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Shotgun Kowboy Seeks Third Win in Oklahoma Classics Cup
Friday night is Oklahoma Classics night at Remington Park , which means an action-packed evening of high-quality racing featuring eight stakes races worth a combined $1,040,000.
The highlight of the evening, at least in terms of purse value, i ...
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2018 Breeders' Cup Classic vs. Distaff: Which Will Be the Better Race?
The $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic … the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff … they’re arguably the two most important races of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, but which one is shaping up to be the bigger highlight 2 ½ weeks from now at ...
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An Introduction to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint
A new Breeders’ Cup race is set to debut this year at Churchill Downs , and while it might not be the type of championship race you’d typically expect from the Breeders’ Cup, there’s no doubt that it will offer bettors an intriguing handicapp ...
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Yonkers, Rosecroft and Harrington offer solid cards
While most harness racing fans are accustomed to seeing their favorite trotters and pacers compete during the evening, Yonkers Raceway threw a twist into that equation on Saturday afternoon while Rosecroft Raceway and Harrington Raceway both restored ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Complexity
Unbeaten Champagne (G1) winner Complexity is living up to his pedigree now, but he’ll have to transcend it to stay the 1 1/4-mile distance of the Kentucky Derby (G1).
Complexity is by Maclean’s Music, who famously won his only career start, ...
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Trust factor a component in betting the Breeders' Cup Distaff
Handicapping and betting, when you get right down to it, is all a matter of trust. Which horse or horses do you trust to run their best and thus fulfill expectations?
There are times, though, when you encounter a race where it's difficult to entir ...
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Keeler Johnson's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Top 10
If you think you’ve still got plenty of time to wait before diving into handicapping the 2018 Breeders’ Cup World Championships … think again!
The deadline for pre-entries is October 22nd, just one week away, and the prospective fields will be ...
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Cheap-Cold Daily Double At Hoosier; McWicked Exacta Partner; ‘Ringo’ Gets Beat By Break On World Stage
Here are the results and some brief notes of our success and failure through the weekend:
Friday, Oct. 12
Our full-card Hoosier analysis featured the sires-stakes super finals (see other results in H2W below). There was one sc ...
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Late Pick 4 analysis for Keeneland on October 14
Keeneland (c) Coady Photography
by Scott Shapiro
The second weekend of the Keeneland fall meeting concludes with a nine-race card on Sunday afternoon.
As usual a late Pick 4 sequence is available over the final four races.
Here are ...
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A look at the $190,529 Pick 5 carryover at Indiana Grand
An unexpected wagering highlight on Saturday is the $190,529 Pick 5 carryover at Indiana Grand, which covers the first five races on the card that begins at 6:05 p.m. (EDT). Here are some thoughts on the sequence.
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#3 THE PRESIDENCY (7 ...
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Thoughts on the All-Turf Pick 4 at Keeneland and Woodbine
It shouldn't surprise anyone that Chad Brown could be the most significant factor in Saturday's All-Turf Pick 4 (comprising two races each at Keeneland and Woodbine ) as he's entered major contenders in the trio of Grade 1s that comprise 75% of th ...
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Playing the Keeneland/Woodbine All-Turf Pick 4
Three Grade 1 races are featured in today’s Keeneland / Woodbine All-turf Pick 4 and I will lean heavily on Europeans in the Canadian International (G1) and E.P. Taylor (G1) at Woodbine. Here are my thoughts on the sequence:
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E.P. Taylor scouting reports: Sheikha Reika, Golden Legend, Pollara, Sky Full of Stars
As the companion race to the Canadian International (G1), the E.P. Taylor (G1) has likewise attracted an international contingent to Woodbine on Saturday. Three are strictly speaking invaders, while the one making her North American premiere for Ch ...
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How to bet the Nearctic Stakes
Holding Gold captures the Colonel Power Stakes over Fair Grounds' turf to kick off his five-year-old season in February (c) Amanda Hodges Weir/Hodges Photography
by Dick Powell
A field of 11 has entered the Nearctic Stakes (Can-G2) going si ...
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My Breeders' Cup Juvenile Picks
The Bob Baffert trained Game Winner looked like a lock to go off the favorite to win this year's Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile. But, then, Chad Brown trained Complexity ran them off their feet in the Grade 1 Champagne at Belmont Park. Complexi ...
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How to bet the Late Pick 4 on QEII Day at Keeneland
Keeneland (c) Coady Photography
by Scott Shapiro
The second Saturday card of the Keeneland fall meeting is headlined by the Queen Elizabeth Challenge Cup Stakes (G1). The 1 1/8-mile event over the sod is the third leg of a late Pick 4 seq ...
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Canadian International scouting reports: Thundering Blue, Desert Encounter, Khan
Three Europeans invade Woodbine in hopes of reclaiming the Canadian International (G1) trophy that eluded the transatlantic brigade last season. It took a once-in-a-lifetime effort by Tim Glyshaw’s late stalwart Bullards Alley to snap the Europeans’ ...
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My Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Picks
Like all juvenile races at this year's Breeders' Cup, the Tito's Handmade Vodka Juvenile Fillies takes place on Friday, Nov. 2. Chandelier winner Bellafina should go off as one of chalkiest horses in the two-day racing festival. Is Bellafina a lock? ...
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How to bet the Ontario Derby
Woodbine (c) WEG/Michael Burns Photography
by Dick Powell
Six-horse fields can yield profits but you have to have a laser-like focus. There’s not enough runners to spread out in exotics so my choice has always been straight exactas and win b ...
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How to bet the Canadian International
The late Bullards Alley, sent off at nearly 43-1, freaked by more than 10 lengths a year ago in the Canadian International (G1), handling the soft conditions with aplomb. Saturday's renewal of the C$800,000 event over 1 1/2 miles figures to be run on ...
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Yonkers and Charles Town offer superb Saturday cards
While thoroughbred racing fans are accustomed to seeing the runners compete during the afternoon and harness racing enthusiasts enjoy heading out at night to see their favorite trotters and pacers clash, a pair of tracks will reverse those roles this ...
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How to Bet the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup
Rushing Fall schools at Keeneland ahead of Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (c) Keeneland/Coady Photography
by Dick Powell
If you watched her last race, the Lake Placid Stakes (G2) at Saratoga , RUSHING FALL (#8) (7-5) lays ov ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Royal Marine
Royal Marine wins the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (Fr-G1) at Longchamp (c) Frank Sorge/Horsephotos.com
Saturday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (Fr-G1) at Longchamp was both a “Win & You’re In” race with an entry to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G ...
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How to Bet The Everest at Royal Randwick
If you’re a fan of top-class international racing, then you’ll want to get up early on Saturday morning (1:15 a.m. Eastern to be exact) to catch the second renewal of the TAB Everest at Royal Randwick racecourse in Australia.
The six-furlong spri ...
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How to Bet the 2018 Everest Stakes
by Dick Powell
12 sprinters will enter the starting gate for the third running of the A$13 million Everest (G1) going six furlongs at Royal Randwick in Sydney, Australia. Australia’s answer to Gulfstream Park’s Pegasus World Cup (G1) has been ...
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Kristufek: Breeders’ Cup Friday Future Stars Focus
Breeders' Cup 2018 will feature 2-year-old racing on Friday, November 2nd as a focus on 'Future Stars'
by Joe Kristufek
For the first time in event history, day one of the Breeders’ Cup on November 2 has been designated “Future Stars Frida ...
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Mondo Di Cavalli In Yonkers Trot; Super Finals At Hooser Send Indiana’s Best To Task; Courageous Lady On Tap
This weekend the racing is extreme in theme. Our features will cover major events from local to global. The global feature, the $1-million Yonkers International Trot, takes place in New York with a cast from around the world. Other feat ...
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McWicked Vs. Lazarus N Redux; Profit-Motive High In Trotter Invitational; Trot Open Offers Upset Properties
Here are the races for week nine of the 2018 Breeders Crown Countdown (BCC), the exclusive blog that coordinates with our weekly harness blog at TwinSpires.com and the Hambletonian Society to find great wagering opportunities for "Crown ...
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Why I'm Betting Santa Monica in the E.P. Taylor Stakes
There’s seemingly something for everyone in Saturday’s $500,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes (gr. I) at Woodbine , a 1 ¼-mile turf event that is shaping up to be one of the best betting races of the weekend.
There are several European shippers… a talente ...
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Keying Thundering Blue in the Canadian International
It’s common knowledge that Europe’s best horses are generally superior to North America’s best horses going 1 ½ miles on turf, as recent renewals of the $800,000 Pattison Canadian International Stakes (gr. I) at Woodbine clearly indicate.
Hors ...
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How to Bet the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes
This is hardly a creative opinion, but on paper it’s hard to make much of a case against #8 Rushing Fall in Saturday’s $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland.
Need convincing? Let me give you a few reasons why Ru ...
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Keeneland Spot Plays for Thursday, October 11
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
I will be making a trip to Lexington on Thursday for a solid 10-race card at Keeneland. Much like the first four days of the meeting there are several challenging races and sequences spread over the day. Here are a few horses I ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Knicks Go
Korea Racing Authority's Knicks Go pulled off a 70-1 heist in the Breeders' Futurity (G1) on Saturday with a front-running score for conditioner Ben Colebrook. The gray surely didn't run like a longshot at Keeneland when dominating his foes en rout ...
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Breeders Crown Top Fives
(NE) = Not Eligible – can Supplement
Oct. 11—Oct. 18
TWO-YEAR OLD COLT TROT
1. CANTAB FASHION
2. GIMPANZEE (Last Week: 1)
3. GREEN MANALISHI S (Last Week: 2)
4. SUPER SCHISSEL
5. KINGS COUNTY
TWO-YE ...
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Sizing up the Everest’s top contenders, Vol. 2: Santa Ana Lane, Shoals, US Navy Flag
Continued from Everest Vol. I ...
SANTA ANA LANE
A closer in career-best form for Anthony Freedman, Santa Ana Lane just clinched his Everest slot in July. The sales company Inglis inked the deal to have their graduate represent.
The Lop ...
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Sizing up the Everest’s top contenders, Vol. 1: Redzel, Vega Magic, Trapeze Artist
Despite the presence of the top three finishers from last year’s inaugural running of The Everest , Friday night’s renewal of the world’s richest turf race – worth A$13 million – is shaping up as an open-looking affair at Royal Randwick.
The stat ...
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Keeneland Selections for Wednesday, October 10
by JOE KRISTUFEK
Following a major rain dump the night before, Keeneland's turf was soft for the opening day card and speed held very well, but as the course slowly dried Saturday into Sunday, it evened out. With speed, stalkers and deep closers ...
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Three juveniles to watch from last weekend's action
A sensational weekend of graded racing concluded with some standout winners. And while it's easy to recognize their respective efforts, I took notice of three juveniles who left an impression on me in defeat.
CHOCOLATE KISSES
Candy Ride filly ...
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Powell: Winx, Enable deliver more epic performances
by DICK POWELL
Two legendary female Thoroughbred runners delivered epic performances 10,427 miles apart this past weekend. They were so good that it doesn't even get noted that they again beat male counterparts since they do it all the time.
...
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Four Weeks Out: Keeler Johnson’s Breeders’ Cup Top 10 Rankings
With the vast majority of the Breeders’ Cup prep races having been completed, now is the perfect time to start mulling over the top contenders for each race and shaping our early opinions of who might win and who might be vulnerable to defeat.
Ove ...
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Back for More: Eight Breeders’ Cup Champs Could Seek Repeat Wins
As the fields for the 2018 Breeders’ Cup races continue to take shape, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we could see an impressive number of past winners return with an eye on adding additional Breeders’ Cup titles to their records.
All t ...
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TwinSpires.com partaking in "Climbing Everest" for charity
TwinSpires.com is among 12 prominent Thoroughbred industry personalities and organizations invited by Sky Racing World to participate in "Climbing Everest," a charity promotion linked to this week's running of the A$13 million Everest (G1) at Royal ...
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Keeler Johnson's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Top 10: Game Winner Leads the Way
Now that the final major prep races for the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I) have been run, we can start analyzing the prospective field and rank the top contenders with significantly greater knowledge and information than we would have posse ...
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Six Pack, Atlanta, Win Kentucky Futurity Gigs; $22 On Mare Trot Upset Is Best; Six Partner Exactas; $19 Show Pick Pumps Prices
Here’s how our featured events played out:
Thursday, Oct. 4
An attempt to beat the big favorite at Hoosier in a sires-stakes final failed in our sole feature. We finished fourth with Lion Safari AS (68-1).
Friday, Oct. 5
I ...
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Exploring the Advantages of First-Time Lasix
If you’ve followed horse racing for any amount of time, you’ve probably heard phrases like “first-time Lasix” or “racing without Lasix.” But what does it all mean?
For the most part, racehorses in North America are treated with Lasix a few hours p ...
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How to Bet the Jessamine Stakes Trifecta
After nine months of racing in a dozen countries, the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series will reach its annual conclusion with the running of the $200,000 JPMorgan Chase Jessamine Stakes (gr. II) on October 10th at Keeneland.
The 1 1/16-mil ...
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Knicks Go Posts Stunning 70-1 Upset in Breeders' Futurity
“Albin just stole it really (today),” trainer Ben Colebrook told Keeneland after the race. “They didn’t give him any respect and he got out there and just got to gallop. I could see (Knicks Go) on the backside, his ears were just going. I could tell ...
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Complexity Uses His Speed to Dominate Champagne Stakes
Complexity’s front-running victory brought his career record to a perfect 2-for-2 and earned him 10 qualification points on 2018-19 Road to the Kentucky Derby , as well as a “ Win and You’re In ” berth to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I) four we ...
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Lexington and Yonkers offer solid Saturday cards
Fans of college football like to stay glued to the set for the myriad of games throughout the day and evening on Saturdays, but serious harness racing fans were keen to watch the stakes-filled card Lexington's Red Mile on Saturday afternoon and then ...
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The 53rd Kentucky Futurity Headlines Star-Studded Sunday Stakes Program At Red Mile
Here is our special addendum TwinSpires harness blog with our examination of the major races at The Red Mile on Sunday, Oct. 7, the last program of the Grand Circuit meet in Kentucky.
ALLERAGE RAVE ON
The women pacers an ...
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Keeneland Spot Plays for Sunday, October 7
Keeneland (c) Coady Photography
by Dick Powell
Keeneland ’s Sunday 10-race card can get off to a good start in RACE 1.
Portal (#2) (9-2) looked like he might have a future last year when he broke his maiden going two turns on the dirt ...
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Key horses for Keeneland’s Sunday program
Keeneland (c) Coady Photography
by Scott Shapiro
The first weekend of the Keeneland fall meeting concludes on Sunday with a 10-race card headlined by three “Win & You’re In” Breeders’ Cup races .
Here are a few horses I will build ...
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Scully: Stakes selections at Keeneland Saturday
It’s a blockbuster Saturday card at Keeneland with five graded stakes races, none with less than 10 horses entered. Mike Smith ranks 11 th all-time in stakes wins at the Lexington, Kentucky venue and I’ll lean on “Big Money” more than once this afte ...
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Thoughts on the All-Stakes Pick 5 at Keeneland
Saturday's All-Stakes Pick 5 at Keeneland is seemingly as tough and competitive a sequence as you'll find anywhere. We'll sprinkle some longer shots in among logical contenders in several of the races.
Race 6 -- Woodford (G2)
#10 WILL CALL ( ...
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How to bet the Frizette Stakes
Covfefe takes her maiden debut at Churchill Downs (c) Coady Photography
Eight two-year-old fillies will vie in Sunday’s $400,000 Frizette Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park . The “Win & You’re In” Challenge series affair offers a Breeders’ Cu ...
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How to bet the First Lady
A Raving Beauty captures the Just a Game Stakes (G1) (c) NYRA/Viola Jasko/Adam Coglianese Photography
by Dick Powell
The $400,000 First Lady Stakes (G1) will be run at one mile on the turf at Keeneland this Saturday. With an automatic b ...
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How to bet the Flower Bowl
Holy Helena wins the Sheepshead Bay (G2) (c) NYRA/Adam Coglianese Photography
Seven fillies and mares will travel 1 1/4 miles on the inner turf course at Belmont Park in Sunday's $500,000 Flower Bowl Stakes (G1) . The winner of the affai ...
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How to bet the Spinster Stakes
Blue Prize (right) just outgames Champagne Problems (left) in the Locust Grove (c) Churchill Downs/Coady Photography
A field of 11 will go postward at Keeneland on Sunday to contest the $500,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) . The Breeders’ Cup “Win ...
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How to bet Saturday’s All-Stakes Pick 4 at Keeneland
Vertical Oak wins the Open Mind Stakes (c) Churchill Downs/Coady Photography
by Scott Shapiro
The first Saturday of the Keeneland fall meeting offers horseplayers a loaded 11-race card headlined by a $350,000 guaranteed Pick 4 comprised o ...
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Rhododendron Seeks Repeat Win in Prix de l'Opera Longines
Fans of international horse racing are well aware that the first Sunday in October is the date of the much-anticipated Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) at Longchamp, the most prestigious race in Europe and—perhaps—the entire world.
The Arc is a gr ...
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Scully: Keeneland opening-day plays
The sprint division has plenty of heavy-hitters and three of them will be contesting today’s Phoenix (G2) on the opening-day program at Keeneland. I take nothing away from Promises Fulfilled and Limousine Liberal, but Whitmore (#2) is a strong pl ...
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Harrington and Rosecroft offer freshmen finals
Harness racing enthusiasts often dread midweek cards, but this past Wednesday both Harrington Raceway and Rosecroft Raceway offered a quartet of lucrative stakes finals for two-year-olds of both gaits and genders that would serve as a genuine break f ...
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Breeders’ Cup Classic and Turf Future Wagers on tap this weekend
The second and final Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager will be held this weekend while the lone Breeders’ Cup Turf Future Wager is also on the slate.
Both wagers open Friday at noon (ET) and conclude on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. (ET).
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Covfefe Makes Stakes Debut in Frizette Stakes
There are some pretty good fillies entered in Sunday’s $400,000 Frizette Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park . That’s not surprising with a “ Win and You’re In ” berth to the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) available, along with 17 q ...
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Chad Brown Holds Strong Hand in Flower Bowl Stakes
Ten furlongs on turf? At Belmont Park ? For fillies and mares?
Those are the conditions of Sunday’s $500,000 Flower Bowl Stakes (gr. I) , and if the race seems tailor-made for the deep stable of female turf stars trained by Chad Brown, then it s ...
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Keeneland Spot Plays for Saturday, October 6
by Dick Powell
Keeneland has an 11-race card on Saturday that is chock full of betting opportunities. The 50-cent Pick 5 wagering begins in RACE 1 and we will try to start our day right.
RACE 1
IPANEMA BEACH (#1) (5-2) is still a maid ...
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Keeler Johnson's Picks and Plays for Keeneland Opening Weekend
Get ready, everyone! The much-anticipated Keeneland fall meet kicks off on Friday, and opening weekend is packed with top-class stakes races featuring some of the best horses in the country.
With high-class competition, large fields, and low-t ...
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How to bet opening day of the 2018 Keeneland fall meet
by Scott Shapiro
Opening day of the fall Keeneland meeting is upon us and that means a juicy 10-race card to get things rolling in Lexington, Kentucky.
There are a number of attractive wagering opportunities spread over the Friday slate, but ...
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Eskimo Kisses, Blue Prize Among Big Names in Keeneland's Spinster Stakes
There’s a good chance that when the dust settles after Sunday’s $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland , a new Grade 1 winner will have been crowned.
The 1 1/8-mile race has attracted a deep, competitive field of eleven filli ...
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Betting Longshot Signalman in the Breeders' Futurity
What do you do when faced with handicapping a full field of fourteen lightly-raced two-year-olds, the majority of them stretching out around two turns for the first time?
Well, pretty much the best you can do is analyze the field, pick a few horse ...
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The Red Mile Blazes With Classic Stakes Featuring Divisions’ Stars With Action For Profit-Hunters On Final Weekend
The Grand Circuit’s penultimate weekend of stakes before the best of the best head for the Pocono Mountains is the focus of some traditional late-season stakes involving all major divisions at the Red Mile. The action includes the classic K ...
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Endorsed, Trophy Chaser Look Live in Deep Champagne Stakes
Some of the most promising two-year-olds on the East Coast are set to face off in Saturday’s $500,000 Champagne Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park, a “ Win and You’re In ” qualifier for the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I) that also figures t ...
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Why I'm Betting Analyze It in the Shadwell Turf Mile
Generally speaking, large fields with a half-dozen or more viable win contenders are the best betting events in the sport of horse racing, and if you cash an exotic wager like the trifecta or superfecta in such a competitive race, your reward will b ...
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Keeler Johnson's Breeders' Cup Distaff Top 10: Setbacks for the Favorites
The disqualification of Monomoy Girl. The no-show effort from Abel Tasman. The season-ending injury to Elate.
Suffice to say, the top contenders for the November 3rd Breeders’ Cup Distaff (gr. I) at Churchill Downs have had some setbacks in re ...
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Frosh-Colt Trotters Aim For Pocono, Eye Soph Season On The Hambletonian Trail In Red Mile International Stallion Stakes
Here are the races for week eight of the 2018 Breeders Crown Countdown (BCC), the exclusive blog that coordinates with our weekly harness blog at TwinSpires.com and the Hambletonian Society to find great wagering opportunities for "Crow ...
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Breeders Crown Top Fives
(NE) = Not Eligible – can Supplement
Oct. 4—Oct. 11
TWO-YEAR OLD COLT TROT (no change)
1. GIMPANZEE
2. GREEN MANALISHI S
3. DON’T LET’EM
4. GREENSHOE
5. GERRY
TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLY TROT (no chang ...
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Shapiro discovers these factors in search for Keeneland Fall Meet biases
Keeneland betting stategies for the Fall Stars meet
by Scott Shapiro
October means the start of the Keeneland Fall Meeting, and this year’s 17-day stand begins Friday, Oct. 5, and concludes Saturday, Oct. 27.
Before the summer boutique mee ...
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Restless Rider Faces Full Field in Keeneland's Alcibiades Stakes
Just as the Saratoga and Del Mar race meets are synonymous with summer in the sport of horse racing, Keeneland ’s annual October race meet is synonymous with the arrival of fall.
This year’s much-anticipated fall meet kicks off on October 6th, an ...
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Handicapping Insights: Jockey Club Gold Cup
By Dick Powell
In the 1978 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1), Triple Crown winners Affirmed and Seattle Slew met for the second time, the second time such a meeting had ever occurred. The first came earlier in the fall in the Marlboro Cup (G1) at nine fu ...
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Harrington and Rosecroft host lucrative freshmen finals on Wednesday
While many harness racing enthusiasts are accustomed to seeing the sport's best trotters and pacers compete on weekends, a pair of tracks in adjacent states in the Mid-Atlantic Region will offer a twist in that usual array when both Harrington Racewa ...
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Bellafina Completes Rare Sweep in Chandelier Stakes
If there’s one thing you can knock about Bellafina’s performance, it’s that she did not finish particularly fast, coming home the fourth quarter-mile in :26.36 and the final sixteenth in :07.12 to record a final time of just 1:44.59 for 8.5 furlongs, ...
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Lexington and Rosecroft offer solid Sunday cards
While many National Football League fans were glued to the television sets on Sunday afternoon, harness racing enthusiasts made their plans to focus on the stakes-filled card at Lexington's famed Red Mile and at Rosecroft Raceway later for a solid ov ...
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Breeders’ Cup Championship Saturday Favorites Predictions
With some prep races still to be run, I thought it might be a good idea to make my predictions for Breeders' Cup Championship Saturday. As opposed to last year, the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships has decided to run all juvenile races, ...
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Breeders' Cup Distaff Top 5 Final Rankings
Because we're only a month out from the 2018 Breeders' Cup, I thought it important to publish my final Breeders' Cup Distaff Top 5 Rankings. As to be expected, I've got Abel Tasman and Elate in the top couple of spots. Also as to be expected, Monomoy ...
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2018 Breeders' Cup Classic Final Top 5 Rankings
The most important prep races for the 2018 Breeders' Cup Classic are in the books. I figured it's a good idea to offer up a final Breeders' Cup Classic Top 5 before we head into October. Like everyone else, my BC Classic Top 5 starts with California ...
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Breeders’ Cup Future Stars Friday Favorites Predictions
This year's Breeders' Cup Friday is all about the 2-year-olds. Dubbed Breeders' Cup Future Stars Friday, the Breeders' Cup races on Nov. 2 showcases plenty of talented 2-year-olds who could end up top 3-year-olds next year. Check out my predictions f ...
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Red Mile Grand Circuit Week One Is Flowing With Bluegrass Stakes, Sprinkled With Easy-Pick Choices
The Red Mile opened its first week featuring harness racing’s Roarin’ Grand and we were on top of their trademark Bluegrass Stakes on the first three programs.
Here’s how our featured events played out:
Thursday, Sept. 27
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Red Mile and Yonkers offer solid Saturday cards
Harness racing enthusiasts had the chance to kick off the weekend a little early when Dayton Raceway hosted a pair of $150,000 events for older trotters and pacers and then Yonkers and Lexington kept the action going on Saturday with competitive card ...
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Downs After Dark All-Stakes Pick 3 Play
C Z Rocket wins the Kelly's Landing Stakes (c) Churchill Downs/Coady Photography
The Lukas Classic (G3) and Ack Ack (G3) have Breeders’ Cup implications and the Jefferson Cup kicks off the stakes action on today’s Downs After Dark program at ...
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Shapiro’s Late Pick 4 analysis for Breeders’ Cup Challenge Day at Santa Anita
Accelerate wins the Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar (c) Benoit Photos
by Scott Shapiro
A quartet of “Win & You’re In” events headline a massive day of racing on Breeders’ Cup Challenge Day at Santa Anita Park .
The American Pharoa ...
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How to bet the Belmont Super Saturday stakes
Imperial Hint wins the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stakes (G1) at Saratoga (c) NYRA/Elsa Lorieul/Adam Coglianese Photography
by Scott Shapiro
A trio of “Win & You’re In” Breeders’ Cup races headline an 11-race card at Belmont Park on Super ...
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Stakes action kicks off at Dayton on Friday night
Harness racing fans may have to wait another month until the Breeders Crown races at Pocono Downs on October 27, but this weekend many of the horses seeking to cap their campaign with a win that coveted score will be in action this weekend at Dayton ...
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How to bet the Zenyatta
Abel Tasman (inside) wins the Personal Ensign (G1) at Saratoga (c) NYRA/Adam Coglianese Photography
by Dick Powell
A field of six fillies and mares will take the main track at Santa Anita Park on Sunday for the 1 1/16-mile Zenyatta Stakes ...
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How to Bet the American Pharoah
Saturday’s $300,000 American Pharoah (G1) honors the 2015 Triple Crown winner, who captured the same race when it was known as the FrontRunner Stakes in 2014. A short field of five has been entered for the second of 35 races in the Road to the Kentuc ...
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How to bet the Awesome Again
Two standouts on class, kin to a Triple Crown winner, and some additional filler comprise the six-horse field for Saturday's $300,000 Awesome Again (G1) at Santa Anita, a 1 1/8-mile "Win & You're In" Breeders' Cup Challenge prep for the Nove ...
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Abel Tasman Stands Out in Zenyatta Stakes
In this day and age, with an increasing number of top-class horses skipping the final round of Breeders’ Cup prep races in favor of training up to the championship, it’s encouraging to see the highly accomplished Abel Tasman among the six fillies ...
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How to bet the Vosburgh
Imperial Hint wins the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stakes (G1) at Saratoga (c) NYRA/Elsa Lorieul/Adam Coglianese Photography
by Dick Powell
Saturday’s Vosburgh Stakes (G1) has attracted IMPERIAL HINT (#6) (1-5) and six others going six furlo ...
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How to bet the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic
Robert Bruce prevails in the Arlington Million (G1) (c) Jamie Newell/Horsephotos.com
Eight turf stayers will contest the $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) at Belmont Park on Saturday, with an entry in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) awaiti ...
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