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Meadowlands Pace Night Hosts Stars From Multi-Divisions; ‘Sheppard’ Stakes Heads More Frosh Post Parades
It’s Meadowlands Pace night on Saturday, July 16, and along with the classic event parades a quartet of huge events for old and young and the top equine celebrities of the season thus far. We also continue with two-year-old racing, stakes and overnig ...
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Trotters Approach Pivotal ‘Trail’ Point
The Meadowlands Racetrack will host the major Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks prep races on Saturday, July 16 with the $306,500 Stanley Dancer Memorial and the $193,000 Delvin Miller Memorial, both of which go in two divisions.
The first sp ...
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Yellow Ribbon kicks off graded action at Del Mar
Nine fillies and mares will line up Saturday to take part in the first graded offering of the 2016 Del Mar Summer Meet, the $200,000 Yellow Ribbon Handicap (G2) going 1 1/16 miles on the Jimmy Durante Turf Course.
The well-matched group includes ...
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How to bet the Assiniboia Downs $20,606 Pick 4 carryover on Wednesday night
There is a $20,606 into the Pick 4 tonight at Assiniboia Downs, which is a pretty decent add-on for a $1 sequence that only takes 15% off the top anyway. With that carryover and that takeout on new money, there’d have to be $137,374 in the pool befor ...
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Cherry Wine seeks first stakes win in Indiana Derby
Runner-up in the Preakness (G1) and third in the Blue Grass (G1), Cherry Wine will pursue his first stakes victory when he lines up for Saturday’s $500,000 Indiana Derby (G2) . The Dale Romans trainee has been installed as the 5-2 morning line fav ...
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$1.6 million RNA for Donegal Moon; Maker, Catch a Glimpse among recent storylines
Little explanation was offered for putting Donegal Moon up for auction and news of a $1.6 million RNA (didn’t meet the reserve) at Monday’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky sale made less sense for an unproven commodity in the 3-year-old ranks.
How much were ...
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I’m a Chatterbox, Paid Up Subscriber meet in Delaware Handicap
I’m a Chatterbox and Paid Up Subscriber will enter Saturday’s $750,000 Delaware H. (G1) off convincing wins, with the former posting an 8 ¼-length romp in the June 11 Obeah at Delaware Park and the latter scoring by three lengths in the June 18 ...
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How to Bet Del Mar: Tips from Shapper Da Capper
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The Del Mar summer meeting is upon us, and that means perfect weather and incredible wagering opportunities each day on the Southern California circuit.
After a dull end to the Santa Anita meeting due to short fields and ...
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Dressed in Hermes heads opening-day Oceanside
Winner of the Cecil B. DeMille (G3) on Del Mar’s turf last November, Dressed in Hermes returns to the seaside oval for Friday’s $100,000 Oceanside . The one-mile turf affair for sophomores is the featured event on a 10-race opening day program at ...
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Laurel fall stakes schedule features 32 races worth $3.25 million
Edited Press Release
The Maryland Jockey Club on Tuesday announced a $3.25 million fall stakes schedule featuring 32 stakes races (four graded) and five Super Saturdays with four or more stakes races.
Highlights of the fall program at renovat ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Wednesday twilight, July 13
Wednesday's racing action at Southland should be full of exciting & entertaining paw to paw action and I'm going to be watching 3 greyhounds in particular to see how they do. There are 18 races on the program and I'll take a look at the 3 races t ...
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Coast-to-Coast Success for Breeder Bobby D. Cox
His graded stakes winners are spanning the country this year with Duponte winning the $1,083,480 Heritage Place Futurity (G1) at Remington Park as well as the $278,000 Harrah's Futurity at Louisiana Downs. He also bred Marfilous, a gray filly by Ivor ...
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How to bet the Pick 5 carryover on Tuesday, July 12, at Finger Lakes
If at first you don't succeed: try, try again is how the saying goes, but we're actually at try try try again after failing to succeed with recent carryovers at Churchill, Fort Erie, and Finger Lakes.
But at least with racing "it only takes one" a ...
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Stars shine on turf, dirt and stonedust
Last weekend might have seemed ordinary for many Americans since it did not involve a major holiday of any kind, but for thoroughbred and standardbred racing fans alike it provided many memories courtesy of numerous quality performances from runners ...
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Sensational Year for Quarter Horse Breeder Bobby D. Cox
Texas horseman Bobby D. Cox is the leading Quarter Horse breeder in 2016 Followers of the Quarter Horse industry would hardly be surprised at the success this year of the noted Texas breeder. He has been honored by the AQHA as champion breeder ...
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Nyquist confirmed for Haskell after strong five-furlong work
Kentucky Derby (G1) star Nyquist fired a five-furlong bullet at Santa Anita Monday morning, his third work back since an illness following his third in the Preakness (G1). After a flurry of reports indicating that Reddam Racing’s champion was bound f ...
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Orb, Animal Kingdom among first-crop sires to watch at Fasig-Tipton
An enduring highlight of the summer yearling sales season is seeing how the first-crop sires are received. Tuesday’s July Selected Yearlings Sale at Fasig-Tipton is a treasure trove in this regard – so much so that it’s not easy to whittle down the l ...
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Attendance up, handle dips at Santa Anita
Edited Santa Anita press release
Santa Anita’s combined Winter/Spring Meet drew to a close Sunday, with the track posting a 3 percent increase in on-track attendance as it gets ready to host the Breeders’ Cup World Championships for a record nint ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 7/10/2016
A fantastic start to the new season at Palm Beach! The champions from last season were given their well deserved hardware and the greatest super sprinter of all time had a course/starting box named after him. Plus a new star is starting to emerge.
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Caren wires Bison City Stakes
Edited Press Release
Robert Marzilli's Caren went gate-to-wire to capture Sunday's $191,725 Bison City Stakes , the second leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara, at Woodbine.
Trained by Mike DePaulo, Caren entered the 1 1/16-mile Tapeta test off ...
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Catch a Glimpse, Effinex doing well following Saturday graded wins
Edited Press Release
Canadian Horse of the Year Catch a Glimpse has emerged from her half-length victory in Saturday's Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1) in good shape, according to trainer Mark Casse's Belmont-based assistant Randi Melton Sunday mo ...
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Little Mike fifth in comeback
Edited Gulfstream Park press release
Making a return from a layoff of more than two years, multiple Grade 1-stakes winner Little Mike set the pace to the far turn before tiring to fifth (pictured on rail at far right) in Sunday’s 7TH race at Gulf ...
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Lady Eli, Flintshire breeze on Belmont’s inner turf
Edited Press Release
Unbeaten multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Lady Eli breezed four furlongs in :49.50 on the firm Belmont Park inner turf Sunday.
Trainer Chad Brown said the Divine Park filly came out fine as she is looking to make her ...
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Songbird breezes for CCA Oaks, Carina Mia confirmed to tackle champion
Edited Press Release
Undefeated champion Songbird breezed six furlongs over Santa Anita Park’s fast main track Saturday morning in 1:13.40 with exercise rider Edgar Rodriguez aboard.
The Jerry Hollendorfer-trained Medaglia d’Oro filly, who is ...
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Great African-American Jockeys
Alonzo Clayton, 1876 - March 17, 1917 - Clayton started riding at the age of 12. He followed in his older brother's footsteps by becoming a jockey. In 1892, at the age of 15, he won the Kentucky Derby aboard Azra. During his career, Clayton won the ...
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Super $90 Freshman Filly Blasts At Hoosier; $18 Winners At Scioto, Monticello; H2W Marks 52-Percent In-The-Money Average
On Twitter last Wednesday, July 6, we offered three spot plays at Northfield. The three races were also a Pick 3. In Race 9 we were third with Sharp Action ($3.40). We were third again in Race 10 and the 60-1 Game Amelia ($6.80). At 21-1, we were fif ...
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Kasaqui justifies 3-1 favoritism in Arlington ‘Cap
Wimborne Farm’s Kasaqui put himself into the Arlington Million (G1) picture with a convincing victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Arlington H. (G3) . Trained by Ignacio Correas IV and ridden by Robby Albarado, the 3-1 favorite swept from just off the pac ...
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A. P. Indian just holds in Belmont Sprint Championship
Green Lantern Stables LLC’s homebred A. P. Indian had a clear lead in the stretch run of Saturday’s $400,000 Belmont Sprint Championship (G3) before seeing it whittled away by a tenacious Marking. Nonetheless, the Indian Charlie gelding kept his he ...
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One Mean Man rallies for American Derby score
L. T. B. Inc. and Hillerich Racing LLC’s One Mean Man rallied from the near back of Saturday’s $125,000 American Derby (G3) at Arlington to score a half-length victory under jockey Robby Albarado.
The Bernie Flint-trained sophomore raced well of ...
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Catch a Glimpse answers distance question in Belmont Oaks
After Catch a Glimpse remained perfect from eight career turf starts in Saturday’s $1 million Belmont Oaks (G1) , assistant trainer Norman Casse might have said it best:
“#TEPIN is the Queen of the Turf but we now know who the heir apparent is #C ...
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Greengrassofyoming triumphs in Stars and Stripes (G3) blanket finish
Michael M. Hui’s Greengrassofyoming just got his nose down at the right moment to take Saturday’s $100,000 Stars and Stripes Stakes (G3) at Arlington on Million Preview Day.
It was a four-horse blanket finish on the wire but Chip Leader had a se ...
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Southland preview - Sunday, July 10
Sunday's racing action at Southland should be full of exciting & entertaining paw to paw action and I'm going to be watching 3 greyhounds in particular to see how they do. There are 18 races on the Sunday twilight program and I'll take a look at ...
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Deauville brings class to bear under superb Spencer ride in Belmont Derby
The Aidan O’Brien-trained Deauville has been highly tried versus the best of his generation in Europe, and would have kept to that path but for rain that rendered last Saturday’s Eclipse (G1) a no-go. Rerouted to the lucrative $1.25 million Belmont ...
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Effinex edges Samraat to repeat in Suburban
After narrowly defeating Tonalist 12 months ago, Effinex was put to the test by Samraat before prevailing by a neck in Saturday’s $500,000 Suburban H. (G2) at Belmont Park. The 5-year-old rebounded from a well-beaten sixth as the 3-5 favorite in ...
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Faufiler quickens best in Modesty
The Niarchos Family’s homebred Faufiler can find herself too far behind off a fast pace at around a mile, but the stretch-out to 1 3/16 miles in Saturday’s $125,000 Modesty (G3) implied that she might secure better early position. That’s exactly ho ...
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Fish Trappe Road registers initial stakes win in Dwyer
Runner-up in the Woody Stephens (G2) on the Belmont Stakes undercard, Fish Trappe Road came back to record his first stakes win in Saturday’s $500,000 Dwyer (G3) , rallying from just off the pace to post a 1 1/4-length decision. Trained by Bret Ca ...
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Coppa remains unbeaten with Victory Ride win
Anthony Fanticola and Joseph Scardino’s Coppa passed her stakes debut with flying colors on Saturday at Belmont Park, taking the $150,000 Victory Ride Stakes (G3) by a neck with regular rider Joe Talamo in the saddle.
Coppa led every step of the ...
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Playing the Late Pick 4 at Arlington
Saturday is Million Preview Day at Arlington and TwinSpires is offering a 10% bonus to players on all Pick 4s. The late sequence (Races 6-9) includes three stakes and I’ll take a swing it.
Here are my thoughts on the races and a $48 Pick 4 ticket ...
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How to bet the Pick 4 on Million Preview day at Arlington Park
The first piece of advice related to how to bet the Pick 4s on Million Preview day--Saturday, July 9, at Arlington International Racecourse--is to do it on TwinSpires.com where all winning tickets will receive a 10% bonus (up to $500, click the image ...
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Price horses of interest at Arlington & Belmont
Although the turf stakes on Arlington’s Million Preview Day and Belmont Park’s Stars and Stripes Festival figure to be pretty formful (read: chalky), there are a few horses worth a look at a price.
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In the Modesty (G3) (4TH race), ...
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How to bet Stars & Stripes Day at Belmont Park and the Promotion at TwinSpires.com
Thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown ended a month ago, but great racing, great wagering, and a great promotion on the Stars & Stripes Day card on Saturday, July 9, at Belmont Park is a triumverate worth celebrating as well with the New York Racing ...
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Limato’s in a league of his own in July Cup
Denied the chance to strut his stuff at a rain-sodden Royal Ascot, Limato proved worth the wait when bolting up in Saturday’s July Cup (G1) at Newmarket . As a measure of the competitiveness of this sprint field on paper, the Henry Candy trainee w ...
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Value Plays in Stars & Stripes Festival
Five days after the Fourth of July, Belmont Park will feature the Stars & Stripes Festival with six graded stakes. A pair of premiere events for 3-year-old turf sophomores, the $1.25 million Belmont Derby and $1 million Belmont Oaks, highlight th ...
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Rescheduled Ellis Park Smackdown set for Saturday
Edited Press Release
It started out with a tweet announcing that Joe Kristufek will make daily selections for Ellis Park on Brisnet.com : "To play @EllisParkRacing without @JoeyDaKRacing picks is a handicap, not han ...
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Alice Springs, Roly Poly give O’Brien a Newmarket double; Very Special to Beverly D.
Trainer Aidan O’Brien swept both of Friday’s major events at the Newmarket July Festival, his fillies Alice Springs and Roly Poly enjoying the good-to-firm ground so much as to record new career highs. The sophomore Alice Springs bounded clear of old ...
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Woodbine Oaks upsetter Neshama faces six in Bison City
Neshama seeks the second jewel of the Canadian Triple Tiara on Sunday when lining up against six rivals in the C$250,000 Bison City Stakes at Woodbine.
The Catherine Day Phillips trainee is 3-1-0 from six career starts, with her biggest win to d ...
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Hot Races on Tap
Another great weekend of races is ahead of us here at bestbet Jacksonville. Loads of talent are on tap as we continue our great Greyhound Summer Promotions with prizes, deals, and steals this next few days and nights. Let’s take a look at the 10 feat ...
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Tepin readying for Spa trip
Edited Press Release
Champion turf mare Tepin is set to depart from trainer Mark Casse's Churchill Downs base midweek to settle into her summer digs at Saratoga Race Course, according to Norm Casse, the head assistant for his father, Mark, on Fr ...
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Hollendorfer confirms Songbird for Coaching Club American Oaks
Edited Press Release
Fox Hill Farm's Songbird will soon be heading to Saratoga Race Course, now that the undefeated champion filly has been confirmed for the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) sending three-year-old fillies 1 1/8 miles on ...
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International challengers loom large in Belmont Derby
They aren't Europe's best, but the continent's three representatives in Saturday's $1.25 million Belmont Derby (G1) still figure to pack a formidable punch against 10 U.S.-based entrants in the 1 1/4-mile grass test that highlights Belmont Park's S ...
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Top sophomore turf filly Catch a Glimpse brings seven-race win streak to Belmont Oaks
Canadian Horse of the Year Catch a Glimpse has nearly done it all in posting an undefeated record of seven wins from seven starts on turf. Having beaten an international field in last fall's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) and toppling mal ...
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Mubtaahij returns for McLaughlin in Suburban; Economic Model enters Dwyer on upswing
Mubtaahij returns to the United States and makes his first start for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin in Saturday’s $500,000 Suburban H. (G2) , one of six graded stakes races on a blockbuster card at Belmont Park.
The 4-year-old colt hasn’t visited the ...
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The Pizza Man headlines Million Preview Day at Arlington
Arlington’s Million Preview Day on Saturday features four turf stakes that give the participants a chance to both earn a paycheck and prepare for the upcoming International Festival of Racing on August 13.
Two of Saturday’s contests, the $125,000 ...
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Oscar Nominated faces 10 in American Derby; Modesty attracts eight
Oscar Nominated was a force to be reckoned with sprinting on the turf early this year, but was diverted to the Kentucky Derby (G1) after winning the Spiral Stakes (G3) on the all-weather at Turfway Park.
Following a 17th-place finish in the Derby, ...
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Euro Charline: a success story that could have been even greater
“The saddest day of my career to announce the brilliant Euro Charline has been retired due to injury.”
So commented trainer Marco Botti Wednesday on Twitter, after Team Valor International’s globetrotting mare was retired due to a tendon injury. S ...
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Lumiere lights up July Festival again; watch for ‘Gatsby’ at Breeders’ Cup
Thursday’s opening day of the Newmarket July Festival featured Group race victories by tough stayer Big Orange, classy juvenile Mehmas, and St Leger (G1) prospect Housesofparliament, but Lumiere arguably upstaged them all in the listed Sir Henry Cec ...
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2016 Saratoga Meet Preview
Scenes from morning workouts at Saratoga Race Course on Travers Stakes Day in Saratoga Springs, New York on August 25, 2012. The 2016 Saratoga Meet starts on July 22 and ends on September 5. Saratoga is routinely the most important meet on the ...
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Louisiana Showcase Night Saturday, July 9 at Delta Downs
Open Me A Corona seeks his 14th career win in the Louisiana Classic Post time for Saturday's Louisiana Showcase Night is 6:15 pm (CT). The card is devoted to Louisiana-bred Quarter Horse and will include eight stakes races and total purse mon ...
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How to Bet Let 8 Ride as Thursday racing returns to Arlington
Thursday racing returns to Arlington International Racecourse on July 7 and along with it the popular TwinSpires.com promotion Let 8 Ride .
This week also marks five weeks until the International Festival of Racing , and Arlington Park will mark ...
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Meadowlands Pace Trial For Berths; Graduates Double Header; Frosh-Picks Parade
A single Meadowlands Pace elimination is the overture for next week’s big glamour-boy pacing event, worth $750,000. This weekend, though, at the Meadowlands, four-year-old pacers and trotters finalize their Graduate journeys for $250,000 each.
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Trotter Train Travels Through Meadowlands, Tioga
Filly trotters compose most of the action on the Hambletonian Trail this week, going in two divisions of the $56,486 “Reynolds” at the Meadowlands on Saturday, July 9, as well as in three divisions of the $121,800 New York Sires Stakes (NYSS) at Tiog ...
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Ocean Downs offers bevy of Maryland-bred events
Throughout the summer the scene in Maryland shifts from Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington to Ocean Downs in Berlin where the half-mile oval five miles west of Ocean City has long been a favorite stop for serious and novice harness racing fans alik ...
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How to bet the Pick 5 carryover on July 6 at Finger Lakes
The carryovers are getting smaller, which is bad news considering our debt is getting bigger after swinging and missing at the mandatory single^6 on Saturday at Churchill and the $16k Pick 5 carryover on Tuesday at Fort Erie, but Wednesday brings ano ...
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Rainbow Futurity Trials Set for Friday and Saturday
Teller Baja will be in action Friday at Ruidoso Downs in trials for the Rainbow Futurity. Teller Baja, a daughter of Teller Cartel, is undefeated and makes her first start following her victory at Remington Park in the $888,000 Remington Park ...
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Graduate finals slated for Saturday night at Meadowlands
Throughout the winter and spring the Friday and Saturday night cards have left a lot to be desired, but this Saturday night the New Jersey mile oval will host a pair of $250,000 Graduate Series finals for four-year-olds, one each for trotters and pac ...
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Southland's 5 Up & Coming young greyhounds to watch in July
Welcome to another Southland monthly preview of the Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch . July's selections consist of some hard running youngsters that have started their careers with some impressive wins and a few that are just hi ...
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Readying to scratch Delaware Park and its Handicap off the bucket list
For a variety of reasons (i.e. raising kids, finances, work commitments, etc.), adding to my list of "Thoroughbred Tracks Visited" long ago ceased to be a feasible hobby. It was not by choice, mind you, but fate and acceptance of it eventually breeds ...
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Staying North of the Border to play the Pick 5 Carryover Tuesday at Fort Erie
If Sunday’s exciting #QP16 card at Woodbine got your blood pumping for exciting Canadian Thoroughbred action, then the good news is you didn’t have to wait long for a reason to jump back into the Northern pools because Fort Erie has a $16,418 Pick ...
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Off the Tracks stars in Mother Goose, Rodrgiuez sends out a couple of nice debut winners at Belmont Park
BELMONT NOTEBOOK
A single graded affair topped the weekend of racing at Belmont Park.
Mother Goose S. (G1) : Newtown Amber Stud et al’s OFF THE TRACKS (Curlin) gained the lead out of the gate and improved her margin at each call in registerin ...
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Dalmore carries improving form to Affirmed upset; Drefong, Dynamite Charge highlight Horses to Watch list at Santa Anita
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
There was a single graded race this past week at Santa Anita.
Affirmed S. (G3) : Big Chief Racing’s DALMORE (Colonel John) drew even with 1-5 favorite Danzing Candy (Twirling Candy) in midstretch and inched away to a half ...
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Euro Charline, Mongolian Saturday in action at Newmarket July Festival
Photo of Mongolian Saturday courtesy of Newmarket Racecourse via Twitter
Following Royal Ascot on the British summer tour of top-quality racing is Newmarket’s July Festival, a three-day stand running Thursday through Saturday.
The weather has ...
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Pure Sensation aims to sizzle in Parx Dash
Pure Sensation lit up both the Belmont Park turf and the tote board when registering an 18-1 upset of the Jaipur (G3) on the Belmont Stakes undercard last month. On Saturday, the Christophe Clement-trained gray shortens up to five furlongs for anoth ...
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Nyquist turns in another half-mile ahead of return
Edited Press Release
Kentucky Derby (G1) king Nyquist worked four furlongs at Santa Anita Monday morning in :48.60 as he prepares for his first race since finishing third in the Preakness (G1) on May 21.
Under exercise rider Jonny Garcia ...
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Ballydoyle spearheads raiding party in Belmont Oaks
Continued from Part I on the Belmont Derby …
BELMONT OAKS
Ballydoyle ’s very name indicates her early reputation. The O’Brien filly is a full sister to Irish classic heroine and multiple Group 1-winning highweight Misty for Me, who was a f ...
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Deauville leads international invasion for Belmont Derby
After a lower-key sortie for the 2015 Stars & Stripes Festival at Belmont Park, trainer Aidan O’Brien has mobilized a much stronger force to invade the lucrative turf races on Saturday.
Deauville brings a strong resume into the $1.25 million B ...
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Zipessa earns first stakes win in Penny Memorial
Jockey Florent Geroux completed a successful swing through the Mid-Atlantic on Independence Day weekend when bagging the $200,000 Dr. James Penny Memorial (G3) at Parx Racing on Monday aboard Zipessa.
Riding the four-year-old filly by City Zip l ...
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Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 7/3/2016
TwinSpires will have a $1000 handicapping contest to enter for the Matinee card but hurry if you want to enter. Only a few spots remain left if you want in on the holiday action.
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Pocono card lived up to billing
It may have only marked the midway point of the harness racing season, but Saturday nights card at Pocono Downs will likely have a lasting impact regarding division honors. Highlighting the card were four lucrative finals worth nearly $2 million an ...
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Sir Dudley Digges gives Ramseys, Leparoux first win in Queen’s Plate
Sir Dudley Digges was sent off at nearly 16-1 while making just his second start at Woodbine in Sunday’s $775,950 Queen’s Plate , but the Gio Ponti colt ran like a favorite to give owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey as well as jockey Julien Leparoux a firs ...
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Lexie Lou, Danish Dynaformer star on Queen’s Plate undercard
File photo of Lexie Lou courtesy of WEG/Michael Burns Photography
Fittingly enough, two past Queen’s Plate principals triumphed in stakes on Sunday’s Queen’s Plate Day at Woodbine.
Former Canadian Horse of the Year Lexie Lou, who beat the boys ...
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World Approval capitalizes on perfect trip in UN
Live Oak Plantation’s homebred World Approval has been knocking on the Grade 1 door of late, and he barged through, with an assist from new rider Florent Geroux, in Sunday’s $300,000 United Nations (G1) at Monmouth Park. The hard-trying gray thus c ...
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Brown runners ready for Stars & Stripes Festival; Lady Eli returns to worktab
Edited Press Release
Trainer Chad Brown is getting his stable ready for the Stars & Stripes Festival on July 9 at Belmont Park, sending out both of his expected entries for the $1.25 million Belmont Derby Invitational (G1) – Camelot Kitten a ...
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McCarthy day-to-day with sore right knee
Edited Press Release
Jockey Trevor McCarthy, injured in a post-race spill Saturday at Laurel Park, took off his mounts Sunday and remains day-to-day with a sore right knee, according to agent Scott Silver.
McCarthy, the leading rider in Maryl ...
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Passion for Action prevails in Highlander; Lady Shipman fifth
The Queen’s Plate Day stakes action opened with an upset, as 1-2 favorite Lady Shipman weakened to fifth behind the 6-1 Passion for Action in the $173,777 Highlander (G2) .
Trained by Michael De Paulo for owner/breeder Ben Hutzel, Passion for Act ...
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Esposito can make the goal in Queen's Plate
As I observed in this week's "On Point" with Ed DeRosa, I find handicapping Sunday's C$1 million Queen's Plate at Woodbine a bit of a puzzle.
With so much apparent speed in the field, how sure can you be those that have shown early foot in th ...
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Hoosier $20 Tweet Tops Prices; Always B Miki Fastest Pacer; Public Hammers Pocono Stakes Champs
We were back on Twitter, at Hoosier Park, on June 29 and tweeted our top-paying winner of the week in a two-year-old Indiana Sires Stakes. We nabbed Fomor ($20.20, $9.80, $6.20), tossing a profit though we lost our other two suggested plays, also fro ...
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Classic Empire Evokes Thoughts of American Pharoah Following Bashford Manor Win
Assistant trainer Norm Casse didn’t mince words when talking about Classic Empire following the colt’s electrifying last-to-first rally to win the Bashford Manor Stakes.
“He reminds me of American Pharoah,” Casse said. “Nothing rattles him.
“Th ...
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Queen’s Plate pace scenario should favor late-running filly
Speedy types abound in Sunday’s 157 th running of the Queen’s Plate. Held at 1 ¼ miles on Woodbine’s Tapeta, the first leg of Canada’s Triple Crown features 13 Ontario-bred 3-year-olds and most want to race on or close to the lead.
That includes ...
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Dalmore takes down ‘Candy in Affirmed
Saturday’s $100,000 Affirmed (G3) at Santa Anita looked like just the place to get Danzing Candy back on track for the second half of the 3-year-old season.
Transferred to Hall of Famer Bob Baffert after his Kentucky Derby (G1) debacle, Danzing ...
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Off the Tracks proves best in Mother Goose
Newtown Anner Stud and J Stables’ Off the Tracks turned back Lewis Bay in the stretch of Saturday’s $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park to score a 3 1/2-length win under jockey Jose Ortiz.
Trained by Todd Pletcher, the bay daughter ...
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Spelling Again holds off Cali Star in Princess Rooney
Spelling Again held off a late surge from Cali Star in Saturday's $250,000 Princess Rooney (G2) at Gulfstream Park, earning an automatic entry in the TwinSpires.com Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita in November.
A trac ...
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Delta Bluesman earns Breeders’ Cup TwinSpires Sprint berth in Smile
Monster Racing Stables' Delta Bluesman regained the advantage in upper stretch and won going away by 3 ¾ lengths in Saturday’s $250,000 Smile Sprint (G2) at Gulfstream Park, notching a guaranteed berth to the Breeders’ Cup TwinSpires Sprint in the ...
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8yo finds new Dimension in King Edward
Dimension has found the proverbial fountain of youth as an 8-year-old. A credit to trainer Conor Murphy, who campaigns him in the name of his Riverside Bloodstock, the British-bred gelding earned his second straight Grade 2 victory at Woodbine in Sat ...
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Songbird clocks five furlongs at Santa Anita Park
Edited Press Release
Undefeated champion Songbird worked five furlongs over Santa Anita Park’s fast main track in 1:01 early Saturday morning as she prepares for an East Coast sojourn.
“The clockers gave her 1:01; I got her in a minute point ...
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Single 6 Saturday at Churchill offers home run chance
It's closing night at Churchill Downs, and a mandatory payout in the single 6 means it could be a getaway day for those skillful enough to pick 6.
The single^6 has proved lucrative all meeting long with an average payout of more than $13,000, and ...
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Hawkbill hands sire Kitten’s Joy first European G1 in Eclipse
In a soggy renewal of the Eclipse (G1) that left more questions than answers, Godolphin’s Hawkbill (center) rebuffed Coolmore’s 4-6 favorite The Gurkha in a finish dominated by 3-year-olds. The Kentucky-bred winner thereby gave Ramsey Farm’s turf cha ...
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Not using potential false favorites in Churchill's Single 6
We're hours away from the start from the Single 6 Jackpot mandatory payout at Churchill Downs , with a carryover of more than $700,000 and a total pool expected to exceed $3 million. Let the fireworks, for one astute bettor or more, begin.
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Lightstream in Mother Goose; Single 6 Wagers at Churchill
Unbeaten Lightstream will step up in class and make her route debut in Saturday’s 1 1/8-mile Mother Goose (G1) at Belmont Park. It’s a daunting challenge against accomplished rivals Lewis Bay, Rachel’s Valentina and Off the Tracks, but I like her c ...
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