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Empire Maker among the most underrated Florida Derby winners
So distinguished is the roll of Florida Derby (G1) winners that picking only five that are underrated historically was an arduous process. Here's the list, and feel free to agree or disagree in the comments below:
Empire Maker (2003)
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Levy Series Heads into Third Round
While many sports enthusiasts will be closely monitoring the NCAA Men's Basketball two semifinal games on Saturday night, serious standardbred racing fans will hardly want to miss the third round of the George Morton Levy Memorial Series for Free-For ...
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Espinoza thankful to ‘cross the wire in one piece’ in Dubai World Cup
Edited Press Release
Friday night, jockey Victor Espinoza throws out the ceremonial first pitch at Dodger Stadium when Team Blue hosts the Angels in the second of their Freeway Series, with game time at 7:05 p.m. (PT).
Otherwise, the Triple C ...
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California Chrome’s uplifting return to glory
BY DICK POWELL
Horse racing is a tough business with many heartbreaks, but CALIFORNIA CHROME (Lucky Pulpit) romp at Meydan in the $10 million Dubai World Cup (G1) is a feel-good story that should make up for some of his recent disappointments.&nb ...
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Maiden winner & late TC nominee American Pioneer headed to Arkansas Derby
Edited Press Release
Late Triple Crown nominee American Pioneer is pointing for the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) on April 16 at Oaklawn Park, trainer Wayne Catalano said Thursday morning.
Owned by the trainer’s major client, Gary and Mary We ...
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Mubtaahij to join McLaughlin stateside
In the immediate aftermath of Mubtaahij’s runner-up effort in last Saturday’s Dubai World Cup (G1), trainer Mike de Kock indicated that another American campaign was likely in the offing.
Confirmation of that plan didn’t take long, but there was a ...
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Southland "Hound Madness Stakes" Finals
Friday evening's card will be highlighted by the running of the 11th race which features Boc's Tony Romo and Daily Prayer in the finals of the 2016 Southland "Hound Madness Stakes" greyhound tournament. Three weeks ago there were 64 talented gr ...
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‘Levy’ Series Chapter Three; Mares On The Move; Targeting Miami Pick 4 Profits
Round three of the George Levy Memorial Pacing Series is the highlight April 2 at Yonkers Raceway as April begins for the senior pacers and their backers. The night before the pacing mares continue with the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series. We’ve had two ...
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Oversubscribed field entered for Bourbonette Oaks
Fourteen fillies, including two also-eligibles, will try their luck going a two-turn mile at Tufway Park on Saturday in the $100,000 Bourbonette Oaks (G3) . The race is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series of points contests and will award 5 ...
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Gomo returns in Gulfstream Park Oaks
A field of seven sophomore fillies will vie for the winner’s share of a $250,000 purse and 100 points toward a starting berth in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) when lining up in Saturday’s Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) .
The 1 1/16-mile, two-turn affair has ...
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Airoforce heads overflow Spiral field
Airoforce has been installed as the 3-1 morning line favorite in Saturday’s $500,000 Spiral (G3) at Turfway Park. An accomplished turf performer, the Mark Casse-trained colt figures to appreciate the switch to Polytrack following a disappointing 1 ...
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Mohaymen listed at even-money, Nyquist 6-5 in Florida Derby showdown
Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby (G1) features an unprecedented match-up in the final Kentucky Derby (G1) prep race between unbeaten leading contenders on both coasts, with Nyquist shipping east to face Mohaymen at Gulfstream Park.
As p ...
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Pan American among seven Florida Derby undercard stakes
Grand Tito and Kaigan , a surprise one-two in last month's Mac Diarmida (G2), renew rivalry over one extra furlong Saturday in the $200,000 Pan American (G2) at Gulfstream Park. The long-standing 1 1/2-mile grass fixture is one of seven undercard ...
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Hall of Fame jockey Calvin Borel retires
Edited Press Release
Hall of Fame jockey and three-time Kentucky Derby winner Calvin Borel has retired, effectively immediately, his agent, Larry Melancon, confirmed Wednesday morning at Oaklawn.
Borel couldn’t be reached for comment and no re ...
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Kentucky Derby Report (3/30): Gun Runner won't silence critics with convincing win
After recording a diminishing half-length win in the Risen Star (G2) on February 20, Gun Runner rolled to a convincing 4 ½-length victory in Saturday’s TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds. And his BRIS Speed ratings increased signif ...
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Palm Beach Thursday Matinee
"Nike" #5 JS Just Do It from all star owner Shannon Henry is also a stakes finalist and is a must in any exotic plays you might have with his 80% board hit rate. Could steal this one at a decent price.
Cruel Red gets back to the winners c ...
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Mohaymen favored at 7-2, Nyquist 8-1 in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 4
Edited Press Release
Shadwell Stable’s Mohaymen (#14) and Reddam Racing LLC’s reigning 2-year-old champion Nyquist (#16) – a pair of unbeaten stars scheduled for a pre- Kentucky Derby (G1) showdown in Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby (G1) ...
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Speed rules the last weekend over the inner track at Aqueduct
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
There was no graded racing on the inner surface at Aqueduct last week.
Track Stats
A total of 27 races were held over the inner strip at the Long Island, New York venue, with favorites winning at a 41 percent rate and th ...
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Faithfully, Holiday Movie among the horses to watch at Santa Anita
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
A single graded event topped the weekend of racing at Santa Anita.
Santa Ana S. (G2) : Valor Ladies LLC’s TUTTIPAESI (Clodovil) commenced her run at the top of the lane and gamely got up by a neck for conditioner Bill Mot ...
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Surgical Strike Spirals Toward Kentucky Derby And Into My Heart as Late Triple Crown Nomination
A quick look at Surgical Strike’s past performances (click for Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs of all Triple Crown-nominated horses) and pedigree might lead one to think that the Belmont Derby is a more realistic goal for the Red Giant colt, but bree ...
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Rodrigo Vallejo Off to a Great Start in 2016
Quarter Horse jockey Rodrigo Vallejo is currently the leading rider in AQHA standings Opening weekend at Sam Houston was a good one for the 50-year-old rider, who was born in Jalisco, Mexico. On Friday, March 25 he rode Jessies First Down, wh ...
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2016 Kentucky Derby Futures Pool 4 Picks
5. Whitemore, 20/1 - The winner, the Bob Baffert trained Cupid, could be a freak. Cupid is at 10 to 1 in the 2016 Kentucky Derby Future's Pool 4. I'm more inclined to go with the second place finisher in the Rebel Stakes, Whitmore, to win the Run f ...
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Wiggle It Jiggleit wins seasonal debut at Dover Downs
The Monday evening cards at Dover Downs have been among the best weeknight programs for two decades and last night the normal fare gained an added attraction when defending horse of the year, Wiggle It Jiggleit, made his seasonal debut in a $60,000 I ...
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He's This Year's Dollar Bill But Who Was Dollar Bill?
“He’s this year’s Dollar Bill” is one of the more popular insults levied at Kentucky Derby contenders on the Triple Crown trail, and this year’s path seems to have more Dollar Bill’s than a bachelor party.
I’ve already declared both Mor Spirit and ...
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Mohaymen, Nyquist showdown recalls other famous pre-Derby meetings
Saturday's $1 million Florida Derby (G1) showdown featuring Mohaymen and Nyquist, who have been the shortest-priced individual entries in the first three pools of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW), is a rare meeting between the two leading conte ...
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Jensen aims to emulate broodmare sire Hard Spun in Spiral
Edited press release from Turfway Park
The fields for the Spiral Stakes (G3), Bourbonette Oaks (G3) and Rushaway Stakes are taking shape in advance of race day this Saturday. The Spiral Stakes and the Bourbonette Oaks offer 85 points toward berth ...
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Bobby’s Kitten strolls home at Cork in first start for Weld
Although 2014 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) star Bobby’s Kitten was given an entry in the Cork Stakes on Easter Monday, I half-thought that he might end up scratching from this debut for Dermot Weld. The ground was desperate, not surprising at this ...
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Southland finals are set for Friday, April 1
Saturday's greyhound racing card at the Southland track was highlighted by the running of the Final Four round of the semifinals of the 2016 Southland "Hound Madness Stakes". The finals are now set as the field has been cut down to two greyhounds f ...
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Wiggle It Jiggleit tops Monday Invitational
While harness racing fans have already gotten accustomed to seeing the best older Free-For-All pacers compete in the first two rounds of the George Morton Levy Memorial Series at Yonkers Raceway, the marquee name on the list of 50 Levy moms will actu ...
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Fair Grounds titles go to Geroux, Stidham, Midwest Thoroughbreds
Edited press release from Fair Grounds
Three new faces were crowned meet winners on Sunday at the conclusion of the 144th Thoroughbred racing season at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
Jockey Florent Geroux, coming off a career year ...
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2016 Kentucky Derby Pedigrees: Lani
Japan-based Lani will have to buck the negative stats against UAE Derby (G2) winners in the Kentucky Derby (G1) , but at least he’s got a tremendous pedigree going for him.
A homebred campaigned by Yoko Maeda, Lani is a Kentucky native who shares ...
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Santa Anita Derby hopefuls, Nyquist work at Santa Anita over the weekend
Edited Press Release
Danzing Candy, front-running winner of the San Felipe (G2) on March 12, worked five furlongs over Santa Anita Park’s fast dirt Saturday morning in a bullet :58.60 with regular rider Mike Smith in the irons.
The Twirling C ...
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Gun Runner, Land Over Sea post big wins at Fair Grounds ahead of major engagements
The TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) played out just like the Risen Star (G2) on February 20 , with Gun Runner utilizing a lethal turn of foot leaving the far turn to put rivals away. But after holding on by a diminishing half-length margin ...
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Score With Melmerby Beach, Highest ‘Levy’ Winner At $27; Pocono Place Horse Pays $83; Other Double-Digit Winners, Exotics Abound
Topping the features this week, we supported the best paying winner of the five “Levy” divisions at Yonkers on March 26. We scored with Melmerby Beach ($27.00, $6.60, $3.20) in division two. The other four Levy divisions were won by the public choice ...
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Stakes action morning through night
Saturday was one of those genuine rare days when both thoroughbred and standardbred racing fans could see many of the best horses compete for nearly two-thirds of the day. Thoroughbred racing fans could relish the ultra-lucrative Dubai World Cup car ...
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Tuttipaesi scores in Santa Ana
Valor Ladies LLC’s Tuttipaesi earned her first graded victory on Saturday when splitting rivals to take the $200,000 Santa Ana (G2) by a neck at Santa Anita Park.
The Irish-bred mare bided her time in the rear of the field early as 4-5 favorite ...
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They Said It: Quotes from Dubai World Cup night
To complement our Dubai World Cup night recap-and-videos blog , here are selected quotes from the Dubai Racing Club.
DUBAI WORLD CUP
Jockey Victor Espinoza on California Chrome : “I was just trying to keep my balance (with the saddle slip ...
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Rainbow 6 pays $89,000+, Harmonize takes season debut
A mandatory payout in Gulfstream Park's Rainbow 6 jackpot wager generated an additional $10.78 million in wagers on Saturday, which was added to carryover that exceeded $4.5 million.
The payoff at the end of the six-race sequence was $89,456.54 fo ...
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Land Over Sea sails to victory in Fair Grounds Oaks
After facing undefeated champion Songbird in her past five starts, it must have been pretty unusual for Land Over Sea to enter the starting gate on Saturday and not see her rival.
Unusual and welcome at the same time, as the chestnut miss drew off ...
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Gun Runner pours it on late in TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby
Gun Runner again proved himself much the best of the Fair Grounds-based classic aspirants with an authoritative victory in Saturday's $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) .
Enjoying a ground-saving stalking trip similar to the one he h ...
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Take the Stand captures Muniz Memorial
Take the Stand did just that on the front end of Saturday’s $300,000 Muniz Memorial H. (G2) at Fair Grounds and led all the way home to earn his first stateside stakes victory.
Taking full advantage of the rail post position, jockey Edgar Prado ...
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S'maverlous leads one-two punch for Maker in New Orleans
Trainer Mike Maker had adequate backup in Saturday's $400,000 New Orleans H. (G2) when the six-year-old gelding S'maverlous pulled off a 20-1 upset over stablemate International Star, the race's second choice who was elevated from third to second v ...
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California Chrome becomes a legend in Dubai World Cup
California Chrome just ensured his place in the Hall of Fame with an epic victory in Saturday’s $10 million Dubai World Cup (G1). Shrugging off a wide trip, and almost shrugging off his slipping saddle, the 2014 Horse of the Year smashed the track re ...
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Fair Grounds/New Orleans photo blog
Arrived in New Orleans Wednesday evening and spent Thursday afternoon at Fair Grounds. I'll be at the track all day Friday and Saturday, focusing upon Saturday’s 15-race card that features the $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2).
And I’ ...
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A Refresher on the Handicapping Contests
The Handicapping Contests have grown substantially in terms of prize money as well as types of contests. I've actually been playing in 2 to 3 handicapping contests a week. This is a lot less than what many other horseplayers are doing. Bu ...
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DeRosa Fires Last Two Bullets At UAE, Louisiana Derbys for Kentucky Derby Dream Bet
It hasn’t been a pretty Kentucky Derby Championship Series for me. I haven’t hit on any of my Kentucky Derby Championship Series qualifying bets, which could leave me on the outside looking in starting next week when the final round begins.
Creati ...
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Dubai World Cup News & Notes
All Dubai World Cup, all the time!
TwinSpires.com presents your one stop for everything concerning Saturday’s Dubai World Cup program at Meydan.
From works to recaps, pictures to video, this is the place to ready for the world’s richest day of ...
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Yonkers hosts second Levy series leg
While thoroughbred racing fans will be up bright and early on Saturday morning to catch the lucrative Dubai World Cup card, standardbred fans will spend the latter portion of the evening watching the second round of the George Morton Levy Memorial Se ...
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Kellie Reilly picks the Louisiana Derby & UAE Derby for Kentucky Derby Dream Bet
Saturday’s the last chance saloon in the Qualifying Round for the Kentucky Derby Dream Bet . If you haven’t made a successful $15 win bet in one of the designated preps yet, hop on board in either the UAE Derby (G2) early Saturday morning (9:35 a. ...
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Dubai World Cup Card kicks off
Serious and novice thoroughbred racing fans alike will have to get up bright and early on the east coast, while those on the west coast may simply have to pull an all-nighter on Friday to enjoy the lucrative Dubai World Cup card at Meydan Race Course ...
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Is the Rainbow 6 the greatest internet gambling opportunity ever?
There have been bigger pools of money available to online bettors before, but as far as free money goes, it will be tough to top the $4,503,332 that will be added to the Rainbow Pick 6 on Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
Typically a unique winner wage ...
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Handicapping the Fair Grounds All-Stakes Pick 4
Saturday’s $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) anchors an All-Stakes Pick 4 at Fair Grounds and TwinSpires has added extra incentive for its players with a 3 million-point “Hit It and Split It” bonus on the sequence, which begins in Race 7 ...
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Southland Final Four Round
Saturday's greyhound racing card at the Southland track will be highlighted by the running of the Final Four round of the semifinals of the 2016 Southland "Hound Madness Stakes". After Sunday's elimination round the field has now been cut down to t ...
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Kentucky Derby Dream Bet UAE Derby & Louisiana Derby pick from Jennifer Caldwell
There are only two opportunities left for fans to qualify for TwinSpires.com ’s $25,000 Kentucky Derby Dream Bet , and both come on Saturday.
First up will be the U.A.E. Derby (UAE-G2) scheduled around 9:35 a.m. (ET) at Meydan as part of the D ...
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Top 8 questions to be answered on Dubai World Cup card
We all have opinions on how Saturday’s Dubai extravaganza might play out, and you can find mine in the Brisnet Daily Selections sheet . I’ve included a lot of information there, so even if you disagree completely with my stabs, you may find somethin ...
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Kentucky Derby Dream Bet UAE Derby, Louisiana Derby picks from Vance Hanson
Saturday's $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) and $2 million UAE Derby (G2) bring to an end the qualifying rounds of TwinSpires.com's $25,000 Kentucky Derby Dream Bet . These are the final opportunities for players to cash a $15 w ...
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Scully seeks to keep firing as Louisiana Derby marks the last chance to qualify for $25,000 Kentucky Derby Dream Bet
The $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) is the last chance to qualify for the final round of the Kentucky Derby Dream Bet , which offers TwinSpires’ players the chance to win a trip for two to Churchill Downs and a $25,000 Win bet on the ...
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Big Saturday Night at Remington Park
Feature Moonflash is one of the likely favorites in Saturday's Oklahoma Futurity Juveniles to watch include talented filly, #3 Coronas First Diva is by Corona Cartel, a sire who consistently ranks in the top of sires of 2-year-old money earners ...
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Five horses who stood tall in Louisiana Derby winner's circle
The Louisiana Derby (G2) has been around a long time, yet only two of its winners have gone on to capture the Kentucky Derby (G1).
Black Gold, a local legend whose remains are interred in the Fair Grounds infield, was the first to pull off the dou ...
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The Champ Impressed By Meydan's Majesty Ahead of Dubai World Cup
by MICHAEL BEYCHOK
In a country where the kings are real and majesty is not an intangible, the Meydan Racecourse delivers the royal goods for fans and horses.
Situated a few miles outside of the skyscrapers and towers of Dubai City – and a sh ...
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Which American is the right American in Dubai World Cup?
BY DICK POWELL
The $10 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-G1) will be run at Meydan on Saturday and it is one of the strongest renewals ever. The switch back to dirt a couple of years ago has worked out well and the American contingent is strong enough ...
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Racing industry mourns the passing of Jeff Lukas
Edited Press Release
The racing industry on Thursday mourned the passing of Jeff Lukas, who died Wednesday in Oklahoma at the age of 58.
Jeff, the only child of legendary Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, suffered a disabling accident in 19 ...
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Sloppy Thursday but rain expected to yield at Fair Grounds; pace lacking in Louisiana Derby
The skies opened Thursday morning and Fair Grounds was soaked well before the first post at 1:25 p.m. (CT), with a sloppy main track and no turf racing. But sunny conditions will rule Friday and Saturday should be dry as well, with the next wave of r ...
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Dothraki Queen ‘possible’ for Fantasy; Marquee Miss headed to Kentucky
Edited Press Release
Trainer Kenny McPeek said Thursday morning that Grade 2 heroine Dothraki Queen remains “possible” for the $400,000 Fantasy (G3) sending three-year-old fillies 1 1/16 miles on April 9 at Oaklawn Park.
Unraced since placing ...
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Santa Anita names Wrona as full-time track announcer
Edited Press Release
Colorful and seasoned Australian race caller Michael Wrona has been named the full-time track announcer at Santa Anita Park.
A 49-year-old native of Queensland, Australia, Wrona began his announcing career at age 17 in his ...
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Mohaymen clocks half-mile in final major move for Florida Derby
Edited Press Release
Undefeated multiple Grade 2 winner Mohaymen completed his final major preparations for the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) on April 2 at Gulfstream Park with a half-mile breeze Thursday morning.
The three-year-old Tapit col ...
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Maniac, ice cream & Rambo: notable quotables from Dubai
Meydan scenic photo courtesy of Dubai Racing Club/Mathea Kelley.
Thursday’s Dubai Racing Club notes feature some actionable intelligence interspersed with a few lively quotes.
Connections of the American hopes for the Dubai World Cup (G1) were ...
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How to Handicap International Races with Michael The Champ Beychok
by MICHAEL "The Champ" BEYCHOK
I’m on the first leg of a 20-hour trip to the United Arab Emirates to watch the richest race in the world, the $10-million Dubai World Cup.
I’ve never been to Dubai for the races, but I’ve always looked forward t ...
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Levy Series Soars With Five Splits; Matchmaker Mares In Motion; Miami Pick 4 In Play
Round two at Yonkers Raceway this Friday and Saturday keeps the senior pacers cooking in five more divisions of the George Levy Memorial Pacing Series for (males) nd the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series (mares). We are features-bound from here on as ...
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Live Dubai World Cup Blog
This Saturday morning at 8:40am ET we offer a live blog direct from the Dubai World Cup, Meydan, UAE. Our trackside experts will keep up you up to date with the latest and greatest happenings, featuring tips, video replays and rapid results! Don’t m ...
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Dubai World Cup Preview
[Meydan, 17:00] edges it, but there won’t be much in it and how fast – or otherwise – the track rides will undoubtedly play a part.
It’s a solid World Cup, and it would be remiss to ignore Mike De Kock’s Mubtaahij, who has drawn well and looks ove ...
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Harmonize returns to face Lira in Sanibel Island
Provided the Rainbow 6 pool continues to carry over the next few days, the focus of Saturday's racing at Gulfstream Park will be pari-mutuel with the jackpot wager's mandatory payout attracting millions from horseplayers coast to coast
On the spor ...
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Aqueduct oval speedy but fair as inner track season comes to a close
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
There was no graded racing at Aqueduct this past week.
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 36 percent rate and the t ...
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Nine late Triple Crown nominees announced
Edited Press Release
The roster of three-year-olds eligible to compete for the honor of succeeding American Pharoah as the 12th horse to sweep the American Triple Crown has climbed to 377 after nine horses were made eligible for the coveted three ...
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California Chrome will break from post 11 in Dubai World Cup
When post positions were drawn early Wednesday, American contenders for Saturday’s $10 million Dubai World Cup (G1) occupied the wings – Keen Ice (post 1) and Mshawish (2) on the inside, and Frosted (9), Hoppertunity (10) and California Chrome (11) o ...
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Mshawish ‘better on the dirt’
“I think he’s better on the dirt than the turf, for sure,” declared Mshawish’s exercise rider Nick Bush.
That’s saying something for a horse with such strong international formlines on turf, and a giant vote of confidence ahead of Saturday’s Dubai ...
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Team McLaughlin discusses Marking-Confrontation target switch
Kiaran and Neal McLaughlin spoke to Joe Kristufek about Marking and Confrontation’s swapping targets. Marking has been rerouted to the Godolphin Mile (G2), while Confrontation was pitched into the Golden Shaheen (G1).
"Marking has had some gate is ...
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Sloane Avenue back in time for another crack at Godolphin Mile
The Jeremy Noseda-trained Sloane Avenue just missed in the 2015 Godolphin Mile (G2) after breaking from post 15.
Unfortunately, the well-bred son of Candy Ride has had more bad luck, being sidelined by injury. Sloane Avenue just made it back in ti ...
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Foster completes rare six-pack at Rosecroft
Tuesday's 13-race card offered a bevy of competitive overnight events for pacers and trotters, but the highlight of the program came courtesy of driver Russell Foster. While his top trainee, Hi Sir, was idle again this week, Foster steered home six ...
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10 Things The Champ Beychok Is Looking Forward To Experiencing In Dubai
by MICHAEL BEYCHOK
They’re off, and so am I… to Dubai for the richest horse race in the world: The $10-million Dubai World Cup on Saturday, March 26, at Meydan Racecourse.
Ilsont Partis! To Dubai to see a man about a horse. @DWC_Meydan fl ...
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Sam Houston Race Park Quarter Horse Meet
Stimulus, winner of the 2014 Bank of America Challenge, returns to action Friday Friday's final trial features the return of 2014 AQHA world champion, Jrc Callas First for Dana and Brian Stroud. The Texas-bred son of Winners Award is the pride ...
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10 things I’m looking forward to at the Louisiana Derby
The final round of Kentucky Derby prep races begins Saturday with the $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds and I’m excited to be heading to the New Orleans track, covering the meet’s biggest day.
Point values increase ...
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Kentucky Derby Report (3/22): Cupid dazzles in stakes debut
A Bob Baffert-trained Kentucky Derby contender in the Oaklawn Park winner’s circle came as no surprise – the Hall of Famer has now won six of the last seven runnings of the Rebel (G2) – but Cupid certainly turned a few heads Saturday with a smash ...
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Main track plays favorably, Tuscany Beauty stamps herself as one to watch at Santa Anita
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
A pair of graded events topped the weekend racing at Santa Anita.
Santa Margarita H. (G1) : Stonestreet Stables’ homebred TARA’S TANGO (Unbridled’s Song) moved into major contention nearing midstretch and inched clear lat ...
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Mongolian Saturday out of Al Quoz; confidence in Chrome, Frosted camps
Mongolian Saturday photo courtesy Keeneland/Coady Photography.
The major news Tuesday – aside from the Dubai rain – was the withdrawal of Mongolian Saturday from the Al Quoz Sprint (G1).
The Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) winner has travel s ...
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That Moment When Pick 6 Mania Swept Over Ak-Sar-Ben
On Friday, June 21, 1985, no one picked 6 at Ak-Sar-Ben , and the $725,327 (Ak-Pic-Six) pool carried over into Saturday.
This was such big news (just watch that reaction 45 seconds into the video below) that the sportscast on the Omaha nightly ne ...
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Equine Injury Database analysis shows decline in fatalities for 2015
Edited Press Release
The Jockey Club has announced that an analysis of data from the Equine Injury Database (EID), comparing 2015 statistics with figures from 2014, has shown a 14 percent decrease in the frequency of fatal injury.
Across all s ...
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Dover Downs offers solid Monday card
On a day that began with a modest dusting of snow on the first day of spring, Dover Downs offered its typical solid Monday card on a chilly, windy day in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Monday's feature was the $36,000 Preferred Handicap for older pacers a ...
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What's Next For KB's Like A Fox?
Whatever happens, what Fox has done has been nothing short of incredible. I am one of the few people in the world that has seen every single one of his races and it has been a pleasure covering him from first win to #86. Congrats to all of Kb's ...
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Who's Most Likely To Make Kentucky Derby Starting Gate Among Current Top 20
by LAURA PUGH
The Rebel Stakes has come and gone, and with it the conclusion of the second round of Kentucky Derby Preps (minus the Spiral Stakes on April 2 at Turfway Park).
Since we last visited the top 20 on the Kentucky Derby points leader ...
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Southland "Hound Madness Stakes"
Sunday's exciting and entertaining greyhound racing card at the Southland track was highlighted by the running of the Greyt 8 round of the quarterfinals of the 2016 Southland "Hound Madness Stakes". After yesterday's elimination round the field ha ...
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Blinkers on Keen Ice per Ryan Moore’s advice, Hoppertunity works & other Monday notes
That's Hoppertunity today (credit Mathea Kelley/Dubai Racing Club) - no DRC photos of a blinkered Keen Ice yet.
For those of us not on track at Meydan, the daily notes from the Dubai Racing Club offer some interesting tidbits on World Cup n ...
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International Star, Chocolate Ride seek to enhance Fair Grounds legacies
The older horses International Star and Chocolate Ride love Fair Grounds as much as anyone around, thus are seemingly the ones to beat in the $400,000 New Orleans H. (G2) and $400,000 Muniz Memorial H. (G2) , respectively, on Saturday.
Int ...
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Land Over Sea in search of reprieve in TwinSpires.com Fair Grounds Oaks
How much is too much of Songbird? For owner Paul Reddam and trainer Doug O'Neill, the connections of three-year-old filly Land Over Sea , five consecutive losses to the undefeated champion is evidently enough.
Rather than stay out west to face So ...
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TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby round three between Mo Tom, Gun Runner
A rubber match between Mo Tom and Gun Runner will take place Saturday in the $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) , a 1 1/8-mile classic prep that highlights a marathon 15-race card on the penultimate day of Fair Grounds' 2015-16 meet ...
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Americans bid to regain Dubai World Cup & international stars rise over Meydan
The first big jamboree -- and the richest -- on the 2016 international racing calendar, Saturday’s Dubai World Cup program presents a fittingly cosmopolitan spectacle. Every continent but Antarctica has a rooting interest, and winning chances come fr ...
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Final fields for Dubai World Cup night are here!
The fields were set Monday for all nine races on Saturday's Dubai World Cup program at Meydan.
Note that post positions for the five Thoroughbred Group 1s -- culminating in the $10 million Dubai World Cup (G1) -- will be drawn Wednesday.
Here's ...
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2016 Dubai World Cup Power Rankings
5. Hoppertunity - Check out Hoppertunity's win the Clark Handicap last November. Hoppertunity is a fighter. One of the issues with betting on him in the Dubai World Cup is that he really hasn't improved all that much from his 3 year old season, to ...
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