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Stakes Plays for 2019 Haskell Invitational Day at Monmouth Park
A total of six stakes races, five of which are graded, highlight a blockbuster card at Monmouth Park on Saturday. The $1 million Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) is the headliner and attracted a fine field of seven sophomores. Below are some of m ...
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Arlington’s Spot Plays for Saturday, July 20
A pair of stakes events for Illinois-bred runners are the centerpiece of a nine-race card at Arlington Park on Saturday. I have a handful of horses of interest to me that are worth including in your wagers.
Race 4
OMAR ATTACK (#1) (3-1) f ...
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Exacta Bet of the Day for Saturday, July 20 at Monmouth
Exacta Box of the day for Monmouth Park
This Saturday at Monmouth is Haskell Invitational Day , the biggest day of the New Jersey racing season featuring six stakes races including the $1 million Haskell Invitational (G1) for three-year-olds at ...
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Tabbing an up-and-comer in the Haskell
The Triple Crown consumes the three-year-old division during the first half of the season but once it concludes, it’s smart to keep a lookout for late-developing types. Two of the last three champions, Arrogate and West Coast, bypassed the Triple Cr ...
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Exacta box of the week: Monmouth's ninth race Saturday, July 20
Exacta Box of the day for Monmouth
Saturday is Haskell Day at Monmouth, the biggest day of the New Jersey racing season that features six stakes, including the $1 million Haskell Invitational (G1) for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles, which will go as ...
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Saratoga Scouting Report: Kentucky Horses for Friday, July 19
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 ...
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Track trends can help you win at Del Mar
It is summer in Southern California, and for horseplayers that can only mean one thing: Del Mar is here!
The annual Del Mar summer Thoroughbred meet opened July 17 and ushered in California’s best and most looked-forward-to eight weeks of racing ...
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Three Adios Elims Packed With Pacers At The Meadows; Hoosier Is Nadia Lobell Home; Freshman Firing On All Cylinders
The 2019 season is halfway through but it is surely not all down hill from here. The two-year-olds have merely started to start, so to speak, and the division leaders have all been seriously challenged to date. With that, we take on part two of the s ...
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Gimpanzee Vs. Mr Vicktor At Tioga; Grand Circuit Stakes For Both Divisions At Meadowlands
All fields feature Hambletonian-eligible horses.
Tioga hosts #Hambo19-eligible colts in a pair of New York Sires Stakes (NYSS) races on July 19.
The first in the duo of events, though it is a field of eight, will not offer place or show bettin ...
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Ellis Park Spot Plays for Saturday, July 20
by Joe Kristufek
Race 7 – HITCH (#4) (2-1)
After knocking on the door against legitimate competition at both Keeneland and Churchill Downs this sophomore son of Tapit broke through with a maiden breaker last time out under the Twin Spire ...
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Arlington Trip Notes and Horses to Watch (July 11-14)
The following are trip notes for horses who had tough trips the week of July 11-14 at Arlington Park , and/or who figure to improve in their next races. Add these horses to your horses to watch list, and bet them back next time out if they land in ...
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Saratoga Scouting Report: Kentucky Horses Thursday, July 18, 2019
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 ...
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Spot plays for opening day at Del Mar
Summer has officially arrived at Del Mar , “Where the Turf Meets the Surf.”
Del Mar’s anticipated summer race meet gets underway Wednesday with a 10-race card. It’s a can’t-miss event on the racing calendar, so even if you can’t make it out to ...
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Trainers to watch (and wager on) at Del Mar
Trainer statistics are commonly employed by bettors handicapping horse races. Isn’t it helpful to know a trainer excels with turf horses and juveniles but is less successful with dirt runners and older horses?
In preparation for the much-anticipat ...
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Jockeys to watch (and wager on) at Del Mar
You’ve heard of horses for courses, but what about jockeys for courses?
For a variety of reasons, some jockeys excel when riding at particular racetracks, specific distances or on dirt versus turf and vice versa. When the 2019 summer meet at Del ...
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Classic a better fit for Elate than Distaff
Elate's turn of foot proved sensational as she blew by a couple of respectable foes (Escape Clause and Blue Prize) into a clear lead rounding the far turn...
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Tips for betting 2-year-olds at Del Mar
Need some tips for handicapping the anticipated juvenile races at Del Mar this summer? TwinSpires has you covered!
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Hoosier Park Harness Race of the Week for July 17
The 10TH Race at Hoosier Park on Wednesday is a non-winners of four event for fillies and mares that attracted a nice field of 10 chasing a $7,000 purse. The pacing event looks like a great betting race and it kicks off the late Pick 5 (Race 10-throu ...
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Meadowlands, Yonkers offer Saturday night stakes action
This past Saturday night a pair of tracks on opposite sides of the Hudson River offered stellar cards as the Meadowlands hosted a bevy of lucrative stakes and Yonkers Raceway hosted the first major stakes for two-year-olds this season. In the second ...
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Keeler Johnson's Breeders' Cup Distaff top 5: Elate takes over
Point of Honor
Call it a hunch, but I believe Point of Honor has the potential to step up and be a serious runner this summer and fall. As a daughter of Curlin out of a Bernardini mare, this 3-year-old filly is bred to improve with ...
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Saratoga Scouting Report: Kentucky Horses for Wednesday, July 17
by Joe Kristufek
With Churchill Downs coming off perhaps its 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 des ...
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Maximum Security, King for a Day, Mucho Gusto top Haskell probables
Monmouth Park expects a cast of seven for Saturday’s $1 million Haskell Invitational (G1), with its principals at a crossroads. Maximum Security is looking to regain his Kentucky Derby (G1) form after an upset loss at the hands of the progressive ...
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As Predicted—Bettors Wish Crushes ‘Crunch’ In ‘Pace’; Greenshoe Augments August Hambo Hope; Double-Digit Frosh Hits
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, ...
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Low-Profile Fillies At Tioga Dig In For One More Decent Purse Pursuit Before August
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 ...
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Saratoga Scouting Report: Kentucky Horses for Sunday, July 14
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 ...
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Ellis Park Spot Plays for Sunday, July 14
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 ...
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Hong Kong Spot Plays: A banner finish to the season
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 ...
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Scully’s Saturday stakes plays
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
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 ...
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How to Bet the 2019 Ontario Matron Stakes
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 ...
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Saratoga Scouting Report: Kentucky Horses for Saturday, July 13
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 ...
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Game Winner returns in Los Alamitos Derby
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 ...
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Arlington Park stakes plays for Saturday, July 13
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. ...
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Ellis Park Spot Plays for Saturday, July 13
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 ...
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Saratoga Spot Plays for Saturday, July 13
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 ...
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Indiana Grand stakes plays for Saturday, July 13
A total of six stakes races with combined purses exceeding $1 million headline a huge day of racing at Indiana Grand. I tabbed a few contenders who look to be worth a play in the very competitive events.
RACE 9 – Indiana Derby (G3)
The headli ...
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Exacta Bet of the Day for Saturday, July 13 at Arlington
This Saturday at Arlington is “Ride to the Million” Day, the preview for Arlington Million Day featuring four stakes races worth a total of $525,000, including graded preps for next month’s Arlington Million (G1), Beverly D. (G1) and Secretariat St ...
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Saratoga Scouting Report: Kentucky Horses for Friday, July 12
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 des ...
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Raging Whiskey brings strong form lines to Sanford Stakes
At this time of year hardly any stakes races for 2-year-olds have been run, and comparing the form of juveniles from different tracks is a tricky process.
But when examining the entries for Saturday’s $150,000 Sanford Stakes (G3) at Saratoga , ...
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Why I'm betting Homerique in the 2019 Diana Stakes
In this “Battle of the Browns,” Homerique offers plenty of appeal as the probable third choice in the wagering. She’ll be carrying just 118 pounds in the Diana, six less than Sistercharlie and Rushing Fall. Her terrific turn of foot can help her spri ...
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Arlington Trip Notes and Horses to Watch (July 4-7)
The following are trip notes for horses who had bad or tough trips the week of July 4-7 at Arlington Park , and/or who figure to improve in their next races. Add these horses to your Horses to Watch list, and bet them back next time out if they la ...
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Spot Plays for Indiana Derby Day, Saturday, July 13
by Joe Kristufek
Indiana Grand has five stakes carded for Indiana Derby Day, Saturday, July 13, and TwinSpires had an exclusive VIP offer! Bet them all to insure your play. Get 25% back on losing win wagers up to $100. Opt in now !
Race 4 – ...
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Meadowlands Pace Joust On Tap With Heavy Star Program; Yonkers Youngsters In ‘Sheppard’ Final Leads Frosh-Stakes Splits
The Meadowlands Pace is cause for some arguments as the glamour-boy pacers line up for the classic on a program filled with three-year-olds and up going for top dollar. Meanwhile, the new divisions of sexes and gaits gather around the circuits, with ...
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Colts And Fillies Share Stakes Scene At Meadowlands In ‘Dancer’ And ‘Miller’ For Penultimate Power Points In August
All fields feature Hambletonian-eligible horses.
The pre-Hambletonian’s divisions’ stakes, the Del Miller Memorial for the fillies and Stanley Dancer Memorial for the colts, are carved into two divisions each on July 13, as the “Trail” narrows en ...
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Spot Plays for 2019 Saratoga Opening Day
Saratoga kicks off another glorious season of racing on Thursday with two graded races and six races scheduled for the turf. If the weather holds, there is a chance of late afternoon thunderstorms. You might see another season where more races are r ...
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Stakes spot plays for opening day at Saratoga
The 2019 Saratoga meet kicks off Thursday, with a competitive ten-race card featuring two graded stakes events.
All but one race attracted nine or more entrants, and the stakes races offer plenty of viable contenders to consider. Let’s kick of ...
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In-depth Saratoga trainer capsules (Part 1)
The Saratoga meet is filled with extremely competitive fields and difficult handicapping puzzles. One of the best ways to make your handicapping easier and better is by following trainer trends , which can be useful in narrowing down the races to ...
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In-depth Saratoga trainer capsules (Part 2)
The Saratoga meet is filled with extremely competitive fields and difficult handicapping puzzles. One of the best ways to make your handicapping easier and better is by following trainer trends , which can be useful in narrowing down the races to ...
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In-depth Saratoga trainer capsules (Part 3)
The Saratoga meet is filled with extremely competitive fields and difficult handicapping puzzles. One of the best ways to make your handicapping easier and better is by following trainer trends , which can be useful in narrowing down the races to ...
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Ocean Downs, Harrah's Philadelphia and Meadowlands offer ample weekend action
While many Americans were headed to the beaches or their back yards for cookouts during the long, July 4th holiday weekend that began last Thursday, harness racing fans were keenly focused on a trio of tracks that had plenty of potential equine firew ...
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Ellis Park Spot Plays for Friday, July 12
by Joe Kristufek
Race 3 – LUNAR APPROACH (#1) (8-1 ML)
Adding blinkers for the first time in what will be her 18th start, this five-year-old daughter of Malibu Moon has as good a chance as anybody to win this race, and I’m a bit skeptical of ...
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Dick Powell’s Australia Pick of the Week July 10
Race 5 at Kembla Grange (Australia A) on Wednesday night is a maiden handicap for two-year-olds going five furlongs. The track is expected to be “Heavy-9” so the ground should be very tiring and who can handle it among these inexperienced runners is ...
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Opening day price plays at Saratoga
Saratoga opens Thursday with a 10-race program and I’ve tabbed three candidates to outperform their double-digit morning line odds.
Race 4 – Bemma’s Boy (12-1 morning line)
Mike Maker has morning line favorite Local Hero among 10 entered for ...
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Tips to help you win Saratoga’s turf sprints
Anyone who follows New York racing knows that turf sprints are a giant part of the Saratoga landscape. So many of the turf sprints are run throughout the meet, and if you can raise your win percentage and ROI solely in those races, you will go a long ...
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Trainers to watch (and wager on) at Saratoga
With the 2019 Saratoga summer meet opening July 11, it’s time to formulate our plan of attack for handicapping the multitude of high-quality races.
Determining which trainers to bet under which circumstances is a good place to start. After ana ...
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Jockeys to watch (and wager on) at Saratoga
Summer may have officially started June 21, but in the world of Thoroughbred racing, it doesn’t truly begin until Saratoga opens.
The much-anticipated, high-class meet will open July 11, a week earlier than usual, which will delight racing fan ...
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Breeders' Cup Mile top 5: International flair
The Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) annually ranks among the most competitive races at the Breeders’ Cup World Championships .
The one-mile grass event typically attracts a strong field of North American representatives and a high-class contingent ...
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Breeders' Cup Classic Top 10: A new name at the top
Thunder Snow
The Aug. 3 Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga has been mentioned as Thunder Snow’s next target, though it won’t be an easy spot. The Whitney has produced three of the last nine Breeders’ Cup Classic winners and figures to ...
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Best bets for the 2019 Home Run Derby
The 2019 Home Run Derby is set for Monday night at Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians. Here are three of the smartest wagers to be made in this competition.
Matchup: Carlos Santana over Peter Alonso (+140)
The hometown crowd will ...
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Hong Kong Spot Plays for season finale at Happy Valley
by J. Keeler Johnson
With the 2018-19 racing season in Hong Kong winding down, Happy Valley will hold its final meet of the season on Wednesday. As usual, it's an evening card in Hong Kong, which means bettors in North America will enjoy nine rac ...
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Saratoga Scouting Report: Kentucky Horses for July 11
by Joe Kristufek
With Churchill Downs coming off perhaps its 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 des ...
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Five simple winning tips can give you the edge at Saratoga
The 2019 Saratoga meet opens Thursday, July 11, and it’s time to start brushing up on some tips and trends that can help you win at the highly anticipated 40-day season that lasts throughout the heart of the summer until Labor Day, Monday, Septembe ...
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Saratoga juvenile season kicks off with Schuylerville on opening day
The opening of Saratoga on Thursday highlights many of the best things about our sport, including outstanding two-year-old racing. No meeting across the nation showcases the stars of tomorrow more than 'The Spa' does, and they take little time in pu ...
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Hoosier Park Harness Race of the Week for July 10
The 5th Race at Hoosier Park on Wednesday is a non-winners of four event that carries a purse of $8,500. Seven fillies and mares will trot one mile in one of the more competitive races on the 14-race card.
Don’t forget to get your GAIT INSURANC ...
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Ellis Park Spot Plays for Sunday, July 7
By Joe Kristufek
Race 2 -- #2 One for Richie (8-1 ML)
It took this 3-year-old gelded son of Congrats nine tries to break his maiden, but he did look good doing it last time out at Churchill. The horse who finished second behind him stepped u ...
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Chalk Rules Meadowlands, Lather Up Ties 1:46 Fastest Win Ever, Yonkers
Thursday, July 4
A trio of New York Sires Stakes (NYSS) divisions for frosh-filly trotters attracdted three medium fields to post at Tioga. The public swept the events with winners. We were knocked off the board in all three. First, with Taupa (73 ...
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Hong Kong Spot Plays: Betting on a Unicorn
by J. Keeler Johnson
Set your alarm clock for 4:05 a.m. (ET) on Sunday, July 7! That’s when the most interesting racing action gets underway at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.
Eleven races are scheduled for the Sunday card, which starts at 12 ...
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How to bet the Belmont Derby Day Pick 4
Racing fans will turn their attention to New York on Saturday, when Belmont Park hosts an action-packed card featuring five graded stakes.
One of the most intriguing wagers of the day is the Pick 4 that kicks off in the seventh race. The all ...
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2019 Belmont Oaks international scouting reports: Olendon, Just Wonderful, Coral Beach, Jodie
As in Saturday’s Belmont Derby Invitational (G1), the companion Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1) features an Aidan O’Brien pair along with contenders from France and Japan. In another point of commonality, American-based runners have won four of five ...
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Can Enable be defeated in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes?
But the Coral-Eclipse was not the original plan for Enable’s seasonal debut (she was scheduled to run at but wasn’t ready in time), so it’s possible she could be a little rusty off the layoff. Enable will also cut back in distance off a series of ei ...
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Why I'm betting Pavel in the 2019 Suburban Stakes
Once in a while, the world-traveling #11 Pavel steps up and runs a big race against top-class competition. I believe he could be ready to deliver one of his peak efforts in Saturday’s $700,000 Suburban Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park .
Pavel mi ...
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Longshots offer appeal in Belmont Derby and Belmont Oaks
Belmont Park's Stars and Stripes Festival on Saturday is once again highlighted by the $1 million Belmont Derby (G1) and $750,000 Belmont Oaks (G1), and there appears to be some appealing price options in both of the turf fixtures for three-year-olds ...
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Ellis Park Spot Plays for Saturday, July 6
by Joe Kristufek
Race 1 – TOUCH BLUE (#4) (5-1 ML)
An Allied Racing Stable homebred, this three-year-old daughter of Touch Gold drops to the basement for her third career start. She faced full fields in her first two outings, and a poor star ...
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How to bet the 2019 Belmont Derby
How should we go about narrowing down the main contenders in Saturday’s $1 million Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park ?
Fifteen horses (one an also-eligible) have been entered in the 1 1/4-mile turf race for 3-year-olds, and ...
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Promises Fulfilled stands out in John A. Nerud Stakes
Following a series of troubled defeats against tougher company, it appears #9 Promises Fulfilled has found the perfect spot to rebound in Saturday’s $300,000 John A. Nerud Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park .
This seven-furlong sprint serves as a ...
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Be ready to bet two-turn dirt routes as racing shifts from Belmont to Saratoga
One of Saratoga’s long-standing nicknames is “The Graveyard of Favorites,” and the track has that reputation for a number of reasons. Much of it has to do with the fact that bettors get the dirt route races all wrong by misinterpreting horses’ one- ...
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Hambletonian Future Wager Pool 3
The third pool for the future wager on the 94th edition of the Hambletonian at the Meadowlands Racetrack opened July 5 at 11 a.m.
This is the third of four pools in advance of the Hambletonian, which will be held Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Meadowland ...
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2019 Belmont Derby international scouting reports: Cape of Good Hope, Blenheim Palace, Rockemperor
Since taking its present form in 2014, the Belmont Derby Invitational (G1) has attracted international participation while remaining largely in the grasp of the home team. It’s not surprising that Aidan O’Brien sent out the only foreign shipper to pr ...
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Why I'm betting Newspaperofrecord in the Belmont Oaks
Newspaperofrecord’s greatest asset is her superior tactical speed, so you can argue setting a slow pace in the Wonder Again was not in her best interest. In terms of Brisnet pace ratings, Newspaperofrecord posted E1 and E2 figures of just 82 and 82, ...
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Exacta Bet of the Day for Saturday, July 6, at Belmont Park
The last big hurrah of the Belmont Park spring/summer meet comes on Saturday, July 6, when the meet goes out with a bang with the Stars & Stripes Racing Festival, which encompasses five graded races worth a total of $3 million.
One of the hi ...
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Pocono Downs and Ocean Downs offer weekend stakes
Last weekend offered serious harness racing fans a chance to see many of the sports top trotters pacers compete in a quartet of lucrative finals at Pocono Downs on Saturday night, while Ocean Downs hosted its second round of Maryland Sire Stakes elim ...
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Meadowlands Pace Elims On Tap; Go Go Graduates; Frosh-Colt Berths On Line At Yonkers In ‘Sheppard’ Elims
Sophomore colt pacers are in the forefront this coming weekend in eliminations for berths in the unofficial second jewel of the Pace Tri-Crown—The Meadowlands Pace.
Two-year-olds are coming out in full force. Aside from main features, like the “Sh ...
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Hopefuls For #Hambo19 Still In Play; Colts At Pocono Face Classic-Sidelined Contestants; Grand Circuit Fillies Flyin’
The letter (e) notes a Hambletonian-eligible horse.
On Independence Day, July 4, there are just two #Hambo19 eligible colts racing in each $48,000 Indiana Sires Stakes (INSS) division.
Sign In N Here (e), who goes in the first INSS, is the top ...
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Who will be the Top 10 Trainers at Saratoga 2019?
It’s not too early to start thinking about the Saratoga meet , which opens earlier than usual this season on Thursday, July 11. Saratoga will run five days a week in 2019, Wednesdays through Sundays. As usual, the meet will continue until Labor Day, ...
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Dick Powell's Australia Pick of the Week July 3
Race 3 at Hawkesbury (Australia A) on Wednesday night is a maiden for two-year-olds going five furlongs. The track is expected to be "Soft-7" so the ground should be on the soft side of good, but these inexperienced runners are questionable on who ca ...
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Hoosier Park Harness Race of the Week for July 3
The 4th Race at Hoosier Park on Wednesday is a non-winners of four/optional claiming event for pacers. The one-mile endeavor features a $7,000 purse and looks to be a most competitive assignment for the nine fillies and mares that are entered.
D ...
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Stakes nominations lists can yield clues on Saratoga juveniles
I was one of the big proponents of stretching the 40 days of Saratoga to eight weeks with only five days of racing per week. Six days of racing per week is tough on everyone and the attendance and betting on Monday was down significantly. With only ...
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Keeler Johnson's Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf top 10
Beau Recall
A slow early/fast late race shape compromised Beau Recall in the Just a Game Stakes (G1), but she nevertheless produced a big rally to finish second, beaten just 2 1/4 lengths by Rushing Fall. A better pace setup down t ...
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How to bet the 2019 Iowa Derby
Although the $250,000 Iowa Derby lost its graded stakes status a couple years ago, that hasn’t prevented the 2019 edition from attracting a large and competitive field.
A dozen 3-year-olds will battle over 1 1/16 miles in the Friday test at Pra ...
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Hong Kong Spot Plays: An Unusual Talent
by J. Keeler Johnson
There's plenty to look forward to on Wednesday when racing in Hong Kong shifts back to Happy Valley for an eight-race card.
For starters, first post time is 7:15 a.m. (EDT), so you can watch the action over breakfast rathe ...
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April juvenile maiden at Santa Anita revealing itself as a key race
The term "key race" is synonymous with a race that has produced multiple horses that have run well following the said event. And a perfect example of a key race is one that was the third race held at Santa Anita on April 19. Seven horses went postwar ...
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Blinding Sun-Stakes Results At Pocono; Huge ‘Beal’ Upset; Place Prices Parade In Double Digits
Thursday, June 27
Two New York Sires Stakes divisions for sophomore colt pacers were won for a public second choice and first choice, respectively. Neither of those events found us cashing. In the first split, we finished fourth with Buddy Hill (7 ...
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Hong Kong Spot Plays: All we need is a Touch of Luck
by J. Keeler Johnson
A mixture of grass and dirt racing will be featured during the Monday, July 1, race card at Sha Tin in Hong Kong, which gets underway at 1 a.m. (ET) for fans and bettors in North America.
Among the highlights of the card i ...
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Churchill Downs Single 6 Jackpot: The filly to single Saturday
The Single 6 Jackpot went unclaimed Friday at Churchill Downs , leaving a huge carryover pool of $327,613 to be dispersed Saturday.
On days like these, when a mandatory dispersal of a jackpot pool is on the agenda, it’s wise for bettors to ...
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How to Bet the 2019 Bashford Manor Stakes
A field of 10 two-year-olds will go six furlongs on the Churchill Downs dirt in Saturday’s $125,000 Bashford Manor Stakes (G3). Half of the well-matched field was victorious last time out with a pair of most impressive winners among those.
FR ...
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How to Bet the 2019 Debutante Stakes
A field of nine will vie in Saturday’s $125,000 Debutante Stakes at Churchill Downs. The six-furlong affair for sophomore fillies is led by excellent maiden winners Magic Dance and Indy Take Charge, both of whom graduated beneath the Twin Spires.
...
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How to Bet the 2019 Princess Rooney Stakes
Seven fillies and mares will navigate seven furlongs on the main surface at Gulfstream Park in the $250,000 Princess Rooney S. (G2) on Saturday. Defending champ Stormy Embrace will square off with some up-and-coming fillies in a tough assignment. ...
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How to Bet the 2019 Chicago Handicap
Nine fillies and mares will go seven panels on the Arlington Park main surface in the $100,000 Chicago Handicap (G3) on Saturday. The race goes through morning-line favorite Hotshot Anna, who dominated this race by 5 3/4 lengths in 2018.
STUDEN ...
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