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Hong Kong Cup win would be sweet for Werther
Hong Kong racing fans will be hoping their outstanding horse Werther can see off a strong international challenge in the $3.2 million Hong Kong International Cup at Sha Tin Dec. 10. The New Zealand-bred by Tavistock won at group two level in Austral ...
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O'Brien faces strong local challenge in Hong Kong Mile
Aidan O’Brien brings two genuine group one horses to Sha Tin for the $2.95 million Hong Kong International Mile (G1), but he’s got history and a strong local team against him Dec. 10. O’Brien will start Lancaster Bomber and Roly Poly in the race, bo ...
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Kentucky Derby BRIS Speed Rating Report: Remsen Stakes
One of the biggest surprises heading into the winter has been the impact of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1). Nobody expects to see it produce Kentucky Derby contenders, but the one-mile turf test at Del Mar is defying conventional standards this ...
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Betting Bob Baffert in the Los Alamitos Futurity
The $300,000 Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity (gr. I) has been run at a couple of different tracks and under a few different names since its inception in 1981, but one thing that hasn’t changed is trainer Bob Baffert’s domination of the race.
Ove ...
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Strong Selected Features; Single-Race Power Plays Present Outside Contenders For Exotic Cash; Pick-3 For Pumped-Up Prices
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Triple Crown Winners Square Off in Caribbean Classic
Want to see a Triple Crown winner in action this Saturday?
No, American Pharoah hasn’t made a surprise comeback, but you can see a Triple Crown winner of a different sort when Gulfstream Park hosts the Clásico Internacional del Caribe on Dec ...
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Handicapping 101: Playing Pedigrees on Muddy Tracks
When handicapping major races like the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) , it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the amount of data available to help you make your selections.
Fractional times? Workouts? Running styles? Pedigrees? Jockey assignments? Post position ...
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Mobile Bay Returns on Louisiana Champions Day
Sprints. Routes. Dirt. Turf. Colts. Fillies. Thoroughbreds. Quarter Horses. There will be something for everyone when Fair Grounds hosts the 27th Louisiana Champions Day on December 9th.
Thirteen races, all for Louisiana-bred racehorses, are sch ...
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Handicapping Insights: Winners all around in re-scheduled Aqueduct stakes
by DICK POWELL
The decision by the New York Racing Association to push back their Thanksgiving weekend stakes races to this past Saturday turned out to be a good one. By providing an extra week's rest after the Breeders' Cup, the quartet of grad ...
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Final harness racing poll to be announced on Tuesday
After six months of voting and tabulating votes, this Tuesday will mark the final Hambletonian Society/United Trotting Association Top 10 poll and while the results will not directly impact the voting for divisional honors and horse of the year, they ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Ruggero
Ruggero; winner of the Cattleya Sho
by Alastair Bull
The winner of the first race in Japan’s Road to the 2018 Kentucky Derby may find his way to Churchill Downs. If he does, his stamina as well as his class may be called into question.
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Fairgrounds Racetrack: Profile of Race Caller John G. Dooley
The Fairgrounds employs one of the most unique race-callers in the United States, John. G. Dooley. Dooley, per an article from Keith Hoffman written in 2014, states that he first started calling races in 1991 when Thistledowns, in John's words, "to ...
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Catholic Boy Wins Remsen, Impresses in Dirt Debut
Yesterday afternoon at Aqueduct, Catholic Boy delivered an eye-catching performance to win the $250,000 Remsen Stakes (gr. II) at Aqueduct by 4 ¾ lengths.
But while his victory was decisive and placed him firmly on to the road to the Kentucky Der ...
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Fearless Progress Pace; Favorites Furious In Delaware Finals, Exotics; $11 Winner Tops Prices
We move on as December emerges. After the last of the season’s featured stakes we plowed through the first weekend with our selected features and a bevy of suggested contenders to play in any pool and also consider in single- and multi-race exotics. ...
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Open look to Japan's Champions Cup
Japan’s leading dirt horses get two opportunities at grade one level in a year, and one of them is this weekend. The Champions Cup (G1), formerly the Japan Cup Dirt, is held at Chukyo racecourse over 1,800 meters (about 1 1/8 miles) Dec. 3, and form ...
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Mucciolo: Playing the Late Pick 4 at Aqueduct
Aqueduct hosts four graded races on their Saturday card, with a trio of those helping comprise the late Pick 4. With a potentially beatable heavy favorite to close out the card, the sequence appears very playable and I will take a healthy swing at it ...
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Handicapping the Cigar, Remsen and Demoiselle at Aqueduct
The $750,000 Cigar Mile (G1) anchors a 10-race program at Aqueduct Saturday that includes a pair of 1 1/8-mile stakes for 2-year-olds. Here’s a preview of the final three graded events:
Demoiselle (G2)
#6 Maurer Power makes her stakes and ...
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Remsen pedigrees of Biblical proportions
Sorry-not-sorry for the groanworthy pun, but several juveniles in Saturday’s Remsen (G2) sport pedigrees promising for the Triple Crown trail. Three of them are by Tapit, responsible for three of the last four Belmont S. (G1) winners.
An $800,000 ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Enticed
Enticed; winner of the Kentucky Jockey Club
by Alastair Bull
There won’t be many 2018 Kentucky Derby contenders with a stronger Classic pedigree than Enticed.
A Godolphin homebred, Enticed showed ability from the start for trainer Kiaran ...
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Shapiro’s Pick 4 analysis for Cigar Mile Day
by Scott Shapiro
Aqueduct takes center stage on Saturday afternoon as the New York-based venue has four graded stakes events on the 10-race card headlined by the $750,000 Cigar Mile Handicap (G1).
As usual there is a Pick 4 offered to horsepla ...
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Champagne Room favored in Bayakoa Handicap
Sixth in a high-quality edition of the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1), Champagne Room is seeking some compensation in the 1 1/16-mile Bayakoa Handicap (G2) at Los Alamitos Dec. 3. Champagne Room won the Eclipse Award for champion 2-year-old filly last y ...
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Demoiselle runner-up returns in Go For Wand Handicap
After an abbreviated 2017 campaign, Jamyson ‘n Ginger is out to score her first graded stakes win in the one-mile Go For Wand Handicap (G3) at Aqueduct Dec. 2. Jamyson ‘n Ginger was one of the better 2-year-old fillies last year, finishing fifth in ...
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Great opportunities at Claiming Crown
While there are grade one races and prep races for the Kentucky Derby and Oaks this weekend, some of the best betting opportunities are at the Claiming Crown meeting at Gulfstream Park. The day features nine rich races for claiming horses. All the C ...
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Avery Island Seeks Aqueduct Double in Remsen Stakes
Question: What do Read the Footnotes, Rockport Harbor, Bluegrass Cat, Buddy’s Saint, To Honor and Serve, and Mohaymen all have in common?
Answer: They all scored back-to-back wins in the Nashua Stakes (gr. II) and Remsen Stakes (gr. II) at Aque ...
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Dover Downs hosts Progress Pace final
A small earthquake rumbled through the Mid-Atlantic region late Thursday afternoon, but the final reverberations were provided by Downbytheseaside when he captured the $300,000 Hap Hansen Progress Pace final at Dover Downs by four lengths in 1:48.3 w ...
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Practical Joke out to extend one-turn record in Cigar Mile
With stallion duty at Ashford Stud looming next year, leading 3-year-old Practical Joke aims to end his career unbeaten around one turn in the Cigar Mile (G1) at Aqueduct. Practical Joke has run well without winning in two-turn races all year, his e ...
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Catholic Boy off turf to contest Remsen Stakes
High-quality turf colt Catholic Boy becomes an intriguing addition to the horses on the Road to the Kentucky Derby when he contests the 1 1/8-mile Remsen Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct Dec. 2. Catholic Boy (More Than Ready) contested his first three races ...
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Servis pair take on Wonder Gadot in Demoiselle Stakes
Promising fillies Daisy and Maurer Power give trainer John Servis a strong hand in the Demoiselle Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct Dec. 2. Daisy (Blame) and Maurer Power (Violence) both come into the race unbeaten in two starts. Daisy’s resume is the stronge ...
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Ruggero Kicks Off Japan's Road to the Kentucky Derby
If you’re a fan of international participation in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (gr. I), then you’ll want to keep an eye on what transpires in Japan this winter.
One starting berth in the Derby will be offered to whichever horse ...
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McLaughlin, Godolphin Back on Derby Trail with Enticed
Just how strong was the Champagne Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park?
The runner-up Good Magic came back to win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I). The fourth-place finisher Kowboy Karma ran a strong second in the James F. Lewis Stakes at Laurel Park. ...
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Previewing Holiday Festival that comes a week later at Aqueduct
By Dick Powell
Am I the only one that will miss the seasonal move to the Aqueduct inner dirt track? Usually, this time of year, the action would have switched to the inner dirt track until sometime in March when the action switched back to the ma ...
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Progress Pace Plus Delaware Stakes; Pick-3-4-5 Frenzy And Power Plays Presented
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Shapiro's analysis of Golden Gate Fields' Pick 5 carryover
by Scott Shapiro
With the Del Mar Bing Crosby meeting in the rearview mirror and a Pick 5 carryover on Thursday of $43,854 it is a perfect time to head up Interstate 5 to Golden Gate Fields.
The five-race sequence offers a six-horse field to c ...
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Kentucky Derby BRIS Speed Rating Report: Kentucky Jockey Club
Enticed and Tiz Mischief didn’t earn a big number, both registering a 93 BRIS Speed rating, but there’s still some positives to take away from their 1-2 finish in the November 25 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs.
The pace was slow an ...
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Thoughts on the $88,282 Pick 6 carryover at Aqueduct
A two-day Pick 6 carryover of $88,282 at Aqueduct on Wednesday ensures there won't be much of a lull between the action-heavy Thanksgiving weekend and Saturday's stakes-laden card at the Big A and the opening of Gulfstream's winter meet. Here are tho ...
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East Coast horses now holding their own on the West Coast
By Dick Powell
Weather usually blows from West to East in North America. A plane trip from California to New York takes about an hour less than a trip from New York to California. Going west means a strong headwind.
For years when the Breeders ...
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Cigar Mile sparks memories of Hall of Famer
Naming stakes after past champions is a fitting way to keep their memory alive, especially when the honoree has a logical connection to the race. A case in point is the Cigar Mile (G1), and Saturday’s renewal conjures up thoughts of its Hall of Fame ...
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Rosecroft offers four Maryland Sire Stakes finals
One night after the Meadowlands hosted a quartet of lucrative stakes for two-year-olds of both gaits and genders that will likely impact division honors in three of them, Rosecroft Raceway in Maryland presented four Maryland Sire Stakes finals for bo ...
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Mutuel Field, Bolt d’Oro favored as Pool 1 of 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager closes
The Mutuel Field (#24) , or “All Other Three-Year-Olds,” drew the most action during the first of four pools of the 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) . The Mutuel Field was bet down to 6-5 favoritism when wagering concluded on Pool 1 at 6 p.m ...
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Shapiro: Thoughts on mandatory payout Pick 6 on Del Mar's closing day
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
It is Closing Day at the 2017 Bing Crosby meeting at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and that means a mandatory payout in the Pick 6. Since there was no single ticket winner in the Jackpot portion of the pool on Saturday there will ...
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Tapit Already a Legendary Sire
Tapit was a decent racehorse. In 2004, he won the Grade 3 Laurel Futurity. He also won the Wood Memorial. But, he finished 9th in both the Kentucky Derby and the Pennsylvania Derby. After being retired, Tapit was expected to be a good stud horse. I ...
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Will Santa Anita’s Ship and Stay Program Help Horseplayers?
How Could Santa Anita's Ship and Stay Program help the Thoroughbred Industry in California? It should provide much larger fields on all levels of thoroughbred racing: claiming, allowance, and stakes levels. 20% is nothing to sneeze at. This could e ...
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Top-Pay Scores In Meadowlands Stakes; What The Hill Shines At $12; Four Exacta Partners Complement Favorites
The Fall Final Four, plus older stakes (some three-year-old and up eligible), at the Meadowlands on Nov. 25 produced some winners and some hardy competitors to hit the board from our weekly blog suggestions.
We did best with the older stakes, ...
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Meadowlands offers eight lucrative stakes finals
Two days after many Americans were still recuperating from a Thanksgiving Day feast and one day after many of them embarked on some early holiday shopping courtesy of Black Friday, the Meadowlands hosted a stellar card highlighting pacers and trotter ...
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2018 Kentucky Derby Odds All Over Bolt D’Oro
McKinzie 30/1 There's so much press on this two-year-old that he's offering odds of 30 to 1 to win the Derby even though he only has a maiden win to his credit. Sired by Street Sense and out of a Petionville broodmare, Runway Model, MicKinzie is al ...
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Don’t Forget About the Fairgrounds Meet
One of the best fall and winter meets of the year is underway. The annual Fairgrounds Meet in New Orleans, Louisiana, has led to a multitude of star runners. Below, I highlight four of the most prestigious races at the Fairgrounds Meet. Check it out ...
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Freshman pacers and trotters on display this weekend
This Saturday evening the Meadowlands will offer a stellar card that includes four lucrative stakes for two-year-olds of both gaits and genders then on Sunday evening Rosecroft Raceway will kick off its 10-race program with a quartet of Maryland Sire ...
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Shapiro: How to play Saturday's Pick 4 at Del Mar
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The final Saturday afternoon of the 2017 Del Mar racing calendar is upon us headlined by the Hollywood Derby (G1).
After a summer filled with upsets, the Bing Crosby meeting in November has been kind to chalk player ...
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Three price plays in Derby Sire Future Wager
Early in the afternoon of Day 2 of the Sire Future Wager , Medaglia d’Oro has been bet down to 9-2, thanks to his posse of Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls including Bolt d’Oro, Enticed, and Montauk, and Curlin is 7-1 after siring the Breeders’ Cup Ju ...
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Powell: A closer look at the Golden Rod and Kentucky Jockey Club
by DICK POWELL
Churchill Downs conducts one of my favorite days of racing on Saturday when all 12 races are run for two-year-olds. The dozen juvenile races attracted 142 starters for an average field size of 11.83 per race and none went below 10 ...
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Cambodia seeks first grade one in Matriarch
Third in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, leading mare Cambodia is out for her first grade one victory in the Matriarch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar Nov. 26. Cambodia has improved throughout her 5-year-old season, winning the Gallorette Stakes (G3), ...
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Local team could be too strong in Japan Cup
Four foreign invaders have arrived to try and wrest the $5.1 million Japan Cup (G1) from the locals for the first time since 2005 – but they’ll have to beat a strong local team in the 1 ½-mile contest to do so. Coming in to challenge the Japanese ho ...
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Strong undercards at Del Mar Thanksgiving weekend
The Hollywood Derby and the Matriarch Stakes are the big races at Del Mar this Thanksgiving weekend, but there’s also four other graded stakes for punters to have a serious look at. The Native Diver Stakes (G2) sees the return of Mubtaahij to the tr ...
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Graded races around North America this weekend
Churchill Downs and Del Mar take center stage in racing this Thanksgiving weekend, but there’s no shortage of top quality racing around North America for players to look at. Graded races will be held at Aqueduct, Golden Gate, Hawthorne, and Woodbine ...
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Mucciolo: Kentucky Jockey Club Preview
Juveniles comprise the 12-race card at Churchill Downs on Saturday in one of my favorite days on the racing calendar. The $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) is one of a pair of graded races carded and drew a massive field of 14 for the 1 1/16-mile ...
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Mucciolo: Golden Rod Preview
A dozen juvenile fillies will take aim at graded glory in the $200,000 Golden Rod S. (G2) at Churchill Downs on Saturday. A solid cast of prospects has been assembled and I will take a look at the field.
CAROLINE THE GREAT (#1) has failed to hit t ...
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Deep field contests Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes
Champagne Stakes (G1) third-place finisher Enticed heads a Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) field strong in numbers and potential at Churchill Downs Nov. 25. Fourteen horses are entered for the race, which carries qualifying points on the Road to th ...
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Samurai looks Sharp for Hollywood Derby
Sharp Samurai has had the wood over the West Coast turf 3-year-olds this year, but he’ll have to beat some eastern invaders to win the 1 1/8-mile Hollywood Derby (G1) at Del Mar Nov. 25. The First Samurai gelding has won four consecutive stakes race ...
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Unbeaten Monomoy Girl heads Golden Rod Stakes
Monomoy Girl attempts to extend her unbeaten record to four, and enhance her Kentucky Oaks credentials, when she contests the Golden Rod Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs Nov. 25. The Tapizar filly has won all three of her starts comfortably, and at he ...
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Fall Final Four Concludes At Meadowlands; Older Divisions Dig In For Dough; Attacking Exotics On The West Coast
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Harness racing may be short on some features as the season winds down but in the U.S.A. there is still much to be thankful for as a one-day hiatus takes us into one of the final weekends of 2017 action. All is dark south o ...
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Diversify seeks second grade one in Clark Handicap
Held back from the Breeders’ Cup Classic despite winning the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park, Diversify gets his chance at a second grade one victory in the 1 1/8-mile Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs Nov. 24. Diversify had won six of his ...
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Solid challenge awaits Daddys Lil Darling
After a busy, varied, and at times frustrating year, Daddys Lil Darling is once again seeking her first graded stakes triumph as a 3-year-old. The Scat Daddy filly is the likely favorite for the 1 1/16-mile Mrs. Revere Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs ...
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Hollywood Turf Cup could be Flamboyant
Flamboyant hasn’t won for 21 months, but his form is as good as any of his rivals in the 1 ½-mile Hollywood Turf Cup (G2) at Del Mar Nov. 24. The former French galloper won two consecutive graded stakes races at Santa Anita in early 2016. He hasn’t ...
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Actress, Miss Sky Warrior dominate Comely Stakes
Proven class is always worth following when trying to assess a race, and that’s what Miss Sky Warrior and Actress have in their favor in the 1 1/8-mile Comely Stakes (G3) for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct Nov. 24. Actress has only won once in six s ...
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Shapiro: Thanksgiving Day spot plays at Del Mar
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
For those looking for an occasional respite from family during the holiday Thursday afternoon, look no further than "Where the Turf Meets the Surf."
The final four days of the four-week Bing Crosby meeting at Del Ma ...
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Scouting report for Pool 1 of 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager
The first of four Kentucky Derby Future Wager pools begins a four-day run on Thursday and bettors can choose from 23 individual interests or the rest of the field (#24). Future Wager pools originated in 1999 but November was added to the rotation p ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Good Magic
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Winner Good Magic
by Alastair Bull
When a good 2-year-old’s sire and damsire both ran brilliantly in the Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic , you’ve got to feel confident abou ...
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Meadowlands hosts freshman and TVG finals on Saturday
While many Americans will simply be looking to recover from a full day of feasting on Thanksgiving Day on Thursday and overzealous shopping on Black Friday, the Meadowlands will offer four lucrative TVG finals for two-year-olds of both gaits and gend ...
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Responsibleforlove set for Red Carpet
Third at grade one level on her last racecourse outing, Responsibleforlove should appreciate the drop in class when she contests the 1 3/8-mile Red Carpet Handicap (G3) on the Del Mar turf Nov. 23. Responsibleforlove was less than a length behind th ...
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Dude has another crack at Fall Highweight Handicap
Defeated in a close finish in the Fall Highweight Handicap (G3) last year, the seemingly ageless Stallwalkin’ Dude is out to make amends in 2017. The 7-year-old gelding was just nabbed near the line last year by Heaven’s Runway, to whom he was conce ...
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Copper set to be Shining in River City Handicap
Shining Copper heads to Churchill Downs this Thanksgiving to seek his first graded stakes victory in the 1 1/8-mile River City Handicap (G3) on turf. The Irish-bred was one of the better turf gallopers in 2015, finishing fourth in the United Nations ...
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Faithfully, Money'soncharlotte head Falls City Handicap
Denied twice in California this year, Faithfully heads east to search for her first graded stakes triumph in the Falls City Handicap (G2) at Churchill Downs on Thanksgiving Day. The Smart Strike filly stepped up to stakes company for the first time ...
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Thanksgiving could be Chublicious
Thursday is a day for giving thanks, and for the six-furlong Thanksgiving Handicap Stakes at Fair Grounds. So which runner can give you extra reason to be thankful courtesy of a wise investment? On a day where tasty food is part of the celebration, ...
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EXTRA: Fear The Dragon Returns For Progress Pace Elim At Dover
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On Wednesday, Nov. 23, Dover Downs presents a solo elim to decide the final field for the Hap Hansen Progress Pace. The Brian Brown-trained pacer that led the division, as this blog forecasted at the beginning of this ...
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Powell: Always Dreaming deserving of three-year-old title
by DICK POWELL
I don't make up my mind on any Eclipse Award votes since I wait for all the major stakes races to still be run. Yes, the Breeders' Cup carries extraordinary weight as many divisions are decided on the track, but that doesn't alway ...
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Pool 1 of 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager on tap Thanksgiving weekend
The Kentucky Derby Future Wager Analysis for Pool 1
The first chance to bet on the 2018 Kentucky Derby is almost upon us. Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens Thursday; for a period of four days, you can bet on who will win the Derby, ...
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All Others, Curlin top choices in 2018 Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager
The Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager, which features $2 Win and Exacta wagering, will be offered concurrently with Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager from November 23 through 6 p.m. (EST) on November 26.
Curlin , the 2007-08 Horse of the Y ...
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Thanksgiving Marathon Challenge Round 1
The hits just keep on coming at bestbet Jacksonville as we gear up for yet another stakes event this coming Friday evening. The 2017 edition of the Thanksgiving Marathon Challenge should be a great race for everyone to watch, wager and win on. Loads ...
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Too Early 2018 Kentucky Derby Top 4
It's never too early to come out with a Kentucky Derby Top 4. That's the way I see it. Derby fever has already hit some of us. How could it not? That was a fantastic Breeders' Cup Juvenile that we witnessed on Nov. 4. One thing to note about the Ken ...
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2018 Pegasus World Cup Top 4 Contenders
The 2018 Pegasus World Cup takes place on January 27, 2018. That's some time from now. It's not so far away that it's too early for me to come up with my Top 4. When it comes to the Pegasus World Cup, it should be hard for any horse to break the Top ...
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Frosh-Trot Favorite Partners With Our 69-1 Choice For $246 Exacta In Fall-Final-Four Elim; Public Nabs Elims; $31 Winner Tops Prices
More late-season public favorites dominate in the remaining stakes but we managed to squeeze some exotic money from a Fall Final Four elim. At the Meadowlands on Nov. 18, three top favorites and on second choice led the elimination wins. However, one ...
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Handicapping Churchill Downs' Saturday program
An 11-race card, including a pair of stakes, is on tap at Churchill Downs Saturday. Windy and rainy conditions are expected and here are my thoughts on the program:
Race 1 : An October 29 starter allowance at Churchill Downs looks like a key race ...
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Dover Downs could hold key to champion three-year-old colt pacer
While many harness racing enthusiasts are quick to utter the phrase "It All Comes Down to the Breeders Crown" for many division titles and even harness horse of the year, the path to this season's champion three-year-old colt pacer will likely travel ...
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Lessons from tough Breeders' Cup for punters
OK, hands up – who out there thought Mor Spirit, Moonshine Memories, Unique Bella, Lady Aurelia, Lady Eli, Drefong, and Bolt d’Oro would all be beaten at the Breeders’ Cup? It’s not often that only two one of the 13 Breeders’ Cup favorites win, as h ...
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Many chances in Japan's Mile Championship
High-quality 4-year-old Air Spinel may be set to break through for his first grade one victory in the Mile Championship at Kyoto Nov. 19. Air Spinel (King Kamehameha) wasn’t far away in the Japanese classics last year, and this year has done well ca ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Happily
Happily; winner of the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere
by Alastair Bull
Happily paved a new path for trainer Aidan O’Brien when she won the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (Fr-G1) at Chantilly in early October.
O’Brien had won the race seven times previou ...
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Frost King Stakes headed by Be Vewy Vewy Quiet
The previous stakes experience of Be Vewy Vewy Quiet suggests he will be very tough to beat in the seven-furlong Frost King Stakes at Woodbine Nov. 18. Be Vewy Vewy Quiet (Silent Name) has been very competitive in each of his four starts to date, al ...
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Ms Bad Behavior well placed in Desi Arnaz Stakes
Beaten by two of the best juvenile fillies in California this season, Ms Bad Behavior should enjoy easier company when she seeks her first stakes victory in the seven-furlong Desi Arnaz Stakes at Del Mar Nov. 18. The Ontario-bred from the Richard Ba ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Good Magic
Good Magic; winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile
by Alastair Bull
When a good two-year-old’s sire and damsire both ran brilliantly in the Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic , you’ve got to feel confident about their ability to stay 1 ...
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Delta Prince well fancied in Artie Schiller Stakes
Delta Prince gets a good chance to win his first stakes race when he takes on a good field in the one-mile Artie Schiller Stakes on the Aqueduct turf Nov. 18. Delta Prince hasn’t run much in 2017, but he’s looked good when he did. After an allowance ...
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Four stakes kick off Fair Grounds 2017-18 meet
The important Fair Grounds winter meeting kicks off Nov. 18, the beginning of five months of racing that includes major preps for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks. It’s a meeting to watch current stars, and future stars; the most notable in the ...
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Dover Downs hosts quartet of Matron Stakes
Thursday evening mild but windy conditions persisted at Dover Downs as the Delaware five-eighths mile oval hosted a quartet of $200,000 Matron Stakes for three-year-olds of both gaits and genders and they may have helped clarify three potential divis ...
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Churchill Downs return should benefit Limousine Liberal
If Bet on Sunshine Stakes favorite Limousine Liberal could run all his races at Churchill Downs, his record would probably be even better than it is. The son of Successful Appeal has won four races from six starts at the Louisville track, including ...
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Easier company for Dona Bruja in Cardinal Handicap
Former Argentinian mare Dona Bruja should appreciate a drop in class when she contests the 1 1/8-mile Cardinal Handicap (G3) at Churchill Downs Nov. 18. Dona Bruja (Storm Embrujado) arrived in the United States this year having won eight of ...
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Fair Grounds Race Course FREE Betting Guide
Fair Grounds Race Meet Betting Guide
The over four month Fair Grounds meet in Louisiana has three weekends of Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks prep races. There are 10 graded stakes races for this seasons that have interesting trends traditionally ...
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No Strikeout in OPD
Congratulations to the Ocala Kennel, Trainer Toni Gerrard, Owner Jo Ann Koerner, and everyone else connected with this fantastic greyhound. Some might say he got lucky in the turns, but I think you make your own luck in racing. This greyhound is sma ...
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Betting on Fair Grounds can be challenging and rewarding
By Dick Powell
Fair Grounds Race Course opens for its 146th racing season on Saturday with a 3 p.m. (CT) post time. The historic racetrack in New Orleans has lights because they are needed in the morning for training since the meet is held when ...
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More Matrons At Dover; Meadowlands Frosh-Stakes Quartet Corners Colt-And-Filly Stars; Another Pick-5 Fortune Forecasted
Dover Downs is Dover Downs is hosting round two of he Matron Stakes, this time a quartet of lucrative stakes for the sophomores on Thursday, Nov. 16. Then, Saturday at the Meadowlands freshman action returns with elims for the last four big events of ...
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