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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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Deeply Undervalued pays $15.40 in Commonwealth Derby; big ‘Impression’ in Oaks
Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence’s Deeply Undervalued turned out to be the value play in Saturday’s $200,000 Commonwealth Derby (G2) , for the 6-1 chance toppled a useful field at Laurel Park. It’s tempting to say he lived up to his name, w ...
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Connect shakes up division further with Pennsylvania Derby upset
Connect parlayed a ground-saving trip into a 10-1 upset of Saturday's $1,250,000 Pennsylvania Derby (G2) at Parx, fending off the wide-rallying Gun Runner by nearly a length and divisional stalwarts Nyquist and Exaggerator by larger margins.
Und ...
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Songbird now a perfect 11 following Cotillion victory
Rick Porter was on hand Saturday at Parx Racing to see his star filly Songbird romp home the easiest of winners in the Cotillion Stakes (G1) under jockey Mike Smith.
With weeks of anticipation leading up to this one moment, the champion stalked ...
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Noholdingback Bear pounces in Gallant Bob
Noholdingback Bear tracked the pace in third to the head of the stretch and finished best of all in Saturday’s $300,000 Gallant Bob (G3) at Parx Racing, drawing off to a 1 1/4-length decision in the 6-furlong test for 3-year-olds. Trained by Michae ...
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Quirky Looks for Repeat in the $100,000 Mildred Vessels Handicap
Champion mare Quirky defends her title in the $100,000 Mildred Vessels Sunday at Los Alamitos The California-bred daughter of Stel Corona, Quirky will be ridden by Eulices Gomez for trainer James Glenn, Jr. Undefeated in 2016, she has won nine ...
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Lady Aurelia run down by O’Brien duo Brave Anna, Roly Poly at Newmarket
Saturday’s Cheveley Park (G1) was a referendum on Lady Aurelia : would the Wesley Ward star see out the demanding six furlongs at Newmarket, or would the combination of course and distance prove too much for the speedball?
Lady Aurelia was the pr ...
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Parx Offers Two Grade I Events on Saturday
But if there was a spot to play against Songbird the Cotillion is the race. Maryland-need Cathryn Sophia arrives off a sharp score over the track and the Kentucky Oaks heroine looms a serious threat to Songbird and is worth an upset play at 3-1 or ...
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Texas Chrome the one to beat in Oklahoma Derby
Texas Chrome brings positive momentum into the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) at Remington Park, registering his first graded stakes tally in the September 10 Super Derby (G3) at Louisiana Downs, and the Texas-bred will try to stretch his win streak ...
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Mohawk and Yonkers Take Center Stage on Saturday Night
One race later in the NYSS final for three-year-old colt pacers, early season star Missile J (Tetrick) will start from post three owning an 8-2-2 slate and $314,000 bankroll from 18 starts this year for Toscano, while Roll Away Joe (Morrill) sport ...
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My Most Memorable Mike Smith Rides
Holy Bull and Mike Smith finished 12 out of 14 horses in the 1994 Kentucky Derby. Holy Bull didn't appreciate the mud. Smith and the 1994 Horse of the Year made amends for the bad Derby run in the 1994 Midsummer Classic, the Travers Stakes. At one po ...
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Cathryn Sophia could be the Mid-Atlantic's new star
by Teresa Genaro
A decade ago, the Pennsylvania Derby was not run. Parx – then Philadelphia Park, affectionately called the Pha, a nod to its program abbreviation – was being renovated, and the race went on hiatus for a year.
The timing was no ...
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Team Ethel or Team Camry...Which Side Are You On?
Who Ya Got?
As with any rivalry debate, it will have to be settled on the field. Both teams are great to root for without question, with both athletes having bragging rights of their own. No matter what happens in Friday's Matinee or in ...
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Big Closing Weekend for the Albuquerque Downs Live Racing Season
Zoomin Effortlessly returns to action Sunday in the $250,000 Albuquerque Quarter Horse Championship His top rival appears to be JM Miracle, winner of the 2014 All American Futurity (G1). The gelding by Volcom has been lightly raced since that r ...
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Penn Derby, Cotillion too good to pass up for top runners
by Dick Powell
The American class of 2013 goes out with a bang at Parx Racing this Saturday where the $1 million Cotillion Stakes (G1) and $1.25 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2) will be contested. Both races attracted terrific fields as the big pur ...
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Redemption Match-Up
Another stakes race is upon us here at bestbet Jacksonville as the sprint stakes greyhounds get a chance at Redemption this coming Monday evening. Sixteen of the best greyhounds at the racetrack will be locked, loaded, and ready to fire on Monday nig ...
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Third annual Ron Rippey Handicapping Award accepting entries
Edited Press Release
The third-annual Ron Rippey Handicapping Media Award is now open for entries. Brisnet.com will present the honor at the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) dinner on Wednesday, November 2, at Altadena Town & ...
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Nyquist set to rebound from outside post
Nyquist has posted his biggest victories from outside starting positions, capturing the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) from post 12 and the Kentucky Derby (G1) from post 13, and is drawn favorably once again for Saturday’s $1.25 million Pennsylvania Der ...
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Jug Day: Lots of heat but not many more on the track
DELAWARE, OHIO -- The fair aspect is unmistakable. It's hot, pleasant aromas permeate from the food (fried and not fried) stands, and the amusement rides are ubiquitous.
But the Delaware County Fairgrounds is also unmistakably a racetrack in an ol ...
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How to wager on the Little Brown Jug at the 2016 Delaware County Fair
This is the last year a three-year-old pacer must win two heats of the Little Brown Jug to win the Little Brown Jug, but many do not expect that provision to come into play for its swan song as first heat first division favorite Betting Line and seco ...
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Giant Weekend With Little Brown Jug, Yonkers’ New York Championship Miles, Hoosier Stakes Parade And More
It’s a long weekend of stakes, front-heavy with the Little Brown Jug and accompanying traditional events on Thursday, Sept. 22. Then there are stakes on Friday and on Saturday Hoosier Park presents a star-studded stakes program. Mohawk’s Milton final ...
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Force the Pass headlines Turf Cup on Commonwealth Day at Laurel Park
Grade 1 hero Force the Pass enters Saturday’s $200,000 Commonwealth Turf Cup (G2) at Laurel Park 0-2-1 from four starts in 2016. The Alan Goldberg trainee will attempt to finally earn that elusive first win of his four-year-old season while facing ...
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Brown ready to Connect in Pennsylvania Derby
Saturday's $1.25 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2) has attracted a strong field of 12 for the lucrative event at Parx and I think the race could yield some nice payoffs. Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Nyquist and Preakness S. (G1) star Exaggerator are the to ...
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Top Greyhounds for September 2016
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Bitzka more than a former claimer
The Barretts Debutante S. was the feature at Los Alamitos Saturday, with a field of six that didn't look like a whole lot to me on paper. Following the race, I seemed to have made an error in judgement as I overlooked Bitzka , who rolled home a very ...
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Round 4 of the 2016 Southland Festival Of Stakes runs Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25
opportunities and thanks for reading. 2016 Southland Festival Of Stakes - 9 Divisions - results so far of my picks to win the division after three rounds Barry Baldwin Juvenile Division - my pick to win the division - VJ GRACE THE ACE - 2 win ...
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Return to Little Brown Jug is Homecoming for Kentuckian with Ohio Roots
Even as urban sprawl inches north of Columbus and threatens the pastoral nature of Delaware 24 miles away, a half-mile patch of dirt in the heart of this rural town will always harken back to simpler times.
The Delaware County Fair bills its Littl ...
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Classic & Dirt Mile implications for Pennsylvania Derby
Before they step up to face California Chrome in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, Exaggerator and Nyquist will be seeking a measure of redemption in Saturday’s $1.25 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2).
Preakness winner Exaggerator exits an 11 th ...
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Little Brown Jug and Jugette Highlight Midweek
LA Delight (John Campbell) was one of the sports top two-year-old filly pacers last season, but even with six wins and $310,000 banked from 11 starts this year she has hardly resembled her freshman form. Thursday afternoon the standardbred racing ...
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Wiggle It Jiggleit Wows Them in Quillen
His final time was exactly one second slower than his track and world record performance of a year ago, but it came over a rain-soaked sloppy track that was at least one second slower than normal. Wiggle It Jiggleit will next head to the Dayton De ...
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Jugette Day Hosts Top Pacing Fillies, Offers Cash For Division Hopefuls
The penultimate program of the Delaware, Ohio “Jug” meet is Wednesday, Sept. 21, known as Jugette Day. The glamour-girl pacers meet in their version of the Jug and this time, a filly who has tampered with the glamour-boy division enters the Jugette t ...
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Michelle Yu's Penn Derby Preview
I am going to give Nyquist the benefit of the doubt here. It looks like it will be a fast strip, he has been pointing for this race and he is good fresh. I want to use Cupid because it seems Bobby B can do no wrong right now. Gun Runner can ...
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Seven things to know about the Little Brown Jug
In advance of TwinSpires.com's on-site coverage of one of harness racing's biggest highlights, here are seven things to know about Thursday's renewal of the $577,000 Little Brown Jug:
1. Just the facts
The Little Brown Jug, a leg of the Tripl ...
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The BC Las Vegas Dirt Mile has Come Into Its Own
2015, Liam's Map
Last year saw the second best horse in the United States, maybe the world, win the Las Vegas Dirt Mile after getting into tons of trouble. Liam's Map got into trouble at the start, along the backstretch, and right before they ...
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Sarah Sis thwarts Living the Life by a head in Presque Isle Masters
Under a well-judged ride by Florent Geroux, Sarah Sis controlled the pace throughout in Monday evening’s $400,600 Presque Isle Downs Masters (G2) and just lasted from two-time defending champion Living the Life. The Ingrid Mason trainee negotiated ...
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Pennsylvania Derby an important race for Nyquist, Exaggerator
The $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2) at Parx Racing serves as an important race for the season's first two classic winners. Unless Arrogate pops up with a superlative performance in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) in early November, the three-yea ...
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SOUTHLAND's 5 Up & Coming Young Greyhounds for September
potential to be Southland stars. As many of our regular readers probably know, the only requirement that I use in selecting the 5 up and coming young greyhounds to watch each month is that they have had no more then 10 official starts prior to bein ...
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Songbird, Cathryn Sophia bout in Philly set in $1 million Cotillion
In fictional boxing terms, undefeated champion filly Songbird will enter her bout in Saturday's $1 million Cotillion (G1) at Parx Racing, near Philadelphia, as the equine equivalent of Apollo Creed. However, even with Parx-trained Kentucky Oaks ( ...
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Lady Aurelia to ‘run her best ever race’ in Saturday’s Cheveley Park
Trainer Wesley Ward is striking a confident tone ahead of Lady Aurelia’s tilt at the Cheveley Park (G1) at Newmarket on Saturday.
“Lady Aurelia worked great on the Rowley Mile the day before yesterday and is ready to run her best ever race&nb ...
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Wide-open Lonesome Glory attracts field of eight
With its three biggest Grade 1 races left to be run over the next two months, the American steeplechase division is in search of some clarity. However, Thursday's $150,000 Lonesome Glory (G1) at Belmont Park is a wide-open affair just as likely to ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 9/18/2016
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap-Up!
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Living the Life bids for three-peat in Presque Isle Downs Masters
In its short history, the Presque Isle Downs Masters (G2) has a tendency to produce repeat winners, with Informed Decision (2009-10), Groupie Doll (2012-13), and currently Living the Life (2014-15). On Monday evening, the two-time defending champio ...
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