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Effinex edges Samraat to repeat in Suburban
After narrowly defeating Tonalist 12 months ago, Effinex was put to the test by Samraat before prevailing by a neck in Saturday’s $500,000 Suburban H. (G2) at Belmont Park. The 5-year-old rebounded from a well-beaten sixth as the 3-5 favorite in ...
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Faufiler quickens best in Modesty
The Niarchos Family’s homebred Faufiler can find herself too far behind off a fast pace at around a mile, but the stretch-out to 1 3/16 miles in Saturday’s $125,000 Modesty (G3) implied that she might secure better early position. That’s exactly ho ...
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Fish Trappe Road registers initial stakes win in Dwyer
Runner-up in the Woody Stephens (G2) on the Belmont Stakes undercard, Fish Trappe Road came back to record his first stakes win in Saturday’s $500,000 Dwyer (G3) , rallying from just off the pace to post a 1 1/4-length decision. Trained by Bret Ca ...
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Coppa remains unbeaten with Victory Ride win
Anthony Fanticola and Joseph Scardino’s Coppa passed her stakes debut with flying colors on Saturday at Belmont Park, taking the $150,000 Victory Ride Stakes (G3) by a neck with regular rider Joe Talamo in the saddle.
Coppa led every step of the ...
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Playing the Late Pick 4 at Arlington
Saturday is Million Preview Day at Arlington and TwinSpires is offering a 10% bonus to players on all Pick 4s. The late sequence (Races 6-9) includes three stakes and I’ll take a swing it.
Here are my thoughts on the races and a $48 Pick 4 ticket ...
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How to bet the Pick 4 on Million Preview day at Arlington Park
The first piece of advice related to how to bet the Pick 4s on Million Preview day--Saturday, July 9, at Arlington International Racecourse--is to do it on TwinSpires.com where all winning tickets will receive a 10% bonus (up to $500, click the image ...
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Price horses of interest at Arlington & Belmont
Although the turf stakes on Arlington’s Million Preview Day and Belmont Park’s Stars and Stripes Festival figure to be pretty formful (read: chalky), there are a few horses worth a look at a price.
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In the Modesty (G3) (4TH race), ...
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How to bet Stars & Stripes Day at Belmont Park and the Promotion at TwinSpires.com
Thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown ended a month ago, but great racing, great wagering, and a great promotion on the Stars & Stripes Day card on Saturday, July 9, at Belmont Park is a triumverate worth celebrating as well with the New York Racing ...
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Limato’s in a league of his own in July Cup
Denied the chance to strut his stuff at a rain-sodden Royal Ascot, Limato proved worth the wait when bolting up in Saturday’s July Cup (G1) at Newmarket . As a measure of the competitiveness of this sprint field on paper, the Henry Candy trainee w ...
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Value Plays in Stars & Stripes Festival
Five days after the Fourth of July, Belmont Park will feature the Stars & Stripes Festival with six graded stakes. A pair of premiere events for 3-year-old turf sophomores, the $1.25 million Belmont Derby and $1 million Belmont Oaks, highlight th ...
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Rescheduled Ellis Park Smackdown set for Saturday
Edited Press Release
It started out with a tweet announcing that Joe Kristufek will make daily selections for Ellis Park on Brisnet.com : "To play @EllisParkRacing without @JoeyDaKRacing picks is a handicap, not han ...
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Alice Springs, Roly Poly give O’Brien a Newmarket double; Very Special to Beverly D.
Trainer Aidan O’Brien swept both of Friday’s major events at the Newmarket July Festival, his fillies Alice Springs and Roly Poly enjoying the good-to-firm ground so much as to record new career highs. The sophomore Alice Springs bounded clear of old ...
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Woodbine Oaks upsetter Neshama faces six in Bison City
Neshama seeks the second jewel of the Canadian Triple Tiara on Sunday when lining up against six rivals in the C$250,000 Bison City Stakes at Woodbine.
The Catherine Day Phillips trainee is 3-1-0 from six career starts, with her biggest win to d ...
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Hot Races on Tap
Another great weekend of races is ahead of us here at bestbet Jacksonville. Loads of talent are on tap as we continue our great Greyhound Summer Promotions with prizes, deals, and steals this next few days and nights. Let’s take a look at the 10 feat ...
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Tepin readying for Spa trip
Edited Press Release
Champion turf mare Tepin is set to depart from trainer Mark Casse's Churchill Downs base midweek to settle into her summer digs at Saratoga Race Course, according to Norm Casse, the head assistant for his father, Mark, on Fr ...
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Hollendorfer confirms Songbird for Coaching Club American Oaks
Edited Press Release
Fox Hill Farm's Songbird will soon be heading to Saratoga Race Course, now that the undefeated champion filly has been confirmed for the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) sending three-year-old fillies 1 1/8 miles on ...
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International challengers loom large in Belmont Derby
They aren't Europe's best, but the continent's three representatives in Saturday's $1.25 million Belmont Derby (G1) still figure to pack a formidable punch against 10 U.S.-based entrants in the 1 1/4-mile grass test that highlights Belmont Park's S ...
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Top sophomore turf filly Catch a Glimpse brings seven-race win streak to Belmont Oaks
Canadian Horse of the Year Catch a Glimpse has nearly done it all in posting an undefeated record of seven wins from seven starts on turf. Having beaten an international field in last fall's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) and toppling mal ...
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Mubtaahij returns for McLaughlin in Suburban; Economic Model enters Dwyer on upswing
Mubtaahij returns to the United States and makes his first start for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin in Saturday’s $500,000 Suburban H. (G2) , one of six graded stakes races on a blockbuster card at Belmont Park.
The 4-year-old colt hasn’t visited the ...
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The Pizza Man headlines Million Preview Day at Arlington
Arlington’s Million Preview Day on Saturday features four turf stakes that give the participants a chance to both earn a paycheck and prepare for the upcoming International Festival of Racing on August 13.
Two of Saturday’s contests, the $125,000 ...
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Oscar Nominated faces 10 in American Derby; Modesty attracts eight
Oscar Nominated was a force to be reckoned with sprinting on the turf early this year, but was diverted to the Kentucky Derby (G1) after winning the Spiral Stakes (G3) on the all-weather at Turfway Park.
Following a 17th-place finish in the Derby, ...
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Euro Charline: a success story that could have been even greater
“The saddest day of my career to announce the brilliant Euro Charline has been retired due to injury.”
So commented trainer Marco Botti Wednesday on Twitter, after Team Valor International’s globetrotting mare was retired due to a tendon injury. S ...
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Lumiere lights up July Festival again; watch for ‘Gatsby’ at Breeders’ Cup
Thursday’s opening day of the Newmarket July Festival featured Group race victories by tough stayer Big Orange, classy juvenile Mehmas, and St Leger (G1) prospect Housesofparliament, but Lumiere arguably upstaged them all in the listed Sir Henry Cec ...
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2016 Saratoga Meet Preview
Scenes from morning workouts at Saratoga Race Course on Travers Stakes Day in Saratoga Springs, New York on August 25, 2012. The 2016 Saratoga Meet starts on July 22 and ends on September 5. Saratoga is routinely the most important meet on the ...
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Louisiana Showcase Night Saturday, July 9 at Delta Downs
Open Me A Corona seeks his 14th career win in the Louisiana Classic Post time for Saturday's Louisiana Showcase Night is 6:15 pm (CT). The card is devoted to Louisiana-bred Quarter Horse and will include eight stakes races and total purse mon ...
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How to Bet Let 8 Ride as Thursday racing returns to Arlington
Thursday racing returns to Arlington International Racecourse on July 7 and along with it the popular TwinSpires.com promotion Let 8 Ride .
This week also marks five weeks until the International Festival of Racing , and Arlington Park will mark ...
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Meadowlands Pace Trial For Berths; Graduates Double Header; Frosh-Picks Parade
A single Meadowlands Pace elimination is the overture for next week’s big glamour-boy pacing event, worth $750,000. This weekend, though, at the Meadowlands, four-year-old pacers and trotters finalize their Graduate journeys for $250,000 each.
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Trotter Train Travels Through Meadowlands, Tioga
Filly trotters compose most of the action on the Hambletonian Trail this week, going in two divisions of the $56,486 “Reynolds” at the Meadowlands on Saturday, July 9, as well as in three divisions of the $121,800 New York Sires Stakes (NYSS) at Tiog ...
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Ocean Downs offers bevy of Maryland-bred events
Throughout the summer the scene in Maryland shifts from Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington to Ocean Downs in Berlin where the half-mile oval five miles west of Ocean City has long been a favorite stop for serious and novice harness racing fans alik ...
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How to bet the Pick 5 carryover on July 6 at Finger Lakes
The carryovers are getting smaller, which is bad news considering our debt is getting bigger after swinging and missing at the mandatory single^6 on Saturday at Churchill and the $16k Pick 5 carryover on Tuesday at Fort Erie, but Wednesday brings ano ...
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Rainbow Futurity Trials Set for Friday and Saturday
Teller Baja will be in action Friday at Ruidoso Downs in trials for the Rainbow Futurity. Teller Baja, a daughter of Teller Cartel, is undefeated and makes her first start following her victory at Remington Park in the $888,000 Remington Park ...
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Graduate finals slated for Saturday night at Meadowlands
Throughout the winter and spring the Friday and Saturday night cards have left a lot to be desired, but this Saturday night the New Jersey mile oval will host a pair of $250,000 Graduate Series finals for four-year-olds, one each for trotters and pac ...
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Southland's 5 Up & Coming young greyhounds to watch in July
Welcome to another Southland monthly preview of the Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch . July's selections consist of some hard running youngsters that have started their careers with some impressive wins and a few that are just hi ...
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Readying to scratch Delaware Park and its Handicap off the bucket list
For a variety of reasons (i.e. raising kids, finances, work commitments, etc.), adding to my list of "Thoroughbred Tracks Visited" long ago ceased to be a feasible hobby. It was not by choice, mind you, but fate and acceptance of it eventually breeds ...
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Staying North of the Border to play the Pick 5 Carryover Tuesday at Fort Erie
If Sunday’s exciting #QP16 card at Woodbine got your blood pumping for exciting Canadian Thoroughbred action, then the good news is you didn’t have to wait long for a reason to jump back into the Northern pools because Fort Erie has a $16,418 Pick ...
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Off the Tracks stars in Mother Goose, Rodrgiuez sends out a couple of nice debut winners at Belmont Park
BELMONT NOTEBOOK
A single graded affair topped the weekend of racing at Belmont Park.
Mother Goose S. (G1) : Newtown Amber Stud et al’s OFF THE TRACKS (Curlin) gained the lead out of the gate and improved her margin at each call in registerin ...
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Dalmore carries improving form to Affirmed upset; Drefong, Dynamite Charge highlight Horses to Watch list at Santa Anita
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
There was a single graded race this past week at Santa Anita.
Affirmed S. (G3) : Big Chief Racing’s DALMORE (Colonel John) drew even with 1-5 favorite Danzing Candy (Twirling Candy) in midstretch and inched away to a half ...
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Euro Charline, Mongolian Saturday in action at Newmarket July Festival
Photo of Mongolian Saturday courtesy of Newmarket Racecourse via Twitter
Following Royal Ascot on the British summer tour of top-quality racing is Newmarket’s July Festival, a three-day stand running Thursday through Saturday.
The weather has ...
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Pure Sensation aims to sizzle in Parx Dash
Pure Sensation lit up both the Belmont Park turf and the tote board when registering an 18-1 upset of the Jaipur (G3) on the Belmont Stakes undercard last month. On Saturday, the Christophe Clement-trained gray shortens up to five furlongs for anoth ...
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Nyquist turns in another half-mile ahead of return
Edited Press Release
Kentucky Derby (G1) king Nyquist worked four furlongs at Santa Anita Monday morning in :48.60 as he prepares for his first race since finishing third in the Preakness (G1) on May 21.
Under exercise rider Jonny Garcia ...
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Ballydoyle spearheads raiding party in Belmont Oaks
Continued from Part I on the Belmont Derby …
BELMONT OAKS
Ballydoyle ’s very name indicates her early reputation. The O’Brien filly is a full sister to Irish classic heroine and multiple Group 1-winning highweight Misty for Me, who was a f ...
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Deauville leads international invasion for Belmont Derby
After a lower-key sortie for the 2015 Stars & Stripes Festival at Belmont Park, trainer Aidan O’Brien has mobilized a much stronger force to invade the lucrative turf races on Saturday.
Deauville brings a strong resume into the $1.25 million B ...
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Zipessa earns first stakes win in Penny Memorial
Jockey Florent Geroux completed a successful swing through the Mid-Atlantic on Independence Day weekend when bagging the $200,000 Dr. James Penny Memorial (G3) at Parx Racing on Monday aboard Zipessa.
Riding the four-year-old filly by City Zip l ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 7/3/2016
TwinSpires will have a $1000 handicapping contest to enter for the Matinee card but hurry if you want to enter. Only a few spots remain left if you want in on the holiday action.
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Pocono card lived up to billing
It may have only marked the midway point of the harness racing season, but Saturday nights card at Pocono Downs will likely have a lasting impact regarding division honors. Highlighting the card were four lucrative finals worth nearly $2 million an ...
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Sir Dudley Digges gives Ramseys, Leparoux first win in Queen’s Plate
Sir Dudley Digges was sent off at nearly 16-1 while making just his second start at Woodbine in Sunday’s $775,950 Queen’s Plate , but the Gio Ponti colt ran like a favorite to give owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey as well as jockey Julien Leparoux a firs ...
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Lexie Lou, Danish Dynaformer star on Queen’s Plate undercard
File photo of Lexie Lou courtesy of WEG/Michael Burns Photography
Fittingly enough, two past Queen’s Plate principals triumphed in stakes on Sunday’s Queen’s Plate Day at Woodbine.
Former Canadian Horse of the Year Lexie Lou, who beat the boys ...
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World Approval capitalizes on perfect trip in UN
Live Oak Plantation’s homebred World Approval has been knocking on the Grade 1 door of late, and he barged through, with an assist from new rider Florent Geroux, in Sunday’s $300,000 United Nations (G1) at Monmouth Park. The hard-trying gray thus c ...
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Brown runners ready for Stars & Stripes Festival; Lady Eli returns to worktab
Edited Press Release
Trainer Chad Brown is getting his stable ready for the Stars & Stripes Festival on July 9 at Belmont Park, sending out both of his expected entries for the $1.25 million Belmont Derby Invitational (G1) – Camelot Kitten a ...
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McCarthy day-to-day with sore right knee
Edited Press Release
Jockey Trevor McCarthy, injured in a post-race spill Saturday at Laurel Park, took off his mounts Sunday and remains day-to-day with a sore right knee, according to agent Scott Silver.
McCarthy, the leading rider in Maryl ...
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Passion for Action prevails in Highlander; Lady Shipman fifth
The Queen’s Plate Day stakes action opened with an upset, as 1-2 favorite Lady Shipman weakened to fifth behind the 6-1 Passion for Action in the $173,777 Highlander (G2) .
Trained by Michael De Paulo for owner/breeder Ben Hutzel, Passion for Act ...
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Esposito can make the goal in Queen's Plate
As I observed in this week's "On Point" with Ed DeRosa, I find handicapping Sunday's C$1 million Queen's Plate at Woodbine a bit of a puzzle.
With so much apparent speed in the field, how sure can you be those that have shown early foot in th ...
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Hoosier $20 Tweet Tops Prices; Always B Miki Fastest Pacer; Public Hammers Pocono Stakes Champs
We were back on Twitter, at Hoosier Park, on June 29 and tweeted our top-paying winner of the week in a two-year-old Indiana Sires Stakes. We nabbed Fomor ($20.20, $9.80, $6.20), tossing a profit though we lost our other two suggested plays, also fro ...
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Classic Empire Evokes Thoughts of American Pharoah Following Bashford Manor Win
Assistant trainer Norm Casse didn’t mince words when talking about Classic Empire following the colt’s electrifying last-to-first rally to win the Bashford Manor Stakes.
“He reminds me of American Pharoah,” Casse said. “Nothing rattles him.
“Th ...
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Queen’s Plate pace scenario should favor late-running filly
Speedy types abound in Sunday’s 157 th running of the Queen’s Plate. Held at 1 ¼ miles on Woodbine’s Tapeta, the first leg of Canada’s Triple Crown features 13 Ontario-bred 3-year-olds and most want to race on or close to the lead.
That includes ...
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Dalmore takes down ‘Candy in Affirmed
Saturday’s $100,000 Affirmed (G3) at Santa Anita looked like just the place to get Danzing Candy back on track for the second half of the 3-year-old season.
Transferred to Hall of Famer Bob Baffert after his Kentucky Derby (G1) debacle, Danzing ...
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Off the Tracks proves best in Mother Goose
Newtown Anner Stud and J Stables’ Off the Tracks turned back Lewis Bay in the stretch of Saturday’s $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park to score a 3 1/2-length win under jockey Jose Ortiz.
Trained by Todd Pletcher, the bay daughter ...
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Spelling Again holds off Cali Star in Princess Rooney
Spelling Again held off a late surge from Cali Star in Saturday's $250,000 Princess Rooney (G2) at Gulfstream Park, earning an automatic entry in the TwinSpires.com Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita in November.
A trac ...
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Delta Bluesman earns Breeders’ Cup TwinSpires Sprint berth in Smile
Monster Racing Stables' Delta Bluesman regained the advantage in upper stretch and won going away by 3 ¾ lengths in Saturday’s $250,000 Smile Sprint (G2) at Gulfstream Park, notching a guaranteed berth to the Breeders’ Cup TwinSpires Sprint in the ...
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8yo finds new Dimension in King Edward
Dimension has found the proverbial fountain of youth as an 8-year-old. A credit to trainer Conor Murphy, who campaigns him in the name of his Riverside Bloodstock, the British-bred gelding earned his second straight Grade 2 victory at Woodbine in Sat ...
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Songbird clocks five furlongs at Santa Anita Park
Edited Press Release
Undefeated champion Songbird worked five furlongs over Santa Anita Park’s fast main track in 1:01 early Saturday morning as she prepares for an East Coast sojourn.
“The clockers gave her 1:01; I got her in a minute point ...
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Single 6 Saturday at Churchill offers home run chance
It's closing night at Churchill Downs, and a mandatory payout in the single 6 means it could be a getaway day for those skillful enough to pick 6.
The single^6 has proved lucrative all meeting long with an average payout of more than $13,000, and ...
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Hawkbill hands sire Kitten’s Joy first European G1 in Eclipse
In a soggy renewal of the Eclipse (G1) that left more questions than answers, Godolphin’s Hawkbill (center) rebuffed Coolmore’s 4-6 favorite The Gurkha in a finish dominated by 3-year-olds. The Kentucky-bred winner thereby gave Ramsey Farm’s turf cha ...
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Not using potential false favorites in Churchill's Single 6
We're hours away from the start from the Single 6 Jackpot mandatory payout at Churchill Downs , with a carryover of more than $700,000 and a total pool expected to exceed $3 million. Let the fireworks, for one astute bettor or more, begin.
Given ...
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Lightstream in Mother Goose; Single 6 Wagers at Churchill
Unbeaten Lightstream will step up in class and make her route debut in Saturday’s 1 1/8-mile Mother Goose (G1) at Belmont Park. It’s a daunting challenge against accomplished rivals Lewis Bay, Rachel’s Valentina and Off the Tracks, but I like her c ...
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Sparks should be flying at Pocono Downs on Saturday night
[Montrell Teague], the 2015 harness horse of the year won his Ben Franklin elim in 1:48.1, but tht was eventually bettered by both Always B Miki (David Miller), who scored in 1:47 for trainer Jimmy Takter and Freaky Feet Pete (Trace Tetrick) who won ...
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$500 charitable contribution up for grabs in Ellis Park Independence Day Smackdown
Edited Press Release
It started out with a tweet announcing that Joe Kristufek will make daily selections for Ellis Park on Brisnet.com : "To play @EllisParkRacing without @JoeyDaKRacing picks is a handicap, not handicapping."
"Unle ...
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Queen’s Plate 2016: top 5 storylines
As the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, and the North American stakes race with the longest continuous history, the Queen’s Plate serves up fascinating story lines every year. (Click here for FREE Queen's Plate PPs, courtesy of Brisnet .)
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Highland Sky stepping up in Belmont Derby; Swipe set for Dwyer
Edited Press Release
After an impressive second-place finish in the Pennine Ridge Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park on June 4, where he traveled seven-wide only to lose by a neck at the wire, stakes scorer Highland Sky will look to move forward in the ...
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Effinex will try to rebound in Suburban
Edited Press Release
Grade 1 victor Effinex will try to rebound from his sixth-place finish in the June 18 Stephen Foster Handicap (G1) at Churchill Downs as an expected heavyweight for the $500,000 Suburban Stakes (G2) for four-year-olds and up ...
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A Prairie Meadows exacta: Stakes and a Pick 5 carryover in America's heartland
Two of my favorite things come together tonight at Prairie Meadows: stakes at an otherwise-out-of-the-way racetrack, and a carryover in a $0.50 Pick 5 pool.
The Iowa Festival of Racing began Thursday night at the Des Moines-area racetrack and cont ...
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Private Zone ready to make seasonal bow in Belmont Sprint
Edited Press Release
Multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Private Zone is scheduled to make his first start of 2016 as the headlining act in the Belmont Sprint Championship (G3) for three-year-olds and up at seven furlongs during Belmont’s Stars ...
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Norman Casse: Tepin ‘hasn’t missed a beat since she got back’
Edited Press Release
Champion turf mare Tepin has been settling back into her Churchill Downs base well since returning on Monday following a successful trip overseas to Royal Ascot where she won the Queen Anne Stakes (Eng-G1) on June 14.
“Sh ...
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Gulfstream to host 2017 Clasico Internacional del Caribe
Edited Press Release
The Confederation of Caribbean Racetracks made an historic announcement Friday, unanimously approving Gulfstream Park as host of the 2017 Clasico Internacional del Caribe – the premier Thoroughbred racing event in the Caribbe ...
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All-American Weekend
Another exciting weekend of racing is ahead of us here at bestbet Jacksonville, as our greyhound summer promotion continues to draw fans and rev up the fun factor. No matter what you are into, we have you covered this weekend. Loads of early speeders ...
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Wake Forest tops Brown triumvirate in United Nations
Trainer Chad Brown has won the United Nations (G1) two out of the last three years, courtesy of Big Blue Kitten, and he now dispatches a three-pronged attack on Sunday’s $300,000 renewal at Monmouth Park.
Topping the Brown squadron is German imp ...
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Family Tree leaves rivals in her wake
Gary and Mary West’s Family Tree proved best by two lengths on Thursday night at Prairie Meadows in the $200,000 Iowa Oaks (G3) with jockey Florent Geroux aboard.
The Wayne Catalano trainee was three wide while tracking pacesetter Marquee Miss a ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Greyhounds Of The 2015/2016 Season
*2016 He's My Man Champ Xtenshun*
Honorable Mention
Xtenshun, JS SpeedyPebbles, Kay Beowulf, JohnnyCantWait, Flying Russian, PJ Timeless, Blu Too Tarmac, Kinda Cruel Red, Amf Wild Burst, Go Big Or GoHome, PJ St Pierre, Atascocit ...
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2016 Del Mar Summer Preview
August 1 2015: Beholder with Gary Stevens up wins the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" race at Del Mar Race Course in Del Mar CA. Zoe Metz/ESW/CSM July 15 is the first day of Del Mar's traditional summer meet. I know ...
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Zoomin Effortlessly Tops the AQHA Poll
Zooming Effortlessly has won his last four Grade 1 stakes "What makes him special is not so much his speed, but his stride," explains Santos. "I've ridden plenty of fast horses, but none of them get the jump the way he does." So the "Cinderell ...
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The psychology of jackpot wagering
by Dick Powell
The Pick 6, and its various iterations, has been in the news a lot lately. Some good; some bad. Here are some of my impressions.
First, I hate when race offices try to socially engineer the bet. They stack the sequence of six rac ...
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How to bet the Iowa Oaks Thursday at Prairie Meadows
Plays for the Iowa Oaks Card tonight!
Prairie Meadows kicks off its three day Festival of Racing with the Grade 3 Iowa Oaks. Ed DeRosa lays out his plans for betting tonight's Oaks; it's Race 9 on the ten race card, post time is 10:21 p.m. ET.
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CHASMO'S DUTCH wins the 2016 Southland Derby in impressive fashion with an 8 length victory
The 2016 SOUTHLAND DERBY stakes champion is CHASMO'S DUTCH after his very impressive 8 length win in the finals of this highly competitive stakes contest. CHASMO'S DUTCH broke well and was in good position running 3rd going into the 1st turn. He ...
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Kicking off Closing Week of 2016 spring-summer meeting at Churchill Downs
There are only three racing days left at Churchill Downs, which means only two days left to take your shot at being the lone winner of the Louisville track's Single^6 jackpot, which enters the Thursday, June 30, card with a carryover of $671,761. Bas ...
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Ball Dancing, Danish Dynaformer look to bounce back at Woodbine
Continued from this post on Lady Shipman in the Highlander (G2) …
Trainer Chad Brown has one very intriguing entrant on Sunday’s Woodbine card in Ball Dancing , a potential overlay at 12-1 – if she regains form in the C$200,000 Dance Smartly ...
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Lady Shipman takes on males in Highlander
The Queen’s Plate undercard has an added allure Sunday, thanks to top turf sprinter Lady Shipman ’s invading Woodbine for the C$200,000 Highlander (G2) . Carded as the 4TH race, the Highlander kicks off a quartet of turf stakes building up to the ...
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Amis Gizmo, Shakhimat square off in Queen’s Plate
Edited Press Release
Amis Gizmo and Shakhimat, the top two finishers from the June 12 Plate Trial Stakes, will renew their rivalry on Sunday in the C$1 million Queen’s Plate at Woodbine. ( Free Brisnet PPs for the Queen's Plate )
The ...
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Ben Franklin Forecast Is Fiercely Fast At Pocono; Sophomores Co-Star; Northfield Trotting Trial On Tap
The July Fourth weekend in the U.S. offers great harness racing. America’s racehorse, the standardbred, is represented in stakes, features and overnights, all available for play on your TwinSpires platform.
On July 2, Pocono Downs’ big stakes ...
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‘Beal’ Battalion Featured Alongside Tompkins-Geers At Pocono
Trotters will compete on Saturday, July 2 for $500,000 in the Earl Beal Jr. Memorial final at Pocono Downs, as well as in the $77,380 Tompkins-Geers colt trot and $55,380 Tompkins-Geers filly trot at Tioga Downs on Friday, July 1.
The “Beal” f ...
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Birdatthewire, Limousine Liberal headline Summit of Speed program
Birdatthewire tops eight distaffers in the $250,000 Princess Rooney (G2) and Limousine Liberal is the likely favorite among seven runners in the $250,000 Smile Sprint (G2) , the two main events in Saturday’s Summit of Speed at Gulfstream Park. ...
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Full Mast owns class edge in King Edward
Full Mast made a favorable impression in his U.S. debut June 5 at Belmont Park, rallying from behind a sizzling pace to beat third-level allowance company. The Juddmonte Farms homebred seeks to add to that North American success Saturday at Woodbine ...
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Mother Goose features Rachel’s Valentina, Lewis Bay
Three of the seven fillies entered in Saturday’s $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park took part in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs on May 6.
While Mo d’Amour went on to compete earlier this month following her fifth-place ...
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Bashford Manor, Debutante highlight finale of Churchill spring meet
The sun will set, literally and figuratively, on the Churchill Downs Spring Meet Saturday as the final session of racing at the Louisville track until September will be contested under the lights.
Barring a hit on Thursday or Friday, the possibili ...
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Melatonin, Lord Nelson capture Grade 1s; speed gets better as week progresses at Santa Anita
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
A pair of Grade 1 races were offered last week at Santa Anita.
Gold Cup S. (G1) : Tarabilla Farms’ MELATONIN (Kodiak Kowboy) took a short lead at the top of the lane and gamely held off all comers in posting a 1 ½-length ...
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Pocono Downs slated to host four lucrative finals
While many Americans will look to spend the July 4th Holiday weekend at the beach or in their own backyards hosting cookouts, novice and serious harness racing fans alike will catch a glimpse of an equine fireworks display that should ensue at Pocono ...
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Delta Downs Presents the $194,810 Firecracker Derby on Friday, July 1
TLC Dale will run in Friday's Firecracker Derby at Delta Downs Trainer Michael Taylor has qualified three runners for Friday night's final. His top contender is First Fancy Prize, but graded stakes winner, Not Perry Pretty is also a filly to wa ...
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Melatonin’s speed, Mo Tom’s closing kick on display
Don’t waste any time analyzing his first nine starts in 2013-15, those races don’t matter. When it comes to Melatonin , his racing career essentially began on February 6 at Santa Anita. That’s when the 5-year-old made his two-turn debut, winning a 1 ...
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Riva Ridge-Key to the Mint rivalry one of racing's most underrated
In June 1972, Riva Ridge was firmly on top of the US Thoroughbred world, less than 10 days after the arrival of July, the entire racing season surprisingly began to change.
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