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Roy H. Seeks Better Luck in Sprint Championship
A clean trip will be the main wish for the connections of Roy H. as he seeks a second chance at grade one glory in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G1) Oct. 7. Roy H. was carted several horse widths wide on the turn in the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1 ...
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Finley'sluckycharm Out to Show Breeders' Cup Readiness
Speedy mare Finley’sluckycharm will be out to prove her readiness for the Breeders’ Cup when she faces six opponents in the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (G2) at Keeneland Oct. 7. The race is a Breeders’ Cup Challenge race, earning the winne ...
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Princess Warrior a key play in opening-day Pick 5 at Keeneland
A pair of graded stakes, the Alcibiades (G1) and Phoenix (G3), highlight the opening-day card at Keeneland and both are part of the Pick 5 (races 6-10).
Here are my thoughts on the sequence:
Race 6 : Top contenders are difficult to separate in ...
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Dickinson Takes On Small But Select First Lady Field
A return to the scene of her biggest triumph could help Dickinson get home in the First Lady Stakes (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 7. Dickinson became a grade one winner when she took out the Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1) at the Keeneland spring meet, defeating ...
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Attacking Late Pick 5 on Keeneland opening day
Happy Opening Day at Keeneland! The weather is summer-like in Lexington for Friday's 10-race card, and fast/firm conditions prevail.
The Late Pick 5, which commences in Race 6, includes two graded stakes plus three allowances. Here's how my 50-cen ...
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Limousine Liberal Seeks Another Stakes Victory
Popular sprinter Limousine Liberal seeks his fourth stakes win of the year when he contests the Stoll Keenan Ogden Phoenix Stakes (G2) at Keeneland Oct. 6. The son of Successful Appeal is a deserved 5-2 morning-line favorite in the Phoenix Stakes, ...
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Intriguing Mix of Runners in Alcibiades Stakes
You’d be forgiven for thinking the Alcibiades Stakes was a turf race rather than a grade one dirt event carrying direct entry to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) judging by the form book of the runners. Of the 10 entries, five last raced on ...
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Harness Racing Blog Autumn Addendum: The Big Sunday
On Oct. 8 in Lexington, Kentucky, the last harness racing program of 2017 is presented at The Red Mile. We present this blog as a separate edition due to the draw for Sunday’s stakes races, which consist of the sport’s highest horse caliber. What fol ...
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Jockey Club Gold Cup, Shadwell Turf Mile highlight final Breeders’ Cup prep bonanza
Seventeen stakes races, including 13 “Win & You’re In” events for the Breeders’ Cup, will be held over the next three days (Friday-Sunday) as the final major weekend of prep races concludes. Let’s preview the races with Breeders’ Cup implications ...
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Redemption Stakes Final
Another stakes final is on the horizon here at bestbet Jacksonville. The 2017 edition of the Redemption stakes will run on Saturday evening, October 7 th , 2017 in the 11 th race in conjunction with our fan favorite second chance drawings. ...
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Miss Temple City Seeks Shadwell Turf Mile Repeat
It took until the 31 st running of the Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) for Miss Temple City to become the first female to win the Keeneland feature. On Saturday she’s out to ensure the next gap is only one year. The Graham Motion-trained mare is the 3-1 m ...
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Free Drop Billy, Givemeaminit Head Breeders' Futurity
Two colts who just missed winning the Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Saratoga are seeking compensation – and direct entry into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) when they contest the Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 7. Free Drop Billy (2- ...
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Brown can work his Magic to win another Champagne
by DICK POWELL
The Champagne Stakes (G1) will be run on Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park as the 8TH race around 4:13 PM ET. It has been run 145 times and some of the greatest colts in American racing history have won it.
Run at one mile on t ...
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Jockey Club Gold Cup still relevant
Saturday’s $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park used to be the biggest race in the handicap division (3-year-olds and up) but now serves as a “Win & You’re In” prep for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) . And considering ...
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Keen Ice Faces 3-Year-Olds in Jockey Club Gold Cup
Punters looking to play the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park Oct. 7 have one major question to ask: do they trust the form of two older horses well beaten by Gun Runner at their last starts, or do they trust two of the better 3-year-olds. K ...
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Champagne Stakes an Intriguing Puzzle for Punters
The Champagne Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park is one of the best juvenile races in the country, and its winner earns direct entry into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and points in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series . But trying to select a winner when ...
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Keeneland Opening Day and the Double DQ
I had been up handicapping the card and my two strong opinions on the day were Merkel, who was a Steve Asmussen firster in the third race, and Barrier Reef for Saaed Bin Suroor in the featured Transylvania. I was a Pick 3/Pick 4 player at the time so ...
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Red Mile Grand Circuit Rules Weekend; Indiana Sires Stakes Present Finals; Addendum Blog For Lexington Stakes
Harness racing’s Autumn Almanac continues in Kentucky as The Red Mile hosts the second week of its traditional Grand Circuit meet. The finale is heavy with big features on Sunday, Oct. 8.
BLOG ADDENDUM—Due to press time to post this blog, c ...
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International Stallion Stakes Quintet Cast For Filly Trotters Aiming At Titles
The Breeders Crown list of eligible frosh-filly trotters is 140. Though that number won’t be divided into as elimination races (do the math) as would accommodate every one, those names dropped into the entry box will account for a good number of elim ...
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Two-year-old take center stage
Over the course of this year and well into next year, many of the top juvenile pacers and trotters that competed in lucrative stakes Wednesday evening at Harrington Raceway and several nights earlier in open stakes at the Red Mile in Lexington, Kentu ...
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Bolt d’Oro, Elate star in first round of final Breeders’ Cup prep races
The first of two final rounds of Breeders’ Cup prep races is in the books and here are some of my thoughts on the action:
Beach Patrol changed the landscape of the turf male division winning the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) at Belmont Park. Afte ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Roaring Lion
Roaring Lion; Winner of the Royal Lodge Stakes
by Alastair Bull
Premier U.S. turf sire Kitten’s Joy hasn’t had a huge representation in Europe to date, but he’s got another good horse flying the flag for him in the Royal Lodge Stakes (G2) w ...
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Projected fields for Keeneland Fall Stars Weekend
Eight Breeders’ Cup “Win & You’re In” events are on tap at Keeneland’s opening Fall Stars Weekend, and the two turf Grade 1s will offer international flavor.
Thanks to Keeneland publicity and stakes coordinator Allison DeLuca, here is Monday’s ...
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Breeders' Cup Takeaways from Santa Anita September 30
The probable favorites for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and Juvenile Fillies (G1) were on display at Santa Anita as the Southern California venue featured five Grade 1 stakes Saturday. I’ll give my thoughts on the Breeders’ Cup implications.   ...
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Breeders’ Cup Takeaways from Belmont Park September 30-October 1
Five graded races, each with Breeders’ Cup implications, took place at Belmont Park over the weekend and I will shed some light on what I witnessed.
Vosburgh:
The top-three really separated themselves from their foes in this Grade 1 sp ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Saxon Warrior
Saxon Warrior (JPN); winner of the Beresford Stakes
by Alastair Bull
With a Road to the Kentucky Derby series now in place for Europe and Japan, Churchill Downs wants its flagship race to become more international than it already is.
If th ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Bolt d'Oro
Bolt d'oro wins the FrontRunner Stakes
(Benoit Photo)
Bolt d'Oro; winner of the FrontRunner Stakes
by Alastair Bull
Bolt d’Oro deserved favoritism for the FrontRunner Stakes after his three-quarter length Del Mar Futurity (G1) victo ...
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Redemption Stakes Round 1
The Redemption Stakes kicks off this week as the top 16 greyhounds at the racetrack will take part of 2 races on Monday evening, October 2 nd , and the top 4 finishers from each race will move on to the finals this Saturday evening, October 7 th , at ...
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Dayton ‘Derby’ Dollars With Winning Trotter; Northlands Filly Score And Pacing-Colt Exacta With Choice, $31; Red Mile Bluegrass Wins, Exactas
It was another busy week of features as the Grand Circuit moved south to TwinSpires country with the sport’s top stars arriving in Lexington, Kentucky. It began for harness racing and for us on Thursday, Sept. 28 at The Red Mile with five Bluegrass d ...
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Jockey relishes newfound bridesmaid role in stakes
On a day when many thoroughbred racing enthusiasts were closing monitoring the Breeders Cup prep races at Belmont Park and Santa Anita, Laurel Park offered a trio of graded stakes races on the lawn and a handful of other races for Virginia-bred runne ...
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Awesome Slew the key in Churchill Downs' Late Pick 5
While Belmont Park and Santa Anita garner much attention Saturday with their Breeders' Cup preps, Churchill Downs will again offer a strong program that shouldn't be overlooked in your wagering plans.
It might end up chalking out, but the Late Pic ...
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Playing All-Stakes Pick 4 at Belmont Park
Belmont Park features four stakes with Breeders’ Cup implications today and the Late Pick 4 encompasses the sequence (races 7-10).
Officials did a good job rounding up six females to challenge #1 Elate in the $400,000 Beldame (G1) but none appea ...
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Handicapping Big Breeders' Cup Preview Day Saturday at Santa Anita
Santa Anita Graded Stakes Preview for September 30, 2017
Breeders’ Cup preview days don’t get much bigger than at Santa Anita Sept. 30. Five grade one races are being staged at the Southern California track, and all carry direct entry into the ...
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Breeders' Cup Bearings at Belmont: Handicapping the BC Challenge Races
Belmont Graded Stakes Preview for September 30, 2017
by Alastair Bull Belmont Park’s fall meeting gets serious this weekend with four graded stakes races, all of which could have a bearing on the Breeders’ Cup meeting at Del Mar in early Nov ...
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Santa Anita Spot Plays in FrontRunner, Chandelier, and Rodeo Drive
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Saturday is Breeders' Cup Challenge Saturday at Santa Anita and that means that five Grade 1 events with $300,000 purses are on tap at "The Great Race Place" as part of opening weekend at the 19-day autumn meeting.
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Shapiro's Pick 4 analysis for Santa Anita's Breeders' Cup preview day
by Scott Shapiro
Five Breeders’ Cup spots are on the line on Saturday afternoon at Santa Anita Park, starting with the Zenyatta Stakes (G1) featuring Santa Anita Oaks (G1) winner Paradise Woods in Race 5 and concluding with the Awesome Again Stak ...
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Roaring Lion to run rampant in Royal Lodge
Saturday’s Royal Lodge (G2) at Newmarket features an odds-on favorite in Nelson , a blueblood son of Frankel who’s taken a leap forward of late for Aidan O’Brien.
Yet this doesn’t strike me as a one-horse race at all. Rather the one-mile test, se ...
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FrontRunner Stakes Analysis
Saturday’s $300,000 FrontRunner (G1) at Santa Anita serves as a “Win & You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) five weeks later at Del Mar and the 1 1/16-mile race is also part of the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” series, with the top f ...
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Breeders’ Cup implications in Diamond? War Decree, Long Island Sound return in Friday feature; Zenyatta’s brother De Coronado entered
Trainer Aidan O’Brien has used the Diamond (G3) at Dundalk as a Breeders’ Cup reconnaissance mission at least once before, so the fact that he has two high-profile runners in Friday’s renewal must at least pique curiosity as to intent.
War Decree ...
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Dayton Raceway offers two lucrative stakes
While the three-year-old pacing colts had their chance to shine in the Little Brown Jug at the Delaware County Fair and prior to that at Northfield Park for the Milstein Memorial, the older free-for-all pacers and trotters will head to another Ohio t ...
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Awesome Again, Joe Hirsch highlight the first of two major Breeders’ Cup prep weekends
The first of two major Breeders’ Cup prep weekends is up ahead, with Belmont Park and Santa Anita offering 12 graded stakes including seven “Win & You’re In” races, and let’s preview the Breeders’ Cup implications.
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Reelin’ On The Bluegrass At The Red Mile; Freshmen Are Feisty; Northlands Launches Top Pacing Features
Autumn’s promise always delivers. There’s the crisp and colorful leaves flying through the air and the pounding of hooves on the dirt in Kentucky as The Red Mile hosts the Grand Circuit. Loaded with talent from all divisions, this is the overture for ...
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Derbies At Dayton Deliver Top Pacers And Trotters Into More Grueling Battles
Dayton Raceway’s signature races are the center point of the first few weeks of their harness meet. This Friday, Sept. 29, the Dayton Pacing Derby and the Dayton Trotting Derby are on the program, featuring some of the best older competitors in ...
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West Coast poised to challenge in Breeders’ Cup Classic
After stepping up with a dominant Travers (G1) victory, West Coast continued to impress by rolling to a 7 ¼-length decision in last Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx. The 3-year-old male divisional leader is clearly getting stro ...
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Rosecroft Raceway fall meet set to start this weekend
Tuesday morning the Rosecroft Raceway fall meet unofficially got under way when the Maryland five-eighths mile oval hosted a half-dozen qualifiers as several very familiar faces, human and equine, made their presence known. In the opening qualifier ...
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Sophomore fillies peaking towards Distaff
The imposing duo of multiple Grade 1 queen Forever Unbridled and champion Stellar Wind headline the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) at Del Mar for good reason. The former is the top dirt distaffer in the East while the latter is surely the queen of the We ...
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Breeders Cup: Who's Aidan O'Brien Bringing to Del Mar?
Like he does every year, Ballydoyle trainer Aidan O'Brien should send a few top horses to this year's Breeders' Cup. O'Brien is no stranger to the winner's circle. He might be the most successful international trainer to ever live. As always, O'Brien ...
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State-bred stars shine on dirt and stone dust
Tracks such as Harrington Raceway in Delaware and Charles Town in West Virginia often get overlooked and deemed inferior, but in actuality they are quite capable of putting together quality cards that highlight state-bred standardbreds and thoroughbr ...
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West Coast proves he's no one-trick pony
by DICK POWELL
Well, it looks like Derby season is finally over. What begins in late winter and goes to late summer, there is a Derby run in virtually every state that conducts licensed, pari-mutuel horse racing.
Late Saturday afternoon, a sol ...
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Breeders' Cup: Will Bob Baffert's Legend Grow on Nov. 4?
Trainer Bob Baffert appears to be getting better with age. Baffert won the Triple Crown in 2015 with the brilliant American Pharoah. He broke a then 37-year Triple Crown drought. Baffert unleashed the best horse in the world in 2016 when Arrogate won ...
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Breeders' Cup: Del Mar Home Track Advantage Horses
Like many racetracks in the United States, there's something about Del Mar that allows certain horses to thrive. Some of those horses should have a huge say in this year's Breeders' Cup Races. Below, I've listed many of them. Check out the list! &nb ...
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Fear The Dragon Wins Best ‘Jug’ Heat; Metro Pace Score At 3-1; Top Win Prices Are Double Digits, Place Pool Pounded
It was a big week in the sport and a good one for our audience as features began with the classic Grand Circuit pace in Delaware, Ohio.
Once again, the public leaned the wrong way. In the first and most important betting mile of The Little Bro ...
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Looking to be hot as the weather in Arlington Closing Day Pick 5
It's been unseasonably hot in Chicago of late and the hope for Saturday's closing day program at Arlington is that it feels that way, too, from a betting perspective.
Arlington has put together a top-notch card of 12 races, mostly on turf, with bi ...
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How I'm playing the Pennsylvania Derby Day Pick 4
by Scott Shapiro
Parx Racing will be the center of attention on Saturday afternoon as the venue located just outside of Philadelphia has a loaded card that includes two $1 million races.
The Cotillion (G1) for three-year-old fillies and the P ...
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Shapiro: How to bet the Pennsylvania Derby
By Scott Shapiro (@ScottShap34)
Saturday marks the pinnacle of the Parx Racing calendar as they present a loaded 13-race card headlined by the track’s premiere event, the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1).
The nine-furlong race over the main ...
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Cotillion Stakes Preview: Abel Tasman Meets 'Salty' Oaks Opponents
Cotillion Stakes Preview
by Alastair Bull The Cotillion Stakes (G1) may not be a “win and you’re in” qualifier for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1), but it’s been one of the most important guides for the big race in the past 15 years. Run over ...
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Gallant Bloom H Preview: Carina Mia Meets the Highway Star
Gallant Bloom Handicap Preview
by Alastair Bull The grade II Gallant Bloom Handicap may not be the most publicized race this weekend – those are the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) and the Cotillion Stakes (G1) at Parx – but it does have relevance tow ...
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Pennsylvania Derby Preview: Last Stop For 3YO Breeders' Cup Contenders
Pennsylvania Derby Preview
by Alastair Bull Upgraded to grade I this year, the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby is the last major race for 3-year-old Classic horses in the United States. Held over 1 1/8 miles at Parx Racing, the Pennsylvania Derb ...
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Road to the Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: The Tabulator
The Tabulator wins the Iroquois Stakes
The Road to the 2017 Kentucky Derby is officially under way, with The Tabulator earning the first 10 points in the series by winning the 1 1/16-mile Iroquois Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs Sept. 16. The Ta ...
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Filibuster Hanover wins Little Brown Jug
This year's revamped, diluted edition of the Grade I, $600,000 Little Brown Jug may have continued the sport's trend of eliminating heat racing altogether but it again showed the correlation between inside posts and early speed on half-mile ovals. I ...
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When is it a dead heat?
What is a dead heat? According the Cambridge English Dictionary, it is “a race in which two or more competitors finish at exactly the same time: The two horses finished in a dead heat.”
But that ...
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Dreams Fulfilled with Penny Chenery
Prominent Thoroughbred Owner Penny Chenery
by Alastair Bull Few women have made more of an impact on the North American Thoroughbred world than Penny Chenery, the owner of Secretariat, who died Sept. 16, aged 95. The youngest daughter of utili ...
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Little Brown Jug ‘Fear’ Heats On Fire; Hoosier Hosts Division Stars; Metro Stakes Spotlight Top Frosh Colt Pacers
Features aplenty this extended week of harness action. The first feature goes on Thursday, as the sport’s focus is upon glamour-boys and the Great American Pace, the Little Brown Jug, along with its trot version, the Old Oaken Bucket.
From the ...
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World Approval gives Casse another star miler
Trainer Mark Casse was blessed to train the great Tepin, who won Champion Turf Female honors in both 2015 and 2016, and Canadian turf champ Catch a Glimpse as well. And the conditioner boasts yet another turf performer who is destined to be a champio ...
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Kershaw looks to strike in Los Alamitos debut
With Clayton Kershaw serving as the ace of a talented pitching staff, the Los Angeles Dodgers appear poised to make a deep run this fall. But before the playoffs get underway, the Thoroughbred namesake of the star pitcher will make his career debut a ...
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Breeders’ Cup implications in Parx graded stakes
West Coast stretched his win streak to four recording a 3 ¼-length victory in the August 24 Travers (G1), netting a whopping 112 BRIS Speed rating for the wire-to-wire decision, but his status for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) remains un ...
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What to Know About Del Mar's Dirt Surface
The 2017 Breeders' Cup takes place at Del Mar. Del Mar is affectionately known as "Where the Turf Meets the Surf". In my last blog, I wrote some words about how Del Mar's turf track should play. This blog is all about the dirt track. Del Mar, like o ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: The Tabulator
The Tabulator wins the Iroquois Stakes
(Coady Photo/Churchill Downs)
The Tabulator; winner of the Iroquois Stakes
by Alastair Bull
After producing a notable 2017 Kentucky Derby runner from his first crop, Darby Dan Farm stallion Dia ...
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The Jugette And The Buckette Highlight Femme Divisions
Glamour-girl pacers and trotters are featured in this edition during the Little Brown Jug meet in the Jugette and the Buckette.
Two short filly fields make up the elimination heats of the Jugette at the Delaware, Ohio fair. The top three-year- ...
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Weekend preps yielded various Breeders' Cup clues
by DICK POWELL
Monday night's $400,000 Presque Isle Masters (G2) had some interesting aspects for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1). In the past, the race has yielded MUSICAL ROMANCE, who used the Masters as a prep before winning th ...
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Bit Of A Legend N dominant in Quillen Memorial
Since arriving in the United States less than two years ago, Bit Of A Legend N has emerged as one of harness racing's best aged pacers and Monday night he solidified his reputation further by delivering a dominant performance en route to a three-leng ...
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What to Know About Del Mar's Turf Surface
The 2017 Breeders' Cup takes place at Del Mar. A few major prep races are still to be run. Since we're on the other side of September, it's a good idea to get an idea of Del Mar's turf surface, though. See below for a few things about Del Mar's turf ...
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Another Plested Powerhouse At $74 To Win; Ariana G Devours Division; What A Hill Avenges In Glamour-Boy Derby
Our biggest priced winner this week was a first-time entry on the horses-to-watch list (H2W), coming from a barn we touted from the start of the current Running Aces meet. Trainer Kathleen Plested came through with Tornado Henry at 36-1 (from headlin ...
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Woodbine Mile one-liners
A five-strong European contingent , plus a few North American-based contenders with top-level credits on their resumes, make for a contentious renewal of the Woodbine Mile (G1). Particularly in such an open-looking race, the free berth to the Breede ...
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How I'm betting the Woodbine Mile and Pocahontas Stakes
Backing a horse eligible for a first-level allowance in a Grade 1 typically doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but #10 LANCASTER BOMBER (9-2) can be the exception in Saturday's C$800,000 Woodbine Mile (G1).
Having beat all save Oscar Performance ...
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Scully: Handicapping juveniles at Churchill Downs September 16
The Iroquois (G3) and Pocahontas (G2), the opening points’ races in the Road to the Kentucky Derby & Road to the Kentucky Oaks series, take center stage and Saturday’s 11-race card at Churchill Downs also features four juvenile maiden races with ...
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Deciphering Belmont-Woodbine Pick 5
An international all-turf Pick 5 will be offered on Saturday. Four of the grassy tilts will be of the graded variety as this unique wager consists of three races at Woodbine and a pair at Belmont Park. I will take a crack at it, as it looks challengi ...
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Can Beach resist Ocean in St Leger?
Saturday marks the final British classic of the season, the 1 3/4-mile, 115-yard St Leger (G1) at Doncaster. If the 11-horse field doesn’t feature a single standout, I’d argue there’s strength in depth, and we’ll be hearing a lot more from several of ...
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Quillen Invitational highlights Monday harness racing
Both thoroughbred and standardbred racing fans are accustomed to seeing their respective stars compete primarily on weekend cards, but this coming Monday evening Harrington Raceway in Delaware will present its signature event when it hosts the latest ...
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The 2-Year-Old Juvenile Betting Guide FREE Download
2-Year-Old juvenile racing is sometimes a challenge to handicap, when many have limited starts. Whether you examine family pedigree, caculate their work tab habits, or research any listing of past performances that display experience over the crowd, ...
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Shapiro’s Los Alamitos Saturday Late Pick 4 analysis
By Scott Shapiro (@ScottShap34)
We have reached the midway point at the three-week 2017 Los Angeles County Fair meet at Los Alamitos.
The second of three Saturday cards in Orange County offers horseplayers a nine-race slate headlined by the $1 ...
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We're Back!
We’re Back! I’m glad to report that the bestbet Building, the kennel compound, and the greyhound are all safe and ready to go for this weekend. Kudos to all the hard-working kennel employees that risked themselves to keep all our greyhound safe duri ...
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Looking beyond the big two in Wynn Las Vegas' Breeders' Cup Classic Future
Gun Runner is currently listed as the 13-10 favorite on Wynn Las Vegas' 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic Future Wager, no surprise in the wake of the colt's 10 1/4-length demolition of the Woodward (G1) at Saratoga on Labor Day weekend.
With no further ...
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Saturday cards offer plenty of star power
This coming Saturday thoroughbred racing fans in the Mid-Atlantic region will have plenty of quality runners to view when Laurel Park hosts a handful of open stakes, including the Grade III, $250,000 Frank DeFrancis Memorial Dash at six furlongs on t ...
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Looking forward to Star in Iroquois, Upset in Pocahontas
By DICK POWELL
Churchill Downs opens its September meet this Saturday and the 11-race card ends with a pair of graded stakes races for two-year-olds of both sexes. With trainers wanting more time than ever between races, you could see the top hor ...
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‘Derby’ Duels And Amazing Aged Battles At Mohawk; Octo-Simpsons Sunday
Mohawk hangs the main marquee in the sport again this week with a parade of stakes finals featuring the season’s top stars, along with high-hopes elms for two-year-old pacers. The latter are handled by the TwinSpires-exclusive blog—the Breeders Crown ...
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Frosh Male Pacers March The Miles In Metro Stakes Eliminations
With the She’s A Great Lady attracting enough competitors to go straight to the final, three Metro eliminations highlight the frosh stakes going on the Grand Circuit-fueled program at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday, Sept. 16.
Elimination one gat ...
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2017 Breeders' Cup Distaff Top 5
With Songbird's retirement, I thought it would make sense to come out with updated Breeders' Cup Distaff Rankings. My Top 5 is listed below. I haven't placed the 5 fillies and mares in order of preference. Instead, I've just listed them. All 5 figu ...
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Top older pacers heading to Harrington next Monday
Harness racing fans in the Mid-Atlantic region have few opportunities to see the top horses of either gait or any age compete in person anymore with Delaware and Maryland both offering limited stakes, but next Monday evening Harrington Raceway will h ...
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Iroquois to kick off Road to Kentucky Derby 144
It’s never too early to talk Kentucky Derby and qualifying for 144 th edition of America’s most famous horse race begins Saturday with the $150,000 Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs.
The Road to the Derby Kentucky series awards points to the top ...
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Deauville, Mondialiste spearhead European team for Woodbine Mile; Hawkbill the class of Northern Dancer Turf
Saturday’s Woodbine Mile (G1) promises to have a distinctly international flavor. According to the Woodbine notes, five Europeans are expected in the “Win & You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), including 2015 Woodbine Mile winner Mondiali ...
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Show bettor has a day at Ajax Downs
But alas, Theydontlikemyname (#6) broke sharply and ended up finishing second, safely in the money. So at the end of the day, if our hero bet $2000 to show on one runner in all seven races, since they won them all today, they took home a tidy $700 pr ...
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Starter positioning, "magic" jockeys, and Arc trials
by DICK POWELL
There is, after all, life after Saratoga and Del Mar, and the European racing season on the flat is heading for its conclusion. The Breeders' Cup is only eight weeks from this coming weekend, so things are happening fast since the ...
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Sophomores on display at Harrah's Philadelphia
While many of the sport's top three-year-old colts and gelding trotters and pacers competed in lucrative stakes on Saturday night, a bevy of potential rising stars clashed in eight different divisions of the Liberty Bell at Harrah's Philadelphia on S ...
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Catching up with top sellers from 2016 Keeneland September
On the eve of the Keeneland September kickoff, it’s an opportune time to revisit the top sellers from the 2016 yearling sale. Of the nine who crossed the million-dollar threshold a year ago, six have been named, three have run, and one has won.
Th ...
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2017 Breeders' Cup Classic Top 5
The 2017 Breeders' Cup is less than 8 weeks away. It's time to come out with my 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic Top 5. I'm not ready to rank these horses yet. I've got a lot of handicapping to do before I do that. I did put them in the order that I beli ...
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Ariana G, Downbytheseaside Win Toying With Foes; ‘Crown’ Countdown Cools Off; $18 Winner Tops Overnight Prices
Top choices that were obviously going to do their best were right there this weekend in a mishmash of features.
However you decided to wager—if you did at all—in the questionable Jug Preview on Sept. 9 at Scioto, Downbytheseaside ($2.10, $2.10 ...
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Scioto Downs and Mohawk offers stakes
Saturday evening many of harness racing's best three-year-olds of both gaits and genders were on display at Scioto Downs in Ohio and Mohawk Raceway in Canada preparing to invade another small town in Ohio later this month while older horses at Scioto ...
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