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California Chrome should be Horse of the Year
With the Breeders’ Cup done and over with, the Eclipse Awards debate is kicking into high gear. Since everyone is already giving out their nominees, for the next few days I’ll identify my choices and top picks.
Horse of the Year – California Chro ...
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Vale Dori, Gloryzapper face off in Bayakoa
Argentinean Group 1 winner Vale Dori and Grade 3 victress Gloryzapper will face off yet again on Saturday as part of an eight-distaffer field in the $200,000 Bayakoa Handicap (G2) at Del Mar.
Vale Dori just missed in her U.S. debut to Gloryzappe ...
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First 2017 Kentucky Derby Future Wager Produces Four Favorites
Mo Town 12/1 Mo Town getting bet down to 12 to 1 is hard to explain as well. At least McCraken won a race at Churchill Downs. Mo Town won the Remsen at Aqueduct. The last horse to win the Kentucky Jockey Club and win the Derby was Super Saver in 200 ...
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Bar of Gold hoping for magical first graded win in Go for Wand
Dual stakes heroine Bar of Gold headlines a field of seven distaffers while seeking an elusive first graded victory in Saturday’s $250,000 Go for Wand Handicap (G3) at Aqueduct.
The John Kimmel-trained four-year-old enters the one-mile Go for Wa ...
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Hollywood Derby’s East Coast flair includes a formidable Brown trio
Six of the 12 in Saturday’s $300,000 Hollywood Derby (G1) at Del Mar are based on the East Coast, including three serious contenders from the Chad Brown stable. The leading conditioner will be represented by Camelot Kitten, Beach Patrol and Anna ...
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How to bet Turfway Park 2016 opening night
Turfway Park kicks off its 2016-2017 meeting on Wednesday, November 30, with a 9-race card. We've already discussed some general ideas when handicapping the Polytrack in Northern Kentucky, so this blog will focus specifically on the opening night c ...
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Herstal Wins 770 Challenge
The finals of the 2016 Thanksgiving Marathon Challenge were a highly-contested race made up for the greyhounds that finished 1-4 in their qualifying heats. Loads on talent was on tap, with the track record holder and former 770 stakes winner in the m ...
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Top Quarter Horse Jockeys in 2016
Louisiana rider David Alvarez is the leading jockey by wins in 2016 But when it comes to crowning the champion rider, is it the big races that count or the number of wins in a calendar year? Louisiana-based jockey David Alvarez is the top-rank ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday, November 30
Here are two races for Wednesday's program that I will be paying special attention as I think they are the highlights of the card. Race 10 - 583 yards - Grade AA - This talented field makes this a must see race on the program as not only is BO ...
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Connect, Gun Runner flatter sophomore division
With impressive Grade 1 victories over elders on Thanksgiving weekend, Connect and Gun Runner provided a late-season boost to the 3-year-old male crop. And combined with the exploits of Arrogate, the narrative surrounding the 2016 sophomore set has i ...
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Three Notes For Turfway Park Opening Night And Beyond
Turfway Park is one of my favorite meetings: 1) it's one of only 2 Polytrack venues left (among five synthetic options), and 2) it's wagering menu is consistent with a $0.50 Pick 5 on the first five races, $0.50 Pick 4s on races 2-5 and the last four ...
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California Chrome’s Pegasus prep finalized: Winter Challenge at Los Alamitos
Track officials at California Chrome’s home base, Los Alamitos, have succeeded in whipping up a 1 1/16-mile stakes race to serve as his prep for the $12 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) at Gulfstream Park.
Daily Racing Form ’s Steve Andersen report ...
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Acting globally: Preparing to cover the Hong Kong International Races
Think globally, act locally. That phrase, generally associated with being environmentally conscious, is also apt at describing my past experience in covering Thoroughbred racing. Next week, I'll have the opportunity to act globally as TwinSpires.com ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 11-27-2016
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap Up!
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Mutuel field closes at 6-5 favorite in Pool 1 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW)
With the Kentucky Derby (G1) still 23 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” closed as the 6-5 favorite in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) with Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner CLASSIC EMPIRE (#2) the 6-1 se ...
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Midnight Storm strikes in Native Diver; Term of Art delivers in Cecil B. DeMille
Midnight Storm beat everyone but Tourist and Tepin when finishing third in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) and on Sunday put his talent on display once again when capturing the $100,690 Native Diver Stakes (G3) under a hand ride from Mike Smith.
The ...
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Kitasan Black wires Japan Cup under pitch-perfect Take
Best known for his hard-fought nailbiters, front runner Kitasan Black assumed a new dominance in Sunday’s Japan Cup (G1). Under an impeccable ride by Yutaka Take, who rationed out his speed in just the right way throughout the circuit, the 5-2 favori ...
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Pick 6 play on mandatory payout at Churchill Downs
The carryover has reached $173,889 and big pot awaits horse players as Sunday's Pick 6 features a mandatory payout on the closing day program at Churchill Downs. I will play the 20-cent minimum wager with a $100 bankroll.
Here are my thoughts on t ...
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Meadows Hit, $28, Tops Choices, Completes $60 Daily Double; H2W Tabs 11 Winners
We had a great start to our “personal-features season” with a score on Nov. 26 that topped all picks this weekend.
We offered two personal features (PF), hitting the one at the Meadows with Warp Factor Three ($28.60, $7.80, $5.60). That race w ...
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Progress Pace Headlines Monday Card at Dover Downs
Railbound Easy Lover Hanover (Doug McNair) was game I defeat last week after cutting honest splits before being overtaken in the lane by Check Six in the faster of the two elims. Easy Lover Hanover owns 14 wins and a modest $157,000 banked from 30 s ...
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Ring Weekend caps Del Mar turf stakes double for Motion, Van Dyke
St. Elias Stable and West Point Thoroughbreds’ Ring Weekend edged Vyjack by a head in the $201,035 Seabiscuit H. (G2), giving trainer Graham Motion and jockey Drayden VanDyke a sweep of Saturday’s turf stakes at Del Mar. At least he enjoyed a far mor ...
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An eventful Journey Home in Jimmy Durante
The juvenile fillies in Saturday’s $102,760 Jimmy Durante (G3) got more than they bargained for over the Del Mar turf: they had their reflexes tested unexpectedly as they raced straight into a debris field entering the clubhouse turn.
The 2-1 favo ...
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McCraken enters Derby discussion with Kentucky Jockey Club win
Janis Whitham, who with her late husband, Frank, campaigned Hall of Fame older mare Bayakoa more than a quarter century ago, and later Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) hero Fort Larned in her own right, has an exciting Kentucky Derby (G1) prospect in McCra ...
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Farrell pulls off in 10-1 upset of Golden Rod
Coffeepot Stables’ homebred Farrell drew off in the stretch of Saturday’s $200,000 Golden Rod Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs to record an easy six-length win at 10-1.
Jockey Channing Hill held the reins on the Malibu Moon filly , who grabbed com ...
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Connect outduels Divining Rod to take Cigar Mile
Three-year-olds continued to have their way with the nation's leading older horses on Saturday when 3-2 favorite Connect edged Divining Rod after a furious stretch duel in the $500,000 Cigar Mile H. (G1) at Aqueduct.
The victory by Connect concl ...
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Miss Sky Warrior wires Demoiselle
Miss Sky Warrior took the lead out of the gate in Satuday’s $300,000 Demoiselle Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct and never looked back en route to a half-length victory.
The Kelly Breen trainee established splits of :23.65, :48.82, 1:14.72 and 1:40.18 on ...
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Mo Town rolls in Remsen
Mo Town put away odds-on pacesetter Takaful in upper stretch and drew off in Saturday’s $300,000 Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct, scoring by 2 ½ lengths. Off as the 4-1 second choice among 10 juveniles, the Tony Dutrow-trained son of Uncle Mo netted 10 poi ...
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Japan Cup preview: Erupt aims to topple home team
A three-pronged European squad, led by recent Canadian International (G1) winner Erupt , aims to end the home team’s decade-long dominance of the Japan Cup (G1) at Tokyo on Sunday.
Although sixth in last year’s edition, Erupt was beaten only a co ...
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Japan Cup preview: leading Japanese contenders
Continued from Part 1 on the Europeans ...
Real Steel has spent much of his career chasing Duramente, and most recently he finished a bang-up second to Maurice in the major prep, the Tenno Sho Autumn (G1). Without those two heavy hitters, Real ...
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Japan Cup preview: outsiders
Continued from part 2 on the leading Japanese contenders ...
Another conspicuous trend that may be in danger is the prevalence of female winners. Distaffers have crossed the wire first in six of the last seven runnings, but the 2016 female chall ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday, November 26
Race 2 - 660 yards - Grade C - FLYING SECRETARY (8 box) - Here is a double drop who went off as a heavy favorite last time out in Grade B encountered trouble and finished last. She now draws the 8 box which is perfectly suited for her wide running ...
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Texas Ryano dusts ‘Sugar in Hollywood Turf Cup
Warren B. Williamson’s homebred Texas Ryano had been getting progressively closer to his nemesis Ashleyluvssugar, and finally mastered him in Friday’s $200,345 Hollywood Turf Cup (G2) at Del Mar. As though expending pent-up frustration, t ...
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Gun Runner turns back older foes in Clark
The 142nd edition of the $500,000 Clark H. (G1) at Churchill Downs was won in wire-to-wire fashion, but not necessarily by the horse many handicappers would have expected to win that way. After the speedy Noble Bird missed the break, Gun ...
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Trials for the Evangeline Downs Derby Set for Saturday
Jockeys John Hamilton, Raul Ramirez, Jr and David Alvarez are leaders at Evangeline Downs ...
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Linda repels Harmonize, earns first stakes victory in Mrs. Revere
Linda performed like a turf filly with a bright future in Friday’s $200,000 Mrs. Revere (G2) at Churchill Downs, registering her first stakes victory with a 2 ½-length decision. Second when making her stakes bow in the October 21 Valley View (G3) a ...
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Defend The Title! Which Palm Beach Racers/Alumni Can Win The Next National Dog Show?
Just For Kicks
The 2015 He's My Man Finalist from the Janie Carroll Kennel just retired last summer and brings a very unique look being he is completely all white with no other traceable mixes in his look. The judges would be stunned. Not ...
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Contentious Clark yields contrarian selection
Six of the 10 Clark (G1) runners are multiple graded stakes-winning millionaires and all but one of those appears capable of winning. But the end, I simply had a difficult time making a strong case for any in the 1 1/8-mile race.
It will no shock ...
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Nuovo Record nips Arles in Red Carpet warm-up for Hong Kong
Japan’s Nuovo Record (left) turned the page on a disappointing Breeders’ Cup by inflicting heartbreak on even-money favorite Arles in Thursday’s $101,725 Red Carpet H. (G3) at Del Mar. Angled off the rail by Yasunari Iwata and gaining steam at the la ...
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Lady, Thatcher prevail at Churchill on Thanksgiving
The Elkstone Group’s homebred Lady Fog Horn, a six-time Indiana-bred stakes heroine who reigns as her state’s Horse of the Year, blasted to a new level in Thursday’s $200,000 Falls City H. (G2) at Churchill Downs.
Runner-up in last November’s Card ...
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32-1 Heaven’s Runway foils former stablemate ‘Dude in Fall Highweight
When 4-5 favorite Stallwalkin’ Dude struck the front in midstretch of Thursday’s $200,000 Fall Highweight H. (G3), he appeared on the verge of toting 134 pounds to victory in the Thanksgiving feature. But then along came the 32-1 Heaven’s Runway, sho ...
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Powell takes a stand in the Remsen
by DICK POWELL
The Remsen Stakes (G2) will be run at Aqueduct for the 103rd time on Saturday at its usual nine furlongs on the main track. Run for a purse of $300,000, its recent winners have rarely distinguished themselves the following yea ...
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Sophomore Serenade: Courageous Fillies At Northfield; Glamour-Boys Finale At Dover
We are nearing the end of the year and are left with only a duo of major features, Northfield Park’s Courageous Lady (Nov. 26) and Dover Downs’ Progress Pace (Nov. 28). The events are for sophs, filly pacers and colt pacers, respectively.
Of c ...
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What we are thankful for on Thanksgiving
Kellie Reilly : As one who takes too many things for granted, I really need to cultivate an enduring sense of gratitude. So Thanksgiving is the perfect time to take stock.
I’m thankful for the gift of the Catholic faith, and for living in a countr ...
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Om seeks return to win column, Hi Happy makes U.S. bow in Seabiscuit
A fast-closing nose second in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1), Om stretches back out to a favorable two-turn distance as he tries to snap a string of three consecutive runner-up finishes in Saturday’s $200,000 Seabiscuit (G2) at Del Mar.
Wi ...
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Remsen gives Takaful a chance to stretch his speed
Takaful surprised at odds of 12-1 when he landed his October 29 debut at Belmont Park by eight lengths. The Shadwell Farm homebred will be a far shorter price to repeat in Saturday's $300,000 Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct, a race that rewards 10 qualify ...
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Anchor Down well-suited by conditions in Cigar Mile
By sunset on Saturday, Anchor Down will have danced all the dances with respect to competing in New York's four significant one-turn mile stakes for older horses this season. A victory in the $500,000 Cigar Mile H. (G1) at Aqueduct would give the ...
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McCraken looms large in Kentucky Jockey Club; Daddy’s Lil Darling heads Golden Rod
McCraken has done everything right so far, recording convincing wins in two career starts, and the Ian Wilkes-trained colt will make his first attempt at the graded level in Saturday’s $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs. The son ...
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Finals of Thanksgiving Marathon Challenge Fri Eve
What an exciting race we have in store for you on Friday evening at bestbet Jacksonville. The finals of the 2016 Thanksgiving Marathon Challenge will run in the 11 th race on the card, and it is going to be one humdinger of a race over the 770-yard ...
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Potomac Pace Heats Up Chilly Night at Rosecroft
Split The House continued to park Mel Mara down the backside and by three-quarters in an eye-opening 1:19.3 with All Bets Off tucked snugly in the pocket and Shamballa second over and Keystone Velocity third over with Mach It So slipping through alon ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday, November 23
Race 1 - 583 yards - Grade D - CRAIGIE BEOWOLF (7 box ) - Here we have a young greyhound who won his last two schooling races and then followed that up with a very impressive 13 length win in his first official start. He's got tons of speed and on ...
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Holiday Weekend with Huge Handicapping Contests
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It’s your chance to win a seat to the $25k Greyhound Handicapping Championship - absolutely free! Play in our final qualifier, featuring free entry. The only catch is that to qualify for the seat, t ...
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Scouting the Individual Interests in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager
The first of four Kentucky Derby Future pools begins its four-day run on Thanksgiving and I’ll give my thoughts on the individual interests below.
Bet down to 3-5 the past two years, the mutuel field (#24), or “All Others,” always gets hammered in ...
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Early Thanksgiving Racing Feast Served Wednesday at Zia Park
Fire on the Fly ships to Zia Park after competing in the Andreni Distance Challenge at Los Alamitos The winner of the Zia Park Championship will receive a berth into the $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park, which will run on Tuesday, December ...
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Penn National Offers Three Stakes on Wednesday
Then one race later on the card, Penn National will host the fifth running of the $200,000 Fabulous Strike Handicap for older sprinters. Much like the Grade III, $250,000 Frank DeFrancis Memorial Dash contested last Saturday afternoon at Laurel Pa ...
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Ashleyluvssugar’s the one to beat in Hollywood Turf Cup
Since the Hollywood Turf Cup (G2) was transferred to Del Mar two years ago, both winners – Finnegans Wake (2014) and The Pizza Man (2015) – were rebounding from losses in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1). Friday’s renewal is likely to continue the trend. ...
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Gun Runner looks to topple elders in Clark
Gun Runner , exiting a solid second-place effort in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1), will be the only three-year-old in a cast of 10 lining up in the $500,000 Clark H. (G1) , the traditional Black Friday feature at Churchill Downs.
The decision ...
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Sires Power Value in Dueling 2017 Kentucky Derby Future Wagers
When handicapping Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool 1 and the complementary Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager , the most important fact might not be in the past performances of this year’s contenders but in the wager itself (click links for FREE Bri ...
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Is Nuovo Record ready for her close-up on Red Carpet?
After flopping in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1), classy Japanese racemare Nuovo Record hopes to celebrate American Thanksgiving in Thursday’s $100,000 Red Carpet (G3) at Del Mar. The 1 3/8-mile test will serve as a tune-up for her ne ...
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Rosecroft Presents Inaugural Potomac Pace on Tuesday
Like Mach It So, All Bets Off is no stranger to facing the elite older pacers in the land throughout the season. Another veteran of the Levy Series and the runner-up behind Bit Of A Legend N in the final, All Bets Off sports a 3-5-7 slate and $575,00 ...
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Zia Park, Penn National offer stakes feast on Wednesday
Thanksgiving Eve has become a notable fixture on the stakes calendar in recent years, thanks to Zia Park and Penn National, and racing fans can once again begin enjoying their cornucopia on Wednesday.
The $300,000 Zia Park Oaks anchors six Thor ...
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Stallwalkin' Dude favored to thwart historic repeat bid in Fall Highweight
Green Gratto on Thursday will attempt to do what no male horse has ever done in the history of the Fall Highweight H. (G3) -- win back-to-back runnings of the venerable, six-furlong dash.
The $250,000 Fall Highweight, the feature among three st ...
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Include Betty, The Pizza Man top weighted in Churchill Thanksgiving features
Include Betty , one of the more productive three-year-old fillies of 2015, has had a rather quiet campaign of three starts this term. However, a recent second against allowance company could be a spring board to better things in Thursday's $200,000 ...
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Classic Empire top individual in 2017 Kentucky Derby Future Wager after retirement of Not This Time
Edited press release
A star based at Churchill Downs Racetrack – John C. Oxley’s Classic Empire (#2) is the individual choice, but the Mutuel Field (#24), or “All Others,” is the strong morning line favorite for the fi ...
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Tapit installed at 10-1 for 2017 Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager
Edited press release
Offspring sired by Tapit, North America’s clear-cut leading stallion with 2016 earnings of more than $18.3 million, are 10-1 odds on the morning line for the second annual Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager, which provides ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 11-20-2016
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap-Up! ...
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Able Friend set for Hong Kong Mile after solid fourth in sprint comeback
Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Jockey Club: Able Friend's in cheekpieces in background, next to pink-blinkered Aerovelocity
Although his 42-1 stablemate Not Listenin’tome claimed the spoils in Sunday’s Jockey Club Sprint (G2) at Sha Tin, former Hon ...
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Dover Downs Hosts Progress Pace Elims on Monday
Then just past the midway point of the Monday card at Dover, another solid field of six sophomores will go postward in the second Progress Pace elim slated as the eighth race on the program. Manhattan Beach (Matt Kakaley) has the rail and brings a 4 ...
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Keeneland November Sale reflects larger market trends
Edited Keeneland press release
Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale concluded Sunday with solid results that further recent trends toward selectivity and strength in the top and middle markets. Spirited competition among the world’s top buye ...
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Jockey Profile of Gary Stevens
War Chant, 2000 Breeders' Cup Mile
Gary's ride aboard War Chant in the 2000 Breeders' Cup Mile still gives me chills. Stevens knew what kind of horse was underneath him in the 2000 BC Mile. He was in last place and had to mow all of them down in ...
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2017 Kentucky Derby Too Early Top 5
5. Practical Joke
Based on what I saw in the BC Juvenile Stakes, Practical Joke might be trainer Chad Brown's best shot at winning a Triple Crown race, well, ever. His upside is tremendous. Not only that, but he can run for days since he was sired ...
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Two Of Four Frosh Finals Winners With One Asterisk; Public Picks Feature Scores; H2W Strikes 39-Percent ATB Average
We tweeted three at Flamboro Downs last Wednesday, Nov. 16. One scratched. Another, Hart Of Windemere (16-1) finished fourth and the third, Muscles All Over (15-1), finished seventh. Our 16-1 shot’s race was won by a 3-1 shot and our 15-1 shot’s race ...
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Bob Hope sends Mastery on road to Kentucky Derby
While the lucrative, and points-bearing, Delta Downs Jackpot (G3) was the center of Kentucky Derby (G1) attention on Saturday, Del Mar’s $100,000 Bob Hope (G3) promises to be a significant signpost on the trail. For Bob Baffert’s flashy debut winne ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday, November 20
Race 4 - 583 yards - Grade B - WINDY BONES (8 box) - He likes it wide and has drawn the 8 box again so I'll be looking to see if he can put his last race behind him (had the 8 last time out but encountered trouble). Race 5 - 583 yards - Grade A - ...
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Gunnevera shoots from last to first in Delta Downs Jackpot
The only graded winner going into Saturday’s $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot (G3) , Peacock Racing Stables’ Gunnevera kept it that way with an emphatic last-to-first victory. In the process, the 5-2 favorite flattered presumptive divisional champion ...
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Shane's Girlfriend sets stakes record in Delta Downs Princess
Shane's Girlfriend will enter winter quarters undefeated from two starts and a serious long-term Kentucky Oaks (G1) prospect after coasting to a 13 1/4-length victory in the Saturday's $400,000 Delta Downs Princess (G3) .
Not only was the margin ...
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Top Striker rolls past Rawnaq in Colonial Cup
Top Striker pulled off a minor upset of divisional leader Rawnaq in Saturday's $150,000 Colonial Cup (G1) in Camden, South Carolina, the final Grade 1 hurdle of the 2016 season.
Ridden by Ross Geraghty, Top Striker drew away from Rawnaq after nego ...
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Ivan Fallunovalot kicks clear in De Francis Memorial Dash
The wagering in Saturday's $250,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) suggested the six-furlong sprint would be a two-horse race between 1-5 favorite X Y Jet and 3-1 second choice Ivan Fallunovalot, but the latter turned it into a one-horse ro ...
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California Chrome gets back to work, eyes Los Al prep for Pegasus
California Chrome got back to work at his Los Alamitos base on Saturday morning, exactly two weeks after his hard-fought loss to Arrogate in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1).
North America’s all-time leading money winner stretched his legs over a ha ...
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Looking for Dude Fantasy, J Boys Echo to shine at Delta Downs
The Road to the Kentucky Derby and Road to the Kentucky Oaks series wind their respective ways through Vinton, Louisiana, on Saturday with point scoring opportunities in the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot (G3) and $400,000 Delta Downs Princess (G3). ...
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Able Friend launches comeback in Hong Kong
On Sunday, Sha Tin stages a trio of local preps for the December 11 Hong Kong International Races (HKIR), and there’s no dispute about the brightest storyline: the return to action of former Hong Kong Horse of the Year Able Friend .
“I think he h ...
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Singles And Spreads for Delta Jackpot and DeFrancis Dash Pick 4s
Thanksgiving weekend marks the last big stakes week not only of the year but also for the next two months when the Pegasus World Cup card is likely to be the first Big Event day of 2017.
Yes, there are interesting races and race meetings between n ...
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Seldom Told You So!
The 2016 edition of the $50,000 Orange Park Derby was chalked full of talent, and each one of the finalists could have seen their dreams come true on Saturday evening November 12 th at bestbet Jacksonville. Half of the field had won 2 or more rounds ...
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Stacked Weekend at Bestbet Jacksonville
Another great weekend of racing is ahead of us here at bestbet Jacksonville. Tons of talent will be laced throughout the feature races on the weekend, including recent stakes winner Seldom Told moving back to 550 yards. They are several solid bets an ...
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Rawnaq looks to pad championship credentials in Colonial Cup
Rawnaq virtually clinched champion steeplechaser honors with a game victory in last month's Grand National (G1) at Far Hills, New Jersey, but that won't stop the nine-year-old from potentially padding his record in Saturday's $150,000 Colonial Cup ...
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Palm Beach Fabulous Friday Preview 11-18-2016
The timeless wonder that is Ethel just keeps on trucking, as she nears 60 all time victories in what has been one amazing racing career. Gets the prime 1 hole for the first time in ages, plus can still hit the gas early with the best of them. A dre ...
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Sunny Oak can shine in opening day stakes at Fair Grounds
Fair Grounds in New Orleans opens its lengthy 2016-17 meet on Saturday with a trio of overnight stakes for Louisiana-breds. The most popular from a betting perspective might be the $50,000 Happy Ticket (Race 6), a six-furlong dash for fillies and mar ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Friday Evening, November 18
Race 4 - 703 yards - Grade C - BIGSHOT MADDY (4 box) - Here is another talented greyhound, one that made the Finals of her division in the FESTIVAL OF STAKES competition but who also has fallen on tough times lately. She has been the beaten favorit ...
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A few more post-Breeders’ Cup XXXIII impressions
by Dick Powell
Every edition, there is an early winner that I regret not having and this year’s “one that got away” was OSCAR PERFORMANCE (Kitten’s Joy). I watched him break his maiden second time out by 10 1/4 lengths going two turns at Saratoga ...
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$1 Million LQHBA Breeders Futurity Saturday at Evangeline Downs
The Ramirez brothers celebrate the victory by Dragon N Panther last May at Delta Downs Post time for the Saturday, November 19th card at Evangeline Downs is 5:35 pm (Central). In addition to the seven-figure futurity, two additional stakes wil ...
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Inaugural Potomac Pace Will Highlight Next Tuesday Card at Rosecroft
Three of the entrants have earned in excess of $1 million, topped by All Bets Off at $2.1 million and four of the eight have a lifetime mark of 1:48.2 or faster, led by Mel Mara's 1:47 mark and followed closely by Shamballa at 1:47.1. The current ...
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General admission tickets for Kentucky Derby, Oaks now available for online purchase
Edited press release
General admission tickets for the 2017 celebrations of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and Longines Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs Racetrack will be available for online purch ...
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Last Stand For Frosh Champs; Delaware Contests Launch; Autumn Sophs Sized Up
Dover begins our features’ weekend with a Delaware-sired final for frosh-colt pacers on Thursday and then we go north and stay in Canada Friday and Saturday.
On Nov. 18 we look for strong contenders in a quartet of Autumn Series soph finals at ...
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Songbird deserving of Horse of the Year consideration
by Ron Flatter
I promised myself I would not be that guy – the one who uses media surveys to cast a unique vote in an effort to simultaneously claim I am smarter than everyone in the room, that I know something no one else knows, all the while dr ...
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Ransom honored with Stan Bergstein Writing Award
Edited Press Release
Margaret Ransom has won the Stan Bergstein Writing Award for a story that revealed dire conditions for more than 40 horses at a Kentucky farm that led to animal cruelty charges against Chuck and Maria Borell.
Ransom's sto ...
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De Francis Dash returns to graded schedule for Laurel’s Fall Festival of Racing
The $250,000 Frank J. De Francis Dash (G3) headlines a stakes-laden card on Saturday at Laurel Park, with nine runners taking part in the six-furlong event’s return to graded status.
The De Francis Dash debuted on the graded schedule in 1992 as ...
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Expecting big prices on Wednesday, November 16, at Churchill Downs
Only two weeks of live racing remain at Churchill Downs, which means just 10 racing dates of dirt and turf racing remain until the action shifts to Turfway Park's Polytrack for four months. Dirt and turf will not return until April 2017 at Keeneland. ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday, November 16
Race 1 - 334 yards - Grade TAA - FUZZYS NIKKI COX (7 box) - This talented female is going for her 7th straight top 3 finish as she has 3 wins and 3 third place finishes in her last 6 outings. Race 10 - 583 yards - Grade AA - WHATACRAZYRUSH ( ...
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Plante Has Hot Hand at Rosecroft on Cool Tuesday Card
Plante continued his hot hand one race later by steering Diamondkeeper to a determined victory in 1:52.3 in the featured "Winners Over" class for aged pacers. A five-year-old Pine Valley gelding owned and trained by Basil Sapienza, Diamondkeeper notc ...
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