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McCraken, Timeline prepare for upcoming class tests
McCraken and Timeline reside just outside the top tier presently but the 3-year-old colts will try to emerge as serious divisional contenders during the second half of the season. They tuned up for important future engagements with convincing wins ov ...
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Taking the Indiana Grand Challenge on Wednesday, June 21
While I was focused on the Pick 5 carryover at Fort Erie on Tuesday afternoon, another portion of horse racing Twitter was abuzz with Indiana Grand discussion.
Scott Shapiro, Brisnet.com's intrepid California-based handicapper who does Daily Se ...
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Royal Ascot Thursday Spotlight: Seeking consequential result in Norfolk
Ladies Day (Thursday) at Royal Ascot kicks off with the five-furlong Norfolk Stakes (G2), an affair so contentious I felt comfortable eliminating only five of the 18 entrants on my first run through the race. Ultimately, you have to take a stand, and ...
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The Mighty Have Fallen
In the third round of the 2017 Battle of the Sexes, two favorites won their races, but neither of them were the undefeated greyhounds that headed into battle. Both of the mighty have fallen, and now with the points fanning out, it is going to be i ...
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Sophomores Highlight Harrington Weeknight Cards
Both the Monday and Tuesday evening cards at Harrington Raceway in Delaware featured eliminations for the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund as the various sophomore pacing colts and gelding on Monday and the fillies on Tuesday were looking to secur ...
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Royal Ascot Wednesday Spotlight: Cavalry charges in Jersey, Queen Mary
With 20 horses in the Jersey (G3) and 24 in the Queen Mary (G2), the first two races on Royal Ascot’s Wednesday card promise to be cavalry charges down the straightaway. The natural inclination is to try to find value, and not boringly adhere to the ...
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Turf Tuesday For Pick 5 Carryover at Fort Erie
Two things Royal Ascot and Fort Erie have in common is that both venues run Prince of Wales Stakes, and they both attracted my wagering dollars today (Tuesday, June 20).
We'll continue to wager on Royal Ascot throughout the week availing ou ...
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Racing Action Continues to Heat Up
Serious and novice harness racing fans might have just been able to take a deep breath following the action at Mohawk Raceway in Canada on Saturday night, but now they will have to dive deep into this Saturday's competitive, stakes-filled card at Poc ...
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Kicking off Royal Ascot with action plays in Coventry, St James's Palace
Thirty races spread over five days, two-thirds of which are group events with large fields. Diving into Royal Ascot is a pleasure, but can also be mind-numbing and overwhelming with all the research that goes into making what we hope are educated pic ...
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Royal Ascot Juvenile Spotlight: Tuesday’s Coventry conundrum
When coming up with selections for Tuesday’s Group 1s at Royal Ascot , at least there was a form hierarchy to go by, even if sifting through it forced some tough decisions.
The executive summary version: I give #11 Mutakayyef (7-1) a shot to up ...
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Royal Ascot Meet Starts on June 20
The Royal Ascot Meet starts on Tuesday, June 20. The most famous meet in Great Britain, the summer Royal Ascot Meet should be forever etched into our minds thanks to Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady . "Dover! Move your bloomin' arse," Hepburn said in ...
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Watch, Lorine Lead the Way
Through two rounds of the 2017 Battle of the Sexes, two greyhounds have separated themselves from the rest of the pack with back to back wins. Watch me posted up his 6 th win in a row on the MALE side of the equation, and Lorine of Ruckus took ...
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The 2017 Royal Ascot Betting Guide FREE Download
With five days of great racing featuring eight Group 1 races, eight Group 2 races, three Group 3s, four listed, one conditions race, and six rich handicaps, Royal Ascot oozes with quality – and wagering opportunities.
A team effort from both Briti ...
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Maryland-breds Make Rapid Impression
Nearly 10 years after Maryland standardbred racing had plummeted to virtual extinction, several of the sport's top pacers and trotters are Maryland-breds whose ascension has almost mirrored that of the state. On Sunday afternoon at Vernon Downs Race ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 6-18-2017
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap Up!
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Real Racing Starts After Triple Crown
Horseplayers know that the real racing starts after the Triple Crown. The Triple Crown is for the public, casual players that like to show up at the racetrack in fancy hats. Horseplayers, those of us who want to make money at the track, know that s ...
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Royal Ascot Post Times & Race Conditions
With Royal Ascot set to begin Tuesday, some racing fans are asking, "What time are the races? Who can run in them? What are the distances?"
TwinSpires.com and Brisnet.com have Royal Ascot afficionados covered with not only news, picks and inf ...
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Fear The Dragon On Top Again, Wins $1-Million North America Cup; Mixed Bag Of Choices Across The Board On Undercard
The big Mohawk North America Cup is history and we helped make it with our unassailable endorsement of Fear The Dragon ($4.90, $2.60, $2.10). Just shy of 3-2, the powerful colt proved once and for all the breadth of his talent, as we predicted before ...
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How's that Chalk Taste? Ask me after the Stephen Foster
The biggest question facing handicappers on the Stephen Foster Handicap card is what to do with the trio of 4-to-5 morning favorites in three of the five stakes races on the 11-race card. There's McCraken in the Matt Winn Stakes (race 5), Forever Unb ...
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McCraken a popular and worthy single to start All Stakes Pick 5
The sequence of the all graded stakes Pick 5 for Stephen Foster Night at Churchill Downs is, on the surface, an ideal one with both single opportunities as well as contentious races that will seemingly requirement a bit of spreading. Here's how I'l ...
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Chubby Star key to multi-race plays on stakes-packed Stephen Foster Night
The $500,000 Stephen Foster (G1) serves as the main event on Saturday’s 11-race Downs After Dark program at Churchill Downs and a Pick 5 encompasses the five graded stakes events (races 5-9).
It kicks off with the $100,000 Matt Winn (G3) for 3-yea ...
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Shapiro: Identifying Vulnerable Favorites Part 2
by Scott Shapiro
My series on identifying vulnerable favorites commenced with a look at maidens that consistently take money, yet continuously disappoint their backers. In case you missed it, click here for Part 1 in the series .
In today’s ...
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Battle of the Sexes Round 2
We are ready for some more stake racing action here at bestbet Jacksonville in the 2 nd round of the Battle of the Sexes. The Jim Blanchard kennels dominated round 1, but the chips are back on the table for round 2 and there could be a differen ...
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Shapiro looking to stay hot in Late Pick 4 at Santa Anita
by Scott Shapiro
The Saturday afternoon card at Santa Anita Park is filled with full fields and challenging horizontal sequences, including the late Pick 4, which starts in Race 7 and concludes with a maiden special weight over the lawn.
Prio ...
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Mohawk Offers Stellar Card on Saturday Night
This Saturday night harness racing fans will certainly focus their attention north of the border as Mohawk Racetrack in Toronto, Canada, hosts the latest edition of the $1 million North America Cup final for three-year-old pacing colts on a night in ...
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First Picks At My New Kentucky Home
I have to admit to having a little extra spring in my stop today as I entered Churchill Downs, as this was my first day reporting for work at the World's Most Legendary Track that's now my "home" track.
At about 30 miles away, I'm not exactly down ...
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Recovering from betting mistakes
By Dick Powell
They say, “Winning begets winning.” So, what does losing beget? Bingo!
I had a tough day betting last Saturday at Belmont Park. It was a great day of racing and seeing all the stars in person was wonderful. But I had two gigant ...
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Gun Runner, Forever Unbridled among stars on dynamite Downs After Dark program
A highly-accomplished pair of older horses, Gun Runner and Forever Unbridled, head respective stakes races on a terrific 11-race card at Churchill Downs Saturday evening. The action kicks off at 6 p.m. (EDT) under the Twin Spires and patrons are enco ...
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N.A. Cup Card Mobilizes Best Of Divisions’ Early-Season Stars With Stakes Adorning Mohawk Card
Heat waves over the northeast make the sunsets more colorful and later than any other time of the year. Sometimes that heat compels standardbreds to race faster and faster. The program on June 17 at Mohawk promises to offer ground-sizzling miles as g ...
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Goodtimes Finalists Lead Stakes-Bound Contenders At Mohawk; Empire Finals At Vernon
The undercard of the North America Cup features the first major summer stakes event for the glamour-boy trotters with the $251,000 Goodtimes Trot on Saturday, June 17.
Hambo hopefuls make up nine of the ten competitors in the Goodtimes Final, ...
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Todd Pletcher Strikes Again in Test of Champions
Todd Pletcher did it again. One of the world's greatest horse trainers managed to win the Belmont Stakes with an equine that ran terribly in the Kentucky Derby 5 weeks before. Tapwrit ran right past Irish War Cry to take home the Test of Champions. ...
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The Rise of Gun Runner
The Steve Asmussen-trained GUN RUNNER will go off as a big favorite in Saturday’s Stephen Foster (G1) and with a triumph in the storied race, the four-year-old can continue to vault up the ladder as the best handicap horse not named Arrogate.
It t ...
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Blanchard Rules in Round 1
Their might just be 4 races in the rounds of the Battle of the Sexes, but the Blanchard kennel won two of those races and might be set up for a Battle of their own if they both continue to run. He won a race on the Male side and a race on the Female ...
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Belmont Day Takeaways
A superb day of racing took place at Belmont Park on Saturday where I witnessed a bevy of fine horses and performances. I will highlight a trio that caught my eye:
1. ANTONOE looks like a flat-out star. Juddmonte Farms’ homebred rated in last to ...
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Three-year-old race far from over and other Belmont Day thoughts
In his post-Belmont wrap, Ed DeRosa gave his view on the state of the three-year-old championship race following the conclusion of this year's classics. I generally agree if voting ended today that Always Dreaming would claim the Eclipse Award a ...
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Battle of the Sexes Round 1
Another stakes race is on tap and this time we get the best GIRLS at the racetrack against the best BOYS in the 2017 edition of the Battle of the Sexes race. In rounds 1-3 the girls will race against the girls and the boys will race against the boys. ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 6-11-2017
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap Up! ...
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Always Dreaming tops three-year-olds in first half of year
For the second consecutive year, there were three different winners of the U.S. Thoroughbred Triple Crown races. Long-term history suggests one of those three will end up as champion three-year-old male, but short-term history says it will be someone ...
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Chalky Champs Crush Elims At Mohawk; H-Trail Scores Cold And Partnered Exactas; Easy State-Bred Winners Hit
My dad used to call bad nights of betting at the harness races a “shellacking” and even though we are well aware of our resilience playing this game, we took a shellacking and had to bow to the public choices big time in every feature—even the few wh ...
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Mohawk Hosts Bevy of Eliminations
Less than an hour after Tapwrit edged Irish War Cry to capture the 149th edition of the Belmont Stakes on a stellar card at Belmont Park, Mohawk Racetrack in Canada hosted numerous elimination divisions of various stakes with berths for spots in lucr ...
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Baffert wins four, Smith five on Belmont Stakes day to evoke memories of Mandella & Emanski
On a Belmont Stakes day some th ought was lacking in equine star power, a pair of Racing Hall of Fame horsemen stepped up to the plate and hit back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs, as trainer Bob Baffert legged up jockey Mike Smith to four consecut ...
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Tapwrit runs down Irish War Cry to take Belmont Stakes
Tapwrit rallied in the lane of Saturday’s 149th running of the Belmont Stakes (G1) to collar 5-2 favorite Irish War Cry and pull off the win under jockey Jose Ortiz, whose brother Irad Oritz Jr. won this same race under Creator last year.
This t ...
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2017 Belmont Stakes one-liners
Having started the 2017 Triple Crown by summing up the Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls , and continuing the idea for the Preakness (G1) , it’s only right to offer the same kind of one-line treatment for the Belmont S. (G1) contenders.
#1 Twisted T ...
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How to win money on the 2017 Belmont Stakes card
The big day is finally here, and not a moment too soon for me, as I'm looking forward to exorcising some demons not only from this Belmont Stakes week but also all of a Triple Crown season that has seen me post a dreadful ROI of -50% on my wagers sin ...
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Before Stephens, James Rowe dominated Belmont Stakes like no other
by TERESA GENARO
No trainer is more closely linked to New York’s biggest race than Woody Stephens, who famously won five consecutive Belmonts, from 1982 to 1986.
But more than a century earlier, trainer James G. Rowe began to compile a Belmon ...
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$100 Budget Belmont Stakes Festival: Saturday All-Stakes Pick 4
The Belmont Stakes anchors a $1.5 million guaranteed Late Pick 4 (Races 8-11) and it’s a challenging sequence. I am going after it with a $100 budget.
Here are my thoughts on the races:
8 th race, Just a Game (G1) :
Very keen on #5 Celes ...
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$100 Budget Belmont Stakes Festival: Saturday Pick 5
Saturday’s 13-race Belmont Stakes program begins with a $500,000 guaranteed Pick 5 wager (Races 1-5) that includes four stakes races. I am playing multiple tickets on a $100 budget.
Here are my thoughts on the sequence:
1 st race : A pair of ...
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Horses of interest: Belmont Stakes Day edition
As usual, we’re casting about for some well-priced contenders who may be worth including in your Belmont Day wagering strategy.
Race 3, the Brooklyn (G2): #1 Governor Malibu (8-1) has to step it up against the likes of Tu Brutus and Send It I ...
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Pedigree fun facts for 2017 Belmont Stakes
Most of the contenders in the 149th running of the Belmont S. (G1) have robust pedigrees, as you might expect for three-year-olds attempting the 1 1/2-mile third jewel of the Triple Crown.
Let’s take a look at a few of the more notable bloodline a ...
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Belmont Stakes 2017 News & Notes
The third and final jewel of the Triple Crown is upon us, and TwinSpires.com has you covered with everything a fan could want or need to enjoy the Belmont Stakes all in one place!
The FREE Belmont Stakes Betting Guide provides useful informati ...
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Who to Bet For A Belmont Stakes 2017 Return
Tapwrit preps for the Belmont Stakes (Coglianese Photo)
What is the best chance for a return on investment in the Belmont Stakes?
by Alastair Bull
The Belmont Stakes frequently provides great opportunities for a good return for punters ...
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Shapiro’s Belmont Stakes Day Late Pick 4
by Scott Shapiro
Belmont Park’s All Grade 1 Pick 4 on Saturday is one of the better sequences horseplayers will come across this year.
Starting in the 8 th race with the Just a Game and ending with the 149th running of the Belmont Stakes, ...
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A closer look at three longer-priced Belmont Day picks
You can access my top three selections for Saturday's Pick 6 at Belmont Park (Races 6-11) inside TwinSpires.com's handy 2017 Belmont Stakes Betting Guide . Readers can probably figure out the reasons why I've put Pure Sensation (Jaipur), Wild Shot ...
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Feature Races at 550, 660 & 770
Another great weekend of racing ahead of us here at bestbet Jacksonville where we get top grade events over 550, 660 and 770 yards. Don’t forget we have special promotions running on Friday and Saturday in our Greyhound Summer, and the first round of ...
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The case for J Boys Echo
Belmont Stakes contender J BOYS ECHO did very little in the Kentucky Derby and with only a superb Gotham (G3) score to his credit in early March, others may have hard time making a case for the son of Mineshaft in the third leg of the Triple Crown. B ...
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Shapiro’s Belmont Stakes top 4
by Scott Shapiro
The featured 11 th race on the Saturday afternoon card in New York is the 149th running of the Belmont Stakes.
The third leg of the Triple Crown did not attract a star-studded field with both the Kentucky Derby and Preakn ...
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By The Moon Anchors DeRosa's Belmont Stakes Eve Wagering
Here's my ABC grid for the 11-race card on Friday at Belmont Park. Lots of single "A" tabs, but not all single As are created equal. For wagering purposes, I'm leaning heaviest on #9 By the Moon in the Bed O'Roses (race 11). She'll be a Pick 4 single ...
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Lanerie Wins Five Races on Churchill Card and is Named Jockey of the Week
Corey Lanerie won five races on a single card at Churchill Downs, including the Grade 3 Aristides Stakes, and was named Jockey of the Week for May 30 – June 4, 2017. The award is voted on by a panel of experts for riding accomplishments by members o ...
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$100 budget Belmont Stakes Racing Festival Plays: Friday Late Pick 4
The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival is underway and huge guarantees are being offered for multi-race wagers (Pick 3, Pick 4, Pick 5 & Pick 6) over the next two days.
I will play several of these pools on a $100 budget, with Friday’s $500,000 gu ...
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International scouting report: Belmont Gold Cup
Friday’s $400,000 Belmont Gold Cup (G3) presents a fascinating handicapping challenge, particularly in light of the six European invaders. They can be divided neatly into two groups of three: the old stagers and the up-and-comers.
We’ll start with ...
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Saturday Offers Ample Stakes Action Day and Night
This Saturday's 149th edition of the Belmont Stakes, the third jewel of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown for three-year-olds that will again go unclaimed, might appear soft and anti-climactic, but it is part of a stellar card that will have connect ...
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How to turn $100 into $10,000
by John Scheinman
When you’re asked to write a piece explaining how to turn $100 into $10,000 on Belmont Stakes Day, the assigning editor is either laughing at you or thinks you’re a genius.
I’m going with genius.
The options of how to to s ...
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Hanson: Spreading in Belmont eve all-stakes Pick 4
Aside from the $150,000 Tremont, Friday's other stakes action at Belmont Park is neatly tied into a 50-cent Pick 4 that runs from races 8-11. The likely favorites look very solid in several of the legs, but the potential for upsets, mild and otherwis ...
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Southern California morning-line favorites on Belmont Stakes Day
by Scott Shapiro
The monster Belmont Stakes Day card is loaded with Southern California-based runners given significant chances to win graded stakes events.
Led by the morning-line favorites in the Grade 1 Acorn, Grade 1 Ogden Phipps, Grade 2 ...
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Mucciolo’s Belmont Friday Stakes Plays
Tremont (Race 5) :
#7 SALMANAZAR was a very sharp debut winner at Keeneland while well-backed from the widest post and I like the colt right back in this spot. One of four from Todd Pletcher’s barn, the $180,000 yearling was flattered when the run ...
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No stars in main event but betting opportunities abound on Belmont Stakes Day
by Dick Powell
There used to be a beer commercial that raised the question, “More Taste versus Less Filling.” Horse racing’s version might be, “Star Horse versus Wide-Open Field.”
Saturday’s Belmont Stakes card has many examples. Race 5 is th ...
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Spot Plays on Thursday at Belmont Park to Begin Belmont Stakes Week
In an extremely rare occurrence, I'm actually more excited about win betting opportunities on the Thursday card at Belmont Park than I am about the multi-race wagers.
The stakes action is particularly compelling, with three added-money events kick ...
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2017 Belmont Stakes Picks
The 2017 Belmont Stakes takes place this Saturday, June 10. The top 3 rated three-year-olds in the United States, Derby winner Always Dreaming, Preakness winner Cloud Computing, and two-year-old champ Classic Empire, won't run in the Test of Champion ...
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Belmont Festival $100 budget plays: Thursday Late Pick 4
The 2017 Belmont Festival kicks off Thursday, with 18 stakes races being offered over the 3-day period, and the track is guaranteeing huge pools for multi-race wagers (Pick 3, Pick 4, Pick 5 & Pick 6).
I will be playing many of these pools on ...
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N.A. Cup Elims Highlight Pricy Mohawk Card For Final Fields; Sires Stakes Stars Sizzlin’; Tough Trotters Troll Ohio
Here is June in bloom with the weekend overture to Mohawk’s lucrative stakes program for three-year-olds and up. The June . Sophs on both gaits will be covered in events on this main blog and our spinoff Hambletonian Trail blog.
In this menage ...
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Goodtimes Stakes Elims Among Several Weekend Trail Preps With Great Betting Opportunities
The Goodtimes Stakes is the first of the major stakes events on the Hambletonian Trail and Mohawk Racetrack will be contesting two eliminations for the event on Friday, June 9.
Elimination one features Hambo hopefuls Jake, Snowstorm Hano ...
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The 2017 Belmont Stakes Betting Guide FREE Download
Find all of the Belmont Stakes 149 inside information you need to become prepared for the third jewel in the Triple Crown.
Download this FREE betting tool from TwinSpires.com at the 2017 Belmont Stakes Betting Guide link.
The Betting Guide pr ...
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He's the Next Bigthing
Congratulations to the Wayne Ward Kennel, Owner Julia Ward, Trainer Kelly Rowell, and everyone else connected with this fantastic greyhound. Taking over at the MAN at the racetrack, Ww Next Bigthing not only went undefeated in qualifying, he won the ...
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Analyzing run styles in Belmont Stakes
It’s well-documented that being prominent early is favorable in the Belmont Stakes .
We know the numbers, with horses racing in the top 3 or within four lengths of the lead after the opening half-mile winning more than 80% of the previous running ...
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Will the real Irish War Cry please stand up!
The Belmont Stakes is rapidly approaching and we will see a third different horse take down a Triple Crown race in a 2017 season that has been anything but formful to this point. And IRISH WAR CRY has been as confusing as any sophomore this year.
...
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A look at how contenders are coming up to 2017 Belmont Stakes
The 149th Belmont S. (G1) is expected to attract a field of 13 when entries are finalized Wednesday. That large a cast is a logical development given the tumultuous Triple Crown trail, and the absence of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming an ...
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How to bet the Delaware Park Pick 5 Carryover on June 5
I haven't made a bet in 11 days--my longest stretch in at least two years--and I thought about making it an even two weeks to coincide with my arrival at Belmont Park for the Belmont Stakes week Racing Festival, but I couldn't stay away from Pick 5 ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 6-4-2017
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap Up! ...
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Hollendorfer boasts limited sample of runners off six months rest as Songbird returns from extended break
by Scott Shapiro
Belmont Stakes Day is less than a week away and what a card it should be in Elmont, New York. The Saturday afternoon action includes a plethora of stakes races headlined by the third leg of the Triple Crown.
The card also mark ...
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Older Pacers Shine at Several Tracks
Although many of the sport's top pacers were idle after competing one week earlier at Harrah's Philadelphia, several horses just below the top tier were on hand at three different ovals on Saturday night. Last weekend's marquee event was the $200,00 ...
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Best Of ‘Beach’ Winners At $14; String Of Sires-Stakes Scores; H-Trail Triumphs
The busy weekend began on Thursday at Philly with Pennsylvania Sires Stakes (PASS) and some familiar competitors. Once again we won with Fear The Dragon ($2.20, $2.10, $2.10), his prices sinking from our first hits. In that same race we had Ozone Blu ...
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2017 Belmont Stakes contenders
Here is the field, with post positions and morning-line odds, for Saturday's 149th renewal of the Belmont S. (G1).
Although Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Always Dreaming and Preakness (G1) star Cloud Computing are sitting out the Belmont, the 1 1/2-mil ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings May 2017
Honorable Mention Hot Prospect Gal, Hilco Diva, Nb's Incredible, CRT Risky Rhonda, BartsRunninLoose, Dutch Jackie, JN's I B Slammin, Marge In Charge (pictured), Just Step Down, Barts Seabreeze, BartsWindWarning, O Ya Rockin TC, Amanda A Winne ...
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An Eminent choice for the Epsom Derby
After a couple of Oaks Day thought experiments that went spectacularly awry, you could say that I’m in a less speculative frame of mind when approaching Saturday’s Derby (G1) at Epsom.
Yet truth be told, this year’s Blue Riband is so rife with pos ...
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Older Pacers Again Highlight Weekend Action
While most of the trotters and pacers that appeared in the inaugural edition of the Hambletonian Society National Top 10 poll for standardbreds will be idle this weekend, several tracks will offer very competitive events for older pacers and trotters ...
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In search of value in Pennine Ridge, Penn Mile, PA Governor's Cup
With a couple exceptions, turf dominates the graded proceedings across North America on Saturday. Three-year-olds have the spotlight in the features at Belmont Park and Penn National, and here's where I'm leaning in those as well as a turf sprint for ...
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Shapiro: Santa Anita's Late Pick 4 on Saturday worth hitting multiple times
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
After winning a desperate photo in the finale and cashing in on one of my late Pick 4 tickets to the tune of $849.35 on a 50-cent wager, I am back with another analysis of the final four races of the Saturday card at Santa Anita ...
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Preview 2017 bestbet Puppy Stakes
Saturday evening is going to be one humdinger of performance as we have the finals of the 2017 bestbet Puppy Stakes, the Kickoff for our greyhound summer event, Greyhound Bingo, 2 nd chance drawings, and our Win, Place, and Dough promotion we’re we ...
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2017 Belmont Stakes BRIS Speed Rating Report
After previewing BRIS Speed Ratings for the Kentucky Derby and Preakness , let’s take a look at the numbers for final leg of the American Triple Crown, the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1).
It’s too early to make any definitive judgements about ...
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Vale Dori seeking to take the next step
Grade 1 heroine VALE DORI faces a compact field in Saturday’s $400,000 Beholder Mile (G1) at Santa Anita and the daughter of Asiatic Boy can vault into the top tier of distaffers with a victory.
The Bob Baffert pupil has done nothing wrong winning ...
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Conventional and unconventional choices in Epsom Derby
The biggest takeaway from the trials conducted over the past 7-8 weeks is that Saturday's Derby (G1) at Epsom is unlikely to be a vintage one. The feeling is borne out by the fact the field numbers 19 including no-hoper Diore Lia, who fits about as w ...
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Epsom Oaks Day: Natavia, US Army Ranger worth a look at the price
Aidan O’Brien is entitled to turn the Coronation Cup (G1)/Oaks (G1) double at Epsom Friday, with short-priced favorites Highland Reel and Rhododendron the class of their respective fields.
Yet both may be a little more susceptible to upset than t ...
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Frankel well-represented in Epsom Derby; Rubilinda shines in New York
By Dick Powell
The Derby (G1) will be run at Epsom Downs in Surrey, England on Saturday. First run in 1780, it remains the premier measuring stick for determining the best 3YO male in Europe.
This year, the field could be as large as 19 and a ...
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Looking down Coolmore roster for Epsom Oaks, Coronation Cup winners
Friday's Oaks (G1) at Epsom has a strong favorite in Rhododendron (#9), the head of her class at two and an unlucky second in the 1000 Guineas (G1) in her season debut. It's uncertain whether her odds in the U.S. pool ultimately will be as low as the ...
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How to find vulnerable favorites
A key component to being a quality horseplayer is finding vulnerable horses that take a significant segment of the public's money.
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Multiple Sires Stakes, Big Soph Contests, Northfield ‘Battle’ And Graduates Adorn Weekend Programs
Top sophomores attack at Mohawk in the Somebeachsomewhere stakes on June 3 in valid preps for the North America Cup elims next week. Graduates of both gaits are also up north at Mohawk on that program, while Northfield’s Battle of Lake Erie sends ope ...
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More State-Bred Tests And Grand Circuit Affairs For August Hopefuls
Hambletonian Trail action this week is focused on the Meadowlands, which hosts the $100,000 New Jersey Sires Stakes (NJSS) finals for the colts and for the fillies on Friday, June 2, and the Meadows, which will contest three divisions of the $119,424 ...
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Rosecroft Hosts Maryland Sire Stakes Finals on Closing Night
A brief shower could hardly dampen the enthusiasm for the quartet of Maryland Sire Stakes finals on the Wednesday evening card that also featured a bevy of solid overnight races as the track honored its top trotter and top pacer and leading trainer a ...
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