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Big Quarter Horse Stakes Card Sunday at Hialeah Park
Moonin The Eagle will be in action Sunday at Hialeah Park ...
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Stellar Wind – Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
Stellar Wind proved best of all other three-year-old fillies in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) on October 30 at Keeneland, and that may have been enough to tip the voters in her favor to be named champion three-year-old filly of 2015.
The gleamin ...
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Big Blue Kitten – 2015 Champion Turf Male
Ken Ramsey was going to retire Big Blue Kitten at the end of 2014. But the ebullient owner/breeder reversed that decision and opted to keep him in training as a 7-year-old. That turned out to be an inspired choice, for Big Blue Kitten emulated his ...
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Tepin – 2015 Champion Turf Female
Like American Pharoah, Tepin had a flawless 2015 outside of Saratoga. Her superiority in the spring and in the fall, exemplified by a resounding victory over males in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), was reflected by an equally convincing tally in the ...
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Taris captures La Canada
Michael B. Tabor, Derrick Smith and John Magnier’s Taris scored her second straight graded victory on Saturday when running away with the $196,250 La Canada S. (G2) by 5 1/4 lengths under jockey Gary Stevens.
Illuminati set the early pace of :23 ...
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Dawalan -- Champion Steeplechaser
Dawalan , age five in 2015, is the youngest gelding to be named champion steeplechaser since Flat Top in 1998. Like that horse, who also won the steeplechase crown at age nine in 2002, Dawalan might have many more successful campaigns and titles in f ...
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Runhappy -- Champion Male Sprinter
Champion male sprinter Runhappy is arguably one of the more beloved of the 2015 Eclipse Award winners, but the drama surrounding his connections put a bit of a damper on his campaign, in particular his title-clinching performance in the Breeders' ...
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La Verdad -- Champion Female Sprinter
In the closest vote total in the 2015 Eclipse Awards' equine categories, La Verdad edged her Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) conqueror, Wavell Avenue, by a 98-90 margin. An earlier victory over Wavell Avenue in the Gallant Bloom H. (G2), ...
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Nyquist -- Champion Two-Year-Old Male
Nyquist capped an undefeated season in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), overcoming a wide trip on both turns to score comfortably for owner Reddam Racing and trainer Doug O’Neill, and the talented youngster easily earned the Eclipse Award for champi ...
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Songbird – Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
Songbird was a near unanimous choice as champion two-year-old filly of 2015 following an unbeaten campaign. The dark bay daughter of Medaglia d’Oro garnered 260 votes, but failed to win over one voter who cast his/her ballot for Breeders’ Cup Juveni ...
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Frank Conversation gets last word in California Derby
Just a couple of hours before their unbeaten Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Nyquist was expected to receive an Eclipse Award, Reddam Racing and trainer Doug O’Neill got the party started early at Golden Gate Fields – courtesy of Frank Conversatio ...
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Mo Tom leads 1-2 finish for GMB Racing in TwinSpires.com Lecomte
Mo Tom overhauled Tom’s Ready in deep stretch and keyed a 1-2 finish for Tom and Gayle Benson’s GMB Racing in Saturday’s $200,000 TwinSpires.com Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds, winning the Kentucky Derby qualifying race by 2 1/4 lengths under Corey L ...
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Stageplay steals the spotlight in Silverbulletday
Mike G. Rutherford’s homebred Stageplay was sent off the 3-5 favorite in Saturday’s $150,000 Silverbulletday S. and ran to those odds when pulling off a 1 1/4-length victory under jockey Florent Geroux.
Trained by Steve Asmussen, the gray filly ...
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International Star, Chocolate Ride continue love affair with Fair Grounds
International Star knows what it means to miss New Orleans. One year after kicking off his sophomore season with a slashing victory in the Lecomte (G3), Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s colorbearer returned to Fair Grounds to regain the winning thread in the $ ...
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X Y Jet lights up Gulfstream again in Sunshine Millions
Four weeks after obliterating six rivals in the Mr. Prospector (G3), X Y Jet turned in a flashy encore in Saturday's $150,000 Sunshine Millions Sprint at Gulfstream Park.
Under Emissael Jaramillo, the 3-5 favorite took the lead at the start, inc ...
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Manchurian hits another High in Sunshine Millions Turf
Owner/trainer Lilli Kurtinecz’s Manchurian High burst from the pack to run down Reporting Star in Saturday’s $150,000 Sunshine Millions Turf . If that sounds familiar, you’re right. Manchurian High and Reporting Star ran one-two in this same Florida ...
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Z Royal can enhance Kentucky Derby cred for Lukas/Zayat
Seven of the 12 contestants in Saturday’s $200,000 TwinSpires Lecomte (G3) will be making their stakes debut in the one-mile and 70-yard test, the first of three graded stakes on the Road to the Kentucky Derby at Fair Grounds.
Z Royal is among t ...
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Southland preview - Saturday evening, January 16
Welcome to another Saturday evening program of highly entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap on the card for your viewing and wagering pleasure. For the picks Saturday, MoneyMaker Mike has chosen som ...
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Toews On Ice heads large cast for Smarty Jones
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has enjoyed tremendous success in Oaklawn Park's classic preps since 2010, winning the Arkansas Derby (G1) twice, the Rebel (G2) five times, and the Southwest (G3) in three different years (he swept both divisions in ...
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Introducing The Dispatch Box
Since I often remember seeing an interesting news item, but not so much where it was reported (and sometimes even doubt my memory until searching for it again), I’ve decided to collect these international odds and ends in a new feature dubbed “The Di ...
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American Pharoah’s Belmont romp named NTRA Moment of the Year
Edited Press Release
Based on a vote of nearly 1,000 racing fans on Twitter, American Pharoah’s win in the Belmont S. (G1) that ended a 37-year Triple Crown drought (represented by the hashtag #APTripleCrown for voting purposes) was named the 20 ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Friday evening, January 15
Welcome to another Friday evening program of highly entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap on the card for your viewing and wagering pleasure. For the picks Friday, MoneyMaker Mike will change strate ...
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50k He's My Man Final
The Floridian Semi-Finalists has come back home to Palm Beach and looked terrific upon arrival.
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Laurel hosts a trio of Saturday stakes
This Saturday afternoon while National Football League fans are eagerly awaiting the start of the Divisional Round of the playoffs, thoroughbred racing fans could pass the time by watching a trio of stakes races from Laurel Park.
Saturday's n ...
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Jess A Saint Returns to Action Saturday at Louisiana Downs
LQHBA Breeders Futurity winner Jess A Saint will run Saturday at Louisiana Downs ...
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Allaboutaction ready to step up in California Derby
Allaboutaction flubbed his stakes debut in the December 5 Gold Rush S., but the Jerry Hollendorfer pupil promises to be ready for action in Saturday’s $100,000 California Derby at Golden Gate Fields. The 1 1/16-mile contest is the local prep for t ...
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Turf runners take their turn in the Sunshine Millions spotlight
Gulfstream Park’s Sunshine Millions program on Saturday features six stakes worth a total $1.05 million, and three of those contests will take place on the track’s turf course.
One race before the feature event of the day ($250,000 Sunshine Millio ...
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Oaklawn Park offers plenty for horseplayers
Oaklawn Park is back, commencing a four-month 2016 season on Friday with a nine-race card that features at least 11 horses in seven races. All races are contested on the main track in Hot Springs, Arkansas, a popular destination for both Thoroughbred ...
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Mohaymen breezes five furlongs for Holy Bull
Shadwell Stable’s undefeated Mohaymen continued to work forwardly for his three-year-old debut in the $350,000 Holy Bull (G2) on January 30 at Gulfstream Park with a five-furlong breeze Thursday morning.
Under exercise rider Miguel Jaime, the dual ...
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Eclipse Award selections from Dick Powell
BY DICK POWELL
I am now a member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters which means I get to vote on the Eclipse Awards. It’s easy to sit back and criticize the results but when you actually have to do it, there are some tough calls to mak ...
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Overnights, Overlays Are Overtures For Profits
Midway through the first month of 2016 we pursue profits again from our personally selected features from tracks carried by TwinSpires. Keep our suggested contenders in mind for win, place, show and all exotics when you create combos for tickets bett ...
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Sr. Quisqueyano, Saraguaro star in Sunshine Millions Classic at Gulfstream
Three dirt races and three turf competitions worth a total $1.05 million make up Gulfstream Park’s Sunshine Millions program on Saturday.
The centerpiece event is the $250,000 Sunshine Millions Classic , which will be followed by the 45th annual ...
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Kentucky Derby Report (1/13): Sham winner doesn't run fast but plenty of time remains
In the wake of an 89 BRIS Speed rating, Collected caught flak for his victory in Saturday’s Sham Stakes (G3). I won’t sugarcoat the figure – 89 is dismal for a Kentucky Derby prospect – but it’s important to keep the proper perspective given the Sham ...
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Taris, Birdatthewire stretch out in La Canada after big wins
Taris and Birdatthewire , who ended their respective 2015 campaigns on a high note with graded stakes wins around one turn, will stretch out around two turns Saturday for the $200,000 La Canada (G2) at Santa Anita.
First run in 1975, the 1 1/1 ...
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Inner track plays fairly; Gorelli, Wine Not among horses to watch at Aqueduct
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
There was no graded racing this past week at Aqueduct.
Track Stats
A total of 34 races were held over the inner strip at the Long Island, New York venue, with favorites winning at a 35 percent rate and the top two bettin ...
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Southland Preview - January 14
Welcome to another Thursday twilight program of highly entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap on the card for your viewing and wagering pleasure. For the picks Thursday, MoneyMaker Mike will stay wit ...
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$200,000 American Pharoah Stud Fee? Interesting...
5. Candy Ride - Trained by the legendary Ron McAnally, Candy Ride has been great at producing both terrific dirt horses as well as terrific grass horses. In what amounted to a match race Candy Ride and Julie Krone out ran Medaglia D'Oro and Jerry ...
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Kevin Perau Catches Lightning in a Bottle
[and not getting a spot]… but I literally got a spot in the Horse Player World Series for $25!” Perau will be looking to parlay that $25 into a life changing payout of possibly more than $500,000 when he competes in the Horse Player World Series, w ...
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Powerball And the Statistical Wagering Concept No One Talks About
For the past week, the Powerball jackpot has been at a place (and grown exponentially from that place) where legitimate and amateur statisticians and probability theorists alike show off how smart they are by multiplying (5/69)*(4/68)*(3/67)*(2/66)*( ...
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Dover and Yonkers
While many sports enthusiasts are eagerly looking forward to this weekend's Divisional Round of the National Football League playoffs, standardbred racing fans will be looking to pad their bankrolls at several venues.
Wednesday evenings at Dover ...
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Overlooked Triple Crown photo to be honored with an Eclipse
Edited Press Release
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) announced Tuesday that Michael Clevenger, veteran photographer of the Louisville Courier-Journal ...
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California Chrome's return highlights the week at Santa Anita
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
The return of a two-time Classic winner highlighted the weekend of the winter/spring meeting at Santa Anita.
San Pasqual S. (G2) : CALIFORNIA CHROME (Lucky Pulpit) inched to the lead in early stretch and held off a solid ...
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TURF TALK: Chromie Is Our Homie & Oaklawn Opens
January 11, 2016
California Chrome won the San Pasqual Stakes on Saturday, January 9, at Santa Anita Park, but the win left some wondering if he has returned to peak form, and if not, what can be done in Dubai to get him there in time for the Dub ...
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Oaklawn kicks off 2016 with another record purse distribution
Oaklawn Park enjoyed a season to remember in 2015 as the track was graced twice by American Pharoah, who prepped for his historic Triple Crown sweep by winning the Arkansas Derby (G1) and Rebel (G2).
Whether there is another Thoroughbred of that s ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Wednesday, January 13
Welcome to another Wednesday twilight program of highly entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap on the card for your viewing and wagering pleasure. For the picks Wednesday, MoneyMaker Mike will stay wi ...
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Why the TwinSpires.com Players Pool Played the National Racing Club Sweepstakes Rainbow 6
It's not often you get a 15-race card on a Monday at a non-harness or greyhound track, but that's what awaited bettors today at Portland Meadows where the National Racing Club Sweepstakes anchored the marathon card with the Thoroughbred action kickin ...
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Chocolate Ride back in best form for Colonel Bradley
Chocolate Ride won Fair Grounds' two most important grass races, the Muniz Memorial (G2) and Fair Grounds H. (G3), in wire-to-wire fashion last season, and on Saturday will seek to take possession of the $125,000 Colonel E.R. Bradley H. (G3) as we ...
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Dubai Carnival beads: Ertijaal steals the spotlight on opening night
With the Dubai World Cup Carnival kicking off last Thursday, it’s time to resume our weekly review of the Meydan action. By analyzing the performances, we aim to get a bead on the Carnival; hence my attempt at a pun in the title.
The featured race ...
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California Chrome Doesn't Have To Stay Home But Trust Trainer To Do His Job
by LAURA D. PUGH
California Chrome’s 2016 season started right where he left off in 2015: with co-owner Perry Martin micromanaging the 2014 Horse of the Year’s campaign.
“California Chrome seemed to struggle a little bit at the end, I thought,” ...
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TwinSpires.com Lecomte draws full field, Stageplay tops Silverbulletday
A gate-load of three-year-old colts and geldings were entered late last week for Saturday's $200,000 TwinSpires.com Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds, and, informally speaking, Tom, Walter, and Dolph figure to attract a lion's share of the attention in ...
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California Chrome to race in Dubai ahead of World Cup
California Chrome was “a little tired” upon his arrival home at Los Alamitos Sunday morning, according to trainer Art Sherman’s son and assistant Alan.
“That was to be expected,” the younger Sherman said the day after “Chrome” returned from a nine ...
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Nyquist, Mor Spirit turn in works at Santa Anita
Two leading protagonists on the 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) trail – surefire champion Nyquist and Mor Spirit – continued to gear up at Santa Anita Sunday for their seasonal reappearances.
Nyquist, who extended his unbeaten sequence to five in the Bre ...
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SOUTHLAND update - Sunday, January 11
Here is a quick recap of our picks from this past Friday and Saturday evenings of highly entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland. MoneyMaker Mike selected several greyhounds over the past few evenings that have shown to be solid ...
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Casse pointing Conquest Big E to Gulfstream’s sophomore series
Edited Press Release
With several promising three-year-olds for 2016 in his stable, trainer Mark Casse has the enviable task of scheduling their respective 2015 early-season campaigns, which he hopes will make him a busy man on the first Saturday ...
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Where Pletcher Found His Dirt Horse
California Chrome Returns a Winner
Sporting his new California Chrome, LLC colors, the 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner dominated a talented group in the Grade 2 San Pasqual Stakes on Saturday, Jan. 9 to signal that 2016 might be his ...
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Feature Winner Pays $22; Three In Miami Valley Pick-4 Includes $15 Score; Big Place, Show Payoffs
The top-winning price of the weekend came from one of our features and our Pick-4 selections listed three of four winners.
The feature winner came at Charlottetown on Jan. 9 as Bold Arrow ($22.70, $3.70, $2.10) conquered the public choices.
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California Chrome triumphant in San Pasqual return
The build-up to California Chrome’s return to competition has been intense, and on Saturday the gleaming Kentucky Derby -winning chestnut fulfilled all expectations with a 1 1/4-length victory in the $200,500 San Pasqual S. (G2) at Santa Anita Par ...
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Collected gets paid as Baffert trainees run one-two in Sham
Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert added two more three-year-olds to his roster of Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders Saturday when saddling Collected and Let's Meet in Rio to a one-two finish in the $100,750 Sham (G3) at Santa Anita.
Collecte ...
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Heart to Heart, Sandiva capitalize with early speed on Gulfstream turf
Saturday’s graded action on the Gulfstream Park turf underscored the advantage held by a classy horse with early speed and soft fractions. Heart to Heart was once again uncatchable after getting away with a cozy lead in the $200,000 Ft. Lauderdale (G ...
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Mshawish shows his versatility, records first dirt win in Hal’s Hope
A Grade 1 winner on turf, Mshawish carried his form to the main track in Saturday’s $150,000 Hal’s Hope (G3) at Gulfstream Park and has plenty of options going forward. The 6-year-old horse prevailed by a neck over game pacesetter Valid, completing ...
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La Verdad cruises in Interborough, 'Rumor' upsets Turf Dash
The connections of La Verdad have one more week to find out whether their mare was voted champion female sprinter of 2015, but have reason to rejoice already this new year after the six-year-old daughter of Yes It's True coasted to a 2 3/4-length vic ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, January 9
Welcome to another Saturday evening of highly entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap on the evening card for your viewing and wagering pleasure. For the picks on Saturday, MoneyMaker Mike has selecte ...
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Quarter Horse Jockey David Alvarez One to Watch at Louisiana Downs
David Alvarez is back in action at Louisiana Downs
Louisiana Downs in Bossier City kicks off its 2016 Quarter Horse racing season on Saturday, January 9, and one jockey to follow is David Alvarez.
The 37-year-old rider began his very succ ...
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ON POINT: 2014 Derby Winner Returns as 2016 Hopefuls Prep
January 8, 2016
2014 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands winner California Chrome makes his five-year-old debut on Saturday, January 9, at Santa Anita Park on the same day that 2016 Derby hopefuls will contest the Sham Stakes.
Both Ed ...
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Will California Chrome be rusty or sharp off shelf?; upset pick in Sham
California Chrome got hurt training on turf in England last summer and returns from a 287-day layoff in today’s San Pasqual (G2) at Santa Anita. The 2014 Horse of the Year is listed at 4-5 on the morning line and it will be no surprise if California ...
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Tracks offer solid Saturday night cards
While many sports enthusiasts are eager to watch the Wild Card round of the National Football League playoffs get under way on Saturday, serious standardbred racing fans will focus their attention on the cards at Yonkers Raceway and The Meadowlands ...
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International Star returns in Fair Grounds’ Louisiana Stakes
Edited Press Release
International Star returns to the site of his greatest accomplishments next weekend when the reigning Louisiana Derby (G2) champion starts in the $75,000 Louisiana S. on January 16 at Fair Grounds.
After sweeping all th ...
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Three quibbles with Eclipse Award finalists, and a defense of Found
My Eclipse Award ballot had much in common with the finalists announced Wednesday. Of the divergences, three stood out to me.
No Flintshire?! The most unexpected of all was the absence of Flintshire from the champion turf male finalists, and the ...
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Ft. Lauderdale, Sham ripe for first-time stakes winners
My 2016 wagering strategy got off to a solid start last week , and so the pressure is slightly on to continue the positive results as we go into the second weekend of the year.
This is a relatively quiet weekend for stakes of all kinds, and agai ...
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Songbird fires bullet ahead of Las Virgenes seasonal debut
Edited Press Release
Undefeated Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner Songbird worked five furlongs in a bullet :58.20 Friday morning under regular rider Mike Smith after Santa Anita Park’s 7:45 a.m. (PT) renovation break.
The Medaglia d ...
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Mohaymen has "perfect" morning at Palm Meadows
Edited Press Release
Shadwell Stable's undefeated Mohaymen, regarded as the leading three-year-old on the East Coast, continued preparations for his 2016 debut in the $350,000 Holy Bull (G2) January 30 at Gulfstream Park with a sharp half-mile wo ...
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Eclipse Award finalist La Verdad makes 2016 debut in Interborough
La Verdad , a finalist for an Eclipse Award as the 2015 champion female sprinter, will make her seasonal bow on Saturday at Aqueduct in the $100,000 Interborough S. against six rivals.
The Linda Rice trainee will be making her first start of 201 ...
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California Chrome ready come rain or shine
Edited Press Release
California Chrome is at the ready for his first race in nine months Saturday despite El Nino’s futile effort to turn racing into El Nono.
“We’ve had five and two-tenths inches of rain since the early part of the week,” sa ...
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Kentucky Derby Report (1/7): January brings a sense of anticipation
Qualifying stakes begin in September and 2-year-olds receive plenty of attention each fall, but January 1 holds more significance for Kentucky Derby hopefuls: that’s when races really start to matter. For whatever reason, outstanding juve ...
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Counterintuitive factors in Handicapping
BY DICK POWELL
One thing that I love about handicapping horses is how many factors are counterintuitive. You think it’s one way and it’s actually the other.
An easy one is that the longer the race, the better early speed does. At first, you th ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Friday evening, January 8
Race 4 - 583 yards - Grade D - CBJ SEVENUP - 3 box - A big rush to the turn should have this young greyhound near the front and in position with his mid-track running style to challenge for the win. I will play the 3 with the 1/5/6/8.
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Eclipse Award Voters Don't Trust Stewards
I’m a Chatterbox as a finalist for champion three-year-old filly over Curalina is a major shot at the Saratoga Race Course stewards who disqualified the former in favor of the latter in this year’s Coaching Club American Oaks.
Curalina was one of ...
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Three Categories the Eclipse Award Voters Got Wrong
by LAURA PUGH
With the only guideline for Eclipse Award eligibility being that a horse made one North American start, a lot of discretion is left to each individual voter, which leads to dissention as well.
Before discussing the snubs, it’s im ...
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Amazing Offerings For Overnight Races On The Agenda
Bitter cold has returned to the eastern seaboard and so has the action at raceways closed for the holidays, as well as full cards continue across North America from the past year to the New Year. As the winter stakes season approaches, we pursue prof ...
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Valid, Matrooh and Mshawish headline graded trifecta at Gulfstream
Gulfstream Park hosts a graded trifecta on Saturday having carded the $200,000 Ft. Lauderdale S. (G2) , $150,000 Marshua’s River S. (G3) and $150,000 Hal’s Hope S. (G3) .
Both the Ft. Lauderdale and Marshua’s River take place at 1 1/16 miles o ...
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California Chrome returns in San Pasqual; nine line up in Sham
California Chrome , the 2014 Horse of the Year, makes a long-awaited return to action Saturday in the $200,000 San Pasqual (G2) over 1 1/16 miles at Santa Anita.
Despite the expectation he will be an overwhelming, odds-on choice in the field of ...
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Trezza Again Wins $5,000 Saturday Live
Anthony Trezza
For the second time in three weeks, Anthony Trezza has captured the first-place prize in the featured $5,000 Saturday Live handicapping contest.
Going by username 'youare2020' and a familiar foe to find in all kinds of contes ...
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Kinchen named NHC Tour champion
Edited Press Release
Jonathon Kinchen of Austin, Texas, won four National Handicapping Championship (NHC) qualifying contests in his first full year of play and earned 19,026 points overall to win the 2015 NHC Tour, which ended Sunday following ...
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Top 5 Women Trainers of 2015
89. Josie Carroll - One of Josie Carroll's most impressive horses in 2015 was Gamble's Ghost. Carroll is known for winning races at Woodbine, her home track. She was born in Ontario. Her 2015 was spectacular based on the number of horses that she s ...
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Purses rise for several Keeneland Spring meet stakes
Edited Press Release
Keeneland on Wednesday a $4.225 million stakes schedule for its 2016 Spring Meet that offers 16 stakes, led by the $1 million Blue Grass (G1), the $500,000 Ashland (G1), the $350,000 Jenny Wiley (G1), which carries a purse in ...
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2015 Eclipse Award finalists revealed
Edited Press Release
Led by Horse of the Year candidates American Pharoah, Beholder and Runhappy, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) on Wednesday announ ...
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2015 Reilly Turf Awards - International Edition
Following on from the U.S. edition of the 2015 Reilly Turf Awards , let’s turn to the most memorable performances on the international front.
MOST PLEASANT SURPRISE
Golden Horn entered the season as a promising debut winner for John Gosden ...
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Louisiana Downs Quarter Horse Meet Begins on January 9
Jockey Raul Ramirez, Jr. will have a full book in the 2016 Louisiana Downs Quarter Horse meet The 2016 Louisiana Downs Quarter Horse meet kicks off on Saturday, January 9.
Located near Shreveport, Louisiana Downs’ will offer 11 stakes, inclu ...
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Trotters highlight Wednesday card at Dover Downs
Standardbred tracks often offer a pair of trotting events on an average program, but the Wednesday card at Dover Downs will feature 11 trotting events among the 15 events contested. Harness racing fans are sometimes reluctant to play trotting races ...
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Rees, Sullivan garner 2015 Media Eclipse Awards
Edited Press Release
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters (NTWAB) have announced that Jennie Rees has won the 2015 Media Eclipse Award for Writing in the Feature/C ...
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Flexibility impresses in Jerome; bettors adjust to varying conditions at Aqueduct
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
There was a single graded race for newly-turned sophomores last week at Aqueduct.
Jerome S. (G3) : Klaravich and Lawrence’s FLEXIBILITY (Bluegrass Cat) lived up to his favored billing with a facile 4 ¼-length romp for traine ...
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Headley sends out a couple horses to watch as well as Midnight Lute winner San Onofre
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
A quartet of graded races highlighted the second weekend of the winter/spring meeting at Santa Anita.
San Gabriel S. (G2) : Bienstock and Winner’s FLAMBOYANT (Peer Gynt) moved to the fore nearing midstretch and gradually ...
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How to wager on the Pick 6 carryover Tuesday at Turf Paradise
There are several things to attract horseplayers to today's 8-race card at Turf Paradise. Chief among them, of course, is the $72,618 carryover in the track's $1 Pick 6 wager. This level carryover for a non jackpot bet with a base of $1 is not typica ...
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Churchill announces Spring stakes, Firecracker renamed Wise Dan
Edited Press Release
The 142nd renewals the $2 million Kentucky Derby (G1) and $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) on the first weekend in May headline a roster of 26 stakes events -- 23 of which are graded races -- scheduled for Churchill Downs' Sprin ...
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U.S. Thoroughbred handle rises 1.18 percent in 2015
Equibase Company on Tuesday reported that total U.S. Thoroughbred handle in 2015 reached $10.67 billion, a 1.18 percent increase from 2014 when $10.55 billion was wagered.
The move to positive territory was aided by a solid month of December when ...
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New Year’s Wagering Revolution
As the ball dropped on 2009 to ring in 2010, my New Year’s resolution then was to keep better track of my wagers.
Six years later I have a spreadsheet full of my wagering data, and it’s become so a part of my gambling experience (there’s also a po ...
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Coverage of historic Belmont Stakes gives NBC 12th Media Eclipse
Edited Press Release
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) have announced that NBC Sports has won the Media Eclipse Award for Television -- Live Racing Prog ...
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Hennegan Brothers, Simon earn 2015 media Eclipse Awards
Edited Press Release
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) have announced that Digital Kitchen's production of "Ironman Perry Ouzts," directed by the Henneg ...
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