As Predicted—Bettors Wish Crushes ‘Crunch’ In ‘Pace’; Greenshoe Augments August Hambo Hope; Double-Digit Frosh Hits

Sun Jul 14 2019TwinSpires Staff

Thursday, July 11 A foursome of New York Sires Stakes (NYSS) divisions for frosh-filly pacers was the feature on the program at Yonkers. In the first two fields we were on the board. Division one was our winner, The Fun Marshall ($11.00, $2,50, ...
Low-Profile Fillies At Tioga Dig In For One More Decent Purse Pursuit Before August

Sat Jul 13 2019TwinSpires Staff

All fields feature Hambletonian-eligible horses. Whether or not the quartet of #Hambo19-eligible fillies in New York Sires Stakes (NYSS) action on July 14 will be involved on the first Saturday in August is unlikely, but a great performance would ...
Saratoga Scouting Report: Kentucky Horses for Sunday, July 14

Sat Jul 13 2019Joe Kristufek

by Joe Kristufek With Churchill Downs coming off perhaps their strongest spring meet in history, the horses based in Kentucky should perform even better than they have in years past. Chances are, in many cases, they won’t get the respect they d ...
Ellis Park Spot Plays for Sunday, July 14

Sat Jul 13 2019Joe Kristufek

by Joe Kristufek Race 2 – RICH DADDY (#4) (7-2 ML) It’s been a long time between drinks of water (wins) for this veteran performer, 12 starts in fact, but I’m going back to the well once again (shhh, Scott Shapiro!). Two starts back he was f ...
Hong Kong Spot Plays: A banner finish to the season

Sat Jul 13 2019TwinSpires Staff

by J. Keeler Johnson It’s been a fun run with plenty of highlights along the way, but the 2018-19 racing season in Hong Kong wraps up on Sunday, July 14, with an 11-race card at Sha Tin. Post time for the first race of the day is 12:30 a.m. (E ...
Scully’s Saturday stakes plays

Sat Jul 13 2019James Scully

Today’s stakes action includes races from Arlington Park, Indiana Grand and Saratoga. Here are some opinions: Arlington Park Race 8, American Derby (G3) : Seven of his 12 rivals have raced on or very close to the lead in recent starts and th ...

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How to Bet the 2019 Delaware Handicap

Fri Jul 12 2019John Mucciolo

The top-two finishers from the recent Fleur de Lis Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs – Elate and Blue Prize – top a field of nine in Saturday’s lucrative $750,000 Delaware Handicap (G2). The 1 1/4-mile affair attracted some nice fillies and mares, but ...
How to Bet the 2019 Ontario Matron Stakes

Fri Jul 12 2019John Mucciolo

A well-matched field of 11 fillies and mares headline the Saturday feature at Woodbine in the $125,000 Ontario Matron Stakes (G3) . The 1 1/16-mile contest on the Tapeta features a slew of contenders in what appears to be an excellent betting affa ...
Saratoga Scouting Report: Kentucky Horses for Saturday, July 13

Fri Jul 12 2019Joe Kristufek

by Joe Kristufek With Churchill Downs coming off perhaps their strongest spring meet in history, the horses based in Kentucky should perform even better than they have in years past. Chances are, in many cases, they won’t get the respect they d ...
Game Winner returns in Los Alamitos Derby

Fri Jul 12 2019John Mucciolo

Champion Game Winner will commence his second half of 2019 when leading a miniscule field of four postward in the $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (G3) on Saturday afternoon. The standout sophomore was last seen finishing 3 3/4 lengths back when ele ...
Arlington Park stakes plays for Saturday, July 13

Fri Jul 12 2019John Mucciolo

Four stakes races highlight an excellent nine-race card at Arlington Park on Saturday. A trio of graded events top Arlington Million Preview Day , and I have some horses of interest with attractive prices attached to them in the featured contests. ...
Ellis Park Spot Plays for Saturday, July 13

Fri Jul 12 2019Joe Kristufek

by Joe Kristufek Race 4 – ZENA RULES (#4) (4-1 ML) A consistent late closer who runs second (eight times) much more often than she wins (three times), this six-year-old mare enters this contest in the best form of her 33-race career. The l ...
Saratoga Spot Plays for Saturday, July 13

Fri Jul 12 2019Dick Powell

The expected thunderstorms for Thursday turned out to be worse, with heavy rain hitting Saratoga for at least three hours. The track turned muddy and the turf was softened up. Saturday should have better weather but the turf will have some give to ...