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Monaco could be Pletcher’s next big one
Tough to dub a horse a ‘star’ before he or she ever steps foot on the racetrack, but I have a hunch we will see a fine performance from a Todd Pletcher first-time starter in Saturday’s opener. In what appears to be a loaded maiden field, MONACO wil ...
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Litfin: How to Bet the Travers
by DAVE LITFIN
Those who make it through five races of Saturday's all-Grade 1 $250,000 pick six or the first three of the $1 million pick four at Saratoga must still come up with the Travers winner to collect.
Even with Flintshire, whose pictu ...
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Powell looks for Creator to rebound in Travers
by DICK POWELL
This Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, one of the best racecards ever assembled at the historic venue will be run. From top to bottom, the races are deep and talented and they provide both quality and quantity for the horseplayer t ...
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Genaro previews Travers Day
by TERESA GENARO
There was no way this year’s Travers (G1) would get the buzz that last year’s did, when American Pharoah descended on Saratoga Springs like a visiting head of state and was treated accordingly. No Triple Crown winner this y ...
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Why is everyone picking against Exaggerator to win the Travers Stakes?
Here is the list of three-year-old males who have won three Grade 1 races this year:
1. Exaggerator
Not much of a list.
Here is a list of Grade 1 winners in this year’s Travers Stakes (click link for FRE ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Racing Names 2016
"Kid Dynamite" Superior Tyson Honorable Mention ToSheetzToDaWind, Barts Iron Paws, B's Ben Dover, BartsHelloImLate, JS Jet Pack, Blazing Pandora, JS RedneckNation, Donald Trump, KawPeeWrite, CRT Full Of It, Killer Happy, BeFastOrBeLast, Whir ...
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Metro Pace Elims Highlighted At Mohawk; Top Aged Fields Fire At Vernon On Stakes-Filled Weekend
August winds down with more money-driven miles, stakes aplenty north and south of the border, as division leaders and spoilers aim toward the championships. At Mohawk, eliminations for another huge race card include three eliminations for the prestig ...
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Three Divisions Preps Move Yonder To Yonkers
Saturday, Aug. 27 at Yonkers Raceway presents the finals of the $118,574 Hudson Filly Trot (soph-filly trotters) and $109,050 Lady Maud (sofp-filly pacers) as well as the $40,000 elimination for the Yonkers Trot (soph-colt trotters).
The Hudso ...
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Wavell Avenue, Carina Mia star in Ballerina
While the Personal Ensign Stakes (G1), which kicks off the Saturday stakes action on Travers Day 2016, looks pretty well matched, the $500,000 Ballerina Stakes (G1) one race later is a bit murkier. The seven-furlong sprint drew 10 runners, includin ...
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Personal Ensign attracts well-matched field of five
Five distaffers will take their place in the Saratoga starting gate for Saturday’s $750,000 Personal Ensign Stakes (G1) on the Travers undercard, and any one of the quintuplet could end up in the winner’s circle in the end.
I’m a Chatterbox drew ...
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Mohaymen turns back in King’s Bishop, A.P. Indian seeks fifth straight in Forego
Fourth in the Kentucky Derby (G1) two starts ago, Mohaymen will turn back to a sprint for the first time since his juvenile season when he lines up for the $500,000 King’s Bishop (G1) at Saratoga. The gray Tapit colt tops a nice field of 13 3-yea ...
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Appearances by Flintshire, Lady Eli bookend Travers
Appearances by the country's leading older turf male and a beloved filly making a remarkable return to the races will bookend Saturday's Travers (G1) at Saratoga. Flintshire will look to make it three-for-three this season in the $1 million Sword ...
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A look at the Travers 5 without Triple Crown experience
For only the second time in its 147-year history, the $1.25 million Travers (G1) will feature a full field of 14. And most names are familiar, with nine entrants competing in Triple Crown races this spring, including Preakness (G1) winner Exaggerator ...
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Yonkers Hosts Solid Saturday Night Card
Doctor Butch, who competed in the Quillen two years ago, arrives with a solid 4-7-5 slate and $160,000 bankroll from 25 starts this year and will leave from post four. McArdles Lightning ended the Meadowlands meet on a roll, taking his last two start ...
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To Favorite or Not To Favorite
When a contest player breaks down a contest to its simplest form, it really is all about decisions. Whether it be what contest to play on a given day to what handicapping information to use, making decisions, right or wrong, will dictate most aspects ...
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Exaggerator receives post 7, early 3-1 favorite in 14-horse Travers
Exaggerator will try to strengthen his hold upon divisional honors in Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers (G1) , but the three-time Grade 1 winner will face no shortage of challengers in a capacity 14-horse field at Saratoga. The Keith Desormeaux-trai ...
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Horses to watch at Warwick Farm for King of Australia contest
Although I was humbled when my latter two selections backed out after setting the pace over soft ground, it was still a profitable evening last Friday at Randwick when Divine Prophet kicked things off with a last-to-first rally to narrowly take t ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Wednesday, August 24
It's week 4 of MoneyMaker Mike's short kennel study that is being done this month and I'm going with 3 more kennels which you will find listed below. The entries have been posted for the Wednesday and Thursday performances and I've listed the kenne ...
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Harmonize, Time and Motion impress on both coasts
We saw two of the best horses in training appear on opposite coasts on Saturday and neither disappointed. Champion California Chrome roared home a sublime winner of the Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar, while the otherworldly Songbird strolled home to ...
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Prairie Meadows Kicked off its 2016 live Quarter Horse Meet Last Weekend
Ajs High, who has won two Bank of America Challenge stakes, is expected to return to action on September 17 Prairie Meadows will also host four regional Bank of America Challenge Championship races on Saturday, September 17, led by the 440-ya ...
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California Chrome’s Pacific Classic invokes memories of Ghostzapper’s Breeders’ Cup Classic
California Chrome deserves all the accolades for a grand performance in Saturday’s Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar, dominating from the outset in a five-length romp. His journey over the last couple of seasons has been remarkable.
Winner of the 20 ...
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Breeders’ Cup implications aplenty from York’s Ebor Festival
Potential contenders for several Breeders’ Cup races advanced their claims during last week’s Ebor Festival at York. Trying to pinpoint who’ll end up going where is a moving target, as it were, but these are the most salient points to emerge from the ...
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Bob Le Beau strong favorite to repeat in NY Turf Writers Cup
Although there may have been some anxious moments when he had 19 length-deficit to make up, Bob Le Beau did so and more when taking the A.P. Smithwick Memorial (G1) earlier this month. On Thursday, the nine-year-old will go for a sweep of Saratoga' ...
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Even without Firing Line, Brubaker divisions hold intrigue
Smart Transition photo courtesy NYRA/Coglianese Photography
Del Mar’s traditional opening day feature, the Oceanside S., wasn’t split this year, but in an historical novelty, Wednesday’s Harry F. Brubaker has proven popular enough to warrant two ...
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Chrome's Classic performance increasingly rare in historically marquee division
There is not much to add in the way of adjectives to describe California Chrome's performance in Saturday's Pacific Classic (G1), but there are few takeaways from the race.
The manner of his victory should not have come as a surprise. Even taking ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 8/21/2016
That's all we have for this week. See you next time for the Wrap Up! ...
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Maryland-breds earn the spotlight on Saturday
Saturday afternoon was "Maryland Pride Day" at Laurel Park as the 11-race card was designed specifically for Maryland-bred/sired runners perhaps looking to get an early prep for the upcoming Maryland Million card over the same venue on October 22. Bu ...
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Time catches up with Glimpse in Lake Placid
Time gets all of us in the end, and thanks to a Hall of Fame ride by John Velazquez, Time and Motion finally nabbed Catch a Glimpse in Sunday’s $300,000 Lake Placid (G2) at Saratoga. Thus the 3-5 favorite suffered her first career loss on turf, by ...
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Midnight Storm wires Del Mar Mile
A Venneri Racing Inc. and Little Red Feather Racing’s Midnight Storm continued his winning ways on Sunday with a half-length victory in the Del Mar Mile Handicap (G1) under jockey Rafael Bejarano.
The Phil D’Amato-trained five-year-old was sent ...
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Shapiro: Pacific Classic a one-horse race from start to finish
Photo & story by Scott Shapiro
A lifetime best Brisnet Speed figure of 112 in the Pacific Classic from California Chrome and a record all-sources handle at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club headlined a great day of racing on Saturday afternoon in ...
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Camp Creek sails to 26-1 upset in Breeders’ Stakes
Hillsbrook Farms’ Camp Creek broke his maiden on July 15 at Woodbine in his fourth career start, but it was also his first try on turf.
The gray gelding proved his love for the surface switch yet again on Sunday when upsetting Woodbine’s $389,433 ...
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Lady Aurelia workmanlike in Prix Morny
For the first time, Lady Aurelia had to work a little to secure Sunday’s Prix Morny (G1) at Deauville.
The Wesley Ward pupil had won her first two starts by a combined margin of 14 1/2 lengths – a track record-setting debut romp on the Keeneland d ...
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SOUTHLAND recap - Monday, August 22
Saturday's results are in for Southland's greyhound racing card as we have now completed the 3rd week of MoneyMaker Mike's short August kennel study. This week there were 3 more kennels that I followed and as I said at the start of August, I was go ...
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Midnight Storm gets double form boost ahead of Del Mar Mile
Already installed as the 4-5 favorite on the morning line for Sunday’s $200,000 Del Mar Mile (G2), Midnight Storm received not one, but two, high-profile form boosts on Saturday.
The horse he fended off during his front-running victory in the Ju ...
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Top-Priced Winners, $18, $15, From Canada; Super Saturday Stakes Favorite-Heavy; ‘Countdown’ Winner
The Super Saturday at Pocono Downs was the focus of all the weekend features and it played well for the favorites, some of which offered low-price value.
Worth the low return was Southwind Frank ($4.60, $2.40, $2.10), who avenged his Hambleton ...
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California Chrome turns Pacific Classic into a runaway
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
California Chrome popped the gate and never gave them a chance.
In what was considered by many to be the strongest rendition ever of the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1), it was a one-horse race from start to finish. Victor Es ...
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Ashleyluvssugar hangs on, but Metaboss is the story from Del Mar ‘Cap
Alesia, Bran Jam Stables, and Ciaglia Racing’s homebred Ashleyluvssugar stole Saturday’s $252,415 Del Mar H. (G2) under a crafty ride by Hall of Famer Gary Stevens. Although the Grade 2 laurel, $150,000 winner’s share, and the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G ...
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Harmonize gets up in frenetic finish to Del Mar Oaks
Larkin Armstrong’s Harmonize hasn’t had much luck back East of late, but a journey westward did the trick as she prevailed in Saturday’s $301,725 Del Mar Oaks (G1) . Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott and well handled by Junior Alvarado, the 7-2 cha ...
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Conquest Daddyo could cap transatlantic Scat Daddy double with Lady Aurelia
This summer’s racing has underscored how colossal was the loss of Scat Daddy last December – from the stunning Royal Ascot heroics of Lady Aurelia and Caravaggio, to Chilean champion Dacita’s exploits in New York, Con Te Partiro’s romp in Saratoga’s ...
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Songbird flies to Alabama victory
Photos & story by Teresa Genaro
On a perfect Saturday afternoon at Saratoga, Songbird kept her perfect record intact, thrilling an announced crowd of 40,000 with a seven-length romp in the Grade I, $600,000 Alabama Stakes .
The last time ...
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Tourist reaches Grade 1 destination in Fourstardave
After knocking on the door multiple times over the past couple years, Tourist finally earned his first Grade 1 victory Saturday in the $500,000 Fourstardave H. (G1) at Saratoga.
Despite breaking inward and affecting A Lot and Ring Weekend, Tour ...
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Sir Dudley Digges, Amis Gizmo face off in Breeders’ Stakes
The Canadian Triple Crown season is coming to a close as the winners from the first two jewels face off in Sunday’s C$500,000 Breeders’ Stakes .
The final leg of the Canadian Triple Crown will take place on the turf, a surface Queen’s Plate Stake ...
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Hanson: Looking for a little longshot magic in the Del Mar Oaks
Obviously overshadowed by the Pacific Classic (G1) but also by the Del Mar H. (G2), which is included a national stakes Pick 4, Saturday's Del Mar Oaks (G1) is nonetheless an interesting handicapping exercise.
With the exception of perhaps Stays i ...
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Pacific Classic News & Notes
The showdown at the shore has finally arrived as Beholder, California Chrome and Dortmund all line up in one of the most exciting editions of the Pacific Classic (G1) ever run!
The trio of top-class racers headline the main event at Del Mar on Sat ...
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Scully: Beholder the pick in compelling Pacific Classic
With leading older males California Chrome and Dortmund, and the star mare Beholder making a title defense, the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) promises to be a great race.
Beholder improved off an easy win in last year’s Clement L. Hirsch (G1), r ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Saturday, August 20
Saturday's matinee and twilight entries are in for Southland's greyhound racing card as well as the results from Friday's two performances. We are now in week 3 of MoneyMaker Mike's kennel study that I'm doing this month. This week there are 3 more ...
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Five things to know for Pacific Classic/Alabama Day
In eager anticipation of Saturday’s showdown in the Pacific Classic (G1), and Songbird’s latest turn in the Alabama (G1), here are a few historical angles of interest.
1. California Chrome is trying to make history as the first Kentucky Derby (G1 ...
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Nonna Mela runs away with Adirondack
St. Elias Stable’s Nonna Mela easily captured her stakes debut in Friday’s rescheduled $200,000 Adirondack Stakes (G2) at Saratoga when pulling away for a six-length victory.
The dark bay daughter of Arch chased the early pace set by Silvertoni ...
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For Churchill Downs Racing Club, it's all about the fun
Story & photos by Teresa Genaro
When Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas agreed to train horses for the recently established Churchill Downs Racing Club, he figured that he and the club members would be in it mostly for the fun. He didn’t qui ...
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How to bet on TwinSpires the Emerald Downs Pick 5 carryover
There is a $15,154 carryover on the Pick 5 at Emerald Downs, and we’ll know where we stand on the sequence early, as I’m 2x1 to kick things off before going 3x6x4 to closer it out.
I have #2 Gold Locket as the most likely winner in the sequence, c ...
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Winx tough to oppose, but others offer each-way appeal at Randwick
While American racing fans enjoy the sultry (and occasionally wet) weather at Saratoga and the pleasant seaside breezes at Del Mar, the sport is slowing beginning to awaken from its winter slumber down under in Australia.
With the Sydney Spring Ca ...
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Sky Classic a good fit for Messi
The connections of Messi elected to scratch from last Saturday’s $300,000 American St Leger, a 1 11/16-mile race that was easily captured by long-distance turf specialist Da Big Hoss, in favor of Sunday’s $200,000 Sky Classic (G2) at Woodbine. It loo ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Friday, August 19
Friday's matinee and twilight entries are in for Southland's greyhound racing card as we are in week 3 of MoneyMaker Mike's kennel study that I'm doing this month. This week I am following 3 more kennels and I have them listed below. As I said at t ...
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Mucciolo likes to play Maidens on Big Racing Days
The Saturday card at Del Mar is a fine one, headlined by the jewel of the summer meeting, the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1). A stellar edition of the storied event will head to the post in Race 9, pitting a pair of future Hall of Fame runners and a ...
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Jockey Cody Jensen Riding High at Ruidoso Downs
Quarter Horse jockey Cody Jensen seeking his third All American Futurity victory. Jensen ranks fifth on the All-Time Leading AQHA jockeys with over 1,500 wins and mounts who have earned more than $34 million in his 14 years as a professional r ...
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Forego was the Most Accomplished Horse in the 1970's
Not only did Forego win his third straight American Horse of the Year Award, but he also took home honors, again, for Champion Older Male Horse. Forego wins his 4th straight award for Champion Older American Horse in 1977 - Forego's 1977 wasn't ...
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Catch a Glimpse’s again the one to catch in Lake Placid
A star three-year-old filly aims to prolong her unbeaten sequence at Saratoga. Chances are you thought of champion Songbird in Saturday’s Alabama (G1). But one day after Songbird struts her stuff on dirt, Catch a Glimpse will try to keep her turf r ...
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What Horse Racing Can Learn From Sommeliers
I enjoy horse racing, and I enjoy wine, but I don’t know wine like I do horse racing. I know enough to know I’m better off letting other people tell me what to drink in certain situations but also enough to feel comfortable making a choice for more l ...
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How to Bet the Alabama
by DAVE LITFIN
A week or so ago, the prospects for a “How to Bet the Alabama” column were looking pretty bleak, because how does one recommend going against a filly like Songbird?
There have since been two favorable developments, at least for ...
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Beholder a serious repeat threat in Pacific Classic
The late, great Bobby Frankel captured the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) a record six times, including back-to-back editions with Skimming (2000-01), a former claimer who recorded four of his five career stakes wins at Del Mar. When asked to explai ...
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Storms can wreak havoc at the Spa
by DICK POWELL
So what really happened at Saratoga last Saturday? I was there and it took me hours to figure it out.
The weather forecast was not good. Brutally hot and humid weather was already present and severe thunderstorms were going to hi ...
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How to Wager on the Pacific Classic
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Many have called the 2016 rendition of the Pacific Classic the strongest in the event’s 26-year history and it is arguably the North American race of the year thus far.
A field of nine, including 2014 Horse of the Year Calif ...
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SOUTHLAND'S 5 Up & Coming Young Greyhounds to watch for in August
Welcome to another Southland monthly preview of the Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch . August's selections consist of some hard running youngsters that have started their careers with some impressive wins and a few that are just ...
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Thunder In The Pocono Mountains On Super Saturday Of Stakes; State-Breds Battle; Speed-Bound Gold Cup & Saucer
Our TwinSpires harness betting season for 2016 officially begins this week with our spin-off blog, The Breeders Crown Countdown (BCC), complementing our main blog. Each week until the eliminations of the championship season, we will choose specific r ...
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Soph-Filly Pacers Focus On Fat Purses
Super Stakes Saturday, Aug. 20, at Pocono Downs draws the sophomore filly pacing division for the $150,000 Valley Forge Consolation and the $350,000 Valley Forge Final.
Skinny Dipper, who has raced on the Grand Circuit and in the Pennsylvania ...
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Six fillies line up against Songbird in Alabama
Champion Songbird once again puts her perfect record on the line when facing six rivals in Saturday’s $600,000 Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga.
This time around, though, the Jerry Hollendorfer trainee will be trying something she’s never done be ...
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Competitive field of 11 entered in Del Mar Oaks
A well-matched field of 11 sophomore fillies will take to the turf on Saturday when lining up in the $300,000 Del Mar Oaks (G1) going 1 1/8 miles.
The San Clemente Handicap (G3) was a good prep for this one, sending runners a mile over the surfa ...
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Grand Arch looking to register back-to-back wins in Fourstardave
Grand Arch may have turned in one of his least inspiring efforts in recent years in the Poker (G3) at Belmont Park June 18, but history suggests the seven-year-old is not one to take lightly in the $500,000 Fourstardave H. (G1) on Saturday at Sar ...
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Flamboyant seeks another Grade 2 win in Del Mar Handicap
Flamboyant has really come on this year for trainer Paddy Gallagher and the resurgent gelding will seek his third Grade 2 tally when he lines up for Saturday’s $250,000 Del Mar H. The 5-year-old will meet 11 rivals in the 1 3/8-mile turf affair on ...
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2016 Palm Beach Labor Day Puppy Stakes Tourney Preview
I've been a huge fan of "Clifford" since this season started. Huge rush, Rader training and most important....experience at the top level. Big Red Dog stands tall in this tournament for me.
Here's predictions from our friends in the indust ...
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Saratoga Mid-Meet Review: Several highlights amidst the gloomier weather
by TERESA GENARO
As has been the case more days this year than in recent memory, Tuesday was indeed dark, as in gray and wet, the charm of the good weather with which Saratoga has been blessed in past years finally expiring.
Songbir ...
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Rail draw can be overcome but big deal for Chrome nonetheless
California Chrome prefers to be outside in the clear stalking the action. He hasn’t led wire to wire since the San Felipe (G2) early in his 3-year-old campaign, which is also the last time the popular chestnut thrived on the inside part of a racetrac ...
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California Chrome draws rail, installed as 8-5 favorite in dynamite Pacific Classic field
By SCOTT SHAPIRO
The field is set for what many are calling the best rendition ever of the Pacific Classic (G1) .
The 8-5-morning line favorite and 2014 Horse of the Year California Chrome drew the rail in the $1 million event, while thr ...
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Pocono Downs hosts lucrative Saturday night card
While many thoroughbred racing enthusiasts are eagerly looking forward to Saturday evening's Grade I, $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar where defending champion Beholder will take on the boys including California Chrome and Dortmund, many standar ...
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A quarter-century later, Best Pal's win at Del Mar still a classic
The Santa Anita H. (G1) still has cachet, but is generally fighting a losing battle with the Dubai World Cup (G1) . The race formerly known as the Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) continues to linger, but in an increasingly weakened state.
The two behemo ...
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York’s Ebor Festival: what and when to watch
From Wednesday’s Juddmonte International (G1) through Saturday’s eponymous Ebor Handicap, the four-day Ebor Festival caps the British summer racing festivities. Thoughts will turn afterward to such fall highlights on the European calendar as the St ...
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Beholder ready for Pacific Classic after breeze through the fog
Edited Press Release
Beholder turned in her final bit of serious exercise in front of the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) this Saturday when she worked a half mile on Tuesday morning at Del Mar through a substantial fog that blanketed the seaside ...
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Silvertoni faces six in re-scheduled Adirondack
Silvertoni , who captured both starts in Kentucky this spring including the $100,000 Kentucky Juvenile against males at Churchill Downs, returns to dirt in Friday's $200,000 Adirondack (G2) at Saratoga.
A 6 1/2-furlong prep for the Spinaway (G1) ...
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Big Weekend at Ruidoso Downs with 30 Trials for the All American Futurity
Trainer Judd Kearl will saddle Teller Baja. ...
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Harrington begins as Ocean Downs winds down
Harness racing in the Mid-Atlantic region each summer shifts to a pair of half-mile ovals that occasionally offer a modest reprieve from the hot, humid conditions. Monday evening marked the beginning of the Harrington summer-fall meet and several ho ...
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Postponed seeks to expand resume in Juddmonte International
Postponed , a world-class performer over 1 1/2 miles, would add to his considerable reputation if he successfully shortens up to about 1 5/16 miles in Wednesday’s Juddmonte International (G1). The marquee attraction on opening day of York’s Ebor Fes ...
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After five months, Hall of Famer Borel ready to ride again
Edited Press Release
Three-time Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Calvin Borel will resume his riding career on August 27 at Ellis Park, the Hall of Fame jockey confirmed Monday.
Borel, 49, recently returned from New York, where he went for Frida ...
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Creator, Gun Runner work together for Travers; Baffert has two for Midsummer Derby
Edited Press Release
Creator and Gun Runner breezed in company on the Saratoga main track on Monday morning, working five furlongs in 1:00.60. Gun Runner, ridden by jockey Florent Geroux, and Creator, with exercise rider Abel Flores aboard, p ...
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Songbird completes Alabama preparations with half-mile breeze
Edited Press Release
Songbird wrapped up her major preparations for Saturday's $600,000 Alabama (G1) with a half-mile breeze Monday morning at Saratoga.
With her regular exercise rider Edgar Rodriguez aboard and escorted by pony rider Ju ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 8/14/2016
That's all we have for this week. See you next time for the Wrap-Up!
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Point Piper flies to record-setting Longacres Mile victory
Point Piper hadn’t visited the winner’s circle in a year entering Sunday’s $200,000 Longacres Mile Handicap (G3) at Emerald Downs, but the Jerry Hollendorfer trainee flew home in the stretch to post a track record-setting victory under jockey Mario G ...
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Late-running Gunnevera along in time in Saratoga Special; Recruiting Ready DQ’d
Recruiting Ready is going to have nightmares about opening up a big lead in the stretch, only to be caught in the final strides. After getting mugged on the line by highly regarded Classic Empire in the July 2 Bashford Manor (G3) at Churchill Downs, ...
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California Chrome, Dortmund post final moves for Pacific Classic
Edited Press Release
California Chrome and Dortmund, the 1-2 finishers at the end of a heart rate-accelerating stretch duel in the July 23 San Diego Handicap (G2) at Del Mar, put in their final works Sunday for a rematch in next Saturday’s $1 mi ...
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SOUTHLAND recap - Monday, August 15
Here is a quick recap of the short kennel study that I've been doing for the past two weeks where I take several different kennels and keep up with their results over several days. People have often asked me over the years if it pays off to keep up w ...
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Carina Mia on course for Ballerina; Flora Dora adds blinkers for Alabama
Edited Press Release
Grade 1 victress Carina Mia emerged from her :48.37 half-mile breeze on Saturday in good order as she prepares for the $500,000 Ballerina Stakes (G1) on August 27.
Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said Carina Mia, who won t ...
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Forever d’Oro headed to Travers, stablemate Seeking Blame under consideration
Edited Press Release
Breeder-owner Charles Fipke will be represented by at least one horse in the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) on August 27, and possibly two.
Trainer Dallas Stewart said Sunday that Forever d'Oro is headed to the Mid-Sum ...
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Harrington meets begins Monday
Just over two weeks after hosting its lucrative Governor's Day card, Harrington will kick off its summer-fall meet on Monday with another competitive overnight program. Monday's opener is a non-winners of $5001 last four starts/optional $15,000 c ...
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Huge Winners, $86, $53 Top Sires Stakes Slaughter; Mildly-Priced Choices Also Win Money-Making Features
Our Wednesday, Aug. 10 tweets involved the first four races at Running Aces. Due to inclement weather, the program was cancelled after Race 3. We were in the money in the trio before cancellation. In the first two races were second with Officialydang ...
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Klimt scores in Best Pal
Kaleem Shah Inc.’s Klimt parlayed a 5 1/4-length maiden victory at Santa Anita Park July 10 into a graded score at Del Mar on Saturday.
The Bob Baffert-trained son of Quality Road dueled with Big League in the stretch of the $200,345 Best Pal Sta ...
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Arlington finishers target Australia
by RON FLATTER
Arlington Heights, Illinois – It turns out there may have been three “win and you’re in” races Saturday at Arlington Park.
Yes, invitations to the Breeders’ Cup automatically went to Mondialiste for winning the Arlington Mill ...
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Going with the 'Flo' at Arlington as Geroux wins five on Million Day
French jockey Florent Geroux called riding at the Chicago-area Arlington International Racecourse a “home court advantage” after winning five of 10 races on the biggest day in Illinois racing.
The quintet included four stakes, which included three ...
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Mondialiste Puts the International in Arlington Million Festival
The Arlington International Festival of Racing featured an international flavor for its marquee race, as Mondialiste—racing in his fourth country in five starts—swung to outside and drove to a measured neck victory over Kasaqui in the $1-million Arl ...
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Pacific Classic hopefuls put in final moves at Del Mar
Edited Press Release
Five candidates for the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) put in their final workouts at Del Mar on Saturday for the signature race of the meeting, now only a week away on August 20.
At 6:30 a.m. (PT), Grade 1 hero and last- ...
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