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Eligible Pacers And Trotters From Multi-Divisions Fire For Season’s Late And Lucrative Purses
With the Breeders Crown elims looming boldly, some eligible colts and fillies battle for big money in state-bred finals this weekend, which is important for their connections as they consider dropping into the box next week for “Crown” competition.
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Catchy aims to emulate Surround in Caulfield Guineas
Australian racing arguably has two major stallion-making races on its racing calendar: the six-furlong Golden Slipper (G1) for 2-year-olds in March, and the one-mile Caulfield Guineas (G1) for spring 3-year-olds, which is staged Oct. 14. However, th ...
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O'Brien looks to close on G1 record in Fillies Mile
Aidan O’Brien is just two wins away from equaling Robert Frankel’s world record of 25 group/grade one victories in a year. By the end of Friday, there’s a great chance that number will be one. O’Brien is set to saddle three horses in the Fillies Mi ...
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Early handicapping preparations for the Breeders’ Cup
by Scott Shapiro
After a couple of extremely busy weekends loaded with Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” events across North America, it is time as handicappers to catch our breath and start thinking about the World Championships at Del Mar next ...
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Idaho heads market for Canadian International
European horses have dominated the Pattinson Canadian International in recent years, and there’s every chance of more of the same in this year’s renewal at Woodbine Oct. 15. Aidan O’Brien’s Idaho is the 5-2 morning-line favorite in a field of 10 for ...
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Expert Eye needed by punters in Dewhurst Stakes
No juvenile race in Europe is more important than the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket. Since the Cartier Award for champion 2-year-old colt began in 1991, 11 of the 26 awards were given to the Dewhurst winner. It’s also an important guide to future raci ...
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New Money Honey faces worthy European challenge
Punters will need to assess the form of the European 3-year-old fillies against that of North America when handicapping the 1 1/8-mile Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 14 . The American division, headed by New Money Honey, fa ...
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Pair of juvenile fillies among notables from final round of Breeders’ Cup preps
Some thoughts on last weekend’s final round of Breeders’ Cup preps:
Keen Ice couldn’t catch the lone speed in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park but I expect him to bring a formidable late kick to the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic ...
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Rosecroft opens with several big efforts
While the opening round of the Maryland Sire Stakes for two-year-olds of both gaits and genders took center stage during the first weekend of the fall meet at Rosecroft Raceway, local racegoers were also treated to a bevy of quality performances by o ...
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A $7.8m mountain to climb for sprinters in The Everest
If the Kentucky Derby is the most exciting two minutes in sport, then the richest turf race in the world, The Everest, is a minute and nine seconds of thunder down under. Based on the slot-holder concept first used in the Pegasus World Cup, Racing ...
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Breeders’ Cup Takeaways from Keeneland October 6-8
Opening weekend at Keeneland was a big one, with eight graded races held at the Lexington, Kentucky venue. I like a few that might be interesting contenders at Del Mar next month.
Shadwell Turf Mile (G1):
SUEDOIS made hi ...
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Breeders’ Cup Takeaways from Belmont Park October 7-8
Five graded races, each with Breeders’ Cup implications, took place at Belmont Park this past weekend and I will shed some light on what I witnessed.
Champagne (G1):
Jason Servis-trained FIRENZE FIRE swept to the lead nearing mids ...
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Curlin’s Honor impresses at Keeneland
Trainer Mark Casse unveiled a much-hyped juvenile in the finale of a blockbuster Saturday card at Keeneland and the youngster did not disappoint. CURLIN’S HONOR , who went postward as the 9-10 favorite in a full field, made his debut a winning one b ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Firenze Fire
Firenze Fire wins the Champagne Stakes (Coglianese Photos)
Champagne Stakes Winner Firenze Fire
by Alastair Bull
If you took a quick look at Firenze Fire’s pedigree, you’d wonder how he could stay past six furlongs.
After all, w ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Free Drop Billy
Free Drop Billy wins the Breeders' Futurity (Coady Photo/Keeneland)
Breeders' Futurity Winner Free Drop Billy
by Alastair Bull
Free Drop Billy looked like he had potential Kentucky Derby class when he romped away to win the Breeders ...
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Few significant takeaways from Breeders' Cup prep weekends
by DICK POWELL
So what did I learn from all the Breeders' Cup prep races run over the past two weekends? Nothing, zilch, nada.
I learned that I am going to have to do a lot of work to get ready for this year's Breeders' Cup that will be held ...
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Plenty to think about for Belmont Futurity
Measuring up a number of different races will be the key to betting on the Belmont Futurity Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park Oct. 14. Mojovation and Happy Like a Fool head a small but intriguing group of 2-year-old sprinters contesting the 6-furlong da ...
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2017 Breeders’ Cup Distaff Preview and Picks
I was set to go all in on the Bob Baffert trained Vale Dori to win the Breeders' Cup Distaff . Then, Vale Dori's connections said that she'd skip the BC Distaff. Vale Dori could come back as one of the top mares in the U.S. in 2018. Skipping the ra ...
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What The Hill Sharp Colt Futurity-Elim Score; Fear The Dragon Roars Again; $26 Frosh-Stakes Strike; $51 Cold Daily Double; $27 Indiana Sires Stakes Win
It was the last Grand Circuit week in TwinSpires country, with the classic Kentucky Futurity the program’s climax on Sunday, Oct. 8 at The Red Mile.
A degraded Hurricane Nate sprayed the Kentucky track with moisture on Sunday and the sparkling ...
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2017 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Preview and Picks
The 2-day Breeders' Cup Racing Festival takes place at Del Mar this year. The races are on Nov. 3 and Nov. 4. This blog is all about the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile that takes place on Nov. 3. I don't need to see post-positions before analyzing the r ...
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Red Mile, Rosecroft and Yonkers offer Saturday action
With only three weeks remaining until the Breeders Crown finals at Hoosier Park, many of the sport's top trotters and pacers of all ages have been competing at The Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky, while others have been at Yonkers preparing for the s ...
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How to bet the L.A. Woman with Unique Bella
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Sunday's feature at Santa Anita is the L.A. Woman (G3) run at 6 1/2 furlongs over the main track. The sprint for fillies and mares is headlined by the return of star filly #5 Unique Bella for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.
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Digging into Breeders’ Cup preps at Keeneland, Belmont: Shadwell Turf Mile promises value in Cross-Country Pick 4
Saturday’s smorgasbord of Breeders’ Cup stepping stones at Belmont and Keeneland is likely to come up pretty formful, but there’s a shot at real value in the Cross-Country Pick 4 anchored by the Shadwell Turf Mile (G1).
Here are my thoughts on the ...
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Even Field Contests Dixiana Bourbon Stakes
Punters will have few more challenging tasks at Keeneland this weekend than trying to sort out the Dixiana Bourbon Stakes (G3). A full field of 14 is set to contest the 1 1/16-mile contest for 2-year-olds on turf. It’s a Breeders’ Cup Challenge race ...
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Spinster Stakes an Opportunity for Lockdown
After a frustrating run of minor placings during the year, Lockdown gets perhaps her best chance to win her first graded stakes race in the Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland Oct 8. With most of the best fillies and mares staying at home for their Br ...
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The 2017 Keeneland Fall Meet Betting Guide FREE Download
Keeneland Race Meet Betting Guide
The fall meeting at the beautiful Keeneland racetrack October 6-28 is loaded with high-quality racing. There are 17 graded stakes races at the Lexington, Kentucky track – and of these, nine are Breeders’ Cup Chall ...
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The 2017 Jockey Club Gold Cup Betting Guide FREE Download
Jockey Club Gold Cup
Saturday, October 7, 2017 will see the running of the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park . The Breeders' Cup Challenge prep for the Classic will see Keen Ice, Gun Runner and several other quality talents battle in a last ef ...
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Zhukova Back at Belmont Park for Flower Bowl
Irish mare Zhukova has already crossed the Atlantic once for a grade one victory on the Belmont Park turf. On Sunday, she seeks a second. The Dermot Weld-trained mare beat the males in the 1 3/8-mile Man o’ War Stakes earlier this year. This time it ...
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Spinaway Placegetters Seek Frizette Compensation
The two horses beaten into the minor money by Lady Ivanka in the Spinaway Stakes (G1) are seeking a grade one triumph in the Frizette Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park Oct. 8. Maya Malibu, second by three-quarters of a length in the 7-furlong Spinaway, ...
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Shapiro's Late Pick 4 analysis for Santa Anita Sprint Championship Day
by Scott Shapiro
While, the majority of graded stakes action with Breeders’ Cup implications is taking place in New York and at Keeneland this Saturday, Santa Anita Park has a strong 10-race card of its own.
The Santa Anita Sprint Championship ...
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Roy H. Seeks Better Luck in Sprint Championship
A clean trip will be the main wish for the connections of Roy H. as he seeks a second chance at grade one glory in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G1) Oct. 7. Roy H. was carted several horse widths wide on the turn in the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1 ...
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Finley'sluckycharm Out to Show Breeders' Cup Readiness
Speedy mare Finley’sluckycharm will be out to prove her readiness for the Breeders’ Cup when she faces six opponents in the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (G2) at Keeneland Oct. 7. The race is a Breeders’ Cup Challenge race, earning the winne ...
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Princess Warrior a key play in opening-day Pick 5 at Keeneland
A pair of graded stakes, the Alcibiades (G1) and Phoenix (G3), highlight the opening-day card at Keeneland and both are part of the Pick 5 (races 6-10).
Here are my thoughts on the sequence:
Race 6 : Top contenders are difficult to separate in ...
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Dickinson Takes On Small But Select First Lady Field
A return to the scene of her biggest triumph could help Dickinson get home in the First Lady Stakes (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 7. Dickinson became a grade one winner when she took out the Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1) at the Keeneland spring meet, defeating ...
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Attacking Late Pick 5 on Keeneland opening day
Happy Opening Day at Keeneland! The weather is summer-like in Lexington for Friday's 10-race card, and fast/firm conditions prevail.
The Late Pick 5, which commences in Race 6, includes two graded stakes plus three allowances. Here's how my 50-cen ...
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Limousine Liberal Seeks Another Stakes Victory
Popular sprinter Limousine Liberal seeks his fourth stakes win of the year when he contests the Stoll Keenan Ogden Phoenix Stakes (G2) at Keeneland Oct. 6. The son of Successful Appeal is a deserved 5-2 morning-line favorite in the Phoenix Stakes, ...
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Intriguing Mix of Runners in Alcibiades Stakes
You’d be forgiven for thinking the Alcibiades Stakes was a turf race rather than a grade one dirt event carrying direct entry to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) judging by the form book of the runners. Of the 10 entries, five last raced on ...
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Harness Racing Blog Autumn Addendum: The Big Sunday
On Oct. 8 in Lexington, Kentucky, the last harness racing program of 2017 is presented at The Red Mile. We present this blog as a separate edition due to the draw for Sunday’s stakes races, which consist of the sport’s highest horse caliber. What fol ...
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Jockey Club Gold Cup, Shadwell Turf Mile highlight final Breeders’ Cup prep bonanza
Seventeen stakes races, including 13 “Win & You’re In” events for the Breeders’ Cup, will be held over the next three days (Friday-Sunday) as the final major weekend of prep races concludes. Let’s preview the races with Breeders’ Cup implications ...
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Redemption Stakes Final
Another stakes final is on the horizon here at bestbet Jacksonville. The 2017 edition of the Redemption stakes will run on Saturday evening, October 7 th , 2017 in the 11 th race in conjunction with our fan favorite second chance drawings. ...
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Miss Temple City Seeks Shadwell Turf Mile Repeat
It took until the 31 st running of the Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) for Miss Temple City to become the first female to win the Keeneland feature. On Saturday she’s out to ensure the next gap is only one year. The Graham Motion-trained mare is the 3-1 m ...
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Free Drop Billy, Givemeaminit Head Breeders' Futurity
Two colts who just missed winning the Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Saratoga are seeking compensation – and direct entry into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) when they contest the Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 7. Free Drop Billy (2- ...
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Brown can work his Magic to win another Champagne
by DICK POWELL
The Champagne Stakes (G1) will be run on Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park as the 8TH race around 4:13 PM ET. It has been run 145 times and some of the greatest colts in American racing history have won it.
Run at one mile on t ...
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Jockey Club Gold Cup still relevant
Saturday’s $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park used to be the biggest race in the handicap division (3-year-olds and up) but now serves as a “Win & You’re In” prep for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) . And considering ...
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Keen Ice Faces 3-Year-Olds in Jockey Club Gold Cup
Punters looking to play the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park Oct. 7 have one major question to ask: do they trust the form of two older horses well beaten by Gun Runner at their last starts, or do they trust two of the better 3-year-olds. K ...
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Champagne Stakes an Intriguing Puzzle for Punters
The Champagne Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park is one of the best juvenile races in the country, and its winner earns direct entry into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and points in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series . But trying to select a winner when ...
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Keeneland Opening Day and the Double DQ
I had been up handicapping the card and my two strong opinions on the day were Merkel, who was a Steve Asmussen firster in the third race, and Barrier Reef for Saaed Bin Suroor in the featured Transylvania. I was a Pick 3/Pick 4 player at the time so ...
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Red Mile Grand Circuit Rules Weekend; Indiana Sires Stakes Present Finals; Addendum Blog For Lexington Stakes
Harness racing’s Autumn Almanac continues in Kentucky as The Red Mile hosts the second week of its traditional Grand Circuit meet. The finale is heavy with big features on Sunday, Oct. 8.
BLOG ADDENDUM—Due to press time to post this blog, c ...
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International Stallion Stakes Quintet Cast For Filly Trotters Aiming At Titles
The Breeders Crown list of eligible frosh-filly trotters is 140. Though that number won’t be divided into as elimination races (do the math) as would accommodate every one, those names dropped into the entry box will account for a good number of elim ...
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Two-year-old take center stage
Over the course of this year and well into next year, many of the top juvenile pacers and trotters that competed in lucrative stakes Wednesday evening at Harrington Raceway and several nights earlier in open stakes at the Red Mile in Lexington, Kentu ...
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Bolt d’Oro, Elate star in first round of final Breeders’ Cup prep races
The first of two final rounds of Breeders’ Cup prep races is in the books and here are some of my thoughts on the action:
Beach Patrol changed the landscape of the turf male division winning the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) at Belmont Park. Afte ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Roaring Lion
Roaring Lion; Winner of the Royal Lodge Stakes
by Alastair Bull
Premier U.S. turf sire Kitten’s Joy hasn’t had a huge representation in Europe to date, but he’s got another good horse flying the flag for him in the Royal Lodge Stakes (G2) w ...
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Projected fields for Keeneland Fall Stars Weekend
Eight Breeders’ Cup “Win & You’re In” events are on tap at Keeneland’s opening Fall Stars Weekend, and the two turf Grade 1s will offer international flavor.
Thanks to Keeneland publicity and stakes coordinator Allison DeLuca, here is Monday’s ...
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Breeders' Cup Takeaways from Santa Anita September 30
The probable favorites for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and Juvenile Fillies (G1) were on display at Santa Anita as the Southern California venue featured five Grade 1 stakes Saturday. I’ll give my thoughts on the Breeders’ Cup implications.   ...
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Breeders’ Cup Takeaways from Belmont Park September 30-October 1
Five graded races, each with Breeders’ Cup implications, took place at Belmont Park over the weekend and I will shed some light on what I witnessed.
Vosburgh:
The top-three really separated themselves from their foes in this Grade 1 sp ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Saxon Warrior
Saxon Warrior (JPN); winner of the Beresford Stakes
by Alastair Bull
With a Road to the Kentucky Derby series now in place for Europe and Japan, Churchill Downs wants its flagship race to become more international than it already is.
If th ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Bolt d'Oro
Bolt d'oro wins the FrontRunner Stakes
(Benoit Photo)
Bolt d'Oro; winner of the FrontRunner Stakes
by Alastair Bull
Bolt d’Oro deserved favoritism for the FrontRunner Stakes after his three-quarter length Del Mar Futurity (G1) victo ...
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Redemption Stakes Round 1
The Redemption Stakes kicks off this week as the top 16 greyhounds at the racetrack will take part of 2 races on Monday evening, October 2 nd , and the top 4 finishers from each race will move on to the finals this Saturday evening, October 7 th , at ...
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Dayton ‘Derby’ Dollars With Winning Trotter; Northlands Filly Score And Pacing-Colt Exacta With Choice, $31; Red Mile Bluegrass Wins, Exactas
It was another busy week of features as the Grand Circuit moved south to TwinSpires country with the sport’s top stars arriving in Lexington, Kentucky. It began for harness racing and for us on Thursday, Sept. 28 at The Red Mile with five Bluegrass d ...
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Jockey relishes newfound bridesmaid role in stakes
On a day when many thoroughbred racing enthusiasts were closing monitoring the Breeders Cup prep races at Belmont Park and Santa Anita, Laurel Park offered a trio of graded stakes races on the lawn and a handful of other races for Virginia-bred runne ...
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Awesome Slew the key in Churchill Downs' Late Pick 5
While Belmont Park and Santa Anita garner much attention Saturday with their Breeders' Cup preps, Churchill Downs will again offer a strong program that shouldn't be overlooked in your wagering plans.
It might end up chalking out, but the Late Pic ...
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Playing All-Stakes Pick 4 at Belmont Park
Belmont Park features four stakes with Breeders’ Cup implications today and the Late Pick 4 encompasses the sequence (races 7-10).
Officials did a good job rounding up six females to challenge #1 Elate in the $400,000 Beldame (G1) but none appea ...
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Handicapping Big Breeders' Cup Preview Day Saturday at Santa Anita
Santa Anita Graded Stakes Preview for September 30, 2017
Breeders’ Cup preview days don’t get much bigger than at Santa Anita Sept. 30. Five grade one races are being staged at the Southern California track, and all carry direct entry into the ...
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Breeders' Cup Bearings at Belmont: Handicapping the BC Challenge Races
Belmont Graded Stakes Preview for September 30, 2017
by Alastair Bull Belmont Park’s fall meeting gets serious this weekend with four graded stakes races, all of which could have a bearing on the Breeders’ Cup meeting at Del Mar in early Nov ...
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Santa Anita Spot Plays in FrontRunner, Chandelier, and Rodeo Drive
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Saturday is Breeders' Cup Challenge Saturday at Santa Anita and that means that five Grade 1 events with $300,000 purses are on tap at "The Great Race Place" as part of opening weekend at the 19-day autumn meeting.
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Shapiro's Pick 4 analysis for Santa Anita's Breeders' Cup preview day
by Scott Shapiro
Five Breeders’ Cup spots are on the line on Saturday afternoon at Santa Anita Park, starting with the Zenyatta Stakes (G1) featuring Santa Anita Oaks (G1) winner Paradise Woods in Race 5 and concluding with the Awesome Again Stak ...
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Roaring Lion to run rampant in Royal Lodge
Saturday’s Royal Lodge (G2) at Newmarket features an odds-on favorite in Nelson , a blueblood son of Frankel who’s taken a leap forward of late for Aidan O’Brien.
Yet this doesn’t strike me as a one-horse race at all. Rather the one-mile test, se ...
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FrontRunner Stakes Analysis
Saturday’s $300,000 FrontRunner (G1) at Santa Anita serves as a “Win & You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) five weeks later at Del Mar and the 1 1/16-mile race is also part of the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” series, with the top f ...
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Breeders’ Cup implications in Diamond? War Decree, Long Island Sound return in Friday feature; Zenyatta’s brother De Coronado entered
Trainer Aidan O’Brien has used the Diamond (G3) at Dundalk as a Breeders’ Cup reconnaissance mission at least once before, so the fact that he has two high-profile runners in Friday’s renewal must at least pique curiosity as to intent.
War Decree ...
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Dayton Raceway offers two lucrative stakes
While the three-year-old pacing colts had their chance to shine in the Little Brown Jug at the Delaware County Fair and prior to that at Northfield Park for the Milstein Memorial, the older free-for-all pacers and trotters will head to another Ohio t ...
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Awesome Again, Joe Hirsch highlight the first of two major Breeders’ Cup prep weekends
The first of two major Breeders’ Cup prep weekends is up ahead, with Belmont Park and Santa Anita offering 12 graded stakes including seven “Win & You’re In” races, and let’s preview the Breeders’ Cup implications.
Friday
Eddie D (G3) : ...
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Reelin’ On The Bluegrass At The Red Mile; Freshmen Are Feisty; Northlands Launches Top Pacing Features
Autumn’s promise always delivers. There’s the crisp and colorful leaves flying through the air and the pounding of hooves on the dirt in Kentucky as The Red Mile hosts the Grand Circuit. Loaded with talent from all divisions, this is the overture for ...
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Derbies At Dayton Deliver Top Pacers And Trotters Into More Grueling Battles
Dayton Raceway’s signature races are the center point of the first few weeks of their harness meet. This Friday, Sept. 29, the Dayton Pacing Derby and the Dayton Trotting Derby are on the program, featuring some of the best older competitors in ...
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West Coast poised to challenge in Breeders’ Cup Classic
After stepping up with a dominant Travers (G1) victory, West Coast continued to impress by rolling to a 7 ¼-length decision in last Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx. The 3-year-old male divisional leader is clearly getting stro ...
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Rosecroft Raceway fall meet set to start this weekend
Tuesday morning the Rosecroft Raceway fall meet unofficially got under way when the Maryland five-eighths mile oval hosted a half-dozen qualifiers as several very familiar faces, human and equine, made their presence known. In the opening qualifier ...
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Sophomore fillies peaking towards Distaff
The imposing duo of multiple Grade 1 queen Forever Unbridled and champion Stellar Wind headline the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) at Del Mar for good reason. The former is the top dirt distaffer in the East while the latter is surely the queen of the We ...
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Breeders Cup: Who's Aidan O'Brien Bringing to Del Mar?
Like he does every year, Ballydoyle trainer Aidan O'Brien should send a few top horses to this year's Breeders' Cup. O'Brien is no stranger to the winner's circle. He might be the most successful international trainer to ever live. As always, O'Brien ...
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State-bred stars shine on dirt and stone dust
Tracks such as Harrington Raceway in Delaware and Charles Town in West Virginia often get overlooked and deemed inferior, but in actuality they are quite capable of putting together quality cards that highlight state-bred standardbreds and thoroughbr ...
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West Coast proves he's no one-trick pony
by DICK POWELL
Well, it looks like Derby season is finally over. What begins in late winter and goes to late summer, there is a Derby run in virtually every state that conducts licensed, pari-mutuel horse racing.
Late Saturday afternoon, a sol ...
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Breeders' Cup: Will Bob Baffert's Legend Grow on Nov. 4?
Trainer Bob Baffert appears to be getting better with age. Baffert won the Triple Crown in 2015 with the brilliant American Pharoah. He broke a then 37-year Triple Crown drought. Baffert unleashed the best horse in the world in 2016 when Arrogate won ...
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Breeders' Cup: Del Mar Home Track Advantage Horses
Like many racetracks in the United States, there's something about Del Mar that allows certain horses to thrive. Some of those horses should have a huge say in this year's Breeders' Cup Races. Below, I've listed many of them. Check out the list! &nb ...
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Fear The Dragon Wins Best ‘Jug’ Heat; Metro Pace Score At 3-1; Top Win Prices Are Double Digits, Place Pool Pounded
It was a big week in the sport and a good one for our audience as features began with the classic Grand Circuit pace in Delaware, Ohio.
Once again, the public leaned the wrong way. In the first and most important betting mile of The Little Bro ...
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Looking to be hot as the weather in Arlington Closing Day Pick 5
It's been unseasonably hot in Chicago of late and the hope for Saturday's closing day program at Arlington is that it feels that way, too, from a betting perspective.
Arlington has put together a top-notch card of 12 races, mostly on turf, with bi ...
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How I'm playing the Pennsylvania Derby Day Pick 4
by Scott Shapiro
Parx Racing will be the center of attention on Saturday afternoon as the venue located just outside of Philadelphia has a loaded card that includes two $1 million races.
The Cotillion (G1) for three-year-old fillies and the P ...
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Shapiro: How to bet the Pennsylvania Derby
By Scott Shapiro (@ScottShap34)
Saturday marks the pinnacle of the Parx Racing calendar as they present a loaded 13-race card headlined by the track’s premiere event, the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1).
The nine-furlong race over the main ...
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Cotillion Stakes Preview: Abel Tasman Meets 'Salty' Oaks Opponents
Cotillion Stakes Preview
by Alastair Bull The Cotillion Stakes (G1) may not be a “win and you’re in” qualifier for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1), but it’s been one of the most important guides for the big race in the past 15 years. Run over ...
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Gallant Bloom H Preview: Carina Mia Meets the Highway Star
Gallant Bloom Handicap Preview
by Alastair Bull The grade II Gallant Bloom Handicap may not be the most publicized race this weekend – those are the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) and the Cotillion Stakes (G1) at Parx – but it does have relevance tow ...
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Pennsylvania Derby Preview: Last Stop For 3YO Breeders' Cup Contenders
Pennsylvania Derby Preview
by Alastair Bull Upgraded to grade I this year, the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby is the last major race for 3-year-old Classic horses in the United States. Held over 1 1/8 miles at Parx Racing, the Pennsylvania Derb ...
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Road to the Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: The Tabulator
The Tabulator wins the Iroquois Stakes
The Road to the 2017 Kentucky Derby is officially under way, with The Tabulator earning the first 10 points in the series by winning the 1 1/16-mile Iroquois Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs Sept. 16. The Ta ...
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Filibuster Hanover wins Little Brown Jug
This year's revamped, diluted edition of the Grade I, $600,000 Little Brown Jug may have continued the sport's trend of eliminating heat racing altogether but it again showed the correlation between inside posts and early speed on half-mile ovals. I ...
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When is it a dead heat?
What is a dead heat? According the Cambridge English Dictionary, it is “a race in which two or more competitors finish at exactly the same time: The two horses finished in a dead heat.”
But that ...
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Dreams Fulfilled with Penny Chenery
Prominent Thoroughbred Owner Penny Chenery
by Alastair Bull Few women have made more of an impact on the North American Thoroughbred world than Penny Chenery, the owner of Secretariat, who died Sept. 16, aged 95. The youngest daughter of utili ...
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Little Brown Jug ‘Fear’ Heats On Fire; Hoosier Hosts Division Stars; Metro Stakes Spotlight Top Frosh Colt Pacers
Features aplenty this extended week of harness action. The first feature goes on Thursday, as the sport’s focus is upon glamour-boys and the Great American Pace, the Little Brown Jug, along with its trot version, the Old Oaken Bucket.
From the ...
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World Approval gives Casse another star miler
Trainer Mark Casse was blessed to train the great Tepin, who won Champion Turf Female honors in both 2015 and 2016, and Canadian turf champ Catch a Glimpse as well. And the conditioner boasts yet another turf performer who is destined to be a champio ...
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Kershaw looks to strike in Los Alamitos debut
With Clayton Kershaw serving as the ace of a talented pitching staff, the Los Angeles Dodgers appear poised to make a deep run this fall. But before the playoffs get underway, the Thoroughbred namesake of the star pitcher will make his career debut a ...
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Breeders’ Cup implications in Parx graded stakes
West Coast stretched his win streak to four recording a 3 ¼-length victory in the August 24 Travers (G1), netting a whopping 112 BRIS Speed rating for the wire-to-wire decision, but his status for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) remains un ...
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What to Know About Del Mar's Dirt Surface
The 2017 Breeders' Cup takes place at Del Mar. Del Mar is affectionately known as "Where the Turf Meets the Surf". In my last blog, I wrote some words about how Del Mar's turf track should play. This blog is all about the dirt track. Del Mar, like o ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: The Tabulator
The Tabulator wins the Iroquois Stakes
(Coady Photo/Churchill Downs)
The Tabulator; winner of the Iroquois Stakes
by Alastair Bull
After producing a notable 2017 Kentucky Derby runner from his first crop, Darby Dan Farm stallion Dia ...
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