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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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Speed and the rail prevails at Fair Grounds Race Course
At 1,346 feet, the Fair Grounds Race Course stretch is the longest in North America, and while conventional wisdom might lead you to believe this long run to the finish should help closers, it seems to favor front runners based on last year’s meeting ...
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Thoroughbred racing on more than many think during TV's golden age
A couple of months ago I briefly interjected myself into a Twitter conversation regarding racing's historic relationship with television. The conventional wisdom passed down through the generations is that the industry's failure to embrace the medium ...
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Chalk Up Another Leading Trainer Title for Judd Kearl
EC Jet One draws off in the $2.4 million All American Derby (G1) on September 4 at Ruidoso Downs in Ruidoso, New Mexico It's the perseverance and passion of Kearl that attracts and sustains a solid core of owners. They trust him in their daily ...
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Saratoga Special winner Gunnevera seeks rebound in Delta Jackpot
It had already yielded a future champion sprinter in Big Drama and a two-time Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) winner in Goldencents, but the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot (G3) scaled new heights a year ago when it was claimed by Exaggerator, who went ...
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Golden Mischief enters Delta Downs Princess with wind at her back
Her career started a tad slow over the summer, but Golden Mischief enters Saturday's $400,000 Delta Downs Princess (G3) under a head of steam. The Steve Asmussen-trained daughter of Into Mischief will be among the favorites in the one-mile test, ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 11-13-2016
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap Up!
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Dover Downs Hosts Solid Monday Card
One race later Dover will offer the $27,500 Delaware Special for top level Delaware-owned pacers. Little Ben (Kirby) drops out of the main Open to face this group for trainer Jim King, Jr., while Remember Me VK (Teague) draws the rail. Captive Audien ...
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Celebrating Beholder, My Top 5
5. 2012 Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies Beholder beat another well-regarded Baffert filly in the 2012 BC Juvenile Fillies. Executiveprivelege went off as the favorite in the race. Rafael Bejarano gave the Baffert filly a great ride. Rafa almost got Ex ...
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My Pegasus World Cup Top 4
Four picks for the inaugural, $12 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on January 28, 2017
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Hoosier Bomb At $82; Obrigado Strikes Again With $19 Score; Caprice Hill, Idyllic Beach Rebound Scores
Our big winner of the Thursday preview blog came from the horses-to-watch (H2W) list—see list below—but we also came up with a few feature scores worth their prices.
The best of the feature scores was also the highest winner of the FFA events ...
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Hay Dakota rallies for Commonwealth Turf victory
Alice Mettler’s 29-1 longshot Hay Dakota came motoring down the center of Churchill Downs’ grass course in Saturday’s $100,000 Commonwealth Turf (G3) to just get his neck in front of 3-1 favorite Bondurant on the wire.
Making just his second sta ...
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Bigger Picture conquers Red Smith Handicap
Three Diamonds Farm’s Bigger Picture grabbed command of Saturday’s Red Smith Handicap (G3) in upper stretch and pulled off a 1 1/4-length victory at Aqueduct with jockey Jose Ortiz in the irons.
Bigger Picture bided his time just off the inside ...
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Sticksstatelydude leads all the way in paceless Discovery
Saturday's $150,000 Discovery (G3) had the potential to yield an up-and-coming star for an older dirt male division that is expected to thin out considerably over the next several months. However, the result of the 1 1/8-mile test for three-year-o ...
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Does winning the Breeders' Cup Classic matter anymore?
One week removed from the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), rumblings suggest that California Chrome has an inside track on Horse of the Year honors despite having lost the country's most lucrative weight-for-age event to Arrogate, the presumptive champion ...
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Looking for Messi to score the goal in Red Smith
The co-features at Aqueduct on Saturday, the $200,000 Red Smith H. (G3) and $150,000 Discovery (G3), are not only interesting and competitive affairs but, for those so inclined, conveniently linked with a Double wager.
Wake Forest is the 8-5 morni ...
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Blackout seeking breakout in Commonwealth
Turf 3-year-olds are featured in Saturday’s $100,000 Commonwealth Turf (G3) at Churchill Downs and the 1 1/16-mile affair marks the stakes debut for Blackout.
After showing little earlier in his career, Blackout won back-to-back starts at Newbury ...
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Meadowlands Hosts Four TVG Finals on Saturday
his career. Always B Miki has won 11 of 17 starts this year for trainer Jimmy Takter, including an astonishing 1:46 score at Lexington to become the fastest horse in the history of the sport. Always B Miki is the early favorite to garner division ho ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday Evening, November 12
Race 2 - 703 yards - Grade C - BIGSHOT MADDY (box 2 ) - A month ago she was running in one of the Festival Of Stakes division finals and now she finds herself back in C grade. This hard running young greyhound has shown a ton of talent and I am ...
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Finals of Orange Park Derby
The last qualifying round has been run and now we have our finalist for the 2016 $50,000 Orange Park Derby. Loads of talent are laced through the finalists with each having a special path to a victory in this race. Whether it be early speed, late spe ...
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Arrogate runs to his training with powerful Classic finish
By DICK POWELL
Wouldn’t it be great if we had the same information every day that we get on the Breeders’ Cup races? A couple of examples.
I had a strong opinion on BEHOLDER (Henny Hughes) in the Distaff. Forget the Pacific Classic (G1) when ...
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Dover Downs Offers Stellar Thursday Card
Then one race later in the $150,000 Matron Stakes for three-year-old filly pacers, Pure Country (Brett Miller) and L A Delight (John Campbell) will continue their extended rivalry, while local product Newborn Sassy (Tetrick) joins the mix. Pure Count ...
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Soph-Matrons At Dover; Two Fall Final Four Elims At Woodbine Opening; Meadowlands Hosts Older Free-For-Alls
Another week of Matrons at Dover, attracting sophomore-standardbred stars, as many freshman trotters and pacers race for berths in the autumn elims for the divisions’ last stakes of the season at Woodbine. Huge four-digit events for older warriors ar ...
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Texas Classic Futurity Saturday at Lone Star Park
Fastest qualifier, Koolnfamous, runs in Saturday's $1 million Texas Classic Futurity Some of the top Quarter Horse jockeys in the country will be riding at Lone Star on Saturday. Cody Jensen will pilot Tough To Be and G. R. Carter, who is the a ...
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Red Smith, Discovery highlight Aqueduct’s Saturday card
Twelve runners, including one main-track only entrant, will take to Aqueduct’s turf on Saturday going 1 3/8 miles in the $200,000 Red Smith Handicap (G3) .
One race later, 11 sophomores will head out onto the main track for the $150,000 Discover ...
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Sir Dudley Digges returns in Commonwealth Turf
Unraced since a second in the final leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, Queen’s Plate winner Sir Dudley Digges heads a field of 11 3-year-olds in Saturday’s $100,000 Commonwealth Turf (G3) at Churchill Downs. Julien Leparoux has the mount on the Mi ...
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Rosecroft Offers Solid Tuesday Card
Two races later on the card, PL Hoofhearted (Frank Milby) lived up to his role as the even-money choice in another non-winners of $2500 last five starts class to score by four lengths in 1:52.3. A five-year-old Mach Three gelding trained by Walter ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday, November 9
Race 4 - 583 yards - Grade B - SAWGUS (box 2) - This impressive young pup is going for 4 wins in a row and while he's only had 5 official races in his career so far, he's definitely caught the attention of many a Southland fan. Race 8 ...
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$4.7 million not enough to part with Arrogate's dam
Two days after her first foal, Arrogate, upstaged California Chrome in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), the 10-year-old mare Bubbler was in hot demand at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November Sale.
Bidding reached as high as $4.7 million – which wou ...
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Rosecroft Card Will Cap Election Night
Three races later in a non-winners of $5000 last five starts class for trotters, Dunn Dealin (Brian Burton) arrives off a sharp score against similar on Oct. 25 in 1:55.1 for owner-trainer Judith Welty, while Fashion Smile (Jonathan Roberts) gets som ...
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Arrogate's two-stakes campaign and accepting change
I've been a fan and follower of Thoroughbred racing for 30 years and have worked in the industry in several capacities for around 20. The longer you're in the game, the more you come to realize that on some matters the clock won't be turned back, the ...
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Scully’s Breeders’ Cup Wrap-Up
The 2016 Breeders’ Cup delivered great performances coupled with exciting finishes over two fantastic days at Santa Anita.
Here are my takeaways:
Magnificent Rally: Arrogate backed up an incredible Travers victory with another scintillating ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 11-6-2016
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap Up!
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Los Alamitos Super Derby Final Set for Sunday Evening
Rite Regal headlines the field in Sunday night's Super Derby at Los Alamitos Race Course For racing fans not ready to hang up their handicapping for the weekend, check out Sunday night's feature at Los Alamitos. The Cypress California racetr ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 News & Notes
Breeders’ Cup 2016 is upon us and the hopefuls are putting in their final preparations for the two-day extravaganza at Santa Anita Park on November 4-5.
TwinSpires.com has all you need to enjoy the action including works, analysis, news, photos ...
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Public Pounces On Feature Winners With Cavalcade Of Chalk; H2W Hits 47-Percent ATB Average
Three nights of assorted features at three different tracks took the spotlights for the weekend after the Breeders Crown championships. Public choices ruled the results and some awful trips and breaks doused our contenders (and some raced terribly). ...
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Saturday's Races Were Well Worth the Wait
Arrogate emerged on the scene belatedly by winning the Travers in track record time then wore down California Chrome in the lane to prevail by a half-length in 2:00.11 for the mile and one-quarter. Arrogate has won five of six starts and earned ov ...
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Highland Reel, Queen's Trust strike for Europe in Breeders' Cup
by RON FLATTER
Arcadia, California – Having done it five times before, Aidan O’Brien was bound to win the Breeders’ Cup Turf again Saturday. The only question was which of his two horses was going to get the job done.
For anyone who watched ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Classic Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Bob Baffert
Garrett O'Rourke
Dr. John Chandler
Mike Smith
Press Conference
Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic is Arrogate, and we'r ...
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Arrogate clinches three-year-old title and in our view Horse of the Year
A potential dilemma in the race for champion three-year-old male was resolved Saturday when Arrogate ran down California Chrome to claim all the glory in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
Arrogate's season of stakes participation was incredibly brie ...
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Eclipse Awards Debate Begins as Arrogate Dethrones California Chrome in Breeders' Cup Classic
Let the debate begin.
Did Arrogate’s brilliant Travers-Breeders’ Cup Classic double do enough to usurp California Chrome as Horse of the Year following wins in the Dubai World Cup, Pacific Classic, and Awesome Again?
On one hand, the back half ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Mile Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP MILE
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Adam Wachtel
Elliott Walden
Gary Barber
William Mott
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: The winner of the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile was Tourist. And we're joined now ...
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Arrogate runs down California Chrome in final strides of Breeders’ Cup Classic
Arrogate proved to be the real deal in Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic , rallying to catch California Chrome in deep stretch and post a half-length victory.
The winner capped a tremendous two-day Breeders’ Cup program at Santa Anita f ...
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Tourist finally gets his trip in Breeders’ Cup Mile
After luckless passages in the past two runnings of the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) , Tourist’s travel nightmare was transformed into a dream at Santa Anita on Saturday. The 12-1 chance parlayed a perfect ground-saving passage into a career-defining win ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Filly & Mare Sprint Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP FILLY & MARE SPRINT
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Ian Kruljac
Mike Smith
Wayne Seltzer
Tyler Seltzer
Eric Kruljac
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the Breede ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Turf Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP TURF
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Michael Tabor
Derrick Smith
Aidan O'Brien
Seamus Heffernan
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the second biggest prize on the afternoon ...
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Finest City saves her finest moment for BC Filly & Mare Sprint
Finest City had run some strong races over seven furlongs at Santa Anita before, but had never won over its main track in five attempts heading into Saturday's $921,725 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) . She picked a good time to end that ...
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Obviously wires Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint
Anthony Fanticola and Joseph Scardino’s Obviously finally earned a Breeders’ Cup win on Saturday, but not in the Mile (G1), the race he’s competed in for the past four years.
Instead, the eight-year-old son of Choisir was entered in the Breeders’ ...
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Highland Reel leads Breeders’ Cup Turf foes on a merry dance
In a race devoid of any other serious pace presence, the Aidan O’Brien-trained Highland Reel loomed as a potential wire threat in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) , much as he’d nicked the July 23 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth (G1) at Ascot ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Juvenile Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE
Saturday, November 5, 2016
John Oxley
Mark Casse
Julien Leparoux
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile was Classic Empire, and we' ...
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Classic Empire prevails over Not This Time as Kentucky-based runners dominate Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
Classic Empire surged clear in upper stretch and withstood the late run of Not This Time in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita, cementing championship honors with a neck decision. Owned by John Oxley and trained by Mark Cas ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Turf Sprint Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP TURF SPRINT
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Anthony Fanticola
Joseph Scardino
Philip D'Amato
Flavien Prat
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Sprint Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP SPRINT
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Bob Baffert
Martin Garcia
Susan Chu
Charlie Chu
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, we are back down in the media briefing room, and the winner of t ...
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Drefong turns back Masochistic in TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint
The lightly-raced Drefong took it to older rival and favorite Masochistic in the early stages of the $1,365,000 TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) , and put away that rival to claim the six-furlong, championship event Saturday at Santa Anita.
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SOUTHLAND Preview - November's Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds to Watch
potential to be Southland stars. As many of our regular readers probably know, the only requirement that I use in selecting the 5 up and coming young greyhounds to watch each month is that they have had no more then 10 official starts prior to bein ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Juvenile Fillies Transcript
BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE FILLIES
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Joe Ciaglia
Mario Gutierrez
Peter Eurton
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to get started. The winner of the 14 Hands Winery Br ...
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Queen's Trust denies Lady Eli in Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf
When 8-5 favorite Lady Eli went after front runner Avenge in the stretch of the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) , the laminitis-defeating star appeared on the verge of crowning a fairy-tale comeback. But the blaze face of Cheveley Park’s ho ...
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Champagne Room upsets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at 33-1
Champagne Room wasn’t given much chance in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Santa Anita Park, sent off at 33-1 following a pair of well-beaten runs against more highly regarded foes who were lining up in this spot as well.
The B ...
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Pedigree fun facts: 2016 Breeders’ Cup Saturday edition
Picking up where we left off on Breeders’ Cup Friday , here are pedigree fun facts for certain contenders on Breeders’ Cup Saturday.
Juvenile Fillies (G1) runner With Honors hopes to emulate her second dam, champion Dreaming of Anna , who wire ...
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Shaman Ghost spikes fever, scratched from Breeders' Cup Classic
Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) contender Shaman Ghost was withdrawn Saturday morning after developing a fever.
“He spiked a little temperature last night and left some of his feed. So, we scratched him,” assistant trainer Kent Sweezey reported.
Tra ...
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How Mucciolo is playing the Breeders’ Cup Saturday Late Pick 4
The late Pick 4 starts in Race 9 with the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) and while this wager seems potentially a bit more straight-forward than the earlier sequence spanning Races 4-7, it is not for the faint of heart, either.
Turf :
The ...
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Oscar Performance, New Money Honey take New York road to Breeders' Cup success
by RON FLATTER
Arcadia, California – The early path to success for 2-year-olds in this year’s Breeders’ Cup was through New York.
Both Oscar Performance and New Money Honey parlayed decisive Grade 3 wins last month at Belmont Park into vict ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Distaff Transcript
BEHOLDER - BREEDERS' CUP DISTAFF
Friday, November 4, 2016
Richard Mandella
B. Wayne Hughes
Gary Stevens
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff is o ...
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Shapiro: Santa Anita surfaces played fair on Breeders' Cup Friday
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
We head into Breeders’ Cup Saturday with a dirt and turf course that both appear to be playing quite fair.
Understandably, racing fans were concerned that the main track might have a significant bias based on memories of the 2 ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Juvenile Fillies Turf Transcript
NEW MONEY HONEY - BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE FILLIES TURF
Friday, November 4, 2016
Chad Brown
Javier Castellano
Bob Edwards
Kristine Edwards
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the Bre ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Dirt Mile Transcript
TAMARKUZ - BREEDERS' CUP DIRT MILE
Friday, November 4, 2016
Kiaran McLaughlin
Joe DeSantis
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Congratulations to the winners of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Tamarkuz. We are joined by traine ...
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Beholder Is to the Cubs as Songbird is to the Indians in Breeders' Cup Distaff Thriller
What a week for sports!
Two days after the Chicago Cubs bested the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series, Thoroughbred racing delivered a thunderous encore when champions Beholder and Songbird threw down the length of the Santa Anita Park stre ...
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Beholder-Songbird duel conjures up a memory, produces happier ending
When Beholder and Songbird crossed the wire at Santa Anita Friday afternoon, their noses separated only by inches, instead of having a celebratory thought I couldn't help but think back to a darker chapter in Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) history.
Wh ...
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Breeders' Cup 2016 Juvenile Turf Transcript
OSCAR PERFORMANCE - BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE TURF (G1)
Friday, November 4, 2016
Brian Lynch
Bob Feld
Jerry Amerman
John Amerman
Jose Ortiz
Press Conference
THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, ...
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Tamarkuz rallies to win Dirt Mile
Shadwell Stable’s Tamarkuz took advantage of a hot pace in Friday’s $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita, collaring Gun Runner in midstretch and drawing off to a 3 ½-length decision. Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin and ridden by Mike Smit ...
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Scully’s Breeders’ Cup Saturday Pick 4 plays
Saturday’s nine-race Breeders’ Cup slate includes a pair of Pick 4s on Races 4-7 and 9-12 and I will take a swing with multiple tickets on each sequence.
Here are the horses I will be using in the first Pick 4:
Race 4: Valdorna is one of my ...
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Pedigree fun facts: 2016 Breeders’ Cup Friday edition
Dirt Mile contender Point Piper is the third Breeders' Cup starter for his dam..
I stumbled upon some interesting pedigree factoids in looking up the female lines of Breeders’ Cup contenders, using Product 750 (catalog-style page) on Brisnet.com ...
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Spelling Again giving Louisville owner ‘ultimate experience’
by Jennie Rees
Here’s how the Seajay Racing partnership views being in Saturday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint with Spelling Again, trained by Churchill Downs-based Brad Cox.
“One of our partners put it perfectly,” said Sea ...
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Miss Temple City finally faces ‘good friend’ Tepin in BC Mile
by Jennie Rees
Miss Temple City will finally meet her pal Tepin on the race course in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile on grass.
Trainer Graham Motion twice opted to avoid Tepin, the reigning Breeders’ Cup Mile winner and female turf c ...
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Semi-Finals of Orange Park Derby
Only three races remain until we find out just who is going to be in the finals of the 2016 $50,000 Orange Park Derby, but those three races will be no cakewalk for anyone of our competitors. The 7 th , 9 th , and 11 th races for Saturday evening at ...
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Notable sires represented in 2016 Breeders’ Cup
Galileo photo courtesy of Coolmore's Kevin Buckley via Twitter
The late Sadler’s Wells still holds the record as the sire of six Breeders’ Cup winners, but Tapit is closing in with five entering Friday. The late Unbridled’s Song, who could see hi ...
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Ironicus the play of BC Saturday, plus a $3 million guaranteed Late Pick 4
I'll admit that this year's Breeders' Cup Saturday card has been a more serious handicapping challenge for me compared to the 2015 program at Keeneland. Here are thoughts, such as they are, on the nine races we'll see.
JUVENILE FILLIES: Frankly, ...
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Breeders’ Cup Saturday Pick 5 Analysis
by Scott Shapiro
As a regular player of the Pick 5 it excites me tremendously to get a sequence with five consecutive stakes races that include large fields throughout.
The monster card on Saturday begins with three stakes races that are not Br ...
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Scully’s Best Bets on Breeders’ Cup Saturday
After tabbing three longshots of interest in the Breeders’ Cup earlier this week, I will turn my focus to best bets. Both are in juvenile races Saturday.
Not This Time is listed as the 7-2 morning line favorite in the Juvenile but given the d ...
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How to wager on Breeders' Cup Friday at Santa Anita Park
Anyone who is viewing the ten-race Breeders' Cup Friday card as simply a bankroll builder for Saturday's day of racing is likely missing out on some opportunity to have a truly transcendent day at the races because this is a well balanced card with a ...
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Proud Connections Celebrated Bank of America Challenge Victories
Ajs High, under Stormy Smith , wins the Grade 1 Bank of America Challenge Championship on October 29 "This has been a team effort. Having him run in three Challenge races has been amazing," he said. "We owe a great deal to Charley & Stormy" ...
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Meadowlands, Yonkers Offer Good Cards on Saturday Night
But looking to play the spoiler role in the Classic are New Jersey Viking (Andrew McCarthy), International Moni (Scott Zeron) and Explosive Matter (David Miller). New Jersey Viking has won five of 10 starts and banked over $130,000 for trainer Ake ...
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Colebrook happy Limousine Liberal made trek from Kentucky
by Jennie Rees
With Lord Nelson scratched Thursday after being treated with antibiotics for an infected cut, trainer Ben Colebrook is really glad that Limousine Liberal shipped from Kentucky for Saturday’s $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint. It wa ...
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