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Southland preview - Young Greyhounds
Welcome to another Southland monthly preview of the Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch . February's selections consist of several hard running youngsters that have started their careers with some impressive wins and strong fini ...
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Gutfreund leads into final day at NHC, field shortened to 63
Edited Press Release
Handicapping contest veteran Dave Gutfreund – still known to many by his old nickname “The Maven” – leads the 17th National Handicapping Championship (NHC) at Treasure Island in Las Vegas with a $237 bankroll as the field w ...
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How does Shagaf’s allowance win measure up?
Friday’s 10TH race at Gulfstream Park promised to be an informative allowance for aspirants to the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail, but its form value may be compromised by the rough trip sustained by one of the principals. While Shagaf didn’t have a straw ...
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Champions Nyquist, Songbird top 2015 Experimental Free Handicap
Edited Press Release
Nyquist, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), has been assigned the high weight of 126 pounds to top The Jockey Club’s 2015 Experimental Free Handicap.
Songbird, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), wa ...
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The Dispatch Box: Maurice to tackle Solow in Dubai Turf
Plans for newly crowned Japanese Horse of the Year Maurice are beginning to firm up, as trainer Noriyuki Hori sounded very positive about a tilt at the Dubai Turf (G1) on World Cup night.
A perfect six-for-six since joining Hori ahead of his 2015 ...
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Cards at Yonkers could prove interesting late
One week after the track cancelled live racing due to the heavy winter storm that enveloped the Mid-Atlantic region and much of the northeast, Yonkers Raceway will offer a solid Saturday night card that certainly bears watching and the New York oval ...
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Da Big Hoss among trio that can rebound in Saturday stakes
I might be proved wrong at the end of the day, but the more I look at Saturday's open stakes offerings across the country the more it seems that fat win payoffs will be hard to come by. Nonetheless, I've found a few I'll be investing on in an attempt ...
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2016 ‘Art of the Kentucky Derby’ unveiled
Edited Press Release
Leading American graphic artist John Mattos, whose Art Deco works have created indelible retro-style images for American films, major sports events and celebrations of iconic individuals, architecture, products and celebrati ...
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Two fillies join original seven in rescheduled Busanda
The $100,000 Busanda S. , a points race on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks rescheduled from last Saturday due to Winter Storm Jonas, has been carded as one of two stakes events on Sunday at Aqueduct.
Kentucky Oaks (G1) eligibility points of 10-4-2- ...
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Hawthorne Wednesday card proved quite revealing
Most midweek standardbred cards often leave a lot to be desired, but the Wednesday card at Hawthorne Race Course near Chicago offered race goers and those watching from various other venues and simulcast sites a chance to see several youthful pacers ...
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2015 AQHA Champion Jockey Ricky Ramirez
Quarter Horse jockey Ricky Ramirez was very emotional when he made his acceptance speech on January 20 as he was named AQHA Champion Jockey
. It was the first time he had received the honor, which is the Quarter Horse equivalent to Thoroughbred's ...
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Logic behind California Chrome’s Feb. 25 prep for Dubai World Cup
Assistant trainer Alan Sherman has revealed the thinking behind California Chrome’s prepping for the Dubai World Cup (G1) in a handicap rather than in the Maktoum Challenge Round 3 (G1) – and he apparently didn’t even mention the historical preceden ...
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Von Hemel pointing both Synchrony and Suddenbreakingnews to Southwest
Edited Press Release
Synchrony and Suddenbreakingnews are both being pointed for the $500,000 Southwest S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park on February 15, according to trainer Donnie K. Von Hemel.
Suddenbreakingnews had been under consideration for the ...
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Untapable begins preparations for five-year-old campaign
Edited Press Release
Winchell Thoroughbreds’ homebred champion Untapable took the first steps toward what will likely be her final season of racing on Thursday morning.
The Steve Asmussen-trained five-year-old worked an easy half-mile over Fa ...
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Natalma upgraded to Grade 1 status for 2016
Edited Press Release
The Jockey Club of Canada’s Graded Stakes Committee held its annual review of the graded and listed stakes in Canada and while the number of Graded Stakes in Canada remains unchanged at 44 there is one notable upgrade for 201 ...
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Scully handicaps Friday’s NHC Mandatory Races
Friday marks Day 2 at the National Handicapping Championship (NHC) in Las Vegas and we thought it would be fun to play along at home in the eight mandatory races.
My colleague Vance Hanson handicapped Thursday’s races and I’ll take a stab at Fri ...
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Dubai Carnival races competitive & interesting but graphics package needs improvement
BY DICK POWELL
The Dubai World Cup Carnival is underway with the fourth edition being run Thursday. So far the races have been competitive and intriguing with many runners that will go on to the Dubai World Cup card on March 26.
But when you t ...
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Triple Crown nominations total 368; Baffert leads all trainers with 35 nominees
Edited Press Release
With memories of the triumphant 2015 Triple Crown run by Zayat Stables LLC ’s American Pharoah still fresh, the owners and trainers of 368 3-year-old Thoroughbreds , headed by Reddam Racing LLC ’s unbeaten champion Nyqu ...
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Post-Blizzard Bets A-Blazing
Though there are blizzards and Presidential campaigns and even with a buildup for the 50 th Super Bowl, harness racing enters the second month of 2016 working on all four cylinders to knock down the big betting numbers—the wins, places, shows and ex ...
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Sunday Rules to face males in California Cup Sprint
Edited Press Release
A winner in seven of eight career starts, the exciting distaffer Sunday Rules will make her first attempt against males in Saturday’s $150,000 California Cup Sprint at Santa Anita. The Sprint, to be run for the 26 th &nbs ...
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Cathryn Sophia tops light Forward Gal field
Only seven sophomore fillies were entered for Saturday’s $200,000 Forward Gal S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park, and the group is pretty light in terms of winning stakes experience.
Just two among the bunch have actually scored in a stakes, but neither ...
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Mohaymen looms a heavy favorite in Holy Bull
Mohaymen , a distant runner-up in the balloting for champion juvenile colt last season after victories in the Nashua (G2) and Remsen (G2), looms a heavy favorite in Saturday's $400,000 Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
The 1 1/16-mile event att ...
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Hanson handicaps Thursday's NHC Mandatory Races
For those who failed to qualify for this week's National Handicapping Championship (NHC) or, if you're like me, didn't attempt to qualify, the next best thing might be to play along at home.
While it wouldn't feel so good to find out you had the w ...
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Flexibility heads seven-horse Withers; Toboggan redrawn with 10
After posting a convincing 4 ¼-length victory in the January 2 Jerome (G3) , Flexibility will attempt to carry his form forward over Aqueduct’s inner track in Saturday’s $250,000 Withers (G3). The Chad Brown-trained colt figures to be an overwhelm ...
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Holy Bull Was As Good As It Gets
This Saturday, on Jan. 30, dreams of roses invade the thoughts of horse racing trainers, owners, and jockeys alike in earnest. What most consider the first true Kentucky Derby prep of the year takes place when 3 year olds hit the Gulfstream Park dirt ...
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Daytona 550 Review
The 2016 Daytona 550 National Chamediampionship race was run Saturday evening, January 23, in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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An abbreviated week at Aqueduct due to the weather
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
There was no graded racing this past week at Aqueduct, which was abbreviated with winter weather causing a pair of cancellations.
Track Stats
A total of nine races were held over the inner strip at the Long Island, New Y ...
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Live Dubai Blog Week 4
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Prep confirmed for Cal Chrome as World Cup noms announced
Edited Press Release
California Chrome, the 2014 Horse of the Year trained by Art Sherman, heads a strong list of American nominees for the $10 million Dubai World Cup (G1). The five-year-old, who brings with him a huge fan base, is already stabl ...
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Hawthorne offers interesting Wednesday card
Harness racing fans often find midweek cards difficult to play, but Wednesday's card at Hawthorne Race Course in Illinois features a pair of interesting series. Hawthorne will present the second leg of the Whizzer White series for younger pacers tha ...
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TURF TALK: Good Luck NHC Players & Sam Houston goes long for Connally Cup
January 26, 2016
Vance Hanson bids bon voyage to Ed DeRosa, who heads to Las Vegas this week for the National Handicapping Championship -- not to play but to cheer on TwinSpires.com and Brisnet.com players.
A new NHC winner will have been crow ...
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Speed plays well on both main track & turf; Cape Wolfe, Imperious One among horses to watch at Santa Anita
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
A single graded affair highlighted the weekend of the winter/spring meeting at Santa Anita.
Santa Monica (G2) : Terry Lovinger’s LOST BUS (Bring the Heat) took a short lead at the top of the stretch and gamely held sway d ...
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Dover Downs Monday card offers upsets
One day after its Sunday program was nixed by the snowstorm that enveloped most of the Mid-Atlantic region, Dover Downs offered a solid Monday card that had more than its fair share of upsets. Nearing the midway point of the card, Soto (Victor Kirby ...
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Phil D'Amato Should Exceed 2015 Success in 2016
5. Fanticola - Last year, Fanticola ended up regressing in the Grade 2 John C. Mabee Handicap and the Grade 1 Rodeo Drive Stakes in September. In June of 2015, she won the Grade 2 Royal Heroine Stakes. Fanticola is a 6 year old mare. A lot of times ...
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Frosted arrives in Dubai; Chrome tours Meydan
Frosted photo courtesy of Dubai Racing Club via Twitter .
Godolphin’s leading Dubai World Cup (G1) hopeful, Frosted, left his Florida winter headquarters and arrived in Dubai Sunday.
Last year’s Wood Memorial (G1) and Pennsylvania Derby (G2) wi ...
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Dubai Carnival beads: Unleashing the Safety
After Godolphin’s Safety Check stormed the Al Fahidi Fort (G2) for the second straight year, once again in course-record time, trainer Charlie Appleby summed it up best:
“He just loves it in Dubai.”
Safety Check whizzes around as if he were c ...
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Cassatt defends title in Houston Ladies Classic; 12 in Connally
The biggest night of racing at Sam Houston takes place Saturday, and the meet's two signature features have undergone moderate but welcome changes since last year.
The richest event of the meet, the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic , will be run ...
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Blofeld seeks return to best form in allowance comeback
Blofeld , a leading juvenile performer in 2014 who was limited to just two starts during his sophomore season, returns to action Wednesday at Gulfstream Park in a $48,000 conditioned allowance going six furlongs.
A well-regarded Triple Crown pro ...
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The Success of the Daytona 550....Again!
The second edition of the Daytona 550 was a rousing success for all of us in the industry once again.
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Coastline beats Heat, D’Amato has plenty to smile about in Clocker’s Corner
Once a promising youngster on the Triple Crown trail, Coastline has reinvented himself as a turf sprinter for new trainer Phil D’Amato. The son of Speightstown missed by a neck in his first try down Santa Anita’s hillside turf in the December 26 Dayt ...
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Nyquist records six furlongs in 1:15.60 for San Vicente
Edited Press Release
Nyquist, the recently crowned champion two-year-old colt of 2015, took another step closer to his three-year-old debut in the February 15 San Vicente S. (G2) when working six furlongs over Santa Anita’s fast main track Sunda ...
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Miami Pick-4 Leg-Winner Worth $45 In Two-For-Three Ticket; Top Returning H2W Winners Pay $32, $20
A combination of winners from our personal features and from our horses-to-watch (H2W) list led the success parade this weekend, while the Mid-Atlantic States from the south all the way up the coast experienced the biggest snowstorm since weather was ...
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64-1 Lost Bus finds her way to Santa Monica winner’s circle
Terry C. Lovingier’s Lost Bus had little luck in finding her way to the winner’s circle before Saturday, boasting only two victories from 10 starts.
However, that all changed when the four-year-old miss battled to score at 64-1 in the $201,000 Sa ...
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Charming Kitten’s class, stamina too much for Jerkens foes
When Gulfstream Park established a 2-mile turf stakes in honor of the legendary H. Allen Jerkens last year, chances are you wouldn’t have guessed that Todd Pletcher would win the first two runnings. But after taking the 2015 inaugural with Unitaria ...
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Mor Spirit lopes through three-quarters ahead of Lewis; Exaggerator posts gate move for San Vicente
Edited Press Release
Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful Mor Spirit worked six furlongs over Santa Anita’s fast main track Saturday morning in a relatively pedestrian 1:13.60.
The Eskendereya ridgling is readying for his three-year-old debut in the ...
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The Pizza Man works five-eighths for San Marcos
Edited Press Release
The Pizza Man, a 2015 Eclipse Award finalist for champion turf male, had his first work of 2016 on Saturday morning at Fair Grounds. The Roger Brueggemann-trained son of English Channel left Barn 20 at approximately 8:45 a.m. ...
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Champions Face Off Sunday at Los Alamitos
AQHA world champion Heza Dasha Fire runs Sunday evening at Los Alamitos The trials, to be run at 400-yards, will determine the finalists for the Winter Championship, and one additional bonus. The winner of the final will earn the first starting ...
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Morning Fire, R Girls a Charmer lead all the way at Tampa
Morning Fire, who had crossed the finish line second in four stakes attempts as a juvenile, ended that streak of futility in added-money events in his three-year-old debut Saturday in the $63,500 Pasco at Tampa Bay Downs.
Breaking behind most of ...
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Winner of first Latin American qualifier to compete in NHC 17
Edited press release
Leandro Tomas of Lima, Peru, is on his way to compete in the world’s richest and most prestigious handicapping tournament – next weekend’s $2.75 million Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship ...
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EHV outbreak halts racing at Sunland Park
Edited Press Release
Racing at Sunland Park in New Mexico has been suspended for 14 days following an outbreak of the Equine Herpes Virus (EHV) at the track this week.
"In the interest of equine safety, Sunland Park is postponing racing for an ...
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Horses, staff safe after Old Friends barn fire
Edited Press Release
Georgetown Scott County Fire Departments responded to a fire during the night Saturday in one of the barns at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility located in Georgetown, Kentucky.
The two horses that were ...
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Looking forward to Hand of Power’s stakes debut in Pasco
Saturday’s 7-furlong Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs marks the stakes debut for Hand of Power, a smart maiden winner at Churchill Downs in mid-November. The Candy Ride colt needs a strong showing to join the Kentucky Derby trail.
Hand of Power i ...
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Storm Flag Flying Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Victory And Its Impact On My Life
I would have called myself a lifelong racing fan long before attending the 2002 Breeders’ Cup at Arlington International Racecourse, but it was that event that introduced me to a new dimension of what it meant to be a racing fan: cheering for a horse ...
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Storm Flag Flying dies after foaling complications
Just two days after the death of Arch, Claiborne Farm reported another sad loss of Storm Flag Flying .
Edited press release (with videos added)
Eclipse Award winner Storm Flag Flying died January 22 at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital due to c ...
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The Dispatch Box: Hong Kong’s cardiac patients are ready to return
Hong Kong celebrities Aerovelocity and Luger, who were both derailed by heart irregularities last year, are back in good health and trialing smartly in advance of their returns.
Aerovelocity proved himself as a world-class sprinter, sweeping the ...
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These three horses can help break my blizzard blues
The racing pickings will be considerably slimmer this weekend with a significant blizzard shutting down the sport along the northeast corridor and other points slightly south and west. Thankfully, 21st century technology allows most shut-ins a chance ...
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Sat night cards could weather the storm
While many sports enthusiasts are eagerly looking forward to the National Football League conference championship games on Sunday afternoon, standardbred racing fans will be hopeful that a pending winter storm does not nix the cards at Yonkers Racew ...
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Fountain of Youth next stop for exciting Zulu
Edited Press Release
Exciting Kentucky Derby (G1) prospect Zulu is being pointed to the $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park February 27.
Trained by Todd Pletcher, the son of Bernardini has launched his promising career with ...
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National Championship picks, Jan 23
mpionship race runs Saturday evening, January 23 in Daytona Beach, Florida and the excitement and anticipation are reaching a fever pitch as 8 extremely talented, gifted and accomplished greyhounds will be going paw to paw for the title. Included i ...
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National Championship Preview
#8 Need MyMoneyNow ~ DQ Williams Kennel ~ Orange Park (Jax) (2-1 Odds)
Owner Sharon L Williams and her Team have to be thrilled with this box draw. The Gulf Greyhound Park Track Record holder (29.35 secs) won a ridiculous 38 of 46 ...
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Chrome flies out of California, begins his Dubai venture
2014 Horse of the Year California Chrome left his Los Alamitos home at 5 a.m. (PDT) Thursday morning, commencing his trek to Dubai for the $10 million World Cup (G1) March 26.
The popular chestnut took a van ride to Los Angeles International Airpo ...
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Dads Caps, Green Gratto meet again in Toboggan
Aqueduct may have been forced to reschedule its Martin Luther King Jr. feature, the $150,000 Toboggan S. (G3) , from Monday to Sunday, but it doesn’t appear to have harmed the six-furlong sprint in terms of participation.
If anything it helped as ...
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ON POINT: A pause on the Kentucky Derby Points trail
January 21, 2016
No Kentucky Derby points this week, but plenty of chatter, as last year's top two-year-olds gear up for their three-year-old debuts, and James Scully and Ed DeRosa look to other races to find future stars. Scully has maiden winne ...
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Discreetness targeting Southwest
Edited Press Release
Multiple stakes winner Discreetness will be pointed for the $500,000 Southwest S. (G3) at 1 1/16 miles on February 15 at Oaklawn Park, trainer Jinks Fires said.
Discreetness just made his sophomore debut a neck victory i ...
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Eclipse Award snub & a hidden gem in the turf jockey ranks
BY DICK POWELL
As far as Eclipse Awards shows go, Saturday night’s was not bad. The event seems to have found its stride and flows smoothly.
As expected, it was the AMERICAN PHAROAH (Pioneerof the Nile) show and, rightfully so. I thought the h ...
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Mohaymen drills bullet five-eighths in final move for Holy Bull
Edited Press Release
Shadwell Stable’s undefeated multiple Grade 2 winner Mohaymen signaled his readiness for the $350,000 Holy Bull (G2) with a sharp final work Thursday morning.
Under regular exercise rider Miguel Jaime, the Tapit sophomore ...
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Best Division Could be the Female Turf
6. Her Emmynency - I had to put a 6th horse on the list. Usually, the list would only have 5 but I was really impressed with this daughter of Successful Appeal out of a Joyeaux Danseur broodmare, Chic Dancer, in 2015. Trainer Michael Stidham could ...
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Arch, sire of four champions, dies at 21 from apparent heart attack
Edited Press Release
Top sire Arch died January 20th of an apparent heart attack, according to Claiborne Farm representative, Bernie Sams.
The 21-year-old son of Kris S., out of Aurora, by Danzig, sired 58 stakes winners, 34 graded stakes win ...
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Profit Hunting Harness Horses On A Stormy Winter Weekend
A huge storm is predicted in the Mid-Atlantic this weekend, with a forecast that includes towering snow on the landscape. At press time we are disregarding the meteorologists and covering harness racing territory as if all things were climate-equal, ...
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Ben's Duchess looking to bounce back in Santa Monica
Ben's Duchess , who benefited from a hot pace to take the L.A. Woman (G3) in October but faltered in last month's La Brea (G1) using different tactics, will get a chance to make amends for the latter defeat in Saturday's $200,000 Santa Monica (G2) ...
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Kentucky Derby Report (1/20): stakes-experience proves valuable
Thoroughbred racing fans are keeping an eye out for promising maiden and allowance runners making the transition to early-season 3-year-old stakes, but those types were not a serious factor in last weekend’s Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying races.
S ...
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Formal Summation heads Pasco field on three-stakes day at Tampa
On a relatively quiet Saturday in U.S. racing, Tampa Bay Downs will play host to three stakes on their 11-race program. Three-year-olds and three-year-old fillies, respectively, will take part in the Pasco and Gasparilla , seven-furlong events whi ...
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Triple Group 1 winner, influential sire Kingmambo dead at 26
Edited Press Release
Breed-shaping sire Kingmambo has been euthanized at 26 due to the infirmities of old age. The influential stallion stood his entire career at Lane's End Farm, near Versailles, Kentucky, and was pensioned from stud duty in 201 ...
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Constellation appears poised to stretch out; middle-to-outside posts best last week at Aqueduct
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
There was no graded racing this past week at Aqueduct.
Track Stats
A total of 36 races were held over the inner strip at the Long Island, New York venue, with favorites winning at a 53 percent rate and the top two bettin ...
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Live Dubai Blog Week 3
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DAYTONA 550 Update
mpionship race which is this coming Saturday evening, January 23 in Daytona Beach, Florida. There are 8 extremely talented greyhounds going for the title and included in this star studded field are two of Southland's best, Chasmo's Dutch and F ...
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Pat C Short Cut
The $40,00 Daytona 550 will take place in Race 10 this Saturday night at the Daytona Beach Kennel Club. You can watch the race live right here at TwinSpires.com!
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Taris records another sharp stakes tally; speed plays well on turf with give to it at Santa Anita
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
A pair of graded runs highlighted the past weekend of the winter/spring meeting at Santa Anita.
La Canada S. (G2) : Coolmore’s TARIS (Flatter) tracked the pace while always in range and pulled away to a facile 5 ¼-length ...
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Blowout maiden winner Alto Belle meets Flora Dora in Busanda
Alto Belle , who ran off into another zip code when defeating maiden rivals on Aqueduct's main track in November, might be the horse to beat on the Big A's inner dirt Saturday in the $100,000 Busanda .
Contested at one mile and 70 yards, the Busa ...
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TURF TALK: On voters and racecallers
January 18, 2016
Ed DeRosa welcomes Vance Hanson to the Racing Hall of Fame list of voters while Vance discusses his "rogue votes" Eclipse Award blog and both mention Kenny Mayne's race-calling as a way to provide to the sport via ESPN's Sports C ...
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AQHA Racing Champions To Be Announced on Wednesday
The 2015 AQHA Champions will be announced Wednesday, January 20 The Quarter Horse racing industry will have their version of the Eclipse Awards on Wednesday, January 20 when the 2015 AQHA Racing Champions will be announced. The presentations wi ...
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Solis wins Megahertz aboard 12-1 Keri Belle
The Martin Luther King Jr. Day feature at Santa Anita had an egalitarian look on paper, and fittingly enough, the $101,750 Megahertz (G3) produced a tight finish among Keri Belle, Stormy Lucy, and Theatre Star. But even more fittingly, Keri Belle sho ...
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Discreetness wears down the speed in Smarty Jones
Veteran trainer "Jinks" Fires had a low-key 2015, reaching the winner's circle just seven times from 112 starts. Three of those wins were courtesy of Discreetness, the undisputed star of the stable who added Monday's $150,000 Smarty Jones at Oakla ...
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Aaron Riley Punches Ticket to Vegas
Aaron Riley wearing a very stylish TwinSpires cap to Santa Anita. A full day of work wasn’t going to stop Aaron Riley from playing for a spot in the $1,000,000 Horse Player World Series. “I made my bets early,” he recalled, before heading out ...
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Dubai Carnival beads: Polar River looks the real deal
Last Thursday’s Dubai Carnival card unleashed a potential superstar in the shape of Polar River , who ran circles around them, iced them, froze out the competition – pick your favorite phrase to describe her exceptional performance in the UAE 1000 G ...
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Older pacers highlight Meadowlands, Yonkers cards
Last Saturday night's standardbred action at Yonkers Raceway in New York and The Meadowlands in northern New Jersey proved to be formful and revealing, but onlookers should look for several horses that settled for minor spoils to find the winner's ...
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"Rogue" Eclipse Award votes need explaining
Besides revealing who has won and by how much, the NTRA's annual press release of Eclipse Award voting results gives the racing media and fans an opportunity to chuckle, cringe, or shake their heads at individual choices of certain voters.
These s ...
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Daytona 550 Post Positions
As many of you may know, the 2016 Daytona 550 National Championship race is this coming Saturday evening, January 23 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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Toboggan, Megahertz bookend MLK Day stakes
While the Smarty Jones is likely to attract the most attention on Monday, Oaklawn Park’s feature is bookended by stakes on both coasts on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
First up is the $150,000 Toboggan (G3) at Aqueduct, a six-furlong da ...
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Nyquist, Mor Spirit work toward sophomore debuts
One day after being honored as the champion two-year-old male of 2015, Nyquist continued preparations for his sophomore campaign when working five furlongs over Santa Anita Park’s fast main track.
Nyquist was named an Eclipse Award winner during t ...
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Mo Tom, Tom’s Ready will rematch in Risen Star
GMB Racing’s Mo Tom exited his victory in Saturday’s Twinspires.com Lecomte S. (G3) in good order, according to conditioner Tom Amoss.
The son of champion Uncle Mo was a sharp victor early Saturday evening, when besting his Benson Family-owned cou ...
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Monumental Upset In The $50,000 He's My Man Classic
Replay of the He's My Man Classic Final:
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Constellation stars in Ruthless
LNJ Foxwoods’ Constellation was sent off the heavy 1-20 favorite in Sunday’s $95,000 Ruthless S. at Aqueduct and easily dominated her three rivals in the scratched-depleted field.
It wasn’t smooth sailing at the beginning, though, as Constellati ...
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Why the Stronach Group's Pegasus World Championship $12 Million Dollar Race is an Awesome Idea
The Stronach Group's idea of putting together a $12 million dollar race is one of the best ideas I've heard in a long time.Not only will the $12 million purse eclipse the current $10 million Dubai World Cup purse but since the 1 1/4 mile Pegasus W ...
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Gulch, oldest living Breeders' Cup champion, dies at 32
Edited press release (with videos added)
It is with a heavy heart that Michael Blowen, founder and President of Old Friends, announces today the passing of Gulch. The 1988 Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) Champion and Eclipse Award winner was euthanized ...
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Freehold Cold Exacta Pays $93 With Week’s Top Winner At $14; In-The-Money Picks Rated At 45 Percent
Freehold’s two features we chose were unkind to us while on the horses-to-watch list (H2W) Freehold produced our biggest score of the week. As the headline announces, H2W horses finished one-two for a cold exacta worth $93.60. See Civic Duty and Myst ...
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American Pharoah -- 2015 Horse of the Year
Just when some began to wonder whether the Triple Crown was ancient history, a relic of the past buried beneath the sands of time, along came a conqueror to re-establish the kingdom – American Pharoah .
For this historic accomplishment as the fir ...
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Honor Code – Champion Older Male
A three-time winner in 2015, Honor Code parlayed major victories in the Metropolitan H. (G1) and Whitney (G1) into the Eclipse Award for Older Dirt Male.
Owned by Lane’s End Farm and breeder Dell Ridge Farm, the Shug McGaughey-trained Honor Code ...
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