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Black-Eyed Susan Stakes day ABC
On the surface, Thursday’s AAXAACAAA handicapping performance at Pimlico Race Course doesn’t look awful, but when you consider the “A” picks were all favorites, and the “X” and “C” races were the longest prices on the card it really is awful.
I ...
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Changing Timing of Triple Crown Makes No Sense
This week we've been inundated with discussions regarding the Triple Crown. Some believe, like Randy Moss in this article in the Wall Street Journal , that there should be more time between races. Moss and others believe that by having more time bet ...
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Preakness Belongs in Baltimore
The Kentucky Derby—for being the greatest race in the world—has a tendency to bring out some pretty strong criticism from people. The Preakness Stakes doesn’t.
That’s not to say the Preakness is a more prestigious race than the Kentucky Derby or a ...
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Top 3 picks for Black-Eyed Susan plus Longshot play
Friday’s Black-Eyed Susan S. (G2) at Pimlico, the sister race to the 140th running of the Preakness S. (G1) on Saturday, features a head-scratching field of nine sophomore fillies ready to go 1 1/8 miles.
Head-scratching because the group features ...
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Our top picks for the 2015 Preakness
Who does our team like best in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1)? Depends on who’s answering the question…
James Scully: Dortmund didn’t run poorly finishing third in the Kentucky Derby, but I doubt we saw his best at Churchill Downs and belie ...
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SOUTHLAND 3rd Round Razorback Stakes
Wednesday's twilight session at Southland was highlighted by the six races of the 3rd Round of the SOUTHLAND 2015 $40,000 RAZORBACK CLASSIC Stakes championship and while there were a few surprises, the favorites for the most part ran very strong. ...
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Friday's value plays at Pimlico
A virtual smorgasbord of opportunities await bettors this Preakness weekend at Pimlico, with 28 races scheduled between sunrise Friday and sunset Saturday. If the weather holds and there is no stampede by trainers to scratch, we could be looking at r ...
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Will Golden Horn get his chance at Epsom Derby glory?
Imagine that you owned an unbeaten horse who just won the season's deepest Epsom Derby (Eng-G1) trial in the manner of a top-class prospect, propelling himself into the forefront of the betting market. Yet the colt hadn't been made eligible for the D ...
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The One Play Brisnet.com Wants You to Make on Preakness Day at Pimlico
We’re taking a strong stand with Blame Jim in Saturday’s 10 th race at Pimlico, the $100,000 Chick Lang Stakes. The 10 th race kicks off the late Pick 4 that offers a $1.5 million guaranteed pool and concludes with the 140 th running of the Prea ...
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DeRosa Kicks Off Preakness Week With Thursday Pimlico Selections
The TwinSpires.com content team is live from Pimlico Race Course all week, and while more eyes will be on the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes/Pimlico Special day card on Friday, and the most eyes will be on the Preakness Stakes card Saturday, there are some ...
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As Preakness Approaches American Pharoah Negative Buzz Surfaces
One of the great things about covering racing as a blogger now instead of as a reporter is that I can write whole posts around something a couple unnamed sources said. My grandfather’s folk called that grist for the mill back when his folk worked in ...
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Sophomore Stampede Across The Continent
More sophomore pacers take the limelight on Saturday in Pennsylvania Sires Stakes (PASS) and New Jersey Sires Stakes (NJSS) and New York Sires Stakes (NYSS). These state-bred events turn out a good number of divisions at a few different tracks, which ...
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Pros & Cons of 2015 Preakness field
Here are my Pros & Cons for the Preakness contestants, listed in post position order:
American Pharoah
Pros : Outstanding colt heads a deep crop of three-year-olds and exits the first real test of his career, posting a one-length decisio ...
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Preakness Stakes could be instant replay of Derby
Perhaps the best horse with the chance of putting an early end to American Pharoah's bid for the Triple Crown is the same colt that finished second to him in Louisville - Firing Line . Six weeks after he had romped to a 14-length score in the Sun ...
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Aged pacers call on back class for wins
If there was a common theme to the racing card at Rosecroft Raceway on Tuesday it was the ability of several aged pacers to rebound from a series of setbacks to garner victories that many might have presumed would never occur again. In one of the ea ...
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Inside post a tricky obstacle for American Pharoah in 2015 Preakness
Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah was installed as the 4-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s $1.5 million Preakness at Pimlico, second leg of the Triple Crown, but the expectation this would be an easy task was thrown into question when the c ...
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Our worst Preakness pick
This week, we're strolling down memory lane to revisit several Preaknesses that hold special personal meaning for us. Our second "team blog" looks back at the Preakness that brought us the biggest heartache and/or disappointment. You can read the fir ...
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Hopeful Colts And Fillies Storm Three State-Bred Divisions
Our coverage of the Hambletonian Trail starts on Thursday, May 14, with glamour-boy trotters in Pennsylvania Sires Stakes (PASS) splits worth $63,000 plus at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Twenty-three eligibles are strewn across the lucrative splits.
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Your A-to-Z Guide to the 2015 Preakness
The countdown is on to Saturday's Preakness (G1), so here's one way to approach the middle jewel of the Triple Crown.
A is for American Pharoah , the Kentucky Derby (G1) champion who aims to justify favoritism again. But the perennial "A" of th ...
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Our biggest Preakness heartache/disappointment
This week, we're strolling down memory lane to revisit several Preaknesses that hold special personal meaning for us. Our second "team blog" looks back at the Preakness that brought us the biggest heartache and/or disappointment. You can read the fir ...
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1962 Preakness was tip of the iceberg for Jolley at Pimlico
Hall of Fame trainer LeRoy Jolley was a major presence on the racing scene for more than three decades, training a handful of champions and winning the Kentucky Derby with Foolish Pleasure in 1975 and the filly Genuine Risk in 1980.
Although he ha ...
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Pletcher sticks to philosophy, rules Materiality out of 2015 Preakness
Todd Pletcher initially considered the Preakness Stakes for all three of his Kentucky Derby starters as well as Competitive Edge, winner of the Pat Day Mile on the Derby undercard. In the end, the 14-day interim proved too high a mountain to climb.
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Southland Preview - 3rd Round of 2015 Razorback Classic Stakes set for Wednesday, May 13
The highly competitive 2015 SOUTHLAND RAZORBACK CLASSIC Stakes championship continues on Wednesday, May 13 with 6 races on the twilight card. The very talented field has been reduced from the 96 greyhounds who started the competition down to the ...
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2015 Preakness BRIS Speed Rating Report
American Pharoah will attempt to capitalize upon his Kentucky Derby success as a solid favorite in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes. A winner of five straight, the Bob Baffert-trained colt appears unlikely to regress from a BRIS Speed rating perspective, ...
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Our favorite renewals of the Preakness
This week, we're strolling down memory lane to revisit several Preaknesses that hold special personal meaning for us. Our first "team blog" looks back at our favorite Preakness renewals.
James Scully: The 1989 Preakness ranks as one of my all-t ...
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A Confederation Cup Elims Sweep And Top-Dollar Winners In Canada
This week’s winners came from all over last week’s blog, including some features and the horses-to-watch (H2W) list. Let’s start with Sunday, May 10, where we took on and scored in both eliminations of the Confederation Cup at Flamboro Downs.
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Fathers and sons in the 2015 Preakness
Although this year's renewal of the Preakness (G1) doesn't offer as many father-and-son story lines as the Kentucky Derby (G1), there are still a few intriguing connections.
Two contenders are by Preakness winners -- Dortmund is by Big Brown (2008 ...
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Santa Anita Park Fast Choices
After yesterday's awesome day at Belmont Park, you'd think that the stakes racing wouldn't be as good today. Although that's probably true overall, the G3 Laz Barrera at Santa Anita Park has come up tough. Odds abound with one horse in particular sta ...
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Is Madefromlucky this year's equivalent of Commissioner?
Over the course of the 2015 Triple Crown trail, I've occasionally wondered if Madefromlucky could be this year's version of Commissioner -- another Todd Pletcher trainee with a steady, grinding running style who nearly upset the 2014 Belmont S. (G1). ...
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Round 2 of the 2015 Southland Razorback Classic Stakes is in the books
The 2015 SOUTHLAND RAZORBACK CLASSIC STAKES 2nd Round ran Thursday and the talented greyhounds sure did put on a show. While there were a few surprises in Round 2, the theme of the twilight session was favorites as nine of the 12 stakes races were ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
Host Derek Simon recaps the 2015 Kentucky Derby and looks forward to the Preakness Stakes.
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The Triple Crown Requires Greatness
It's fitting that on the same day that the most hyped horse since Fusaichi Pegasus in 2000 marched to a Kentucky Derby victory was the same day that the most hyped boxing match since Mike Tyson versus Evander Holyfield ended up as one of the big ...
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Palm Beach Friday Matinee Preview 5/8/2015
*Short Cut* Race 14 Grade A 545 Yards All eyes of the greyhound world will be on the new King of this track #4 Pat C Short Cut from the suddenly hot Koppe, Staats & Collins Kennel. 6 straight wins for a sprinter at Palm Beach is ve ...
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Monday feature offers plenty of possibilities
Both thoroughbred and standardbred horse players tend to avoid short fields, noting that the races often offer little value. But the Monday feature at Harrington Raceway, the $16,000 Open Handicap comprised of only five older pacers, is clearly the m ...
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Kentucky Derby Recap
Before Saturday’s 141 st running of the Kentucky Derby, nearly everyone agreed that this year’s crop of three-year-olds was special.
It took a shade over two minutes for some to question that view — 2:03.02 to be precise. That was the time it ...
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Fiery Harness Harangues On Tap
Grand Circuit action continues to roll as deep spring presents the hottest temperatures North America has dreamed about through a seemingly endless winter of bitter cold and precipitation.
Reynolds and Simpson stakes keep the three-year-olds l ...
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Trotters Tap National And State Stakes
By Frank Cotolo
The Hambletonian Trail ensues this week with Grand Circuit and state-bred stakes, offering hefty purses for eligibles to the big events in August.
Friday, May 8, filly trotters arrive at the Meadowlands for a national e ...
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2015 Razorback Classic - Rnd 2, May 7
Round 2 of the Southland 2015 $40,000 Razorback Classic Stakes contest will be run on Thursday, May 7 with 12 of the 18 races being stakes races. There were 96 hard running greyhounds entered for this stakes championship and who are hoping for a ...
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Ocho Ocho Ocho Propels TwinSpires.com Player to Contest Win
The winner of the second annual TwinSpinres.com dartboard Kentucky Derby eliminator contest came down to the tiebreaker of picking the last-place horse, and it was Skyler H. of Wisconsin whose tab of Ocho Ocho Ocho to finish last propelled him to v ...
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Points Makes the Pace Makes the Race
Churchill Downs implemented a new Kentucky Derby qualifying system in 2013—switching from graded earnings to points—and many people initially believed it would mark the end of Derbys being run at insanely fast early paces. The new point system d ...
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American Pharoah in the Preakness: Likes and Dislikes
With Kentucky Derby 141 now in the books, the big question on everyone’s mind is whether American Pharoah will replicate his Derby victory in the $1.5 million Preakness at Pimlico on May 16, thus setting up a Triple Crown bid at Belmont Park on June ...
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American Pharoah intimidating but questions remain for horse players
American Pharoah was clearly best in the Kentucky Derby, edging away to a one-length victory as the 5-2 favorite, and the talented colt may have more to offer in the final two legs of the Triple Crown.
But his 100 BRIS Speed rating, one of the lo ...
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Cheeky Hambo Hunters Score; Top Prices For Overnight Achievers
The Hambletonian Trail began last week, pitting soph colt and-filly trotters against one another in lucrative contests at Freehold and Pocono. This is where our feature results excelled. Remember, the Hambletonian Trail blog is exclusive on these Twi ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings April 2015
*PJ Smoke Em Out* Honorable Mention PJ Smoke Em Out, Java Beretta, Pat C Shyne Aye Doctor Ron, PJ Timeless, Loop A, Superior Polly, LeaveHimAlone, Liberty Trail, Pat C Brightly, CRT Leyla, Bally’s Arthur, Daily Prayer ...
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RAZORBACK CLASSIC STAKES Round 1 Review
On Saturday afternoon, the first round of the 2015 SOUTHLAND $40,000 RAZORBACK CLASSIC STAKES began with 12 of the 18 races on the program being stakes races. There are 96 greyhounds who entered in this competition which is run over the 660 yard ...
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Profile of 2015 Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah
American Pharoah is by Pioneerof the Nile, who finished second in the 2009 Kentucky Derby, and is out of the Yankee Gentleman mare Littleprincessemma.
Pioneerof the Nile is himself by Empire Maker, who was runner-up in the 2003 Kentucky Derby prio ...
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Profile of 2015 Kentucky Oaks winner Lovely Maria
Lovely Maria, a daughter of Majesticperfection out of the Thunder Gulch mare Thundercup, captured the 141st running of the Kentucky Oaks (G1) on Friday at Churchill Downs.
A record Oaks Day crowd of 123,736 was in attendance as the bay filly poste ...
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American Pharoah now sets sights on Preakness
American Pharoah lived up to the hype in Saturday’s 141 st running of the Kentucky Derby, winning by three-quarters of a length as the 5-2 favorite, and the focus will now shift to the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes two weeks l ...
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SOUTHLAND 2015 $20,000 SPRING FUTURITY STAKES Crowned a Champion
The 2015 SOUTHLAND $20,000 SPRING FUTURITY STAKES crowned a champion last night in the finals and leading the field to the finish line was FIESTA PARAGUAS in a very impressive box to wire run. Finishing a close 2nd was FLYING FIRED UP, 3rd pla ...
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American Pharoah captures 2015 Kentucky Derby
Zayat Stables' homebred American Pharoah outdueled Firing Line and fellow Bob Baffert trainee Dortmund to capture Saturday’s 141st running of the Kentucky Derby under a picture perfect day at Churchill Downs.
A record crowd of 170,513 came out to ...
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Late drama in Woodford Reserve Turf Classic, Race 10 on 2015 Kentucky Derby Day
Slight favorite Finnegans Wake got up late in a dramatic conclusion to Saturday's Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (G1), the race prior to the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs.
Front-running Sky Captain was all out to hold on down the stretch w ...
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Private Zone leads all the way in Churchill Downs, 9th race on 2015 Kentucky Derby Day program
Three-time Grade 1 winner Private Zone turned back a stretch challenge from longshot Nates Mineshaft and drew away late to capture the Grade 2, $500,000 Churchill Downs, the 9TH race on Saturday’s Kentucky Derby Day program.
Sent away as the 5-2 s ...
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Tepin, Danzig Moon's workmate, upsets Distaff Turf Mile on 2015 Kentucky Derby Day
Trainer Mark Casse and jockey Julien Leparoux, who will team up with Danzig Moon in the Kentucky Derby (G1), hope that Tepin's upset victory in the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (G2) is a harbinger for the main event.
The link is more than their hum ...
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Dame Dorothy denies champion Judy the Beauty in Humana Distaff, Race 7, on 2015 Kentucky Derby Day
Dame Dorothy battled with champion Judy the Beauty and pacesetter Moonlit Stroll throughout the stretch of Saturday’s Humana Distaff (G1) on the 2015 Kentucky Derby undercard, and just got her head down on the wire to score over the Eclipse Award win ...
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Divisidero delivers terrific late charge in American Turf, Race 6 on 2015 Kentucky Derby Day
A 20-1 overlay on the morning line for Saturday's American Turf (G2), Divisidero was accordingly bet down to 8-1, and performed like the best horse in the race when exploding from far off a moderate pace to win going away. His fans were rewarded with ...
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Gleneagles aces 2000 Guineas: a good omen for 2015 Kentucky Derby contender Carpe Diem?
The Aidan O'Brien-trained Gleneagles stormed to a decisive victory in Saturday's Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-G1) at Newmarket, potentially portending a transatlantic double for his dam and her full brother.
By Galileo, Gleneagles is out of You'resot ...
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Competitive Edge draws off in Pat Day Mile, Race 5, on the 2015 Kentucky Derby program
Competitive Edge tracked the pacesetting Hillbilly Royalty in Saturday’s Pat Day Mile (G3), the 5TH race on the Kentucky Derby 141 undercard, before taking command rounding the turn and drawing off for an easy victory under jockey John Velazquez.
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Agent Di Nozzo pays big in winning race 4 on 2015 Kentucky Derby card
Agent Di Nozzo dropped another bomb early on Saturday’s 2015 Kentucky Derby card, registering a 23-1 upset of the 4TH race, an $82,000 allowance over a mile.
The stakes-quality field was depleted by the scratches of Carve, Rocket Time, and Stealca ...
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West Village storms home in Race 3 on 2015 Kentucky Derby card
West Village charged past the tiring leaders in deep stretch to capture Saturday’s third race on the Kentucky Derby program, posting a 1 ¾-length decision after rallying from last to first in the one-mile turf maiden special weight.
Owned by Gary ...
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Island Town surges up rail to win Race 2 on 2015 Kentucky Derby card
Island Town found his best stride late in Saturday’s second race on the 2015 Kentucky Derby undercard, rallying up the inside to nail Roll Tide Roll on the wire.
Overlooked at 8-1 among nine rivals in the seven-furlong allowance, Island Town retur ...
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Paganol upsets Race 1 on 2015 Kentucky Derby card with speed
Paganol sprinted to a one-length lead rounding the first turn and never came back to the pack, registering a 14-1 upset in the first race on Saturday’s Kentucky Derby program.
With Robby Albarado up, Paganol extended her advantage to three lengths ...
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International Star a late scratch, 18 remain in 2015 Kentucky Derby
Louisiana Derby winner International Star has been scratched from the Kentucky Derby.
The news broke Saturday morning around 9:45 a.m. (ET), leaving a field of 18 for the 1 ¼-mile classic.
Twenty-two were originally entered on Wednesday, with t ...
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DeRosa Looking For Derby Day Rebound At Windows
After taking it on the chin Kentucky Oaks day , I am ready for a big Kentucky Derby day. My ABC grid for the 13-race program is below.
Some notes:
The two horses I'm most interested in betting on the undercard are Dame Dorothy in the Hu ...
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Palm Beach Saturday Matinee Preview 5-2-2015
*Pat C Short Cut* Race 14 Grade A 545 Yards Your new #1 racer at this track just might be #3 Pat C Short Cut from the Koppe, Staats & Collins Team. Going for his 6 th straight win this afternoon and has looked quite unstoppable la ...
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Scully Takes DeRosa To School in Oaks
In case I had forgotten how the pari-mutuel system works, I got a reminder when my friend (hey, he called me that first ) and coworker James Scully absolutely crushed the Kentucky Oaks, and I didn’t.
I hung my Oaks hat on the Florida fillies Bi ...
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Our best longshots for the 2015 Kentucky Derby
In addition to our top selections , the team has pegged a few outsiders worth a look ...
James Scully: Danzig Moon is a rapidly-improving sophomore who has trained forwardly in preparation at Churchill Downs – he is my favorite longshot in t ...
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Our top picks for the 2015 Kentucky Derby
Who does our team like best in Saturday's Kentucky Derby (G1)? Depends who's answering the question ...
James Scully: Dortmund is my pick to win the 2015 Kentucky Derby. Massive in size but nimble and athletic on track, Dortmund has been a hor ...
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Lovely Maria takes 2015 Kentucky Oaks in front of record crowd
In front of a record crowd of 123,763, Lovely Maria captured the 2015 running of the Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs under jockey Kerwin Clark.
In the process, the bay filly gave trainer Larry Jones and owner Brereton C. Jones their third wi ...
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Promise Me Silver remains perfect in Eight Belles, Race 10, on 2015 Kentucky Oaks undercard
Promise Me Silver gave trainer Bret Calhoun back-to-back wins in Friday’s Eight Belles S. (G3), run as the 10th race on the 2015 Kentucky Oaks Friday card.
Last year, Calhoun triumphed with another Texas-bred in Fiftyshadesofgold.
This time aro ...
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Turf Sprint: Power Alert breaks course record on 2015 Kentucky Oaks Day
by Vance Hanson
The Australian-bred Power Alert made virtually all the running from his outside post and won by three-quarters of a length on Friday in the Grade 3, $150,000 Twin Spires Turf Sprint. The five-furlong dash was the 9TH race on the 2 ...
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Protonico wins Alysheba photo in Race 8 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks program
Prontonico gutted out a photo-finish victory as the 7-5 favorite in Friday’s Grade 2, $400,000 Alysheba, The Alysheba, a 1 1/16-mile test for older horses, was the 8TH race on the 2015 Kentucky Oaks program.
Conceding the early lead to Den’s Legac ...
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Molly Morgan takes inside route for La Troienne victory in Race 7 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks card
Molly Morgan snuck through on the rail to take Friday’s $300,000 La Troienne Stakes, a Grade 1 contest scheduled as the 7TH race on the 2015 Kentucky Oaks program.
Trained by Dale Romans and ridden by Corey Lanerie, the six-year-old mare ran in th ...
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Feathered steals Edgewood, Race 6 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks program
With the scratch of Sunset Glow, Friday's $150,000 Edgewood at Churchill Downs not only lost its 8-5 morning-line favorite, but also its obvious pacesetter. Into the breach stepped Feathered, who seized command right out of the gate, got away with sl ...
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Awesome Jill proves a great hunch play in Race 5 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks card
The many fans of Churchill Downs' own Jill Byrne, the " First Lady of the Kentucky Derby ," would have been kicking themselves for not playing Awesome Jill, who drew in from the also-eligible list to spring a 20-1 upset in Friday's 5TH race on Kentuc ...
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Go figure! The Brisnet.com Numbers It Takes To Win the Kentucky Derby
Our infographic, Kentucky Derby By the Numbers , looks at the trend of the winner’s Prime Power, Class, and Speed Rating each race 2000-2015, and if the past 15 Kentucky Derbys have taught us anything, it’s that you need at least a 100 Brisnet ...
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Mighty Souper swoops from off pace in Race 4 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks Day
Live Oak Plantation's Mighty Souper parlayed a ground-saving trip off a fast early pace into a turf maiden victory in Friday's 4TH race on Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill Downs.
Trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Shaun Bridgmohan, the 4-1 second c ...
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Curalina dominates Race 3 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks undercard
Curalina turned in a catchy performance in Friday’s third race at Churchill Downs, drawing off brilliantly to win by a commanding 8 ¼-length margin.
Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by John Velazquez, Curalina has now won two straight. She was ...
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England's 2000 Guineas an intriguing 2015 Kentucky Derby appetizer
The Kentucky Derby is not the only Thoroughbred classic that will be contested on Saturday. Approximately eight hours before the Run for the Roses, a large field will assemble at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile for the first leg of the English Triple Crown, ...
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Killer Partner leads throughout in Race 2 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks program
Killer Partner proved speed can win on the Churchill Downs turf, leading wire to wire in Friday’s second race, a maiden special weight for fillies and mares.
Second in her first three starts for trainer Mike Maker, Killer Partner received a heady ...
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Big Red Seven wins Race 1 on 2015 Kentucky Oaks Day program
Big Red Seven carried her speed to a 26-1 upset in the first race at Churchill Downs, holding off 4-5 favorite Chide to win by about a half-length.
The second-longest shot among nine runners in the seven-furlong allowance for three-year-old fillie ...
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DeRosa's Oaks Day ABC for your 123 (do-re-mi)
Happy Kentucky Oaks day! What used to be Louisville's day at the races has turned into a horseplayer holiday right up there with the Triple Crown races and Breeders' Cup weekend. There's a 12-race card today, and I don't expect it to be overly chalky ...
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Who Won't Hit the Board in Derby? Play Our $500 Eliminator Game
Anyone can pick a winner, but can you identify who won't hit the board? Play the game below for a chance to win $500! (function(e,t,s,o){var c,n,r;e.SMCX=e.SMCX||[],t.getElementById(o)||(c=t.getElementsByTagName(s),n=c[c.length-1],r=t.createEl ...
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The foals who grew up to be 2015 Kentucky Derby contenders: American Pharoah, Dortmund, Carpe Diem & more
Last week in this space , I mentioned my upcoming feature on the Derby contenders as foals.
The great responses from various connections, from breeders to consignors, generated no fewer than four stories on kentuckyderby.com , and many offered i ...
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Our Best Longshots for the 2015 Kentucky Oaks
In addition to our top selections , the team has pegged a few outsiders worth a look ...
James Scully : At 15-1 on the morning line, Puca is my best longshot in the Kentucky Oaks. She’ll have to overcome the far outside post among 14 rivals, b ...
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Our Top Picks for the 2015 Kentucky Oaks
Who does our team like best in Friday's Kentucky Oaks (G1)? Depends who's answering the question ...
James Scully : Lovely Maria is my selection in Friday’s 141st running of the Kentucky Oaks. She opened 2015 with a nice allowance score at Fair ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - 2015 $20,000 SPRING FUTURITY STAKES Finals are Friday, May 1
The 2015 Southland $20,000 Spring Futurity Stakes finals are Friday, May 1 along with the consolation race and what an impressive group of talented greyhounds it is that will do battle for the title. It will make for a very exciting and entertainin ...
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Kentucky Derby Post Positions Cause Major Top 20 Shifts
All during the Road to the Kentucky Derby, my number one has been Carpe Diem. After last night’s post-position draw, that is no longer the case. We would be kidding ourselves if we said post position didn’t matter in a field of 2 ...
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Walsh going for three straight in Thursday’s 10TH race at Churchill Downs
Trainer Brendan Walsh is off to a fast start at Churchill Downs.
After finishing third with his first starter last weekend, Walsh has won two straight, sending out Ruble to a 4 ½-length victory on Wednesday and Pure Legacy to a half-length score i ...
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Final Derby Thoughts: Contenders & Pretenders
Lessons From 1981
In his first book, Picking Winners , Andrew Beyer scoffed at the notion of a “killing pace.”
The 1981 Kentucky Derby changed his mind.
While apologizing for dismissing the importance of pace in the first plac ...
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Early observations of Kentucky Oaks card
Lovely Maria brings improving form into the Kentucky Oaks and I’m expecting a big performance from the Larry Jones-trained filly.
Friday's 12-race program is strong and here are some early thoughts on the Oaks undercard:
Stall Factor – Al Sta ...
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Dexter Cup, Lady Suffolk Set Stage For Classics’ Journey
By Frank Cotolo
The Dexter Cup and the Lady Suffolk open the soph-colt-and-filly trotters’ race to the second Saturday in August, the race date for the Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks for those divisions, respectively (though fillies can ...
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Solid Plays For Busy Harness Agenda
With the arrival of the Kentucky Derby comes the beginning of harness racing’s intense stakes season, streamed across North American tracks with Grand Circuit events that become the theaters for 2015’s star pacers and trotters. It’s a slow build up, ...
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SOUTHLAND Recap of March and April's 5 Up and Coming Young Greyhounds to Watch
As many of you know from reading MoneyMaker Mike's Southland previews over the past year, I post each month about FIVE UP & COMING young greyhounds that bear watching as they begin on their hopefully outstanding racing careers. Every 3rd month ...
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Tuesday overnight card proves revealing
In the week leading up to the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby, horse racing enthusiasts always look for ways to pad their respective bankrolls before the pending "run for the roses" at Churchill Downs and several of them just may have done so on ...
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Post draw turns out well for Baffert, should dictate tactics for American Pharoah & Dortmund
Bob Baffert had reason to smile after Wednesday’s post draw for the $2 million Kentucky Derby. The Hall of Fame trainer and three-time Derby winner avoided inside posts for his two top contenders, American Pharoah and Dortmund, and starting positions ...
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Pletcher duo draw tough posts for 2015 Kentucky Derby
Wednesday’s post- position draw for the 141 st Kentucky Derby could not have been a happy few minutes for trainer Todd Pletcher. America’s leading money-winning conditioner for the past several years, he has just one Kentucky Derby win to his credit ...
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