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Possible wet turf might help Sea Calisi in Flower Bowl
Much like last weekend, rain threatens to put a damper on the second Super Saturday of Breeders' Cup preps at Belmont Park. With one mid-week forecast pegging the rain chance at 80 percent, Sea Calisi could have an edge on softer turf over Chad Bro ...
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bestbet Hurricane Changes (Orange Park)
Due to Hurricane Matthew, and for the safety of our employees and patrons, bestbet (Orange Park) has modified their Live Racing and Poker schedule over the next couple of days as follows. There will be a matinee on Thursday October 6 th in pl ...
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Fioretti makes title defense in Thoroughbred Club of America
Fioretti , who parlayed a front-running trip into a 17-1 upset last year, will defend her title against seven foes in Saturday’s $250,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) at Keeneland. The 6-furlong event serves as a “Win & You’re In” for the ...
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Mondialiste, Ironicus head deep renewal of Shadwell Turf Mile
Tepin may be the star of Saturday's card at Keeneland in the First Lady (G1), but the $1 million Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) is surely the race of the day despite her absence.
Mondialiste , second to Tepin in last fall's Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) ov ...
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Graded winners Bitumen, Classic Empire & Gunnevera meet in Breeders’ Futurity
The $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) , one of five graded stakes on Saturday’s blockbuster program at Keeneland, features no shortage of contenders with a trio of graded winners highlighting the 12-horse field. The 1 1/16-mile race serves as a “Win ...
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Tepin aims to be First Lady again in final Breeders' Cup prep
Not only has Tepin earned the moniker "Queen of the Turf," but the Mark Casse-trained champion has divinely ruled Keeneland's grass course, in particular, over the past two seasons. On Saturday, she will defend her title in the $400,000 First Lady ...
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Santa Anita juveniles to watch at the Breeders’ Cup
Santa Anita played host to a slew of major races on Saturday that will have major implications on the upcoming Breeders' Cup races at the track in early November. While California Chrome, Stellar Wind and even Beholder in defeat cemented their status ...
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A. P. Indian finds faster track in Phoenix; 14 in Alcibiades
Wet weather and an off track last weekend in New York was enough for trainer Arnaud Delacour to scratch his two-time Grade 1 winner A. P. Indian from the Vosburgh (G1). Instead, the six-year-old has been re-routed to Keeneland for his final Breeder ...
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Harrington Offers Four Freshmen Finals on Wednesday
Then one race later in the $100,000 DSBF final for two-year-old trotting fillies, the Leigh Raymer-trained trio of Luv Is Blind (Kirby), Erica Leigh (Tyler Raymer) and Meantrotnjean (Davis) will leave from posts eight, seven and six, respectively, ...
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Jockey Donell Blake and 870 Yard Races are a Winning Combination
Donell Blake wins the $20,000 AQHA Distance Challenge aboard Ec Cartel "I was sitting in a decent spot, but there was a loose horse on the rail and two of the outside horses coming in on me," said Blake. "I was forced to check, but then a hole ...
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Knowing When to Single Key to Betting Keeneland
Admittedly, this headline has a bit of dog bites man vibe since singling is a powerful tool in any multi-race player’s arsenal, but some tracks favor coverage while others favor needing a strong lean, and since 2014 when Ken Ramsey won everything dur ...
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Super-duper Chrome highlights major weekend of Breeders’ Cup preps
Plenty of star power will be found in other races, but California Chrome’s presence makes this year’s Breeders’ Cup special. He continued to smash the competition in Saturday’s Awesome Again (G1) at Santa Anita, winning for fun similar to the Pacif ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings September 2016
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Atascocita Camry, Whirlin Toodlelu, Blu Too Tarmac, Sprite Episode, Nb's KissTheRoad, Pat C Aden, Atascocita Nate, Big Red Dog, Pepper Cream, Janice Dean,
Go Big Or GoHome, Ice Buster, Nb's Kis ...
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Tuesday Card at Rosecroft Raceway Solid
Then one race later the MDSS final for two-year-old colt pacers, named in honor of the late, great Wayne Smullin, the track's leading driver until his untimely death in 1983, features a trio of talented colts. Toms Tarzan, Mr Ham Sandwich and Adio ...
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Tepin, Lady Eli, Mondialiste headline upcoming Breeders’ Cup preps
The Breeders’ Cup prep action keeps rolling this weekend, with Keeneland opening Friday, Belmont staging Act II of its “Super Saturday, and host track Santa Anita offering tune-ups.
Reigning Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) queen Tepin is using her same ...
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TwinSpires Player Hits Santa Anita Pick 6 for $172,274
Santa Anita $2.00 P6 6,1/1/2,4,11,14,12/2,5/1,2,4,8/1,3,10,11,12 The sequence kicked off with the Grade 1 Front Runner in Race 6. While our player had the 1/9 favorite, he also chose the right longshot as Klimt failed to fire and maiden winner Gorm ...
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Beychok Bets Like No Other to Build Breeders’ Cup Charity Bankroll
A quartet of (in)famous handicappers took on the first of two Super Saturday Breeders’ Cup prep days this past Saturday (October 1), and it was “The Champ” Michael Beychok who came out ahead of the four pack.
Beychok, who in 2012 won the National ...
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Arc Day postscripts: the O’Brien trifecta & the Breeders’ Cup
With Found ’s dashing victory over stablemates Highland Reel and Order of St George , trainer Aidan O’Brien earned an enduring place in Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) history.
That feat became an instant classic, probably not to be equaled in ...
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'Chrome' winning with Swaps-like ease; Stellar Wind should consider Classic
There was plenty to digest after the first weekend of Breeders' Cup preps, and here are a few takeaways.
* CALIFORNIA CHROME has been winning with such aplomb of late that it's hard to envision a scenario where he loses the Breeders' Cup Classic ...
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Shades of 2002 Breeders' Cup Distaff Storylines in 2016 Edition
In 2002, Farda Amiga earned champion three-year-old filly honors not because she won the Breeders’ Cup Distaff—in fact, she got beat 5 lengths by eventual Horse of the Year and champion older female Azeri—but because she finished ahead of the other t ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 10/2/2016
That's all we have for this week. See you next time for the Wrap-Up!
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Southland's 2016 FESTIVAL OF STAKES is in the Books and What a Great Day of Racing it Was!!!!!
a most enjoyable afternoon of championship racing. I have listed the winners of the 9 divisions below and also updated how my picks fared in the 4 week stakes contest. Congratulations go out to all the winning greyhounds as well as their owners, ke ...
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Found caps 'unbelievable' Arc sweep for O'Brien
Story & Photos by RON FLATTER
Chantilly, France – For all his accomplishments in Ireland and England and even in America at the Breeders’ Cup, Irish training icon Aidan O’Brien has endured almost nothing but frustration in the world’s riche ...
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Winners and Losers at Breeders’ Cup Challenge Day at Santa Anita
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
On Saturday afternoon Southern California racing fans were privileged to five Grade 1 races that offered the connections to each winner an automatic berth in next month’s Breeders’ Cup.
The star-studded day saw some horses mov ...
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Famous Women Jockeys
Chantal Sutherland
Sutherland is back to riding on a regular basis after having only 2 mounts in 2015. So far, she's only had 78 mounts in 2016. No problem. From those 78 mounts, Chantal has 10 firsts, 5 seconds, and 15 third place finish ...
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Yonkers Card Saturday Night Offered Many Good Efforts
While thoroughbred racing fans may have gotten their fill of graded stakes action earlier, the Saturday night card at Yonkers Raceway was highlighted by a trio of Open events and an undercard featuring several horses headed to that level soon. Midwa ...
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Breeders' Cup Preps on Both Coasts Revealing
A seven-year-old Distorted Humor gelding owned and trained by Charlton Baker, Joking benefited from an early speed duel that doomed XY Jet and rallied widest of all to overhaul Stallwalin' Dude in the lane for his third straight stakes score and four ...
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Frosh-Trotter Bluegrass Blast At $29 In $62 Exacta; Origado Nails Dayton Derby; Sandbetweenurtoes Envy Of Ellamony
Grand Circuit week during the first weeks of autumn at The Red Mile ruled our features, mostly with two-year-olds in Bluegrass Stakes. But the best featured hits came at the beginning of our weekend, Thursday in our sister blog:
BREEDERS CRO ...
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How to bet the Arc at Chantilly on TwinSpires
Befitting one of the world’s elite races, Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) is loaded with proper contenders. You can make a case for at least half of the 16-horse field, and there’s no shortage of potential value plays.
It’s easy to succumb ...
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Arc at Chantilly: Postponed with a strong dash of Savoir Vivre
Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) is a bit of a brain-teaser, not least because its temporary home of Chantilly is rather different from Longchamp .
Postponed is the deserving favorite and most likely winner, but even with six consecutive ...
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Noted and Quoted proves best in Chandelier
Speedway Stable LLC’s Noted and Quoted pulled off a half-length victory in the $302,070 Chandelier Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park on Saturday with jockey Rafael Bejarano aboard.
The juvenile miss and With Honors dueled throughout the 1 1/16-mil ...
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Avenge handles another step in trip in Rodeo Drive
Ramona Bass’s Avenge successfully tackled nine furlongs in the September 4 John C. Mabee (G2) at Del Mar , and had no problem tacking on another furlong in Saturday’s $302,415 Rodeo Drive (G1) at Santa Anita. By wiring the 1 1/4-mile event in a sn ...
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Stellar Wind just holds Beholder to take Zenyatta
Hronis Racing’s Stellar Wind now holds the advantage over Beholder with two wins to her rival’s one after capturing the $300,000 Zenyatta Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park on Saturday.
The 1 1/16-mile contest was the third straight time Stellar Wi ...
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California Chrome makes it look effortless taking Awesome Again
California Chrome shrugged off early pressure from Dortmund by the far turn and galloped home much the best in Saturday’s $300,000 Awesome Again (G1) , capturing his final Breeders’ Cup prep by 2 ¼ lengths at Santa Anita. The 1 1/8-mile race served ...
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Baker, Nevin to join familiar stables out west for Breeders' Cup
by TERESA GENARO
The first of two Belmont Park "Super Saturday" cards packed with Breeders' Cup implications yielded some familiar faces that will head west to Santa Anita in a few weeks, while also offering trainers light on Breeders' Cup experi ...
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Forever Unbridled too classy for Beldame rivals
Charles E. Fipke’s homebred Forever Unbridled easily proved best by 2 1/4 lengths in the $400,000 Beldame Stakes (G1) on the first of two Super Saturdays at Belmont Park.
With jockey Joel Rosario in the irons, the four-year-old lass tracked in f ...
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Oscar Performance gives another star turn in Pilgrim
Amerman Racing’s homebred Oscar Performance, who stamped himself a hot prospect in a 10-length tour de force at Saratoga, confirmed that impression with another front-running rout in Saturday’s $200,000 Pilgrim (G3) at Belmont Park. The Brian Lynch ...
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Gormley upsets Klimt in eventful FrontRunner
On a day of upsets across the country, Gormley turned in his own knocking off odds-on favorite Klimt in Saturday's $300,000 FrontRunner (G1) at Santa Anita.
Winner of his Del Mar debut by 4 1/4 lengths, the Malibu Moon colt successfully stretch ...
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Tom’s Ready upsets Ack Ack as Runhappy weakens to fourth; Noble Bird wires Lukas Classic
Saturday’s $100,000 Ack Ack (G3) at Churchill Downs did not turn out as many expected, with sprint champion Runhappy going down to defeat as the 1-5 favorite in his 2016 bow, and Tom’s Ready played the role of spoiler as he rallied to a half-length ...
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Joking, Paulassilverlining enhance BC credentials in Belmont sprints
Owner-trainer Charlie Baker had Joking ready to run off a layoff approaching four months in Saturday's $350,000 Vosburgh (G1) at Belmont Park. Benefiting from a hot pace set by favorite X Y Jet, the seven-year-old Distorted Humor gelding charged do ...
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Arc Day updates: Boussac favorite Toulifaut sells for record €1.9 million
My colleague Vance Hanson and I will be posting betting-related blogs later tonight, but in the interim, here’s the latest news of interest on the evening before the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1).
Undefeated Toulifaut , the early favorite for Su ...
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Ectot upsets Flintshire in Joe Hirsch Turf Classic
Story & photos by Teresa Genaro
Training titan Todd Pletcher has spent much of the last few months in the shadow of Chad Brown, but in the Grade 1, $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at Belmont Park, Pletcher turned the tables, his Ectot hand ...
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Breeders’ Cup updates: Alice Springs wins, Spain Burg to Juv Fillies Turf after sale
Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) candidate Alice Springs is likely headed to Santa Anita after a straightforward success in Saturday’s Sun Chariot (G1) at Newmarket .
Dispatched as the 13-8 favorite off her stunning victory in the Matron (G1) at Leopardst ...
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Mecca's Angel, Limato loom large on Arc undercard
The high-class racing action isn’t over after the Arc trophy presentation, for Sunday’s Chantilly program concludes with two more Group 1s over shorter trips. Both feature heavy favorites in Mecca’s Angel and Limato, the respective one-two from the N ...
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Super Saturday News & Notes - Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park hosts the 2016 Breeders’ Cup on November 4-5, and racing fans can get a preview of the big event this weekend with the first of two Super Saturdays.
Five graded events are on tap Saturday at the California venue, each a “Win & ...
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Super Saturday News & Notes - Belmont Park
Five major graded contests are scheduled for Belmont Park on Super Saturday, and two are even “Win & You’re In” races for the November 4-5 Breeders’ Cup.
The $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) has drawn top Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) contender ...
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Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe News & Notes
The 2016 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) will look a bit different this year.
The prestigious event is being run at Chantilly instead of its normal venue of Longchamp while that track undergoes renovations.
While the course may be different, the ...
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Handicapping Santa Anita's Late Pick 4
California Chrome and Klimt are among the stars on hand at Santa Anita Saturday, towering over the competition in the Awesome Again (G1) and FrontRunner (G1), respectively. The Breeders’ Cup prep races kick off a string of six straight stakes but are ...
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Million-dollar Keeneland yearling purchase seeks Breeders’ Cup ticket in Lagardere
Sunday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1) might not be as jam-packed as its Arc Day companion for fillies, the Prix Marcel Boussac (G1) , but for that very reason it could be the place for Whitecliffsofdover to repay his $1.15 million price tag .
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Ambitious Brew, Holy Lute upset Eddie D divisions ahead of Turf Sprint
Unlucky to lose the same race in a photo two years ago as the favorite, Ambitious Brew bounced back to pull off a minor upset in the first division of the $101,725 Eddie D (G3) at Santa Anita on Friday, potentially stamping his ticket for the Breeder ...
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$430,000 PCQHRA Breeders' Futurity Highlights Big Weekend at Los Alamitos
Start Something Bad with Cesar DeAlba up, headlines the field for the the PCQHRA Breeders Futurity at Los Alamitos. Second fastest qualifier Doctor Fantastic, an Idaho-bred gelding from the Lin Melton barn drew post nine and will be ridden by C ...
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Championship Day at Southland, Finals of the 2016 FESTIVAL OF STAKES on Saturday, October 1
opportunities and thanks for reading. Best of luck to all the greyhounds, their kennels, owners, trainers and all other connections involved. Thanks to SOUTHLAND for once again putting on the best stakes racing in the country. 2016 Southland Fes ...
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Deep cast of 11 juvenile fillies set for Prix Marcel Boussac
Arc Day opens with a bang in the form of the Prix Marcel Boussac (G1), a one-mile event for juvenile fillies that’s attracted some very smart prospects among the cast of 11. If the winner takes up the “Win and You’re In” offer for the Breeders’ Cup J ...
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So Mi Dar heavily favored in Prix de l’Opera, WAYI for Breeders’ Cup F&M Turf
But for an ill-timed injury earlier in the season, So Mi Dar would have already tested her mettle at the Group 1 level. The John Gosden filly rated as the leading challenger to Minding ahead of the Oaks (G1), only to miss Epsom and spend the summer ...
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Finding value on a seemingly chalky BC Super Saturday Preview Day
California Chrome, Flintshire, Runhappy, Klimpt, Forever Unbridled...these are just a few of the popular stars participating in the first round of final Breeders' Cup preps on Saturday, and all hard to oppose in their respective races.
Indeed, as ...
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Redemption Stakes Highlights Weekend
Weekends are always exciting at bestbet Jacksonville, but this weekend we will take it to another level. It might just be a small stakes event, but stakes races as what drives the soul. The best of the best heading to post, doing all they can, and tr ...
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10 possible Breeders' Cup contenders in action on Arc Day
By RON FLATTER
Saint-Cloud, France – It sounds odd to say that a $5.6 million race – the world’s richest on turf – is a prep for something else. But with the Breeders’ Cup five weeks off, that is an essential element of Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc d ...
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Holland’s preview of Saturday’s juvenile stakes
By Tim Holland
A trio of prep Breeders’ Cup prep races for juveniles will be offered Saturday and I’ll take a look at the top contenders for each.
FrontRunner :
The Bob Baffert-trained Klimt (#6) is the likely favorite for the 1 1/16 ...
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Alice Springs, Smart Call among Breeders’ Cup candidates in Sun Chariot
Between the loaded Saturday domestically, and Arc weekend in France, don’t miss Saturday’s Sun Chariot (G1) at Newmarket (11 a.m. EDT). The one-mile test features four potential Breeders’ Cup contenders – Aidan O’Brien’s Alice Springs (pictured), t ...
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How to bet the Chandelier and Saturday's late DD at Santa Anita
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The final of five Grade 1 races on Saturday afternoon at Santa Anita is the Chandelier for two-year-old fillies. The $300,000 event is conducted at a mile and a sixteenth over the main track and the winner will be rewarded an auto ...
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The Arc wildcard, longshots to know, and the rest of the field
After considering the top five contenders in Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) , it’s time to look at the rest of the field, beginning with the most interesting candidates.
Order of St George : I’m pegging the Ascot Gold Cup (G1) winner a ...
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Palm Beach Alumni Compete In The $1.2 Million Dollar Festival Of Stakes
CarvedInStone was able to secure a win and a place through this tourneys qualifying with the sizzling early speed he possesses, but should get a big price in this Final. Daytona 550 finalist from last year Chasmo's Dutch probably goes off as y ...
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Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe: top five contenders
The field is now set for Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) at Chantilly , with only post positions remaining to be drawn on Friday.
Of the 16 entrants, five rate as the strongest win chances, and logically sit at the top of the early bettin ...
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Three Rules, Cajun Delta Dawn seeking sweeps of Florida Sire Stakes
Juveniles Three Rules and Cajun Delta Dawn are each looking to complete a sweep of their respective divisions of the Florida Sire Stakes (FSS) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.
Three Rules, trained by Jose Pinchin, and Cajun Delta Dawn, saddled by D ...
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Flatter at the Arc: Chantilly offers contrast to Longchamp
By RON FLATTER
Compiègne, France -- It is still called the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1). With a purse of $5.6 million, it remains Europe’s richest horse race. It is as always turning right for 1½ miles on turf. Even the big silver trophy tha ...
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2016 SOUTHLAND Festival Of Stakes Championship and Consolation Finals Set for Saturday, October 1
opportunities and thanks for reading. 2016 Southland Festival Of Stakes - 9 Divisions - results of my picks to win the division after Round 4. Barry Baldwin Juvenile Division - my pick to win the division - VJ GRACE THE ACE - 2 wins and 2 sec ...
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Attacking the Opening Day Card at Santa Anita
Racing returns to Santa Anita on Friday with a strong nine-race card at Southern California's most storied venue. A pair of graded races will be held, two divisions of the Eddie D. S. (G3), which bookend the late Pick 4. I will take aim on the late s ...
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Belmont Park, Santa Anita Offer Breeders Cup Preps
Then one race later in the Grade I, $500,000 Vosburgh for older male sprinters on the main track, most of the attention will clearly be focused on AP Indian. Perfect in five starts this year for trainer Arnauld Delacour, this Maryland-based speedster ...
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Connect takes advantage in Pennsylvania Derby; McMahon is one to watch
By Dick Powell
When Bob Baffert shipped ARROGATE (Unbridled’s Song) into Saratoga and the colt romped in the Travers Stakes (G1) in stakes-record time, it showed how weak this year’s crop of 3YOs were. As good as NYQUIST (Uncle Mo) might have lo ...
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Breeders' Cup contenders from Arlington
By Tim Holland
After previewing Arlington juveniles earlier this week, I will focus on Breeders’ Cup contenders who competed at Arlington and are ages 3 & up.
The highlight of the recently concluded Chicago meet was the Arlington Milli ...
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Harness Racing’s Autumn Almanac Launches With Bluegrass Barrage; Dayton Derbies Match Major Money-Makers
Autumn seemed to take over the atmosphere last week as if on cue with cooling skies and leaves poised to turn colors and glide to the ground. In harness racing, the autumn landscape lines a path to The Red Mile as the Grand Circuit rolls into Lexingt ...
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Green Bluegrass Trotters Open Grand Circuit Racing At The Red Mile
Thursday night, Sept. 29 at The Red Mile initiates a fortnight’s worth of stakes racing starting with six divisions of the $334,500 Bluegrass for two-year-old trotting colts.
Division one attracts four “Crown” hopefuls: Long Tom, Live For Grea ...
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Dayton Raceway Takes Center Stage on Friday
s and sports three 1:47 victories to his credit, having won eight of 13 starts and banked over $960,000 this season. He arrives off a sharp, 1:48.2 victory at Hoosier Park last week and previously rallied first over to defeat 'Wiggle It' by a neck i ...
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Klimt brings imposing form to FrontRunner
With convincing victories in the Del Mar Futurity (G1) and Best Pal (G2), Klimt separated himself from 2-year-old rivals on the West Coast and the Bob Baffert-trained colt will try to confirm his status as the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) favorite w ...
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Beholder three-peat in Zenyatta faces a Stellar Wind
Three-time champion Beholder goes in search of an unprecedented third consecutive win in Saturday's $300,000 Zenyatta (G1) at Santa Anita, but arguably faces her sternest foe ever in the 1 1/16-mile fixture in Stellar Wind .
The pair have met ...
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California Chrome faces six from rail post in Awesome Again
The innermost post proved no impediment in the Pacific Classic (G1) for California Chrome , who flashed forward to lead wire to wire in sensational fashion, and America’s top-ranked horse will break from the rail once again in Saturday’s $300,000 A ...
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A.P. Indian, Wavell Avenue head Belmont sprint stakes
A.P. Indian has established himself as the East Coast’s top contender for the Breeders’ Cup TwinSpires Sprint (G1), winning all five starts this year including back-to-back Grade 1s, and the 6-year-old gelding will receive his final tune-up before s ...
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Forever Unbridled, Off the Tracks headline Beldame
A field of seven distaffers has been entered to go 1 1/8 miles in the $400,000 Beldame Stakes (G1) over Belmont Park’s dirt on Super Saturday, and the group features two Grade 1 winners in Forever Unbridled and Off the Tracks.
Forever Unbridled ...
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Flintshire vs. three in Joe Hirsch Turf Classic
Despite a $500,000 purse and guaranteed entry to the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) for the winner, only four horses were entered for the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) on Belmont Park’s first Super Saturday program.
The presence of multiple Grade/Group ...
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Drama off to the side, 'Happy' ready to Run in Ack Ack
There's been enough drama surrounding Runhappy over the past year to fill up all of Broadway. The reigning champion male sprinter himself remains a popular horse, though, and it will show when he makes his long-awaited four-year-old debut Saturday ...
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How to Wager on the Meadowlands all-turf Meeting
The Meadowlands begins its 14-date all-turf fall meeting today (Wednesday, September 28), and if you thought the prices were great last year, then you're in for a treat thanks to an across-the-board reduction in takeout to 15% in all pools.
What ...
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Breeders' Cup Distaff Could Be A Legendary Race
Cavorting, 6/1
I have to admit that based on likely odds, I'm leaning this way. The Kiaran McLaughlin trainee has been absolutely sensational in her last 3 races. She's won the Grade 2 Ruffian, the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps and the Grade 1 Personal ...
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Looking forward to the first of two Breeders’ Cup Preview weekends
The first of two Breeders’ Cup preview weekends is at hand and plenty of star power will be on display at Belmont Park, Churchill Downs and Santa Anita.
Let’s start in Arcadia, California where the Breeders’ Cup will be held for a record ninth tim ...
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Lady Shipman stars in split Eddie D.
As host of the Breeders' Cup in five weeks time, Santa Anita's major preps figure to take on added significance this year. Potentially one of the more important ones is the $100,000 Eddie D. (G3), a course-and-distance tune-up for the Turf Sprint (G1 ...
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Arlington Juveniles to Watch
By Tim Holland
Trainers Larry Rivelli and Mike Stidham finished the recently concluded Arlington meet first and second in the trainer standings, with each winning one of the most important juvenile events earlier this month. Rivelli saddled the ...
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History of Eclipse Award for Champion Three-Year-Old Male Can't Help Separate Nyquist, Exaggerator, or Arrogate
Barring an incredible late run from some other three-year-old male not named Nyquist, Exaggerator, or Arrogate, the Eclipse Award for that division is down to any of the winners of Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, or Travers Stakes.
The question ...
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Rosecroft Offers Solid Card on Tuesday
of $4000 last five conditioned event, but a trio of these pacers will garner most of the attention. Zooez Boy Henry, JW Renegade and Arpegio Hanover will vie for favoritism and the lion's share of the purse in this spot. JW Renegade is only three, b ...
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Evangeline Downs Quarter Horse Meet Begins Wednesday, September 28
Jess A Saint won the $1 million LQHBA Breeders Futurity last November at Evangeline Downs In addition to Ramirez, jockeys to watch include David Alvarez, who tied with John Hamilton for top honors last year at Evangeline Downs. Hamilton just cl ...
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Change of venue to Chantilly tops Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe story lines
The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) typically brims with story lines. The classic generation takes on the best of the older horses in Europe’s fall championship, with broader international implications. Japanese fans still hope for a breakthrough, and ...
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He needs no miracle, but now is definitely Arrogate's time
In the aftermath of Saturday's Pennsylvania Derby (G2), I began thinking of coach Herb Brooks' pep talk to the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team before their semi-final showdown against the Soviet Union, the so-called Miracle on Ice.
The speech and ga ...
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Harrington and Yonkers Both Offer Solid Monday Cards
While the stakes races take center stage at Harrington on Monday, the overnight races toward the latter half of the card deserve close watching at Yonkers Raceway. In the eighth, a non-winners of $20,000 last five starts conditioned event for old ...
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Texas Chrome scores gutsy Oklahoma Derby triumph
Despite bringing a two-race win streak into Sunday’s $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) at Remington Park that included the Super Derby (G2), Keene Thoroughbreds LLC’s Texas Chrome was sent off the second choice in a field of 11 runners.
The game colt ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 9/25/2016
That's all we have for this week. See you next time for the Wrap Up!
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California Chrome, Beholder, Flintshire, Runhappy to prep Saturday for Breeders’ Cup
When the Breeders’ Cup preps kick into high gear next weekend, a murderers’ row will take to the tracks on both coasts and the Bluegrass State. Consider this as an appetizer, or a tease, of Saturday’s coming attractions.
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California Chrome arrives at Santa Anita, ‘ready to go’ for Awesome Again
California Chrome arrived at Santa Anita Park around noon (PT) on Sunday to begin his final preparations for Saturday’s $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes (G1).
“The trip was uneventful,” assistant trainer Alan Sherman said following California Chrome’ ...
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Hopefully not too late to hop on the Grum/Pitts bandwagon
Is it too late to jump on the Grum/Pitts maiden claiming bandwagon?
I'm hoping it's not the case as Sunday's fifth race at Churchill Downs approaches. Owner-breeder Clifford Grum and trainer Helen Pitts have already struck twice this week with lon ...
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Best ‘Jug’-Heat Win Hit At $23, $30 Place; ‘Bucket’ Spills $13 Victor; Chalk Covers Feature Stakes Results
Our history of Little Brown Jug heat-and/or-heat-and-final winners continued on Sept. 22 with our strong choice in elim-heat two, Western Fame ($23.40, $30.60 ok n/s), who beat up on favorite Racing Hill so badly that he did not return for the second ...
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Penn Derby muddies the picture; Songbird continues to romp
Story & photos by Teresa Genaro
With the Pennsylvania Derby a rematch of the top three finishers in the Kentucky Derby – a trio that included one horse who won the Preakness and Haskell, and another who finished third in two Grade 1 races t ...
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