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Competitive field assembled for Charles Town Classic
Eleven runners, including one also-eligible, have been entered to go 1 1/8 miles in Saturday evening’s $1.25 million Charles Town Classic (G2) as part of stakes-laden program.
Among those lining up will be 2014 winner Imperative, who returns for ...
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Kentucky Derby Report (4/20): Creator breaks through in Arkansas Derby
Creator launched his rally on the far turn and accelerated past rivals in the stretch to win Saturday’s Arkansas Derby (G2) by 1 ¼ lengths, stamping his Kentucky Derby ticket in the final major prep race.
The Tapit colt will give trainer Steve A ...
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My Five Worst Kentucky Derby Picks
My tickets after betting on Pyro. Pyro’s win in the Risen Star remains one of my favorite races ever. It’s a crazy awesome late winning move mixed with a great call by John G. Dooley. I knew right then he was my Derby horse. He then won the Lou ...
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Mohaymen, Mo Tom & Lani post moves at Churchill Downs
Edited Press Release
Shadwell Stable’s multiple Grade 2 winner Mohaymen recorded a bullet in his first work at Churchill Downs on Wednesday in preparation for the $2 million Kentucky Derby (G1).
There were actually three Kentucky Derby hopefu ...
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Pan Am winner Kaigun seeks to double up in Elkhorn
In two prior trips over Keeneland's turf course, in 2014, Kaigun had the unfortunate experience of running into dual grass champion and Horse of the Year Wise Dan in the Maker's 46 Mile (G1) and Shadwell Turf Mile (G1). Now established at longer di ...
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I’m a Chatterbox ‘bigger and stronger’ as she begins her 4-year-old campaign
A four-time stakes winner in 2015, I’m a Chatterbox ranked at or near the top of the 3-year-old filly division the entire year but the Larry Jones-trained chestnut didn’t deliver her best in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1), winding up eighth. That per ...
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Kentucky Derby Championship Series Winners Are Top Contenders
by Laura Pugh
My, oh my, how the mighty have fallen since the completion of the Kentucky Derby Championship Series!
The list on the left shows my ranking of horses I expected to be *in* the Kentucky Derby. The list on the right is my ranking ...
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Paulassilverlining rolls in Distaff; debut winner Call Provision is one to watch for Brown
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
A single graded race topped the action at Aqueduct this past week.
Distaff H. (G3) : Vincent Scuderi’s homebred PAULASSILVERLINING (Ghostzapper) forced the pace to early stretch and powered home with relative ease late, regi ...
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Post positions drawn for Levy, Matchmaker finals
Post positions were drawn on Tuesday morning for the lucrative finals of the George Morton Levy Memorial Series for older Free-For-All pacers and the Bluechip Matchmaker series for pacing fillies and mares and the draw may once again play a huge fact ...
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Early look at Kentucky Derby contenders after the conclusion of Prep Season
The Kentucky Derby prep season concluded Saturday, with the Arkansas Derby (G1) guaranteeing the top three finishers – Creator, Suddenbreakingnews and Whitmore – a spot in a projected 20-horse field.
I’ll provide some early thoughts on the contend ...
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San Onofre captures Los Angeles for Headley; Hollendorfer sends out a couple of horses to watch at Los Alamitos
LOS ALAMITOS NOTEBOOK
There was a single graded tilt during the opening week of racing at Los Alamitos.
Los Angeles S. (G3) : Matson Racing’s SAN ONOFRE (Surf Cat) stalked the pace from the outside to the stretch and gamely inched clear late ...
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Nyquist enjoys routine morning at Keeneland
Edited Press Release
Nyquist continued his preparation for the $2 million Kentucky Derby (G1) by jogging twice around the main track Tuesday morning before the renovation break.
Undefeated in seven starts, Nyquist was partnered as usual by Jon ...
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I'm a Chatterbox gets back to work in Doubledogdare
I'm a Chatterbox , one of the nation's leading three-year-old fillies last season, is set to make her season debut Friday in the $100,000 Doubledogdare at Keeneland. A field of nine fillies and mares will travel 1 1/16 miles.
Last seen finishin ...
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Kentucky Derby Top Five In Points Standings
Brody's Cause, 114 points
This guy has the connections and pedigree to win the Kentucky Derby. It doesn't get much better than trainer Dale Romans and jockey Luis Saez. Giant's Causeway is a monster of a stud horse. But I have issues with Brody' ...
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Canterbury to offer nation-low takeout rates for 2016 meet
Edited Press Release
Canterbury Park racing officials on Tuesday announced a sweeping reduction in pari-mutuel takeout that will result in the Shakopee, Minnesota, racetrack offering a wagering product priced lower, on average, than any track in ...
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Rosecroft offers solid Tuesday card
While many harness racing fans are already looking forward to Saturday's lucrative finals of the George Morton Levy Memorial and Bluechip Matchmaker series finals, other hardcore fans will be focused on Tuesdays card at Rosecroft Raceway. When the D ...
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SOUTHLAND - Monday, April 18
Here are the Sunday results of this week's study of the morning line picks at Southland and I have recapped them below. This past week MoneyMaker Mike took a look at different handicapping styles and I started with the morning line picks found at ...
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Thoughts on Songbird and news of the weekend
Some thoughts in the aftermath of this past weekend's action on and off the track:
Songbird: The scheduled appearance of Songbird before a crowd of more than 100,000 in the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (G1) was called off late Sunday night when owner Ric ...
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Cupid out, Mo Tom gets into Kentucky Derby
Speculation had swirled about Cupid’s status for the Kentucky Derby (G1) following his 10th as the 4-5 favorite in last Saturday’s Arkansas Derby (G1). Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert didn’t prolong the suspense, telling Daily Racing Form ’s Jay Pr ...
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Kentucky Derby contender Gun Runner fires bullet at Churchill Downs
Edited press release from Churchill Downs
Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC and Three Chimney Farm’s Gun Runner, the leader on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard with 151 points, continued his serious preparation for the May 7 Ken ...
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Indiana Grand Live Racing Season Gets Underway on Tuesday, April 19
Mavara Vegas wins the $125,000 QHRAI Derby at Indiana Grand last October Trainer Randy Smith continues to set a high standard of excellence. Last year, he became the first Quarter Horse trainer to ever top $1 million in purse earnings for one ...
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Songbird to miss Kentucky Oaks
Undefeated champion Songbird has been declared out of the $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs on May 6, owner Rick Porter of Fox Hill Farm tweeted out on Sunday.
According to Porter, Songbird “developed a low graded fever after the SA ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap-Up 4-17-2016
A new feature we are starting is the Palm Beach Weekly Wrap-Up. In these posts, we'll spotlight all the action from the previous week and discuss the biggest stories going on in greyhound racing at "The Beach."
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Lightstream takes stakes bow in Beaumont, Nickname second
Up Hill Stable and Head of Plains Partners LLC’s Lightstream broke her maiden by 2 1/4 lengths on March 6 going six furlongs at Gulfstream Park, good for a 104 BRIS Speed rating.
On Sunday, the Brian Lynch trainee parlayed that victory into a thre ...
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2016 Kentucky Derby Pedigrees: Creator
Just when you thought that Tapit’s top Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls were already present and accounted for, along comes Creator to upset the Arkansas Derby (G1) and become his sire’s fourth major 2016 prep winner.
First there was Mohaymen in t ...
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SOUTHLAND - Sunday, April 17
Here are the Saturday matinee and evening results of this week's study of the morning line picks at Southland and I have recapped them below. As previously stated, this week MoneyMaker Mike has been taking a look at different handicapping styles ...
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Fellowship breezes half-mile; Derby hopefuls gallop at Churchill, Nyquist jogs at Keeneland
Edited Press Release
Jacks or Better Farm Inc.’s Fellowship, who currently sits at No. 22 on the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard with 32 points, breezed a half-mile in :48.80 over Churchill Downs’ fast main track Sunday morning.
It was the Florida ...
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Dream Dance still under Kentucky Oaks consideration
Edited Press Release
Stoneway Farm’s Dream Dance is still under consideration for the $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) on May 6 at Churchill Downs.
Trainer Neil Howard saddled the Afleet Alex filly to a three-quarter length victory in ...
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I’m a Chatterbox readies for Doubledogdare with five-furlong Keeneland move
Edited Press Release
Fletcher and Carolyn Gray’s Grade 1-winning homebred I’m a Chatterbox turned in her third Keeneland breeze Sunday morning in preparation for her 2016 debut in Friday’s 22nd running of the $100,000 Doubledogdar ...
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Yonkers hosts final Levy prelims
Saturday night Yonkers Raceway hosted three divisions of the fifth and final round of the George Morton Levy Memorial series for Free-For-All pacers. In the first of three Levy splits, Lettucerockthem A (Brian Sears) quarter moved to command ...
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Lettucerockthem A In Last ‘Levy’ Leg Leads Exacta/Trifecta; $26 Philly Strike; Miami Pick-4 Yields $213
We started out the week on Twitter with spot plays at Buffalo Raceway but none of the four tweeted won: Amoreuble Hanover (12-1) and Vals Jett (38-1) finished fifth, while Lakers Vett (11-1) and La Reina Road finished fourth.
Our tweets for Tw ...
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Kentucky Derby Quesitons and Answers: second choices, the bubble, and the best region
We anticipated having some answers following the conclusion of the Kentucky Derby Championship Series, but as always there are some questions as well.
Before Saturday’s races we asked:
After Saturday’s races, I have answers to all of thos ...
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Creator passes them all to take the Arkansas Derby
A colt with no speed, tactical or otherwise, to speak of, Creator entered Saturday's $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park in need of some help on the front end. Boy, did he get it.
With the aid of Gettysburg, who not only set a testing ...
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Tepin makes it five straight with Jenny Wiley stakes record
When speaking of the pressure involved in keeping Tepin in championship form, trainer Mark Casse has sounded a bit like Australia’s Chris Waller describing the weight of expectations regarding Winx. Both horsemen are doing their jobs well, for like W ...
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Effinex captures Oaklawn Handicap
Tri-Bone Stables’ Effinex kept the pressure on Santa Anita H. (G1) winner Melatonin throughout Saturday’s $750,000 Oaklawn H. (G2) and pulled away from that rival in the stretch to triumph by a length under jockey Mike Smith.
Effinex and Melaton ...
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SOUTHLAND - Saturday, April 16
Here are the Friday matinee and evening results of this week's study of the morning line picks at Southland and I have recapped them below. As previously stated, this week MoneyMaker Mike is taking a look at different handicapping styles and I fi ...
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Collected much the best in Lexington
Collected dismissed pacesetter One More Round in upper stretch of Saturday’s $150,000 Lexington (G3) at Keeneland, drawing away to score by four lengths and setting himself up for a probable Preakness (G1) bid at Pimlico on May 21. The Bob Baffert- ...
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Eagle rallies to catch Noble Bird, earns first graded win in Ben Ali
William S. Farish’s homebred Eagle continued his upward trajectory in the handicap ranks on Saturday, running down loose-on-the-lead paceseter Noble Bird in deep stretch of the Ben Ali (G3) at Keeneland. The 4-year-old son of Candy Ride recorded hi ...
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Arkansas Derby News & Notes
Arkansas Derby Day is finally upon us, and this final major prep for the Run for the Roses could help determine how the field for the May 7 Kentucky Derby (G1) shapes up.
Last year’s Arkansas Derby winner, American Pharoah, went on to sweep the Tr ...
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Four Questions We Expect To Answer Following Today's Kentucky Derby Championship Series Races
Bettors have questions; horses have answers is the conventional wisdom around the racetrack. We won’t get the final answer until the Kentucky Derby on May 7 at Churchill Downs, which means we’ll have more questions than answers following the conclusi ...
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Motion eyes Duke of Cambridge for Miss Temple City
Edited Press Release
Trainer Graham Motion was all smiles Saturday morning as he reflected on the victory Friday of Miss Temple City over males in the $300,000 Maker's 46 Mile (G1).
"It was very satisfying, one of the most satisfying things th ...
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23 races on Arkansas Derby-Lexington Stakes days to rebound
There's no sugar coating the disaster that was my selections on Friday. Thankfully, there are 23 races today between the Jenny Wiley card at Keeneland and the Arkansas Derby card at Oaklawn to get us right going into the final push toward the Kentuck ...
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Kentucky Derby legitimacy at stake for Cupid; Keeneland Saturday thoughts
Eleven of the 12 contestants in Saturday’s Arkansas Derby (G1) need a strong showing to ensure themselves a berth in the Kentucky Derby field, with only 2-1 morning line favorite Cupid assured a spot via his 50-point prize for winning the Rebel ( ...
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DeRosa Needs a Kentucky Derby Dream Bet Miracle
There are two ways to approach the final round of Kentucky Derby Dream Bet : 1. Pretend I’m on or near the top of the leaderboard and pick the horses I think have the best chance of winning, or 2. Recognize that I’m so far out of it that I need to “ ...
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Levy last round tomorrow night
Hours after thoroughbred racing fans will have witnessed the Arkansas Derby as the nation's top three-year-olds look to earn a berth in the starting gate for the Kentucky Derby next month, standardbred fans will be closely watching the action at ...
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Kellie Reilly picks the Arkansas Derby & Lexington for Kentucky Derby Dream Bet
The final round of the Kentucky Derby Dream Bet contest wraps up on Saturday. Just as Kentucky Derby (G1) aspirants are trying to capitalize on their last chances to score points, so are TwinSpires contestants trying to increase their gross winni ...
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Forever Unbridled earns third straight graded triumph in Apple Blossom
Charles Fipke’s homebred Forever Unbridled has been doing everything right of late, taking the Comely (G3) to close out her sophomore campaign and opening 2016 with a victory in the Houston Ladies Classic (G3).
On Friday, the Unbridled’s Song fill ...
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Miss Temple City makes her mark on Maker’s 46
You’ve got to love the creative thinking of Miss Temple City’s connections – the ownership team of Sagamore Farm, Allen Rosenblum, and The Club Racing LLC and trainer Graham Motion.
Want to swerve Lady Eli? Go to Royal Ascot and finish an honorabl ...
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SOUTHLAND - Friday, April15
Here are the Thursday results of this week's study of the morning line picks at Southland and I have recapped them below. As previously stated, this week MoneyMaker Mike is taking a look at different handicapping styles and I figured we would sta ...
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Kentucky Derby Dream Bet Arkansas Derby & Lexington S. picks from Jennifer Caldwell
TwinSpires.com ’s $25,000 Kentucky Derby Dream Bet contest comes to a close on Saturday with the last two races in the final round – the Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park and Lexington S. (G3) at Keeneland.
First up will be the $150,000 Le ...
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Eddie D. Willis and Ivan Carnero Current Leaders at Remington Park
Fast filly Teller Baja will lead the field in the Remington Park Futurity on April 23 That night will also feature the final of the $307,000 Oklahoma Derby with the ten fastest 3-year-olds returning to action. Jess Envision, a filly by Apollit ...
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Fellowship transfers to Casse barn, still under consideration for Kentucky Derby; Catch a Glimpse exits Appalachian in good order
Edited Press Release
Jacks or Better Farm Inc.’s homebred Fellowship, who currently sits at No.19 on the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard with 32 points, remains under consideration for the May 7 Kentucky Derby (G1) after switching barns from trainer ...
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Scully’s Kentucky Derby Dream Bet picks for Arkansas Derby, Lexington
The Kentucky Derby prep season concludes Saturday with the Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park and Lexington S. (G3) at Keeneland. They are also the last races in the final qualifying round for the $25,000 Kentucky Derby Dream Bet .
We’ve been ...
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Kentucky Derby Dream Bet Arkansas Derby, Lexington picks from Vance Hanson
Saturday's $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) and $150,000 Lexington (G3) marks the end of the Road to the Kentucky Derby Series, but also the final round of TwinSpires.com's $25,000 Kentucky Derby Dream Bet . Playing chalk isn't going to do me mu ...
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Cavorting meets familiar faces in Distaff
Scratched last week from the Madison (G1) at Keeneland, where she would have faced two Breeders' Cup winners and Grade 1 heroine Sheer Drama, Cavorting will instead make her season debut against a pair of familiar foes in Sunday's $200,000 Distaf ...
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Only 2 Horses Could be American Pharoah like in 2016
If not for a foot bruise a couple of a days before the Belmont Stakes, I'll Have Another almost certainly would have won the Triple Crown. Exgaerrator has the turn of foot, and the ability to make an elongated, continuous run, that could serve him ve ...
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Friday Grade 1 Double Kicks Off 2016 Arkansas Derby Weekend
Is Arkansas Derby week the only week with as many Grade 1 races on Friday as Saturday?
It's a nice twist to a big weekend of racing with the Racing Festival of the South closing the Oaklawn Park meeting and a pair of Grade 1 turf races at Keenelan ...
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Kentucky Derby favorite Nyquist returns to worktab with a sharp five-furlong breeze
Kentucky Derby favorite Nyquist posted his first workout on Friday morning since winning the April 2 Florida Derby (G1), breezing five furlongs in 1:02 3/5 over the fast track at Keeneland.
With exercise rider Jonny Garcia up, the unbeaten juvenil ...
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Catch a Glimpse still unbeatable on turf in Appalachian
Newly crowned Canadian Horse of the Year Catch a Glimpse returned to Keeneland, the scene of her Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) triumph, and added another trophy to her cabinet in Thursday’s $125,000 Appalachian (G3) . The 3-5 favorite sta ...
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Nickname highlights small Beaumont field
Grade 1 winner Nickname is the top name in Sunday’s $150,000 Beaumont (G3) at Keeneland, though the Scat Daddy filly may have a tough task ahead of her with some up-and-comers making their stakes bows.
Nickname could be using the Beaumont as a l ...
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SOUTHLAND - Thursday, April 14
The first results are in on this week's study of the morning line picks at Southland and I have recapped them below. As previously stated, this week MoneyMaker Mike is taking a look at different handicapping styles and I figured we would start wi ...
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More questions than answers following last weekend's major Kentucky Derby preps
BY DICK POWELL
Three Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races, all for $1 million purses at 1 1/8 miles, were held last Saturday and two of them were run on wet tracks. The results raised more questions than answers.
In New York, the Wood Me ...
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Tom’s Ready breezes five furlongs in 1:01.60 at Churchill
Edited Press Release
G M B Racing’s Tom’s Ready continued preparation for the Kentucky Derby (G1) with a five-furlong breeze in 1:01.60 and galloping out three-quarters of a mile in 1:15.40 over a fast track Thursday morning at Churchill Downs. ...
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‘Levy’ V Hosts Top Pacers; Mares For More Money; Miami Pick 4 Predictions Aim For Profits
Round V of the George Levy Memorial Pacing Series (and the Blue Chip Matchmaker for mares) at Yonkers Raceway takes us closer to May and increased stakes activity across the contintent. Our “Levy” stats, as we documented through round three in our Ap ...
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Matchmaker highlights Friday Yonkers; JL Cruze at Meadowlands
Friday evening will mark the fifth and final leg of the Bluechip Matchmaker Series for pacing fillies and mares at Yonkers Raceway, while the Meadowlands across the Hudson River will host an Open Handicap for trotters featuring reigning older male ch ...
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Effinex, Upstart highlight a nice Oaklawn Handicap field
An excellent field of eight older horses will square off in Saturday’s $750,000 Oaklawn H. (G2) on the Arkansas Derby undercard.
Effinex came on strong at the end of 2015, finishing a clear second to American Pharoah in the Breeders’ ...
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Cupid installed as 2-1 favorite in 12-horse Arkansas Derby
After shipping to capture his stakes debut in the Rebel (G2), Cupid returns to Oaklawn Park for Saturday’s $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) and the Tapit colt will be trying to enhance his Kentucky Derby (G1) credentials against 11 r ...
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Kentucky Derby Report (4/13): Redemption for Brody’s Cause, Exaggerator; Outwork prevails in first stakes win
The three major prep races last Saturday didn’t clarify the Kentucky Derby picture, but it’s safe to say a sloppy track would favor Exaggerator.
Redemption was the storyline for Exaggerator and Brody’s Cause, who rebounded from well-be ...
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Wet conditions don't deter a huge Saturday of racing at Aqueduct
A huge Saturday of racing topped the action at Aqueduct this past week.
Wood Memorial (G1) : Repole Stables’ homebred OUTWORK (Uncle Mo) tracked in second, took the lead in midstretch and held on gamely late in securing a head victory with John V ...
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Tepin looks to keep on rolling in Jenny Wiley
Reigning champion turf mare Tepin will be an overwhelming favorite to win over the Keeneland turf for a third time in Saturday's $350,000 Jenny Wiley (G1) over 1 1/16 miles.
At the Lexington, Kentucky, track's fall meet last October, the Mark ...
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Swipe faces nine in Lexington return
Saturday's $150,000 Lexington (G3) at Keeneland is often seen as the last chance for Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls to qualify for the big dance on the first Saturday in May. However, for several of the 10 three-year-old colts in the field, it might ...
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Amoss impressed with half-mile work from Mo Tom
Edited Press Release
Mo Tom began serious preparation for a start in the Kentucky Derby (G1) with a half-mile breeze in :48.40 over a fast track Wednesday morning at Churchill Downs.
Churchill Downs clockers caught the son of Uncle M ...
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Zenyatta loses newborn colt to meconium aspiration syndrome
A War Front colt foaled Sunday night by the legendary race mare Zenyatta died at approximately 9 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday morning due to complications from meconium aspiration syndrome.
The news was announced by Team Zenyatta and Lane's End Farm on Ze ...
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$20,000 Palm Beach Puppy Stakes Preview
Kinda Cruel Red is one of the most dynamite puppies I've ever seen at Palm Beach. Even though Ataree is the hottest greyhound coming in, I think Red finds a way to pull this off.
Mike Jameson - Palm Beach Track Announcer
"My choice i ...
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Levy series heads into final round
For the owners, trainers and drivers with horses eligible to the George Morton Levy Memorial Series for Free-For-All pacers at Yonkers Raceway, Tuesday morning's post position draw was of vital importance. Through the first four legs of the series, p ...
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2014 AQHA World Champion headlines Texas Challenge
Jessies First Down returns to action Saturday night in the Bank of America Texas Challenge Some of the top older Quarter Horses in the country will square off Saturday evening at Sam Houston Race Park when a field of ten will compete in the $ ...
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Heart to Heart seeks Grade 1 glory in Maker’s 46 Mile
Heart to Heart is starting to make a serious mark in the U.S. turf division, extending his graded stakes-winning streak to three with a convincing tally most recently in the Canadian Turf (G3) at Gulfstream Park, and the 5-year-old horse can continu ...
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The Spotify Playlist to get me from Southland to Oaklawn
Got a big trip coming up. Assuming no issues with travel, I'll add tracks 62 (Southland Park on Wednesday, April 13) and 63 (Oaklawn Park on Thursday, April 14) to my list. I've never been the Memphis (West or otherwise) beyond the confines of the ai ...
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Nyquist jogs on Keeneland's all-weather surface
Edited Press Release
Champion juvenile Nyquist jogged three times around Keeneland's five-eighths, all-weather training track Tuesday morning with regular exercise rider Jonny Garcia aboard.
"That is our standard routine at home to gallop a da ...
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Untapable looking to rebound again in Apple Blossom
The connections of Untapable hope history will repeat itself when the five-year-old mare faces five others in her title defense of the $500,000 Apple Blossom H. (G1) at Oaklawn Park on Friday.
Coming off a 2014 campaign in which she was honore ...
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Santa Anita's closing weekend features standout performances from Kentucky Derby, Oaks contenders
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
A few standout performances headlined the closing weekend at Santa Anita.
Santa Anita Derby (G1) : Big Chief Racing et al’s EXAGGERATOR (Curlin) launched a huge move on the far turn blew past foes in early stretch, postin ...
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2016 Kentucky Derby Pedigrees: Outwork
As if having unbeaten champion and 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Nyquist weren’t enough of a smash in his first crop, the hits just keep on coming for sire sensation Uncle Mo. Another son, Outwork, booked his Derby ticket by capturing the Woo ...
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Rockeyed scores at Dover Downs again
Monday evening kicked off the closing week of the long winter-spring meet at Dover Downs and the normally strong program at the Delaware five-eighths mile oval was highlighted by a quartet of fast miles. Heading the way was Rockeyed Optimist, a five ...
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2016 Kentucky Derby Pedigrees: Brody's Cause
Brody’s Cause gives renowned international sire Giant’s Causeway a second prospective starter in the 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1), after Tampa Bay Derby (G2) winner Destin.
Here (slightly updated) is what I wrote about Giant’s Causeway, the “Iron Ho ...
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2016 Kentucky Derby Pedigrees: Exaggerator
Exaggerator thrust himself back into the 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) spotlight with a resounding victory in Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby (G1).
As a son of Hall of Famer Curlin, he should cope with 1 1/4 miles. But after running well without winning ...
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Zenyatta, newborn War Front colt sent to clinic as precaution
Photo courtesy of Kyle Acebo/Team Zenyatta via Twitter.
Hall of Fame finalist Zenyatta gave birth to a War Front colt Sunday night at Lane’s End near Versailles, Kentucky. The only damper on the otherwise happy announcement from Team Zenyatta was ...
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Derby Preps "Muddy" the Picture
Cupid - I love how Cupid relaxes so well on the front end. He got the first quarter in the Rebel in :22.4. He relaxed enough to get the second quarter in :24. It's hard to find that kind of professionalism in a three-year-old. Plus, he was sired by ...
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Kentucky Derby favorite Nyquist turns in gallop at Keeneland
After a couple of mornings jogging, unbeaten champion Nyquist resumed galloping at Keeneland on Monday morning.
The Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite extended his winning sequence to seven in the April 2 Florida Derby (G1), then shipped to Keeneland ...
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Catch a Glimpse looking to cap big week with Appalachian score
Catch a Glimpse can cap a big week for herself and her connections on Thursday by beating 10 rivals in the $125,000 Appalachian (G3) at Keeneland, a one-mile grass event for three-year-old fillies.
Last Friday evening at Woodbine, the daughter ...
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Gun Runner breezes five furlongs in preparation for Kentucky Derby
Edited press release from Churchill Downs
Winchell Racing LLC and Three Chimneys Farm’s Gun Runner continued his preparation for a start in the May 7 Kentucky Derby (G1) with a five-furlong breeze in 1:01 over a fast track Monday mornin ...
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Yonkers hosts fourth Levy leg
While thoroughbred racing fans were savoring the Kentucky Derby preps at three different ovals on Saturday, standardbred fans were again closely following the action at Yonkers Raceway as the New York half-mile oval hosted the fourth round of the Geo ...
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Derby Preps Highlight Weekend
Saturday afternoon Thoroughbred fans had the chance to watch a trio of Grade I, $1 million Kentucky Derby preps at three different ovals and the results may have helped clear a muddied Derby picture. In the first of those three Derby preps, Outwork ...
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Songbird ‘likely’ to record final KY Oaks move at Santa Anita
Edited Press Release
Superstar filly Songbird won her seventh straight race with consummate ease Saturday, taking the Santa Anita Oaks (G1) by 3 3/4 lengths, leading throughout the 1 1/16-mile race as is her wont despite breaking from the rail a ...
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Derby prep aftermath: Zulu, Flexibility off the trail
Edited press release from NYRA
Trainer Todd Pletcher reported this morning that Repole Stable's Outwork , winner of Saturday's $1 million Wood Memorial (G1), returned from his efforts in fine fettle and likely will be one of two repres ...
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Catch a Glimpse honored as Canadian Horse of the Year
Edited Press Release
The Jockey Club of Canada held its 41st Annual Sovereign Awards event Friday evening on the elegantly transformed third floor of Woodbine Race Track in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Sovereign Awards are Canada’s premier a ...
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Southland - Monday, April 11
Over the years I have had quite a few people ask me about the different handicapping services when it comes to picking greyhounds and I've always tried to be as diplomatic as possible with my answers. From people standing on the side of the road or i ...
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Ashland upsetter Weep No More heading to Churchill; Cathryn Sophia bypassing KY Oaks
Edited Press Release
Ashbrook Farm’s upset Ashland (G1) winner Weep No More will head to Churchill Downs on Monday to begin preparations for the 142nd running of the $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) on May 6.
“She was go ...
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Whitmore, Suddenbreakingnews & Discreetness work for Arkansas Derby
Edited Press Release
Three scheduled starters for the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) on April 16 recorded their final workouts for the race over a fast surface Saturday morning at Oaklawn Park.
Whitmore, in company with stablemate Regulatory, ...
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