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Pocono card lived up to billing
It may have only marked the midway point of the harness racing season, but Saturday nights card at Pocono Downs will likely have a lasting impact regarding division honors. Highlighting the card were four lucrative finals worth nearly $2 million an ...
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Sir Dudley Digges gives Ramseys, Leparoux first win in Queen’s Plate
Sir Dudley Digges was sent off at nearly 16-1 while making just his second start at Woodbine in Sunday’s $775,950 Queen’s Plate , but the Gio Ponti colt ran like a favorite to give owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey as well as jockey Julien Leparoux a firs ...
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Lexie Lou, Danish Dynaformer star on Queen’s Plate undercard
File photo of Lexie Lou courtesy of WEG/Michael Burns Photography
Fittingly enough, two past Queen’s Plate principals triumphed in stakes on Sunday’s Queen’s Plate Day at Woodbine.
Former Canadian Horse of the Year Lexie Lou, who beat the boys ...
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World Approval capitalizes on perfect trip in UN
Live Oak Plantation’s homebred World Approval has been knocking on the Grade 1 door of late, and he barged through, with an assist from new rider Florent Geroux, in Sunday’s $300,000 United Nations (G1) at Monmouth Park. The hard-trying gray thus c ...
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Brown runners ready for Stars & Stripes Festival; Lady Eli returns to worktab
Edited Press Release
Trainer Chad Brown is getting his stable ready for the Stars & Stripes Festival on July 9 at Belmont Park, sending out both of his expected entries for the $1.25 million Belmont Derby Invitational (G1) – Camelot Kitten a ...
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McCarthy day-to-day with sore right knee
Edited Press Release
Jockey Trevor McCarthy, injured in a post-race spill Saturday at Laurel Park, took off his mounts Sunday and remains day-to-day with a sore right knee, according to agent Scott Silver.
McCarthy, the leading rider in Maryl ...
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Passion for Action prevails in Highlander; Lady Shipman fifth
The Queen’s Plate Day stakes action opened with an upset, as 1-2 favorite Lady Shipman weakened to fifth behind the 6-1 Passion for Action in the $173,777 Highlander (G2) .
Trained by Michael De Paulo for owner/breeder Ben Hutzel, Passion for Act ...
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Esposito can make the goal in Queen's Plate
As I observed in this week's "On Point" with Ed DeRosa, I find handicapping Sunday's C$1 million Queen's Plate at Woodbine a bit of a puzzle.
With so much apparent speed in the field, how sure can you be those that have shown early foot in th ...
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Hoosier $20 Tweet Tops Prices; Always B Miki Fastest Pacer; Public Hammers Pocono Stakes Champs
We were back on Twitter, at Hoosier Park, on June 29 and tweeted our top-paying winner of the week in a two-year-old Indiana Sires Stakes. We nabbed Fomor ($20.20, $9.80, $6.20), tossing a profit though we lost our other two suggested plays, also fro ...
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Classic Empire Evokes Thoughts of American Pharoah Following Bashford Manor Win
Assistant trainer Norm Casse didn’t mince words when talking about Classic Empire following the colt’s electrifying last-to-first rally to win the Bashford Manor Stakes.
“He reminds me of American Pharoah,” Casse said. “Nothing rattles him.
“Th ...
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Queen’s Plate pace scenario should favor late-running filly
Speedy types abound in Sunday’s 157 th running of the Queen’s Plate. Held at 1 ¼ miles on Woodbine’s Tapeta, the first leg of Canada’s Triple Crown features 13 Ontario-bred 3-year-olds and most want to race on or close to the lead.
That includes ...
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Dalmore takes down ‘Candy in Affirmed
Saturday’s $100,000 Affirmed (G3) at Santa Anita looked like just the place to get Danzing Candy back on track for the second half of the 3-year-old season.
Transferred to Hall of Famer Bob Baffert after his Kentucky Derby (G1) debacle, Danzing ...
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Off the Tracks proves best in Mother Goose
Newtown Anner Stud and J Stables’ Off the Tracks turned back Lewis Bay in the stretch of Saturday’s $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park to score a 3 1/2-length win under jockey Jose Ortiz.
Trained by Todd Pletcher, the bay daughter ...
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Spelling Again holds off Cali Star in Princess Rooney
Spelling Again held off a late surge from Cali Star in Saturday's $250,000 Princess Rooney (G2) at Gulfstream Park, earning an automatic entry in the TwinSpires.com Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita in November.
A trac ...
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Delta Bluesman earns Breeders’ Cup TwinSpires Sprint berth in Smile
Monster Racing Stables' Delta Bluesman regained the advantage in upper stretch and won going away by 3 ¾ lengths in Saturday’s $250,000 Smile Sprint (G2) at Gulfstream Park, notching a guaranteed berth to the Breeders’ Cup TwinSpires Sprint in the ...
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8yo finds new Dimension in King Edward
Dimension has found the proverbial fountain of youth as an 8-year-old. A credit to trainer Conor Murphy, who campaigns him in the name of his Riverside Bloodstock, the British-bred gelding earned his second straight Grade 2 victory at Woodbine in Sat ...
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Songbird clocks five furlongs at Santa Anita Park
Edited Press Release
Undefeated champion Songbird worked five furlongs over Santa Anita Park’s fast main track in 1:01 early Saturday morning as she prepares for an East Coast sojourn.
“The clockers gave her 1:01; I got her in a minute point ...
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Single 6 Saturday at Churchill offers home run chance
It's closing night at Churchill Downs, and a mandatory payout in the single 6 means it could be a getaway day for those skillful enough to pick 6.
The single^6 has proved lucrative all meeting long with an average payout of more than $13,000, and ...
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Hawkbill hands sire Kitten’s Joy first European G1 in Eclipse
In a soggy renewal of the Eclipse (G1) that left more questions than answers, Godolphin’s Hawkbill (center) rebuffed Coolmore’s 4-6 favorite The Gurkha in a finish dominated by 3-year-olds. The Kentucky-bred winner thereby gave Ramsey Farm’s turf cha ...
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Not using potential false favorites in Churchill's Single 6
We're hours away from the start from the Single 6 Jackpot mandatory payout at Churchill Downs , with a carryover of more than $700,000 and a total pool expected to exceed $3 million. Let the fireworks, for one astute bettor or more, begin.
Given ...
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Lightstream in Mother Goose; Single 6 Wagers at Churchill
Unbeaten Lightstream will step up in class and make her route debut in Saturday’s 1 1/8-mile Mother Goose (G1) at Belmont Park. It’s a daunting challenge against accomplished rivals Lewis Bay, Rachel’s Valentina and Off the Tracks, but I like her c ...
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Sparks should be flying at Pocono Downs on Saturday night
[Montrell Teague], the 2015 harness horse of the year won his Ben Franklin elim in 1:48.1, but tht was eventually bettered by both Always B Miki (David Miller), who scored in 1:47 for trainer Jimmy Takter and Freaky Feet Pete (Trace Tetrick) who won ...
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$500 charitable contribution up for grabs in Ellis Park Independence Day Smackdown
Edited Press Release
It started out with a tweet announcing that Joe Kristufek will make daily selections for Ellis Park on Brisnet.com : "To play @EllisParkRacing without @JoeyDaKRacing picks is a handicap, not handicapping."
"Unle ...
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Queen’s Plate 2016: top 5 storylines
As the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, and the North American stakes race with the longest continuous history, the Queen’s Plate serves up fascinating story lines every year. (Click here for FREE Queen's Plate PPs, courtesy of Brisnet .)
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Highland Sky stepping up in Belmont Derby; Swipe set for Dwyer
Edited Press Release
After an impressive second-place finish in the Pennine Ridge Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park on June 4, where he traveled seven-wide only to lose by a neck at the wire, stakes scorer Highland Sky will look to move forward in the ...
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Effinex will try to rebound in Suburban
Edited Press Release
Grade 1 victor Effinex will try to rebound from his sixth-place finish in the June 18 Stephen Foster Handicap (G1) at Churchill Downs as an expected heavyweight for the $500,000 Suburban Stakes (G2) for four-year-olds and up ...
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A Prairie Meadows exacta: Stakes and a Pick 5 carryover in America's heartland
Two of my favorite things come together tonight at Prairie Meadows: stakes at an otherwise-out-of-the-way racetrack, and a carryover in a $0.50 Pick 5 pool.
The Iowa Festival of Racing began Thursday night at the Des Moines-area racetrack and cont ...
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Private Zone ready to make seasonal bow in Belmont Sprint
Edited Press Release
Multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Private Zone is scheduled to make his first start of 2016 as the headlining act in the Belmont Sprint Championship (G3) for three-year-olds and up at seven furlongs during Belmont’s Stars ...
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Norman Casse: Tepin ‘hasn’t missed a beat since she got back’
Edited Press Release
Champion turf mare Tepin has been settling back into her Churchill Downs base well since returning on Monday following a successful trip overseas to Royal Ascot where she won the Queen Anne Stakes (Eng-G1) on June 14.
“Sh ...
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Gulfstream to host 2017 Clasico Internacional del Caribe
Edited Press Release
The Confederation of Caribbean Racetracks made an historic announcement Friday, unanimously approving Gulfstream Park as host of the 2017 Clasico Internacional del Caribe – the premier Thoroughbred racing event in the Caribbe ...
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All-American Weekend
Another exciting weekend of racing is ahead of us here at bestbet Jacksonville, as our greyhound summer promotion continues to draw fans and rev up the fun factor. No matter what you are into, we have you covered this weekend. Loads of early speeders ...
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Wake Forest tops Brown triumvirate in United Nations
Trainer Chad Brown has won the United Nations (G1) two out of the last three years, courtesy of Big Blue Kitten, and he now dispatches a three-pronged attack on Sunday’s $300,000 renewal at Monmouth Park.
Topping the Brown squadron is German imp ...
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Family Tree leaves rivals in her wake
Gary and Mary West’s Family Tree proved best by two lengths on Thursday night at Prairie Meadows in the $200,000 Iowa Oaks (G3) with jockey Florent Geroux aboard.
The Wayne Catalano trainee was three wide while tracking pacesetter Marquee Miss a ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Greyhounds Of The 2015/2016 Season
*2016 He's My Man Champ Xtenshun*
Honorable Mention
Xtenshun, JS SpeedyPebbles, Kay Beowulf, JohnnyCantWait, Flying Russian, PJ Timeless, Blu Too Tarmac, Kinda Cruel Red, Amf Wild Burst, Go Big Or GoHome, PJ St Pierre, Atascocit ...
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2016 Del Mar Summer Preview
August 1 2015: Beholder with Gary Stevens up wins the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" race at Del Mar Race Course in Del Mar CA. Zoe Metz/ESW/CSM July 15 is the first day of Del Mar's traditional summer meet. I know ...
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Zoomin Effortlessly Tops the AQHA Poll
Zooming Effortlessly has won his last four Grade 1 stakes "What makes him special is not so much his speed, but his stride," explains Santos. "I've ridden plenty of fast horses, but none of them get the jump the way he does." So the "Cinderell ...
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The psychology of jackpot wagering
by Dick Powell
The Pick 6, and its various iterations, has been in the news a lot lately. Some good; some bad. Here are some of my impressions.
First, I hate when race offices try to socially engineer the bet. They stack the sequence of six rac ...
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How to bet the Iowa Oaks Thursday at Prairie Meadows
Plays for the Iowa Oaks Card tonight!
Prairie Meadows kicks off its three day Festival of Racing with the Grade 3 Iowa Oaks. Ed DeRosa lays out his plans for betting tonight's Oaks; it's Race 9 on the ten race card, post time is 10:21 p.m. ET.
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CHASMO'S DUTCH wins the 2016 Southland Derby in impressive fashion with an 8 length victory
The 2016 SOUTHLAND DERBY stakes champion is CHASMO'S DUTCH after his very impressive 8 length win in the finals of this highly competitive stakes contest. CHASMO'S DUTCH broke well and was in good position running 3rd going into the 1st turn. He ...
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Kicking off Closing Week of 2016 spring-summer meeting at Churchill Downs
There are only three racing days left at Churchill Downs, which means only two days left to take your shot at being the lone winner of the Louisville track's Single^6 jackpot, which enters the Thursday, June 30, card with a carryover of $671,761. Bas ...
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Ball Dancing, Danish Dynaformer look to bounce back at Woodbine
Continued from this post on Lady Shipman in the Highlander (G2) …
Trainer Chad Brown has one very intriguing entrant on Sunday’s Woodbine card in Ball Dancing , a potential overlay at 12-1 – if she regains form in the C$200,000 Dance Smartly ...
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Lady Shipman takes on males in Highlander
The Queen’s Plate undercard has an added allure Sunday, thanks to top turf sprinter Lady Shipman ’s invading Woodbine for the C$200,000 Highlander (G2) . Carded as the 4TH race, the Highlander kicks off a quartet of turf stakes building up to the ...
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Amis Gizmo, Shakhimat square off in Queen’s Plate
Edited Press Release
Amis Gizmo and Shakhimat, the top two finishers from the June 12 Plate Trial Stakes, will renew their rivalry on Sunday in the C$1 million Queen’s Plate at Woodbine. ( Free Brisnet PPs for the Queen's Plate )
The ...
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Ben Franklin Forecast Is Fiercely Fast At Pocono; Sophomores Co-Star; Northfield Trotting Trial On Tap
The July Fourth weekend in the U.S. offers great harness racing. America’s racehorse, the standardbred, is represented in stakes, features and overnights, all available for play on your TwinSpires platform.
On July 2, Pocono Downs’ big stakes ...
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‘Beal’ Battalion Featured Alongside Tompkins-Geers At Pocono
Trotters will compete on Saturday, July 2 for $500,000 in the Earl Beal Jr. Memorial final at Pocono Downs, as well as in the $77,380 Tompkins-Geers colt trot and $55,380 Tompkins-Geers filly trot at Tioga Downs on Friday, July 1.
The “Beal” f ...
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Birdatthewire, Limousine Liberal headline Summit of Speed program
Birdatthewire tops eight distaffers in the $250,000 Princess Rooney (G2) and Limousine Liberal is the likely favorite among seven runners in the $250,000 Smile Sprint (G2) , the two main events in Saturday’s Summit of Speed at Gulfstream Park. ...
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Full Mast owns class edge in King Edward
Full Mast made a favorable impression in his U.S. debut June 5 at Belmont Park, rallying from behind a sizzling pace to beat third-level allowance company. The Juddmonte Farms homebred seeks to add to that North American success Saturday at Woodbine ...
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Mother Goose features Rachel’s Valentina, Lewis Bay
Three of the seven fillies entered in Saturday’s $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park took part in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs on May 6.
While Mo d’Amour went on to compete earlier this month following her fifth-place ...
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Bashford Manor, Debutante highlight finale of Churchill spring meet
The sun will set, literally and figuratively, on the Churchill Downs Spring Meet Saturday as the final session of racing at the Louisville track until September will be contested under the lights.
Barring a hit on Thursday or Friday, the possibili ...
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Melatonin, Lord Nelson capture Grade 1s; speed gets better as week progresses at Santa Anita
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
A pair of Grade 1 races were offered last week at Santa Anita.
Gold Cup S. (G1) : Tarabilla Farms’ MELATONIN (Kodiak Kowboy) took a short lead at the top of the lane and gamely held off all comers in posting a 1 ½-length ...
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Pocono Downs slated to host four lucrative finals
While many Americans will look to spend the July 4th Holiday weekend at the beach or in their own backyards hosting cookouts, novice and serious harness racing fans alike will catch a glimpse of an equine fireworks display that should ensue at Pocono ...
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Delta Downs Presents the $194,810 Firecracker Derby on Friday, July 1
TLC Dale will run in Friday's Firecracker Derby at Delta Downs Trainer Michael Taylor has qualified three runners for Friday night's final. His top contender is First Fancy Prize, but graded stakes winner, Not Perry Pretty is also a filly to wa ...
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Melatonin’s speed, Mo Tom’s closing kick on display
Don’t waste any time analyzing his first nine starts in 2013-15, those races don’t matter. When it comes to Melatonin , his racing career essentially began on February 6 at Santa Anita. That’s when the 5-year-old made his two-turn debut, winning a 1 ...
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Riva Ridge-Key to the Mint rivalry one of racing's most underrated
In June 1972, Riva Ridge was firmly on top of the US Thoroughbred world, less than 10 days after the arrival of July, the entire racing season surprisingly began to change.
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By the Moon flaunts her affinity for Big Sandy; speed plays well on main track & inner turf at Belmont
BELMONT NOTEBOOK
A single graded race topped the weekend of racing at Belmont Park.
Bed o’ Roses H. (G3) : Jay Em Ess Stable’s homebred BY THE MOON (Indian Charlie) swept to the front nearing midstretch and powered home late in securing a 1 ¾ ...
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French Jockeys Riding in the U.S.
The names are familiar to horse racing fans worldwide: Jean Cruguet, Freddy Head, Jean Luc-Samyn and Olivier Peslier. Thoroughbred racing has always had its fair share of great French jockeys. In the United States, there are 4 jockeys who are French ...
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Round 4 of the 2016 SOUTHLAND DERBY is in the books, Finals set for Friday, July 1
The 2016 SOUTHLAND DERBY is headed to the finals on Friday, July 1 and while the favorites led the way in Round 4 we all know as racing fans that anything can happen in the finals. As you may remember, Round 3 was highlighted by a ton of upsets and ...
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American Freedom flies flag for Wests, Baffert in Iowa Derby
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has always been high on the late-developing three-year-old American Freedom , the aptly-named colt who can kick off the long Independence Day weekend in fine style with a victory Friday night in the $250,000 Iowa D ...
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Thrilled, Family Tree square off in Iowa Oaks
Thrilled was two lengths best of Family Tree when the two three-year-old fillies first met in the $200,000 Plum Pretty at Sunland Park in March. Thursday night at Prairie Meadows, they and nine others will do battle in the $200,000 Iowa Oaks (G3 ...
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Durkin to host guided tours of Hall of Fame
Edited Press Release
Retired race caller Tom Durkin, one of the most beloved and vibrant personalities in the history of American Thoroughbred racing, will lead personalized tours of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame throughout the S ...
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Champions Beholder, Songbird and Stellar Wind all work at Santa Anita
Edited Press Release
Champions Beholder, Songbird and Stellar Wind all took to Santa Anita Park’s fast track on Sunday to ready for their next engagements.
Beholder and Stellar Wind, first and second in the June 4 Vanity Mile (G1) m ...
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Noble Bird breezes for Suburban; Catch a Glimpse, Airoforce headed to Belmont Oaks, Derby
Edited Press Release
John C. Oxley’s Grade 1-winning Noble Bird, sixth in the Metropolitan Handicap (G1) at Belmont Park last out on June 11, will return to that New York oval on July 9 for the $500,000 Suburban Handicap (G1) following a half-mi ...
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Wicked fast eliminations held at Pocono Downs
Saturday nights eliminations for the Max Hempt, James Lynch and Earl Beal, Jr. Memorial for three-year-olds and Ben Franklin for older pacers produced exceptional clockings that set the stage for four lucrative finals this weekend at Pocono Downs. I ...
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Outside Contenders Partner With Favorites For 10 Exactas, Two Trifectas; Scorching World-Record Pacers At Pocono
We were back on Twitter for Buffalo Raceway on June 22 battling the barrage of favorites on the program in races 6, 7, 9 and 10. We only took a show price in Race 7 with Rock That Look ($4.20). Our other attempts at prices left us with Voltina (16-1) ...
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Melatonin captures Gold Cup at Santa Anita
Tarabilla Farms Inc.’s Melatonin tracked the pacesetting Lieutenant Colonel before taking command of Saturday’s $501,035 Gold Cup at Santa Anita (G1) and pulling off the 1 1/2-length victory under jockey Joe Talamo.
Melatonin and Talamo joined f ...
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Lord Nelson rallies for Triple Bend victory
Spendthrift Farm’s Lord Nelson came with a nice late run to nip Subtle Indian in Saturday’s $301,035 Triple Bend Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park.
With Rafael Bejarano aboard, the Bob Baffert-trained four-year-old stalked between rivals as Subtle ...
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By the Moon topples Wavell Avenue in Bed o' Roses
Continuing to show an affinity for Belmont Park, By the Moon split rivals with an inside rally in upper stretch and defeated reigning Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) winner Wavell Avenue by 1 3/4 lengths on Saturday in the $150,000 Bed o' ...
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Mo Tom ships and gets the trip to win Ohio Derby
Team Mo Tom made the trip to the Ohio Derby , and their Uncle Mo colt finally got the perfect trip to win the $500,000 race for three-year-olds on Saturday, June 25, at Jack Thistledown near Cleveland.
After finishing 8th in the Kentucky Derby Pr ...
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Rachel’s Valentina, Lewis Bay post moves for Mother Goose; Outwork, Economic Model ready for Dwyer
Edited Press Release
Grade 1 winner Rachel's Valentina is set to make her fifth consecutive Grade 1 start in the $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes on July 2 at Belmont Park.
Trainer Todd Pletcher said the daughter of classic-winning 2009 Horse o ...
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Sunday's Southland greyhound action will be highlighted by Round 4 of the Southland Derby
The 2016 SOUTHLAND DERBY is running Round 4 on Sunday and it's sure to be the highlight of the afternoon racing card, especially after all the upsets that happened in Round 3. There are 4 races featuring 32 hard running and talented greyhounds comp ...
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Nyquist works five-eighths in preparation for comeback
Edited Press Release
With regular rider Mario Gutierrez aloft, Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning Nyquist worked five furlongs in 1:02.07 at 12:48 p.m. (PDT) Saturday over Santa Anita's main track.
In his second recorded workout since tasting ...
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Tepin clears quarantine, scheduled to leave Belmont for Churchill on Sunday
Edited Press Release
Champion and Royal Ascot heroine Tepin brought a little extra star power to New York this weekend as the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) and Queen Anne (Eng-G1) winner scheduled in a short stop on her world tour at historic Belmont ...
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Harzand fends off Idaho for Epsom-Irish Derby double
Edited Press Release
Harzand, trained on the Curragh by Dermot Weld, followed up his victory in the Epsom Derby (G1) when landing a thrilling renewal of the Irish Derby at the Curragh (G1) on Saturday.
Owned by His Highness Aga Khan and ridden ...
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How to bet the Ohio Derby: both the card and the race Saturday, June 25, at Jack Thistledown
After welcoming home the world champion Cleveland Cavaliers earlier this week, Northeast Ohio welcomes another set of elite athletes on Saturday, June 25, when Jack Thistledown plays host to the $500,000 Ohio Derby , which is the co-richest race of ...
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Albuquerque Downs Kicks off their 2016 Live Racing Season on June 25
Quarter Horse jockey Esgar Ramirez will ride in the upcoming Albuquerque Downs meet. Patrons visiting Albuquerque Downs will immediately notice a lot of changes to the facility, including a completely renovated open-air grandstand with sparklin ...
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Possible upcoming races revealed for Brody’s Cause, Cherry Wine & Suddenbreakingnews
Edited Press Release
Trainers Dale Romans and Donnie Von Hemel are beginning to make plans for their Triple Crown contenders’ mid-summer campaigns.
Romans, who saddled Brody’s Cause and Cherry Wine to respective sixth- and seventh-place finis ...
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Palm Beach Superstar Saturday Preview 6/25/2016
Camry is a multi-stakes finalist and will be trying to win Suncoast's first Track Championship since Atascocita Henri brought home gold back in 2012.
Camry looks to have the advantage with her dynamic break and tough on the lead racing style ...
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Pocono Downs hosts bevy of eliminations
This Saturday evening Pocono Downs in Pennsylvania will host a bevy of eliminations for trotters and pacers as many of the best standardbreds of both gaits will look to earn a berth in next weekend's quartet of lucrative finals that will undoubtedly ...
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Swipe entered Sunday at Belmont; Exaggerator galloping
Edited Press Release
Keith Desormeaux's multiple Grade 1-placed trainee Swipe will take on older horses in Sunday's 8TH race at Belmont Park as he gears up for a summer campaign in New York, returning from a two-month layoff in a six-furlong a ...
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Mohaymen returns to worktab with three-furlong breeze
Edited Press Release
Shadwell Stable's multiple Grade 2 winner Mohaymen returned to the worktab Thursday morning with a three-furlong breeze at the Greentree Training Facility adjacent to Saratoga Race Course.
Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, th ...
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Popular gelding Page McKenney sidelined indefinitely
Edited Press Release
Grade 3-winning millionaire Page McKenney remains with trainer Mary Eppler as he continues recovering from a filling in a tendon that cost him a planned start in the Pimlico Special (G3) on May 20.
Eppler, based at Pimlic ...
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Round 3 of the 2016 SOUTHLAND DERBY stakes competition full of surprises
Round 3 of the 2016 SOUTHLAND DERBY was highlighted not only by the 6 stakes races on the program for Wednesday evening but also by the surprising number of longshots that were able to pull the upset. In the 6 stakes races, 5 of them were won by gr ...
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Watch Out for Unimpeachable; Tales of a Pacer Owner
By Dick Powell
Last year in this space I confessed to losing my mind when I bought 50% of a Standardbred pacing filly. I have been in the racing game for a long time and this was my first venture into any sort of ownership of any horse, let alone ...
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Hoppertunity, Melatonin square off in Gold Cup at Santa Anita; Kobe’s Back tops Triple Bend
Making his first start since a rallying third to California Chrome on late March, Hoppertunity has been installed as a slight 3-1 morning line favorite in Saturday’s $500,000 Gold Cup at Santa Anita (G1) . His main rival, Big ‘Cap (G1) winner ...
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Sophomores And Senior Superstar Pacers Battle For Berths On Pocono Program
No one in North America needs a weatherman to predict the steaming summer weather blanketing both coasts this time of year, but everyone needs a courageous forecaster that can offer ways to be cool and possibly benefit from it. When it comes to wager ...
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Boys To Brawl in Earl Beal, Jr. Eliminations
Pocono Downs is readying for one of their star-laden programs of the race season, hosting eliminations for several sophomore stakes events (see main TwinSpires harness blog), including two elims for the $500,000 Earl Beal Jr. Memorial on Saturday, Ju ...
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Mo Tom Returns in Ohio Derby
Mo Tom will make his first start since finishing eighth in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands in the $500,000 Ohio Derby on Saturday, June 25, at Jack Thistledown near Cleveland.
The Kentucky Derby has already proven to be a productive ...
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Wavell Avenue faces five in Bed o’ Roses; Isabella Sings entered in Eatontown
Wavell Avenue upset last year’s Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at 10-1 but probably won’t reach those odds when she goes in Saturday’s $150,000 Bed o’ Roses Handicap (G3) at Belmont Park.
The Breeders’ Cup turned out to be Wavell Ave ...
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Obviously impresses in Poker; Last Resort, Orient Harbor make the Horses to Watch list at Belmont
BELMONT NOTEBOOK
A single graded race topped the weekend of racing at Belmont Park.
Poker S. (G3) : Fanticola and Scardino’s OBVIOUSLY (Choisir) sailed to the front soon after the break and was never challenged in earning a 3 ¾-length decisio ...
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Tuesday cards set the stage for week ahead
On Tuesday evening it was the pacing fillies and mares who were on display at Harrington Raceway in Delaware in state-bred action, but beginning on Friday at The Meadowlands the best older horses of both gaits will garner the spotlight as the stage w ...
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SOUTHLAND DERBY heads to Round 3 on Wednesday, June 22
Round 3 of the 2016 SOUTHLAND DERBY highlights the program for Wednesday evening and while the favorites have been holding their own, fans have also seen several upsets. Of the 18 races on the program for June 22, 6 are stakes races as the very com ...
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Gun Runner, Donegal Moon potential players in second half of season
The Triple Crown concluded a week earlier but a couple a notable performances kept the 3-year-old division in the spotlight, with Gun Runner easily capturing Saturday’s Matt Win (G3) at Churchill Downs and Donegal Moon posting a sharp score in the Pe ...
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Jockey Damian Martinez One of the Rising stars of Quarter Horse Racing
Quarter Horse jockey Damian Martinez is one of the top riders at Delta Downs The 22-year-old native of Coahuila, Mexico has just been riding professionally for four years He made his debut in Texas and began riding for Texas horseman Brian Stro ...
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Songbird picks up where she left off in a spectacular return; speed fares well on Santa Anita turf
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
A pair of graded affairs were offered at Santa Anita.
Summertime Oaks (G2) : Fox Hill Farms’ unbeaten champion SONGBIRD (Medaglia d’Oro) returned to action off a 10-week layoff and continued to dominate, taking command ne ...
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Top 5 Ranked Filly and Mare Dirt Runners
Cathryn Sophia - She got the perfect trip in the Kentucky Oaks. But she didn't get the perfect trip in the Ogden Phipps. Watching the race again, the Phipps, I was impressed with how she pressed a fast pace and took over at the top of the stretch. ...
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Mohawk features best of both gaits
Saturday evening's lucrative card at Mohawk Raceway in Toronto, Canada, gave onlookers an early indication of which horses could emerge among the three-year-old divisions for both trotters and pacers. Early on the Saturday card, Hannelore Hanover (Y ...
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Untapable's retirement well-deserved, if a little late
Owner Ron Winchell on Sunday night announced via Twitter the retirement of his champion mare Untapable, who ended her career on a disappointing note Saturday evening when finishing a distant fourth as the 3-5 favorite in the Fleur de Lis H. (G2) at C ...
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