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Quintet Of Colts Aiming For August Line Trio Of Sires Stakes At Monticello
Only five Hambletonian hopefuls (e) are in action in three New York Sires Stakes (NYSS) for colts on Monday afternoon, June 3. Giving them the edge in the dozen other state-breds is the best way to approach wagering on the events.
Around 1 p.m. on ...
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Belmont Stakes 2019 News & Notes
While the winner of the Kentucky Derby (G1) is not expected to take part in the third jewel of the Triple Crown, the 151st running of the Belmont Stakes (G1) has attracted Preakness Stakes (G1) hero WAR OF WILL and Derby third-placer TACITUS .
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2019 Belmont Stakes workout round-up: War of Will won’t breeze; Tacitus sharp
The two leading contenders for Saturday’s Belmont S . (G1), War of Will and Tacitus , are using different training regimens for the 1 1/2-mile “Test of the Champion.” That’s as it should be, given their contrasting circumstances.
War of Wil ...
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Three Of Four PA All-Star Strikes, $16 Tops; North America Cup Preps Please Public; Hambo Trail Has Traffic
We will catch up where we left of last week in the Hambletonian Trail section, otherwise, we report the rundown of successes and failures from our preview TwinSpires harness blog.
Friday, 31
At Western Fair the Camluck Classic, our top choice, ...
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Hong Kong Spot Plays: Class drop key for Simply Brilliant
by J. Keeler Johnson
The Sunday, June 2, race card at Sha Tin at Hong Kong is a bit bigger than usual, with 11 races on the agenda rather than the typical 10. That means bettors will have one extra chance to make a big score on the competitive ...
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Chad Brown brings two for Pennine Ridge Stakes
The $200,000 Pennine Ridge Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park is a young race, with its inaugural run in 2014, but already has found a productive place on the racing calendar.
The 1 1/8-mile event, scheduled for June 1 this year, was created to ser ...
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Penn National Spot Plays for June 1, 2019
I like the way that the Penn National race office has doled out the eight stakes on Penn Mile Stakes (G2) day on Saturday. Instead of interspersing dirt and turf stakes races, they separated the first four to dirt stakes and the second four to turf s ...
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Arlington Park spot plays: Larry Rivelli set for big Saturday
Saturday could be a good day for trainer Larry Rivelli.
With 21 wins from 45 starters—a 47% strike rate—Rivelli is leading the trainer standings at Arlington Park and will have five runners on the Illinois racetrack’s Saturday card. The star of ...
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Hambletonian Future Wager Pool 2
The second Hambletonian Future Wager pool for 2019 opened May 31, taking bets through Sunday, June 2, at 11:00 p.m (Eastern).
The third future wager pool opens Friday, July 5 at 11:00 a.m., taking bets through Sunday, July 7, and closes at 11:00 p ...
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Looking for longshots in the 2019 Epsom Derby
They call it the Derby for a reason—it’s the father of all Derbys, the race that started it all way back in 1780.
Officially called the Investec Derby (G1) and held over 1 1/2 miles at Epsom, the great race has been dominated in recent years by Ir ...
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Epsom Derby: Sir Dragonet to arise; Bangkok the better price
If racing were purely a game of chance, Coolmore's prolific trainer Aidan O'Brien would have a roughly 54 percent chance of winning Saturday's Epsom Derby (G1) as he saddles seven of the 13 entrants. Being a sport of skill and talent, however, some o ...
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What has the last decade taught us about racing at Belmont Park?
A lot has changed at Belmont over the last 10 years. The Mother Goose is a grade 2 now and it’s conducted at 1 1/16 miles, so Rachel Alexandra’s stakes record is safe. The trainer and jockey standings also look a bit different than they did in 2009. ...
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How to Bet the 2019 Penn Mile Stakes
The $500,000 Penn Mile Stakes (G2) will be run as Race 11 at Penn National on Saturday afternoon. Contested at one mile on the turf course, it attracted a field of nine three-year-olds. Central Pennsylvania has had heavy rain all week and, even if it ...
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How to bet the 2019 Connaught Cup Stakes
#1 Shakhimat might not be the most consistent horse in training, but when he starts in Saturday’s $175,000 Connaught Cup Stakes (G2) at Woodbine , I think he’ll be sitting on a winning performance.
The 6-year-old son of Lonhro has long been ...
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Exacta box of the week: Parx race 4 on Saturday, June 1
Exacta Box of the week for Parx Racing
The fourth race at Parx Racing on Saturday attracted a field of nine fillies in what appears to be a solid betting opportunity. The $40,000 maiden claiming contest features a vulnerable favorite, as well as ...
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Why I'm betting Forty Under in the 2019 Penn Mile
Forty Under will almost certainly receive a better setup in the Penn Mile, especially with #2 A Thread of Blue , #4 Real News and #7 Empire of War all expected to show speed. Having a prep run under his belt could also trigger improvement from F ...
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How to bet the 2019 Arlington Matron Stakes
In terms of proven class and overall accomplishments, #3 La Force is clearly the mare to beat in Saturday’s $100,000 Arlington Matron Stakes (G3) at Arlington Park .
Last year, the German-bred daughter of Power placed second in three straig ...
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Epsom Friday: Maqsad the top selection in Oaks; Marmelo for Coronation Cup upset
The racing world's attention focuses this weekend on Epsom Downs for both the Derby (G1) and Oaks (G1), the latter of which is the feature on Friday. Fourteen fillies will line up in the 1 1/2-mile classic that has a scheduled post time of 11:30 a.m. ...
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Exacta Bet of the Day for Saturday, June 1 at Parx Racing
Exacta Box of the day for Parx Racing
The fourth race at Parx Racing on Saturday attracted a field of nine fillies in what appears to be a solid betting opportunity. The $40,000 maiden claiming contest features a vulnerable favorite, as w ...
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Saturday spot plays for Churchill Downs
Proving once again that there’s more to racing at Churchill Downs than the first Saturday in May, the Louisville racetrack has put together a solid evening of competitive events for Saturday.
The 11-race card kicks off at 6 p.m. ET and include ...
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Using Optix Plot to handicap Parx Racing June 1, 2019
Using Optix Plot to Handicap Race 1 at Parx on Saturday, June 1
The Optix plot is one of the most powerful handicapping tools to come to market in recent years. It gives the user a snapshot of the projected race shape, using a proprieta ...
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Camluck Classic Launches Stakes Weekend; PA All Stars Pace For Profit; Canada Hosts Top Sophs, Aged Stars
This week we heat up along with the temperatures as June opens with a serious focus on glamour boys who pace and trot. We’re heading to Canada for “Cup” prepping and an older group for the Camluck Classic. The trot sophs are wailing in the Hambletoni ...
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Colts Coming On Strong; Swandre The Giant At Hoosier Home; Currier & Ives Fillies On Fire
Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks hopefuls (e) are in action as June begins the last two months of Hambo hopes.
A lot of this week’s action will determine the placing of this year’s first edition of Hambletonian Trail Top Ten.
On May 30, India ...
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Bolo springs 32-1 upset in Shoemaker Mile
The Shoemaker Mile marked a career-best effort from Bolo, who stopped the clock in 1:34.07 and secured his first grade 1 win thanks to the patience of his trainer/owner team, Carla Gaines and Golden Pegasus Racing. “The first race in April was a bit ...
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Churchill Downs Pick of the Week for May 30
The 6TH race at Churchill Downs on Thursday is a highly competitive maiden special weight affair at six furlongs on the dirt. A field of 10 sophomore fillies will go postward in hopes of bagging the lion's share of the hefty $95,000 purse.
Beau La ...
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Dick Powell's Australian Pick of the Week May 29
Race 3 at Gosford (Australia A) on Wednesday night is a five-furlong maiden race. The track is expected to be "Good-4" so the ground should be pretty neutral.
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Regally-bred Enforceable poised for Churchill graduation Friday
The fifth race on Friday at Churchill Downs is a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight dash. Eight colts and a gelding will contest the sprint, including John Oxley's ENFORCEABLE .
Trained by Mark Casse, the gray son of Tapit ran a big one on deb ...
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Hoosier Park Harness Race of the Week for May 29, 2019
Wednesday's first leg of the Indiana Sires Stakes is the Hoosier Park Race of the Week. Carded as the 9th, the $48,000 feature for sophomore fillies attracted a field of nine with a quartet of live contenders sired by Swan for All.
Don't forget ...
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Hong Kong Spot Plays: Betting On a Moreira Double
by J. Keeler Johnson
Jockey Joao Moreira has been acclaimed as one of the greatest jockeys in the world, and I’ll be heavily relying on his skills when I play the Wednesday card at Happy Valley in Hong Kong.
The eight-race card kicks off at 7 ...
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Yonkers offers sophomore stakes action
Saturday Harness Racing Recap
One week after thoroughbred racing fans watched War Of Will rebound from his troubled trip in the Kentucky Derby to capture the Grade I Preakness Stakes , harness racing enthusiasts were able see numerous top sophomo ...
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Memorial Day cards highlight weekend of harness action
Memorial Day Harness Racing
While the most lucrative stakes race of the weekend was contested at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday night, harness racing enthusiasts still had ample stakes action on Sunday afternoon and Memorial Day Monday at a trio of ...
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Overview of championship divisions as Breeders’ Cup prep season begins
As the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series kicks off stateside with Monday’s Shoemaker Mile (G1), it’s an opportune time to assess the state of the various divisions at this still relatively early stage of the season.
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Chalk Chokes Sunday Stakes; Hoosier-Final Speedster Nabbed; Right ‘Rooney’ Exacta Partner; Top ‘Watch ‘Winner At $20
The weeks in harness are becoming more intense by the day. This is the rundown of our successes and failures from both of our TwinSpires blogs in the past week:
Thursday, May 23
In Hoosier’s feature events on the program, we won the first, the ...
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Spot Plays for Santa Anita stakes on Sunday, May 26
A pair of Grade 2 tilts for the ladies headlines the Sunday card at Santa Anita .
RACE 6: Summertime Oaks (G2)
Just five sophomore fillies will go postward in this 1 1/16-mile affair, and Judy Hicks’ homebred My Majestic Rose (#1) (4-1) is ...
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Why I'm Betting Delta Prince in the Shoemaker Mile
I’ll bet Delta Prince to win and key him on top in the exacta and trifecta . Underneath, I’ll favor Catapult, who finished fourth in the Pegasus World Cup Turf after making a premature mid-race move to seize the lead. He was only beaten a nose i ...
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Playing against Pakistan Star in the Champions & Chater Cup
by J. Keeler Johnson
Pakistan Star (#4) might be a fan favorite with a wicked turn-of-foot, but he’ll need to reverse a lengthy losing streak if he’s going to emerge victorious in the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (G1) on Sunday ...
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Saturday Spot Plays for Churchill Downs and Arlington Park
With 25 stakes races scheduled to be run from coast to coast, Saturday will be a busy day for racing in North America.
Churchill Downs and Arlington Park have both put together appealing cards, with Churchill offering two stakes races and Arli ...
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How to Bet the Santa Anita stakes on Saturday
A trio of graded stakes races will highlight an excellent 10-race card at The Great Race Place on Saturday. Competitive fields with good betting opportunities are the theme for the features, and I will highlight my top choices in each event.
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More Sires Stakes Tests; Currier & Ives Single Meadows Contest For Glamour Boys; Gimpanzee Jousts At Vernon
Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks hopefuls (e) are in action all weekend in lucrative New Jersey Sires Stakes (NJSS), Pennsylvania Sires Stakes (PASS) and the Grand Circuit-classic Currier & Ives. Then, at Vernon, colts and fillies battle divisi ...
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May 2019 Breeders' Cup Overview: Who Leads Each Division?
Don’t look now, but the 2019 Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita Park is just more than five months away, and the first North American leg of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series kicks off this weekend.
Handicappers will be happy to know several ke ...
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Keeler Johnson's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Top 5: Never Too Early
The season isn’t over yet, but surely it isn’t too early to be thinking about 2-year-olds and the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile , right?
Forgive me if I’m jumping the gun, but the juvenile racing action will be heating up before we know it, and ...
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Churchill Downs Pick of the Week for May 24
Friday’s 8TH race at Churchill Downs is an $80,000 allowance/optional claiming event which carries a robust $91,000 purse. A field of 10 will vie in the stakes-quality cast and I think there is good value in the field, even with lukewarm favorite ...
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Full Fields Forecast Profit In Art Rooney At Yonkers, Hoosier Finals, Sunday Philly Cast Of Fast Aged Veterans
This week’s features continue with many divisions cutting through the thick spring weather for ever-growing purses. We begin on Thursday and go through Sunday (note that our Weekend Update blog will be posted on the night of Sunday, May 26). Sophomor ...
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Keeler Johnson's Breeders' Cup Distaff Top 10: Division is Deep
Midnight Bisou
Midnight Bisou hasn’t lost since she finished third behind Monomoy Girl in the Distaff and is 3-for-3 in 2019, most recently unleashing a determined finish to win the Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) at Oaklawn. Among the ...
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Which Horses are Bred to Handle the Belmont Stakes Distance?
While many handicappers will argue pedigrees are no longer a key factor in determining the winner of the Kentucky Derby , they remain an important aspect to consider when analyzing potential contenders for the Belmont Stakes .
The 1 1/2-mile ...
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Which Horses Have the Best Chance to Win the Belmont Stakes?
With entries due in less than two weeks, the field is slowly coming together for the final leg of the Triple Crown, the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1) on June 8 at Belmont Park .
At least 11 horses are under consideration for the 1 1/2- ...
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Keeler Johnson's Breeders' Cup Classic Top 10: Wide Open
Who exactly are the early favorites to win the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Santa Anita Park ?
A dearth of proven star power among the older horses and a 3-year-old division lacking clarity makes that question difficult to answer. But ...
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Where Will Bodexpress Run Next?
The question is, where will Bodexpress run next? The popular colt with a growing fan base will attract attention wherever he goes, so where might we see him in the future? There are three main paths forward for the connections of Bodexpress to ponde ...
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Young fillies to watch
The Preakness Stakes (G1) deservedly took the lion’s share of the horse racing headlines since last week. But there was other racing, of course, and a pair of two-year-old fillies with Preakness ties caught my eye with their debut wins.
Tracy Farm ...
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Hoosier Harness Race of the Week
Wednesday’s 10th race at Hoosier Park offers a $20,000 purse for fillies and mares going one-mile in an open handicap. A field of nine will contest what appears to be a wide-open betting affair.
Don’t forget to get your GAIT INSURANCE before t ...
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Dick Powell’s Australian Pick of the Week May 22
Race 2 at Hawkesbury (Australia A) on Wednesday night is a 1 1/8-mile maiden race. The track is expected to be “Good-4” so the ground should be pretty neutral.
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Fluid three-year-old title race a good thing for second half of 2019
We all knew well ahead of time there was not going to be a Kentucky Derby (G1)-Preakness (G1) double pulled off this year, and given the events that transpired earlier this month that's not a bad thing.
As much as we look forward to the occasional ...
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Meadowlands, Rosecroft, Yonkers offer live action after Preakness
In the moments immediately following the latest renewal of the Preakness Stakes (G1), the Meadowlands, Rosecroft Raceway and Yonkers Raceway all offered solid cards that featured stakes races. Rosecroft's card began with the first of four $70,000 Ma ...
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Madcap Winners At $27, $21; Maryland Sires Stakes Picks Crush; Hambo Exotics Strike Hard; 52 Percent Watchers Hit
The weeks in harness are becoming more intense by the day. This is the rundown of our successes and failures from both of our TwinSpires blogs in the past week:
Thursday, May 16
At Hoosier we covered the features, two divisions of the Go On BB ...
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How to Bet the 2019 Soaring Softly Stakes
Trainer Chad Brown might be the dominant conditioner of turf horses in North America, but on Saturday, he’ll try something new in the $100,000 Soaring Softly Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park . In essence, he’ll try to win a major turf race with a tr ...
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Standing against Dixie, Preakness favorites in Late Pick 4 at Pimlico
A $2 million-guaranteed Late Pick 4, encompassing the most important and historic stakes held at Pimlico on Preakness Day, is a good sequence we're hoping doesn't chalk out. Here's how we'll play it.
Race 10 -- Gallorette (G3)
#1 I'M SO FANC ...
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Top Milers Prep for Royal Ascot in Lockinge Stakes
I suspect Lord Glitters will be overlooked a bit in the North American betting pool, considering his lone start on our side of the pond yielded a sixth-place finish in the 2018 Woodbine Mile (G1). But Lord Glitters was severely compromised by a slow ...
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How to Bet the 2019 Louisville Handicap
A year ago a Brazilian-bred Group 1 winner by the name of Vettori Kin scored his first and so far only victory in North America, rallying to a decisive 2 1/2-length victory in the 1 1/2-mile Louisville Handicap (G3) at Churchill Downs .
On ...
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How to Bet the Louisville Handicap with Soglio
A competitive field of seven will travel 1 1/2 miles on the Churchill Downs turf in Saturday’s feature, the $100,000 Louisville Handicap (G3). Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s SOGLIO (#3) (5-2) was assigned favoritism for the grassy marathon in advance o ...
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Meadowlands Hosts New Jersey Sires Stakes For Both Sexes, Betting Bargains Abound
Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks hopefuls (e) charge in New Jersey Sires Stakes (NJSS) divisions at the Meadowlands on Friday, May 17.
The colts are first with a field of seven. Though Greenshoe (e)will be the desired one by bettors, Ave Svanste ...
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Canterbury Free Picks for Saturday May 18th Race Card
Canterbury Park has an interesting card to play on Preakness Saturday
Minnesota-breds highlight the action Saturday at Canterbury Park, where a pair of long-standing $50,000 stakes for state-bred sprinters serve as the co-features. Unfortunatel ...
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Churchill Downs Pick of the Week for May 18
Saturday's sixth race at Churchill Downs is an entry-level allowance for three-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles on the turf, and the improving #1 DIVA DAY (8-1) looks like one who can take a step forward at a price.
Rallying to win her debut aft ...
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Meadowlands, Yonkers offer stakes action on Preakness Day
Not long after the Preakness Stakes goes official on Saturday - preferably without a lengthy inquiry - both the Meadowlands and Yonkers Raceway will give harness racing fans plenty of stakes action for sophomore and older pacers. In one of the earli ...
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Betting a Cold Exacta in the 2019 Selene Stakes
If anyone can challenge Bold Script, it’s probably trainer , who will send out #1 Souper Charlotte , #2 Power Gal and #3 Preferred Guest . From a handicapping perspective, the three fillies offer varying strengths and weaknesses. Souper Charlotte ...
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How to Bet the 2019 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
I know, I know. When we were handicapping the Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs two weeks ago, we all thought there was a ton of speed in the race, only to watch in disbelief as Serengeti Empress shook loose on an uncontested lead and won in gat ...
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Preakness Stakes Make the Case - Improbable & War of Will
On Saturday, Improbable should offer favorite’s odds. War of Will figures to go off second choice. There are reasons to like both horses to win the Second Jewel of the Triple Crown. There are also reasons to go against both. Check out the case for an ...
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2019 Preakness Stakes Free Picks
The Second Jewel of the Triple Crown takes place this Saturday on May 18. Last week, most horseplayers looked towards either War of Will or Improbable as their key horse. It made sense because those two horses ran decent enough in the Kentucky Derby ...
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Preakness: Two Contenders and a Question Mark
by Nicole Schiveley
When was the last time the Preakness Stakes (G1) was run with the absence of the Kentucky Derby’s (G1) top three finishers? It was 68 years ago, to be exact. That’s a long time in both horse years and human.
While the e ...
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Filly Frays Ensue; Sires Stakes Challenge Favorites As Division Remains Wide Open
Hambletonian Oaks hopefuls (e) race for berths in the Empire Breeders Classic (EBC) final next week at Vernon. They are on the Trail on Friday, May 17 in $12,500 elimination divisions.
The Meadowlands hosts colts and fillies in the launch of the New ...
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More Sophomores Get With The Programs At Yonkers, Rosecroft; Six Pack Returns In Graduate Trot Division
Both harness blogs blast off for bettors this weekend. Our features preview is Saturday-heavy as the eastern seaboard tracks sail into mid-May. Along with the highlighted affairs in this edition of our preview blog, sophomore trotters and bettors go ...
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How to Bet the 2019 Pimlico Special
Even Cordmaker’s sprinting abilities have improved with maturity. He’s just a 4-year-old and still improving, which was made evident by his 4 1/4-length romp in a seven-furlong optional-claiming allowance race at Laurel last month. In a notable impro ...
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How To Bet Horse Racing Podcast: How To Bet Pimlico Race Course Preakness Stakes Week
Preakness Stakes week at Pimlico Race Course means more than just the Preakness race, as there is a bevy of added money action on both Friday and Saturday at Old Hilltop. To help you navigate these big days of racing, Ed DeRosa welcomes John Scheinm ...
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Radio Network How To Bet Horse Racing Podcast: Preliminary Thoughts on How To Bet the Preakness Stakes
Part of the Preakness Stakes handicapping puzzle is looking back at the Kentucky Derby, but with several "new shooter" contenders in this year's group there are more pieces than ever before to try to fit together.
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Exacta a good bet in the 2019 Preakness
Although the post-time favorite recently went on a long and unprecedented winning streak in the Kentucky Derby (G1) (2013-18), the Preakness (G1) is generally considered the more formful of the three Triple Crown events, at least with respect t ...
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Tonalist babies ready to make their mark on track
Spring marks the season when two-year-olds get their careers underway on the racetrack. It is among the most exciting times of the year for me as I attempt to scope out the future stars of tomorrow. And it’s also a time to shed light on the up-and-co ...
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Dick Powell's Australian Pick of the Week May 15
Race 5 at Hamilton (Australia A) on Wednesday night is a 5 1/2-furlong maiden race. The track is expected to be "Soft-6" so any form on less than firm ground will be of value.
#6 SANTELME FUEGO showed good speed before weakening at long odds in ...
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Preakness Stakes Make the Case – Alwaysmining & Win Win Win
This year’s Preakness Stakes figures to be more of a handicapping challenge than any Preakness since 2010. Lookin At Lucky beat Derby winner Super Saver that year. We could see something similar on Saturday with a second or third choice horse like Al ...
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Preakness Stakes Make the Case - Anothertwistafate & Owendale
The Preakness Stakes takes place this Saturday on May 18. Although neither Country House nor Maximum Security will run in the race, the field should be deep. That means a horse offering overlay odds could take it. Two possible overlay odds horses cou ...
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Lanier Stamps Synthetic Credentials With Hanshin Cup Triumph
With the sharp decrease in the number of synthetic racetracks in the U.S. over the last decade, there are few high-class options remaining for horses who excel on artificial surfaces.
But you can bet Lanier will make the most of those limited op ...
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2019 Preakness Stakes Jockey Assignments, Facts and Trends
Every year bettors handicapping the Kentucky Derby study a huge number of factors and trends that could affect the outcome of the race, placing greater emphasis than usual on things like history, pedigrees and jockey assignments.
The Preakne ...
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Hoosier Park Harness Race of the Week for May 15, 2019
The Hoosier Park Harness Race of the Week comes in Wednesday’s 12th race. A field of 10 trotters will vie in the non-winners of two contest which kicks off the closing Pick 3.
Don’t forget to get your GAIT INSURANCE before the Race of the Week ...
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Pedigree fun facts for 2019 Preakness
The dozen contenders expected in Saturday’s Preakness (G1) bring notable pedigrees into the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.
Although none is by a Preakness winner, three are grandsons of champions who’ve figuratively hoisted the Woodlawn Vase. ...
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Afleet Alex: Against All Odds
by NICOLE SCHIVELEY
A wise person once said, “Sometimes you have to be knocked down lower than you’ve ever been in order to stand taller than you were before.”
We see it in sports, when athletes faced with seemingly insurmountable adversity ov ...
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Projected cast for 2019 Preakness: How the Middle Jewel is shaping up
For the first time since 1951 , the principals from the Kentucky Derby (G1) are all absent from the Preakness (G1). But if the Middle Jewel doesn’t lend itself so much to a “rematch” story line, Saturday’s classic in Baltimore is giving a few Der ...
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Thoughts on Churchill Downs' $98,666 Late Pick 5 carryover
A $98,666 Late Pick 5 carryover has made the Mother's Day card at Churchill Downs on Sunday even more enticing. Here's how the sequence looks from this perspective.
Race 6
Taking a drop from stakes company into this $50,000 claimer is #6 FAR ...
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Hoosier’s $108 Winner Tops Week’s Wins; 43 Percent Watchers Hit The Board; H-Trail Favorites Hot
Another three-digit winner came through the horses-to-watch list (H2W), making this season the healthiest in our history of blogs to give out as many high-two and three-digit winners before June. This is the rundown for our weekend features:
Thurs ...
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Yonkers, Rosecroft and Harrington offer ample action
In the weekend between the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes there may little of note occurring in the thoroughbred racing world, but harness racing fans will have ample action over the next three nights at Yonkers Raceway in New York, Rosecrof ...
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How to Bet the Mamzelle Stakes
A baker’s dozen of sophomore fillies will travel five panels on the Churchill Downs lawn in Saturday’s $100,000 Mamzelle Stakes. Seven stakes winners are part of the field, which is led by three contestants from the barn of Wesley Ward.
IVA (# ...
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How to Bet the 2019 Man o’ War Stakes
The $700,000 Man o’ War Stakes (G1) will be run as Race 10 at Belmont Park on Saturday afternoon. Contested at 1 3/8 miles on the inner turf course, it attracted a field of nine, with three four-year-olds, five five-year-olds and one six-year-old. ...
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4 Racing Storylines to Follow in Summer 2019
With the Kentucky Derby complete and the spring racing season well underway, I’m already looking ahead to some of the great racing action we can expect to see this summer.
The 13 graded stakes races held at Churchill Downs on Derby week produc ...
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Reflections on My Up-and-Down Derby Week Handicapping
From a handicapping and wagering perspective, Kentucky Derby week at Churchill Downs was a mixed bag for me.
If I’m being honest, the week got off on the wrong foot when my confident top choice for the Derby— Omaha Beach —scratched from ...
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Belmont Spot Plays for May 11, 2019
Race 2 at Belmont Park on Saturday kicks off an early Pick 4.
Leg 1 is a maiden special weight dirt race going one mile for three-year-olds. Todd Pletcher looks strong in here with PRINCIPLED (#6) (5-2) , a son of Medaglia d’Oro who was a good ...
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The best of Hong Kong
The 2018-2019 Hong Kong racing season is winding down. This Saturday at Sha Tin, the Hong Kong Jockey Club will run its 71st day of races, meaning that there will be only 17 days of racing left. Usually, Hong Kong runs two days a week: Wednesday nigh ...
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How to Bet the 2019 Hanshin Stakes
A well-matched field of 11 will travel one mile at Arlington Park in the $100,000 Hanshin Cup Stakes (G3) on Saturday.
GITA’S LAD (#1) (10-1) – Scott Becker charge rides in on a three-race win streak in search of his first stakes win. The geld ...
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Churchill Downs Pick of the Week for May 11
Saturday's ninth race at Churchill Downs is a second-level allowance for older horses, which also carries a $62,500 claiming option. The race has attracted graded stakes winners Funny Duck and Hawaakom, as well as Solomini, who was disqualified from ...
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Why I'm Betting Channel Maker in the Man o' War Stakes
Three straight defeats have befallen #8 Channel Maker since he won the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) in gate-to-wire fashion at Belmont Park last fall. But perhaps a return to Belmont for Saturday’s $700,000 Man o’ War Stakes (G1) will trigg ...
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How to Bet the 2019 Hanshin Cup at Arlington Park
Every year the $100,000 Hanshin Cup Stakes (G3) at Arlington Park offers a great challenge for handicappers who like large, competitive fields.
Held over Arlington’s synthetic Polytrack course, the one-mile race typically attracts an unusual ...
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Ward Fillies Look Competitive in Mamzelle Stakes
If there’s a trainer in North America more successful than at conditioning young turf sprinters, I don’t know who it would be.
So it should come as no surprise Ward has prepared a trio of 3-year-old fillies to contest Saturday’s $100,000 Mamzell ...
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