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Potential "CAP" horses at Santa Anita on Saturday
by Scott Shapiro
Saturday marks the second of three days at the National Handicapping Tournament (NHC) at Treasure Island in Las Vegas.
With only the top 10 percent advancing to Day 3 of the NHC, picking double-digit winners will be at a premi ...
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Finding Value in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager began at noon (EST) on Friday. The pool will remain open for three days closing on Sunday February 11 at 6 p.m.
After getting my money in well in Pool 1 with McKinzie at 12-1, t ...
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Gary Stevens is Winning at Oaklawn
The Ageless One, Gary Stevens, has taken his tack to Oaklawn Park. With only 46 rides as of Feb. 7 this year, Stevens has 6 wins, 8 second place, and 7 third place finishes. He's been a beast of a rider at Oaklawn. It only figures to get better for ...
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Late Pick 4 Analysis for Saturday Afternoon at Santa Anita Park
The stakes action at Santa Anita Park takes place before the late Pick 4 begins, but the racing office has provided horseplayers with a challenging sequence to close Saturday afternoon at “The Great Race Place.”
The four-race slate commences wi ...
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Saturday Yonkers, Meadowlands cards highlight aged pacers
This coming Saturday evening, while many sports enthusiasts across America recover from last week's Super Bowl 52 drama, both Yonkers Raceway and The Meadowlands will offer decent overnight cards with a trio of their two dozen events highlighting som ...
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How to Bet the San Vicente Stakes
Saturday’s action at Santa Anita Park features three graded stakes events starting in Race 4 with the Grade 2 Santa Maria featuring Unique Bella and concluding in Race 6 with the Grade 2 San Vicente for three-year-olds.
The San Vicente does not r ...
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Early Pick Five analysis for Saturday afternoon at Gulfstream Park
The Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Turf run at a mile and an eighth headlines Saturday’s card in Hallandale, Florida. The $300,000 event for four year olds and upward will be conducted as the ninth race on the twelve race card.
Despite the lack of star ...
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How to Bet the Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs
After a busy week with the Robert B. Lewis, the Withers and the Holy Bull, things are quiet on the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” this weekend outside of the Grade 2 Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs.
The Sam F. Davis Stakes , a prep for next month’ ...
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Will Heart to Heart Rebound in the Gulfstream Park Turf Stakes?
Is it possible that a single factor could determine the outcome of the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Stakes (gr. I) on Saturday at Gulfstream Park ?
The nine-furlong turf race has drawn eight starters, with none more accomplished than the speedy ...
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How to Bet Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager
By Dick Powell
The second of four pools, Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager runs Friday-Sunday this weekend and offers intriguing value.
Let’s start with last Sunday’s Super Bowl LII. When the conference championships were ...
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Will Vino Rosso Upset the Sam F. Davis Stakes?
In January 2017, the Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez made a special trip to Tampa Bay Downs to ride one horse in an ordinary maiden special weight.
The trip proved to be worth his effort, for the horse was Always Dreaming, who went on to win th ...
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Keying Three Stakes Race Favorites at Santa Anita
Three graded stakes races are scheduled to be run on Saturday at Santa Anita , and at first glance, making a decent wagering score could be challenging.
After all, each race features a standout runner that figures to be favored at a short price, ...
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How to Bet the Sam F. Davis
A strong field of seven will go to post at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday in the $250,000 Sam F. Davis S. (G3). The 1 1/16-mile event is a good one with some fine long-term prospects, but the goal is to cash on this Road to the Kentucky Derby serie ...
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Hearty Menu Of Picks For Exotic Players; High-Price Contenders Covered In Multi-Race Wagers
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This second week in a cold February includes our preview blog’s popular presentations, Partners For Picks, Power Plays and some personally selected features—all for TwinSpires’ harness bettors. The ever-popular weekly H ...
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A Moment in Time – October 14, 1978
Two Triple Crown winners dramatically beaten
For the first, and to date only, time in U.S. horse racing history, the Triple Crown was won in successive years in 1977 and 1978. The horses in question: Seattle Slew, the first horse to be unbeaten ...
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Kentucky Derby BRIS Speed Rating Report: Holy Bull
Audible put on a show making his two-turn debut and first start in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, dominating the February 3 Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park by a widening 5 ½-length margin.
A New York-bred son of Into Mischief trained by ...
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Kentucky Derby BRIS Speed Rating Report: Withers Stakes
After concluding 2017 with a second in the Remsen (G2), Avery Island returned to Aqueduct to open his 3-year-old campaign with a victory in the Withers (G3). The Street Sense colt has never run a bad one since stretching out to a route four starts ...
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Sophomore Spotlight: Withers, Robert B. Lewis & Holy Bull
A trio of graded races for Kentucky Derby hopefuls was contested last weekend and I will shed some light on what I took from each.
Withers (G2)
Aqueduct feature attracted just five and the race was a formful one. Grade 2 star AVERY ISLAN ...
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Pick 3 play for Louisiana Premier Night at Delta Downs
More than $1.1 million in purse money will be up for grabs Saturday night at Delta Downs when the track hosts its Louisiana Premier Night for state-breds. The 12-race card kicks off at 6:20 p.m. (EST).
The most interesting of the stakes might be t ...
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Spot Plays for Louisiana Premier Night at Delta Downs
On Saturday night, Delta Downs will host the 14 th edition of Louisiana Premier Night.
The 12-race card features six stakes events and four starter stakes and is headlined by the $150,000 Louisiana Premier Night Championship run at a mile and a ...
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All Others 7-2, McKinzie 8-1 for Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2
The second of Churchill Downs' four 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) pools kicks off its three-day run on Friday, beginning at noon (EST).
The Kentucky Derby Future Wager, now in its 19th year, provides fans of Thoroughbred racing with oppo ...
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Dream Tree no; Audible & Army Mule yes
By Dick Powell
Yes, 1-to-5 favorites are supposed to win and DREAM TREE delivered the goods by nearly four lengths in Sunday’s Las Virgenes Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita. But there were two issues I had with her dominating performance that might s ...
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Six horses to watch on the Kentucky Derby trail
A year ago at this time the eventual Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, Always Dreaming, was generally off most people's radars. While the colt hailed from the powerhouse Todd Pletcher stable and had belatedly broken his maiden in late January by more tha ...
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Keeler Johnson's Kentucky Derby Top 10 -- 2/6/18
Curly’s Rocket: Broke his maiden by a convincing 3 ¼ lengths for trainer Bob Baffert in a six-furlong race on February 3rd at Santa Anita. His stablemate Once On Whiskey also caught my eye by rallying from out of the clouds to finish second. Ex ...
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Ten Stakes Races Scheduled for Louisiana Premier Night
If you’re a fan of stakes-packed race cards, then you won’t want to miss Louisiana Premier Night on Saturday at Delta Downs , which features ten stakes races for Louisiana-breds with a combined purse of $1.055 million.
The latter half of the card ...
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Ward, Maker Fillies Square Off in Cincinnati Trophy Stakes
Two of the leading trainers at Turfway Park will square off in the $50,000 Cincinnati Trophy Stakes on February 9th, the most prominent race of the night at the Kentucky racetrack.
Mike Maker and Wesley Ward have dominated racing at Turfway Pa ...
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Avery Island Rebounds in Withers Stakes
However, Avery Island’s final time of 1:51.01 for nine furlongs wasn’t all that fast considering that Aqueduct was playing quicker than usual on Saturday, and the resulting BRIS speed figure—a 94—was just a point higher than the 93 Avery Island recei ...
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Audible stars at Gulfstream
Saturday’s $350,000 Holy Bull (G2) featured a fine field of Kentucky Derby hopefuls making their respective 2018 debuts and while I am rarely quick to rush to judgment, I think AUDIBLE has star written all over him.
Todd Pletcher pupil enter ...
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In Defense of Lombo's Robert B. Lewis Victory
Perhaps the biggest storyline to come out of California so far this year is that Santa Anita Park —formerly renowned as one of the fastest racetracks in the country—has undergone a significant transformation to become a very slow and tiring track. ...
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Why Audible's Holy Bull Victory Was Sensational
But wait, there’s more. Audible’s burst of speed was not a mere illusion brought about by tiring rivals—Free Drop Billy actually ran a huge race while finishing second, pulling 7 ¾ lengths clear of the rest of the field. But even more noteworthy, Aud ...
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Three Sophomores Jump Onto Kentucky Derby Trail
This past Saturday on Feb. 3, a few three-year-olds showed that they might have what it takes to challenge on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Audible won the Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Avery Island won the Withers at Aqueduct. Long shot Lom ...
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Cold $24 Exacta At Yonkers; $83 Triactor, $20 Exacta Partners In Feature At Woodbine; 43 Percent Hit The Board
Our top winners were moderate this week, with many of our suggested contenders getting the favor of the public. Here’s the rundown for the first weekend of February harness racing from the preview blog.
Remember our 2018 slogan:
Twin ...
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Older pacers and trotters highlight Yonkers Saturday night card
One night before many Americans are set to watch the Super Bowl LII (52) clash between the defending champion New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles in the rematch of their Super Bowl XXXIV encounter, Yonkers Raceway hosted a solid card fil ...
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Dream Tree a free space in Santa Anita Pick 5
A nine-race card has been set at Santa Anita on Sunday, with the feature coming in the form of the $200,000 Las Virgenes S. (G1) as Race 4. I think unbeaten DREAM TREE is easily among the top sophomore fillies in training and looks unbeatable with so ...
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Speed play in Robert Lewis
The Holy Bull (G2) features a trio of high-profile sophomores and the six-horse Withers (G3) should be interesting to watch. But for my money, the Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita has the most wagering appeal among the three Kentucky Derby prep r ...
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Mucciolo: Gulfstream Park stakes plays
A fine Saturday card awaits us at Gulfstream Park, with a handful of graded races led by the $200,000 Holy Bull S. (G2). I will take aim at each of the five.
Swale (G3)
This is a race that I like a lot, as four of the six who will go postwa ...
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Pavel looms large in San Pasqual
I have been a fan Doug O’Neill-trained PAVEL since his superb debut win at Santa Anita last summer. Son of Grade 1 winner and classic-placed Creative Cause was thrown to the proverbial wolves following that tally but held up pretty well after a fourt ...
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Untamed Domain Looks Tough to Beat in Dania Beach Stakes
In going over the graded stakes races across the country this weekend, it’s hard to find a more likely winner than the promising colt that will start as the favorite in the $100,000 Dania Beach Stakes (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park .
That horse wou ...
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Using Holy Bull pair in Derby Doubles bonus play
TwinSpires.com's Derby Doubles bonus is first available to players on Saturday and the concept is simple. Hit a Double that includes one of the three Kentucky Derby (G1) preps -- the Withers (G3), Holy Bull (G2), or Robert B. Lewis (G3) -- and e ...
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Spot Plays in the Las Virgenes
Sunday at Santa Anita Park is not covered with graded stakes races throughout the day, but the card does contain a $200,000 event for three-year-old fillies to start the afternoon’s Pick Six. The Grade 2 Las Virgenes did not come up strong in 2018, ...
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Six things to know for the 2018 Holy Bull, Withers, Lewis
The Kentucky Derby (G1) points chase picks up again in earnest on Saturday, as aspiring sophomores contest the Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park, the Withers (G3) at Aqueduct, and the Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita.
We’ll begin our “six thi ...
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Shapiro’s Late Pick 4 analysis for Robert B. Lewis Day at Santa Anita Park
Itsinthepost captured the San Gabriel to kick off his six-year-old campaign on January 6 (c) Benoit Photos
by Scott Shapiro
A foursome of graded stakes events headlines a strong Saturday afternoon card at “The Great Race Place.”
The Palo ...
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How to Best Attack the Withers Day card at Aqueduct
The Grade 3 Withers Stakes headlines a Saturday afternoon card in New York City where sunny skies are in the forecast. The quality of racing outside of the featured $250,000 event on Saturday at Aqueduct is moderate, but there are still plenty of op ...
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Spot Plays for Holy Bull Day at Gulfstream Park
The Pegasus World Cup may be in the rearview mirror, but Gulfstream Park has yet another strong card on tap for Saturday afternoon headlined by the Grade 2 Holy Bull.
With five graded stakes events scattered over the 12-race slate, there are plent ...
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Brown reaches milestone but Foiled Again fades
In the span of 24 hours at a pair of tracks that have little in common, one trainer was able to record a milestone victory at Charles Town while an aged pacer failed in his second bid for another milestone. On Wednesday evening at Charles Town, trai ...
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Good Magic Tops 360 Nominees for the 2018 Triple Crown
Good Magic , winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I) and the Eclipse Award champion two-year-old male of 2017, is among the talented young horses that have been nominated to compete in the 2018 Kentucky Derby , Preakness Stakes, and Belmont S ...
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How to bet the 2018 Holy Bull Stakes
The first of three Kentucky Derby qualifiers at Gulfstream Park, Saturday’s $350,000 Holy Bull (G2) has attracted a trio of big names among its 11 entrants.
Enticed has been installed as the 3-1 morning line favorite for Kiaran McLaughlin foll ...
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Avery Island Seeks Rebound in Withers Stakes
Races with small fields are generally seen as less competitive than races with large fields, but the $250,000 Withers Stakes (gr. III) on Saturday at Aqueduct is a notable exception.
Although the nine-furlong race has drawn just six starters, it ...
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Trio of Kentucky Derby Prep Races could be tough on Favorites
By Dick Powell
Spring is coming and a trio of legitimate 3yo Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races makes me realize that we have hit February and the first Saturday in May is not far off.
In today’s training world of less is more, many hor ...
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Looking for an Upset in the Holy Bull Stakes
It’s an oft-stated fact that outside post positions are a disadvantage in 8.5-furlong and 9-furlong races at Gulfstream Park. With a very short run to the first turn, horses drawn outside are in danger of getting hung wide early in the race.
That ...
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Will Regulate Upset the Robert B. Lewis Stakes?
Remember the 2014 Del Mar Futurity (gr. I), when the Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert entered a relatively unheralded maiden named American Pharoah?
American Pharoah had shown little when finishing fifth in his debut a month earlier, but that didn ...
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Blizzard, Snowshoe Series Finals At Woodbine; Full-Throttle Of Features Fire; Pickin’ At Powerful Pick-4 Profits
Our endless pursuit for winning horses outside the public favors continues through the hard-weather months of winter. This week, again we include Partners For Picks and Power Plays for TwinSpires account-holders to use for inspiration. Also, though, ...
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Tricks to Doo, Strike Power Face Off in Swale Stakes
Talented young sprinters will be in the spotlight when Gulfstream Park hosts the $200,000 Swale Stakes (gr. II) on February 3rd.
The seven-furlong race has attracted some of the best up-and-coming three-year-old sprinters on the East Coast, incl ...
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Keying Miss Mo Mentum in the Forward Gal Stakes
Talk about a quality field! Eight three-year-old fillies are set to contest Saturday’s $200,000 Forward Gal Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park , and their accomplishments to date ensure that the race will be worthy of its Grade 2 status.
Five of ...
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How to bet the 2018 Withers Stakes
The waters get deeper for Firenze Fire in the $250,000 Withers (G3) at Aqueduct, a Road to the Kentucky Derby prep race over 1 1/8 miles. An old hand in the series already having won the Champagne (G1) and $150,000 Jerome, he'll look to push his ...
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King Cotton Stakes Features a Reunion of Past Winners
Saturday’s $125,000 King Cotton Stakes at Oaklawn Park is shaping up to be a reunion of sorts. Remarkably, the winners of four of the last five renewals of the race will be back to vie for supremacy of the six-furlong sprint.
Leading the charge ...
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2018 Dubai World Cup Power Rankings
The dust hasn't settled on Gulfstream Park's dirt racetrack from the 2018 Pegasus World Cup, and already horseplayers have turned their attention to Dubai. Why not? Gun Runner won't run in the Dubai World Cup . That means the chances of a 4/5 shot w ...
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Gun Runner Becomes Legendary
On Jan. 27, Gun Runner added the Pegasus World Cup to his list of accomplishments. The best horse in the world didn't seem to break a sweat when holding off his top foes in the Pegasus World Cup. With the victory, Gun Runner jumped from tenth on the ...
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Keeler Johnson's Kentucky Derby Top 10 -- 1/30/18
In what could be considered the calm before the storm, very little happened last weekend on the Road to the Kentucky Derby , but with three major prep races scheduled for February 3rd, there’s no doubt that the action is about to heat up quickly.
...
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Gun Runner goes out in style; Foiled Again looking to follow
Last weekend, while many sports enthusiasts were already looking ahead to this Sunday's Super Bowl LII (52) match-up between the defending champion New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles in Minnesota, thoroughbred racing fans easily filled ...
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How One Simple Trend Led to a Winning Pick 6
With all of the recent excitement over the huge “Rainbow Pick 6” carryover at Gulfstream Park , I got to thinking about a different Rainbow Pick 6 sequence from 2011, a sequence that emphasized the advantages that can be gained from following all t ...
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Pegasus ruminations: Gun Runner goes out blazing, West Coast the heir apparent
Since the essence of horse racing is determining the best horse, there’s something satisfying about a logical and decisive result, particularly in the sport’s landmark events.
Thus Saturday’s $16 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) performed up to it ...
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2018 Kentucky Derby workout report for January 28
It’s less than 100 days until the 2018 Kentucky Derby, and the main contenders are busy working and running their way into contention.
Each Sunday, the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard top 10 will be showcased in regards to works, last starts and, if kn ...
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Hanson: Looking for luck to continue for Rainbow 6 mandatory payout
They say the best time to attack a jackpot wager, like Sunday's Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Park, is when there is a mandatory payout. An even better time is when that mandatory payout happily coincides with a boost in your betting capital.
I didn't g ...
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Shapiro: Thoughts on Rainbow 6 mandatory payout
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Saturday was a monster day at Gulfstream Park as racing fans witnessed the final performance of the 2017 Horse of the Year, Gun Runner, in the Pegasus World Cup.
Things stay hot in Hallandale, Florida, on Sunday as it is manda ...
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Scully: Pair of singles key to Rainbow 6
With a mandatory payout, Sunday’s Rainbow 6 pool at Gulfstream Park will be enormous.
Here are my thoughts on the sequence and the ticket I'm playing:
Leg 1 (7 th race): All-or-nothing out of the gates as I start with a single.
#4 Ultima ...
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Bankroll builders before Rainbow 6 mandatory payout at Gulfstream Park
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Whether you plan to bet a few bucks or thousands of dollars into a mandatory payout pool, adding to your bankroll before the main event gets started is always good for both your wallet and your emotional state.
The Gulfstream ...
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Hawthorne Hit Hard With $60Winner; Woodbine Series Strike; Exotic Additions At Yonkers Serve $50 And $99 Returns
One big horses-to-watch (H2W) list winner was the standout this weekend and our highest paying winner so far in 2018. From Hawthorne, we delivered Fox Valley Eli paying $60.60 (see H2W list below).
Here are the features in chronological order: ...
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Approaching the Rainbow Pick 6 backwards
By Dick Powell
The Rainbow Pick 6 will have a mandatory payoff on Sunday at Gulfstream Park. This means that there will be no consolation money taken out of the pool for the next racing day so the payoff for six of six winners will be the full 8 ...
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Sharp Azteca Pegasus World Cup Pedigree Potential
Do any pedigrees stand out for Pegasus World Cup horses?
by Alastair Bull
The Pegasus World Cup is such a valuable race that it puts the winner’s sire into a position where he has a strong chance of finishing the year as leading sire. It ce ...
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Not a Rainbow Six but a Rainbow single in Pegasus World Cup Pick 5
Whatever multi-race exotic(s) are your favorites, Gulfstream will be offering the all-stakes variety on the latter half of Saturday's Pegasus World Cup card. I'll be focusing on the Late Pick 5 that starts in race 8 and ends with the World Cup.
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Playing Gun Runner and closers in the Pegasus
A hot pace in Saturday’s $16 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) figures to have ramifications. And if Gun Runner can establish favorable positioning just off the speed, he could be the only early runner around at the end.
I don’t want any part ...
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2018 Pegasus World Cup one-liners
The world’s richest race gets the one-liner treatment as I try to sum up each of the contenders in the $16 million Pegasus World Cup (G1).
If there’s not a grudge match on the scale of California Chrome versus Arrogate, the Gulfstream Park show- ...
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Summer Revolution Looks Live in Toboggan Stakes
Though most of the attention this weekend will be on the Pegasus World Cup, handicappers might also want to keep an eye on the $100,000 Toboggan Stakes (gr. III) at Aqueduct.
The field for the seven-furlong sprint is led by #2 Takaful , who is us ...
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Sun Met anchors big Saturday in South Africa
Get your Pegasus World Cup Day started early with top-class action from South Africa’s Kenilworth.
The coveted Sun Met (G1) , featuring an 18-horse field (post time 10:15 EST), anchors a blockbuster Saturday card including three other Group 1s. ...
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Mucciolo: Pegasus Day Spot Plays
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I love the fact that John Velazquez opts to ride #10 SOAR FROM SHADOWS (12-1) instead of a first-time starter for his go-to conditioner, Todd Pletcher. The sophomore filly ran well in a first try at Aqueduct in the winter when closing fo ...
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Early Pegasus Day Pick 4 hinges on Betty
The $16 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) serves as Saturday’s finale, but there is a bevy of betting opportunities on the Gulfstream card prior to the main event. I will take aim at cashing in early in the card, starting with a playable early Pick 4. ...
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2018 Pegasus World Cup News & Notes
The second running of the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) is proving just as exciting as last year’s inaugural edition, and TwinSpires.com has all the information you need to keep track of the contenders, including FREE PPs .
In 2017, we sa ...
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Second annual Grade I Pegasus Invitational highlights weekend of racing
One year after Arrogate captured the inaugural edition of the Grade I, $12 million Pegasus World Championship Invitational at Gulfstream Park at the outset of a four-year-old campaign that ended in disappointing fashion, the Hallandale, Florida tra ...
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Will pace make the race in Pegasus?
By Dick Powell
They say “Pace makes the Race” and we’ll see if “They” are right this Saturday in the $16 million Pegasus World Cup (G1). Because after Wednesday’s post-position draw at Gulfstream Park, there figures to be a pretty hot pace.  ...
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Looking for Longshots on the Pegasus World Cup Undercard
The $16 million Pegasus World Cup (gr. I) is obviously the highlight of the Saturday card at Gulfstream Park, but four other graded stakes races are scheduled to be run as well.
Here are some of my handicapping thoughts on each race…. Race 3: La ...
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Will West Coast Upset Gun Runner in the Pegasus World Cup?
Handicappers will be presented with an interesting quandary when the $16 million Pegasus World Cup (gr. I) is held on January 27th at Gulfstream Park .
The nine-furlong race will mark the final start for #10 Gun Runner , who rose to great heig ...
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2018 Pegasus World Cup Picks
The 2018 Pegasus World Cup takes place this Saturday, Jan. 27. After the post-position draw this past Wednesday, Gun Runner was installed as the 4/5 favorite. Based on how Gun Runner won the 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic, it sure appears as if 4/5 are ...
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Stalking Woodbine Winter Series; Exotic Extravaganza At Yonkers; ‘Picks’ For Profits
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Big potential in 3yo maiden race at Fair Grounds
A solid and potentially very good group of three-year-olds will go six panels on the Fair Grounds main surface in Race 7 Thursday. Six of the seven runners are unraced and I can make a case for the majority of the cast in a six-furlong test that has ...
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Navarro single starts interesting Pick 4
Many of the racing eyes will be on Gulfstream Park this weekend as Saturday features the second running of the $16 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) . And on Sunday, the potential of a gigantic Rainbow-6 carryover looms with a mandatory payout.
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Deep Field Assembles for John B. Connally Turf Cup
It’s only January, but I’m willing to bet that a couple months could pass before we see another field of turf horses with as much quality as the group that has assembled for Sunday’s $200,000 John B. Connally Turf Cup (gr. III) at Sam Houston Rac ...
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Pegasus World Cup Contenders Complete Pre-Race Workouts
With the $16 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park just three days away, the twelve contenders have pretty much wrapped up their major training for the world’s richest horse race.
From Santa Anita to Gulfstream Park and at tracks and trai ...
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A closer look at the next round of Kentucky Derby preps
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Big week ahead for Gun Runner
By Dick Powell
It’s going to be a big week for GUN RUNNER. He is expected to be awarded Eclipse Awards for Older Male and Horse of the Year at Thursday’s ceremony at Gulfstream Park. And, on Saturday, he will go off as the favorite in the $16 m ...
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Pegasus World Cup future: possible distance change, turf race, greater international involvement
Saturday’s $16 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) isn’t content to rest on its status as the world’s richest race. The Stronach Group’s Chief Operating Officer, Tim Ritvo, discussed future possibilities in an NTRA media teleconference on Monday.
Per ...
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Pegasus World Cup scouting report: Toast of New York
“He has the potential to be one of the highest-earning horses in the world.”
So declared trainer Jamie Osborne in the Racing Post – three years ago, on the heels of Toast of New York’s near-miss in the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at S ...
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Arrogate setting a track record in the Travers Stakes (gr. I) - Susie Raisher/Coglianese Photography
How Fast Finishes Can Identify Future Stars
How can you tell when a young, lightly-raced horse has the talent to step up in class and become a winner at the highest levels of the sport?
There are many ways to judge the merits of a young racehorse, but one factor I’ve routinely found valuabl ...
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Keeler Johnson's Kentucky Derby Top 10 -- 1/22/18
On a quiet weekend without any official Kentucky Derby prep races, the biggest news came from Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida, where the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I) winner Good Magic made his much-anticipated return to the work tab.
T ...
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Pegasus World Cup an ambitious spot for champion Stellar Wind's finale
By the time the Pegasus World Cup (G1) field reaches the Gulfstream Park paddock for Saturday's race, there will be two newly-crowned champions for fans to gaze at.
Gun Runner is a virtual cinch to be named champion older dirt male and Horse ...
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2018 Pegasus World Cup Pre-Draw Odds
We won't know the field for the January 27 Pegasus World Cup until the draw occurs this Wednesday on January 24. No worries. We can start to decipher what's going to happen on race day, odds wise at least, by studying the future book odds. I write a ...
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Jerry Hollendorfer Might Train the Best Three-Year Old in the Nation
Some of the better three-year-olds in the nation just recently had their first Kentucky Derby prep races of the year. The Jerry Hollendorfer trained Instilled Regard won the LeComte Stakes, Firenze Fire won the Jerome, and Bob Baffert's much discusse ...
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Kentucky Derby BRIS Speed Rating Report: Smarty Jones
Mourinho was never threatened leading wire to wire in the January 15 Smarty Jones , registering his first stakes victory with the 3 ¼-length decision.
The bay colt provided Bob Baffert with his first triumph in the one-mile race and considering ...
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