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Big Score, Miss Southern Miss romp in Santa Anita’s Breeders’ Cup juvenile turf preps
George Krikorian’s homebred Big Score proved well named after his 3 1/4-length domination of the $102,415 Zuma Beach at Santa Anita. Exploding from midpack off a scalding pace, the Tim Yakteen trainee announced himself the leading local contender for ...
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Canadian International lives up to billing with strong quartet of invaders
The winners of the 2014 Melbourne Cup (G1), 2015 Grand Prix de Paris (G1), and 2016 Hardwicke (G2), and a triple classic performer this season, comprise a robust raiding party for Sunday’s Canadian International (G1) at Woodbine.
To name them, as ...
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Stealing 'Heart' bags Knickerbocker on yielding ground
Heart to Heart, who long ago earned a reputation of stealing graded turf stakes, bagged another prize at Belmont Park on Columbus Day with a gate-to-wire score in the $200,000 Knickerbocker (G3) .
Adapting to the yielding conditions, Heart to He ...
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Found tops Breeders’ Cup candidates engaged on Champions Day
Fresh off her triumph in the October 2 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1), Found remains eligible to wheel back in Saturday’s Champion S. (G1) at Ascot.
The Aidan O’Brien filly trod the same path last fall, finishing a luckless ninth in Paris and se ...
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Preakness winner Exaggerator retired
Edited Press Release
Preakness (G1) winner Exaggerator , the only three-year-old colt with three Grade 1 wins in 2016, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky.
"We could not be more excited ...
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If loss by Tepin a warning sign, Ironicus one to fear in BC Mile
There was a lot of action across various divisions on the second and final major weekend of Breeders' Cup preps, but the older filly and mare turf division was the true focal point.
Reigning champion Tepin suffered her first defeat of the season ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 10/9/2016
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap Up!
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Gloryzapper merits Breeders’ Cup consideration as a gutsy LA Woman
No guts, no glory, as the saying goes, and Gloryzapper illustrated the correlation with a gutsy display in Sunday’s $101,035 LA Woman (G3) at Santa Anita. By surviving a protracted pace battle and fending off all comers in deep stretch, the Phil D’ ...
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I’m a Chatterbox romps in Spinster
Grayson Farm’s I’m a Chatterbox returned to her winning ways on Sunday at Keeneland, romping by seven lengths in the $500,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) to earn an all-expenses paid trip to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) on November 4 at Santa Anita Park ...
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Keep Quiet silences Ticonderoga in Bourbon, stamps Breeders’ Cup ticket
Capping a superb weekend for Mark Casse’s juvenile squad, Keep Quiet turned in a polished and professional performance to defeat the green-as-grass Ticonderoga in Sunday’s $250,000 Bourbon (G3) at Keeneland. Gary Barber’s colorbearer thereby booked ...
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‘Miki’ Marks Fastest Win Ever—1:46; Tri-Crown For Marion Marauder; $48 Place Price Tops $23 Winner
The second Grand Circuit week at The Red Mile again ruled our features, including those in our addendum blog that covered Sunday, Oct. 9’s Kentucky Futurity program.
Lady Shadow, a prohibitive favorite, raced about the worse mile we have seen ...
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Baffert Has a Strong Hand Going into 2016 Breeders' Cup
Hoppertunity, BC Classic This year's Jockey Club Gold Cup didn't offer the best of the best in the handicap division. Nobody would ever claim that it did, but Hoppertunity put in his usual strong closing run. It led to a win in the JC Gold Cup, whic ...
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Lady Eli, other Brown runners exit Super Saturday in good order
Edited Press Release
Trainer Chad Brown said his entire contingent came out of Super Saturday in fine form.
Brown won three stakes on the day, highlighted by Lady Eli's return to the winner's circle in taking the Flower Bowl Stakes (G1) to ...
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Vyjack captures City of Hope Mile in record time
Vyjack was sent off the 4-1 third choice in Saturday’s $201,725 City of Hope Mile Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park but ran like a favorite when scoring by a half-length under jockey Flavien Prat.
Vyjack settled in midpack on the inside as even-mo ...
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Classic Empire overpowers Breeders’ Futurity foes
After rearing and dumping his jockey at the start of the September 5 Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga, Classic Empire rebounded in powerful fashion in Saturday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland. The Mark Casse-trained colt pulled his way to t ...
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Miss Temple City turns Maker’s 46/Shadwell Turf Mile double
During Keeneland’s Spring Meet, Miss Temple City opted to face males, rather than Tepin, and the move paid off with a deserved first Grade 1 coup in the Maker’s 46 Mile (G1) . Back at the Lexington oval for FallStars Weekend, the same choice present ...
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Super Saturday II Omnibus
Story & Photo by Teresa Genaro
The New York Racing Association didn’t luck out with the weather on the two big days of its fall meet this year, but at least Hurricane Matthew kept his distance, and the second of two Super Saturdays was buoyed ...
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Hoppertunity gives Baffert another shot at Classic gold
Story & Photo by Teresa Genaro
You have to go back to the last century to find Bob Baffert’s name on the list of winners of the Jockey Club Gold Cup , but a game Hoppertunity gave the California trainer a second spot on that list, running pa ...
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Desormeaux makes right ‘Call,’ shocks Tepin in First Lady
“If you were an opposing general trying to figure out how to neutralize the shock effect of Tepin’s acceleration, you’d order a ferocious early pace. Stretch out the battlefield, so to speak, and hope that the champion turf mare wouldn’t have quite t ...
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Cross-country trip pays off for Hoppertunity in Jockey Club Gold Cup
Scratched from a match-up against California Chrome in last Saturday's Awesome Again (G1) at Santa Anita, Hoppertunity made the most of the class relief and his first start at Belmont Park, rallying to win Saturday's $980,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G ...
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Tepin's Loss Doesn't Dull Breeders' Cup Implications From FallStars Saturday at Keeneland
Tepin’s loss at 2-to-5 in the First Lady was by far the biggest upset on a five-stakes day at Keeneland where only two favorites got the job done, and on the surface those results might lead some to believe the Lexington track played as crazy as the ...
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'Nervous horse owner' Hanley 'really, really, really happy' after Lady Eli's Flower Bowl win
Story & Photo by Teresa Genaro
For a man whose volubility makes him a terrific interview, Jay Hanley was curiously silent as he stood near the winner’s circle at Belmont Park on Saturday afternoon. Minutes earlier, his Lady Eli had won the Gr ...
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Lord Nelson keeps rolling in Santa Anita Sprint Championship
Lord Nelson collared game pacesetter All Run with about a sixteenth of a mile remaining and surged clear to a 2 1/2-length decision in Saturday's $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G1), improving to four-for-four in 2016 as he made a case for ...
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Irish Jasper finishes fast in TCA to provide Farish with milestone Bowl
Irish Jasper overcame a slow start to easily prove best in Saturday’s $250,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) , rallying boldly up the inside to win going away by 1 3/4 lengths. Along with notching an automatic berth to the Breeders’ Cup Filly &a ...
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Practical Joke closes out Champagne after Syndergaard brings heat
Syndergaard brought the heat, but Practical Joke, with Joel Rosario aboard, closed the deal, narrowly, in Saturday's $500,000 Champagne (G1) at Belmont Park.
Under heavy pressure from Big Gray Rocket, 19-10 favorite Syndergaard ripped off fracti ...
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Lady Eli sparkles in Flower Bowl
At this time last year, that headline would have sounded far-fetched. Sheep Pond Partners’ sensational turf star was battling a life-threatening case of laminitis. Beating it for survival was enough. Whether Lady Eli would ever make it back into trai ...
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Mongolian Saturday, Pure Sensation prevail in BC Turf Sprint preps
After going unplaced in four starts collectively in Hong Kong and England since December, Mongolian Saturday appreciated a return to the familiar at Keeneland on Saturday by taking the $150,000 Woodford (G3) on the same course and distance over whi ...
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Kentucky Futurity Day: Action Over The Red Mile For Sports’ Stars And Courageous Bettors
The Sunday program of the Red Mile is the Grand Circuit finale in Kentucky and the gateway to the Breeders Crown divisional championships. Don’t miss a race, post time is 1 p.m. Eastern Time.
Here’s a preview of the top races on Oct. 9 for ...
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Anchor Down wires Kelso in 1:32.90
If Anchor Down has a sweet spot, it's the one-turn mile at Belmont Park. On Saturday, the gray son of Tapit wired four rivals in the $343,000 Kelso H. (G2) in a sharp 1:32.90 over a fast track under Javier Castellano
Winner of the Westchester (G ...
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Yellow Agate rallies for Frizette victory
China Horse Club’s Yellow Agate ran down pacesetter Libby’s Tail in Saturday’s $400,000 Frizette Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park to score a close head win under jockey Manny Franco as the 6-5 favorite.
In doing so, the Kentucky-bred miss not only ea ...
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Breeders' Cup Preview News & Notes
The final major Breeders’ Cup preps are on tap for this weekend at three tracks, and TwinSpires.com has all you need to enjoy the action around the country.
Belmont Park and Keeneland really take center stage by staging their final big “Win & ...
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Chalk Talks at Keeneland Opening Day And Looks To Continue on Saturday
The favorite won 6 of 10 races and hit the board in two others on opening day at Keeneland to trigger shorter-than-typical multi-race payoffs, but there were some nice vertical exotics. At the spring meet, the average double paid more than the averag ...
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Making a Big Bet in the Breeders Futurity at Keeneland
I have no problem admitting that I'm prone to hyperbole when it comes to who I bet (e.g. Mac the Man , Wharton, Surgical Strike), but when it comes to what I bet. (i.e. how much) I'm a pretty straight shooter.
So when I say "I'm making the big ...
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Tepin casts a long shadow in Keeneland Late Pick 4
Breeders’ Cup prep races continue at Keeneland Saturday with five stakes and anticipation runs high for champion turf mare Tepin, who will be heavily favored in the First Lady (G1) before heading to Santa Anita for a title defense in the November 5 M ...
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Expect Ironicus to make up for lost oppotunities in Shadwell Turf Mile
For me, there was no bigger disappointment at least year's Breeders' Cup at Keeneland than the absence of Ironicus from the Mile (G1) after an infirmity halted his season several weeks earlier. His progression from an allowance class colt at the begi ...
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Turf juveniles aim to boost Breeders’ Cup credentials at Santa Anita
Fittingly enough on Columbus Day, turf juveniles embark upon a voyage of discovery in a pair of $100,000 turf stakes at Santa Anita. They might not be facing storms, sea monsters, or an uncertain path, but many are entering unknown territory over a r ...
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Dancing Rags captures Alcibiades
Chadds Ford Stable’s Dancing Rags proved best by a length in Friday’s $400,000 Alcibiades Stakes (G1) on Keeneland’s opening day card of the fall meet.
With jockey Angel Cruz aboard, the Graham Motion trainee was sent off at 12-1 but ran like a ...
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Knickerbocker could have Breeders’ Cup Mile implications
Although not nearly as deep as Saturday’s $1 million Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) at Keeneland , Monday’s $200,000 Knickerbocker (G3) at Belmont Park could itself yield a contender for the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1).
Trainer Brian Lynch has that itinerar ...
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A. P. Indian guts out Phoenix win in track-record time
A. P. Indian proved best, but only narrowly, in Friday's $250,000 Phoenix (G2) , the first stakes of the Keeneland fall meet. The 2-5 favorite, giving four pounds to all six rivals, was pressed by Limousine Liberal through the stretch into setting a ...
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How to bet the Santa Anita Sprint Championship
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The TwinSpires.com Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) is just over four weeks away and what a race it is shaping up to be in 2016.
With Breeders' Cup Challenge winners A. P. Indian, Delta Bluesman, Joking and locally based Lo ...
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How to bet Keeneland on opening day of 2016 fall meeting
Before getting down to the brass tacks of actually handicapping the opening day 10-race card on Friday, October 7, at Keeneland , we mused on some general wagering strategies for the 17-day autumn meeting, and now that we have 10 races handicapped ...
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Ramsey entry anchors Late Pick 4 at Keeneland
Love opening day at Keeneland! The 17-day fall session kicks off today with a 10-race card featuring the Alcibiades (G1) and Phoenix (G2), preps for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) and TwinSpires Sprint (G1), and fast and firm conditions are ...
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Charles Town Hosts West Virginia Breeders Classics
A sophomore son of Fiber Sonde trained by Runco for owner David Raim, Bullets Fever has won all four of his outings this year and is perfect in seven career tries including the Moscarelli Memorial BC last fall. He is a full brother to the talented ...
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Duponte Headlines the $384,615 Dash For Cash Futurity at Lone Star Park
Duponte will be seeking his third futurity victory of 2016 Saturday night in the Dash for Cash at Lone Star Park A quality mix of proven futurity winners and rising stars will compete in Saturday’s $384,615 Dash For Cash Futurity (G2) at Lone S ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Recap Of Our Up & Coming Greyhound Selections
September's 5 selections - starts & results & Grade running when selected - starts & results & Grade running as of now PJ CASHURTICKET - 4 starts - 0-1-2-1 - M Grade - as of now 7 starts - 1-2-3-1 - running in Grade D
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I’m a Chatterbox among five distaffers entered in Spinster; Bourbon draws oversubscribed 16
Five fillies and mares will line up in Sunday’s $500,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) for a guaranteed berth to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) while an overflow field of 16 has been entered in the $250,000 Bourbon Stakes (G3) for a shot at the Breeders’ ...
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Lord Nelson tops Santa Anita Sprint Championship
Unlike last weekend, when Santa Anita Park hosted the majority of its final major preps for the November 4-5 Breeders’ Cup, only one “Win & You’re In” contest will take place at the Southern California venue on Saturday.
That would be the $300 ...
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Bl Warlock Wins Redemption
In our most recent stakes event, the 2016 Redemption Stakes, the best two greyhounds at the racetrack were looking to cash in on the title. All-American Seldom Told was outed early on the last stakes event and Charlie Bale made the finals and just mi ...
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Hennessey Sweeps Pompano Features
Gleneagles (4), driven by Wally Hennessey, held off the furious late charge of Danza to win his third straight Sunshine State Stake at Pompano Park on Tuesday night. (Skip Smith Photo) Hennessey had two other wins on the program, completing a " ...
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More Red Mile Matches Through Weekend; Indiana Sires Stakes Freshmen Finals
Autumn in Lexington continues for the second and last week of Grand Circuit action. We have coverage for every day, including the Sunday, Oct. 9 closing program featuring The Kentucky Futurity for colts, the filly futurity, the glamour-boy pacing Tat ...
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Frosh-Filly Frolics Friday For International Stallion Stakes Purse Party
Grand Circuit action will be coming to a close this meet at The Red Mile. Among the ending festivities are four divisions of the $255,000 International Stallion Stakes for two-year-old trotting fillies scheduled for Friday, Oct. 7’s card.
That ...
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Four More MDSS Events Kick Off Thursday Card at Rosecroft
Then just past the midway point of the card, Philly Fanatic (William Carter) will seek her third straight victory and her fourth score in her last five outings for owner-trainer James Whalen, Jr. of Crumpton and Varsity Hanover fame. Toms Treasure ...
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Practical Joke, Nonna Mela headline Belmont juvenile stakes
Practical Joke has his work cut out for him as the Into Mischief colt takes on five rivals in the $500,000 Champagne Stakes (G1) as part of Belmont Park’s second Super Saturday of preps for horses heading to the Breeders’ Cup.
The Chad Brown tra ...
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Hoppertunity invades to face Effinex, Mubtaahij in Jockey Club Gold Cup
Bob Baffert elected to scratch Hoppertunity from last Saturday’s Awesome Again (G1) at Santa Anita and send him east for Saturday’s $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park, a savvy move given he won’t have to face California Chrome a ...
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Possible wet turf might help Sea Calisi in Flower Bowl
Much like last weekend, rain threatens to put a damper on the second Super Saturday of Breeders' Cup preps at Belmont Park. With one mid-week forecast pegging the rain chance at 80 percent, Sea Calisi could have an edge on softer turf over Chad Bro ...
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bestbet Hurricane Changes (Orange Park)
Due to Hurricane Matthew, and for the safety of our employees and patrons, bestbet (Orange Park) has modified their Live Racing and Poker schedule over the next couple of days as follows. There will be a matinee on Thursday October 6 th in pl ...
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Fioretti makes title defense in Thoroughbred Club of America
Fioretti , who parlayed a front-running trip into a 17-1 upset last year, will defend her title against seven foes in Saturday’s $250,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) at Keeneland. The 6-furlong event serves as a “Win & You’re In” for the ...
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Mondialiste, Ironicus head deep renewal of Shadwell Turf Mile
Tepin may be the star of Saturday's card at Keeneland in the First Lady (G1), but the $1 million Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) is surely the race of the day despite her absence.
Mondialiste , second to Tepin in last fall's Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) ov ...
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Graded winners Bitumen, Classic Empire & Gunnevera meet in Breeders’ Futurity
The $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) , one of five graded stakes on Saturday’s blockbuster program at Keeneland, features no shortage of contenders with a trio of graded winners highlighting the 12-horse field. The 1 1/16-mile race serves as a “Win ...
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Tepin aims to be First Lady again in final Breeders' Cup prep
Not only has Tepin earned the moniker "Queen of the Turf," but the Mark Casse-trained champion has divinely ruled Keeneland's grass course, in particular, over the past two seasons. On Saturday, she will defend her title in the $400,000 First Lady ...
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Santa Anita juveniles to watch at the Breeders’ Cup
Santa Anita played host to a slew of major races on Saturday that will have major implications on the upcoming Breeders' Cup races at the track in early November. While California Chrome, Stellar Wind and even Beholder in defeat cemented their status ...
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A. P. Indian finds faster track in Phoenix; 14 in Alcibiades
Wet weather and an off track last weekend in New York was enough for trainer Arnaud Delacour to scratch his two-time Grade 1 winner A. P. Indian from the Vosburgh (G1). Instead, the six-year-old has been re-routed to Keeneland for his final Breeder ...
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Harrington Offers Four Freshmen Finals on Wednesday
Then one race later in the $100,000 DSBF final for two-year-old trotting fillies, the Leigh Raymer-trained trio of Luv Is Blind (Kirby), Erica Leigh (Tyler Raymer) and Meantrotnjean (Davis) will leave from posts eight, seven and six, respectively, ...
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Jockey Donell Blake and 870 Yard Races are a Winning Combination
Donell Blake wins the $20,000 AQHA Distance Challenge aboard Ec Cartel "I was sitting in a decent spot, but there was a loose horse on the rail and two of the outside horses coming in on me," said Blake. "I was forced to check, but then a hole ...
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Knowing When to Single Key to Betting Keeneland
Admittedly, this headline has a bit of dog bites man vibe since singling is a powerful tool in any multi-race player’s arsenal, but some tracks favor coverage while others favor needing a strong lean, and since 2014 when Ken Ramsey won everything dur ...
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Super-duper Chrome highlights major weekend of Breeders’ Cup preps
Plenty of star power will be found in other races, but California Chrome’s presence makes this year’s Breeders’ Cup special. He continued to smash the competition in Saturday’s Awesome Again (G1) at Santa Anita, winning for fun similar to the Pacif ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings September 2016
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Honorable Mention
Atascocita Camry, Whirlin Toodlelu, Blu Too Tarmac, Sprite Episode, Nb's KissTheRoad, Pat C Aden, Atascocita Nate, Big Red Dog, Pepper Cream, Janice Dean,
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Tuesday Card at Rosecroft Raceway Solid
Then one race later the MDSS final for two-year-old colt pacers, named in honor of the late, great Wayne Smullin, the track's leading driver until his untimely death in 1983, features a trio of talented colts. Toms Tarzan, Mr Ham Sandwich and Adio ...
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Tepin, Lady Eli, Mondialiste headline upcoming Breeders’ Cup preps
The Breeders’ Cup prep action keeps rolling this weekend, with Keeneland opening Friday, Belmont staging Act II of its “Super Saturday, and host track Santa Anita offering tune-ups.
Reigning Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) queen Tepin is using her same ...
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TwinSpires Player Hits Santa Anita Pick 6 for $172,274
Santa Anita $2.00 P6 6,1/1/2,4,11,14,12/2,5/1,2,4,8/1,3,10,11,12 The sequence kicked off with the Grade 1 Front Runner in Race 6. While our player had the 1/9 favorite, he also chose the right longshot as Klimt failed to fire and maiden winner Gorm ...
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Beychok Bets Like No Other to Build Breeders’ Cup Charity Bankroll
A quartet of (in)famous handicappers took on the first of two Super Saturday Breeders’ Cup prep days this past Saturday (October 1), and it was “The Champ” Michael Beychok who came out ahead of the four pack.
Beychok, who in 2012 won the National ...
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Arc Day postscripts: the O’Brien trifecta & the Breeders’ Cup
With Found ’s dashing victory over stablemates Highland Reel and Order of St George , trainer Aidan O’Brien earned an enduring place in Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) history.
That feat became an instant classic, probably not to be equaled in ...
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'Chrome' winning with Swaps-like ease; Stellar Wind should consider Classic
There was plenty to digest after the first weekend of Breeders' Cup preps, and here are a few takeaways.
* CALIFORNIA CHROME has been winning with such aplomb of late that it's hard to envision a scenario where he loses the Breeders' Cup Classic ...
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Shades of 2002 Breeders' Cup Distaff Storylines in 2016 Edition
In 2002, Farda Amiga earned champion three-year-old filly honors not because she won the Breeders’ Cup Distaff—in fact, she got beat 5 lengths by eventual Horse of the Year and champion older female Azeri—but because she finished ahead of the other t ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 10/2/2016
That's all we have for this week. See you next time for the Wrap-Up!
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Southland's 2016 FESTIVAL OF STAKES is in the Books and What a Great Day of Racing it Was!!!!!
a most enjoyable afternoon of championship racing. I have listed the winners of the 9 divisions below and also updated how my picks fared in the 4 week stakes contest. Congratulations go out to all the winning greyhounds as well as their owners, ke ...
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Found caps 'unbelievable' Arc sweep for O'Brien
Story & Photos by RON FLATTER
Chantilly, France – For all his accomplishments in Ireland and England and even in America at the Breeders’ Cup, Irish training icon Aidan O’Brien has endured almost nothing but frustration in the world’s riche ...
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Winners and Losers at Breeders’ Cup Challenge Day at Santa Anita
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
On Saturday afternoon Southern California racing fans were privileged to five Grade 1 races that offered the connections to each winner an automatic berth in next month’s Breeders’ Cup.
The star-studded day saw some horses mov ...
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Famous Women Jockeys
Chantal Sutherland
Sutherland is back to riding on a regular basis after having only 2 mounts in 2015. So far, she's only had 78 mounts in 2016. No problem. From those 78 mounts, Chantal has 10 firsts, 5 seconds, and 15 third place finish ...
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Yonkers Card Saturday Night Offered Many Good Efforts
While thoroughbred racing fans may have gotten their fill of graded stakes action earlier, the Saturday night card at Yonkers Raceway was highlighted by a trio of Open events and an undercard featuring several horses headed to that level soon. Midwa ...
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Breeders' Cup Preps on Both Coasts Revealing
A seven-year-old Distorted Humor gelding owned and trained by Charlton Baker, Joking benefited from an early speed duel that doomed XY Jet and rallied widest of all to overhaul Stallwalin' Dude in the lane for his third straight stakes score and four ...
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Frosh-Trotter Bluegrass Blast At $29 In $62 Exacta; Origado Nails Dayton Derby; Sandbetweenurtoes Envy Of Ellamony
Grand Circuit week during the first weeks of autumn at The Red Mile ruled our features, mostly with two-year-olds in Bluegrass Stakes. But the best featured hits came at the beginning of our weekend, Thursday in our sister blog:
BREEDERS CRO ...
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How to bet the Arc at Chantilly on TwinSpires
Befitting one of the world’s elite races, Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) is loaded with proper contenders. You can make a case for at least half of the 16-horse field, and there’s no shortage of potential value plays.
It’s easy to succumb ...
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Arc at Chantilly: Postponed with a strong dash of Savoir Vivre
Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) is a bit of a brain-teaser, not least because its temporary home of Chantilly is rather different from Longchamp .
Postponed is the deserving favorite and most likely winner, but even with six consecutive ...
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Noted and Quoted proves best in Chandelier
Speedway Stable LLC’s Noted and Quoted pulled off a half-length victory in the $302,070 Chandelier Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park on Saturday with jockey Rafael Bejarano aboard.
The juvenile miss and With Honors dueled throughout the 1 1/16-mil ...
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Avenge handles another step in trip in Rodeo Drive
Ramona Bass’s Avenge successfully tackled nine furlongs in the September 4 John C. Mabee (G2) at Del Mar , and had no problem tacking on another furlong in Saturday’s $302,415 Rodeo Drive (G1) at Santa Anita. By wiring the 1 1/4-mile event in a sn ...
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Stellar Wind just holds Beholder to take Zenyatta
Hronis Racing’s Stellar Wind now holds the advantage over Beholder with two wins to her rival’s one after capturing the $300,000 Zenyatta Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park on Saturday.
The 1 1/16-mile contest was the third straight time Stellar Wi ...
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California Chrome makes it look effortless taking Awesome Again
California Chrome shrugged off early pressure from Dortmund by the far turn and galloped home much the best in Saturday’s $300,000 Awesome Again (G1) , capturing his final Breeders’ Cup prep by 2 ¼ lengths at Santa Anita. The 1 1/8-mile race served ...
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Baker, Nevin to join familiar stables out west for Breeders' Cup
by TERESA GENARO
The first of two Belmont Park "Super Saturday" cards packed with Breeders' Cup implications yielded some familiar faces that will head west to Santa Anita in a few weeks, while also offering trainers light on Breeders' Cup experi ...
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Forever Unbridled too classy for Beldame rivals
Charles E. Fipke’s homebred Forever Unbridled easily proved best by 2 1/4 lengths in the $400,000 Beldame Stakes (G1) on the first of two Super Saturdays at Belmont Park.
With jockey Joel Rosario in the irons, the four-year-old lass tracked in f ...
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Oscar Performance gives another star turn in Pilgrim
Amerman Racing’s homebred Oscar Performance, who stamped himself a hot prospect in a 10-length tour de force at Saratoga, confirmed that impression with another front-running rout in Saturday’s $200,000 Pilgrim (G3) at Belmont Park. The Brian Lynch ...
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Gormley upsets Klimt in eventful FrontRunner
On a day of upsets across the country, Gormley turned in his own knocking off odds-on favorite Klimt in Saturday's $300,000 FrontRunner (G1) at Santa Anita.
Winner of his Del Mar debut by 4 1/4 lengths, the Malibu Moon colt successfully stretch ...
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Tom’s Ready upsets Ack Ack as Runhappy weakens to fourth; Noble Bird wires Lukas Classic
Saturday’s $100,000 Ack Ack (G3) at Churchill Downs did not turn out as many expected, with sprint champion Runhappy going down to defeat as the 1-5 favorite in his 2016 bow, and Tom’s Ready played the role of spoiler as he rallied to a half-length ...
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Joking, Paulassilverlining enhance BC credentials in Belmont sprints
Owner-trainer Charlie Baker had Joking ready to run off a layoff approaching four months in Saturday's $350,000 Vosburgh (G1) at Belmont Park. Benefiting from a hot pace set by favorite X Y Jet, the seven-year-old Distorted Humor gelding charged do ...
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Arc Day updates: Boussac favorite Toulifaut sells for record €1.9 million
My colleague Vance Hanson and I will be posting betting-related blogs later tonight, but in the interim, here’s the latest news of interest on the evening before the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1).
Undefeated Toulifaut , the early favorite for Su ...
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Ectot upsets Flintshire in Joe Hirsch Turf Classic
Story & photos by Teresa Genaro
Training titan Todd Pletcher has spent much of the last few months in the shadow of Chad Brown, but in the Grade 1, $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at Belmont Park, Pletcher turned the tables, his Ectot hand ...
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Breeders’ Cup updates: Alice Springs wins, Spain Burg to Juv Fillies Turf after sale
Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) candidate Alice Springs is likely headed to Santa Anita after a straightforward success in Saturday’s Sun Chariot (G1) at Newmarket .
Dispatched as the 13-8 favorite off her stunning victory in the Matron (G1) at Leopardst ...
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Mecca's Angel, Limato loom large on Arc undercard
The high-class racing action isn’t over after the Arc trophy presentation, for Sunday’s Chantilly program concludes with two more Group 1s over shorter trips. Both feature heavy favorites in Mecca’s Angel and Limato, the respective one-two from the N ...
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