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An $82 Miami Pick, Cold $61 Monticello Exacta Headline Week
Thursday, Jan. 2 We were on the attack at Flamboro; our contributions mixed into two-three- and four-digit exotics from our Power Plays (PoP) contenders. The Pick 4’s first leg, Race 2, resulted in a winner with Acefortyfour Pat ($8.50, $4.40, ...
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Hong Kong Spot Plays: Two quinellas on a competitive card
It's a busy time of year for Sha Tin in Hong Kong. The New Year's Day holiday
card is being followed by a regular 10-race slate on Sunday, Jan. 5, which will
mark the third straight racing day hosted by Hong Kong's historic track.
The action w ...
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Resolution for 2020: Betting more aggressively and productively
Some players perhaps would be pleased with a similar record. There were some bad years, though, including a three-year stretch from 2015-17 when beating the blended takeout proved elusive. That figure is generally accepted to be around 20%, maybe ...
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How to bet the Santa Ynez
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert appears to have his
opponents surrounded in Sunday’s $200,000
Santa Ynez Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita. Baffert conditions three of the
seven entrants in the seven-furlong Road to the
Kentucky Oaks qualifier , includi ...
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2020 Kentucky Derby: Baffert’s new 3yos a formidable bunch
Need to get up to speed on all the talent in Bob Baffert’s barn? Here are some names to watch on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
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How to bet the San Gabriel
A field of seven will travel nine furlongs on Santa Anita’s turf
in Saturday’s $200,000 San Gabriel (G2). Conditioner Phil d’Amato will saddle a
pair of talented contenders in the cast, and I think that the race will go
through his duo.
Analysi ...
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Middle leg the key to Fair Grounds Pick 3
Fair Grounds will play host to a 10-race card on Saturday, and while there is not stakes action on the slate, there are attractive betting options throughout the day. I have tabbed a three-race sequence that is especially interesting to me, and h ...
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How to bet the turf stakes at Gulfstream Park January 4
Five stakes will take place during a fine day of racing at
Gulfstream Park on Saturday. Two of the featured events are for 3-year-olds on
the turf, and those races will be my focus.
Kitten’s Joy (G3)
Seven colts, one gelding and a filly wi ...
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The Sham Stakes Tipsheet
Santa Anita will play host to the $100,000 Sham (G3) on Saturday. The mile test is for 3-year-olds and is part of the 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby series, with a 10-4-2-1 points structure going out to the top four finishers. Top Sham Stake ...
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Not every star gets an Eclipse: remembering five of the decade's best
Instead of compiling a list of the obvious stars of the past decade, I’ve found it a more intriguing exercise to recall significant performers who never earned Eclipse Awards.
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Wiggle It Jiggleit completes comeback with victory
It had been over three years since he last reached the winner's circle and more than four years after he enjoyed a dominant sophomore campaign en route to being harness racing horses of the year in 2015, but Thursday evening at Dover Downs Wiggle It ...
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Top trainers vie for 2019 Eclipse Award
Who will win the 2019 Eclipse Award for outstanding trainer? There are plenty of accomplished candidates to choose from, a testament to the quality of racing (and training) in 2019.
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast Jan. 3, 2020
We finish up our weeklong look back at the year 2019, including discussing this years Breeders' Cup and more! ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Independence Hall
His pedigree gives off mixed signals, partly because we
don’t have all the data needed to formulate a thorough opinion. Sire
Constitution was a capable two-turn runner, winning the Florida Derby (G1) and
Donn H. (G1) going 1 1/8 miles, and he’s off t ...
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2020 racing preview: Changes on the Kentucky Derby trail
The Road to the Kentucky Derby will look a little different this time around. Need to get up to speed? Here are three changes to keep an eye on.
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Pennsylvania pick of the week: Three in a row at Parx
As if to celebrate the new year, Parx Racing has assembled a solid card of racing action for Saturday, January 4.
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How to bet the La Verdad
A field of seven New York-bred fillies and mares will travel
seven furlongs on the Aqueduct main oval in Saturday’s $100,000 La Verdad S.
Analysis
The race will go through surging front-runner #2
Pauseforthecause, who has ripped off a thre ...
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How to bet the Mucho Macho Man
Although it’s not an official Road to the Kentucky Derby prep race,
Saturday’s $100,000
Mucho Macho Man Stakes nevertheless serves as the kickoff of Gulfstream
Park’s winter preps for the 2020 Kentucky Derby.
The one-mile event has attracted ...
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New Year's Day offers plenty of good racing action
The old adage that nothing changes on New Year's Day certainly does not apply to thoroughbred racing since all of the runners, regardless of their actually foaling date, turn one year older on January 1. Several horses celebrated their "birthday" in ...
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2020 Harness Racing Season Welcomes New Decade
The first TwinSpires preview blog of the decade should continue seamlessly from the previous 10 years. You need blank pages for your betting ledger, but our relationship continues like any morning that we awake after a good night’s sleep—ready to fac ...
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast 1/2/20
We continue our weeklong look back at the year in racing 2019. On today's show we're looking back at the summer months including Belmont Stakes, Del Mar and Saratoga, Haskell, and more! ...
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Australian Pick of the Week for January 1
Race 4 at Geelong (Australia A) on Wednesday night is a maiden at special weights for 3-year-olds going 6 1/2 furlongs around one left-hand turn with a short run down the backstretch and a long run turning for home. The track designation is Good-4 ...
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5 horse racing wishes for 2020
Christmas is over, New Year’s Day is just around the corner and another great year of horse racing awaits.
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2020 racing preview: 5 horses you need to watch
Looking forward to another exciting year of racing in 2020? We’ve got good news—there will be an abundance of talented horses to watch throughout the year.
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The Jerome Stakes Tipsheet
Happy New Year! The Road to the Kentucky Derby continues on New Year’s Day with the $150,000 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct.
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2020 racing preview: 5 races you won’t want to miss
With 2020 just around the corner, now seems like the perfect time to look ahead at the coming year and examine a handful of the best Thoroughbred races on the agenda.
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McPeek’s Blueridge Traveler stands out in Prairie Bayou Stakes
Whenever trainer Kenny McPeek enters a horse at Turfway Park, handicappers are advised to take notice.
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast Dec. 31, 2019
We continue our look back at the year 2019, today focusing on all the action from March, April, and May. The Kentucky Derby trail is highlighted, as well as this years controversial Run For the Roses! ...
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Year in review: Five international racing stars of 2019
It was a memorable year for high-class Thoroughbreds around the globe, especially fillies and mares, who dominated headlines in Europe, Japan and Australia.
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Four division champs vie for 2019 Horse of the Year honors
When January rolls around and finalists for the 2019 Eclipse Awards are announced, the battle for Horse of the Year will be among the most intriguing.
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Hong Kong Spot Plays: Will Quadruple Double land a triple?
Happy New Year!
The 2019-20 racing season in Hong Kong continues on New Year's Day with a
10-race card at Sha Tin. The highlight of the day is the Chinese Club Challenge
Cup (G3), but just as intriguing is the Chinese Banyan Handicap, in which ...
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast Dec. 30, 2019
We look back at the opening day card from Santa Anita including Omaha Beach's big win in the Malibu, Hard Not To Love in the La Brea, and more! We also begin our weeklong look back at the year 2019 with our Year in Review Day 1. ...
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Harness Players' Horse Of The Year Star Of Season
Each December the TwinSpires harness-racing department studies the 12-month archives of suggested contenders posted in the exclusive weekly harness blog. From that review, we categorize all of the winners paying 4-1 and up and list them in the order ...
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Cal-Expo Upset Nailed At $45; Place Prices Powerful
Thursday, Dec. 26 There were only three places for our Power Plays (PoP) at the Meadows. Favorites, bad performances and scratches took cause at our profit aims. When we were not being beaten by public choices we scored out only winner in the s ...
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La Brea kicks off value Pick 3 at Santa Anita
Santa Anita features a stellar 11-race card on Saturday’s
opening day . Seven stakes races will be contested, led by a trio of Grade 1
tilts featuring some of the top horses in training in the Golden State.
I will be attacking the action later ...
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Extravagant Kid the key to Gulfstream Park Pick 3 ticket
A
superb 11-race card will take place at Gulfstream
Park on Saturday. Six stakes races on the grass headline the action, with
numerous excellent betting opportunities on the slate. My main focus comes
early starting with my top selection on the car ...
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Digital the single in Fair Grounds Pick 3 Play
An intriguing, and potentially healthy, three-race sequence
will take place at Fair
Grounds Saturday covering races 7-through-9. A pair of competitive stakes on
the lawn with vulnerable favorites sandwich a six-furlong maiden special weight
dash, a ...
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Hong Kong Spot Plays: Farewell 2019
The final race card of the year in Hong Kong will take place at Sha Tin on Sunday, Dec. 29. A 10-race card (first post time 11:15 p.m. EST on Saturday) will bring 2019 to a close, with the Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (G3) serving as the feature.
L ...
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Sophomores look strong in 2019 Pan Zareta Stakes
Will a 3-year-old filly defeat her elders in Saturday’s $75,000 Pan Zareta Stakes at Fair Grounds? It’s certainly within the realm of possibility.
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How to bet the 2019 Woodchopper Stakes
An American classic winner will contest the $75,000 Woodchopper Stakes on Saturday at Fair Grounds, but there’s no guarantee he’ll reach the winner’s circle.
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Vast Exotics Expectations; Features Target Outsiders
Between and during the holiday celebrations left for 2019 we are on the lookout for well-paying wagers. This week we present unique contenders from harness racing tracks on both coasts to compliment single- and multi-race exotics, as well as win, pla ...
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Year in review: American Pharoah hits big at stud
One of the highlights of the 2019 racing year was watching Triple Crown champion American Pharoah return to the headlines as a promising young sire of the highest caliber.
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast Dec. 24, 2019
It's Christmas Eve and Jason discusses some of the news of the day, Christmas, and more! ...
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast Dec. 23, 2019
We look back at a soggy weekend of races from Fair Grounds, Gulfstream Park, and Aqueduct. We talk about Santa Anita pushing back opening day and the other news of the day ...
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Northfield Exotic Numbers Shine In Pick-5 Sequence
Thursday, Dec. 19 Features from Pompano and Dayton highlighted the evening’s choices. At Pompano we were beaten in a conditioned trot by the public choice. We had no way of proving a comeback theory with our top choice, New Plymouth (37-1), si ...
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How to bet the Gravesend Stakes
The Sunday feature at Aqueduct on Sunday is the $100,000 Gravesend S. Run at 6 furlongs, just five will challenge standout Firenze Fire in what looks like a tough task to upend the four-year-old. Analysis The surging #6 Happy Farm could ...
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Year in review: Top 5 horse racing upsets of 2019
With multiple divisions producing chaos throughout the year, narrowing down a list of the five greatest upsets in 2019 is easier said than done.
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A longshot to key with Almond Eye in the Arima Kinen
Almond Eye wasn’t originally supposed to turn up in this spot, but a slight illness caused her to miss a scheduled run in Hong Kong two weeks ago, so her connections rerouted her to the Arima Kinen.
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Pennsylvania pick of the week: Sacco's first-timer stands out at Penn National
An intriguing group of 2-year-old maidens will sprint for victory December 21 at Penn National, but the past performances don’t provide many clues for identifying the winner.
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Servis holds strong hand in 2019 Gravesend Stakes
Trainer Jason Servis has been hot at Aqueduct in recent weeks, with 11 wins from his last 41 starters. He’ll be especially formidable in the $100,000 Gravesend Stakes on December 22, when he'll saddle the two probable favorites.
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How to bet the Mr. Prospector Stakes
How to bet a superb field of six will travel seven furlongs in the $100,000 Mr. Prospector S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.
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How to bet the 2019 Sugar Bowl Stakes
If you examine the past performances for Saturday’s $75,000 Sugar Bowl Stakes at Fair Grounds, it’s easy to land on #2 Gold Street as the horse to beat.
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast Dec. 20, 2019
It's Friday and we welcome in the Jury to talk about their picks for Horse of the Year and the holidays. Jason talks about the news of the day and looks ahead to stakes action from Gulfstream and Aqueduct. ...
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Vacation springs upset victory in Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun
The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby gained a new leader December 18, when the promising Vacation rallied to a last-second triumph in the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun at Kawasaki Racecourse.
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Rating the first round of 2020 Kentucky Derby prep races
The year is nearly over, and the first prep races for the 2020 Kentucky Derby (G1) are in the history books. Which were the strongest?
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Kentucky Derby Top 10: Honor A. P. leads the charge into winter
Although three Road to the Kentucky Derby prep races took place over the last two weeks, the results did little to change our Kentucky Derby Top 10 rankings.
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Santa Super Saturday spot plays at Fair Grounds
A fantastic day of racing has been carded at Fair Grounds on Dec. 21. The Santa Super Saturday program offers 14 races, led by a six-pack of competitive stakes contests. I have found a handful of races of particular interest to me, all featuring tw ...
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Hong Kong Spot Plays: Second-time starters poised for victory
When Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong hosts a 10-race card on Saturday, Dec. 21, my attention will be focused on a handful of second-time starters with seemingly bright futures.
Call it speculation, or a hunch, or even just a gamble, but
I’m ex ...
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast Dec. 19, 2019
Jason returns from jury duty and talks about his week in court. Then we talk about the big Super Santa Saturday card coming up at Fair Grounds this weekend. ...
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Holiday Harness Hours A-Plenty; Persuing Profits Powerfully
This is the penultimate preview blog of 2019 but well-paying wagers appear seamlessly from old year to New Year and so we continue to present the best possible contenders in North America to help your profit motives with harness races. Specialty ...
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Kentucky Derby contender profile: Shoplifted
Owned by Grandview Equine, Cheyenne Stables and LNJ Foxwoods, Shoplifted has long been a highly regarded prospect. He sold for $525,000 as a yearling and for $800,000 as a 2-year-old in training, and as Santana revealed after the race, “I knew he mig ...
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast Dec. 18, 2019
It's a best of the JB Horse Racing Podcast as we go back to our interview from this past spring with horseplayer Tony Zhou. ...
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Hong Kong Spot Plays: Ting and Purton seek a double
Trainer Jimmy Ting and jockey Zac Purton figure to be a formidable team at Happy Valley on Wednesday, December 18.
Ting has entered a half-dozen runners across the nine-race
card (first post time is 7:45 a.m. ET), and Purton will guide two of ...
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Australian Pick of the Week for December 18
Race 3 at Warrnambool (Australia A) on Wednesday night is a
maiden at special weights for 3-year-olds going seven furlongs around one
left-hand turn with a long run down the backstretch. The track designation is
Good-4 so it should be favorable to al ...
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Dover Downs hosts intriguing Thursday card
Temperatures may be expected to plummet this week, but those venturing the Dover Downs will have a chance to pad their Christmas shopping bankrolls on Thursday through a number of intriguing events for pacers. Two horses that have proven dominant at ...
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast Dec. 17, 2019
We look back at the racing action from Sunday night as Ed Burgart called his final race at Los Alamitos. Also the Springboard Mile with an exciting finish and more! ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Shoplifted
Shoplifted, a Road to the Kentucky Derby contender, has established enough points to run in the Kentucky Derby.
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast Dec. 16, 2019
We look back at some weekend racing action including a big stakes-filled card from Gulfstream Park on Saturday. ...
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Harness action prevails on Saturday from noon to midnight
Harness racing enthusiasts may have diminished in numbers over the years but the remaining group is a genuinely hearty breed that insists on watching Saturday action from noon to midnight at tracks large and small. As is typically the case on Saturd ...
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Power Plays Dig Deep; Soaring Place Prices Deliver Impressively
Thursday, Dec. 12 Our Power Plays (PoP) included a Saragoga Pick 3 and single-race exotics per leg. We played a big role in the first leg, defeating the race favorite with Delightful Trysta ($8.40, $4.90, $3.00) and scoring a huge element for ...
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Five exciting juveniles ready to join the Kentucky Derby trail
The Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard is already stacked with promising juveniles who have shown potential in major stakes races. Who else is out there?
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Bettors took a wait-and-see approach in first pool of Kentucky Derby Future Wager
Two weeks after the close of the first pool in the 2020 Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW), the significant popularity of the "All Other 3-Year-Old Males" option looks even more understandable.
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Hong Kong Spot Plays: A double for Quadruple Double?
Racing continues at Sha Tin in Hong
Kong on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. An abundance of competitive fields have been
assembled, particularly during the second half of the 1o-race card, which kicks
off at 11:15 p.m. (ET) on Saturday for racing fans in No ...
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Horses for courses: The best tracks for every NASCAR driver
It's the NASCAR Cup Series offseason, so it's great time to work on your handicapping for the 2020 season. One of the best approaches to picking winners is the horse-for-course angle.
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Year in review: The 5 greatest races of 2019
As we head into the final three weeks of 2019, with only a handful of major racing events left on the calendar, now seems like the perfect time to celebrate the season with a look back at five of the year’s greatest races.
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Who offered fair odds in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1?
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1 closed December 1, and already we’re starting to get a feel for which horses offered good value and which runners may have been priced too short.
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How to bet the Remington Springboard Mile
At first glance Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen appears to have Sunday’s $400,000 Remington Springboard Mile Stakes surrounded, but a Kentucky invader is our pick.
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How to bet the Valedictory Stakes on Woodbine's closing-day
The Valedictory Stakes contenders and morning line odds
#1 ITSTARTSWITHADRINK (50-1) -- Outsider is winless since
2017, and he also takes a massive class hike after facing $15,000 claimers most
recently. Giant Gizmo would be a shocker against ...
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Springboard Mile Tipsheet
The $400,000 Remington Springboard Mile Stakes will be run Sunday night at Remington Park going a two-turn mile on the dirt for two-year-olds.
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Gulfstream Park stakes plays for December 14
Four of the five are graded races at Gulfstream Park Saturday looks especially competitive to me, here is how I am going to play them.
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast Dec. 13, 2019
It's Friday and we're looking ahead to weekend action including stakes from Gulfstream Park, Louisiana Champions Day at Fair Grounds, and the Springboard Mile at Remington. The Jury come on to discuss their worst bets. ...
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Champions Day spot plays at Fair Grounds
Picks for a total of seven stakes races for Cajun-bred runners will take place on Louisiana Champions Day at Fair Grounds on Saturday.
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast Dec. 12, 2019
It's Horseplayer Thursday and we're joined by Canterbury Park Analyst Brian Arrigoni to talk about his big weekend down at Gulfstream Park. Jason opens the show discussing bad favorites. ...
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Hot Harness Picks In The Arctic Cold; Swinging For High Exotics
Mid-December means holiday shopping to all but particularly more chances to pay for all the holiday shopping with smart, well-paying wagers. As we do through every season, in mid-December we present the best possible contenders in North America to he ...
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast Dec. 11, 2019
We discuss the news of the day including the Symposium kicking off in Arizona. Then we're happy to welcome in jockey Jorge A. Vargas Jr. to the show to talk about his up and coming riding career, his victory in the Fall Highweight this past weekend, ...
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Australian Pick of the Week for December 11
Race 1 at Echuca (Australia A) on Wednesday night is a
maiden at special weights for 3-year-old fillies going 5 1/2 furlongs around
one left-handed turn with a long run down the backstretch. The track
designation is Good-4 so it should be favorable t ...
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Kentucky Derby contender profile: Shotski
The unheralded Shotski sold for just $25,000 as a yearling, but with his triumph in the $250,000 Remsen Stakes (G2) on December 7 at Aqueduct, he has emerged as a genuine threat for next year’s classics.
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Rosecroft races through rainy conditions on Monday
Amid conditions that were far from ideal on Monday evening, Rosecroft Raceway hosted one of the final live cards of the 2019 season as trotters, pacers and drivers weathered the misty elements. Despite the conditions, both the fall meet champion pace ...
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast Dec. 10, 2019
We're excited to welcome in longtime Los Alamitos announcer Ed Burgart to talk about the big races coming up this weekend as well as his retirement from the mic. ...
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Hong Kong Spot Plays: Veterans vs. newcomers at Happy Valley
After the excitement of the Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin last weekend, the
Wednesday, December 11 card at Happy Valley might seem a bit dull by
comparison.
But make no mistake, the races are just as competitive, if
not quite as cla ...
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Kentucky Derby contender profile: Thousand Words
Thousand Words knows how to win a driving finish—that much is certain. Whether he can give trainer Bob Baffert a sixth Kentucky Derby (G1) victory is another question entirely, but the colt took a big step toward that goal when he prevailed in a hard-fought edition of the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2).
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Thousand Words
On the one hand, the top half of Thousand Words’ pedigree is loaded with classic stamina. Sire Pioneerof the Nile placed second in the 2009 Kentucky Derby (G1) and sired 2015 Triple Crown champion American Pharoah.
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Shotski
Take one glance at Shotski’s pedigree, and it’s easy to see where this emerging Kentucky Derby (G1) contender gets his resiliency.
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast Dec. 9, 2019
We look back at the weekend of racing action including Maximum Security's win in the Cigar, wire to wire day at Aqueduct, Claiming Crown at Gulfstream Park, and Los Alamitos' opening weekend. ...
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Best Win $28; Cold Cal-Expo $68 Exacta; Power Plays Pump Profits
Thursday, Dec. 5 Our Power Plays (PoP) included a Philly Pick 3 and single-race exotics per leg. In the first event the favorite won, followed by our choices, Beaver Creek Misty ($3.20, $2.10) and Always B Hanny ($2.10). The exacta paid $6.40 ...
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Aqueduct spot plays for Cigar Mile Day
The last major racing day of the year in New York will take place Saturday, December 7 at Aqueduct .
Half a dozen stakes races are on the agenda, including the $250,000 Remsen Stakes (G2) , a steppingstone on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. We’ ...
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Betting Japanese shippers in the Hong Kong International Races
If you love high-class international horse racing, you
won’t want to miss the Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin Racecourse on
Sunday.
Four rich prizes – the 2,400-meter Hong Kong Vase (G1), the
1,200-meter Hong Kong Sprint (G1), the 1,600 ...
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The Remsen Stakes Tipsheet
The $250,000 Remsen (G2) will be run at 1 1/8 miles on the main track at Aqueduct on Saturday for 2-year-olds. The field will have a short run into the clubhouse turn so some will be compromised.
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