Holiday Weekend with Huge Handicapping Contests

Tue Nov 22 2016TwinSpires Staff

FREE GHC QUALIFIER - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 It’s your chance to win a seat to the $25k Greyhound Handicapping Championship - absolutely free! Play in our final qualifier, featuring free entry. The only catch is that to qualify for the seat, t ...
Scouting the Individual Interests in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager

Tue Nov 22 2016James Scully

The first of four Kentucky Derby Future pools begins its four-day run on Thanksgiving and I’ll give my thoughts on the individual interests below. Bet down to 3-5 the past two years, the mutuel field (#24), or “All Others,” always gets hammered in ...
Early Thanksgiving Racing Feast Served Wednesday at Zia Park

Tue Nov 22 2016TwinSpires Staff

Fire on the Fly ships to Zia Park after competing in the Andreni Distance Challenge at Los Alamitos The winner of the Zia Park Championship will receive a berth into the $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park, which will run on Tuesday, December ...
Penn National Offers Three Stakes on Wednesday

Tue Nov 22 2016Ted Black

Then one race later on the card, Penn National will host the fifth running of the $200,000 Fabulous Strike Handicap for older sprinters. Much like the Grade III, $250,000 Frank DeFrancis Memorial Dash contested last Saturday afternoon at Laurel Pa ...
Ashleyluvssugar’s the one to beat in Hollywood Turf Cup

Tue Nov 22 2016Kellie Reilly

Since the Hollywood Turf Cup (G2) was transferred to Del Mar two years ago, both winners – Finnegans Wake (2014) and The Pizza Man (2015) – were rebounding from losses in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1). Friday’s renewal is likely to continue the trend. ...
Gun Runner looks to topple elders in Clark

Tue Nov 22 2016Vance Hanson

Gun Runner , exiting a solid second-place effort in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1), will be the only three-year-old in a cast of 10 lining up in the $500,000 Clark H. (G1) , the traditional Black Friday feature at Churchill Downs. The decision ...

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Sires Power Value in Dueling 2017 Kentucky Derby Future Wagers

Tue Nov 22 2016Ed DeRosa

When handicapping Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool 1 and the complementary Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager , the most important fact might not be in the past performances of this year’s contenders but in the wager itself (click links for FREE Bri ...
Is Nuovo Record ready for her close-up on Red Carpet?

Tue Nov 22 2016Kellie Reilly

After flopping in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1), classy Japanese racemare Nuovo Record hopes to celebrate American Thanksgiving in Thursday’s $100,000 Red Carpet (G3) at Del Mar. The 1 3/8-mile test will serve as a tune-up for her ne ...
Rosecroft Presents Inaugural Potomac Pace on Tuesday

Tue Nov 22 2016Ted Black

Like Mach It So, All Bets Off is no stranger to facing the elite older pacers in the land throughout the season. Another veteran of the Levy Series and the runner-up behind Bit Of A Legend N in the final, All Bets Off sports a 3-5-7 slate and $575,00 ...
Zia Park, Penn National offer stakes feast on Wednesday

Mon Nov 21 2016Kellie Reilly

Thanksgiving Eve has become a notable fixture on the stakes calendar in recent years, thanks to Zia Park and Penn National, and racing fans can once again begin enjoying their cornucopia on Wednesday. The $300,000 Zia Park Oaks anchors six Thor ...
Stallwalkin' Dude favored to thwart historic repeat bid in Fall Highweight

Mon Nov 21 2016Vance Hanson

Green Gratto on Thursday will attempt to do what no male horse has ever done in the history of the Fall Highweight H. (G3) -- win back-to-back runnings of the venerable, six-furlong dash. The $250,000 Fall Highweight, the feature among three st ...
Include Betty, The Pizza Man top weighted in Churchill Thanksgiving features

Mon Nov 21 2016Vance Hanson

Include Betty , one of the more productive three-year-old fillies of 2015, has had a rather quiet campaign of three starts this term. However, a recent second against allowance company could be a spring board to better things in Thursday's $200,000 ...
Classic Empire top individual in 2017 Kentucky Derby Future Wager after retirement of Not This Time

Mon Nov 21 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited press release A star based at Churchill Downs Racetrack – John C. Oxley’s Classic Empire (#2)  is the individual choice, but the Mutuel Field (#24), or “All Others,”  is the strong morning line favorite for the fi ...