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Maurice, A Shin Hikari continue to shine ahead of Sha Tin showdown
HONG KONG - One thing that has gone perfectly this trip is the weather. Granted, I've only been here a little over two days, but you couldn't have picked a nicer morning for Thursday's trackwork at Sha Tin. And the forecast continues to look good thr ...
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Features Parade Across America; Overnights Offer Opportunities
Our personal features—specifically chosen races at various harness meets running on the TwinSpires track menu—are complemented by the TwinSpires’ exclusive, productive horses-to-watch list (H2W). The 2016 stakes season is over as the year offers only ...
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Palm Beach $20,000 Futurity Tournament Preview
Experience, speed, motivation. Wicked Twista & their team seem to have the right mojo heading into this tournament. The North Shore Kennel wins their first ever Futurity title and gives me one heck of a story to write about for the holida ...
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Hong Kong: a good morning at Sha Tin and clean clothes for Happy Valley
HONG KONG - The pleasant commute from central Hong Kong to Sha Tin Racecourse in the New Territories for Wednesday morning's HKIR trackwork was leisurely compared to the trackwork itself, which seemed, to this newbie, to come fast and furious and was ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday, December 7
(1 box) who is a top notch rail runner going for his 3rd straight win and FLYING BIG WOLF (8 box) who is trying to make it 4 straight wins and 5 out of his last 7 races. It should be nip and tuck battle for the early lead so keep an eye on th ...
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Dover Downs and Rosecroft Offer Solid Thursday Cards
Then one race later in the $27,500 Delaware Special for older pacers, Little Ben (Victor Kirby) looks to regain his winning ways while starting from post five for trainer Jim King, Jr., while both Mustang Art (Sean Bier) and Remember Me VK (Teague) w ...
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The Rise of Trainer Chad Brown
Is Practical Joke Chad's Derby Horse? He could be. First, he can run all day. Practical Joke's sire is Into Mischief, who was sired by Harlan's Holiday. On his dam's side, the name Distorted Humor pops up. Practical Joke won't have any issues with e ...
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Pure Sensation finds right turn a learning curve in breeze for Hong Kong Sprint
The Christophe Clement-trained Pure Sensation ratcheted up a gear over Sha Tin’s turf course Tuesday morning, polishing off an approximately three-furlong breeze to set him up for Sunday’s Hong Kong Sprint (G1).
Under exercise rider Rudy Nerbonn ...
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Touting Daily Participation Key to Solving Racing's Identity Crisis
Racing has an identity crisis.
It’s a gambling game; no, it’s about the animal; it’s a live sporting event; it’s the sport of kings; $2 bettors; Zenyatta.
Of course, racing is all these things and more, but first and foremost from where I sit ( ...
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More HK travel woes and thoughts on the International Jockey Challenge
HONG KONG - If you thought my 24-hour delay arriving in Hong Kong was the worst of it , let me tell you it was purely an appetizer.
It's late Tuesday night and I am where I need to be (finally) at the media hotel, but with neither of my suitcase ...
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Pure Sensation's chances in Hong Kong Sprint: a look at trends and Soumillon's take
Turf sprinter Pure Sensation represents the lone American chance in Sunday's Hong Kong International Races, and the Christophe Clement trainee must stare down two trends: the lack of American success on this program, and the prevalence of locally bas ...
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$600,000 Champion of Champions on Saturday night
Paul Jones, AQHA trainer of the year a record 14 times, has won six editions of the Champion of Champions.
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“Full of beans,” “kicking his brands off,” and other quotables from Hong Kong notes
While our own Vance Hanson is en route to Hong Kong after travel delays , the Hong Kong Jockey Club publicity team is again furnishing detailed notes in the build-up to Sunday’s International Races. Here’s a selection of the salient material from Mo ...
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Holiday Extravaganza Round 1
It might be a Monday at bestbet Jacksonville, but you will get to see 6 stakes races on the card. Two each over 550, 660, and 770, but the finals might be even more fun than the semi’s. The top 4 performers from each race will move on to the finals o ...
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Travel Woes Delay Hanson's Hong Kong Arrival But Don't Dampen His Spirit
Whenever there is racing involved, it appears I'm a particular target of the travel gods' schadenfreude.
Rather than taking in a late supper at the well-reviewed Megan's Kitchen on Wanchai Road Monday night as originally planned, I'll just be hopi ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 12-4-2016
That's all we have for this week. See you next time for the Wrap Up!
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Rosecroft Offers Solid Tuesday Card
Then one race later on another non-winners of $4000 last five starts class for aged pacers, Ramblin Bob (William Carter) and Cracker Pullet (Jared Moyer), one-two finishers at this level last week, will both seek to maintain their good recent form ...
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Drefong is easy but female sprinters are a little muddled
Rounding out my nominees and picks for the 2016 Eclipse Awards are the sprinters.
Male Sprinter – Drefong, A. P. Indian, Masochistic
It’s kind of hard to look past DREFONG for champion sprinter. The bay son of Gio Ponti is four-for-four on ...
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Miss Temple City prevails in Matriarch
Miss Temple City was sent off the 8-5 favorite in Sunday’s $302,070 Matriarch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar, and the popular filly lived up to all expectations with a hard-fought nose victory under Edgar Prado.
The dark bay miss tracked just a few hors ...
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Photo Gallery of 2016 Claiming Crown Winners
Claiming Crown Distaff Dash – SPECTACULAR ME
Claiming Crown Rapid Transit – SHAFT OF LIGHT
Claiming Crown Glass Slipper – TORMENTA DE ORO
Claiming Crown Express – DEFER HEAVEN
Claiming Crown Iron Horse ...
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Sound True hits a high note in Champions Cup
Edited Press Release
Hiroshi Yamada’s Sound True avenged a third-place finish in last year’s Champions Cup (Jpn-G1) when stealing away the 2016 title from race favorite Awardee in the last two strides.
Breaking smoothly from stall 8, Sound Tr ...
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Overnight Overtures With A Pair Of $30-Plus Winners And More Double-Digit Scores, Including Win And Place
The Western Pacing Derby was the main event at Northlands Park on Dec. 3. As we warned, the king of Alberta harness, Keith Clark, won with his even-money colt, Appellate. We gave readers the place horse, which was our second choice, Blue Star Jet ($7 ...
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Yonkers Offers Solid Overnight Card
Two races later on the card, Provocativeprince N (Stratton) also made an immediate impression in his United States debut when he raced first over down the backside, fanned three-wide around Macintosh N (Shaun Vallee) at the top of the lane and overha ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday, December 4
Race 7 - 703 yards - Grade TAA - KL'S FARLEY - (2 box) What an incredibly talented runner we have here, he's only had 11 races in his career but has quickly and impressively gotten 6 wins among his 9 top four finishes. First time in Grade A, he ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings November 2016
*Big Red Dog*
Honorable Mention
Big Red Dog, Pepper Cream, Janice Dean, Quick Reserve, O Ya Sunflower, Nb's Incredible, Bl Destiny, Amf Ex Queen, O Ya Maybelline, JS Tim Tation, Wicked Twista, Connie Stevens, Barts RockTheBoat, PJ Sm ...
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Tepin surpasses Flintshire and neither Found nor Highland Reel deserve an Eclipse Award
The title alone is probably going to get me in trouble, but please hold off with the skewering until you read my reasoning.
Turf Male – Flintshire, Twilight Eclipse, Ashleyluvssugar
This one is pretty short, but honestly, who doesn’t like FL ...
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Annals of Time rallies to earn first stakes win in Hollywood Derby
Annals of Time found a seam in the stretch and closed boldly to win going away in Saturday’s $300,000 Hollywood Derby (G1) at Del Mar, notching his first stakes victory with a 1 ½-length decision in the 1 1/8-mile turf affair for 3-year-olds.
Ja ...
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Vale Dori lives up to 1-2 favoritism in Bayakoa
Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum’s Vale Dori was sent off the 1-2 favorite against seven rivals in Satuday’s $201,035 Bayakoa Handicap (G2) at Del Mar and easily scored a three-length victory under jockey Mike Smith.
The Bob Baffert-traine ...
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Highway Star shines in Go for Wand Handicap
Chester and Mary Broman’s homebred Highway Star rallied between rivals in Saturday’s $250,000 Go for Wand Handicap (G3) at Aqueduct to score a nose victory in a photo finish over High Ridge Road and Wonder Gal.
The Rodrigo Ubillo-trained daughte ...
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Lani faces half-brother and stablemate Awardee in tough Champions Cup
U.A.E. Derby (UAE-G2) hero and Belmont Stakes (G1) third-placer Lani will be sporting blinkers when he lines up Sunday at Chukyo Racecourse in the Champions Cup (Jpn-G1), formerly known as the Japan Cup Dirt.
The 1800-meter contest is in its thi ...
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Shapiro’s analysis of Del Mar’s closing-day Pick 6
by Scott Shapiro
Sunday marks the final day of the Bing Crosby meeting at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and with that comes a mandatory payout in the Pick 6.
The exact amount up for grabs will be determined after the completion of the meet’s p ...
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East Coast longshots in play in Hollywood Derby
The East Coast contingent looms large in Saturday’s Hollywood Derby (G1). California’s 3-year-old turf division has been a mess all year, with former claimer Free Rose upsetting the La Jolla (G3) and Del Mar Derby (G2) before Frank Conversation poste ...
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Harness Racing Champions About to be Determined
Aged pacer - Throughout the season, Always B Miki and Wiggle It Jiggleit traded blows on the track and took turns occupying the top spot in the weekly Hambletonian Society Top 10 poll. Wiggle It Jiggleit, the 2015 harness horse of the year, concluded ...
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Final Stakes of the Zia Park Live Racing Season Set for Sunday
Imperial Eagle is the 3-1 morning line choice for Sunday's feature at Zia Park From seven starts in his freshman season, All American Futurity (G1) winner Imperial Eagle is the high money earner in the field with four wins and two seconds, b ...
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TwinSpires to Sponsor California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Awards
TwinSpires to Sponsor California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Awards in SAN FRANCISCO, December 6, 2016 – TwinSpires, the online advance deposit wagering website.
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Will the 2016 champion two-year-old filly please stand up
Okay, champion juvenile male was pretty easy to determine but the two-year-old filly division…still waiting on that one.
Two-Year-Old Male – Classic Empire, Not This Time, Practical Joke
I’m going to have to go with the Breeders’ Cup Juvenil ...
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Weekend Feature Races
Another exciting weekend of action here at bestbet Jacksonville. Loads of talent on tap over 550 and 660 yards, and as always, a little something for everyone. Some evenly matched up races, along with some stand out stars, and you get a good mix of c ...
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Penn Derby attains Grade 1 status for 2017; Wood, Blue Grass drop to Grade 2s
Edited Press Release
The American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association on Friday presented its listing of U.S. Graded and Listed Stakes Races for 2017, the results of its annual grading session conducted Nov ...
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Yonkers and Meadowlands Offer Solid Friday and Saturday Night Cards
That same evening at Yonkers Raceway, a competitive group will go postward in the $45,000 Open Handicap for pacing fillies and mares slated as the eighth race on the program. Mach It A Par (Jordan Stratton) and Krispy Apple (Jason Bartlett) were ass ...
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Compete in HUGE $20k, $15k & $5k Contests This Weekend!
MEADOWLANDS CONTESTS -
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Thousands are dollars are at stake in guaranteed Harness handicapping contests featuring Meadowlands this Friday & Saturday! $1,000 Meadowlands Friday Game & $2,000 Meadowlands Saturday ...
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Miss Temple City draws far outside post against 11 rivals in Matriarch
Twelve distaffers were entered in Sunday’s $300,000 Matriarch Stakes (G1) on the closing day of Del Mar’s Bing Crosby Meet, and Miss Temple City will break from the far outside post in her first start since running fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Mile ( ...
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Connect, Gun Runner flatter Arrogate; Aqueduct observations
By Dick Powell
I can’t prove it but the Aqueduct main track, which concludes this Sunday for the switch to the inner dirt, seemed slow throughout the meet. Running times seemed to be off and speed did not seem to hold well.
It was not a stark ...
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Kentucky Downs winners Cammack, Daddy’s Boo head strong Kentucky contingent to Claiming Crown
by Jennie Rees
Kentucky will be well-represented among the 118 horses entered in Saturday’s nine Claiming Crown races at Gulfstream Park, including the impressive winners of Kentucky Downs’ pair of $75,000 automatic-qualifier preps in Cammack a ...
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Claiming Crown kicks off Gulfstream Park Championship Meet
Edited Press Release
Gulfstream Park’s Championship Meet kicks off Saturday with the 18th edition of the $1.1 million Claiming Crown, a nine-stakes showcase for horses that started for a claiming price at least once.
This is the fifth straigh ...
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Move the Jockey Club Gold Cup to Saratoga
With news via The Paulick Report that the Pennsylvania Derby is likely to receive Grade 1 status, the New York Racing Association should move the Jockey Club Gold Cup to the final week at Saratoga both as a sort of summer championship for the older ...
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Arrogate, Songbird shoe-ins for Eclipse Awards
With the big one out of the way, i.e. Horse of the Year, now comes my nominees and picks for the 2016 sophomore division.
Three-Year-Old Male – Arrogate, Nyquist, Exaggerator
This is a bit tougher. Not in terms of who to give the award to, b ...
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Contest Neophyte Turns to Gutfreund, Replays to Capture TwinSpires Online Handicapping Championship
Paul Fishman used his experiences as a financial advisor and lifelong horseplayer to outlast 558 entrants and claim the 6 th annual TwinSpires Online Handicapping Championship . He will be one of 15 players representing TwinSpires.com at the $2.5-m ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - December's 5 Up & Coming Young Greyhounds to Watch
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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Northlands’ Soph-Stakes’ Curtain Calls; Features For Action All Around
We head into the deep cold, into the far northwest, to Alberta, Canada, for the province-bred classics for soph pacers at Northlands Park. Two $70,000 miles—the Western Pacing Derby for the boys and the Northlands Filly Pace for the gals—are the feat ...
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Dover and Rosecroft Offer Thursday Cards
Then in the very next race on the card in the co-featured $27,500 Delaware Special Handicap for older pacers, Little Ben (Kirby) will look to overcome his assigned outside slot for trainer Jim King, Jr., sporting a solid 9-3-6 slate and $137,000 bank ...
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California Chrome should be Horse of the Year
With the Breeders’ Cup done and over with, the Eclipse Awards debate is kicking into high gear. Since everyone is already giving out their nominees, for the next few days I’ll identify my choices and top picks.
Horse of the Year – California Chro ...
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Vale Dori, Gloryzapper face off in Bayakoa
Argentinean Group 1 winner Vale Dori and Grade 3 victress Gloryzapper will face off yet again on Saturday as part of an eight-distaffer field in the $200,000 Bayakoa Handicap (G2) at Del Mar.
Vale Dori just missed in her U.S. debut to Gloryzappe ...
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First 2017 Kentucky Derby Future Wager Produces Four Favorites
Mo Town 12/1 Mo Town getting bet down to 12 to 1 is hard to explain as well. At least McCraken won a race at Churchill Downs. Mo Town won the Remsen at Aqueduct. The last horse to win the Kentucky Jockey Club and win the Derby was Super Saver in 200 ...
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Bar of Gold hoping for magical first graded win in Go for Wand
Dual stakes heroine Bar of Gold headlines a field of seven distaffers while seeking an elusive first graded victory in Saturday’s $250,000 Go for Wand Handicap (G3) at Aqueduct.
The John Kimmel-trained four-year-old enters the one-mile Go for Wa ...
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Hollywood Derby’s East Coast flair includes a formidable Brown trio
Six of the 12 in Saturday’s $300,000 Hollywood Derby (G1) at Del Mar are based on the East Coast, including three serious contenders from the Chad Brown stable. The leading conditioner will be represented by Camelot Kitten, Beach Patrol and Anna ...
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How to bet Turfway Park 2016 opening night
Turfway Park kicks off its 2016-2017 meeting on Wednesday, November 30, with a 9-race card. We've already discussed some general ideas when handicapping the Polytrack in Northern Kentucky, so this blog will focus specifically on the opening night c ...
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Herstal Wins 770 Challenge
The finals of the 2016 Thanksgiving Marathon Challenge were a highly-contested race made up for the greyhounds that finished 1-4 in their qualifying heats. Loads on talent was on tap, with the track record holder and former 770 stakes winner in the m ...
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Top Quarter Horse Jockeys in 2016
Louisiana rider David Alvarez is the leading jockey by wins in 2016 But when it comes to crowning the champion rider, is it the big races that count or the number of wins in a calendar year? Louisiana-based jockey David Alvarez is the top-rank ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday, November 30
Here are two races for Wednesday's program that I will be paying special attention as I think they are the highlights of the card. Race 10 - 583 yards - Grade AA - This talented field makes this a must see race on the program as not only is BO ...
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Connect, Gun Runner flatter sophomore division
With impressive Grade 1 victories over elders on Thanksgiving weekend, Connect and Gun Runner provided a late-season boost to the 3-year-old male crop. And combined with the exploits of Arrogate, the narrative surrounding the 2016 sophomore set has i ...
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Three Notes For Turfway Park Opening Night And Beyond
Turfway Park is one of my favorite meetings: 1) it's one of only 2 Polytrack venues left (among five synthetic options), and 2) it's wagering menu is consistent with a $0.50 Pick 5 on the first five races, $0.50 Pick 4s on races 2-5 and the last four ...
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California Chrome’s Pegasus prep finalized: Winter Challenge at Los Alamitos
Track officials at California Chrome’s home base, Los Alamitos, have succeeded in whipping up a 1 1/16-mile stakes race to serve as his prep for the $12 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) at Gulfstream Park.
Daily Racing Form ’s Steve Andersen report ...
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Acting globally: Preparing to cover the Hong Kong International Races
Think globally, act locally. That phrase, generally associated with being environmentally conscious, is also apt at describing my past experience in covering Thoroughbred racing. Next week, I'll have the opportunity to act globally as TwinSpires.com ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 11-27-2016
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap Up!
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Mutuel field closes at 6-5 favorite in Pool 1 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW)
With the Kentucky Derby (G1) still 23 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” closed as the 6-5 favorite in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) with Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner CLASSIC EMPIRE (#2) the 6-1 se ...
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Midnight Storm strikes in Native Diver; Term of Art delivers in Cecil B. DeMille
Midnight Storm beat everyone but Tourist and Tepin when finishing third in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) and on Sunday put his talent on display once again when capturing the $100,690 Native Diver Stakes (G3) under a hand ride from Mike Smith.
The ...
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Kitasan Black wires Japan Cup under pitch-perfect Take
Best known for his hard-fought nailbiters, front runner Kitasan Black assumed a new dominance in Sunday’s Japan Cup (G1). Under an impeccable ride by Yutaka Take, who rationed out his speed in just the right way throughout the circuit, the 5-2 favori ...
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Pick 6 play on mandatory payout at Churchill Downs
The carryover has reached $173,889 and big pot awaits horse players as Sunday's Pick 6 features a mandatory payout on the closing day program at Churchill Downs. I will play the 20-cent minimum wager with a $100 bankroll.
Here are my thoughts on t ...
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Meadows Hit, $28, Tops Choices, Completes $60 Daily Double; H2W Tabs 11 Winners
We had a great start to our “personal-features season” with a score on Nov. 26 that topped all picks this weekend.
We offered two personal features (PF), hitting the one at the Meadows with Warp Factor Three ($28.60, $7.80, $5.60). That race w ...
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Progress Pace Headlines Monday Card at Dover Downs
Railbound Easy Lover Hanover (Doug McNair) was game I defeat last week after cutting honest splits before being overtaken in the lane by Check Six in the faster of the two elims. Easy Lover Hanover owns 14 wins and a modest $157,000 banked from 30 s ...
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Ring Weekend caps Del Mar turf stakes double for Motion, Van Dyke
St. Elias Stable and West Point Thoroughbreds’ Ring Weekend edged Vyjack by a head in the $201,035 Seabiscuit H. (G2), giving trainer Graham Motion and jockey Drayden VanDyke a sweep of Saturday’s turf stakes at Del Mar. At least he enjoyed a far mor ...
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An eventful Journey Home in Jimmy Durante
The juvenile fillies in Saturday’s $102,760 Jimmy Durante (G3) got more than they bargained for over the Del Mar turf: they had their reflexes tested unexpectedly as they raced straight into a debris field entering the clubhouse turn.
The 2-1 favo ...
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McCraken enters Derby discussion with Kentucky Jockey Club win
Janis Whitham, who with her late husband, Frank, campaigned Hall of Fame older mare Bayakoa more than a quarter century ago, and later Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) hero Fort Larned in her own right, has an exciting Kentucky Derby (G1) prospect in McCra ...
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Farrell pulls off in 10-1 upset of Golden Rod
Coffeepot Stables’ homebred Farrell drew off in the stretch of Saturday’s $200,000 Golden Rod Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs to record an easy six-length win at 10-1.
Jockey Channing Hill held the reins on the Malibu Moon filly , who grabbed com ...
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Connect outduels Divining Rod to take Cigar Mile
Three-year-olds continued to have their way with the nation's leading older horses on Saturday when 3-2 favorite Connect edged Divining Rod after a furious stretch duel in the $500,000 Cigar Mile H. (G1) at Aqueduct.
The victory by Connect concl ...
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Miss Sky Warrior wires Demoiselle
Miss Sky Warrior took the lead out of the gate in Satuday’s $300,000 Demoiselle Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct and never looked back en route to a half-length victory.
The Kelly Breen trainee established splits of :23.65, :48.82, 1:14.72 and 1:40.18 on ...
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Mo Town rolls in Remsen
Mo Town put away odds-on pacesetter Takaful in upper stretch and drew off in Saturday’s $300,000 Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct, scoring by 2 ½ lengths. Off as the 4-1 second choice among 10 juveniles, the Tony Dutrow-trained son of Uncle Mo netted 10 poi ...
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Japan Cup preview: Erupt aims to topple home team
A three-pronged European squad, led by recent Canadian International (G1) winner Erupt , aims to end the home team’s decade-long dominance of the Japan Cup (G1) at Tokyo on Sunday.
Although sixth in last year’s edition, Erupt was beaten only a co ...
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Japan Cup preview: leading Japanese contenders
Continued from Part 1 on the Europeans ...
Real Steel has spent much of his career chasing Duramente, and most recently he finished a bang-up second to Maurice in the major prep, the Tenno Sho Autumn (G1). Without those two heavy hitters, Real ...
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Japan Cup preview: outsiders
Continued from part 2 on the leading Japanese contenders ...
Another conspicuous trend that may be in danger is the prevalence of female winners. Distaffers have crossed the wire first in six of the last seven runnings, but the 2016 female chall ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday, November 26
Race 2 - 660 yards - Grade C - FLYING SECRETARY (8 box) - Here is a double drop who went off as a heavy favorite last time out in Grade B encountered trouble and finished last. She now draws the 8 box which is perfectly suited for her wide running ...
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Texas Ryano dusts ‘Sugar in Hollywood Turf Cup
Warren B. Williamson’s homebred Texas Ryano had been getting progressively closer to his nemesis Ashleyluvssugar, and finally mastered him in Friday’s $200,345 Hollywood Turf Cup (G2) at Del Mar. As though expending pent-up frustration, t ...
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Gun Runner turns back older foes in Clark
The 142nd edition of the $500,000 Clark H. (G1) at Churchill Downs was won in wire-to-wire fashion, but not necessarily by the horse many handicappers would have expected to win that way. After the speedy Noble Bird missed the break, Gun ...
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Trials for the Evangeline Downs Derby Set for Saturday
Jockeys John Hamilton, Raul Ramirez, Jr and David Alvarez are leaders at Evangeline Downs ...
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Linda repels Harmonize, earns first stakes victory in Mrs. Revere
Linda performed like a turf filly with a bright future in Friday’s $200,000 Mrs. Revere (G2) at Churchill Downs, registering her first stakes victory with a 2 ½-length decision. Second when making her stakes bow in the October 21 Valley View (G3) a ...
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Defend The Title! Which Palm Beach Racers/Alumni Can Win The Next National Dog Show?
Just For Kicks
The 2015 He's My Man Finalist from the Janie Carroll Kennel just retired last summer and brings a very unique look being he is completely all white with no other traceable mixes in his look. The judges would be stunned. Not ...
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Contentious Clark yields contrarian selection
Six of the 10 Clark (G1) runners are multiple graded stakes-winning millionaires and all but one of those appears capable of winning. But the end, I simply had a difficult time making a strong case for any in the 1 1/8-mile race.
It will no shock ...
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Nuovo Record nips Arles in Red Carpet warm-up for Hong Kong
Japan’s Nuovo Record (left) turned the page on a disappointing Breeders’ Cup by inflicting heartbreak on even-money favorite Arles in Thursday’s $101,725 Red Carpet H. (G3) at Del Mar. Angled off the rail by Yasunari Iwata and gaining steam at the la ...
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Lady, Thatcher prevail at Churchill on Thanksgiving
The Elkstone Group’s homebred Lady Fog Horn, a six-time Indiana-bred stakes heroine who reigns as her state’s Horse of the Year, blasted to a new level in Thursday’s $200,000 Falls City H. (G2) at Churchill Downs.
Runner-up in last November’s Card ...
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32-1 Heaven’s Runway foils former stablemate ‘Dude in Fall Highweight
When 4-5 favorite Stallwalkin’ Dude struck the front in midstretch of Thursday’s $200,000 Fall Highweight H. (G3), he appeared on the verge of toting 134 pounds to victory in the Thanksgiving feature. But then along came the 32-1 Heaven’s Runway, sho ...
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Powell takes a stand in the Remsen
by DICK POWELL
The Remsen Stakes (G2) will be run at Aqueduct for the 103rd time on Saturday at its usual nine furlongs on the main track. Run for a purse of $300,000, its recent winners have rarely distinguished themselves the following yea ...
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Sophomore Serenade: Courageous Fillies At Northfield; Glamour-Boys Finale At Dover
We are nearing the end of the year and are left with only a duo of major features, Northfield Park’s Courageous Lady (Nov. 26) and Dover Downs’ Progress Pace (Nov. 28). The events are for sophs, filly pacers and colt pacers, respectively.
Of c ...
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What we are thankful for on Thanksgiving
Kellie Reilly : As one who takes too many things for granted, I really need to cultivate an enduring sense of gratitude. So Thanksgiving is the perfect time to take stock.
I’m thankful for the gift of the Catholic faith, and for living in a countr ...
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Om seeks return to win column, Hi Happy makes U.S. bow in Seabiscuit
A fast-closing nose second in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1), Om stretches back out to a favorable two-turn distance as he tries to snap a string of three consecutive runner-up finishes in Saturday’s $200,000 Seabiscuit (G2) at Del Mar.
Wi ...
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Remsen gives Takaful a chance to stretch his speed
Takaful surprised at odds of 12-1 when he landed his October 29 debut at Belmont Park by eight lengths. The Shadwell Farm homebred will be a far shorter price to repeat in Saturday's $300,000 Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct, a race that rewards 10 qualify ...
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Anchor Down well-suited by conditions in Cigar Mile
By sunset on Saturday, Anchor Down will have danced all the dances with respect to competing in New York's four significant one-turn mile stakes for older horses this season. A victory in the $500,000 Cigar Mile H. (G1) at Aqueduct would give the ...
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McCraken looms large in Kentucky Jockey Club; Daddy’s Lil Darling heads Golden Rod
McCraken has done everything right so far, recording convincing wins in two career starts, and the Ian Wilkes-trained colt will make his first attempt at the graded level in Saturday’s $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs. The son ...
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Finals of Thanksgiving Marathon Challenge Fri Eve
What an exciting race we have in store for you on Friday evening at bestbet Jacksonville. The finals of the 2016 Thanksgiving Marathon Challenge will run in the 11 th race on the card, and it is going to be one humdinger of a race over the 770-yard ...
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