Northfield’s Courageous Lady Looks Pricey; ‘Wiggle’ One More Time At Dover

Thu Nov 26 2015TwinSpires Staff

Northfield Park and Dover Downs provide the sole features for this weekend, as we move into the final month of the year and the 2015 racing season. At Northfield, the Courageous Lady gathers soph-filly pacers for a. six-figure prize around the “Flyin ...
Favorite Tale, Page McKenney popular winners at Penn National

Thu Nov 26 2015Vance Hanson

Favorite Tale shook off the pressing Amelia's Wild Ride approaching the eighth pole and stormed clear to win the $200,000 Fabulous Strike H. at Penn National by two lengths on Thanksgiving eve Wednesday night. The 1-2 favorite under Javier Castell ...
Mobile Bay, Lavender Chrissie topple favorites at Zia Park

Wed Nov 25 2015Vance Hanson

Super Derby (G2) winner Mobile Bay added another big win to his record Wednesday when taking the $218,000 Zia Park Derby . Under Edgar Prado, the 7-2 third choice prevailed over a determined Pain and Misery to win by a nose after a stretch-long duel ...
Bernardini thriving at stud & 2016 looks extremely promising

Wed Nov 25 2015TwinSpires Staff

BY DICK POWELL BERNARDINI (A.P. Indy) was a wonderful racehorse that has gone on to be a wonderful stallion. This year, he has four Grade 1 stakes winners, only one behind leading sire TAPIT (Pulpit). Since going to stud in 2010, Bernardini has s ...
Private Zone seeks repeat in Cigar Mile

Wed Nov 25 2015Vance Hanson

A sharp second to Runhappy in last month's Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) going six furlongs, Private Zone will get back to doing what he does best Saturday in the Cigar Mile H. (G1) at Aqueduct. Although a two-time winner of the Vosburgh (G1), Pri ...
Kentucky Jockey Club provides a line on five horses in Kentucky Derby Future Wager; Dothraki Queen tops Golden Rod

Wed Nov 25 2015James Scully

Saturday’s $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) serves as a qualifier for the 2016 Kentucky Derby, offering points on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the top four respective finishers, and along with its fillies’ counterpart, the $200,000 Golden Rod (G2) , high ...

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Favorites excel at Aqueduct last week, Morse Code among a trio of McGaughey horses to watch

Wed Nov 25 2015John Mucciolo

AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK There was no graded racing this past week at Aqueduct. Track Stats A total of 45 races were held at the Long Island, New York venue, with favorites winning at a 40 percent rate and the top two betting choices combining f ...
Kicking off Thanksgiving week at Churchill Downs with an Awesome Thought

Wed Nov 25 2015Ed DeRosa

Churchill Downs closes its November meeting and 2015 racing this week, and I'll be sorry to see it go. Not because I'm crushing it--I haven't had a winning day yet--but because the racing has been fun to watch and handicap on a daily basis. A good ...
7 to Consider in First Kentucky Derby Futures Pool

Wed Nov 25 2015D.S. Williamson

About a week ago I wrote about how it's never too early to talk about the Kentucky Derby . Well, it appears that more than a few people agree with me. The very first Kentucky Derby Futures Pool is out on Thursday. Wouldn't you know it?  Nyquist, ...
Flintshire, Mongolian Saturday among Hong Kong invitees

Wed Nov 25 2015TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release The Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin on December 13 have attracted a stellar line-up of Group 1 stars. A total of 33 international Grade/Group 1 winners are among the 56 entries selected for the world's great end-of- ...
SOUTHLAND Preview - Greyhounds to watch

Wed Nov 25 2015MoneyMaker Mike

Welcome to another Southland  monthly preview of the Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch .   December's selections  certainly look like they will give a solid showing in the coming weeks and months as their young careers have alread ...
Open events highlight Tuesday card at Rosecroft

Wed Nov 25 2015Ted Black

A trio of Open events on the latter half of the Tuesday evening card at Rosecroft Raceway proved contentious and formful just two days shy of Thanksgiving Day. One week after finishing a sharp second as the slight favorite in the $12,500 Open 1 c ...
Wednesday Penn National card looks appealing

Wed Nov 25 2015Ted Black

While many Americans will be traveling tomorrow on their various destinations for Thanksgiving Day festivities, a bevy of horse players should find the Wednesday card at Penn National rather appealing. A trio of stakes races highlight the Wednesd ...