SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday, October 3

Sat Oct 03 2015MoneyMaker Mike

Welcome to another Saturday of exciting greyhound racing at  Southland as there are 18 entertaining races on tap for both the matinee and evening cards, a total of 36 races on tap for our viewing and wagering pleasure.  I have had some requests over ...
Limato could set off post-Arc fireworks in Foret

Sat Oct 03 2015Kellie Reilly

Limato, the Foret favorite, courtesy of Champions Series via Twitter . Unless you have something better to do after the Arc on Sunday morning (like running off to church), stay tuned for three more Group 1s at Longchamp. Mecca’s Angel is the ...
$1,000 Graded Stakes Racing Contest

Sat Oct 03 2015D.S. Williamson

Saturday, Oct. 3rd's featured TwinSpires Racing Contest is the $1,000 Graded Stakes Game. There is also a great contest going on for Red Mile. I'm not usually a big harness bettor. But, since Merv at TwinSpires told me that the card was a great one, ...
TwinSpires Racing Contests in a League of their Own

Sat Oct 03 2015D.S. Williamson

If you haven't played any of the TwinSpires Racing contests, now is the time to give a few of the contests a try. Although there are other companies that offer racing contests, TwinSpires offers a plethora of contests that require anywhere f ...
Gomo dethrones Dothraki Queen in Alcibiades

Fri Oct 02 2015Jen Caldwell

Trainer Doug O’Neill utilized a one-mile turf race at Del Mar to ready Gomo for Friday’s opening day co-feature at Keeneland, the $400,000 Alcibiades S. (G1) , and the move paid dividends as the bay miss recorded a 2 3/4-length victory. Sent off ...
You’re In the Middle of the Ride Everything Will Be Just Fine

Fri Oct 02 2015Ed DeRosa

Jimmy Eat World probably didn’t have opening day of Keeneland 2015 fall meeting in mind when it wrote its big hit in November 2001, but it proved prescient for how the main track played on a wet day at the home of this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Cham ...

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Runhappy splashes to strong-looking Phoenix win

Fri Oct 02 2015Vance Hanson

The aptly-named Runhappy returned to a joyous Keeneland winner’s circle on a raw, soggy afternoon Friday after a front-running victory in the $250,000 Phoenix (G3). The six-furlong dash, the oldest stakes race on the North American calendar, ser ...
Identifying the Mud Monsters

Fri Oct 02 2015TwinSpires Staff

by Laura Pugh As rain wreaks havoc at Belmont Park, the question everyone will have to find out isn’t who is the fastest, or the fittest, but which horse will best be able to emulate Michael Phelps. Belmont Park is completely saturated and the ...
Who will be the Opera protagonist?

Fri Oct 02 2015Kellie Reilly

Photo of Diamondsandrubies courtesy of Curragh Racecourse via Facebook . One race before the Arc on Sunday, a competitive cast of fillies and mares will take the stage in the Prix de l’Opera (G1) (9:10 a.m. EDT). At this writing, Covert Love ...
Gulfstream closes out 2015 FSS juvenile series with In Reality, My Dear Girl divisions

Fri Oct 02 2015Jen Caldwell

The Florida Sire Stakes (FSS) series for juveniles will conclude on Saturday at Gulfstream Park with the In Reality and My Dear Girl divisions sending fields 1 1/16 miles. Each contest boasts a $500,000 purse, and the My Dear Girl features the top th ...
Field Set for the Refrigerator Handicap (G1) at Lone Star Park

Fri Oct 02 2015

Dashin Brown Streak will run in Saturday's Refrigerator Handicap A very competitive field of Quarter Horses is assembled for Saturday night's $75,000 Refrigerator Handicap (G1) at Lone Star Park . The 440-yard stakes includes several natio ...
Grey & Mazarine offer points toward Kentucky Derby & Oaks

Fri Oct 02 2015James Scully

Woodbine offers a pair of scoring races for 2-year-olds on Sunday, with the $150,000 Grey (G3) and $150,000 Mazarine (G3) rewarding points on a 10-4-2-1 sliding scale toward the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, respectively. Both races take p ...
Antonoe aims for stardom in Marcel Boussac

Fri Oct 02 2015Kellie Reilly

Sunday’s blockbuster Arc card also showcases budding stars in two juvenile contests. And the day could get off to a rousing start at 8 a.m. (EDT) with Antonoe in the Prix Marcel Boussac (G1). Trained by Pascal Bary for Juddmonte, the daughter of ...