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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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Sea Calisi rallies to give Schwartz fourth Beverly D. win
A strong favorite throughout the wagering, Sea Calisi justified that confidence with a successful off-the-pace rally in Saturday's $700,000 Beverly D. (G1) at Arlington.
Already the leading owner in race history, Martin Schwartz won the Beverly ...
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Beach Patrol outduels Long Island Sound in Secretariat
Beach Patrol stuck a head in front of Long Island Sound in upper stretch of Saturday's $450,000 Secretariat (G1) and never relinquished the narrow advantage, gamely prevailing after an exciting stretch duel in the 1 ¼-mile turf affair for 3-year-ol ...
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Da Big Hoss makes light of top weight in American St Leger
Skychai Racing’s Da Big Hoss was the class of the field as the 4-5 favorite in Saturday’s $300,000 American St Leger (G3) , and even his top impost of 126 pounds wasn’t enough to drag him down over the marathon 1 11/16-mile trip. Confidently handled ...
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Jerkens wants to wait for Jockey Club Gold Cup with Effinex
Edited Press Release
Tri-Bone Stables' Effinex came out of his fourth-place finish in the Whitney Stakes (G1) in good order, and trainer Jimmy Jerkens reports the five-year-old's next start has yet to be determined.
"We haven't really decided ...
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Fish Trappe Road blazes bullet half-mile for King’s Bishop
Edited Press Release
Dwyer Stakes (G3) winner Fish Trappe Road breezed four furlongs in :46.88 over Saratoga’s fast main track on Friday in preparation for the $500,000 King's Bishop Stakes (G1) on August 27.
Trained by Bret Calhoun, Fish Tra ...
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Laoban, Mo Tom and Destin work for Travers
Edited Press Release
Laoban, who shed his maiden status with his upset victory in the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2), has a found a way to beat the heat and humidity, courtesy of his trainer, Eric Guillot.
"It's been so sticky and hot, and he's no ...
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Lady Eli records 'A+' move on Oklahoma training turf
Edited Press Release
In company with stablemate Mrs McDougal, undefeated Grade 1 heroine Lady Eli turned in an 'A+' work Saturday morning over the firm turf course at Saratoga’s Oklahoma training track, covering five furlongs in 1:01.13 as she r ...
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Desormeaux skips scheduled work for Exaggerator
Edited Press Release
Initially concerned about rain forecasted in the Saratoga area over the weekend, trainer Keith Desormeaux called an audible with $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) hopeful Exaggerator and decided to pass over the Curlin colt' ...
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Arlington Million News & Notes
The International Festival of Racing has drawn top class runners from all over the world to compete in four major events at Arlington on Saturday.
TwinSpires.com has all you need to enjoy the Festival – FREE PPs for the Arlington Million , Kell ...
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Jockeys 50 or Older Still Going Strong
Alex Solis rode three of my favorite horses of all time. In 1997, he rode Captain Bodgit to a second place finish in the Kentucky Derby. Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm beat the Captain in that classic Run for the Roses. In 1998, Alex came back ...
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Five things to know for Arlington Million Day
Having spent the past week deep in the formbook for the international shippers – the racing equivalent of a policy wonk – I need to take a few strides back to see the larger picture.
Here are the salient points that come to mind:
1.The interna ...
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Scully: American Patriot, Sea Calisi key to late Pick 4
One thing missing from Saturday’s four International Festival races at Arlington is short fields and I will take a swing at the $200,000 Guaranteed TwinSpires.com Late Pick 4 that encompasses the sequence.
Here are my thoughts:
American St. L ...
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How to wager on Arlington Million day at Arlington Park
The big day at Arlington Park is finally here, and the 10-race International Festival of Racing card is a skullbuster that I expect to average a signer for the day's eight rolling $0.50 Pick 3s. The ABC grid will be my roadmap to connect those dots w ...
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Decorated Knight scratched from Million
By RON FLATTER
Decorated Knight, a Group 3 winner in his last race in Ireland, was scratched this morning from Saturday’s Grade 1 Arlington Million after it was discovered he injured himself overnight, sustaining a cut above the fetlock on h ...
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Mucciolo: Mondialiste the Play in Million
The 34 th edition of the Arlington Million will take place on Saturday with a fine 13-horse field entered for the signature event of the Arlington meeting. One could go many different directions in a group with a slew of contenders, but I am backing ...
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Wiggle It Jiggleit wins Dan Patch
In the moments after Always B Miki captured the $500,000 Ben Franklin final at Pocono Downs last month with both Wiggle It Jiggleit and Freaky Feet Pete in his wake, many harness racing pundits were perhaps inclined to concede that the Jimmy Takter t ...
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All Quarter Horse Card Saturday at Indiana Grand Race Course
Pistolpackin Pepsi will compete Saturday night at Indiana Grand. In the ninth race, also a trial for the Bob Woodward, another exceptional Indiana-bred, Beach Cartel will be gunning for his tenth career victory. Trained by Randy Smith, the son ...
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Hanson: My TwinSpires.com Late Pick 4 play on Arlington's International Festival
Saturday's $200,000 Guaranteed TwinSpires.com Late Pick 4 at Arlington includes the quartet of races encompassing the International Festival. Even with rain on Friday likely to soften the course a bit, the turf condition doesn't really change my o ...
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Flintshire, other Brown trainees work at Saratoga
Edited Press Release
Trainer Chad Brown sent several of his stakes horses to the track Friday morning at Saratoga in hopes of beating this weekend's projected rain.
Multiple Grade/Group 1 hero Flintshire, coming off a dominant victory in the ...
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Scratching into Mondialiste to win the Arlington Million
The Arlington Million is the marquee race of the Arlington International Racecourse meeting, and on Saturday, August 13, it’s also the most important race of the day from a wagering perspective because it anchors all the guaranteed pools: all-stakes ...
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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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