Dubai Carnival beads: Thunder-ous night for Godolphin

Wed Feb 15 2017Kellie Reilly

Godolphin’s Thunder Snow didn’t take long to answer the dirt question in last Saturday’s UAE 2000 Guineas (G3). As soon as the Saeed bin Suroor colt broke alertly, showed his typical early foot to track the pace, and traveled smartly, the outcome ...
Three to follow on Winsurance Wednesday at Delta Downs

Tue Feb 14 2017Vance Hanson

Playing Delta Downs on Wednesday evenings has become more favorable this year with the 15% Rolling Double Bonus and the 30X Wednesday Winsurance promotions offered by TwinSpires.com . Opting in to both promotions allows players to get a 15% bonus ...
Kentucky Derby BRIS Speed Rating Report February 14: McCraken’s numbers improve in Sam Davis victory

Tue Feb 14 2017James Scully

McCraken went 3-for-3 last year, including a convincing win in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs to establish himself as a top contender for the 2017 Kentucky Derby on May 6, but the Ghostzapper colt was still lacking from a BRIS Sp ...
Dubai Carnival beads: Guineas joy for Saudi, treble for de Vries

Tue Feb 14 2017Kellie Reilly

Saudi shippers face a substantial class hike when venturing onto the international stage at the Dubai Carnival – all the more so for a race like the UAE 1000 Guineas that draws the leading members of the division at Meydan. For that reason, Nashmiah ...
Connecting the Dots: What the Sam F Davis Taught Us About the Kentucky Derby Picture

Tue Feb 14 2017TwinSpires Staff

McCraken wins the Sam F. Davis Stakes (SV Photography) by Alastair Bull Reading between the lines of the Sam F. Davis Stakes. SETTTING:  Most eyes in the Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) were on the highly-rated classic prospect McCra ...
Tritton Trainees Could Have Another Banner Year

Tue Feb 14 2017Ted Black

Then after a brief respite and one qualifier, Provocativeprince N returned to the scene last Friday evening and won handily in 1:52.3 as the 4-5 favorite. This Saturday he will start from post two in a tougher non-winners of $25,001 last five starts ...

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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 2-12-2017

Mon Feb 13 2017Jason Michael

    What's next for Ethel?  She is now on her way to owner Monte Jacobs' Farm in Claflin, Kansas where she will be preparing for her new life as a future mama.  The "Blue Bomber" was a tremendous athlete and a thrill to cover fo ...
The Great Royal Delta

Mon Feb 13 2017D.S. Williamson

2012 Beldame Invitational It's Tricky went off at 6/5. Royal Delta went off at 4/5. The reason that I love this race is because Royal Delta showed that she didn't have to come from the clouds. Her versatility was on full display when beating rival I ...
Unique Bella soars to early Kentucky Oaks favoritism

Mon Feb 13 2017Jen Caldwell

The Road to the Kentucky Oaks wrapped up the Prep Season portion of its points races on Saturday when Chanel’s Legacy captured the Martha Washington Stakes at Oaklawn Park. However, UNIQUE BELLA ruled the week with her 8 3/4-length romp in las ...
Productive Power Plays Produce Exactas With Winners, Huge Place, Show Prices At Northfield, Miami

Sun Feb 12 2017TwinSpires Staff

We started the week off with tweets for spot plays at Pompano on Feb. 8. In Race 3 we were second to the favorite for a $64.00 exacta with River Rising ($9.80, $3.60). He went off at 25-1. Our second choice, Fast Bill in Race 8, scratched and our thi ...
February's Five Up & Coming Greyhounds to Watch for at Southland

Sun Feb 12 2017MoneyMaker Mike

potential to be Southland stars.  As many of our regular readers probably know, the only requirement that I use in selecting the 5 up and coming young greyhounds to watch each month is that they have had no more then 10 official starts prior to bein ...
Fair Grounds Race Course Profile

Sat Feb 11 2017D.S. Williamson

Grade 2 Fairgrounds Oaks, Rachel Alexandra, 2009 Although Rachel Alexandra went off at 30 cents on the dollar to win the Grade 2 Fairground Oaks in 2009, The FG Oaks was only her second race after upsetting Dream Empress and Sara Louise in the Gol ...
Mucciolo's Sophomore Spotlight February 11-12

Sat Feb 11 2017John Mucciolo

Sam F. Davis (G3): A fine field will contest the $250,000 Sam F. Davis at 1 1/16 miles and this has to be the best field ever assembled for the race at Tampa Bay Downs. I think four horses have the potential to run big and progress as serious pla ...