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Three live longshots for Pacific Classic Day at Del Mar
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
It is Pacific Classic Day on Saturday at Del Mar and racing secretary David Jerkens and the racing office have put together a strong 11-race card headlined by the return of Juddmonte Farms' Arrogate in the meet's premier race.
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Top Races This Weekend
We’re back! Bestbet Jacksonville is ready to get things rolling gain this weekend with some stellar fields of greyhound heading to post to score some wins. We are going to breakdown those races and see if we can get you cashing some tickets. Top gra ...
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Siding with Collected over Arrogate in National All-Stakes Pick 4
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
It is a big day of racing from coast-to-coast on Saturday and racing fans will be able to wager on the first of two All-Stakes Pick 4's over the next few weeks.
The sequence this weekend commences with the Lake Placid (G2 ...
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A closer look at the Pacific Classic and Alabama
by DICK POWELL
There are a lot of tea leaves to read for this Saturday's Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar. ARROGATE's shocking loss in the San Diego H. (G2) was so stunning that its pall still hangs over him four weeks later. What the heck happen ...
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Pacific Classic Day Preview on August 19
This Saturday, August 19, Arrogate attempts to ease the minds of his connections. The brilliant son of Unbridled's Song was horrendous in the San Diego Handicap. Arrogate tries to reestablish himself as the best horse in the world in the Grade 1 Paci ...
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‘Fear’ Vs. Huntsville Redux; Red Mile Hosts Frosh Battles; Gold Cup & Saucer Upset In The Works
The freshman season ensues on the bluegrass starting Aug. 17 with divisions leading to lucrative Kentucky Sires Stakes (KYSS) finals at The Red Mile. Three splits each for colt and filly trotters and pacers start off and complete our weekend that inc ...
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Journey To Greatness Goes Forth With Glamour-Boy/Girl Trotters
It's time to launch the 2017 Breeders Crown Countdown, the exclusive blog that will coordinate with our general weekly harness blog at TwinSpires.com and the Hambletonian Society to find great wagering opportunities for "Crown" eligibles as they ...
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The 2017 Pacific Classic Betting Guide FREE Download
Saturday, August 19, 2017 will witness the return of Arrogate in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar Racetrack . The West Coast dirt race will offer a lingering question of racing fans across the globe, can Arrogate bounce back?
This Pacific Classic b ...
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Shapiro: My fair odds morning line for the Pacific Classic
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The pinnacle of the Del Mar summer meeting is this coming Saturday when eight runners go to post in the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1).
The field is led by 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) and 2017 Dubai World Cup ( ...
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The Beginners Guide to Betting Horse Racing
We have taken on the task to continually grow a knowledge center for racing questions and information. Common questions of handicapping, betting, racing and examples to assist your racing journey.
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Is Songbird Still the Best Best Distaffer in the U.S.?
2016 was a banner year for fillies and mares. Songbird, the best three-year-old filly since Rachel Alexandra ran roughshod over the division. Beholder and Stellar Wind had a spirited battle throughout the spring and summer. It all culminated in Behol ...
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New Money Honey gets her chance on dirt in Alabama – finally!
Ever since the press conference following the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), when trainer Chad Brown floated the idea of New Money Honey trying dirt on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) trail, I’ve been waiting for her surface switch.
As it turn ...
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Holy Helena and New Money Honey Meet In Alabama
Holy Helena (by WEG/Michael Burns Photography)
Three-year-old fillies will be in the spotlight on the fourth Saturday of the Saratoga season, with the primary focus being on the $600,000 Alabama (G1).
The Alabama, along with the Delaware H ...
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Keep your eyes and ears open when it rains at Saratoga
by DICK POWELL
Sometimes when you listen, you hear a lot of things. Saturday at Saratoga saw severe thunderstorms hit the track late in the afternoon. I wisely left after six races to beat the rain and lucky I did since the main track turned to mu ...
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Is Gun Runner the Best Horse in the United States?
Gun Runner showed up big time in the Whitney Stakes. He demolished a decent group of older horses. Arrogate lost in the San Diego to horses that had resumes that weren't even close to his. Check out my comparison of the two heavyweight equines in th ...
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Royal Ascot runner Fairyland returns for Ward at Saratoga
Wednesday’s $100,000 Bolton Landing S. at Saratoga marks the U.S. reappearance of the Coolmore partners’ Fairyland , last seen finishing a disappointing 12th in Royal Ascot’s Albany (G3) for Wesley Ward.
She’s actually been entered twice already ...
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Arlington Million News & Notes
The International Festival of Racing has drawn top class runners from all over the world to compete in four major events at Arlington on Saturday.
TwinSpires.com and Brisnet.com have all you need to enjoy the Festival – FREE PPs on the ...
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Century Collars $53 And $19 Winners; Fear The Dragon Beaten By Stablemate; Dan Patch Produces Mild Upset
Our harness-wagering weekend features were not sparkling with great prices from surprise contenders we suggested (our two top prices came from Century Downs races—see the H2W list below)—and it featured only the second loss of the season from the gre ...
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Northfield hosts numerous three-year-old stakes
Saturday night the focus was on one of the sport's unheralded tracks where many of the sport's top three-year-olds were on hand at Northfield Park for the $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial and fittingly the sport's top sophomore, Fear The Dragon, drew ...
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Arlington Million one-liners
With an American turf division in search of a leader, high-class internationals seeking resume boosts, and a Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) berth on the line, Arlington Million XXXV shapes up as a fascinating renewal.
Here’s my one-line synopsis of the f ...
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How to bet Arlington Million Day 2017 at Arlington International Racecourse
The Arlington Million headlines a blockbuster 12-race card on Saturday at Arlington International Racecourse. It's one of three Grade 1s that (along with the American St. Leger) make up the International Festival of Racing. The action begins at 1:15 ...
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Dona Bruja prominent in Arlington Million Day multi-race wagers
Contentious stakes races highlight the Late Pick 5 on the Arlington Million Day program and while the 10-horse Beverly D. (G1) is no exception, I will take a stand with Dona Bruja, who brings an explosive late kick to the 1 3/16-mile turf affair for ...
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Deauville the single in TwinSpires.com's Late Pick 4 on Arlington Million Day
You can find my top three selections for all stakes on the Arlington International Festival of Racing card on TwinSpires.com's Arlington Million Betting Guide . While those were submitted shortly after final entries were released on Wednesday and a ...
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Mucciolo's Million Pick 4 Plays
A great Pick-4 sequence on the Million Day program, starting in Race 9, is the play I will focus on Saturday at Arlington Park. This all-turf, all-stakes sequence encompasses the final four races of the day and features large and high-quality fields. ...
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International racing expert on Arlington International Festival of Racing Pick 5 Play
By MICHAEL ADOLPHSON
It was quite a challenge narrowing down my picks in this year’s Arlington Million Day all stakes Pick 5 at Arlington. It was downright frustrating, but it is in that moment when you start seeing five horses per race who can ...
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How a Clocker is Betting the Arlington International Festival of Racing
By BRANDON STAUBLE
Race 7-G1 Secretariat Stakes 1 ¼ Turf
#1 Afandem is the horse I’ll be using on top of my tickets in this race, should get cozy trip and liked the way he handled himself on Friday when “blowing out” with top Million conte ...
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Top picks, value plays for Arlington Million Day
Some are speculative stabs, others firmer opinions, so here go my thoughts on Saturday’s Arlington Million (G1) card:
1ST Race – #5 Call to Arms (6-1) is an intriguing pedigree play, being by Into Mischief and out of half to Devil May Care and ...
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Saturday Pick 4 analysis for Del Mar
by Scott Shapiro
The Best Pal Stakes (G2) for two-year-olds headlines Saturday’s 10-race card at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. As usual, a Pick 4 is offered over the final four races on the slate.
I will play two tickets, both singled to Keit ...
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Pair of turf plays Friday at Arlington
Saturday is the main event at Arlington, with six stakes offered on a 12-race Million Day card, but Friday offers the opportunity to boost the bankroll with an eight-race twilight program (4:15 EDT 1 st post).
Here are a couple of horses I like: ...
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Weekend Selections
Another great weekend of racing is ahead of us here at bestbet Jacksonville. Loads of talent on tap as we get to see some feature races over all three distances. No matter what you like, we have you covered. We have 550,660 and a 770-yard race, alon ...
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Secretariat international scouting report: Taj Mahal
“Very immature…extremely green…mentally very slow.”
“A bit frustrating…not ungenuine but just babyish.”
That’s a selection of Aidan O’Brien quotes from irishracing.com after Taj Mahal kept getting beaten, as the favorite, in maidens at two. He ...
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Analysis of the Late Pick 4 on Arlington Million Day
by Scott Shapiro
If you love turf racing then the TwinSpires.com Late Pick 4 Saturday at Arlington Park is for you.
The sequence headlined by the 35th running of the Arlington Million (G1) features four consecutive graded stakes events over th ...
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Secretariat international scouting report: Afandem
Three-for-four lifetime, Afandem hopes to belie his inexperience in his first start outside France and in Grade/Group 1 company. It’s tempting to view him as the traveling companion to soothe stablemate Mekhtaal ahead of the Arlington Million (G1) , ...
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Secretariat international scouting report: Permian
Permian’s photo-finish loss in the Grand Prix de Paris (G1) was agony for his connections and fans alike, but the direct consequence was a boon for Arlington Park: luring a top-class colt to the Secretariat (G1).
Had Permian’s stately nose remaine ...
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Arlington Million betting strategy focuses on Deauville
by DICK POWELL
Hard to believe but the Arlington Million (G1) will be run for the 35th time on Saturday at Arlington Park. Despite a million dollars not being what it used to be, it still packs a punch on the international scene thanks to th ...
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The Best Feelin
Congratulation head out to the DQ Williams Kennel, Owner Tina Williams, Kennel Owner Sharon Williams, trainer Craig Edwards, and everyone else connected with this fantastic greyhound. This win was her 60th at bestbet and her 85th overall. She won 25 ...
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Arlington Million Day Preview
One of my favorite days on the racing calendar takes place this Saturday, August 12. Arlington Park has their annual Arlington Million Day. Three Grade 1 stakes races highlight the afternoon. Starting with the Grade 1 Secretariat, August 12 should be ...
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Dan Patch Stakes At Hoosier; Fear The Dragon At Northfield; Sires Stakes Episodes All Over The East
The second week in August marks the beginning of the post-Hambletonian season. Thanks for all the followers of updates and photos @FrankCotolo on the afternoon of the Meadowlands’ big day of stakes and we hope you all took advantage of being with us ...
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Spotlight on Hoosier Park and Northfield Park this weekend
One week after the Meadowlands Race Track in New Jersey garnered center stage when it hosted the Grade I, $1 million Hambletonian last Saturday afternoon on an exceptional, stakes-filled card, the spotlight this weekend will shift to two tracks not a ...
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Beverly D. international scouting report: Rain Goddess
Rain Goddess brings an outstanding level of form as she tries to buck two historical trends. Trainer Aidan O’Brien has yet to win the Beverly D. (G1), and only one sophomore has captured the sister race to the Arlington Million (G1), Euro Charline (2 ...
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Beverly D. international scouting report: Sarandia
German shipper Sarandia is intriguing enough on pedigree alone, but the Gestüt Fährhof homebred’s profile hints that she could be a live outsider in the Beverly D. (G1).
By Dansili, sire of smashing 2013 Beverly D. heroine (and champion turf femal ...
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The 2017 Arlington Million Betting Guide
Arriving on Saturday, August 12, 2017 is the Arlington Million at Arlington Interntional Racecourse . The prestigeous tradition contiues as one of racing's most prized turf races with international contenders arriving for their chance to compete a ...
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Speed pick in Wednesday's Saratoga finale
Wednesday’s feature at Saratoga honors Quick Call, a nine-time winner at Saratoga who recorded a hat trick in 1988 and 1989. Six 3-year-olds will contest the 5 ½-furlong turf sprint. The 2 nd race, one of the two allowances on the program, is appeal ...
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Arlington Million international scouting report: Fanciful Angel
If you believe in older dogs trying new tricks, Fanciful Angel is the Arlington Million (G1) longshot for you. A miler for most of his career, the British-based five-year-old recently discovered that 1 1/4 miles is within his compass, but his aptitud ...
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Arlington Million international scouting report: Mekhtaal
Mekhtaal has the resume of a highly-regarded type who’s come up shy of the pinnacle so far, but the Arlington Million (G1) could be just the spot for a breakout performance.
Owned by Sheikh Joaan of Qatar’s Al Shaqab Racing, best known for campaig ...
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Rally Cry, American Gal impress at Spa
It was another great weekend of racing at Saratoga, headlined by a sublime showing in the Whitney (G1) by superstar GUN RUNNER , but a pair of others caught my attention as well.
RALLY CRY may have beat a questionable field of runners in the A ...
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Hambletonian card highlights sport's best
Last Saturday afternoon the Meadowlands hosted the latest edition of the famed, Grade I, $1 million Hambletonian Stakes for three-year-old colt trotters and the surprise ending to the race could hardly diminish the overall quality of the card. In th ...
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Sassy Little Lila brings speed to Fourstardave; juvenile stakes ahead at Del Mar, Saratoga
Elevated to Grade 1 status in 2016, the $500,000 Fourstardave H. at Saratoga lived up to its new rating when Tourist came back to capture the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) last fall at Santa Anita. Tourist notched the third Fourstardave/Mile double in five ...
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Arlington Million international scouting report: Scottish
Ironically Scottish had been owned by Fitri Hay, Deauville ’s breeder and co-owner, before his sale to Godolphin. Full brother Royal Empire was a past Godolphin runner himself, his career highlight coming in the 2013 Geoffrey Freer (G3) for Saeed bi ...
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Arlington Million international scouting report: Deauville
Aidan O’Brien’s Deauville returns to the scene of his near-miss third in last year’s Arlington Million (G1). Considering that he was trying to emulate Tolomeo (1983) as the only three-year-olds to beat elders in the storied turf prize, the Galileo co ...
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Several trainers, jockeys off to surprisingly slow starts at Del Mar
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
We are now three weeks into the summer calendar at Del Mar and there are a number of surprises that have taken place thus far.
Atop the unexpected occurrences is the poor start for trainer Peter Miller.
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TwinSpires players enter to win VIP Trip to 2017 Breeders Crown at Hoosier Park
The Breeders Crown will be held at Hoosier Park in Anderson, Indiana, for the first time on October 27-28, and TwinSpires.com customers will have an opportunity to earn a VIP trip to Standardbred racing's year-end, two-day championship.
Like the ...
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Catching up with the top sellers from 2016 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga
Last year’s feature on the youngsters who’d topped Fasig-Tipton Saratoga the previous summer provided a very early report on Tapwrit , now famous as the Belmont (G1) winner.
In observance of the boutique sale that opens tonight and concludes Tu ...
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Tweet At Track Nails $17 Hambletonian Winner Chosen By DQ; Ariana G Devours ‘Oaks’; ‘Cashman’ Choices Spark $1,318- Trifecta
HAMBLETONIAN 2017
In the $1-million Hambletonian Final we picked up some luck as we made an on-track change while the betting ensued, as tweeted @FrankCotolo, where we were live at the Meadowlands. Due to the crowd’s play, we re-assigned a w ...
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Deauville, Scottish among internationals pre-entered in Arlington Million
A quartet of international raiders for the Arlington Million (G1), three transatlantic shippers in the Secretariat (G1), and two more for the Beverly D. (G1) give a properly global dimension to the August 12 International Festival of Racing, accordin ...
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Del Mar Pick 3 requires going deep in juvenile maiden
Saturday's seventh race at Del Mar is a seemingly deep and contentious two-year-old maiden over six furlongs. While there are a couple second-time starters that might improve off their respective debuts, I'll be leaning on five first-time starters in ...
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McCormick looks to step up in West Virginia Derby
A pair of classic-placed sophomores, Kentucky Derby runner-up Lookin at Lee and Belmont Stakes third-placer Patch, headline today’s $750,000 West Virginia Derby (G3) at Mountaineer. I will include Patch in multi-race wagers – he’s the fastest among 1 ...
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Saturday Del Mar Pick 4 Analysis
by Scott Shapiro
The third Saturday of the Del Mar summer meeting is here and two graded stakes events are featured on the 10-race card.
The Sorrento (G2) is the 6TH race, so it is not included in the Pick 4, but the Yellow Ribbon Handicap (G2) ...
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Whitney Day Pick 4 at Saratoga could be a wash-out
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The third weekend of racing is upon us at Saratoga, which has drawn up an 11-race card featuring the Test (G1) and the $1.2 million Whitney (G1).
There is a huge chance for rain, so keep that in mind when handicapp ...
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bestbet Sprint Classic Finals Preview
Saturday evening will feature not just another stakes event, the finals of the 2017 bestbet Sprint Classic, but one that could prove to have some interesting things to write about come Sunday. This is a powerhouse event with a load of talented greyho ...
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Improving type adds hot jockey for Hall of Fame
Jose Ortiz tops Saratoga’s jockey standings with 19 wins entering Friday’s National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame (G2) program and has a fine chance to repeat as leading rider at the highly-competitive venue. Part of the success is picking the right ...
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Hambletonian highlights stellar card at Meadowlands on Saturday afternoon
This coming Saturday afternoon the Meadowlands Race Track in northern New Jersey will take center stage among serious and novice harness racing fans alike when the famed one-mile oval hosts the latest edition of the Grade I, $1 million Hambletonian f ...
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Saratoga Handicapper's Sheet for Friday Aug. 4, 2017
The Saratoga Handicapper's Sheet for Friday August 4, 2017
The highlight of Friday's race card at Saratoga is the Racing Hall of Fame Stakes, race 9 on the card. Scroll down for handicapping information and bets on races 4 and 9.
The Hall of Fa ...
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Test no longer an Alabama prep but still features fast fillies
by Dick Powell
As time goes by, I keep sounding more and more like the “Old Guy” but sometimes the shoe fits.
When Saratoga was a 24-day meet, Opening Day was usually the first Wednesday in August. Without racing for 48 weeks, it was usually ...
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How To Bet $8,756 Arlington Pick 5 Carryover
What better a reason to use the FREE Arlington International Race Course Premium Past Performances from Brisnet.com than a Pick 5 carryover at Chicago's premiere racing destination? There is $8,756 in the Thursday, August 3, sequence that begins wi ...
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Updated Travers Stakes Top 5 Power Rankings
Non-horseplayers might believe that this group of three-year-olds aren't special. That makes sense. After a multitude of three-year-old races, including the entire Triple Crown, a star has yet to emerge. But while most casual horse racing fans aren't ...
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Attacking Thursday’s Late Pick 4 at Saratoga
Thursday’s card at Saratoga concludes with a challenging and potentially lucrative four-race sequence and I will try to take down the Late Pick 4.
Race 7 : KAHRUMANA (5-2) gets the rail and was last seen breaking her maiden at Belmont Park for co ...
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Hambletonian Program Swarming With Stakes And Sport’s Top Stars At The Meadowlands
It’s Hambletonian weekend so this week’s preview column concentrates on the parade of stakes on Aug. 5 at the Meadowlands, where we will be live to cover the classic trot and all of the action adorning the Saturday afternoon program. Watch for tweets ...
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Hambletonian #92 Gathers 19; Ariana G Leads Into Hambletonian Oaks
The Hambletonian Day program is set at the Meadowlands for Saturday, Aug. 5, headlined by the $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks and the $1-million Hambletonian. After months battling down the Hambletonian Trail, one filly and one colt will have conquered th ...
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Travers next major stop for 3-year-old puzzle
With an up-for-grabs divisional race, the $1.25 million Travers (G1) at Saratoga on August 26 will be as important as ever. And following the results of last weekend’s Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga and Haskell Invitational (G1) at Monmouth Park, let’s h ...
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Practical Joke is for real
I will be the first to admit I was not a firm believer in the ability of multiple Grade 1 hero PRACTICAL JOKE earlier this year. But following a huge third in the Haskell (G1) at Monmouth Park on Sunday, my opinion has changed.
Trained by Chad Bro ...
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The Whitney 'Runner' 'Keen' to Dominate the Breeders' Cup Classic Prep
"Gun Runner will have a tremendous opportunity to raise his stock"
With three-year-olds virtually dominating the discussion last weekend, older horses will be more under the spotlight this coming Saturday at Saratoga.
The $1.2 million Whit ...
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Haskell one-liners
Sunday’s $1 million Haskell Invitational (G1) is a microcosm of this year’s three-year-old crop: a competitive field of seven with each entrant a legitimate win candidate in the right circumstances.
While Monmouth Park’s marquee race is valuable i ...
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Fear The Dragon Defies Outside Trip, Targets Huntsville To Win Adios; Favorites Rule In ‘Oaks’ Elims; $15 Win Price Tops Lot; Frosh Threesome Scores
Fear The Dragon—always Fear The Dragon.
Our influence suggesting great horses, no less average horses, to win still doesn’t affect the greater betting public strongly, which is good, because when a great horse comes along and we present ...
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Top standardbreds compete day and night on Saturday
Most harness racing fans are accustomed to seeing the sport's biggest events contested at night, but on Saturday afternoon at the Meadows and again on Saturday evening at the Meadowlands many of the sport's best sophomores of both gaits were on displ ...
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How to bet the Clement L. Hirsch using Stellar Wind
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Del Mar's second week of racing concludes Sunday with a strong nine-race card headlined by the Clement L. Hirsch (G1).
The five-horse field with the scratch of #5 Shenandoah Queen is led by 2015 champion three-year- ...
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Bird Song the pick on cut back
Saratoga features four graded stakes Saturday and the $350,000 A.G. Vanderbilt (G1) is the most appetizing from a betting prospective. A solid field of eight will travel 6-furlongs including defending champion A.P. Indian.
It’s easy to respect A.P ...
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Arlington Million winner Mondialiste seeks turnaround at York
Winless since last summer’s Arlington Million (G1), Mondialiste hopes for a revival of fortune in Saturday’s York S. (G2). The 10 1/2-furlong test is scheduled to go off at 10:15 a.m. (ET), shortly before Ascot’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth ...
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Top standardardbreds on display day and night on Saturday
Tomorrow afternoon and again tomorrow evening at a pair of harness racing venues that typically have little in common in terms of size and location, both the Meadows near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the Meadowlands in northern New Jersey in the shad ...
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Drefong No Single On Shapiro's Del Mar Pick 4 Ticket
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
After one of the bigger upsets in Del Mar history last Saturday when Arrogate never picked up his feet at 1-to-20 in the San Diego Handicap, we return for the second weekend of racing “Where the Turf Meets the Surf.”
Un ...
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Historical trends favor Cloud Computing over Always Dreaming in Jim Dandy
The clash of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming and Preakness (G1) hero Cloud Computing has elevated Saturday’s $600,000 Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga above the typical Travers (G1) prep. Although both have an eye toward that “Midsummer Derby” ...
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Spot Plays for Jim Dandy Day at Saratoga
Jim Dandy Saturday at Saratoga features a clash between classic winners in the feature, but there are several more enticing wagering options in several of the undercard races. Here are a few I'll be giving a long look at.
Race 6 -- #2 TATHQEEF ...
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Conditions suitable for Jack Hobbs in King George VI
It's overshadowed in the American racing fan's consciousness this weekend by the excellent renewals of the Jim Dandy (G2) and Haskell Invitational (G1), but the weekend will kick off with a bang Saturday morning (10:35 a.m. EDT) with the $1.4 million ...
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Harrington Raceway Hosts Lucrative Governor's Day Card
While many harness racing enthusiasts are already looking forward to the Adios Pace at the Meadows on Saturday afternoon and the Hambletonian Oaks eliminations at the Meadowlands later that evening, many standardbred fans were given an added treat wh ...
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Trainer Profile: Brad H. Cox
One of the best trainers in the country right now, Brad H. Cox, isn't a household name. In fact, if you concentrate on races on both sides of the coast, you're not likely to know who he even is. Make no mistake, Cox has been one of the best conditio ...
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Semi-Finals bestbet Sprint Classic
The Semi-finals of the 2017 bestbet Sprint Classic should be a while affair and 14 of the top 24 remaining greyhounds are just a win away from the point lead and everyone still might have a chance, if the cards play out right, to make it into the fi ...
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Handicapping Saturday’s Late Pick 4 at Saratoga
by Dick Powell
There’s no bet at the racetrack that leads to more “woulda,” “coulda,” and “shouldas” than the Pick 4. Everyone you meet seems to have a tale of woe. “I woulda had it if my single hit the first leg.” “I coulda had it if spread ...
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Adios Pace Showdown; Big Time Massachusetts Trots; Green Trotters Battle For Berths
Just when you thought this time of the harness stakes season couldn’t become more jazzed, along comes a new huge event to commingle with the attractions on tap. Of all places, Plainridge Racecourse hosts the first Spirit of Massachusetts Trot and som ...
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Eighteen Fillies Fight In Set of ‘Oaks’ Elims; Colts Undergo Final Hambo Preparations
The two eliminations for the 2017 renewal of the Hambletonian Oaks are set for the Saturday, July 29 program at the Meadowlands, with two sets of glamour-boy trots on the undercard featuring potential starters for the $1.5-million Hambletonian.
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San Diego proved a perfect spot for ‘bridgejumpers’
by Dick Powell
There’s an old horse racing saying about “They all get beat.”
While that is not always true, it certainly did not seem like it would apply to ARROGATE (Unbridled’s Song) in Saturday’s San Diego Handicap (G2) at Del Mar.
Sent ...
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A Tale of Two Fillies
One was making her graded debut; the other sought a third straight Grade 1.
One drew off to win by nine lengths; the other barely scored a head victory.
The fillies in question – Dream It Is and Abel Tasman – are both now riding a three-race wi ...
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Pup Sensation Rules in Round 3
The third round of the 2017 bestbet Sprint Classic was ruled by longshots. Only one single favorite took home the top spot in the 4 rounds, and that win belonged to the new Sensation at the racetrack. Pure Sensation broke on top in the 7 th race on ...
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Harrington Raceway hosts Governor
While most thoroughbred and standardbred race tracks typically offer their best cards on the weekends, Harrington Raceway in Delaware will buck their trend twice this season and the first of those occasions will take place on Thursday when the track ...
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Wednesday Del Mar Pick 6 observations from Shapiro
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The racing week at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club commences Wednesday afternoon with a Pick 6 carryover of $96,599.72 in addition to the jackpot for a single ticket of $89,338.58.
The sequence starts in Race 3 with an open $32 ...
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Main track produces slower times, race-riding tactics in spotlight during opening week at Saratoga
By DICK POWELL
The first four days of Saratoga are in the books and some interesting things happened that bear watching.
This year, there was clay and sand added to the main track in an effort to get all three main tracks at NYRA as similar a ...
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How To Bet the Prince of Wales 2017 at Fort Erie
The second jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown is Tuesday, July 25, at Fort Erie Racetrack, and I have a strong opinion that the favorite is worth a win bet at 6-to-5 or better.
I have made a fair odds line for the 7-horse field and based on the mo ...
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Jockey Profile: Luis Contreras
Last Friday, in the first graded race of the 2017 Saratoga Meet, Luis Contreras rode Dream It Is to a win. Contreras has spent most of his career riding up in Woodbine. It was interesting to see Contreras take the call aboard Dream It Is. Because hi ...
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Siding with potential over experience in Prince of Wales
Besides the improbability of getting qualified under the current Road to the Kentucky Derby Series points system, on its face it seems extremely far-fetched that America's most revered race could ever be won by a horse making its second lifetime star ...
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