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Motion/de Sousa combine to win lone graded stakes; speed plays well on turf at Del Mar
DEL MAR NOTEBOOK
There was a single graded affair during the week at Del Mar.
Red Carpet S. (G3) : RMJ Stables’ RUSTY SLIPPER (Lemon Drop Kid) moved three-deep into the lane and proved much the best on this day in securing a 1 ½- ...
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Deaths of Yes It's True, Keeper Hill announced
The deaths of Grade 1 winners Yes It's True and Keeper Hill were announced Tuesday by Three Chimneys Farm and Mill Ridge Farm, respectively.
Yes It's True, 19, was euthanized Monday at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute after surgery to repair a per ...
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Taris looks for successful stretchout in Go for Wand
Taris proved to be one of the leading female sprinters in the country with a fine third-place effort in last month's Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1). On Friday, the four-year-old daughter of Flatter will attempt to stretch her speed over ...
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Bettors have a new option as Sire Future Wager offered for 2016 Kentucky Derby
Edited Press Release
Churchill Downs Racetrack will offer a new twist to its Future Wager menu this year with the debut of the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager , which provides bettors with a unique opportunity to wager on select breeding stars ...
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"All Others," Nyquist favored in first Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool
Edited Press Release
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Nyquist (#15) is the likely individual choice, but the ever-popular " All Others " (#24) wager is the morning line favorite for the first of four pools of the 2016 Kentucky Derby Future W ...
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Stakes winners secure division honors
Standardbred racing fans were treated to a host of stakes races over the past three nights that enabled at least a handful of trotters and pacers to secure division honors.
Monday night at Dover Downs, Wiggle It Jiggleit (Montrell Teague) virtually ...
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Bal a Bali looks to keep momentum going in Seabiscuit
Brazilian Triple Crown winner Bal a Bali has had mixed fortunes since arriving in the United States, but the Richard Mandella trainee may have turned the corner, and hopes to prove the point in Del Mar’s $250,000 Seabiscuit (G2) on Friday. The 1 1/ ...
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Exaggerator Criticism Nothing More Than Hyperbole
by LAURA PUGH
This past Saturday the Delta Jackpot served as the coming out party for the tough-luck colt Exaggerator.
He set a solid pace after having to rush up from an outside post then held resolutely as Harland’s Punch and Sunny Ridge mou ...
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Favorites land sprint stakes at Mahoning Valley
Favorites prevailed in a pair of sprint stakes at Mahoning Valley in Ohio on Monday, but there was an unusual outcome in one of them.
The featured $200,000 Steel Valley Sprint produced a non-controversial finish when 2-1 choice Lewys Vaporizer r ...
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The Pizza Man makes another run to Del Mar for Turf Cup
Illinois-bred cult hero The Pizza Man, third as the favorite in last year’s Hollywood Turf Cup (G2) , makes another Thanksgiving Day run to Del Mar for the $250,000 feature. His leading opponents are fellow shipper Up With the Birds and course afici ...
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Complexion of Falls City depends on status of Frivolous
Will she or won't she run? That's the question most horsemen with skin in Thursday's $200,000 Falls City H. (G2) game are asking with respect to Frivolous ' participation in the 1 1/8-mile feature for fillies and mares at Churchill Downs.
Frivo ...
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Big Money and Big Opinions Monday at Mahoning Valley
There is a $200,000 stakes race today at Mahoning Valley Race Course, and shame on me for not knowing this for certain, but I think it is the co-second-highest purse ever offered for a Thoroughbred* race in Ohio. The Ohio Derby is tops, and the long- ...
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La Verdad looks to end recent streak of bad luck in Fall Highweight
The last several weeks have been tough ones for La Verdad and her connections, but there will be much for all of them to be thankful for if the five-year-old New York-bred mare can pull off a victory in the $250,000 Fall Highweight H. (G3) , the T ...
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International Star headlines Thanksgiving eve stakes at Zia, Penn National
Racing fans eagerly anticipating the smorgasbord of stakes offerings this Thanksgiving weekend will have tantalizing appetizers on Wednesday when Zia Park and Penn National play host to several graded-quality events.
Wednesday afternoon at Zia, I ...
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TwinSpires Online Handicapping Championship on Saturday: Largest Vegas qualifier offers more than $270,000 in cash and prizes, berth to NHC
The 5 th Annual TwinSpires.com Online Handicapping Championship is Saturday, Nov. 28, and the official horse racing wagering site of the Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup is offering players a chance at the more than $270,000 in cash and prizes ...
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New Brisnet.com Pick of the Day Product Helps Bust Chalk
There are as many ways to play the races as there are to play a race.
Just as straight (win, place, show) betting with a daily double on the first two races and an exacta on the last race has given way to exotics in every race and multiple super e ...
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Palm Beach Connections
Albatross
“The Big Bird” nearly pulled off the undefeated Grade Ladder to begins his career at Palm Beach and is a veteran of two Stakes Finals.
Jw Wyatt Earp
The veteran of 4 tracks ran this summer and fall at Palm Beach, getting ...
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Dolphus, Rachel Alexandra's half-brother, wins debut at Fair Grounds
Dolphus was bet down to 8-5 favoritism in his unveiling in Sunday’s 6TH race at Fair Grounds, largely on the strength of being a half-brother to 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, and the regard of high-percentage trainer Joe Sharp. The juvenil ...
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Stacked Deck states Sovereign case in Kennedy Road
Sunday's $160,009 Kennedy Road (G2) at Woodbine had Sovereign Award implications, with reigning champion Calgary Cat having a score to settle with Stacked Deck, who'd beaten him back in September's Bold Venture (G3). But Calgary Cat never factored, a ...
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Frivolous entered in Falls City, but could opt for Clark
One year ago, Frivolous scored a breakthrough in the Falls City H. (G2) at Churchill Downs. On Thanksgiving Day, she could try to defend her title, but connections are seriously considering a bolder career finale: a tilt against males in Friday’s Cla ...
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Maurice completes Yasuda Kinen/Mile Championship double
Unraced since his success in the June 7 Yasuda Kinen (G1), Maurice persuasively rebuffed any concerns about his sharpness going into Sunday’s Mile Championship (G1) at Kyoto, and became the first since Daiwa Major (2007) to sweep both of Japan’s marq ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday, November 22
Welcome to another Sunday afternoon of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. As many of you know who follow MoneyMaker Mike's Southland previews, from time to ...
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Friday ‘Gold’ With Double Exposure/Haughty’s $92 Exacta; $46 Is Bad Night Mare’s Dream Price
The best results for our weekend contenders were at the start, Friday, Nov. 20, with a pair of features’ exactas and the week’s top-dollar winner from the H2W (horses-to-watch list).
At the Meadowlands for all of the features this past weekend ...
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Rusty Slipper bestrides Red Carpet with de Sousa
They haven’t exactly rolled out the red carpet in New York for Britain’s champion rider Silvestre de Sousa, who’s had one win since beginning his Big Apple venture a few weeks ago. But you might say that Del Mar has, at least figuratively.
In just ...
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Button Down shows signs of things to come in Cardinal
The four-year-old filly Button Down suggested she could be potential force next year with a solid, season-ending victory in Saturday's $100,000 Cardinal H. (G3) at Churchill Downs.
The 2-1 favorite in a field of 11 fillies and mares, Button Down ...
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Exaggerator concludes juvenile season on a high note with game Delta Jackpot victory
After a non-threatening fourth as the second choice in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), Exaggerator gained a measure of redemption in Saturday’s $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot (G3) , gamely withstanding Sunny Ridge’s bid through the stretch to post ...
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Jet Black works her Magic in Delta Downs Princess
Jet Black Magic got a bit of revenge over La Appassionata, and in a big way, in Saturday's $400,000 Delta Downs Princess (G3) . Third by eight lengths to that rival in last month's $100,000 My Trusty Cat, Jet Black Magic made a sweeping move to the ...
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Lady Lara, Lochte make for logical outcomes at Gulfstream Park West
Saturday’s Grade 3 turf stakes at Gulfstream Park West both went to horses of proven class who were entering in good form. Lady Lara readily justified 8-5 favoritism in the $100,000 My Charmer H. (G3) , while Lochte ended up drifting to 3-1 before h ...
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Gold-Fun throws down gauntlet in Jockey Club Sprint
Gold-Fun drove to a convincing success over Peniaphobia in Saturday’s Jockey Club Sprint (G2) at Sha Tin, solidifying his status as the leading local contender for the December 13 Hong Kong Sprint (G1).
And the invading contingent for Internationa ...
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Military Attack outmaneuvers Blazing Speed in Jockey Club Cup
While reigning Hong Kong Horse of the Year Able Friend was overturned in the Jockey Club Mile (G2) , a former Horse of the Year recaptured his past glory in Saturday’s Jockey Club Cup (G2) at Sha Tin. Military Attack halted a six-race losing streak ...
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Friend unable to douse Flame in Jockey Club Mile
Hong Kong spectators glimpsed a rarity on Saturday, something that had happened only once before, in what seems a lifetime ago: the mighty Able Friend was upset over his pet distance of a metric mile at Sha Tin. Expected to sail through the Jockey Cl ...
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Dawalan clinches title in Colonial Cup romp
Dawalan and Rawnaq provided owner Irv Naylor and trainer Cyril Murphy with a one-two finish in Saturday's $100,000 Colonial Cup (G1) at the Springdale Racecourse near Camden, South Carolina.
The 5 1/4-length win by Dawalan not only made him the se ...
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California Chrome and Shared Belief
American Pharoah may have run off to the breeding shed. Sad? Sure. There isn't a horse racing fan on the planet that wouldn't have loved to see Pharoah run as a four-year-old. Horseplayers love horse racing. There are a lot of other ways to spend o ...
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Trials for the Los Alamitos $2 Million Futurity Set for Sunday
Walk Thru Crystal to Run Sunday Night at Los Al Post time for Sunday's card is 5:00 p.m. (PT). The ten fastest qualifiers in the 400-yard trials will return to Los Alamitos for the final on Sunday, December 14. The winner's share of the Los Ala ...
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How I will be playing the Delta Jackpot Pick 4
Delta Downs will offer a $200,000 Pick 4 guarantee on races 4-7 Saturday. The $1 million Jackpot (G3) anchors the sequence and serves as a points’ race for next year’s Kentucky Derby.
Here’s my analysis of the four races and a couple of recommende ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, November 21
Welcome to another Saturday evening of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. As many of you know who follow MoneyMaker Mike's Southland previews, from time to ...
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Isla Bonita shortens up for Mile Championship
Isla Bonita, Japan’s champion three-year-old colt of 2014, has arguably been asked to go farther than he really wants, and his sheer class has kept him afloat. Now he’ll finally get the cutback in trip he may be looking for in Sunday’s Mile Champions ...
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RIP Red Cadeaux
Much-loved globetrotter Red Cadeaux, who sustained a serious injury when competing in his fifth straight Melbourne Cup (G1) , had to be put down after developing complications. The news was announced Friday evening (Saturday morning Australia time) i ...
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Smarty Jones to stand at Calumet
Edited press release
Champion and dual classic winner Smarty Jones, whose 2004 Triple Crown bid and affable connections earned him legions of fans, is returning to Central Kentucky to take up stallion duties at iconic Calumet Farm.
His stu ...
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Aqueduct Holiday Fest stakes probables revealed
Edited press release
Fields are taking shape for next week's Holiday Fest stakes action at Aqueduct, with graded stakes racing commencing on Thanksgiving and culminating on Cigar Mile Day on Saturday, November 28.
On Saturday, multiple Gra ...
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Lament of a California stakes gravedigger
The band has been told to buff, polish, and tune their instruments. An expected call from the California Stakes Cemetery finally arrived this week with medical updates from the California Stakes Infirmary and news of potential internments for next ye ...
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Inaugural running of Steel Valley Sprint features top 3 from Perryville
Mahoning Valley will host the inaugural running of the $200,000 Steel Valley Sprint on Monday and a field of eight 3-year-olds has been entered for the 6-furlong test. Handicappers can turn to Perryville Stakes on the Breeders Cup Saturday undercar ...
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Gold-Fun takes on defending champ Peniaphobia in Jockey Club Sprint
Following the Jockey Club Cup (G2) and Jockey Club Mile (G2) on Sha Tin’s Saturday card, the Jockey Club Sprint (G2) serves up a clash between ex-miler Gold-Fun and reigning titleholder Peniaphobia. But the course-and-distance prep for the Decemb ...
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Jockey Club Cup redux? Blazing Speed versus Military Attack
Like the Jockey Club Mile (G2) at Sha Tin , Saturday's Jockey Club Cup (G2) -- the course-and-distance prep for the Hong Kong Cup (G1) -- features a defending champion in Blazing Speed .
The Tony Cruz veteran has shown admirable versatility over ...
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Able Friend’s title defense, Designs on Rome’s comeback & more in Jockey Club Mile
With just about three weeks to go until Hong Kong’s International Races on December 13, the big local guns are lining up for their preps at Sha Tin Saturday (or very, very late Friday night if you’re in the Western Hemisphere).
Able Friend , the ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Friday evening, November 20
Welcome to another Friday evening of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. As many of you know who follow MoneyMaker Mike's Southland previews, from time to t ...
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Meadowlands offers two nights of lucrative stakes action
This Friday and Saturday night standardbred racing fans will get their fill of top-notch stakes action when The Meadowlands hosts a bevy of lucrative open stakes for all ages and both gaits, while on Monday night Dover Downs will offer the Hap Hansen ...
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Dolphus, half-brother to classic-winning Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, debuts at Fair Grounds
Edited Press Release
Dolphus, a half-brother to 2009 Horse of the Year and champion three-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra, will make his career debut for trainer Joe Sharp in Sunday’s 6TH race at Fair Grounds , a six-furlong maiden special weigh ...
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Tiago dead at age 11
Edited Press Release
Adena Springs announced that multiple Grade 1-scoring millionaire Tiago has been euthanized following a long battle with an inoperable chronic digestive disorder.
The 11-year-old suffered his first major bout of colic in ...
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Protecting the betting public should be a greater concern
BY DICK POWELL
What do horseplayers talk about? If the industry would listen, their ears would ring. My friends are knowledgeable and not afraid to voice their opinions. Not all of their opinions are correct, some are based in paranoia, but they’ ...
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Mr Maybe turns heads with powerful Red Smith victory; McGaughey sends out a couple of horses to watch at Aqueduct
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
A pair of graded stakes races headlined the second week of racing at Aqueduct.
Discovery H. (G3) : Paul Pompa et al’s TOMMY MACHO (Macho Uno) took a short lead at the top of the lane and proved much the best in pulling away ...
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Meadowlands Features Frosh Finals, High-Priced Pace And Trot Miles
The Meadowlands offers one last 2015 stakes-filled weekend on Nov. 20 and 21 st.
The Fall Final Four events gather two-year-olds in the Three Diamonds, Valley Victory, Governor’s Cup and Goldsmith Maid, while older pacers and trotters go in ...
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Gulfstream Park plays host to pair of 1 1/16-mile turf Grade 3s
The Tropical Turf H. (G3) and My Charmer H. (G3) – traditional South Florida turf stakes run at Calder in past years – are the featured events at Gulfstream Park West on Saturday. Each race is worth $100,000 and sends runners 1 1/16 miles over Gu ...
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Bob Le Beau, Dawalan vie for jump title in Colonial Cup
One of the few remaining Eclipse Award races left to be decided, champion steeplechaser, figures to be settled Saturday in the $100,000 Colonial Cup (G1) , held at the Springdale Racecourse near Camden, South Carolina.
Division leader Bob Le Bea ...
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Espinoza joins stellar cast for International Jockeys’ Championship
Edited Press Release
Lafitt Pincay Jr. & Victor Espinoza photo courtesy of Benoit Photos
A stellar selection of the world's finest jockeys will take to Happy Valley Racecourse's floodlit arena on Wednesday, December 9, to battle for sup ...
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MJC designates Federico Tesio a ‘Win & You’re In’ race for Preakness
Edited Press Release
The Maryland Jockey Club (MJC) announced that renovated Laurel Park will offer a stakes schedule during its winter meet of $1.95 million highlighted by the $300,000 Barbara Fritchie (G2), $250,000 General George H. (G3), and ...
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Button Down, Kiss Moon among top threats in Cardinal
Button Down , who has made tremendous strides since breaking her maiden in belated fashion May 31, figures as a leading candidate in Saturday's $100,000 Cardinal H. (G3) at Churchill Downs. The nine-furlong grass test has attracted a field of 13 fi ...
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Key performers to watch at Fair Grounds
Fair Grounds will kick off its 144 th season of Thoroughbred racing on Thursday. The New Orleans track runs through March 27 and features a nice stakes schedule, including a three-race series for both the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.
Five of ...
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Trying To Get a Piece of Those Big Payouts at Churchill Downs
There’s been a lot to like about the current Churchill Downs meeting: The average win mutual is $15.92, favorites are winning at only a 31% clip, Pick 3s are paying 13.8% more than the parlay, Pick 4s more than 9.8% the parlay, and the Single^6 jackp ...
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Jockey Gilbert Ortiz Nears 3,000th Career Win
Quarter Horse jockey Gilbert Ortiz Veteran Quarter Horse rider Gilbert Ortiz is just one win away from reaching the coveted milestone of 3,000 victories. Born in Pleasanton, Texas, Ortiz, 52, Ortiz has ridden 20,000 races, mostly in Texas and ...
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Tuesday was ladies night at Rosecroft
Rosecroft Raceway may not have officially offered ladies day on Tuesday, but female trainers were definitely the rule on the program.
Women trainers won five of the 12 races on the card, including the Open Trot and another female trainer garnered ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday, November 18
Welcome to another Wednesday of entertaining and exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 races on tap for the twilight card. As many of you know who follow MoneyMaker Mike's Southland previews, from time to time I like to go outsi ...
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Wednesday card at Dover Downs offers intrigue
While the Wednesday cards at Dover Downs in Delaware are normally dominated by trotting events, the five-eighths mile oval will play host to a trio of Delaware Standardbred Race Fund events for freshman filly pacers as well tomorrow.
In fact, Wed ...
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Why Stellar Wind will get my vote for three-year-old filly champion
The most difficult decision Eclipse Award voters arguably have to make this year is whom to select for champion three-year-old filly. As none of the main contenders has recorded a published work since the Breeders' Cup, it's reasonably safe to assume ...
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Toews on Ice makes it three straight in game fashion, speed plays well on both ovals at Del Mar
There was a single graded race during the week at Del Mar.
Bob Hope S. (G2) : Watson Weitman and Pegram’s TOEWS ON ICE (Archarcharch) made it three straight stakes wins with a 1 ¼-length tally under the guidance of Martin Garcia. The ...
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TURF TALK: No Eclipse Implications in Clark Despite Weak Older Male Division
November 16, 2015
The Clark Handicap and Cigar Mile close out the Grade 1 action among older males this year, and even though neither Honor Code nor Liam's Map had years for the ages their cases for champion older male are likely safe regardless ...
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Team American Pharoah earns 2015 Big Sport of Turfdom Award
Edited press release
The 2015 Big Sport of Turfdom Award -- recognizing a person or group of people who enhance coverage of Thoroughbred racing through cooperation with media and racing publicists -- has been awarded to the connections of America ...
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Never to Early to Talk 2016 Kentucky Derby
It's never too early to discuss the 2016 Kentucky Derby. The current odds of a horse repeating what American Pharoah accomplished in 2015, winning the Triple Crown, is Yes +650, No -1200. What the odds mean for those of you that only wager on hor ...
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From Hong Kong to England, two preps to watch on Wednesday
Wednesday cards on Kempton’s Polytrack and Sha Tin’s “all-weather” (which is really dirt) have more than typical resonance this week, with each venue staging a prep for bigger targets.
In Hong Kong, dirt specialist Gun Pit will tune up for the D ...
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Exaggerator favored to rebound in $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot
Exaggerator looks to end his juvenile campaign on a high note Saturday when he heads a field of 10 in the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot (G3) over 1 1/16 miles.
The Keith Desormeaux-trained son of Curlin, the 2-1 morning line favorite, captured ...
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Erupt tops European foursome set for Japan Cup
Nightflower in her spiffy German Racing blanket, courtesy of Cologne Raceclub (Kolner Renn-Verein) via Twitter .
The European challenge for the November 29 Japan Cup (G1) has been denuded of late, with Flintshire and Free Eagle both preferring to ...
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Fair Grounds kicks off 144th season of racing on Thursday
As racing fans begin to salivate about the royal feast of graded stakes action coming their way Thanksgiving weekend, the state of Louisiana will offer a tasty appetizer this week.
On Thursday, the beloved and historic Fair Grounds in New Orlean ...
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Trio of Events highlight Tuesday Card
Although the track offers live racing only two nights each week, Rosecroft Raceway has heightened the quality of its product by keeping the live races at 12 each night and the purses, bolstered by slots at other venues throughout the state, have hel ...
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New course record set by GS TAYLOR.
Thursday's twilight session on November 12th at Southland Greyhound Park produced a new course record over the 703 yard distance. In the Grade B 11th race GS TAYLOR started from the 3 box and won going away, winning by a very impressive 13 1/2 ...
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Lucky Folie steals Desi Arnaz on the front end
Lucky Folie just held off Treasuring, Street Fancy and Surfside Tiara to take Sunday’s $100,000 Desi Arnaz S. (formerly Hollywood Park’s Moccasin S.) in wire-to-wire fashion at Del Mar.
The Richard Mandella-trained juvenile miss employed unusual ...
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Songbird belongs in the Kentucky Derby
This entire blog has been summed up in the headline: Songbird belongs in the Kentucky Derby.
Period.
However, the reasons behind this assertion can be many and varied, especially in the wake of comments that it would add no residual worth to he ...
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New jump challenge ties together England’s Cheltenham Racecourse & Iroquois meeting near Nashville
Edited Press Release
Cheltenham Racecourse, the Home of Jump Racing in the United Kingdom, and The Iroquois, a race meeting staged near Nashville, Tennessee, each May, are offering a new $500,000 bonus for any horse who can win both the Ladbrokes ...
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Romans: “Strong possibility” Keen Ice will go in Clark on Black Friday
Edited Press Release
Trainer Dale Romans says “there’s a strong possibility” that Keen Ice, who famously snapped Triple Crown champion and eventual Breeders’ Cup Classic victor American Pharoah’s eight-race win-streak with a upset win in this su ...
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Marialite upsets Queen Elizabeth II Cup
U. Carrot Farm’s Marialite (blue blinkers in photo) had a class question to answer going into her Grade 1 debut in Sunday’s Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Kyoto, and the well-bred daughter of Deep Impact furnished every response at odds of 14-1. Under a w ...
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Cashing Canadian Coups For $33, $27, $22; ‘Mosquito’ Sole Elim Stinger
Top-dollar winners once again surface in the H2W (horses-to-watch list), proving again what we emphasize about paying attention to overnight races. Though we have a great record for top-dollar winners in features throughout the year, the menu of wage ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - FLYING FIRED UP Wins
Friday evening at Southland was highlighted by the running of the inaugural KINGS VS QUEENS Classic Challenge and featured nine very talented greyhounds going paw to paw in their battle for the win and in a very close and competitive r ...
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Studying for tonight's Queen Elizabeth II Cup: replays and quotes
Coming up at 1:40 a.m. (EST) tonight is the Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1) from Kyoto, the first race in the Japan Autumn International series that runs for four straight Sundays. As a companion to the QEII Cup preview post , let’s go to the videotape ...
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Toews on Ice guts out win in Bob Hope
Toews on Ice battled it out with Mac Daddy Mac nearly the entire way in Saturday’s $100,500 Bob Hope S. (G3) at Del Mar, and ended up inching away in the shadow of the wire to secure the win under jockey Martin Garcia.
Trained by Bob Baffert for ...
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Isabella Sings posts front-running Mrs. Revere upset
Siena Farms’ homebred Isabella Sings made all the pace in Saturday’s $200,000 Mrs. Revere (G2) at Churchill Downs, earning her first graded stakes victory with a 27-1 upset. Paco Lopez orchestrated the theft job aboard the Todd Pletcher-trained d ...
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Casse juveniles, Dothraki Queen gearing up for Churchill runs
Trainer Mark Casse earned his first Breeders’ Cup victories this year thanks to Catch a Glimpse in the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) and Tepin defeating the boys in the Mile (G1), but the Sovereign Award-winning conditioner is far from done for the seas ...
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Kid causes Trouble, Gentlemen's Bet given win in De Francis
Trouble Kid lived up to his moniker in Saturday's $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel, crossing over into the path of Gentlemen's Bet down the backstretch and crowding several rivals. Although he passed the wire three parts of a le ...
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Mr Maybe unequivocally bursts onto turf scene in Red Smith, eyes bigger prizes in 2016
Photo courtesy of NYRA/Adam Coglianese Photography .
The rich get richer, as the saying goes, and so it proved once again in Saturday’s $250,000 Red Smith H. (G3) at Aqueduct. As if trainer Chad Brown didn’t have enough turf riches in his barn, ...
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Paris: the racing world reacts
The depraved terrorist attacks Friday night in Paris have sent shock waves throughout the world, including the world of racing. Twitter was the natural medium for expressions of outrage, grief, and most of all solidarity with France in its darkest ho ...
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Onus the key to Saturday’s plays at Churchill Downs
Saturday’s Mrs. Revere (G2) highlights an excellent 12-race program at Churchill Downs, with the last nine races all drawing at least 11 horses. I’ve got a strong opinion in the Mrs. Revere and will give my thoughts on a couple of other races.
Ra ...
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Stakes Elims highlight Meadowlands Saturday card
Saturday nights Meadowlands card features a quartet of eliminations for two-year-olds and a pair of prep races for older horses of both gaits.
Saturday's second race is the first of two Governor's Cup eliminations for two-year-old colt pacers. Fiv ...
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Big Weekend Ahead for Paul Jones
Leading Quarter Horse trainer Paul Jones
This weekend will be a big one for the California native. He has Ferrari GT entered in the $1.1 million Texas Classic Futurity (G1) on Saturday at Lone Star Park . On Sunday evening, he will saddle Sol ...
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Japan Autumn International kicks off with Queen Elizabeth II Cup
The ladies go first in Japan’s Autumn International, with Sunday’s Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1) at Kyoto serving as the opening act of the four-race festival. Kyoto also hosts the second stop, the November 22 Mile Championship (G1), while the scene sh ...
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How I'll play the all-stakes Pick 3 on De Francis Dash Day
The biggest day of the Laurel fall meet occurs Saturday when it plays host to six open stakes, including the $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash over six furlongs. However, only the last three of these six-figure features are offered in a Pick ...
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NYRA releases Aqueduct winter & spring stakes schedule
Edited Press Release
The New York Racing Association announced the stakes schedule for the 2016 winter and spring meets at Aqueduct Racetrack, featuring 49 stakes worth nearly $7.5 million, anchored by the 92 nd running of the $1 million Wood Me ...
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Kilbury Hits it Big on BC Weekend
.10 cents. That's a period with a 1 and a 0...and the word cents . 10 measly cents between Scott Kilbury's awesome unbelievable weekend and an unfathomable unbelievable weekend. Scott took down the $2,500 Friday Supper Tourney on Breeders' Cup Oct. ...
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Kentucky Derby Museum tour combines workouts with live racing at Churchill Downs
Edited Press Release
The Kentucky Derby Museum is introducing a new patron experience in The Works Tour and Breakfast that will be available only on a pair of Fridays in November. The unique morning tour features the opportunity to enjoy a light ...
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Santa Anita Winter Meet features eight Grade 1 stakes
Edited Press Release
With a pair of Grade 1 stakes, the Malibu and La Brea, leading the way on opening day, December 26, Santa Anita has announced its 2015-16 Winter Meet stakes schedule. This comprehensive offering will present fans and horsemen ...
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