
Te ...
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Let 8 Ride is back on TwinSpires
Wednesday's cancellation at Delta Downs made it one day easier to get to Friday's $500 insurance round in the popular Let 8 Ride game , but landing on a winner for Thursday's race isn't any easier with a decent-sized field expected for the Louisiana ...
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Your Insight: Gary Stevens' Return to Racing
In last week’s newsletter offer we asked you to give us your opinion in regards to how you thought Gary Stevens would perform in his first day of racing back from retirement. Many of you sent us words of encouragement for Stevens, as well as expresse ...
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Race Preview: Fifth Season Stakes – Oaklawn Park, January 11, 2013
Friday is opening day for the 2013 meet at Oaklawn Park, which is expected to be one of the best in the history of the track. Nine races on the card with the feature the $75,000 Fifth Season Stakes. The two-turn race for four-year-olds and upward d ...
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Presidential Lures A Lot; Watching For Winners Continues
The Meadowlands winter stakes have represented the launching of the stakes season for as long as the track has been open and this year, even under new management, is no different. The highlight events start with the first legs of the Clyde Hirt and t ...
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Presidential Lures A Lot; Watching For Winners Continues
The Meadowlands winter stakes have represented the launching of the stakes season for as long as the track has been open and this year, even under new management, is no different. The highlight events start with the first legs of the Clyde Hirt and t ...
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Race Preview: Dubai World Cup Carnival Kicks Off on Thursday, January 10th!
photo credit: Benoit Photo Out of Bounds Back on Track to Launch 2013 Carnival Knocked off the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail last winter by an injury, the talented Out of Bounds will make his first start in almost exactly a year when he tops a fie ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 01/09 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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Stakes Preview - Third Round Qualifying for PBKC's $50,000 "He's My Man Classic" Wednesday Afternoon January 9th
Three greyhounds came through the first two rounds undefeated and they're all from the same kennel! Rader Racing's Riverview Stevie, O Ya Chance and O Ya Pure Country will be trying to hold off the rest of the 32 entrants who have made it this far. ...
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Greyhound Handicapping - Don't Overlook the Differences
Wouldn't it be nice if there was just one technique that would pick winners at the greyhound track? Just one way of handicapping that would work on any race, at any track, at any distance? Unfortunately, there isn't any such thing. So why do we han ...
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It's Opening/closing day/race at Lincoln
Punters playing the first race today at Lincoln Race Course (FREE Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs ) will look to get their meeting started and ended on the right and left feet, as the $3,500 claiming event for Nebraska breds is the only race at the Li ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
It was another weekend with horses-to-watch (H2W) success, which, if you are following closely, is defined by more than the winners listed. Within the lists for second and third are live horses that have contributed to exotics as well as some handed ...
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Pick 6 Preview: Santa Anita $62,270 Carryover - January 5, 2013
Pick-6 carryover on Saturday at the Great Race Place after long shots ruled the day on Friday. The sequence starts with race four, a maiden special weight on the turf, but we touched on that race and two others in the sequence as part of this week' ...
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Santa Anita, Gulfstream Park & Tampa Bay Downs
Santa Anita - San Pasqual Stakes Santa Anita - Sham Stakes Gulfstream Park - Marshua's River Stakes Delta Downs - Big Drama Stakes Thoroughbred Racing Action Santa Anita - San Pasqual Stak ...
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A Computerized Look at Horse of the Year
(Click on image to enlarge) I’ve got to admit, even though the rankings above are computer-derived, I can’t argue very much with them. I do, in fact, think Wise Dan is the most talented of the Horse-of-the-Year contenders and, rega ...
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Race Preview: By The Light Stakes – Delta Downs, January 4, 2013
The weekend stakes action kicks off a little early this week with the running of the $100,000 By The Light Stakes at Delta Downs. The seven-furlong race drew a field of seven with two fillies expecting to take most of the action. Dancinginthecircle ...
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Trainer Profiles: James Edward ("Sunny Jim") Fitzsimmons
James Edward ("Sunny Jim") Fitzsimmons (July 23, 1874 – March 11, 1966) is an American Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, New York, Fitzsimmons began his career in 1885 working as a racetrack stable boy, ...
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I wish they all could be Keeneland meets
My quest to finish the year ahead fell short, but a review of my wagering for 2012 indicates plenty of strengths to build on. I encourage all TwinSpires.com players to make use of the detailed account history report that allows you to see your re ...
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Additions To Divisions; Winter Watch Ensues
We wish a happy birthday to racehorses of all breeds. Jan. 1 of each year marks the universal birthday for racehorses. Whether born in January or June, all horses are a year older now. New divisions will form as the months ensue. Don’t hold you ...
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Shareholders Board - 2
Player Unvested Shares Adam Hu 2 Al Sc 2 Albert Pe 2 Albert We 2 Alec Lo 2 Andrew Ja 2 Andrew Za 2 Anthony Ci 2 Anthony De 2 Anthony In 2 Barbara Ka 2 Barry Mi 2 Bart Po 2 BEN BE 2 Bev he 2 ...
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Shareholders Board - 5
Player Unvested Shares Amy Co 5 Bert Li 5 Bill Ch 5 Billy Ro 5 Brian Do 5 Brock Sc 5 Carlos ba 5 Charles No 5 Chris La 5 Creighton Pa 5 Dan Ga 5 David Co 5 David Di 5 David He 5 Deborah Fa ...
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Shareholders Board - 4
Player Unvested Shares A Ro 4 Albert Fi 4 Allen Ha 4 Anthony Wo 4 Antonia Ho 4 Bill Bo 4 Bob Ko 4 Bob St 4 Brad Sc 4 Brett Dr 4 Brian Ga 4 Brian Ro 4 BRUCE A. ME 4 Cabol Br 4 CHAD LA 4 C ...
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Shareholders Board - 3
Player Unvested Shares Aaron Re 3 Abe Sa 3 Adrian Ho 3 ALLAN SH 3 Andrew Re 3 Andy Ph 3 Aner Ca 3 Anna Be 3 Anthony Ca 3 anthony fa 3 Anthony Fu 3 Anthony Ku 3 Arthur Cr 3 Barry Ma 3 Barry P ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 01/02 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Derek Simon and Ed DeRosa discuss the Tweebster affair and also analyze Ed's end-of-year racing awards. In the U. of Bet/Handicapping segment, Derek digs into the numbers at Santa Anita and unearths some handicapp ...
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Greyhound Handicapping Shortcuts for the New Year
While we all know that it's a good idea to take your time when you handicap a program, we can't always do that. Time is at a premium today. If we only played the races when we had hours to handicap the program, most of us wouldn't play them at all. S ...
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Shareholders Board - 5 for 5
Player Unvested Shares Amy Co 5 Bert Li 5 Bill Ch 5 Billy Ro 5 Brian Do 5 Brock Sc 5 Carlos ba 5 Charles No 5 Chris La 5 Creighton Pa 5 Dan Ga 5 David Co 5 David Di 5 David He 5 Deborah Fa ...
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Little Mike as Horse of the Year
I said it once, and I'll say it again: It's a shame that Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta put together their best seasons in the same year (2009) because either campaign was so much better than anything we've seen since, and both stack up well to the ve ...
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Shareholders Board - 4 for 5
Player Unvested Shares A Ro 4 Albert Fi 4 Allen Ha 4 Anthony Wo 4 Antonia Ho 4 Bill Bo 4 Bob Ko 4 Bob St 4 Brad Sc 4 Brett Dr 4 Brian Ga 4 Brian Ro 4 BRUCE A. ME 4 Cabol Br 4 CHAD LA 4 C ...
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Shareholders Board - 3 for 5
Player Unvested Shares Aaron Sh 1 Abe Sa 1 Adam Da 1 adrian fe 1 Adrian Ho 1 Ahmed Sa 1 Al Lo 1 Al Ro 1 Alan Al 1 ALAN D. BR 1 ALAN LE 1 ALAN LE 1 Alan Su 1 Albeno Mu 1 Albert Co 1 Alber ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Last week we released our TwinSpires Harness Players’ Horses of the Year, along with all the other winners we posted this year up until that blog. With a weekend left in 2012, we had no chance to add any winners afterwards. Below you will find some a ...
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Santa Anita Stats
(Click on image to enlarge) In terms of the Santa Anita speed “bias” (I’ve grown to hate that word due to its widespread overuse), below are my (Click on image to enlarge) (Click on imag ...
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One final acceleration
You know all the cliches: It's a marathon not a sprint, gamble with your head not over it, keep your eyes on the prize, etc. I.e., don't lose focus about short-term losses. No horseplayer can expect to win every day much less every race. Even if even ...
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Ultimate Week Of 2012 Harness Play
Th e upcoming Meadowlands meet “comes with a few wrinkles,” according to track sources. There is a re-introduction to Classified Racing, known as ABC Racing. (Photo on left of new Meadowlands grandstand in progress while horses qualify for this meet ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 12/26 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com and Derek Simon discuss a recent interview with trainer Kenny McPeek and Paynter's expected return to the races. In the U. of Bet/Handicapping segment, Derek breaks down the Alex M. Robb ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
As promised, we have scoured our records to end the season with our TwinSpires Harness Players’ Horses of the Year. While the industry rattles off its divisional title-winners (see News below and last week’s blog), we continue a tradition we began wh ...
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Pace Figures Bring Holiday Cheer
(Click on image to enlarge) The race went just like it was supposed to: (Click on image to enlarge) Weekend Win Factor Plays Click HERE to get suggested wagers for variou ...
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Overnights Success
On Our Watch Our H2W list continues to provide TwinSpires players and blog readers proverbial “hot horses” based on our experienced spotters’ evaluations of recent races at various raceways. Before another quick review, we remind all H2W fol ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 12/19 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Can NYRA return to greatness? Was NYRA ever great? Celebrity chef Bobby Flay gave his opinion to the NYRA Board, now Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com and Derek Simon give theirs. I n the U. of Bet segment, Derek discusses situational handicapping ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
There were winners again from our exclusive horses-to-watch list (H2W) but also this weekend we were reminded the importance of being accurate with our records. We made a mistake with a horse that we accidentally omitted from the H2W and that error c ...
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Weekend Preview: Eblouissante Returns & the 14th Annual Brisnet.com Online Handicapping Challenge
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Watching For Winners
Winning Lines Our H2W list is exclusive to TwinSpires players and blog readers. It is our third week and these remaining weeks of 2012 are our most intense, offering The H2W list potent contenders based on our experienced spotters’ evaluations of ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 12/12 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Discussion of NY Times article " Racetrack Drugs Put Europe Off U.S. Horse Meat " and the importance of jockeys. TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 12/12 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The Friday and Saturday features were close but not moneymakers. At Northlands we couldn’t defeat the Filly Pace favorite, a 25-cent-on-the-dollar favorite. Our 9-1 choice, Prairie Illusion, was second, igniting a paltry $8.50 exacta. The nex ...
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Conditional Wagering: A New Approach to Value Betting
(Click on image to enlarge) Although this was a mythical bet, I picked this race on purpose to demonstrate both the advantages and the disadvantages of conditional wagering. Had this bet been placed, it would have filled… ...
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Another Watch, Wager And Win Weekend
Look Out Cleveland The “flying turns” of Northfield Park host a few of the glamour-boy pacers in a strong race that always appears as an afterthought considering its date. This Dec. 8 is the date for the $130,000 Cleveland Classic, a race that mak ...
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$260,003 winner forgot he was alive in Pick 6
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Ron from Michigan was live to three horses in a $.50 Pick 4 that he didn’t expect to pay much since the first three winners were 3-to-1, 3-to-2 ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 12/05 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com and Derek Simon from Denver, CO discuss the Vox Populi Award, as well as the Eclipse Award... and the Grammys. In the U. of Bet segment, Dave Schwartz of thehorsehandicappingauthority.com gives his ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Enter December and the waning race days of Y2K plus 12. Before we review the weekend, here is a bit more about the horses-to-watch list (H2W). We list many horses from a host of tracks. We suspect that every one on the H2W list has shown potentia ...
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Betting Advice to Make You Money
(Click on image to enlarge) (Click on image to enlarge) (Click on image to enlarge) Of course, while I’m encouraged by the early returns, there’s still a lot of time and challenges ...
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Best Of The Rest Roll Into December
Autumn Stakes The Autumn Stakes final for soph-filly pacers is at Woodbine on Friday, Nov. 30. Ten, with an also-eligible on hand, go to post for $60,000 total. Getting into the final fray against solid favorites is a filly that fits the Wood ...
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Detroit Race Course started Michigan woman's path toward TwinSpires Online Handicapping Series win
B etty Christian's path toward winning the TwinSpires Online Handicapping Series and earning a seat at the National Handicapping Championship began at age 11 when her family moved from Tennessee to suburban Detroit. Following that 500-mile j ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 11/28 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Derek Simon and Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com discuss Powerball and how it relates to racetrack gambling. Derek also explains how one can beat the races by focusing on lower-priced overlays. TwinSpires Horse Racing Pod ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes for Nov 25, 2012
Harness bettors’ consciousnesses are fickle. Sometimes you lose so much you crave a winner at almost any price, mostly because a long string of losers makes one feel as if one will never win again. It’s human nature. Another strange characteristic co ...
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What’s In a Name?
(Click on image to enlarge At the heart of his writings was one simple question: Would Eblouissante offer value in her debut or would the Zenyatta connection assure that her price was lower than a pair of pants at a skate park? In ...
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Action Aplenty In The Lower Ranks
Autumn Stakes The Autumn Stakes at Woodbine have conditions but make the stakes grade based on their total purses. On Friday, Nov. 23, two elimination divisions ($25,000 each) are on tap for soph-filly pacers that must be Ontario-sired and have ea ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 11/21 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Derek Simon and Brisnet 's Ed DeRosa discuss the racing debut of Zenyatta's half-sister as well as other happenings in the Sport of Kings. Ed reveals his "plunge play" in the Clark Handicap. In the U. of Bet segment, Dave Schwartz of thehorsehandi ...
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Did Eblouissante offer value in her debut?
At the racetrack, value and not always beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Or , as my college newspaper editor, Robert Levine , used to say, "One man's gold is another 's gonorrhea ." Benoit & Associates photo Indeed, try ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Market Share (left picture from Maywood) broke the $2-million earnings plateau when he won the Galt Stake, paying the minimum $2.10. Our other choices were in the mix, as Dynamic Youth finished second and Blackjack Princess got third. At ...
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Beating the Betting 'Whales'
(Click on image to enlarge) That being the case, in a race like the one above, Willie would control 24 percent of the win pool ($10,000 / $41,585). Now, the track takeout on win bets at Finger Lakes is 18 percent; hence, if Willi ...
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Players' Pool post mortem: A consolation never is
Tough sequence on Wednesday, as only two of the ~143,500 combinations bet into the $89,489 Pick 6 carryover successfully navigated the sequence that ended with $111.50 winner Noosh's Tale. Difficulty is not an excuse for the Players' Pool, h ...
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Chicago Shines With Stakes At Maywood; Dover Displays Dynamic Groups
The Chicago Four The half-mile Chicago oval hosts for stakes on Friday’s program, three for sophomores and one for freshmen. As always, the half-mile presents some challenges for a few that have become comfortable on the two- and three-turn miles. ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 11/14 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Derek Simon discusses Frankie Dettori's alleged drug issues , as well as the Horse of the Year paradox. In the U. of Bet segment, Dave Schwartz of thehorsehandicappingauthority.com gives his opinion on speed figures — why they'r ...
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Double carryover Pick 6 mania Wednesday at Aqueduct
As captain of the TwinSpires Players' Pool , I'm responsible for wagering $25,000 on the Pick 6 Wednesday at Aqueduct. $25,000 is a significant amount and will represent 5%-10% of the new money bet into the pool that already features a $89,489 ...
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Can Eblouissante save racing? What about my bankroll?
Racing may not need stars or a Triple Crown winner, but it definitely needs Eblouissante to win race 4on Friday at Hollywood Park (free PPs). OK, that's a bit dramatic, but considering she is Zenyatta's half sister (Brisnet.com pedigree ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
It was a busy weekend for stakes, considering it’s this deep into the season. We had a great Saturday in the Midwest and a rotten Sunday in the East. But a few good bets got us over the top. Saturday’s parade of American-Nationals at Balmoral ...
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2012 Breeders' Cup: What We Learned
(Click on image to enlarge) Weekend Win Factor Report 'Weak Favorites' (Click on image to enlarge) FREE Sunday Win Factor Report s 11/11/12 Aqueduct 11/11/12 Churchill Downs 11/1 ...
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Messenger, Am-Nats and Matrons Abound
Messenger Men Saturday night’s $415,820 Messenger Stakes is the feature at Yonkers Raceway. On Nov. 10, soph-colt pacers go another round, this time on the half mile, with the early favorite Pet Rock. Pet Rock already recorded a Yonkers st ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 11/07 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com and Derek Simon review last weekend's Breeders' Cup races and discuss the Horse of the Year implications, as well as Chantal Sutherland’s (possible) redemption. In the U. of Bet segment, Dave Schwartz of thehorsehandicapp ...
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Double trouble and other BC-inspired multi-race wagering observations
I already asked after last year's Breeders' Cup, "Is the daily double a bad bet?" Philosophically the answer is the same, "it depends," but when five of 13 double combinations come back less than the corresponding win parlay it's fai ...
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2012 Breeders' Cup wagering review
This year's Breeders' Cup showed both the pitfalls and benefits of coming to a weekend of competitive racing with a bunch of ammunition. On the pitfall side of things, it seems kind of silly to have hit a Pick 5 and all four Pick 4s on the w ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The million-dollar stakes evening at Indiana Downs brought us low-priced winners and defeats by surprising entries. It’s a tough night by any standards when your top winner on the program pays $4.40. That’s what World Cup paid in the Oliver Trot ...
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A truly championship weekend at Breeders' Cup
Any thought that I'll Have Another could win Horse of the Year if chaos reigned in the Breeders' Cup is long gone after the event lived up to its championships moniker with Eclipse Award-winning performances throughout the two-day, 15-race, $25.5-mil ...
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Breeders' Cup Saturday--a narrower approach
Several of Steve Byk's guests this week said that Friday's card looked to be the more "formful" of the two Breeders' Cup days, and while there were two big surprises along the way--those surprises occurred in the races people probably most expected i ...
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Breeders' Cup Friday
The notion that gambling winnings is ever "easy money" certainly didn't come from a horseplayer. If you make bank on this year's Breeders' Cup card you'll have earned it. That's not to say it's impossible, of course. It's a competi ...
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Breeders' Cup grand slam contest
Baseball season is over, and the grand slam wager is only offered on NYRA and New Mexico racing, but that doesn't mean you can't load the bases at this year's Breeders' Cup and hit a home run with this fun contest brought to you by TwinSpires.com & ...
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Breeders Cup 2012
(Click on image to enlarge) The rules are simple and are detailed in my Win Factor Reports — which are offered as part of the Ultimate Breeders' Cup Handicapping Package at Brisnet.com. As for my thoughts on the BC Cl ...
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