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Rachel's Valentina tops Kentucky Oaks worktab
Edited press release from Churchill Downs
Trainer Todd Pletcher put his Kentucky Oaks (G1) hopefuls through their final major works for next Friday’s race with works Thursday morning.
Overnight rain in Louisville left some water on the track ...
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Slew of Kentucky Derby works slated for Friday
Edited press release from Churchill Downs
With rain expected to start late Friday night and continuing into Saturday, the rush to get in final breezes for the 142nd Kentucky Derby (GI) on a fast track shifted to Friday with eight horses sche ...
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Kentucky Derby 16-20 in Point Standings
20. Mo Tom - No horse that will enter into this year's Kentucky Derby had as bad of trips in his last 2 than Mo Tom. The Thomas Amoss trainee had to take up in the Louisiana Derby. He also had to take up in the Lecomte Stakes. In both of those race ...
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Kentucky Derby favorite Nyquist takes it easy on day before final work
Edited press release from Keeneland
On the eve of his final work before the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 7 at Churchill Downs, Reddam Racing’s Nyquist on Thursday about 7:30 a.m. (EDT) returned to Keeneland’s five-furlong training track ...
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Ward nominates quartet of juveniles to Group 1 at the Curragh
Edited press release from the Curragh and Keeneland
The Curragh could be set to welcome its first runners from the USA since 1991, following Wednesday's entry stage for the Keeneland Phoenix S. (G1).
US-based trainer Wesley Ward has included f ...
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Lucrative 2yo races not paying dividends for NYRA
BY DICK POWELL
“Money makes the world go around.” That line, from the movie, Cabaret, is the theory behind horse racing’s Field of Dreams-like “If we build big purses, you will come bet on those races.”
Last week at Aqueduct, nothing cou ...
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Trio Of Dexter Cup Elims Are Overtures For The Classic Trek
The Hambletonian Trail, the exclusive blog in cooperation with TwinSpires and the Hambletonian Society , returns in the 2016 season.
The betting analysis for the eligible colts and fillies of the Hambletonian and the Hambletonian Oaks will ...
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Pennsylvania, Ohio Profile Glamour Sophomore Pacers; Philly Features; Four For Miami Again
Take a breath because the glamour-and-girl pacers are revving up for state-bred stakes competition as the 2016 season gets into stride. This week we will feature Ohio-bred soph-filly pacers at Miami Valley and Pennsylvania-bred colts and fillies.
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Saturday Yonkers card could offer some value
In Saturday's fourth race, a non-winners of $18,000 last five starts class for pacers, give Cyclone Kiwi the edge. A sharp winner last weekend against non-winners of $12,000 last five company for trainer Jeff Bamond, Jr., Cyclone Kiwi is in an ideal ...
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William Walker highlights opening night at Churchill Downs
The 2016 spring meet at Churchill Downs begins Saturday night with an 11-race card program featuring the second running of the $100,000 William Walker for 3-year-olds. First race post is 6 p.m. (EDT) and guests can enjoy at least 17 live arts perfo ...
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Five Kentucky Derbies where the talent ran deep
When we think about the greatest Kentucky Derby fields of all time (at least in the post-World War II era), often leading the list is the 1957 edition that included three future Hall of Fame inductees (Bold Ruler, Gallant Man, and Round Table) among ...
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2016 Kentucky Derby Brisnet.com Speed Rating Report
Let’s take a look at the Brisnet.com (BRIS) Speed ratings earned by the 2016 Kentucky Derby runners in the final two preps. By a matter of comparison, the Speed figures for the last 12 Kentucky Derby winners are listed as well.
Horses are listed i ...
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Lani turns in three-furlong work for Derby
Edited press release
Lani , winner of the UAE Derby (G2) in his most recent start, worked three furlongs in :37.40 with blinkers on over a track labeled fast during the 8:30-8:45 a.m. (EDT) training period reserved for Kentucky Derby (G1) and Ke ...
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Gun Runner’s Brisnet.com Speed Rating for winning TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby Changed to 100
Occasionally, when the following conditions are present, we are compelled to update the speed figures of a past race (e.g. TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby):
(1) When the original variant was deemed questionable for some reason (e.g. in a close call ...
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Miss Temple City to train up to Royal Ascot
Edited Press Release
Miss Temple City, who finished a close fourth in the 2015 Coronation S. (G1), will be heading back to Royal Ascot this year with the June 15 Duke of Cambridge S. (G2) her target.
Beaten just two lengths behind Ervedya ...
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Speed fares well over Aqueduct’s main track in final week; favorites win at a 43% clip for meet
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
There no graded races at Aqueduct this past week.
Track Stats
A total of 45 races were held over the main strip at the Long Island, New York venue, with favorites winning at a 38 percent rate and the top two betting choi ...
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Teller Baja Gives Rick Robinson Another Futurity Win
Teller Baja wins the Remington Park Futurity for trainer Rick Robinson Robinson grew up in California and loved working with horses more than going to school. He dropped out of high school and began working for several horsemen including AQHA ...
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Generosidade back among distaffers in Bewitch
A Group 1 winner in Brazil, Generosidade needed a few starts to acclimate to North American racing before distinguishing herself versus male rivals at Santa Anita. The 7-year-old mare recorded a 1 ½-length victory in the March 13 San Luis Rey (G2) ...
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Kentucky Downs boosts stakes, overnight purses for 2016
Edited Press Release
Enhancing what already is American racing's most lucrative purse program, Kentucky Downs is offering an additional $600,000-plus into its 2016 overnight races and stakes for its unique five-date, all-grass meet in September. ...
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Churchill Downs releases stakes probables for Kentucky Derby week
Edited Press Release
Churchill Downs opens Saturday, April 30 and 13 stakes races will be offered over the first week to accompany the 142 nd runnings of the Kentucky Oaks (G1) and Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 6 and May 7.
Here are the prospect ...
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Picking Derby winner might come down to whose negatives you can accept
While I admittedly stood against them because I generally don't like backing favorites in the Kentucky Derby (G1), both American Pharoah last year and California Chrome in 2014 had, in my opinion, few if any negatives going into their respective r ...
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Mor Spirit drills five furlongs with Stevens
Edited Press Release
Grade 1 winner Mor Spirit , runner-up to Exaggerator in the April 9 Santa Anita Derby (G1), put in his first breeze over the Churchill Downs main track for the Kentucky Derby (G1) on Tuesday morning during the special 8:30- ...
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Finest City records initial stakes win; big week for Kruljac horses at Los Alamitos
LOS ALAMITOS NOTEBOOK
There was a single graded affair during the second week of racing at Los Alamitos.
Great Lady M S. (G2) : Seltzer Thoroughbreds’ FINEST CITY (City Zip) commenced her run at the top of the lane and passed all foes in post ...
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Overnight events highlight Tuesday card at Rosecroft
Midway through the Tuesday card at Rosecroft, Acceletron (Frank Milby) and Frost Advisory (Jonathan Roberts) will look to settle the issue late. Acceletron won his most recent outing for trainer-driver Frank Milby and owner Candy Milby in 1:56.4 as t ...
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Champion sprinter Smoke Glacken dead at 22
Edited Press Relase
Gainesway Farm has announced the passing of 1997 champion sprinter and successful sire Smoke Glacken. The 22-year-old gray son of Two Punch was humanely euthanized April 21 because of the infirmities of old age. Smoke Glacken ...
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Kentucky Derby 11 through 15 in Point Standings
15. Whitmore - I'm not sure what to make of Whitmore. He strikes me as a horse that has a single move in him. The move doesn't seem to last long, which should put him in a bad position come Kentucky Derby Day. The biggest question I have is why, un ...
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Asmussen works five for Oaks; Carina Mia breezes
Edited Press Release
Trainer Steve Asmussen, whose induction into the Hall of Fame was announced Monday, sent his five Kentucky Oaks (G1) hopefuls out for five-furlongs breezes Monday at Churchill Downs: Terra Promessa (1:02.80), Ta ...
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Gun Runner, Creator post "ideal" works for Derby
Edited Press Release
Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders Creator and Gun Runner 's Monday morning breezes were "ideal" according to trainer Steve Asmussen, who sent both horses out for serious workouts during Churchill Downs' special 8:30-8:45 a.m. ...
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Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta, Asmussen & Dominguez to Hall of Fame
Rachel Alexandra photo (left) courtesy of EquiSport Photos; Zenyatta courtesy Ted Tarquinio/Horsephotos.com
Edited press release from the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame
Champion racehorses Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta, multiple Ecli ...
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Churchill Downs to host 2018 Breeders' Cup
Edited press release from Breeders' Cup
The Breeders’ Cup, one of Thoroughbred horseracing’s most prestigious international events, has on Monday announced that it will return to Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2018. As part of t ...
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Kentucky Derby contender Shagaf turns in best-ever work, Brown says
Edited press release from Churchill Downs
The Chad Brown-trained duo of My Man Sam and Shagaf recorded their first serious preparations for the May 7 Kentucky Derby (G1).
My Man Sam, a late-closing second in the April 9 Blu ...
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2016 KENTUCKY DERBY PEDIGREES
Here's the collection of links to the pedigree profiles posted so far. As we get closer to Derby Week, we'll keep adding more, so stay tuned!
Mo Tom
Oscar Nominated
Creator
Outwork
Brody’s Cause
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Harrington kicks off spring meet on Monday
Roughly ten days after the Dover Downs harness meet ended, Harrington Raceway will kick off its spring meet on Monday evening with a solid 12-race card. Monday's opening race is a competitive non-winners of three races of $15,000 lifetime event for ...
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2016 Kentucky Derby Pedigrees: Mo Tom
Mo Tom is the third son of Uncle Mo to make it into the 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) field, underscoring what a sensational splash he’s made with his first crop. If it hadn’t been for costly trouble in the Risen Star (G2) and Louisiana Derby (G2), Mo T ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap-Up April 24
The $50,000 St Pats Champ got his first victory since the holiday Stakes race with a strong 29.61 secs come from behind win on Tuesday. "Iron Mike" now has 20 W's this season and still is a threat in the track wins championship chase that ends on ...
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SOUTHLAND - Round 3 of the 2016 Southland Spring Futurity Stakes runs on Wednesday, April 27
The results are in after Round 2 of the 2016 Southland Spring Futurity Stakes was run on Friday evening and what an exciting stakes competition we've seen so far. The field has now been reduced to 32 hard running greyhounds with Round 3 scheduled f ...
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Yonkers hosts Levy, Bluechip finals
Saturday offered racing fans the chance to see the best older horses compete in a trio of lucrative stakes at two different venues. At Yonkers Raceway in New York on Saturday night, Bit Of A Legend N (Jordan Stratton) capped a perfect run through th ...
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‘Levy’ Final To Favorite; $44-Place Tops Toteboard Prices Over Hoosier, Century Victors
Our Buffalo Raceway tweets this past Wednesday once again, except for one second, wound up in fourth or fifth, mostly to favorites. The first spot play, however, Big Pasta, one of the fifth-finishers, was 45-1 and was beaten by a 52-1 shot. The only ...
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Da Big Hoss rides the rail in Elkhorn
The betting public had a hard time separating Da Big Hoss and Kaigun in Saturday’s $250,000 Elkhorn (G2) at Keeneland, sending both off at odds of 5-2, with Da Big Hoss a slight favorite. The market proved an able prognosticator, for Da Big Hoss na ...
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Stanford leads rivals on merry chase in Charles Town Classic
Jockey Javier Castellano put Stanford on the lead in Saturday's $1.25 million Charles Town Classic (G2) , and the four-year-old Malibu Moon colt led around all three turns on his way to the winner's circle in West Virginia's richest race.
Sent fr ...
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Exaggerator, Danzing Candy, Destin drill for Kentucky Derby
While Kentucky was the logical center of gravity for Kentucky Derby (G1) works on Saturday, it wasn’t the only location for major moves. Exaggerator and Danzing Candy tuned up in Southern California, and Destin drilled at his Florida base.
Exagge ...
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Kentucky Derby 6 Through 10 in Point Standings
10. Danzing Candy, 60 points - Like Outwork, this guy only knows one way to run, that's on the lead. I'm not sure they're going to teach him how to rate before the Kentucky Derby. More than likely, Mike Smith is going to try and steal it on the fro ...
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Brody's Cause leads trio of Derby hopefuls working at Churchill
Edited Press Release
Brody's Cause began serious preparation for a start in the May 7 Kentucky Derby (G1) with a five-furlong breeze in 1:01.80 over a fast track Saturday morning at Churchill Downs with exercise rider Tammy Fox in the irons.
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Cathryn Sophia states Kentucky Oaks case with bullet move
Edited press releases from Keeneland
Cash is King LLC’s Cathryn Sophia , third in the Ashland (G1) at Keeneland April 9, breezed five furlongs in :59.60 Saturday after the renovation break with Paco Lopez aboard. The move, which marked her ...
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Fresh Page McKenney can fire big at Charles Town
If there's one thing to keep in mind when analyzing Saturday's $1.25 million Charles Town Classic (G2), it's that positive experience over the track is seemingly more important here than it is for other races.
This shouldn't be too surprising. Cha ...
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O’Neill ‘couldn’t be happier’ as Nyquist breezes in 1:01 4/5
Unbeaten 2-year-old champion Nyquist, the expected prohibitive favorite for the Kentucky Derby , recorded his penultimate workout on Saturday morning at Keeneland, breezing five furlongs in 1:01 4/5. Exercise rider Jonny Garcia was up and Nyqui ...
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Brooklynsway scores upset over I'm a Chatterbox in Doubledogdare
Brooklynsway, a four-year-old filly who's run exclusively in stakes throughout her 15-race career, pulled off a 25-1 upset of Friday's $100,000 Doubledogdare (G3) at Keeneland, fending off Grade 1 winner I'm a Chatterbox and Grade 2 heroine Ahh Ch ...
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Outwork lives up to name in Belmont drill in company
Edited press release from NYRA
With Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez in the irons, Wood Memorial (G1) winner Outwork had his penultimate breeze for the May 7 Kentucky Derby (G1) Friday morning at Belmont Park, covering a half-mile in ...
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Churchill Downs offers racehorse ownership opportunity through new Club
Edited press release from Churchill Downs
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to own a Thoroughbred racehorse that resides in the barn of a Hall of Fame trainer? Churchill Downs Racetrack will give 200 people that chance this spring through the ...
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Cathryn Sophia's Kentucky Oaks status hinges on workout
Edited press release from Keeneland
As with Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Nyquist, wet conditions at Keeneland also kept Cash is King LLC’s Cathryn Sophia from her scheduled Friday work, said Tyler Servis, assistant to his father, John ...
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Kentucky Derby favorite Nyquist's work moved to Saturday
Edited press releases from Keeneland
Trainer Doug O’Neill opted to wait a day to work his undefeated Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Nyquist after overnight rains left water on Keeneland’s main track.
“I played the conservative card ...
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Top 5 Greatest Athletes In Spring Puppy Stakes History
*2012 Champ Trickapalooza*
Flashy Tom, Trickapalooza, Seco Barr, Yahoo Homer, Pat C Fly Boy, PrimeTimeSaurus, NoBooth For Gary, Tobacco Road, WW All Starodell
Will the 2016 Champion someday sneak into a future Top 5 list? We find ...
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Yonkers Raceway hosts lucrative George Morton Levy, Bluechip Matchmaker finals
This Saturday night Yonkers Raceway in New York will host both the $600,000 George Morton Levy Memorial Series final for older Free-For-All male pacers and $300,000 Bluechip Matchmaker final for Free-For-All pacing fillies and mares on a stellar 13-r ...
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2016 Kentucky Derby Pedigrees: Oscar Nominated
Just looking at his parentage – by Kitten’s Joy and out of a Theatrical mare – you’d guess that Oscar Nominated probably isn’t a dirt horse. And you’d be right. Having spent his nascent career on turf, he switched to Turfway Park’s Polytrack and earn ...
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Delta Downs Quarter Horse Meet Kicks off Friday, April 22
Multiple stakes winner Scoopies Leaving You runs Friday at Delta Downs Opening night will feature five trials for this year’s $71,075 Old South Derby. AQHA Champion Stallion Open Me A Corona will defend his title Friday evening in the first st ...
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O’Neill talks similarities, differences between Nyquist & I’ll Have Another
Edited Press Release
Trainer Doug O’Neill played weather tracker Thursday morning, the day before a scheduled work for Reddam Racing’s undefeated champion Nyquist at Keeneland.
“If it is like it is now,” O’Neill said of a fast main track ...
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Rachel’s Valentina clocks half-mile in :48.60
Edited Press Release
Stonestreet Stables’ Grade 1-winning Rachel’s Valentina, second in the Ashland (G1) on April 9 at Keeneland, turned in her first work since that race on Thursday before 7 a.m. (ET), covering four furlongs in :48.60.
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Charles Town Offers Grade II, $1.25 Million Classic
Thoroughbred racing fans are accustomed to seeing horses compete at Charles Town under the lights every Saturday night, but this Saturday the Jefferson County, West Virginia oval will host a 13-race card that gets under way at 12:45 and will culminat ...
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Arkansas Derby an important prep; US Army Ranger lightly-raced but a solid Epsom Derby favorite
BY DICK POWELL
So the prep season is over and unlike years ago when we might only have about a week to put it all together, now we get three weeks from the final prep to the first Saturday in May.
The final Kentucky Derby (G1) prep race was ru ...
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SOUTHLAND - Round 2 of the 2016 Spring Futurity Stakes on Friday, April 22
The weekend gets started at Southland with some very exciting and entertaining greyhound racing as Friday's evening card is highlighted by the running of Round 2 of the 2016 Spring Futurity Stakes. There will be six of the stakes races on the 18 ...
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‘Levy’ & Matchmaker Finals, Consolations, Fill The Yonkers Bill; Philly Profit Hunting; Miami Pick-4 Fortunes Loom Boldly
Over the years, the George Levy Memorial Pacing Series Final’s winner has not always been the pick of the lot, so to speak. Sometimes the final, raced at Yonkers after a quintet of prelims, has produced a second- or third-rate participant. This has m ...
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Competitive field assembled for Charles Town Classic
Eleven runners, including one also-eligible, have been entered to go 1 1/8 miles in Saturday evening’s $1.25 million Charles Town Classic (G2) as part of stakes-laden program.
Among those lining up will be 2014 winner Imperative, who returns for ...
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Kentucky Derby Report (4/20): Creator breaks through in Arkansas Derby
Creator launched his rally on the far turn and accelerated past rivals in the stretch to win Saturday’s Arkansas Derby (G2) by 1 ¼ lengths, stamping his Kentucky Derby ticket in the final major prep race.
The Tapit colt will give trainer Steve A ...
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My Five Worst Kentucky Derby Picks
My tickets after betting on Pyro. Pyro’s win in the Risen Star remains one of my favorite races ever. It’s a crazy awesome late winning move mixed with a great call by John G. Dooley. I knew right then he was my Derby horse. He then won the Lou ...
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Mohaymen, Mo Tom & Lani post moves at Churchill Downs
Edited Press Release
Shadwell Stable’s multiple Grade 2 winner Mohaymen recorded a bullet in his first work at Churchill Downs on Wednesday in preparation for the $2 million Kentucky Derby (G1).
There were actually three Kentucky Derby hopefu ...
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Pan Am winner Kaigun seeks to double up in Elkhorn
In two prior trips over Keeneland's turf course, in 2014, Kaigun had the unfortunate experience of running into dual grass champion and Horse of the Year Wise Dan in the Maker's 46 Mile (G1) and Shadwell Turf Mile (G1). Now established at longer di ...
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I’m a Chatterbox ‘bigger and stronger’ as she begins her 4-year-old campaign
A four-time stakes winner in 2015, I’m a Chatterbox ranked at or near the top of the 3-year-old filly division the entire year but the Larry Jones-trained chestnut didn’t deliver her best in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1), winding up eighth. That per ...
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Kentucky Derby Championship Series Winners Are Top Contenders
by Laura Pugh
My, oh my, how the mighty have fallen since the completion of the Kentucky Derby Championship Series!
The list on the left shows my ranking of horses I expected to be *in* the Kentucky Derby. The list on the right is my ranking ...
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Paulassilverlining rolls in Distaff; debut winner Call Provision is one to watch for Brown
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
A single graded race topped the action at Aqueduct this past week.
Distaff H. (G3) : Vincent Scuderi’s homebred PAULASSILVERLINING (Ghostzapper) forced the pace to early stretch and powered home with relative ease late, regi ...
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Post positions drawn for Levy, Matchmaker finals
Post positions were drawn on Tuesday morning for the lucrative finals of the George Morton Levy Memorial Series for older Free-For-All pacers and the Bluechip Matchmaker series for pacing fillies and mares and the draw may once again play a huge fact ...
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Early look at Kentucky Derby contenders after the conclusion of Prep Season
The Kentucky Derby prep season concluded Saturday, with the Arkansas Derby (G1) guaranteeing the top three finishers – Creator, Suddenbreakingnews and Whitmore – a spot in a projected 20-horse field.
I’ll provide some early thoughts on the contend ...
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San Onofre captures Los Angeles for Headley; Hollendorfer sends out a couple of horses to watch at Los Alamitos
LOS ALAMITOS NOTEBOOK
There was a single graded tilt during the opening week of racing at Los Alamitos.
Los Angeles S. (G3) : Matson Racing’s SAN ONOFRE (Surf Cat) stalked the pace from the outside to the stretch and gamely inched clear late ...
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Nyquist enjoys routine morning at Keeneland
Edited Press Release
Nyquist continued his preparation for the $2 million Kentucky Derby (G1) by jogging twice around the main track Tuesday morning before the renovation break.
Undefeated in seven starts, Nyquist was partnered as usual by Jon ...
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I'm a Chatterbox gets back to work in Doubledogdare
I'm a Chatterbox , one of the nation's leading three-year-old fillies last season, is set to make her season debut Friday in the $100,000 Doubledogdare at Keeneland. A field of nine fillies and mares will travel 1 1/16 miles.
Last seen finishin ...
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Kentucky Derby Top Five In Points Standings
Brody's Cause, 114 points
This guy has the connections and pedigree to win the Kentucky Derby. It doesn't get much better than trainer Dale Romans and jockey Luis Saez. Giant's Causeway is a monster of a stud horse. But I have issues with Brody' ...
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Canterbury to offer nation-low takeout rates for 2016 meet
Edited Press Release
Canterbury Park racing officials on Tuesday announced a sweeping reduction in pari-mutuel takeout that will result in the Shakopee, Minnesota, racetrack offering a wagering product priced lower, on average, than any track in ...
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Rosecroft offers solid Tuesday card
While many harness racing fans are already looking forward to Saturday's lucrative finals of the George Morton Levy Memorial and Bluechip Matchmaker series finals, other hardcore fans will be focused on Tuesdays card at Rosecroft Raceway. When the D ...
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SOUTHLAND - Monday, April 18
Here are the Sunday results of this week's study of the morning line picks at Southland and I have recapped them below. This past week MoneyMaker Mike took a look at different handicapping styles and I started with the morning line picks found at ...
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Thoughts on Songbird and news of the weekend
Some thoughts in the aftermath of this past weekend's action on and off the track:
Songbird: The scheduled appearance of Songbird before a crowd of more than 100,000 in the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (G1) was called off late Sunday night when owner Ric ...
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Cupid out, Mo Tom gets into Kentucky Derby
Speculation had swirled about Cupid’s status for the Kentucky Derby (G1) following his 10th as the 4-5 favorite in last Saturday’s Arkansas Derby (G1). Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert didn’t prolong the suspense, telling Daily Racing Form ’s Jay Pr ...
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Kentucky Derby contender Gun Runner fires bullet at Churchill Downs
Edited press release from Churchill Downs
Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC and Three Chimney Farm’s Gun Runner, the leader on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard with 151 points, continued his serious preparation for the May 7 Ken ...
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Indiana Grand Live Racing Season Gets Underway on Tuesday, April 19
Mavara Vegas wins the $125,000 QHRAI Derby at Indiana Grand last October Trainer Randy Smith continues to set a high standard of excellence. Last year, he became the first Quarter Horse trainer to ever top $1 million in purse earnings for one ...
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Songbird to miss Kentucky Oaks
Undefeated champion Songbird has been declared out of the $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs on May 6, owner Rick Porter of Fox Hill Farm tweeted out on Sunday.
According to Porter, Songbird “developed a low graded fever after the SA ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap-Up 4-17-2016
A new feature we are starting is the Palm Beach Weekly Wrap-Up. In these posts, we'll spotlight all the action from the previous week and discuss the biggest stories going on in greyhound racing at "The Beach."
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Lightstream takes stakes bow in Beaumont, Nickname second
Up Hill Stable and Head of Plains Partners LLC’s Lightstream broke her maiden by 2 1/4 lengths on March 6 going six furlongs at Gulfstream Park, good for a 104 BRIS Speed rating.
On Sunday, the Brian Lynch trainee parlayed that victory into a thre ...
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2016 Kentucky Derby Pedigrees: Creator
Just when you thought that Tapit’s top Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls were already present and accounted for, along comes Creator to upset the Arkansas Derby (G1) and become his sire’s fourth major 2016 prep winner.
First there was Mohaymen in t ...
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SOUTHLAND - Sunday, April 17
Here are the Saturday matinee and evening results of this week's study of the morning line picks at Southland and I have recapped them below. As previously stated, this week MoneyMaker Mike has been taking a look at different handicapping styles ...
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Fellowship breezes half-mile; Derby hopefuls gallop at Churchill, Nyquist jogs at Keeneland
Edited Press Release
Jacks or Better Farm Inc.’s Fellowship, who currently sits at No. 22 on the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard with 32 points, breezed a half-mile in :48.80 over Churchill Downs’ fast main track Sunday morning.
It was the Florida ...
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Dream Dance still under Kentucky Oaks consideration
Edited Press Release
Stoneway Farm’s Dream Dance is still under consideration for the $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) on May 6 at Churchill Downs.
Trainer Neil Howard saddled the Afleet Alex filly to a three-quarter length victory in ...
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I’m a Chatterbox readies for Doubledogdare with five-furlong Keeneland move
Edited Press Release
Fletcher and Carolyn Gray’s Grade 1-winning homebred I’m a Chatterbox turned in her third Keeneland breeze Sunday morning in preparation for her 2016 debut in Friday’s 22nd running of the $100,000 Doubledogdar ...
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Yonkers hosts final Levy prelims
Saturday night Yonkers Raceway hosted three divisions of the fifth and final round of the George Morton Levy Memorial series for Free-For-All pacers. In the first of three Levy splits, Lettucerockthem A (Brian Sears) quarter moved to command ...
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Lettucerockthem A In Last ‘Levy’ Leg Leads Exacta/Trifecta; $26 Philly Strike; Miami Pick-4 Yields $213
We started out the week on Twitter with spot plays at Buffalo Raceway but none of the four tweeted won: Amoreuble Hanover (12-1) and Vals Jett (38-1) finished fifth, while Lakers Vett (11-1) and La Reina Road finished fourth.
Our tweets for Tw ...
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Kentucky Derby Quesitons and Answers: second choices, the bubble, and the best region
We anticipated having some answers following the conclusion of the Kentucky Derby Championship Series, but as always there are some questions as well.
Before Saturday’s races we asked:
After Saturday’s races, I have answers to all of thos ...
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Creator passes them all to take the Arkansas Derby
A colt with no speed, tactical or otherwise, to speak of, Creator entered Saturday's $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park in need of some help on the front end. Boy, did he get it.
With the aid of Gettysburg, who not only set a testing ...
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Tepin makes it five straight with Jenny Wiley stakes record
When speaking of the pressure involved in keeping Tepin in championship form, trainer Mark Casse has sounded a bit like Australia’s Chris Waller describing the weight of expectations regarding Winx. Both horsemen are doing their jobs well, for like W ...
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Effinex captures Oaklawn Handicap
Tri-Bone Stables’ Effinex kept the pressure on Santa Anita H. (G1) winner Melatonin throughout Saturday’s $750,000 Oaklawn H. (G2) and pulled away from that rival in the stretch to triumph by a length under jockey Mike Smith.
Effinex and Melaton ...
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SOUTHLAND - Saturday, April 16
Here are the Friday matinee and evening results of this week's study of the morning line picks at Southland and I have recapped them below. As previously stated, this week MoneyMaker Mike is taking a look at different handicapping styles and I fi ...
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Collected much the best in Lexington
Collected dismissed pacesetter One More Round in upper stretch of Saturday’s $150,000 Lexington (G3) at Keeneland, drawing away to score by four lengths and setting himself up for a probable Preakness (G1) bid at Pimlico on May 21. The Bob Baffert- ...
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