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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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Points Spread Out Heading to Semis
Round 3 of the 2016 $20,000 bestbet Sprint Classic is in the books and no one was left unscathed. The sole undefeated runner, Hey Hey Daddy was taken down, so others seized that opportunity to post up a win and sit tied atop of the point rankings hea ...
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Amis Gizmo crushes foes in Prince of Wales
Defeated as the favorite in the Queen's Plate earlier this month, Amis Gizmo rebounded in dazzling fashion Tuesday night at Fort Erie, scoring a runaway victory in the $378,300 Prince of Wales , second jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown.
Rating ...
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Governor's Day on tap at Harrington on Thursday night
While many serious standardbred racing fans are already looking forward to this Saturday's Hambletonian Oaks eliminations for three-year-old filly trotters and the Reynolds Stakes for sophomore trotting colts featuring Hambletonian favorite Southwind ...
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Gun Runner arrives for Haskell
Edited Press Release
Haskell (G1) contender Gun Runner became the first horse stabled outside of Monmouth Park to arrive at the Jersey Shore when a van carrying the Steve Asmussen-trained colt winner rolled through the stable gate at 9:20 a.m. ( ...
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Gift Box seeks first stakes win in Curlin
Gift Box didn't make it onto the classic trail after a promising juvenile campaign, but the gray son of Twirling Candy could make an impact during the second half of the season. The Chad Brown-trained gray will make his 2016 stakes debut Friday at S ...
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How to bet the Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie on TwinSpires.com
It’s the biggest race of the year for Fort Erie, and there are wagering opportunities to match on the 9-race card that begins at 4:15 p.m. EDT.
In addition to the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes (8 th race, 7:38p ET), there is a Pick 5 carryover ...
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Rainbow Futurity Champion A Revenant Tops All Quarter Horse Earners in 2016
Rainbow Futurity winner A Revenant scored from the far outside post under jockey Cody Jensen On Sunday, July 24, A Revenant scored an impressive victory in the $1,000,000 Rainbow Futurity (G1) at Ruidoso Downs . The son of Mr Jess Perry was th ...
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Horse for the course key at Del Mar and the Spa
The best part of the racing season is upon us with the action front and center at both Del Mar and Saratoga. These unique meetings bring out the best-of-the-best and every owner and trainer points their respective runners to succeed at each of these ...
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Two Entry Strategies
Everywhere you look these days you will be able to easily find two for one deals. Whether it be for food, video games, shoes, hats, and even cars you can always find a "B.O.G.O" (Buy One Get One) and feel like you get your money's worth. Obviously th ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Wednesday, July 27
Wednesday's twilight racing action at Southland this week looks to be full of exciting & entertaining paw to paw action and will be highlighted by Flying Hemsworth (3) going for his 4th straight win in the first race of the day. As I've been do ...
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Long On Value thrives in cutback for Lucky Coin
Long On Value stamped himself as a long-term contender for the TwinSpires.com Breeders Cup Turf Sprint (G1) with a good-looking victory Monday in the $100,000 Lucky Coin at Saratoga.
Making his first grass start in a race as short as 5 1/2 furlo ...
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Grudge match in Sussex, Minding in Nassau promise to make Goodwood glorious
Technically it’s the Qatar Goodwood Festival, thanks to the infusion of cash from the oil-rich Persian Gulf state, but some eagerly awaited performers promise to make this week’s summer garden party as “Glorious” as ever. The five-day meeting runs Tu ...
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Sprint Classic Round 3
The field has been trimmed down and only the best of the best moved on to the third round of the 2016 $20,000 bestbet Sprint Classic. With only one greyhound with back to back wins, the points are spread out all over the place and a cool 19 additi ...
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Creator, Gun Runner turn in final works for weekend stakes
Edited Press Release
Belmont S. (G1) winner Creator took to at Saratoga's Oklahoma training track early Monday morning to wrap up his major preparations for the Saturday's $600,000 Jim Dandy (G2) Saturday, the 1 1/8-mile local prep for the $1.2 ...
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Songbird exits CCA Oaks 'the way a champion should'
Edited Press Release
Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) heroine Songbird has exited her 5 1/4-length romp on Sunday in fine fettle, according to Christina Jelm, assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.
"She's wonderful," Jelm sa ...
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Paulassilverlining riding hot streak into Honorable Miss
Paulassilverlining overpowered her rivals when taking her last two starts, the Distaff H. (G3) and Vagrancy H. (G3), by a combined margin of seven lengths. On Wednesday, the daughter of Ghostzapper will look to extend her win streak to three in $200 ...
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Sir Dudley Digges seeks second classic in Prince of Wales
A little over three weeks since registering a 15-1 upset of the Queen's Plate at Woodbine, Sir Dudley Digges will look to add the second jewel of Canada's Triple Crown Tuesday night at Fort Erie when he heads a field of eight in the C$500,000 Prin ...
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Daddy Unbeaten as DQ Continues Control
The second round of the 2016 $20,000 bestbet Sprint Classic took place on Friday evening, and to say that it was an open affair would be an understatement. The DQ Williams Kennel was the only one to win more than one race, they won two, and Hey Hey ...
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Songbird Makes Saratoga Come Alive
by TERESA GENARO
At 6:15 on a Sunday night, even on opening weekend, even when an undefeated champion is running, Saratoga Race Course is a pretty quiet place, and this evening was no different. A little buzz rippled through the paddock as Son ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 7/24/2016
That's all we have for this week. See you next time for the Wrap-Up!
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Shapiro reviews star-studded days at Del Mar
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The stars were out during an exciting second week “Where the Turf Meets the Surf.”
A thrilling stretch duel between California Chrome and Dortmund in the San Diego Handicap highlighted the first full week of racing at the Del ...
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Songbird stands up to Carina Mia’s challenge in CCA Oaks
Undefeated champion Songbird tried 1 1/8 miles for the first time in her career in Sunday’s $294,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) at Saratoga, and did so against one of her toughest opponents to date – Carina Mia.
It was also the first start ...
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Nyquist turns a smooth mile in final work for Haskell
Edited Del Mar press release
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Nyquist worked a mile in 1:39.40 at 1 p.m. (PDT) Sunday in his final workout before returning to the races next Sunday in the $1 million Haskell Invitational (G1) at Monmouth Park in New ...
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Beholder's stellar breeze causes Mandella to sing
Edited Del Mar press release
Seconds after Beholder worked five furlongs in :59.20 “breezing” Sunday morning, Richard Mandella turned to a video crew and vocalized a phrase from the Buck Owens classic “Act Naturally.”
“Bet you I’m gonna be a ...
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Forever Unbridled, Tom’s Ready breeze at Saratoga
Edited Press Release
Grade 1 heroine Forever Unbridled and Grade 2 victor Tom's Ready, both being pointed to Grade 1s on Travers Day, August 27, breezed a half-mile over Saratoga's fast main track Sunday morning.
Charles Fipke homebred Foreve ...
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Dacita doing good following Diana score; Flintshire, Lady Eli work
Edited Press Release
Dacita, who rallied relentlessly on the far outside to win Saturday's Diana Stakes (G1) at Saratoga in a thrilling blanket finish, came out of the race well, as did Chad Brown's three other runners – third-place finisher Rai ...
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Destin on course for Jim Dandy
Edited Press Release
Grade 2 winner and Belmont Stakes (G1) nose runner-up Destin emerged from his latest breeze in good order and remains on target for Saturday’s $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2).
The sophomore son of Giant's Causeway worked f ...
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Rachel’s Valentina retired; Stradivari stable at Rood and Riddle
Edited Press Release
Stonestreet Stable's homebred Grade 1 winner Rachel's Valentina has been retired, trainer Todd Pletcher confirmed Sunday morning.
The lone daughter of 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, Rachel's Valentina won her tw ...
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Frosh Price-Topper, $25; Exacta Partner For $59; Adios Final Field Set; ‘Wiggle’ Wins Again
On Twitter last Wednesday, July 20, we offered three spot plays at Northfield and could only muster a show finish with King Richard ($4.00). Sharp Action (11-1) finished fifth and so did Reggie Raider (8-1) in their respective races.
On variou ...
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California Chrome holds Dortmund in close San Diego win
California Chrome hadn’t competed since March 26 while main rival Dortmund was last seen racing November 28. Both chestnuts captured those respective starts and found themselves facing off following the vacations on a sun-drenched Del Mar afternoon i ...
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What a horse race. Onto the Pacific Classic!
by Scott Shapiro
After a trip overseas to Dubai that included an eye-popping victory in the $10 million World Cup, California Chrome continued to put forth a championship level five-year-old campaign and got the best of Dortmund in a thrilling tw ...
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Kat has big 'Mo' in San Clemente
J K Racing Stable’s Mokat tried the Kentucky Oaks (G1) trail without success this spring, but perhaps the grassy Del Mar Oaks (G1) on August 20 is more to her liking. Freshened by trainer Richard Baltas since her disappointing 13th behind Cathryn Sop ...
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Dacita up in time in frenetic finish to Diana
Sheep Pond Partners and Bradley Thoroughbreds’ Dacita, who mugged Tepin on the line in the Ballston Spa (G2) at Saratoga last summer, pulled off a similar last-gasp coup in Saturday’s $500,000 Diana (G1) . Going last to first for Irad Ortiz Jr., the ...
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Undrafted the class of the field in Lucky Coin
Undrafted continues his march toward a probable tilt in the TwinSpires.com Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita this fall when he takes to the Mellon turf at Saratoga on Monday in the $100,000 Lucky Coin over 5 1/2 furlongs.
A six-year ...
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Exaggerator’s Jim Dandy status questionable following work
Edited Press Release
The status of Exaggerator for next Saturday's $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) is up in the air, after the Preakness Stakes (G1) winner and Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up received a "C" grade for his workout this morning from t ...
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Final Two Weekends of July Pack a Punch for Quarter Horse Racing
Ajs Annas Smoke will run in the $395,000 Governors’ Cup Futurity at Los Alamitos on July 30 Older horses will compete in the $100,000 Spencer Childers Breeders Championship, with Los Alamitos $2 million Futurity champion, He Looks Hot, expected ...
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