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Jockey Profile - Joel Rosario
Jockey Joel Rosario rode 3 horses in 2003. In 2005, Joel rode 6 horses. 3 of the 6 horses that Rosario rode that year finished in second place. The following year, he rode 219 horses. Of his 219 mounts, 29 won, 33 finished second, and 30 finished thi ...
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How to Bet Del Mar 2017 Summer Meeting
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
On Wednesday afternoon the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club opens the gates for another exciting summer in San Diego County. For Del Mar handicapping reports, CLICK HERE .
The highly anticipated meeting runs through Labor Day w ...
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Freshmen Scores Over Features With Double Digits; Chalk Gets Meadowlands Pace And ‘Marauder’ Magnificent in ‘Maturity’
Our Freshman Frolic section was once again productive with three double-digit winners snatched from nine special two-year-old events around the ovals (see recap below for all frosh results).
Chalk was clouding the rest of the July 15 features ...
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Meadowlands Pace Highlights Stellar Card
While thoroughbred racing fans might have keenly watched the action at Delaware Park on Saturday afternoon when Songbird prevailed, unconvincingly, as the 1-20 favorite in the Grade I, $750,000 Delaware Handicap for fillies and mares, serious standar ...
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Maryland-bred Runners, Pacers, Trotters on Display
Saturday afternoon at Laurel Park a quartet of Maryland-bred three-year-olds of both genders were permitted to display their talents on the grass in a pair of stakes, but it was the only open stakes on the card that produced the winner with the most ...
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All-stakes Pick 4 play and thoughts on the Indiana Derby
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. -- Fans looking at Indiana Grand's big card on Saturday night will have noticed two all-stakes Pick 4s on offer: the one "wit" or "wit out" the Indiana Derby (G3), as our friends in Philly might say.
The one ending in the Indiana ...
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Bet the ‘Farm’ at Newmarket
Not really, but #4 Finniston Farm (7-1) does loom as a fascinating value play in Saturday’s Superlative S. (G2) on the final day of Newmarket’s July Festival.
Carded as the 5TH race (with an 11 a.m. EDT post time), the seven-furlong test for juv ...
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Saturday Spot Plays for Indiana Grand and Los Alamitos
by Scott Shapiro
The final weekend of racing before Saratoga and Del Mar kick in to high gear next week is upon us. Most of the top barns and horses are preparing for the spotlight of the summer meets, but there are still opportunities to pad the ...
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Solid program carded for Indiana Derby Day
by Scott Shapiro
It is Indiana Derby Day at Indiana Grand Racing and Casino on Saturday and that means a solid 10-race card filled with quality stakes action and solid opportunities for horseplayers all evening long.
Click here to find Scott ...
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The Night Goddess
bumped and cutoff the former stakes champion. That made this one a two-greyhound race coming home, and each team was represented as they started a battle for the finish line. Pullanallnigther, the female participant, was still clinging to a lead, bu ...
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Analysis of Belmont main track upgrades Songbird's Phipps, explains Keen Ice's Suburban
by DICK POWELL
The sensational SONGBIRD (Medaglia d’Oro) takes on five opponents in the $750,000 Delaware Handicap (G1) this Saturday at Delaware Park. Assigned 124 pounds under the handicap conditions, she has to concede as much as 13 to 9 poun ...
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Meadowlands Pace For A Price; Hambletonian Champ Dominates ‘Maturity’; Frosh Pacers Shoot For In ‘Sheppard’ Score
This weekend’s big feature may bring back some storied memories as we predict another upset in the Meadowlands Pace on July 15. It’s a big night of stakes and stars, pacers and trotters, colts, fillies, mares and horses.
Again this weeke ...
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August Campaign Reaches Trail Stretch With ‘Dancer’ And ‘Miller’ Memorials
Less than a month out from the August classic, the most significant prep events on the Hambletonian Trail are set to go on the under-card of the Meadowlands Pace Saturday, July 15 at the Meadowlands when the glamour boys compete in two divisions of t ...
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Meadowlands Offers Stellar Saturday Night Card
After months of being fed a steady diet of lower-level conditioned events perhaps more fitting of a B track, the Meadowlands will turn things up a notch or two this Saturday evening when it hosts a stellar card featuring many of the best older pacers ...
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A proper visit to Indiana Grand awaits for Indiana Derby Day
For a track only about a 2 1/2-hour drive from central Kentucky, Indiana Grand (nee Downs, which has held Thoroughbred racing since 2003) has unfortunately been stuck on the backburner for a long time as a place to take in a day of races.
Truth be ...
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Jockey Profile: Luis Saez
Jockey Luis Saez has become one of the absolute best riders in the nation. Saez, who usually rides between Gulfstream Park and on the New York circuit, started riding in 2009. In less than a decade, Saez's mounts have earned over $71.8 million dollar ...
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Caravaggio’s clash with sprint establishment anchors Newmarket July
Coming not long after Royal Ascot, Newmarket’s July Festival doesn’t match its breadth of star power, but the three-day stint will end on a spectacular note Saturday as unbeaten Caravaggio tackles older sprinters in the July Cup (G1).
Aidan O’Br ...
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Maryland-breds Continue to Impress at Several Venues
While Maryland-breds such as Lady Shadow and Devious Man have already earned their fair share of the spotlight on a national stage, several others garnered local bragging rights on Monday night at a pair of half-mile ovals in two different states. M ...
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Freshman Frenzy Features Have Top Winners, Including Best Price In ‘Sheppard’ Elims And More
Freshmen filled the agenda this weekend and we did very well with the winners and the winning prices. Our top horses-to-watch (H2W) list winner, Kadabra Queen was the top price at $20.00 in an Ontario Sires Stakes event for youngsters. And there were ...
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Meadowlands and Yonkers Offer Stakes Elims
Saturday night offered standardbred racing fans a chance to see some of the sport's top sophomore pacers and trotters compete at The Meadowlands and several promising two-year-old colt pacers clash in the Lawrence B. Sheppard eliminations at Yonkers ...
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Belmont Derby requires spread in all-stakes Late Pick 4
An all-stakes Pick 4 encompassing 80 percent of Belmont Park's graded stakes on Saturday is a bit of a challenge even with one planned single (and not the one you might expect) in the sequence. Here are my thoughts on the four races:
Belmont Spri ...
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How I’m betting Late Pick 4 on Belmont’s Stars and Stripes Racing Festival
Today’s $1.2 million Belmont Derby (G1) is ripe for an up-and-coming turf sophomore. I’m not keen on stakes veterans Oscar Performance, Good Samaritan, Ticonderoga and Big Score – they’ve taken turns beating each other with little separating the pack ...
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International scouting report: Belmont Derby Invitational
Pia Brandt isn’t a household name among American racing fans, but the French-based trainer sends out the most straightforward European challenger in Saturday’s $1.2 million Belmont Derby Invitational (G1).
Called to the Bar , despite not having a ...
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Meadowlands Pace Elims Take Center Stage
This weekend and perhaps each weekend into August, the Meadowlands will be the focal point of many of harness racings biggest owners, trainers, drivers and fans as Saturday night's card offers a handful of stakes including the famed Meadowlands Pace ...
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International scouting report: Belmont Oaks Invitational
Although repackaged as the $1 million Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1) in 2014, and accordingly luring international shippers, New York’s premier contest for three-year-old turf fillies has continued to go the way of U.S.-based performers.
That tren ...
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Ignoring Finest City in Saturday's Late Pick 4 at Los Alamitos
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The first of two Saturday afternoon cards during the short Los Alamitos summer meeting offers a late Pick 4 sequence starting in Race 6 that is headlined by the Great Lady M (G2) featuring 2016 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprin ...
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Weekend Feature Races
Another great weekend of greyhound racing is upon us with loads of talent on tap. We have several top-grade events over 550 and 660 yards to watch and wager on, so let’s see if we can get you cashing some tickets this weekend at bestbet Jacksonville. ...
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How I’m betting the Iowa Derby
Most of the runners in the $250,000 Iowa Derby (G3) are seeking a measure of redemption following recent setbacks, but McCormick enters on the upswing for Ian Wilkes. The intriguing 3-year-old will bring a two-race win streak into his stakes debut ...
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Stars and Stripes Racing Festival looks pretty special
by Dick Powell
Whether you like grouping big races on a single day, I have to admit that Saturday’s card at Belmont Park looks like it will be pretty special.
Billed as the Stars and Stripes Racing Festival, even though most of us celebrated t ...
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Meadowlands Pace Battle For Berths; Four-Year-Old Graduates Finals Featured; ‘Sheppard’ Sends Froshes At Yonkers
The heat is on. July takes off and the two-year-old season blossoms with it. You will find a few frosh stakes events as our features as well as the continuation of our Freshmen Frolic section, where we aim to sensationalize on the early two-year-old ...
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Trotters Continue Preps for Hambletonian In Final Month
A week out from the Del Miller and Stanley Dancer Memorials, drawing to the end of the Hambletonian Trail, colts and fillies readying for the first Saturday in August will be in competition this weekend, with fillies competing in the $41,880 Reynolds ...
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How to play Los Alamitos
by Scott Shapiro
The landscape changes on Thursday as the Southern California circuit moves from Santa Anita Park to Orange County for a two week stop at Los Alamitos Race Course before things get rolling at Del Mar on July 19 for their highly an ...
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Smashing performances ahead of Del Mar and Saratoga
This is typically a slow time for Thoroughbred racing, with highly-anticipated openings of Del Mar and Saratoga only a couple of weeks away, but a number of performances stood out in the five-day period between June 30 and July 4.
And most of thes ...
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Maryland-breds Take Center Stage
On Sunday and Monday evenings Ocean Downs offered nearly a dozen Maryland Standardbred Race Fund events for three-year-old trotters and pacers in the wake of Saturday night's Sun Stakes card at Pocono Downs where one Maryland-bred trotter perhaps asc ...
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Queen’s Plate Day Takeaways
HOLY HELENA is for real . Stronach Stables’ Holy Helena was a clear favorite for Sunday’s $1 million Queen’s Plate S. and delivered with authority. The Jimmy Jerkens trainee was alert early on, moved to the fore with ease turning for home and proved ...
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Pavel soars in debut
Saturday played host to some fine racing action with big stakes races taking place across the country. But first-time starter PAVEL stood out most to me, posting a superb score in the 6TH Race at Santa Anita July 1.
A sophomore son of Creative Cau ...
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Astute handicapping needed in Santa Anita closing day Late Pick 4
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
Not only is Tuesday the celebration of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, but also it is closing day of the spring/summer meeting at Santa Anita.
A challenging 10-race slate should present some lucrative payou ...
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H-Trail Treasure Wins At $32, Ignites $101 Exacta, $151 Trifecta; Fear The Dragon Fires Again At Pocono; Frosh Score Is Big Across The Board
Fear The Dragon ($3.00, $2.10, $2.10 ok), our early pick for soph-pacing champion, took the big-money event for his division, the Max Hempt Memorial Final as part of the Sun Stakes Saturday program at Pocono Downs. Though we lost with “Fear” in his o ...
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Palm Beach Final Top 10 Rankings and Races 2016-2017 Season
That's a wrap on the season folks! I hope you enjoyed following along, as much as I enjoyed covering it. What stories will dominate the headlines in 2017-18? Stay tuned to find out! ...
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Arlington Park Preview Day on July 8
Belmont Park isn't the only racetrack running a festival on July 8. The Arlington Park Millions Preview Day also takes place on July 8. Although more well-known horses take to the turf at Belmont in the Stars and Stripes Festival, horseplayer should ...
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How To Bet the Queen’s Plate 2017 Superfecta
Those who follow my near-daily wagering exploits know that I’m a big fan of multi-race wagers, which makes Sunday’s 13-race Queen’s Plate day card at Woodbine a must play for me give the guaranteed pools in the Pick 5s (races 2 & 6) and Pick 4s ...
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How I'm betting the Queen's Plate
Canadian Racing Hall of Fame member Mark Casse has enjoyed so many great moments at Woodbine that I'll be betting on him having another Sunday in the C$1 million Queen's Plate, a race he won for the first time three years ago with the filly Lexie Lou ...
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Playing the Pick 5 on Queen’s Plate Day
Sunday is Queen’s Plate Day and Woodbine is offering a Pick 5 culminating with the 158th running of the Canadian classic. Here are my thoughts on the sequence and the ticket I will be playing:
Race 6, King Edward (G2) : The Pick 5 kicks off wit ...
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Five things to know for the Queen’s Plate
The oldest continuously held race in North America, the Queen’s Plate, will be contested for the 158th time on Sunday . The 1 1/4-mile classic is the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, also comprising the Prince of Wales and the Breeders’ S., ...
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Pocono Downs Offers Stakes-filled Card on Saturday Night
One night after harness racing fans everywhere bid a fond farewell to Hall of Fame driver John Campbell following his final night of competition on Friday evening at the Meadowlands in New Jersey, many serious standardbred fans focused their attentio ...
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Meadowlands Highlights the Old and the New
In the span of less than 24 hours this weekend the Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey bid a fond farewell to a legendary driver while perhaps welcoming several future stars into the mix. On Friday night Hall of Fame driver John Campbell competed in ...
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Will Malibu remain a Secret after Queen’s Plate?
When conservative conditioner Malcolm Pierce entered MALIBU SECRET in the Vandal S. for his lifetime debut as a juvenile in 2016, it was a sign to me that he thought that he had a very good one in his hands. The son of Malibu Moon finished a strong s ...
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Taking down the Pick 5 on Queen’s Plate Day
An outstanding card with 13 races, led by the $1 million Queen’s Plate, will be hosted by Woodbine on Sunday. I will take aim at cashing in on the Pick 5, which starts in Race 6 and concludes with the featured event.
Race 6, King Edward S. (G2) : ...
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Spot Plays for Sunday and Monday at Santa Anita Park
by Scott Shapiro
Happy Independence Day weekend to you and yours!
Most folks have a lot more than horse racing going on as we approach the Fourth of July on Tuesday. Time spent with family and friends over the next couple days can be some of t ...
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Challenging Santa Anita Pick 4 has potential to pay well
by Scott Shapiro
The final Saturday afternoon card of the Santa Anita spring meeting is upon us and the 10-race slate includes a challenging late Pick 4 that has the potential to pay well.
The 55th running of the $100,000 Grade 3 Wilshire Stak ...
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How to bet the Pick 6 on June 30 at Churchill Downs
It’s closing night at Churchill Downs, which means everything must go in the carryover pools: the $3,375 Super High 5 on the 11 th (last) race and the $146,754 Single (Pick 6) jackpot, which isn’t a jackpot on the final day of the spring-summer meet ...
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Jackpot 6 ticket seeks to capitalize upon Romans single
The pool for Friday’s mandatory Jackpot 6 payout at Churchill Downs is expected to exceed $1 million and a nice card awaits horseplayers. The sequence begins in Race 5, which is scheduled for 7:57 p.m. (EDT) on the Downs After Dark closing-day progra ...
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Queen's Plate Betting Guide offers insights and analysis
The field is now set for the 158th running of the Queen’s Plate, the longest continuously run race in North American and the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown.
TwinSpires.com is ready for all the action with its FREE Queen’s Plate Bet ...
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Battle of the Sexes Final
Another great stake event at bestbet Jacksonville is upon us! The 2017 edition of the Battle of the Sexes will take place on Saturday evening July 1 st in the 11 th race on the card. It will be the top 4 Females vs. the top 4 Males in this contest, ...
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Expect more turf racing and a compelling trainer’s race at Saratoga
By Dick Powell
As we head into July, I often get asked by people who see me in Saratoga, “How do you get ready for the meet?” I usually respond with a shriek and break out into a cold sweat. “Saratoga is opening in three weeks? OMG!” ...
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Even at Royal Ascot Pace Makes the Race
Sometimes, it takes a while to realize the mistakes that you've made. As horseplayers, we've all developed a particular method of studying racing forms. Some of us first look at speed ratings. Some of us prefer to look at pace ratings. Some of us, li ...
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Sun Stakes Saturday At Pocono Promises Fast Miles With Big Purses For Finals And Consolations
The July 4 weekend will be colorful in the Pennsylvania mountains as Pocono Downs presents its Sun Stakes Saturday on the month’s first day. After a mixture of results in last weeks elims, top trotters and pacers compete for the big finals’ prizes, a ...
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Earl Beals Bestow Bright Betting Opportunities for Hambo And ‘Oaks’ Hopefuls
Pocono Downs’ Saturday stakes-packed program includes dashes for the Hambletonian hopefuls, competing in the $75,000 consolation for the Earl Beal Jr. Memorial and the $500,000 final on July 1.
The consolation only includes two ineligibles, wi ...
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Stakes Action Takes Center Stage on Saturday Night
While many harness racing enthusiasts will focus their attention on the Meadowlands on Friday night when Hall of Fame driver John Campbell climbs into the bike for the final time at the New Jersey one-mile oval, serious and novice standardbred fans a ...
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Hall of Fame Driver John Campbell Bids Farewell on Friday Night
Midway through the Friday evening program at The Meadowlands, the one-mile harness racing venue in New Jersey that he helped transform into the sport's mecca in the 1980's and 1990's, Hall of Fame driver John Campbell will climb into the bike for the ...
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Belmont Stars and Stripes Festival on July 8 Key Date for Saratoga
The 2017 Saratoga Race Meet starts on July 21. The meet ends on September 4. We've got almost a whole month before some of the best horses, trainers, and jockeys in the world hit up The Spa for another great Saratoga Race Meet. But, we have precious ...
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Pedigree notes for Bashford Manor, Debutante
It’s early days yet as far as the two-year-olds are concerned, but Friday night’s Bashford Manor (G3) features a handful of smart pedigrees with the scope to progress from here.
Might at least one or two graduate from Churchill Downs’ closing nigh ...
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Is Summer the New Time for Baffert Three Year Olds?
For years, pretty much since 1996, Bob Baffert has been known as the King Trainer of the Triple Crown. Cavonnier finished second in the 1996 Kentucky Derby. In 1997, Baffert won the Derby and Preakness with Silver Charm. He repeated the feat in 1998 ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 6-25-2017
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap Up! ...
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2017 Royal Ascot: impressions from a star-studded week
Blessed with fair weather and quick summer ground, Royal Ascot’s 2017 meeting could be summarized in one phrase: the cream rose to the top. The star performers, for the most part, lived up to billing, and the results were logical.
Here are my last ...
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Week’s Top Win Price At $31; Pocono Elims And Overnights Yield Exactas; H-Trail Nabs Two Of Three
A few surprises were delivered in the elims for the Sun Stakes Saturday finals at Pocono. On June 24, Fear The Dragon ($2.10, $2.10) tasted defeat for the first time at three, beaten by Miso Fast, who made a giant brush at 11-1, in a Max Hempt elim. ...
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Maryland-breds Shine on Turf, Dirt and Stonedust
Saturday afternoon at Laurel Park a trio of Maryland-bred runners delivered solid efforts in one-turn sprints, two of them in stakes on the grass, then that evening at Pocono Downs a pair of Maryland-bred pacers prevailed in their respective eliminat ...
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Royal Ascot Juvenile Spotlight: Hoping for a September morn in Chesham
The last juvenile contest at Royal Ascot, Saturday’s Chesham may be the venue for a superstar. So don’t miss that 9:30 a.m. (EDT) first post.
Perhaps that’s hyperbole, an overwrought reaction to a single maiden race, but rarely do you see an Aidan ...
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Royal Ascot Saturday: an each-way longshot for the Diamond Jubilee
Cleverer bettors may disagree, but class could very well tell in the final two group events of Royal Ascot 2017 on Saturday.
In the Hardwicke (G2) at 1 1/2 miles, it's hard to look past either defending titlist Dartmouth , who gave The Queen grea ...
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Shapiro: Santa Anita Late Pick 4 success may lie with singles
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The penultimate Saturday card of the Santa Anita spring meeting is upon us as we try to stay hot with our late Pick 4 plays to close out the season in Arcadia.
We have rattled off three straight profitable columns w ...
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Battles of the Sexes Semi-Finals
The semi-finals of the 2017 Battle of the Sexes are here and all bets are off. The points are cleared out and you must show up on Saturday evening if you want a chance to make the finals and cash in with the crown. Two full races of greyhounds remain ...
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Picking the Winner of the Ohio Derby And a Morning Line Contest
Even before the start of the Ohio Derby, someone will find themselves $2,500 richer, as prominent owner and horseplayer Ron Paolucci has put his money where the morning line is with a Twitter contest awarding $2,500 to the person who correctly identi ...
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Palm Beach Best Of Lists For The 2016-2017 Season
We hope you had as much fun following this season as we did! The new season begins July 1st. Remember to check out our Final Top 10 Rankings after the new campaign starts! ...
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Looking for value on a likely chalky Friday at Royal Ascot
With my colleague Vance Hanson once more doing the Royal Ascot selections honors over on Brisnet.com and elsewhere on the TwinSpires blog , I’m just chiming in with a few additional ideas for the Friday card.
The Albany (G3) : Vance has absolu ...
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Maryland-breds Could Take Center Stage on Saturday
Saturday afternoon Laurel Park will host a stakes-filled card that will include two events for Maryland-breds on the turf and four grass races for Virginia-bred runners and then later that evening Pocono Downs will offer a stellar card complete with ...
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Royal Ascot continues to deliver excitement
by Dick Powell
Royal Ascot has been run since 1711 and the five-day festival never fails to deliver. Based on the first half of 2017, the only question seemed to be “How many winners will trainer Aidan O’Brien have?” but after Day 1 the answer was ...
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Arms Runner steps up
The Affirmed Stakes (G3), led by Kentucky Derby third-place finisher Battle of Midway, attracted just five sophomores at Santa Anita on Saturday and the favorite looks very tough given his resume. But I have more interest in a horse that has caught m ...
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Which Jockeys Are Working Towards an Eclipse?
We're over 6 months into 2017. Which is why I don't believe it's too early to start discussing the jockeys that are on their way to a possible Eclipse Award. It's difficult for me to see this list changing. Unless 1 of the 4 jockeys I've listed here ...
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Royal Ascot Friday Spotlight: Albany, Queen's Vase bookend group action
It's hardly my favorite of all the famous, long-standing features held annually at Royal Ascot, but for some odd reason the Albany Stakes (G3) is a race I've had the most incredible luck deciphering. I say incredible because it's typically chock full ...
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Pocono Parades Stakes Elims With Leading Pacing And Trotting Stars In Combat Again
Another big stakes program is in the works, beginning on June 24 at Pocono Downs, as top sophs and older pacers and trotters line up for eliminations that decide the final fields of the James Lynch, Max Hempt and Ben Franklin stakes.
Among the ...
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Hambo Hopefuls Engage In Earl Beal, Jr. Eliminations For More Shots At Big Money
Pocono Downs will host almost an entire program of eliminations on Saturday, June 24 (see weekly blog) as it prepares for Sun Stakes Saturday, a program featuring finals for many of the sophomore racing divisions, including the top Hambletonian hopef ...
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Keeping it Simple on Thursday at Royal Ascot
More than happy that our astute Vance Hanson takes over for the Thursday and Friday Royal Ascot selections, I’ll just pipe up from the peanut gallery to add a few thoughts.
Full disclosure: this is more impressionistic, and not exhaustively resear ...
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Shapiro: Identifying Vulnerable Favorites Part 3
by Scott Shapiro
I am back again for another piece in my ongoing series on identifying vulnerable short priced horses.
After examining potentially over bet runners trying something for the initial time last week, the next two articles will focu ...
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McCraken, Timeline prepare for upcoming class tests
McCraken and Timeline reside just outside the top tier presently but the 3-year-old colts will try to emerge as serious divisional contenders during the second half of the season. They tuned up for important future engagements with convincing wins ov ...
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Taking the Indiana Grand Challenge on Wednesday, June 21
While I was focused on the Pick 5 carryover at Fort Erie on Tuesday afternoon, another portion of horse racing Twitter was abuzz with Indiana Grand discussion.
Scott Shapiro, Brisnet.com's intrepid California-based handicapper who does Daily Se ...
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Royal Ascot Thursday Spotlight: Seeking consequential result in Norfolk
Ladies Day (Thursday) at Royal Ascot kicks off with the five-furlong Norfolk Stakes (G2), an affair so contentious I felt comfortable eliminating only five of the 18 entrants on my first run through the race. Ultimately, you have to take a stand, and ...
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The Mighty Have Fallen
In the third round of the 2017 Battle of the Sexes, two favorites won their races, but neither of them were the undefeated greyhounds that headed into battle. Both of the mighty have fallen, and now with the points fanning out, it is going to be i ...
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Sophomores Highlight Harrington Weeknight Cards
Both the Monday and Tuesday evening cards at Harrington Raceway in Delaware featured eliminations for the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund as the various sophomore pacing colts and gelding on Monday and the fillies on Tuesday were looking to secur ...
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Royal Ascot Wednesday Spotlight: Cavalry charges in Jersey, Queen Mary
With 20 horses in the Jersey (G3) and 24 in the Queen Mary (G2), the first two races on Royal Ascot’s Wednesday card promise to be cavalry charges down the straightaway. The natural inclination is to try to find value, and not boringly adhere to the ...
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Turf Tuesday For Pick 5 Carryover at Fort Erie
Two things Royal Ascot and Fort Erie have in common is that both venues run Prince of Wales Stakes, and they both attracted my wagering dollars today (Tuesday, June 20).
We'll continue to wager on Royal Ascot throughout the week availing ou ...
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Racing Action Continues to Heat Up
Serious and novice harness racing fans might have just been able to take a deep breath following the action at Mohawk Raceway in Canada on Saturday night, but now they will have to dive deep into this Saturday's competitive, stakes-filled card at Poc ...
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Kicking off Royal Ascot with action plays in Coventry, St James's Palace
Thirty races spread over five days, two-thirds of which are group events with large fields. Diving into Royal Ascot is a pleasure, but can also be mind-numbing and overwhelming with all the research that goes into making what we hope are educated pic ...
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Royal Ascot Juvenile Spotlight: Tuesday’s Coventry conundrum
When coming up with selections for Tuesday’s Group 1s at Royal Ascot , at least there was a form hierarchy to go by, even if sifting through it forced some tough decisions.
The executive summary version: I give #11 Mutakayyef (7-1) a shot to up ...
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Royal Ascot Meet Starts on June 20
The Royal Ascot Meet starts on Tuesday, June 20. The most famous meet in Great Britain, the summer Royal Ascot Meet should be forever etched into our minds thanks to Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady . "Dover! Move your bloomin' arse," Hepburn said in ...
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Watch, Lorine Lead the Way
Through two rounds of the 2017 Battle of the Sexes, two greyhounds have separated themselves from the rest of the pack with back to back wins. Watch me posted up his 6 th win in a row on the MALE side of the equation, and Lorine of Ruckus took ...
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The 2017 Royal Ascot Betting Guide FREE Download
With five days of great racing featuring eight Group 1 races, eight Group 2 races, three Group 3s, four listed, one conditions race, and six rich handicaps, Royal Ascot oozes with quality – and wagering opportunities.
A team effort from both Briti ...
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Maryland-breds Make Rapid Impression
Nearly 10 years after Maryland standardbred racing had plummeted to virtual extinction, several of the sport's top pacers and trotters are Maryland-breds whose ascension has almost mirrored that of the state. On Sunday afternoon at Vernon Downs Race ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 6-18-2017
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap Up!
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