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Attacking Thursday’s Pick 5 Carryover at Churchill Downs
By SCOTT SHAPIRO
After no one was able to connect on the late Pick 5 at Churchill Downs last Sunday, a $30,454 carryover exists for the final five races on the Twilight Thursday card. The sequence commences at 6:27 (EDT) with a maiden claimer at ...
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How to Bet the Bashford Manor Stakes
Want to get an early start looking for 2019 Kentucky Derby contenders? Then you won’t want to miss Saturday’s $100,000 Bashford Manor Stakes (gr. III) at Churchill Downs !
The six-furlong spring is the first graded stakes race of the year for ...
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Keying Restless Rider in the Debutante Stakes
You have to admire any horse that overcomes adversity to win a race. And when the horse in question is an unraced two-year-old filly making her debut, you have to wonder if you’re looking at an above-average runner.
In handicapping Saturday’s $10 ...
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Ocean Downs offers Maryland Sire Stakes
While many harness racing enthusiasts are already eagerly looking forward to the four lucrative finals at Pocono Downs this Saturday night, Ocean Downs continues to offer a blend of Maryland Sire Stakes and overnight races that have been pleasing to ...
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Keeler Johnson's Breeders' Cup Classic Top 10 -- 6/25/18
Get ready, everyone! The Triple Crown is over and less than 4 ½ months remain until the 2018 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs , which means it’s time to start ranking the top contenders for each race.
In this new weekly seri ...
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When to Bet Sprinters Stretching Out in Distance
Thoroughbred horse races are held over a wide variety of distances—it’s part of what makes the sport so interesting.
But as a handicapper, how do you know if a horse that has been competing in sprint races can be competitive while stretching out t ...
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Pocono Downs results one day after elims
When the dust settled following the bevy of stakes eliminations on Saturday night at Pocono Downs, it was time to look over the charts and trip notes and attempt to get a gauge on which horses can succeed in the lucrative finals slated for this Satur ...
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Distaff Division: Is It Only Unique Bella vs Abel Tasman?
Now that the Triple Crown is over, it's time to turn our attention to the other divisions in horse racing. The Handicap Division is an absolute mess. Who knows if the Bob Baffert trained West Coast returns to his previous glory days? In the Distaff ...
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Shapiro's suggested wager for Sunday's mandatory Pick 6 payout at Santa Anita
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Closing Day at Santa Anita Park means a mandatory payout in the Pick 6 pool. The good news for horseplayers is that once again no one was able to connect on 6 of 6 on Saturday, so track officials expect the pool to reach close to ...
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Closing Day Spot Plays at Santa Anita Park
Sunday is Closing Day at Santa Anita Park and that means mandatory payouts in all pools.
The Pick 6 will get the most attention by far given the three-day $821,858 carryover, but the early Pick 5 is always an attractive option with the low 14% ta ...
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Crowd Smothers Features; Lather Up Trounces Soph-Colt Pacers; $23 Tops Win Prices; Nine Exactas Combined
It’s always tough to see the betting public correct at alarming rates, as is what happened in our features this week. At Yonkers and Pocono the majority of bettors looked super smart as their majority of opinions ruled the toteboard results. Al ...
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Saturday night's Pocono Downs card offers numerous elims
One week after Mohawk Raceway offered a handful of lucrative finals for pacers and trotters, Pocono Downs attracted many of those same horses to clash in nearly a dozen elimination races whose connections are seeking to return for their respective fi ...
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Top 5 Three-Year-Olds After Justify
Justify won the Triple Crown. He's the second Triple Crown winner from Bob Baffert's barn since 2015. It's obvious that Justify not only is the best 3-year-old of his generation, he's also one of the best 3-year-olds to ever race. Justify's also bac ...
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O'Brien, Moore leading trainer, jockey for 2018 Royal Ascot meet
The five-day stand at the 2018 Royal Ascot meet came to a close on Saturday (c) Frank Sorge/Horsephotos.com
Trainer Aidan O'Brien and jockey Ryan Moore emerged as the respective leading trainer and jockey for the 2018 Royal Ascot meeting that ...
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2018 Royal Ascot News & Notes
The 2018 Royal Ascot meet kicks off Tuesday, June 19, with five straight days of top-class stakes action.
A number of U.S.-based runners have headed overseas to the prestigious meet, including LADY AURELIA, and TwinSpires.com has everything fans n ...
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Pick 4 weaves its way through final Royal Ascot card on Saturday
Saturday's Pick 4 at Royal Ascot takes a wandering path through the final, six-race card of the five-day fixture. Patience will be required as the wager takes in Races 1 and 2, skips to Race 4 for the third leg, and concludes with Race 6, thereby a ...
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How to bet the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot
A dozen will run six furlongs on the Royal Ascot turf in Saturday’s $810,000 Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Eng-G1) . The turf sprint lacks a clear-cut favorite and will be a dynamite event from both a viewing and wagering standpoint.
Check out the ...
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Hambletonian Future Wager Open
The 93 rd Hambletonian is coming at us quickly. Here’s an opportunity to catch some great prices in the August classic, again at the Meadowlands in 2018, and take advantage of a special TwinSpires offer, with a bet or two or three or more ...
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Probing for value on Royal Ascot Friday
After my so-called value options spectacularly failed in Thursday’s Group races at Royal Ascot , the consolation was that the winners were among the obvious players, and logical results are always welcome. That said, we’ll turn the page to Friday’ ...
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How to Bet the Diamond Jubilee Stakes
There’s something for everyone in Saturday’s Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Eng-I) at , and maybe—just maybe—there’s an opportunity for an American runner to secure a Group 1 victory.
As the final group stakes race of the Royal Ascot meet, the Diamond ...
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Pocono Parades Current Division Stars In Stakes Elims—Lather Up Returns; Filly Pacers Purse-Hungry At Yonkers
The 2018 stakes journey is in full swing as June rolls to an end, and with the debut of two-year-old races adding to the schedule the action multiplies for each sex and gait in every division.
The scene for summer’s opening is the mo ...
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Elims For Colts In Earl Beale, Jr. At Pocono; Fillies In Sires Stakes Battle For Bucks At Tioga
Focus on the Hambletonian Trail shifts to Pocono Downs on Saturday, June 23, with hopefuls competing in three eliminations for the $500,000 Earl Beal Jr. Memorial (EBM). Then, on Sunday, June 24, Tioga hosts three filly-trotter New York S ...
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What to Look For at the 2018 Del Mar Summer Meet
This year should be no different. Expect Bob Baffert, the King of 3-Year-Old racing, to produce at least 2 Kentucky Derby future book contenders during the Del Mar Meet. Jerry Hollendorfer might unleash a top 2-year-old filly. In 2015, Hollendorfer ...
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Price horses worth a look at Royal Ascot Thursday
After the 9-1 Expert Eye saved me from a Wednesday shut-out at Royal Ascot , hoping that’s a sign of better fortune carrying over into Thursday.
The 1ST Race, the Norfolk S. (G2) for two-year-olds over five furlongs, may be the toughest hurdl ...
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How to Bet the Commonwealth Cup
With only three previous renewals, Friday’s Commonwealth Cup (Eng-I) is one of the newest stakes races held at each summer, but the six-furlong event has already earned a reputation as an exciting race that provides a stage on which future star spr ...
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Guineas Winners Could Have Advantage in Coronation Stakes
It usually takes a very good filly to win the one-mile Coronation Stakes (Eng-I) at . And in my opinion, #5 Billesdon Brook fits the bill as, indeed, a very good filly.
Considering that four of the last five winners of the Coronation (Winter, ...
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Pocono Downs offers stellar card this weekend
While harness racing enthusiasts focused much of their attention last weekend to the stellar card at Mohawk Raceway in Toronto, Canada, many of those same standardbred fans will give a close look to the Saturday program at Pocono Downs as the five-ei ...
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How to Bet the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot
It stands alone, a special remnant of times gone by. A Group 1 race held over the testing distance of 2 ½ miles— twice the length of the Kentucky Derby.
Those are the remarkable conditions of the Gold Cup (Eng-I) on Thursday at , a race often ref ...
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Cracksman a popular single in Wednesday's Pick 4 at Royal Ascot
Unless you're talking about a Brown Jack or a Yeats (and maybe Frankel), there are no sure things at Royal Ascot . No lead-pipe cinches. However, many bettors often rely on the near equivalent of these, also known as "singles" or "free squares," to ...
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Top 5 Ranked Turf Horses Heading into Summer Racing
like Sadler's Joy has done in his last couple of races, has quality. This is especially true if the second place finishes happen on the turf. However, let's not kid ourselves. Sadler's Joy tends to bump up for second, or third. He doesn't win a lot ...
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Hydrangea Stars in Duke of Cambridge Stakes
When eleven fillies and mares head to post for Wednesday’s Duke of Cambridge Stakes (Eng-II) at , all eyes will be on Hydrangea , who appears to tower over her rivals in the one-mile event.
There’s no such thing as a sure thing in racing, but H ...
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Bet the Royal Ascot Pick 4 for Tuesday June 19
Bet Royal Ascot's Pick 4
Day 1, Tuesday June 19, 2018
by Dick Powell
Race 3:
#10 LADY AURELIA is the defending champion and she gets firm ground. Daughter of SCAT DADDY won here the past two years and comes in her ...
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Leaning on Godolphin at Tuesday's Royal Ascot opener
On Day 1 of the 2018 Royal Ascot meeting Tuesday, the hope is Godolphin has a very good afternoon. On the other hand, Godolphin could have a great day and it might not be enough to help us wagering-wise. Explanations ahead.
An excellent day of r ...
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How to Bet the Prince of Wales’s at Royal Ascot
Six brave horses will try to upend the sensational Cracksman in Wednesday’s $1,012,500 Prince of Wales’s (G1) at Royal Ascot . As part of the “Win & You’re In” challenge series, the winner of the 10-furlong feature receives an automatic berth ...
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How to Bet the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot
A sensational field of 15 will travel one-mile on the Royal Ascot lawn in a fine renewal of the $874,000 Queen Anne Stakes (G1). The winner of the one-mile test will gain a berth to the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at Churchill Downs in the “Win & ...
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How to Bet the Prince of Wales's Stakes
In handicapping Wednesday’s Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Eng-I) on the second day of , the key question to consider is simple—is #2 Cracksman vulnerable to an upset?
Trained by , the brilliant son of Frankel has won his last five starts—all at t ...
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Keying Rhododendron in the Queen Anne Stakes
Fifteen starters with no clear standout—that’s what makes Tuesday’s Queen Anne Stakes (Eng-I) at such a compelling betting race.
Bettors will have plenty of options to consider in the prestigious one-mile event, which is the first race on the o ...
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Tip Two Win, Romanised May Have Advantage in St. James's Palace Stakes
Historically, the one-mile St. James’s Palace Stakes (Eng-I) at has been dominated by horses that competed in the top-class “Guineas” races throughout Europe—the one-mile European classics held in England, Ireland, and France.
That’s why it’s i ...
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How to Bet the King's Stand Stakes
The prestigious five-day meeting in England kicks off with a bang on June 19th, with three Group 1 events among the six races on the opening-day card.
Royal Ascot has seen a marked increase in participation from North American runners over the la ...
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Sergei Prokofiev, Calyx Square Off in Coventry Stakes
It’s not every day that horse racing fans can enjoy top-notch stakes races on a Tuesday, but then again, that’s part of what makes the meeting in England so special.
The prestigious five-day race meet at Ascot gets underway on June 19th, and whil ...
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Running Aces’ $62 Slam Tops String Of Double-Digit Win Prices; Lather Up Storms To North America Cup Victory; Stakes Favorites On Fire
The huge Canadian harness program on Saturday, June 16, offered a slew of top harness horses in pacing and trotting divisions with glamour-boy pacers in the spotlight for the $1-million North America Cup. We contributed to some of those exo ...
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Mohawk Raceway offers stellar Saturday program
One week after thoroughbred racing fans celebrated the coronation of Justify as its 13th Triple Crown winner courtesy of his Belmont Stakes score, harness racing fans turned their attention to Mohawk Raceway in Canada as the seven-eighths mile oval h ...
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Woodbine Sunday Pick 4 Play
Woodbine will play host to a solid 12-race card on Sunday. The $125,000 Trillium (G3) is the feature and kicks off what I think is a very appealing late Pick-4 sequence. I will take a swing at what could be a very healthy payout.
Race 9
Ten w ...
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Stephen Foster Day Plays
The $500,000 Stephen Foster H. (G1) tops a strong 11-race card and Backyard Heaven will be looking to establish himself as the leading older horse in training with a fourth consecutive victory. A total of five graded stakes will be offered at Churchi ...
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Hanson: Singling the Stephen Foster in All-Stakes Pick 5
A 50-cent all-stakes Pick 5 is one of the wagering highlights on an excellent "Downs After Dark" program Saturday night at Churchill Downs, highlighted by the Stephen Foster H. (G1) and an appearance by Triple Crown winner Justify. Here's how we'll b ...
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Fleur de Lis offers Distaff berth
Nine fillies and mares will contest the $200,000 Fleur de Lis H. (G2) at Churchill Downs Saturday evening. One of five graded stakes races on the Down After Dark card, the 1 1/8-mile event serves as a “Win & You’re In” event for the $2 million B ...
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New Pick 4 to enhance Royal Ascot betting options
Fans in the U.S. that have made Royal Ascot their own viewing and betting tradition over the last several years now have an exciting new way to take part in one of the racing world's great spectacles and most important meetings.
Every day of the ...
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How to Bet the Stephen Foster Handicap
An excellent 11-race card is on tap on Saturday for the second “Downs After Dark” this spring at legendary .
Five graded stakes events are slated over the course of the evening headlined by the Grade 1 .
The mile and an eighth race for thr ...
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How to bet the All-Stakes Pick 4 on Stephen Foster night
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
There are a plethora of multi-race sequences available to horseplayers on the Stephen Foster card Saturday evening at legendary Churchill Downs. Amongst them is an all-stakes Pick 4 that commences in Race 6 with the Wise Dan (G2 ...
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Why I'm Betting River Boyne in the Rainbow Stakes
While five-horse fields aren’t usually where you look to find good betting value, if you have a strong opinion on one of the runners, why not try to capitalize?
That’s my feeling when handicapping Saturday’s $100,000 Rainbow Stakes at Santa Ani ...
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Classic berth on line in Stephen Foster
Churchill Downs will play host to a fine card, with five graded races including the $500,000 Stephen Foster H. (G1) on Saturday evening's “Downs After Dark” program. Nine are set for the 1 1/8-mile feature.
In addition, the Foster victor will earn ...
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How to Bet the Regret Stakes
For a race that drew thirteen entrants, I’m surprised at how little early speed there appears to be in Saturday’s $100,000 Regret Stakes (gr. III) at Churchill Downs .
The majority of the three-year-old fillies entered in this nine-furlong turf ...
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Backyard Heaven Looks Tough in Stephen Foster Handicap
It’s certainly possible that someone could upset #6 Backyard Heaven in Saturday’s $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) going nine furlongs at Churchill Downs .
But just because it’s possible doesn’t mean that it’s likely, and indeed, Back ...
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Jockey Profile - Mike Smith
Oxbow and Palace Malice had run each other into the ground. Todd Pletcher trained Revolutionary had a ton left in the tank. Orb, the Kentucky Derby winner, was in full stride. The more Mike asked from Palace Malice, the more he gave. Smith rode the ...
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Feature events of the 2018 Royal Ascot meet
Royal Ascot has upped its game for 2018. Not only is the prestigious meet offering 18 Group races – eight of which are Group 1 contests – and $9.6 million in prize money, but also opportunities in the Queen Anne, Prince of Wales’s, Norfolk and Diamo ...
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Oscar Performance Returns in Poker Stakes
It’s only a Grade 3 on paper, but you’re forgiven if you examine the field for Sunday’s $300,000 Poker Stakes (gr. III) at Belmont Park and mistake the one-mile race for a Grade 2 or even a Grade 1 event.
After all, the majority of the eight h ...
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Thoroughbred Stakes Races Highlight Sunday Card at SunRay Park
Although it could get overlooked on this busy weekend of racing, SunRay Park in New Mexico is set to host a solid Sunday card that includes two stakes races for Thoroughbreds.
The $75,000 San Juan County Commissioners Handicap is the richest ...
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Lady Aurelia leads baker’s dozen of US contenders at Royal Ascot
The stars and stripes will be waving at Royal Ascot , with a 13-strong squad led by course specialist Lady Aurelia. Not surprisingly, the emphasis is on the meeting’s sprint events, and only two American-based runners are competing as far as a mile. ...
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Holiday Disguise Meets Deep Field in Dancin Renee Stakes
With its relatively hefty purse of $125,000, Saturday’s Dancin Renee Stakes at Belmont Park has attracted an impressively deep field of New York-bred fillies and mares.
In a race where quality definitely trumps quantity, just seven horses will ...
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Sophs Chase Million-Dollar North America Cup, Fan Hanover; Mares Pace For Big Purse; Trotters Try To Topple ‘Hannelore’
Woodbine at Mohawk (WoMo) is the scene this Saturday, June 16. The $1-million North America Cup will introduce to the sports world the 2018 leading sophomore colt pacer and the Fan Hanover will do the same for filly pacers. Along with those ...
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Goodtimes Trot Offers Forefront For Colts; Sires Stakes And All Stars Colts Gather At Tioga And Pocono
The first major stakes race on the Hambletonian Trail, the $266,000 Goodtimes Trot at Woodbine/Mohawk Park (WoMo), gathers six hopefuls to compete on the North America Cup undercard Saturday, June 16, on a weekend which features more Hambo ...
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How to Bet the Fleur de Lis Handicap
It could be difficult for handicappers to have any strong opinions regarding Saturday’s $200,000 Fleur de Lis Handicap (gr. II) at Churchill Downs , but that could also mean that the odds on some of the main contenders will be enticing enough to ...
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Keying Divisidero in the Wise Dan Stakes
If you want to play the classic “horse for the course” angle this weekend, look no further than #1 Divisidero in Saturday’s $200,000 Wise Dan Stakes (gr. II) at Churchill Downs .
Divisidero might not be the most consistent horse in the co ...
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Baffert, Smith Team Up With Ax Man in Matt Winn Stakes
Just how many graded stakes races will trainer and jockey team up to win this year?
One week after sweeping the Triple Crown with Justify and winning the Ogden Phipps Stakes (gr. I) with Abel Tasman, Baffert and Smith will seek another big win t ...
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Using Trainer Angles in Handicapping, Part 3: Blinkers
Question: What do American Pharoah, Justify, Arrogate, Bayern, Dortmund, West Coast, Mastery, and Dream Tree all have in common?
Answer: They all won Grade 1 races for Hall of Fame trainer , and furthermore, they all won their second career starts ...
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Maryland-breds earning spotlight on dirt and stonedust
Maryland racing typically flies below the radar except for Preakness Day and Maryland Million Day and onlookers seldom give Maryland-bred runners, trotters or pacers a second look at major events. But that could change dramatically this weekend as Ma ...
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Where Justify Ranks Amongst Top Three Year Olds This Century
After an amazing stretch that began with a maiden special weight victory at Santa Anita in mid-February and concluded with a wire-to-wire one and three-quarter length win in the last Saturday it is clear that Justify is having one of the greatest t ...
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North America headlines lucrative Mohawk card on Saturday
One week after thoroughbred racing fans basked in the glory of seeing Justify capture the Grade I, $1.5 Belmont Stakes to become the Sport's 13th Triple Crown winner and second in the last four years, harness racing fans will turn their attention to ...
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Abel Tasman states her case in Distaff Division
Justify stole the show on Saturday in becoming our 13th Triple Crown winner. Scat Daddy colt continues to rewrite history and is arguably among the all-time best sophomores to ever run after just six lifetime races.
But there were other stan ...
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Forget the Conspiracy, Justify Earned It
Shortly after Justify won the 2018 Belmont Stakes, taking home the 13th Triple Crown in history, sour grapes came about. Those sour grapes have turned into a flippant conspiracy. The conspiracy is that Restoring Hope served as Justify's offensive lin ...
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Mohawk offers stellar Saturday night card
Less than an hour after Justify captured the Grade I, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes to become only the 13th Triple Crown winner in history and the second in the last four years, serious harness racing fans turned their attention to Mohawk Raceway in To ...
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Flood Of Fillies Raring For August Action Contend At Pocono In Lucrative PA All Star Splits
The lucrative Pennsylvania All Stars (PAAS) series offers a quartet of $30,000 miles for glamour-girl trotters on Tuesday, June 12. The “Oaks” eligible list practically empties into these races, with 23 femmes after the best of purse money ...
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Cold Soph-Trotting Exacta Pays $59; Elim Triactor Elements Perfect For $58; Top Win Prices At $19, $14
Favorites in the Canadian stakes elims at Woodbine/Mohawk (WoMo) faired well, though we picked up a few good exotics on the main blog and on our Hambletonian Trail blog. Also, our horses-to-watch list maintained a 38-percent across-the-boar ...
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Gronkowski rallies fast for game Belmont Stakes second
Gronkowski nearly caught Justify in the 150th running of the Belmont Stakes (c) Photos by Z
Leading up to the Kentucky Derby (G1), the buzz surrounding European Road to the Kentucky Derby leader GRONKOWSKI rose to a crescendo. It only got loud ...
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Justify captures Belmont Stakes 150 to become 13th Triple Crown winner
Justify prevails in Belmont Stakes 150 under jockey Mike Smith to sweep the Triple Crown (c) Photos by Z
Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) winner JUSTIFY more than lived up to expectations on Saturday when capturing the 150th running ...
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Belmont Stakes 2018 News & Notes
Justify goes for Triple Crown glory in the third and final jewel of the famed series, the Belmont Stakes (G1), and TwinSpires.com has everything a fan could want or need to enjoy the 150th edition of the "Test of the Champion" all in one place!
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Belmont Stakes highlights stellar card
While most of the public's attention was focused on the 150th edition of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday afternoon as Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Justify went in quest of becoming the 13th horse to sweep the Triple Crown series, serious and no ...
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How to play the All-Grade 1 stakes Pick 4 on Belmont Stakes Day
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
There are a slew of options on the wagering menu for horizontal horseplayers this week at Belmont Park, but it is hard to match the quality of the all-Grade 1 Pick 4 that begins with the $700,000 Just a Game and concludes with t ...
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Belmont Stakes Day Plays
Justify bids to become the 13 th winner of the U.S. Triple Crown and the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes highlights a dynamite 13-race card that includes 10 stakes. Here are some of my strongest opinions:
Race 4, Acorn Stakes (G1)
#3 Monomoy ...
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Wagering plans for Belmont Stakes Day
You can find top-three selections from myself and esteemed colleagues for seven of Saturday's stakes in the Belmont Stakes Betting Guide . Below are more in-depth, pre-scratch opinions on how I'm wagering the program.
Race 2 -- Easy Goer
M ...
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Pedigree fun facts for the 2018 Belmont Stakes
If some pedigrees are more obviously stamina-oriented than others, all of the Belmont S . (G1) contenders have ancestral connections to winners who have passed the “Test of the Champion.”
Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness (G1) star Justify ...
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2018 Belmont Stakes one-liners
The history-making 2018 Triple Crown trail will come to its final destination in the 150th running of the Belmont S . (G1). Whether it culminates in a blaze of glory or an anticlimax, we’ll long remember how a chestnut meteor by the name of Justify ...
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Updated thoughts on Gronkowski, European Road to Kentucky Derby winner, in Belmont Stakes
In case you’re wondering about my thoughts on Belmont S. (G1) contender Gronkowski , I’d written a scouting report (a compare and contrast with Mendelssohn) for Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, and the points about the challenges of ...
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Irish shipper Alexios Komnenos among price horses of interest on Belmont Stakes undercard
Remember Waltzing Matilda, the Irish raider who scored a 22-1 upset in the 2015 New York S. (G2) for Tommy Stack? It might be ambitious to argue that history can echo itself in different circumstances in Saturday’s Manhattan H. (G1), but #4 ALEXIOS ...
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Hanson: Thoughts on Friday's late Pick 4 at Belmont Park
Here are some thoughts on Friday's Late Pick 4 at Belmont Park, which carries a guaranteed pool of $500,000.
Race 8 -- True North (G2)
Imperial Hint (#3) was nearly champion sprinter last year but settled for a clear second in the Breeders' ...
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Handicapping Friday’s Late Pick 4 at Belmont Park
The True North (G2) kicks off a $500,000 guaranteed Pick 4 Friday at Belmont Park (races 8-11) and I will take a swing at the sequence.
Race 8
#3 Imperial Hint shows a pair of sharp works since faltering as the favorite in the Churchill Dow ...
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Potential value plays at Belmont Park Friday
A strong 11-race card, including five stakes, will be offered the day before the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes and I’ll recommend a few horses today at a decent price on the morning line.
Race 2
Inside posts have fared well in turf sprints th ...
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International scouting report for 2018 Belmont Gold Cup, New York Stakes
The European raiding party for Friday’s $400,000 Belmont Gold Cup (G2) is only half of the size of last year’s six-strong phalanx that swept the superfecta , but all are Group performers, and one in particular brings a rich vein of form.
Even t ...
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How to Bet the Ogden Phipps Stakes
On paper, the key to handicapping Saturday’s $750,000 Ogden Phipps Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park might be determining whether #6 Abel Tasman is ready to rebound from a sub-par showing in her most recent start.
Certainly Abel Tasman is by fa ...
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Mohawk offers solid Saturday night card
Not long after thoroughbred racing fans have had the chance to digest the results of Saturday's 150th Belmont Stakes as Justify seeks to become the sport's 13th Triple Crown winner on the latter portion of a stellar, stakes-filled card, harness racin ...
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Mucciolo’s Spot Plays for Friday of Belmont Stakes week
The 150th Belmont Stakes is on Saturday where Justify will hope to seal the deal in his Triple Crown bid.
But the Friday card is a great one with 11 races on the slate including five stakes, four of which are graded. I have highlighted a few run ...
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Playing a six race show parlay on Belmont Stakes day
A fun, but sneaky challenge of a wager...one bump in the road and you are out of the bet!
by Dick Powell
On Belmont Stakes day TwinSpires will have a $5,000 prize to split among players who can withstand the parlay journey, starting with race ...
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Looking for Value in the Belmont Stakes
On my personal fair odds line, I have Justify listed as a 6-5 shot, meaning that at 6-5 or higher I think he would represent betting value and perhaps even be worthy of a win bet. But at lower odds—such as his 4-5 morning line price—Justify becomes ...
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How to bet the Belmont Stakes if against Justify
by Scott Shapiro
Yesterday I wrote a piece on how to bet the Belmont Stakes (G1) if you think Justify will become the 13th Thoroughbred to win the Triple Crown, which you can find here .
However, there is certainly a case to be made for tak ...
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Handicapping Thursday's stakes action at Belmont
The three-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival kicks off with a dynamite nine-race card Thursday including a trio of stakes for females (races 6-8).
Here are my thoughts on the sequence:
Race 6, Astoria
None of the eight juvenile fillies hav ...
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Eliminations Erupt In Canada As Top Soph And Aged Affairs Headline; Graduates Take The Stage In A Bundle At Tioga
The big guns are locked and loaded on the second weekend in June with elimination features topped by the North America Cup. The first of the biggest glamour-boys-and-girls (the Fan Hanover) events is ready to fire at the new year-round (Woo ...
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Major Test For Hopeful Trotting Colts In Goodtimes Elims At Woodbine/Mohawk
The first of the Grand Circuit stakes events on the Hambletonian Trail, the Goodtimes Trot, attracted 21 total glamour boys and 12 total Hambletonian hopefuls collected into two eliminations on the Friday, June 8 program at Woodbine Mohawk ...
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Speed Makes Lull Dangerous in Just a Game Stakes
She won’t be the most popular choice in the wagering, but I have the feeling that #4 Lull might get out in front and forget to stop in Saturday’s $700,000 Just a Game Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park .
When this talented daughter of War Front g ...
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