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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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American Pharoah's Breeders' Cup Classic Crowned Performance of 2015
American Pharoah’s win in the Breeders’ Cup Classic was the top performance of the year based on measurements provided by Brisnet.com, the official data source of TwinSpires.com and the Kentucky Derby.
Trained by Bob Baffert for Ahmed Zayat’s Zaya ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday, January 6
Welcome to the first Wednesday of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland here in 2016 as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. For the picks on Wednesday, MoneyMaker Mike has selected 3 greyhounds who ...
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Reilly Turf Awards - U.S. Edition
Lady Eli photo courtesy of NYRA/Adam Coglianese Photography/Susie Raisher.
The Reilly Turf Awards apparently have nine lives, since 2015 marks the ninth year for my idiosyncratic season-in-review honors.
The latest incarnation has a new home o ...
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January's Top Stories To Follow At Palm Beach
Watch That Handle!
The winter months have typically been very successful for Palm Beach financially because of the influx of people coming down from the North. Don't be surprised to see multiple $1,000,000 days for the most successful gr ...
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Exhibit takes the Monrovia Prize
DP Racing LLC’s Prize Exhibit returned to the winner’s circle on Sunday when posting a nose victory in the $201,500 Monrovia S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park with Santiago Gonzalez in the saddle.
The British-bred filly already boasted a pair of grade ...
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Dolphus under consideration for Lecomte
High-profile sophomore Dolphus, a half-brother to Horse of the Year and Preakness S. (G1) winner Rachel Alexandra, is possible for the $200,000 Lecomte S. (G3) on January 16 at Fair Grounds, according to trainer Joe Sharp.
The Dede McGehee homebre ...
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Dortmund out of San Pasqual following work
Dual Grade 1 winner Dortmund was removed from consideration for Saturday’s $200,000 San Pasqual S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park following a seven-furlong breeze Sunday over that track in 1:25.80.
The time equaled that of Harry F. Brubaker S. victor Po ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - January 4
Welcome to another year of exciting and always entertaining greyhound racing at Southland Park. As always, this 2016 season should be full of outstanding and highly competitive racing as some of the best greyhounds anywhere in the county are racing ...
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Watch Out, Here Comes Chad Brown and Flexibility
Just like that Chad Brown has a horse on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. In only his fourth lifetime race, the son of Bluegrass Cat dominated his 7 rivals in the Grade 3 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct.
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Woodbine’s $36 Winner Tops First New Year’s Weekend; Fat Place And Show Numbers Adorn Features
The best of our paying winners came from the horses-to-watch (H2W) list, starting the New Year with a set of double-digit victories.
Our features mix this past week had more positives than negatives, all in all, but only one outright winner. T ...
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A Flamboyant $94.20 upset of the San Gabriel
Overlooked at 46-1 in Saturday’s $201,500 San Gabriel (G2) , Flamboyant handsomely rewarded those who stuck with him despite a 10-race losing streak. The French import rediscovered his fine form, dating back to early 2014, and ran down front-running ...
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Forever Darling, San Onofre earn initial stakes wins in Santa Anita sprints
Forever Darling entered Saturday’s $200,500 Santa Ynez S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park owning just a maiden win, but exited a half-length victress after passing pacesetter and 2-1 favorite Pretty N Cool late in the stretch.
The Santa Ynez was the fi ...
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Life heads Isotherm in Dania Beach; Lira gets out in time in Ginger Brew
Saturday’s turf stakes for newly turned 3-year-olds at Gulfstream Park served up tight finishes. After 8-5 favorite Lira extricated herself in the nick of time to remain unbeaten in the $100,000 Ginger Brew , Life Imitates Art benefited from a dream ...
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Awesome Speed prevails at odds-on in Mucho Macho Man
Quickly recovering from an early bump, Awesome Speed tracked pacesetter Aggressive Driver to the quarter pole and then proved best through the stretch to take Saturday's $100,000 Mucho Macho Man at Gulfstream Park.
The 3-5 favorite in the one-m ...
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Flexibility much the best in Jerome
Flexibility swept to the lead leaving the far turn and cruised to a 4 1/4-length decision in Saturday’s $200,000 Jerome (G3) at Aqueduct, picking up 10 points in the first Kentucky Derby qualifying race of the New Year.
Trained by Chad Brown a ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings December 2015
*JS SpeedyPebbles* Honorable Mention Tc's Posey, HotFoot Rihanna, Blu Too Tarmac, JS SpeedyPebbles, St's Jerry Rice, CBJ Jackie O, Kiowa Brazil, Xtenshun, Superior Raylen, Atascocita Camry, CBJ Kennedy, Hustle It U ...
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California Chrome blazes six furlongs in 1:10.04
Exactly one week ahead of his comeback in the San Pasqual (G2), California Chrome polished off his preparations with a six-furlong work shortly before Saturday’s 1ST race at Santa Anita. The 2014 Horse of the Year would have done well to show no rust ...
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Awesome Banner, Lucy N Ethel lead all the way at Gulfstream
Front-running favorites captured both of Gulfstream Park's graded sprint stakes on Saturday, the first ones of 2016 for newly-turned three-year-olds.
In the $100,000 Hutcheson (G3) , Awesome Banner made an impressive return from a seven-month la ...
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Full Field for the Charger Bar Handicap at Los Alamitos
Defending champion, Quirky, leads the field in Sunday's Charger Bar Handicap at Los Alamitos. The $100,000 Charger Bar Handicap (G1) headlines the Sunday night card at Los Alamitos . Ed Allred's Quirky, will attempt to defend her title as the ...
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Pompano Sunday card has several plays
Those standardbred players looking to kick off the new year by cashing a few nice tickets should focus their attention on the Sunday evening card at Pompano Park. Widely considered the winter capital of harness racing in warm, southern Florida, Pomp ...
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Songbird breezes, California Chrome arrives at Santa Anita for San Pasqual
Edited News Release
Unbeaten Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner Songbird, who will be named champion 2-year-old filly at the January 16 Eclipse Award ceremonies, worked four furlongs Friday in :47.20 at Santa Anita with regular rider Mike ...
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2016 resolution: Concentrate more on stakes
After a solid first half of 2015 when my wagering activity resulted in a profit approaching 12 percent, I suffered an agonizing meltdown in the final six months of the year. While my TwinSpires.com records also include wagers placed on behalf of ot ...
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Ageless kicks off another campaign in competitive Monrovia
With her connections hoping she lives up to her moniker, the newly-turned seven-year-old turf sprint specialist Ageless heads a solid field of older fillies and mares in Sunday's $200,000 Monrovia (G2) at Santa Anita.
The about 6 1/2-furlong M ...
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NYRA schedules lucrative maiden trials for Tremont, Astoria
Edited Press Release
Six maiden races worth $100,000 each will be offered by the New York Racing Association this spring as part of a program leading up to the Astoria and Tremont, run on June 9 and 10 as the first two juvenile stakes of the year ...
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TwinSpires Players Horse Of The Year & Top Winners For Harness Bettors, 2015
As 2015 ends, we file our annual report to harness blog followers/TwinSpires account holders.
First, we announce our 2015 TwinSpires Players Horse of the Year. At the end of each season, we celebrate the horse endorsed in a blog that won and p ...
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David finds winning Path in Eddie Logan
Even-money favorite Path of David rolled to a comfortable one-length victory in the $79,250 Eddie Logan S., but he’s not the only one to take from the New Year’s Eve feature at Santa Anita. Arabian Leopard, who blew his chance with a lackadaisical st ...
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American Pharoah makes for a great year in horse racing
BY DICK POWELL
2015 is over and what a year for horse racing it has been. Last year, when CALIFORNIA CHROME (Lucky Pulpit) was beaten in the Belmont Stakes (G1), it looked like we might never have another Triple Crown winner. The task seemed ins ...
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Espinoza looking forward to stronger California Chrome in 2016
Jockey Victor Espinoza observes that we’ll see a new and improved model of California Chrome in 2016. The 2014 Horse of the Year, who hasn’t raced since finishing second in the March 28 Dubai World Cup (G1), is nearing a comeback in the January 9 San ...
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Mohaymen begins build-up to Holy Bull
Unbeaten Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful Mohaymen returned to the worktab Thursday for the first time since his victory in the November 28 Remsen (G2).
Subsequently dispatched to his Florida winter home, the Kiaran McLaughlin pupil breezed a half-mile ...
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Valuing Breeders' Cup Victories in Close Eclipse Contests
For this year's Eclipse Award ballot, my approach to each category fits one of three descriptions:
1. Slam Dunk 100% no brainer likely to be unanimous
*Horse of the Year, Two-year-old male, two-year-old female, three-year-old male, male sprinte ...
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San Pasqual- 2016 West Coast Dominance
5. Runhappy (?) - Yeah, I had to add a question mark to Runhappy. We don't know where he'll run next. Instead of repeating myself, I'll just point you out to a blog that I wrote this past Sunday. ...
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Ring Out The Old, Bring In The New With Harness Action
First, happy birthdays to all racehorses everywhere, as Jan. 1 officially makes them all one year older. Next, let’s keep our records straight—all the plays before Jan. 1 go into the 2015 ledger. We hope you have been keeping records, even the simple ...
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Championship at Sunland Park Rescheduled for Sunday
Jockey Damian Martinez will guide Jrc Callas First in the Championship at Sunland Park, rescheduled for Sunday, January 3.
One of the determining factors in rescheduling the Championship at Sunland Park, is that as a Grade 1 for older horses, ...
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Chiropractor, Distinctiv Passion & Pretty N Cool highlight Santa Anita stakes
Chiropractor made quite a splash when making his stakes debut in the November 28 Hollywood Derby (G1), posting a 14-1 upset, and the Tom Proctor-trained will try to continue his ascension in the turf ranks in the $200,000 San Gabriel (G2) , one of ...
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Hutcheson, Old Hat on tap as Gulfstream offers stakes quintet
Three-year-old sprinters will be in the spotlight Saturday at Gulfstream Park with the $100,000 Hutcheson (G3) and $100,000 Old Hat (G3) . The 6-furlong races highlight a nice card that features five sophomore stakes.
Sheikh of Sheikhs , winne ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - December 31, 2015
Welcome to another Thursday of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 20 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure on this, the last card of 2015. For the picks for this last program of the year, MoneyMaker ...
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Flexibility should appreciate Jerome class relief
After finishing second to Mohaymen in the Remsen (G2) and Nashua (G2), Flexibility will avoid that quality rival and has an excellent opportunity to record his first stakes victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Jerome (G3) at Aqueduct. The Chad Brown tr ...
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Closing types have some success but speed remains dangerous on Aqueduct inner track
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
There was no graded action this past week at Aqueduct.
Track Stats
A total of 18 races were held over the inner strip at the Long Island, New York venue, with favorites winning at a 39 percent rate and the top two bettin ...
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Palm Beach $50,000 He's My Man Tournament Preview
"Shorty"
Predictions
He's going to the National Championship for a reason. Pat C Short Cut is the most complete greyhound of this Field and will put his talent on display for the world to see in the Final. I wouldn't want to pick a ...
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Runhappy punctuates opening weekend, Belvoir Bay a turf filly to watch at Santa Anita
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
A slew of top stakes performances highlighted the big opening weekend of the winter/spring meeting at Santa Anita.
Malibu S. (G1) : James McIngvale’s RUNHAPPY (Super Saver) cemented his status as the top sprinter in train ...
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Longshot Winner at Mahoning Valley is Largest Win Payout This Century
R B Wild Promise’s victory on Monday at Mahoning Valley Racecourse was an upset of historic proportions .
Not only did the four-year-old snap a five-race losing streak to give owner Gwendolyn Crosser her first victory as a trainer, but the D’Wild ...
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Packard wins handicapping contest
[Clear View Hanover] and they finished one-two and I also had the exacta that race." Packard also owns 10 horses that primarily at The Meadows close to home and occasionally at Northfield Park, but he did have a trotter competing at The Meadowlands ...
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Fast miles highlight Dover Downs Monday card
Temperatures may not have been much above freezing when the Monday evening card at Dover Downs got under way, but it did not prevent numerous pacers from uncorking several fast clockings over the Delaware five-eighths mile oval and one catch driver ...
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Tis the season for filling out ballots
Last Saturday afternoon Santa Anita Race Course offered the last two Grade I races of the year and soon after which members of the National Turf Writers Association, the Daily Racing Form and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association were asked t ...
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Horse pays $415.20 to win on record day at Mahoning Valley
Edited press release
R B Wild Promise, a 206-1 longshot triggered several record payoffs, including a $415.20 payout for a $2 win ticket with his victory in Monday’s 7TH race, a $5,000 conditional claiming event at Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning V ...
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Eddie Logan anchors New Year’s Eve stakes action
Benoit photo of Santa Anita's iconic shoeshine man, Eddie Logan, who died in early 2009 at the age of 98 .
Thursday’s $75,000 Eddie Logan S. at Santa Anita isn’t the richest stakes on offer on New Year’s Eve, but as a listed contest for promisin ...
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How to handicap Super High 5 at Hawthorne Mandatory Payout
by NICOLLE NEULIST
The Hawthorne meeting will not end until Saturday, January 2, but the escalating Super High 5 jackpot carryover will meet its demise on Wednesday, December 30, when the Chicagoland track forces out all pools.
This is great ...
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Runhappy to aim for Met Mile after Texas vacation
Presumptive sprint champion Runhappy is scheduled to ship out of Santa Anita to enjoy a well-deserved vacation in Texas, the home base of owner Jim McIngvale. The TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) hero, who just extended his winning streak to six ...
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Glen Hill Farm's Lavin to be honored with Eclipse Award of Merit
Edited press release
In a career marked by enduring accomplishments in racing, breeding and devotion to the Thoroughbred industry, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers And Broadcast ...
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SOUTHLAND preview - Greyhounds to watch
Welcome to another Southland monthly preview of the Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch . January's selections consist of several hard running youngsters that have started their careers with impressive wins and strong finishes. ...
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Dover Downs offers three solid cards this week
Harness racing fans still have several more chances to turn their Christmas bonuses into some serious cash this week before the official start to the New Year as Dover Downs closes out 2015 with a trio of solid programs.
In fact, Dover's Monday e ...
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Public’s Short Prices Take Out Longshot Contenders; 2015 Review And 2016 Weekend On Tap Next
The holiday week disrupted our usual deadline for features as the dark day for all tracks on Dec. 25 and a string of closing plants left us with two features after deadline (see previous blog), as well as some H2W (horses-to-watch) listed horses also ...
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Gender Agenda breaks through in Frankel, but Belvoir Bay steals the show on the undercard
Keith Brackpool, Alon Ossip and Timothy Ritvo's Gender Agenda scored a 10-1 upset of Sunday's $101,750 Robert J. Frankel (G3) , but a far more memorable performance was turned in by another British import -- 2-year-old filly Belvoir Bay in the Blue ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday, December 28
Welcome to another Monday of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure on the evening card. For the picks for this twilight program, MoneyMaker Mike will choose 5 g ...
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Nyquist, Songbird post works as connections map out plans
Nyquist and Songbird, the unbeaten duo who wrapped up respective divisional championships in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and Juvenile Fillies (G1), both posted works at Santa Anita this weekend.
On Sunday, the Doug O’Neill-trained Nyquist nego ...
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California Chrome drills in company; blinkers off for San Pasqual
At his Los Alamitos headquarters on Sunday, California Chrome continued his build-up to a comeback in the January 9 San Pasqual (G2). The 2014 Horse of the Year drilled seven furlongs in 1:25 2/5 beneath jockey Victor Espinoza, but without blinkers, ...
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Gold Actor stars in Arima Kinen
Although fan favorite Gold Ship raised the rafters at Nakayama as he began to circle the field on the far turn of Sunday’s Arima Kinen (G1), it was the other “Gold” runner – Gold Actor – who finished best of all to claim the prestigious season-ender. ...
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Gold Ship favored to go out in style in Arima Kinen
Nearly all of the leading players described in our early preview of tonight’s Arima Kinen (G1) have stood their ground, with the only big absentee being Japan Cup (G1) heroine Shonan Pandora.
As expected, six-year-old Gold Ship rates as the fa ...
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Runhappy dominates Malibu
Presumptive sprint champion Runhappy remained unbeaten at one-turn distances with another impressive front-running effort in Saturday’s $300,000 Malibu (G1) at Santa Anita, dominating the 7-furlong test for 3-year-olds by a 3 ½-length margin.
Ru ...
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Birdatthewire gets up late in La Brea
Birdatthewire closed furiously down the middle of the track to catch Hot City Girl and post a 10-1 upset in Saturday’s $301,000 La Brea (G1) at Santa Anita. Winner of the Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) and Forward Gal (G2) earlier this year, the Dale Ro ...
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More relaxed Om rebounds in Mathis Brothers Mile
After Om finished third as the 4-5 favorite in the November 28 Hollywood Derby (G1), Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens said that the colt “threw a fit in the starting gate.” For Saturday’s Mathis Brothers Mile (G2) on opening day at Santa ...
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