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Hansen connections send out intriguing firster as Prairie Meadows meet concludes
Prairie Meadows concludes its 2016 Thoroughbred meet Saturday afternoon with an 11-race card dedicated exclusively to Iowa-breds, seven of which are stakes.
It's not the richest of the stakes on Iowa Classic Day, but the $90,000 Iowa Cradle (race ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Friday, August 12
Friday's matinee and twilight entries are in for Southland's greyhound racing card as we are in the middle of week 2 of MoneyMaker Mike's kennel study that I'm doing this month. This week I will be following 3 more kennels and I have them listed be ...
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Lady Eli 'wants to lead that pack again'
by TERESA GENARO
When Jay Hanley met Sol Kumin at a cocktail party on Nantucket several years ago, the talk quickly turned to horse racing, the former having grown up going to the track, the latter knowing nothing about it.
Intrigued, Kumin p ...
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Recruiting Ready, Tip Tap Tapizar rematch in Saratoga Special
Edited Press Release
Between them, veteran trainers Steve Asmussen and Todd Pletcher have won four editions of the $200,000 Saratoga Special Stakes (G2) , which will be run for the 111th time Sunday at Saratoga.
Given their proven prowess wi ...
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How to bet the Fourstardave
by Dave Litfin
You'll run into some problems working your way in and around Saturday's Fourstardave Handicap.
As good as the weather was in the Spa City last summer, that's how god awful it's been the past several days, with an overnight monsoo ...
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Beverly D scouting report: Ballydoyle
Ballydoyle is already well known to American fans, but unfortunately her introduction was a resounding thud as the 2-1 favorite in the July 9 Belmont Oaks (G1). The Beverly D. (G1) looms as a crossroads in her career: will this end up being a last ...
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Beverly D scouting report: Coolmore
Coolmore exceeded expectations when holding on for third at odds of 16-1 in the July 9 Belmont Oaks (G1). The Aidan O’Brien trainee hustled up from a tardy start to track Catch a Glimpse through moderate splits, and kept on doggedly for the bronze. ...
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Beverly D scouting report: Marypop
Marypop will be making her second stateside start for Mike Stidham in the Beverly D. (G1), but it’s instructive to take a look back at her French career.
Only the fourth stakes winner sired by the Sunday Silence stallion Layman, Marypop began to i ...
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Beverly D scouting report: Elusive Million
A formerly French-based filly owned by Martin Schwartz and trained by Chad Brown – not 7-5 favorite Sea Calisi, but her new stablemate Elusive Million.
Not an original nominee to the Beverly D. (G1), Elusive Million was a surprise addition to the ...
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Observations of Saratoga's turf courses
By Dick Powell
Despite three days of rain, Saratoga has had 15 days of turf racing; two days were washed out and one partially. A total of 71 turf races have been run with 32 of them on the Inner turf course and 39 on the Mellon turf course.
T ...
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Palm Beach Fabulous Friday Matinee Preview 8/12/2016
Top Pick Race 12 #6 Sentinel
Enjoy all of the races today fans!
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Daddy's Back at bestbet
After a couple of year absence from bestbet Jacksonville, the DQ Williams Kennel has returned, and has come back with a vengeance. If you have followed our circuit in the past, you know that there has been a slew of not only stakes winners, and track ...
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Excited for the final three weekends in August
Thoroughbred racing fans have plenty to look forward to over the final three weekends in August.
First up, the 34 th running of Arlington Million (G1) highlights a trio of Grade 1 turf events featuring European invaders in Arlington’s Festival of ...
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How to build your Million Bankroll Betting Arlington Thursday
We teased a play on the Thursday card earlier this week when discussing general Arlington International Racecourse wagering strategies, and now that the day is here I'm even more excited about this card because there are some races that could allow ...
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Hoosier’s Dan Patch Invites Top Pacers; Northfield Offers Stakes Cash; Meadows Presents Moni Maker Mares
As the second half of the harness-racing season begins, we leave New Jersey to find our features spread into four states. Many of the big names in a few divisions travel to Indiana, New York, Ohio or Pennsylvania, chasing big purses in state-bred and ...
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American St Leger scouting report: Wasir
Wasir has bottomless stamina, but his best chance is as a free-wheeling front runner, and he may get more pressure than he likes.
From the yard of Andreas Wohler, who trained Silvano to his 2001 Arlington Million (G1) victory and sent out Wake For ...
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American St Leger scouting report: Billabong
Moroccan-bred Billabong has been an honorable ambassador for his homeland abroad, and the likeable gray figures to turn in his characteristically solid effort at Arlington.
Jalobey Racing’s Sharif El Alami has been wanting to bring his homebred ov ...
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American St Leger scouting report: Clondaw Warrior
Irish shipper Clondaw Warrior adds another dimension to the American St Leger (G3), as a useful hurdler who’s adept in marathons on the Flat.
The nine-year-old is trained by jumps maestro Willie Mullins, Ireland’s perennial leading National Hunt t ...
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Louisiana Quarter Horse Circuit Shifts to Fair Grounds
Telarosa was the winner of the 2015 LQHBA Sale Futurity at Fair Grounds The LQHBA Sale Futurity is one of eleven stakes to be contested this season. Track officials are bringing back the popular Zebras and Ostrich races on August 27 and the fi ...
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Beholder breezes five furlongs
Edited Press Release
Multiple champion and defending Pacific Classic (G1) queen Beholder breezed five furlongs in :59 Wednesday morning under Gary Stevens, 10 days away from the signature race of the Del Mar summer meeting. It was the fastest of ...
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Best Pal attracts six maiden winners
All six juveniles entered in Saturday’s $200,000 Best Pal Stakes (G2) at Del Mar have broken their maidens…but that is all they’ve done.
Each runner brings exactly one win into the 6 1/2-furlong contest, but one will exit the race a graded winne ...
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Grand Arch could make another big run 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) , Saturday's featur ...
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Tryster, Decorated Knight, Wasir work ahead of Arlington’s Int’l Festival of Racing
Edited Press Release
Godolphin’s Group 1 winner Tryster took to the Polytrack at Arlington Wednesday morning to work an easy half-mile in :53.60 in preparation for Saturday’s $1 million Arlington Million (G1).
The five-year-old son of Shamard ...
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Da Big Hoss faces challenge from overseas stayers in St. Leger
Since being claimed for $50,000 nearly 14 months ago, Da Big Hoss has won six of nine starts and established himself as one of the country's premier long-distance turf performers. On Saturday, the Mike Maker-trained five-year-old will seek to add t ...
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Pletcher eyeing Woodward for Comfort
Edited Press Release
Comfort came out of his second-place finish in Saturday’s Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga in good order, trainer Todd Pletcher said on a rainy Wednesday morning at the Spa.
The bay son of Indian Charlie finished just two ...
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Tryster, World Approval draw wide in 13-horse Arlington Million
International raider Tryster and United Nations (G1) winner World Approval will receive plenty of support in Saturday’s $1 million Arlington Million (G1) , but the top contenders must overcome outside posts. World Approval drew post 11 and Tryst ...
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Arrogate ready for stakes company, Sobrado Inc takes to U.S. turf
DEL MAR HORSES TO WATCH
Thursday (8/4) :
Arrogate beat only two horses winning a scratch-depleted 2 nd Race, but the Bob Baffert trainee did so in good fashion and could be headed to Saratoga for a Travers S. (G1) bid at the end of the mon ...
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Hoosier Park hosts Dan Patch
Wiggle It Jiggleit arrives with a solid 10-4-2 slate and $860,000 bankroll from 16 starts this year, following a HOY campaign in which he won 22 of 26 starts and banked nearly $2.2 million for owner-trainer George Teague, Jr. He has enough sp ...
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Stauffer to call 2017 Oaklawn meet
Edited Press Release
One of the most recognized and experienced voices in Thoroughbred racing will step into Oaklawn's announcer's booth in 2017.
Vic Stauffer, who has called more than 40,000 races at nearly a dozen tracks across the count ...
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Sea Calisi looking to give owner Schwartz a fourth Beverly D.
Already a major long-term prospect for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) in November, Sea Calisi can further enhance that status Saturday in the $700,000 Beverly D. (G1) at Arlington over 1 3/16 miles on the turf.
A Group 2 winner ...
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American Patriot among those looking to break Euro stranglehold on Secretariat
Europeans, in particular those trained by Aidan O'Brien, have dominated recent renewals of the Secretariat (G1) at Arlington. That might not be the case when the $400,000, 1 1/4-mile grass test for three-year-olds is renewed on Saturday.
O'Brie ...
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My Favorite Race--The Longacres Mile
To us here in the Northwest, the Longacres Mile is everything. It’s the biggest day on the calendar and has an amazing history. I’ve been fortunate enough to see many in person and it’s something I always get excited for. This year is no different. A ...
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Pope secures Medaglia d'Oro filly for $1,450,000 at F-T Saratoga
Mandy Pope went to $1.45 million for Hip No. 191, a Medaglia d'Oro filly out of the Canadian stakes winner Whisper To Me, at Tuesday night's second session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. Consigned by Denali Stud (Craig & Holly Bandoroff), age ...
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Beverly D scouting report: Pretty Girl
With her Brazilian connections, French-based South American import Pretty Girl could be regarded as a hunch play for a Beverly D. (G1) contested during the Rio Olympics. But in fact, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) nominee has a lot more going for ...
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How to bet Arlington International Racecourse to have a Happy Arlington Million Week
The Arlington International Racecourse meeting has taken its lumps this year with a reduced horse population competing in fewer races, but what races there have been have been competitive with favorites winning only a third of the time (compared to 3 ...
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Jockeys & Horses in the 70's; 4 Special Relationships
Ron Franklin and Spectacular Bid
Trainer Buddy Delp blamed Franklin's ride aboard Spectacular Bid in the Belmont Stakes for losing the Triple Crown. Maybe, Delp's right. Maybe, Fanklin did make an early move aboard Spectacular Bid.
But the move t ...
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Secretariat scouting report: Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound (white striped sleeves on left of picture) found the Belmont Derby (G1) too difficult an assignment in just his fifth lifetime start. Even so, the Aidan O’Brien trainee ran a better-than-appears sixth, beaten just a shade over two ...
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Whitney Day maiden heat an important one
The 6 TH Race at Saratoga on Saturday was a six-furlong maiden heat for two-year-olds going six panels and as with many of these races early in the Spa meeting, the field appeared to be loaded with prospects. I am tabbing the maiden special weight a ...
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Songbird continues to please in Saratoga breeze
Edited Press Release
Fox Hill Farms' Songbird breezed over the Saratoga Race Course main track Tuesday as she continued preparations for the $600,000 Alabama (G1) on August 20.
"Heavenly," said Christina Jelm, assistant to Hall of Fame traine ...
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Songbird's half-sister commands $800,000; Pioneerof the Nile colt tops sale at $950,000
Tom Haughey's PTK Racing went to $800,000 to secure the half-sister to Songbird Monday night at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. Cataloged as Hip No. 61, the daughter of Ghostzapper and Ivanavinalot was consigned by Hill 'n' Dale Sales, agent. That ra ...
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Hambletonian-Winner Marion Marauder Menaces Fate, Provokes Positive Results
The winner of the 91 st Hambletonian produced pleasure on so many levels. Firstly, let’s explore the public positivity.
Marion Marauder was not a majority choice to win. Southwind Frank was the choice of most “experts” because “Frank” had dom ...
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Two-year-olds take center stage in debut wins
When the thoroughbred Triple Crown races for three-year-olds conclude in the early spring, racing enthusiasts begin looking for the two-year-old races at various tracks to perhaps get an early gauge of which horses could impact the series the followi ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Wednesday, August 10
Wednesday and Thursday's entries are in as we move on to week 2 of MoneyMaker Mike's short August kennel study that I'm doing this month. This week I will be following 3 more kennels and I have them listed below. I'm going to be keeping up with 3 o ...
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Creator, Gun Runner work toward possible starts in Travers
Edited Press Release
Trainer Steve Asmussen sent his pair of accomplished three-year-old runners Creator and Gun Runner to the Oklahoma training track early Monday morning as each put in a half-mile maintenance work in preparation for starts ...
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Catching up with the top sellers from 2015 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga
In the build-up to Fasig-Tipton’s Saratoga Sale on Monday and Tuesday night , thoughts naturally turn to last year’s top sellers, and where they are now.
$2 million Tapit-Dress Rehearsal colt named Glory or Nothing (trainer: Christophe Cleme ...
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A lot done, a lot left to do for Frosted in Horse of the Year race
In a season already overflowing with sterling performances from an embarrassingly rich assortment of superstars, Frosted has now provided two of them.
Eight weeks after showing the world how a Metropolitan H. (G1) could be won, shattering records ...
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Songbird's half-sister to sell at Fasig-Tipton Monday night
by TERESA GENARO
Last year, in the weeks heading to the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of selected yearlings, an enormous banner, nearly a billboard, depicting American Pharoah decked the exterior of the Humphrey S. Finney sales pavilion across the ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 8/7/2016
That's all we have for this week. See you next time for the Wrap-Up!
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Stellar efforts highlight various weekend cards
Saturday's Hambletonian Day card at the Meadowlands enabled standardbred racing fans of horses of both gaits and genders and all ages to have a chance to see the best of the best compete and the results were not as chalky or predictable as many had s ...
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Top two-year-olds at Del Mar
by Scott Shapiro
Last year it was Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Songbird and Preakness Stakes winner Exaggerator that topped the list of two-year-olds to hit the wire first at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.
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Our Season’s Soph-Trot-Colt Choice, Marion Marauder, Wins Hambletonian; Shambala $19 Upset Beats ‘Miki’
We made our annual sojourn to New Jersey again this year to cover the parade of stakes surrounding the main events at the Meadowlands, the Hambletonian and the Hambletonian Oaks.
The headliners were the classic sophomore trots on Aug. 6. The $ ...
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Caren wires Wonder Where
Edited Press Release
Robert Marzilli's Caren made the lead and never looked back en route to a comfortable three-length score in Sunday's $190,993 Wonder Where Stakes , the third leg of the filly Triple Tiara, at Woodbine.
Trained by Mike De ...
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California Chrome, Dortmund work for Pacific Classic
Edited Press Release
2014 Horse of the Year California Chrome worked four furlongs in :47.80 at Los Alamitos and Dortmund five furlongs in :59.20 at Del Mar Sunday morning, leaving only one major work still ahead for two of the marquee runners t ...
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Arlington Million scouting report: Decorated Knight
Decorated Knight is a rapid improver with a glittering pedigree, and that makes him very intriguing in his first Grade/Group 1 test for Roger Charlton.
The Saleh al Homaizi and Imad al Sagar homebred is by Galileo (like Deauville and Mondialist ...
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Lady Eli breezes five furlongs ahead of Ballston Spa return
Edited Press Release
Trainer Chad Brown reported that undefeated Lady Eli is right on course for her expected return in the $400,000 Ballston Spa Stakes (G2) on August 27 at Saratoga following a five-furlong breeze Sunday morning.
Under regul ...
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Arlington Million scouting report: Deauville
Trainer Aidan O’Brien has won the Arlington Million (G1) twice, with Cape Blanco (2011) and Powerscourt (2005, correcting the record after his unfortunate disqualification in 2004). Both were older horses, making O’Brien’s placement of three-year-old ...
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Nyquist ruled out of Travers, still targeting BC Classic
Kentucky Derby (G1) champion Nyquist, who went from unbeaten to losing his past two in a row, will swerve the August 27 Travers (G1), Daily Racing Form ’s Jay Privman reported Sunday.
A tiring third in the May 21 Preakness (G1) and fourth in last ...
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Frosted in ‘excellent’ condition following Whitney triumph
Edited Press Release
A decade after guiding Invasor through a Horse of the Year campaign that would ultimately land him in racing's Hall of Fame, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin is enjoying a similar kind of ride with his current stable star.
Godol ...
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Arlington Million scouting report: Mondialiste
Mondialiste is already well known to North American fans, thanks to his rousing rally to plunder the Woodbine Mile (G1) and his fast-finishing second to Tepin in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1).
Details of his prior career with Freddie Head, and his r ...
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Arlington Million scouting report: Tryster
Tryster aims to become the first Godolphin runner to pass the post first in the Arlington Million (G1). Godolphin’s Sulamani was famously awarded the victory upon Storming Home’s disqualification in the 2003 Million.
By past Godolphin star (and no ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Monday, August 8
The results are in from the first week of August's kennel study and I've listed them below. I am going to be keeping up with 3 or 4 different Southland kennels each week this month and checking their results from several days each week. People have o ...
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Top Three-Year-Olds in Tonight's Golden State Derby Trials
Champion filly Walk Thru Crystal runs Sunday night at Los Alamitos Walk Thru Crystal, 2015 AQHA Champion 2-year-old filly, will run in the final trial for trainer Yanet Rodriguez. The well-bred filly captured both the Grade 1 Ed Burke Million ...
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Pre-entries released for Arlington Million, Beverly D., Secretariat, American St Leger
Exactly one week ahead of Arlington’s International Festival of Racing, pre-entries for the Arlington Million (G1), Beverly D. (G1), Secretariat (G1), and American St Leger (G3) were announced Saturday.
The 34th running of the Arlington Million ...
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28-1 Free Rose goes wire to wire in La Jolla
Trainer Richard Baltas already had a proper Del Mar Oaks (G1) contender in Mokat, the convincing winner of the local prep in the San Clemente (G2). Now he’s added the local stepping stone to the Del Mar Derby (G2) too, after Free Rose sprang a front- ...
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The Pizza Man works; Million rival Tryster takes first tour of Arlington
Edited press release
Midwest Thoroughbreds’ The Pizza Man stepped out at Arlington International Racecourse Saturday morning to put in his final work as he prepares an attempt at becoming the only back-to-back winner of the $1 million A ...
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In-foal Lady Lara blooms in De La Rose
Ben Sangster’s Lady Lara has been mixing it up exclusively in graded company for nearly two years, most recently finishing fourth in the June 11 Just a Game (G1). Bred and reportedly scanned in foal to Uncle Mo, the Irish-bred five-year-old was given ...
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Frosted much the best in Whitney
by Teresa Genaro
The sounds from the crowd at Saratoga Race Course late Saturday afternoon were the sorts of sounds that are often a reaction to bad news.
Gasps. Cries. Groans.
And for much of the Grade I, $1.25 million Whitney , the feroc ...
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Paola Queen stages 55-1 upset in Test
Coming into Saturday’s $500,000 Test Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, the best Grupo Seven C Stable’s Paola Queen had been able to do against stakes rivals was a second in the April 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) while making her black-type debut.
The Flat ...
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Celebrations abound for Champagne Room after Sorrento
When the field for the $200,000 Sorrento (G2) was coming up rather short earlier in the week, one could not blame trainer Peter Eurton for taking a shot with his maiden filly Champagne Room. Runner-up in her debut on opening weekend at Del Mar, the ...
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Guapaza gets the jump on Suffused in Waya
Don Alberto Stable’s Guapaza launched a perfectly timed move to prevail as the 7-2 favorite in Saturday’s $200,000 Waya (G3) at Saratoga.
Jockey Javier Castellano had her creep forward approaching the final turn, and that put her on the premises ...
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Staying in training an Innovative Idea for Groupie Doll winner
Innovative Idea always had a broodmare career waiting for her sooner or later, and thankfully for trainer Eoin Harty it’s going to come later for Godolphin’s homebred four-year-old Bernardini filly.
Innovative Idea notched her second consecutive s ...
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Lookin At Lee Wins Ellis Park Juvenile as Churchill two-year-old form continues to hold
The Churchill Downs two-year-olds have done well beyond the Twin Spires this summer, and that continued on Saturday at Ellis Park where Lookin At Lee won the $75,000 Ellis Park Juvenile .
Don Nelson’s Lookin At Lee made his career debut on June 1 ...
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Cupid makes short work of West Virginia Derby rivals
Rafael Bejarano kept Cupid well off the rail and the Bob Baffert-trained colt dominated Saturday’s $750,000 West Virginia Derby (G2) on the lead as the 3-2 favorite. A hard-fought winner of Indiana Derby (G2) in his previous outing, the gray son of ...
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Copper seizes his chance to shine in Lure
Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Shining Copper, who spent most of last year being used as a rabbit for stablemate Big Blue Kitten, earned an overdue first stakes win in a three-way thriller in Saturday’s $100,000 Lure S. at Saratoga. The Chad Brown trainee ...
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Lightstream, Lucky Bryan capable of profiting from speed duels
Working on the assumption Kareena and Off the Tracks will find the other's speed too much to handle, I prefer the closers Lewis Bay and Lightstream in Saturday's $500,000 Test at Saratoga (G1). And of those two, Lightstream will surely offer the be ...
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How to bet Pick 4s on Whitney and Groupie Doll days
Ellis Park and Saratoga Race Course both put together fantastic cards for two of their biggest days, and as competitive as the early races are at both venues, it's impossible not to look ahead at the riches that could await if you pick 4 to close out ...
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Pair of live turf horses for Pletcher
Todd Pletcher conditioned 2007 turf champion English Channel but is better known for main track success. And when it comes to the turf in New York, Chad Brown is the trainer to fear. He doesn’t have the numbers of a Brown, who will send out multiple ...
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Camelot Kitten wins another nail biter in Hall of Fame
Showing the tenacity that helped him prevail three other times in photo-finish situations, Camelot Kitten did it again Friday at Saratoga when narrowly edging Airoforce in the $200,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame (G2) .
The 19-10 favo ...
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SOUTHLAND Kennel study recap as of Friday, August 5
For the month of August I am going to be keeping up with 4 different Southland kennels and checking their results from several days each week. People have often asked me if it pays off to keep up with the them and my answer is yes, it definitely can ...
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Songbird records first move since CCA Oaks triumph
Edited Press Release
Fox Hill Farm's undefeated champion Songbird took to Saratoga’s fast main track early Thursday morning for a five-furlong breeze, her first timed move since a dominating victory in the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) on Jul ...
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Race Breakdown 2016 bestbet Sprint Classic
It’s the best night of the money for racing at bestbet Jacksonville, STAKES RACING TIME! This Saturday evening, August 6 th , we get the finals of the 2016 $20,000 bestbet Sprint Classic. Eight of the top sprint racing competitors at the racetrack wi ...
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Southern Sis rates top billing in Desert Vixen
Gulfstream Park features a pair of $200,000 stakes for Florida-bred juveniles on Saturday, the Dr. Fager and Desert Vixen divisions of the Florida Stallion Series. We’ll focus on the latter for fillies as probable odds-on favorite Three Rules towers ...
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My Top 5 Up and Coming Jockeys
In 2014, Gaffalione's mounts won 28 races. They earned $563,582. The next year, Gaffalione's mounts earned over $5.8 million. So far in 2016, Gafflione's mounts have earned over $2.9 million. Gaffalione doesn't have a graded stakes win in 2016. In 20 ...
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Shapiro: How to Bet the La Jolla Handicap
BY SCOTT SHAPIRO
Saturday’s co-feature at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club is the La Jolla H. (G3), a 1 1/16-mile race for three-year-olds conducted over the Jimmy Durante Turf Course.
The 2016 rendition of the La Jolla came up strong with severa ...
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Litfin: How to Bet the Whitney
by DAVE LITFIN
You don't need me to tell you Frosted is the horse to beat in Saturday's $1.25 million Whitney (G1), arguably the nation's biggest race for older males other than the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
In a field of six, Frosted is 3- ...
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Mucciolo: Lewis Bay set for Grade 1 breakthrough in Test
A fine 11-race card is set as Saratoga offers another big Saturday of racing, with the $1.25 million Whitney H. (G1) and Met Mile (G1) romper Frosted leading the way. However, my focus is two races earlier in the Test S. (G1), a seven-furlong affair ...
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Scully: Thomas Hill key to late Pick 4 at the Spa Friday
Quick Call won eight races at Saratoga over a four-year period (1987-90) and Thursday’s feature paid tribute to the noted “horse for the course.” Bug Juice didn’t contest the 5 ½-furlong turf sprint, squaring off against $25,000 claimers on the same ...
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How to Bet Ellis Park on Groupie Doll Stakes Day
If you never or rarely look at Ellis Park, then Saturday, August 6, is the day to give it a shot because the track has put together an excellent ten-race card to support its biggest race, the $100,000 Grade 3 Groupie Doll Stakes.
There is an avera ...
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Maryland-Breds Could Earn the Spotlight This Weekend
While the chase for Maryland-bred horse of the year among the thoroughbred ranks appears already secured by Cathryn Sophia, the chase for Maryland-bred horse of the year among the standardbreds could be partially determined by the action this weekend ...
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Canadian Triple Tiara showdown set for Wonder Where
Sunday’s C$250,000 Wonder Where Stakes at Woodbine is the final of the Canadian Triple Tiara for sophomore fillies, and the 1 1/4-mile turf event has drawn the top three from both of the previous legs – the June 12 Woodbine Oaks and July 10 Bison C ...
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Round Table won’t address stewards’ decision-making process
by Dick Powell
The Jockey Club will hold its annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing a week from Sunday, August 14. Each year, well-meaning horse racing executives identify things wrong with horse racing in North America and ...
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Bob Le Beau triumphs in A. P. Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase
Edited Press Release
The Fields Stable's Bob Le Beau, content to lag behind the field for much of the 2 1/16-mile steeplechase event, closed with a rush to capture the $125,000 A. P. Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase (NSA-G1) at Saratoga on Thur ...
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American Cleopatra among a trio of impressive maiden winners at Del Mar
DEL MAR HORSES TO WATCH
Thursday (7/28):
John Sadler’s ACCELERATE did just that in the 4 th Race, stylishly breaking his maiden as he stretched out to two turns for the first time. A $380,000 colt, the son of Lookin at Lucky prompted a fa ...
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Meadowlands Menagerie Of Pacers And Trotters On Hambletonian Day In Star-Studded Program
August has, for years, offered an amazing introduction to the traditional second half of the harness-racing season. Jam-packed into one program on the first Saturday of the month, the Meadowlands waves the Grand Circuit flag and presents a slew of st ...
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The 91st Hambletonian—Classic Heats At The Meadowlands; Fillies Face Off In Contentious ‘Oaks’
Collecting 18 colts, the 91 st edition of the Hambletonian will feature two eliminations, with the top five from each out of the first heat progressing to the $1-million final, scheduled as race 13 on the Saturday, Aug. 6 program at the Meadowlands. ...
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Waya heads trio of turf stakes on Whitney undercard
There are a trio of turf stakes on the Whitney Stakes (G1) undercard Saturday at Saratoga, including the $200,000 Waya Stakes (G3) featuring a field of 10 going 1 1/2 miles on the inner turf.
Real Smart and Photo Call will face off for the secon ...
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Wavell Avenue too much for Shine Again rivals
Wavell Avenue dropped back into listed company and impressively recorded her first victory of 2016 in Wednesday’s $100,000 Shine Again at Saratoga, striding away to a 1 3/4-length decision. The 5-year-old mare overcame tighter quarters in upper str ...
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Monster Bea, Lucky Bryan could benefit from speed duel in La Jolla
One week after teaming up to defeat three-time champion Beholder in the Clement L. Hirsch (G1) with Stellar Wind, trainer John Sadler and jockey Victor Espinoza look to take down another Saturday feature at Del Mar with Lucky Bryan in the $150,000 ...
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