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Shapiro: How to Bet the La Jolla Handicap
BY SCOTT SHAPIRO
Saturday’s co-feature at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club is the La Jolla H. (G3), a 1 1/16-mile race for three-year-olds conducted over the Jimmy Durante Turf Course.
The 2016 rendition of the La Jolla came up strong with severa ...
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Litfin: How to Bet the Whitney
by DAVE LITFIN
You don't need me to tell you Frosted is the horse to beat in Saturday's $1.25 million Whitney (G1), arguably the nation's biggest race for older males other than the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
In a field of six, Frosted is 3- ...
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Mucciolo: Lewis Bay set for Grade 1 breakthrough in Test
A fine 11-race card is set as Saratoga offers another big Saturday of racing, with the $1.25 million Whitney H. (G1) and Met Mile (G1) romper Frosted leading the way. However, my focus is two races earlier in the Test S. (G1), a seven-furlong affair ...
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Scully: Thomas Hill key to late Pick 4 at the Spa Friday
Quick Call won eight races at Saratoga over a four-year period (1987-90) and Thursday’s feature paid tribute to the noted “horse for the course.” Bug Juice didn’t contest the 5 ½-furlong turf sprint, squaring off against $25,000 claimers on the same ...
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How to Bet Ellis Park on Groupie Doll Stakes Day
If you never or rarely look at Ellis Park, then Saturday, August 6, is the day to give it a shot because the track has put together an excellent ten-race card to support its biggest race, the $100,000 Grade 3 Groupie Doll Stakes.
There is an avera ...
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Maryland-Breds Could Earn the Spotlight This Weekend
While the chase for Maryland-bred horse of the year among the thoroughbred ranks appears already secured by Cathryn Sophia, the chase for Maryland-bred horse of the year among the standardbreds could be partially determined by the action this weekend ...
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Canadian Triple Tiara showdown set for Wonder Where
Sunday’s C$250,000 Wonder Where Stakes at Woodbine is the final of the Canadian Triple Tiara for sophomore fillies, and the 1 1/4-mile turf event has drawn the top three from both of the previous legs – the June 12 Woodbine Oaks and July 10 Bison C ...
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Round Table won’t address stewards’ decision-making process
by Dick Powell
The Jockey Club will hold its annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing a week from Sunday, August 14. Each year, well-meaning horse racing executives identify things wrong with horse racing in North America and ...
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Bob Le Beau triumphs in A. P. Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase
Edited Press Release
The Fields Stable's Bob Le Beau, content to lag behind the field for much of the 2 1/16-mile steeplechase event, closed with a rush to capture the $125,000 A. P. Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase (NSA-G1) at Saratoga on Thur ...
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American Cleopatra among a trio of impressive maiden winners at Del Mar
DEL MAR HORSES TO WATCH
Thursday (7/28):
John Sadler’s ACCELERATE did just that in the 4 th Race, stylishly breaking his maiden as he stretched out to two turns for the first time. A $380,000 colt, the son of Lookin at Lucky prompted a fa ...
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Meadowlands Menagerie Of Pacers And Trotters On Hambletonian Day In Star-Studded Program
August has, for years, offered an amazing introduction to the traditional second half of the harness-racing season. Jam-packed into one program on the first Saturday of the month, the Meadowlands waves the Grand Circuit flag and presents a slew of st ...
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The 91st Hambletonian—Classic Heats At The Meadowlands; Fillies Face Off In Contentious ‘Oaks’
Collecting 18 colts, the 91 st edition of the Hambletonian will feature two eliminations, with the top five from each out of the first heat progressing to the $1-million final, scheduled as race 13 on the Saturday, Aug. 6 program at the Meadowlands. ...
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Waya heads trio of turf stakes on Whitney undercard
There are a trio of turf stakes on the Whitney Stakes (G1) undercard Saturday at Saratoga, including the $200,000 Waya Stakes (G3) featuring a field of 10 going 1 1/2 miles on the inner turf.
Real Smart and Photo Call will face off for the secon ...
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Wavell Avenue too much for Shine Again rivals
Wavell Avenue dropped back into listed company and impressively recorded her first victory of 2016 in Wednesday’s $100,000 Shine Again at Saratoga, striding away to a 1 3/4-length decision. The 5-year-old mare overcame tighter quarters in upper str ...
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Monster Bea, Lucky Bryan could benefit from speed duel in La Jolla
One week after teaming up to defeat three-time champion Beholder in the Clement L. Hirsch (G1) with Stellar Wind, trainer John Sadler and jockey Victor Espinoza look to take down another Saturday feature at Del Mar with Lucky Bryan in the $150,000 ...
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Mother Goose rematch on tap for Test
Off the Tracks, Lewis Bay and Lightstream finished 1-2-3 in the July 2 Mother Goose Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park, and on Saturday all three will line up in the $500,000 Test Stakes (G1) going seven furlongs at Saratoga.
Off the Tracks led all the ...
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On-track acclaim hard to come by for most full siblings of Triple Crown winners
When American Cleopatra, a full sister to last year's Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, won her debut this past Sunday at Del Mar, there were collective cheers among most racing fans but probably a few scattered groans to go along with them.
P ...
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Big Payouts in 2016 Quarter Horse Futurities
WAtergirl B scored at a price in the Lee Berwick Futurity at Delta Downs Just last weekend Miss Alluring Menace ($44.60) won the $433,050 TQHA Sale Futurity at Retama Park . She was the eighth-fastest qualifier in trials, and was still a maide ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings July 2016
*"The Impatient Greyhound" JohnnyCantWait*
Honorable Mention
Go Bon Kickstart, Blu Too Ataree, Hi Noon Grace, Ice Buster, Amf Ex Queen, JS Tim Tation, Se's Cool Kate, JohnnyCantWait, O Ya Maybelline, Nb's KissGoodbye, Fraulein Mor ...
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Meadowlands hosts Hambletonian Day on Saturday
While thoroughbred racing fans have already witnessed the top three-year-old colts compete in the annual Triple Crown series, harness racing enthusiasts will get to experience the start of the Triple Crown for both trotters and pacers this Saturday a ...
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Frosted early 3-5 choice in Whitney field of six
Frosted , who turned in one of the performances of the year winning the Metropolitan H. (G1) by 14 1/4 lengths and earning a 109 BRIS Speed rating, was installed the 3-5 morning line favorite for Saturday's $1.25 million Whitney (G1) when post posi ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Wednesday, August 3
As those of you that read the MoneyMaker Mike's Southland blog will know in July I picked 3 greyhounds on different days during the month that I felt had a good chance of winning and of the 26 picks that I gave out this past month, 10 of the choice ...
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Cupid, Mo Tom top draws in West Virginia Derby
Last-out stakes winners Cupid and Mo Tom highlight a nine-horse field in Saturday’s $750,000 West Virginia Derby (G2) . The 1 1/8-mile race drew a field of 12 and serves as the centerpiece of a nine-race, all-stakes program at Mountaineer.
Wi ...
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Camelot Kitten looks to resume winning ways in Hall of Fame
Camelot Kitten came up a bit short in last month's Belmont Derby (G1) which came on the heels of narrow victories in the American Turf (G2) and Pennine Ridge (G3). On Friday, Ken and Sarah Ramsey's fine homebred three-year-old cuts back to 1 1/16 mi ...
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Bios 2016 bestbet Sprint Classic
Hey Hey Daddy – (66 Points)
OP Career Totals (41/18-9-4-3)
Bk – F August 2013 Tmc’s Remedy – Need A Date
Owned By – Tina Williams
Runs for the DQ Williams Kennel
Trained by Craig Edwards Many thought that the DQ Williams Kennel might have t ...
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Violette mulling whether Samraat should join Upstart in Whitney
Edited press release
With Upstart already confirmed for Saturday’s $1.25 million Whitney (G1), trainer Rick Violette Jr. continues to mull the inclusion of multiple Grade 3 winner Samraat in the 1 1/8-mile Saratoga classic.
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Three-Year-Old Top 5 Rankings
The Derby winner was compromised by the pace. There was also a moment as they went around the turn when it looked like Nyquist might pull away from American Freedom. But, then, American Freedom is the horse that went on with it. If Nyquist had been t ...
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Bob Le Beau seeks third Grade 1 win in A.P. Smithwick
Bob Le Beau , a two-time Grade 1 winner last season and runner-up in Eclipse Award balloting for champion steeplechaser, makes his first start of the season over hurdles Thursday in the $125,000 A.P. Smithwick Memorial (G1) at Saratoga.
Trained ...
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Lady Eli breezes in company with Sea Calisi
Edited press release
Lady Eli, the undefeated dark bay filly for trainer Chad Brown, breezed on Monday morning in company with Sea Calisi on Saratoga's training track. The 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) champion cloc ...
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Exaggerator, Stellar Wind shake things up in divisonal title races
As recently as a few days ago the three-year-old championship had the look of a horse race while the older female division had a firm leader whose chances of being toppled appeared rather long. By Sunday evening, the roles had been surprisingly rever ...
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California Chrome Certain Pacific Classic Favorite Following Beholder Loss
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
After a pair of heart stopping battles to the wire each of the last two weeks at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, the outlook for the meet’s premier event—the $1-million Grade 1 Pacific Classic on August 20—is a bit murky.
The G ...
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Nyquist being compromised by inside posts similar to California Chrome
The similarities are striking. California Chrome sustained the first defeat of his 3-year-old season after breaking from post 2 in the Belmont Stakes (G1) and came back to run poorly in the Pennsylvania Derby (G2) from post 1. Nyquist has followed th ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 7/31/2016
That's all we have for this week. See you next time for the Wrap-Up! Follow me on Twitter : @JasonPalmBeach
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The Beauty Of Low Buy-In Single Track Contests
There are many types of contests to choose from at TwinSpires and sometimes it can be a challenge to get the most value out of the contests you are playing in.
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Lord Nelson has too much firepower for Bing Crosby foes
Spendthrift Farms’ Lord Nelson continued his ascendancy in the sprint division with a near track-record conquest of Sunday’s $301,035 Bing Crosby (G1) at Del Mar, a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1).
The even-money favorite off ...
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American Cleopatra rolls in debut, one-ups brother Pharoah
Being a full sister to a champion brings the burden of high hopes – all the more so when your older brother is American Pharoah, the first U.S. Triple Crown winner in 37 years. It’s often tough to live up to that kind of pedigree. But the beautifully ...
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Who's the champ?
by Ron Flatter
It may not be as important as Clinton vs. Trump. But debate season has already come to full flower with the argument over who is the best 3-year-old racing in America.
Asked if he would make a case for Exaggerator, his jockey Ke ...
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Looking to Travers to clarify three-old-male division
by TERESA GENARO
In a year that has seen three different winners of the Triple Crown, one looks to the second half of the year to see which of the three-year-old males will emerge to claim end-of-year honors. We’ve been in this position four time ...
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Exaggerator sails to victory in Haskell 2016
Trainer Keith Desormeaux decided to bypass on Saratoga’s Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) with Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Exaggerator and instead send him to Monmouth Park for the $1,015,000 million Haskell Invitational (G1) on Sunday.
The move paid divi ...
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Lady Shipman back in business in Royal North
After a disappointing fifth as the 1-2 favorite versus males in the July 3 Highlander (G2), Lady Shipman was still a “lady in waiting” when it came to a graded win. But the speedster went right back for another crack at Woodbine in Sunday’s $157,300 ...
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Genre outduels stablemate for Molly Pitcher win
Cheyenne Stables LLC’s Genre rallied back on the inside of fellow Todd Pletcher stablemate Eskenformoney in Sunday’s $98,000 Molly Pitcher Stakes (G3) to score a neck win with jockey Paco Lopez aboard.
The duo hooked up in the lane after 9-5 fav ...
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Blacktype, Itsonlyactingdad score breakthroughs on Monmouth turf
On a soggy Haskell Day that saw all the turf races other than the Grade 3s transferred to dirt, it was somehow fitting that French-bred Blacktype earned his first career stakes credit in the $158,500 Oceanport (G3) . Under a well-timed ride by Joe B ...
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Bradester romps in the mud for second straight Monmouth Cup score
Joseph W. Sutton’s Bradester pulled off an effortless title defense in Sunday’s $200,000 Monmouth Cup (G2) on Haskell 2016 Day, cruising home over the sloppy, sealed track in geared down fashion to win by 2 1/2 lengths under Joe Bravo.
The six-y ...
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Curalina splashes home in Shuvee victory
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Curalina sailed home a 9 1/4-length winner of the $190,000 Shuvee Handicap (G2) at Saratoga on Sunday.
The Curlin filly stalked 4-5 second choice Carrumba, who set splits of :24.28, :48.59 and 1:12.75, throughout t ...
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Jim Dandy rematch likely in Travers
Edited press release
Jim Dandy (G2) winner Laoban has emerged from his breakthrough maiden victory in good order, trainer Eric Guillot reported Sunday morning.
"Everything's good. He ate up almost everything - he left a little bit which is no ...
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Haskell News & Notes
Haskell 2016 has finally arrived and this year’s edition is proving to be just as exciting as last year’s run up to American Pharoah’s triumph in his first start back since sweeping the Triple Crown.
A half-dozen runners will line up in Sunday’s $ ...
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Saratoga debut romper Theory bound for Hopeful
Edited press release
The highlight for trainer Todd Pletcher on Saturday proved to be Theory, a poorly kept secret who won his six-furlong debut in a brisk 1:09.60. Theory is the second winner - and the first colt - for freshman sire Gemologist, ...
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Haskell 2016 is shadowed by more than clouds
by Ron Flatter
Summertime racing has to find its way back to normal after the Year of the Pharoah.
The Triple Crown that so many said was just the tonic racing needed now casts a big shadow over races like today’s Grade 1 $1 million Haskell In ...
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Frosh Tops Again At $34; Public Pounces Adios Pace; Longshots Shake ‘Oaks’ Elims; $43 Triple Tagged In Five-Horse Feature
On Twitter last Wednesday, July 27, we offered three spot plays at Running Aces, striking with Edith Keeler ($13.80, $5.00, $3.40) who we included in a probable triple but who also appeared on the horses-to-watch (H2W) list—see results below. The oth ...
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Stellar Wind ekes out Clement L. Hirsch victory over Beholder
It was tight, very tight, in the stretch run of Saturday’s $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar but, in the end, Stellar Wind finally got the best of fellow champion Beholder to give trainer John Sadler a very nice 60th birthday presen ...
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Laoban breaks maiden with 27-1 upset in Jim Dandy
McCormick Racing LLC and Southern Equine Stable LLC’s Laoban is no stranger to facing stakes company, having done so in his past five starts, but had never visited the winner’s circle in seven total career starts.
That changed on Saturday when the ...
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A. P. Indian chief among Vanderbilt field; Mind Your Biscuits rallies in Amsterdam
A. P. Indian made only five starts in his first three seasons of racing, but has blossomed with better health the past two years. On Saturday, the six-year-old gelding reached the top of his profession, scoring his first Grade 1 win in the $350,000 ...
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Flintshire easily escapes trap in Bowling Green
Juddmonte Farms’ homebred Flintshire had such an overwhelming class edge in Saturday’s $237,500 Bowling Green (G2) that not even a tactical gremlin could trip him up at Saratoga. Relegated to last in the quartet when bottled up turning for home, jo ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Sunday, July 31
For Sunday's twilight greyhound racing action at Southland, I've selected 3 greyhounds that I think have the good possibility of getting a win and I've listed them below. To this point, of the 24 picks I've given so far in July, 9 of the choices have ...
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Effinex tops Whitney worktab
Edited press release
Tri-Bone Stable's Effinex was on the main track for his first post-Suburban (G2) workout, going five furlongs in 1:00.65 under exercise rider Kelvin Pahal. The son of Mineshaft remains on target for next Saturday's ...
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Haskell contenders put in final preparations for Sunday’s event
Edited Press Release
With just 24 hours to go until Monmouth Park’s signature event, the $1 million Haskell Invitational (G1), the competitors made their final trips to the track Saturday morning.
In post position order:
Nyquist – Re ...
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Minding shrugs off trouble to capture sixth Group 1 in Nassau
Edited press release
Star filly Minding, the world's joint best-three-year-old filly beforehand, secured her sixth Group 1 success in Saturday’s Nassau Stakes, the feature race on day five of the Goodwood Festival and Europe's richest race for f ...
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Hanson: Destin the Jim Dandy key to conclude Pick 3
He might have out-finished him in the Kentucky Derby (G1), but Mohaymen is potentially more vulnerable to Destin in today's Jim Dandy (G2) for the same reasons the opposite was true at Churchill Downs.
Destin entered the Run for the Roses off two ...
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Adios Final
Tomorrow afternoon the Meadows near Pittsburgh will host one of the sports premiere events for three-year-old colt pacers while the Meadowlands in New Jersey will host the eliminations for one of the sports top events for three-year-old trotting fill ...
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American Pharoah’s baby sister, American Cleopatra, debuts at Del Mar
Nearly two years after American Pharoah began his career at Del Mar, his two-year-old full sister takes up the baton in Sunday’s 3RD race at the seaside track. Just glance at the entries and there’s no mistaking her identity – the well-named America ...
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What’s at stake in the three-year-old stakes and how to bet the Haskell
Here are my standings for the three-year-old male division going into this weekend’s blockbuster stakes double of the $600,000 Grade 2 Jim Dandy on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course and the $1-million Grade 1 Haskell Invitational on Sunday at Monm ...
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Connect wins one for dad in Curlin
It was a Chad Brown-trained exacta in Friday's $100,000 Curlin at Saratoga as Connect, a son of the race's namesake, repelled an inside bid from Gift Box through the final three furlongs of the 1 1/8-mile test for three-year-olds and won by a lengt ...
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What I learned from Seeking the Gold
When news came this morning of Seeking the Gold’s passing, it reminded me of how much I learned from the trajectory of his career.
Here was a horse tailor-made for my support: a blueblood Phipps homebred, trained by Shug McGaughey. After all, I ho ...
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Two Exceptional Stakes Saturday Night at Retama Park
One Sweet Picky will run in Saturday's $443,050 TQHA Sale Futurity at Retama Park. Trainer Rodolfo Sanchez has qualified three of the finalists, including fastest qualifier, One Sweet Picky, a daughter of One Sweet Jess-Sticky N Picky. She will ...
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Sunday's the Day for Perfect Tay at Woodbine
It's been 17 months since Perfect Tay made the last of his four trips to the winner's circle. He lost twice after that win before going on the shelf for more than a year and returning to the races as a seven-year-old. He was closer to the pace that d ...
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Semi-Finals bestbet Sprint Classic
Only one more chance to make an impression and take home some much needed points in the 2016 edition of the bestbet Sprint Classic. That’s right folks, the semi-finals are upon us this Saturday evening and the top 24 will be battling it out for a cha ...
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Genaro: McLaughlin, Santana out of the gate fast at Saratoga 2016
by TERESA GENARO
Kiaran McLaughlin won his only Saratoga training title in 2008, the summer he won the Alfred G. Vanderbilt (G2) with Abraaj and the Bernard Baruch (G2) with Shakis. He racked up 17 wins that year.
It's early in the meet, but ...
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Frosted, Upstart breeze for Whitney
Edited Press Release
Godolphin Racing's Frosted breezed a half-mile Friday at the Greentree Training Center behind Saratoga's main track in preparation for the $1.25 million Whitney Stakes (G1) on August 6.
The 1 1/8-mile contest is a "Win &a ...
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Curalina, Lady Shipman look to rebound from recent losses
Star four-year-old fillies Curalina and Lady Shipman will each look to rebound from recent sub-par efforts on Sunday. Curalina was made the 3-5 morning line favorite against three rivals in the nine-furlong, $200,000 Shuvee H. (G3) at Saratoga, ...
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Tepin skipping Fourstardave, considering Ballston Spa: why not just wait for Woodbine?
When trainer Mark Casse announced Friday that champion turf mare Tepin was no longer pursuing the August 13 Fourstardave (G1), I was relieved.
Indeed, I’d been surprised that the mile race versus males was under consideration for her first start b ...
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Mucciolo: Exaggerator running in the Haskell for the wrong reasons
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Nyquist and Preakness (G1) hero Exaggerator will face off in the $1 Haskell Invitational (G1) at Monmouth Park on Sunday, but an exciting stretch duel between the pair is not something I am envisioning.
While I have ...
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Leading runner and sire Seeking the Gold dead at 31
Edited Press Release
Multiple Grade 1 winner and top sire Seeking the Gold has died at the age of 31. He was euthanized July 28 from infirmities of old age, according to Claiborne Farm representative Bernie Sams.
The brilliant son of Mr. P ...
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How to bet the Jim Dandy
by Dave Litfin
I like to consider myself a sane, rational-thinking person who's willing to consider different sides of an argument, a trait most handicappers tend to develop over time whether they like it or not.
Having said that, I can't see k ...
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Winning Cause returns, War Dancer shortens up in Oceanport
Sunday’s Haskell Invitational (G1) undercard includes a pair of competitive turf stakes, the $150,000 Oceanport (G3) and the $100,000 Matchmaker (G3) for distaffers.
The 1 1/16-mile Oceanport marks the return of horse-for-the-course Winning ...
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Lord Nelson the one to beat in Bing Crosby
Lord Nelson stamped himself as a serious contender for this year’s Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) when capturing the Triple Bend (G1) on June 25 and the Bob Baffert-trained colt will take some beating in Sunday’s $300,000 Bing Crosby (G1) at Del Mar. T ...
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Monmouth Cup attracts Bradester; six entered in Molly Pitcher
While the $1 million Haskell Invitational (G1) draws all the attention on Sunday at Monmouth Park, there will be four other graded events on the day’s undercard worth paying attention to.
Among those four two – the $200,000 Monmouth Cup Stakes (G ...
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Nyquist draws rail, installed as 6-5 favorite in six-horse Haskell
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Nyquist will attempt to rebound from his first career setback, a third in the Preakness (G1), when returning in Sunday’s $1 million Haskell Invitational (G1) at Monmouth Park. Installed as the 6-5 morning line favorite, ...
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Saturday Play of the Day Early in the Day at Woodbine
Woodbine’s 10-race card on Saturday is headlined by Lexie Lou’s appearance in the Victoriana Stakes in the 2014 Queen’s Plate winner’s first start since winning the Dance Smartly Stakes on Queen’s Plate day this year, but she will be odds on in this ...
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Beholder—Stellar Wind, take two…
Saturday’s $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar will feature a rematch between two champions when Beholder and Stellar Wind square off for the second straight time.
This go around doesn’t look to play out any differently from when t ...
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Sheer Drama readies for Ballerina with four-furlong move
Edited Press Release
Multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Sheer Drama has begun her preparations for Saratoga’s $500,000 Ballerina Stakes (G1) on August 27 with a half-mile breeze at her South Florida training base on Thursday morning.
Harold ...
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Palm Beach Friday Matinee Preview 7/29/2016
Top Pick Race 14- #2 Sentinel
Good luck everybody and enjoy all of the racing action today at "The Beach."
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Fish Trappe Road works bullet half-mile for King’s Bishop
Edited Press Release
Dwyer Stakes (G3) winner Fish Trappe Road, who is being pointed to the $500,000 King's Bishop Stakes (G1) on August 27 at Saratoga, worked a bullet half-mile in :48.73 over the Spa’s fast Oklahoma training track Thursday mor ...
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Mucciolo focusing upon Race 5 at Del Mar Friday
Friday’s eight-race card at Del Mar features the $100,000 California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association S. for juvenile fillies but my focus will be on Race 5, an $8,000 claiming event with a full field of 10.
While I generally stray away from rac ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Friday evening, July 29
For Friday evening's greyhound racing action at Southland the highlights will be the 15th and 18th races as there are two greyhounds (both from the David Blair Kennel) that will be looking to continue some nice winning streaks. In race 15, FIESTA ME ...
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Shapiro looks forward to Beholder in Clement Hirsch
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
After two of the top males on the West Coast put on a show for the Del Mar faithful last weekend, the older females take center stage on Saturday afternoon in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1).
Three-time Eclipse Awa ...
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Powell's take on stirring victories by Songbird, California Chrome
by DICK POWELL
Saratoga has a reputation for being “The Graveyard of Champions” and its list of champions that met their demise at the Spa was added to last year when Triple Crown winner AMERICAN PHAROAH (Pioneerof the Nile) was beaten by KEEN IC ...
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Saratoga Stakes To Shape Travers
by TERESA GENARO
Monmouth’s gain became Saratoga’s loss when trainer Keith Desormeaux made a surprise announcement on Wednesday that Preakness Stakes winner Exaggerator would enter the Haskell Invitational Stakes in New Jersey rather than the Jim ...
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Adios And Adioo Volo Pacers Prepare To Pounce; Champs May Emerge From Frosh-Colt-And-Filly Elims
July’s final weekend presents a slew of stakes before August delivers trotting and pacing classics stuffed into the first Saturday at the Meadowlands. Many of the elims for Hambletonian Day will take place this weekend, including the Hambletonian Oak ...
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Fillies Fight In ‘Oaks’ Elims; Colts Combat In Ultimate Hambo Prep
With one week until Hambletonian Day, 20 fillies compete in two eliminations for the Hambletonian Oaks on Saturday, July 30, and the colts go in the $53,488 Reynolds Stakes on the under-card of the “Oaks” eliminations.
Southwind Frank races ag ...
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Dortmund, California Chrome, Songbird Prove to be Superior
California Chrome shines under the Meydan lights (Photo by Kaz Ishida/Eclipse Sportswire/Getty Images) I don't usually blog about the races that occurred on the weekend before. Most of us have already read numerous articles about how great this ...
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Haveyougoneaway reels in Paulassilverlining for Honorable Miss win
It took much of the stretch, but Sequel Racing’s Haveyougoneaway still got up in time to stick her neck in front of 7-5 favorite Paulassilverlining to take Wednesday’s $200,000 Honorable Miss Handicap (G2) at Saratoga.
With Kendrick Carmouche ab ...
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Jim Dandy features match-up between Creator, Destin & Mohaymen
Creator rallied to nail Destin by a nose on the wire of the June 11 Belmont Stakes (G1), posting a 16-1 upset in the final leg of the Triple Crown, and both colts will return for Saturday’s $600,000 Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga.
Multiple Grade ...
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Churchill Downs releases stakes schedules for September, Fall Meets
Edited Press Release
Churchill Downs Racetrack announced stakes schedules for its upcoming September Meet – which features and an 11-day racing schedule from Friday, September 16 through Sunday, October 2 – and its traditional Fall Meet – wh ...
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Flintshire towers over Bowling Green foes; Vanderbilt, Amsterdam showcase sprinters
Turf superstar Flintshire is the marquee attraction on Saturday's Jim Dandy Day undercard at Saratoga, but on paper the $250,000 Bowling Green (G2) , a 1 3/8-mile prep for next month's Sword Dancer Invitational (G1), doesn't appear a formidable te ...
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Exaggerator headed to Haskell
Edited Press Release
Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Exaggerator threw his hat into the Haskell Invitational (G1) ring when his connections told the Monmouth Park racing office that their three-year-old colt will be headed to the Jersey Shore for t ...
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Calculator, Zealous Tale eligible to run better next time
DEL MAR HORSES TO WATCH
Wednesday 7/20
Race 1: Trainer Doug O’Neill made what I thought was a great claim of ZEALOUS TALE out of this opener, after the five-year-old made a good late run to be third in a second lifetime outing. The son of ...
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The Gurkha nips Galileo Gold in Sussex
Edited Press Release
The Aidan O'Brien-trained The Gurkha ran out a gutsy winner of the Sussex S. (G1) on Wednesday, the feature race on day two of the Goodwood Festival.
Following two creditable runs in defeat in the St James's Palace (G1) at ...
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Saratoga Opening Weekend Recap: What Won in Week 1
The first week of Saratoga Race Course ’s meeting is in the books, and it was a tail of extremes, as favorites won at a 39% clip, but the average $2 win payout was $13.20.
Compare that to the recently concluded Belmont Park spring-summer meeting ...
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