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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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Meadowlands returns on Friday night
One night after Dover Downs hosted a quartet of lucrative Matron Stakes, harness racing will return to The Meadowlands in New Jersey and the famed one -mile oval will have a Breeders Crown feel.
Friday nights opening card will feature a p ...
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KINGS vs QUEENS CLASSIC
Friday evening at Southland will be highlighted by the running of the inaugural TwinSpires KINGS VS QUEENS Classic Challenge and is featuring nine very talented greyhounds going paw to paw in their battle for the win. The winner will be invited t ...
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Mr Speaker ranks as highweight and morning-line favorite in Red Smith
At times hinting that a step up in trip could be warranted, Mr Speaker tries 1 3/8 miles for the first time in Saturday’s $250,000 Red Smith H. (G3) at Aqueduct. The Shug McGaughey charge will tote the top weight of 122 pounds, conceding four to ...
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International buyers continue to bolster American sales; speed excels in Breeders' Cup
by DICK POWELL
The day after the Breeders’ Cup, Fasig-Tipton conducted their November sale across town on Newtown Pike and a day later, Keeneland began their November sale of broodmares and weanlings.
A total of 30 broodmares or broodmare pros ...
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Four reasons why American Pharoah should be SI’s 2015 Sportsman of the Year
In an era when horse racing is often relegated to the back pages, it’s refreshing to see American Pharoah’s exploits bring our sport back into the limelight – for all of the right reasons. Exhibit A: the Triple Crown champion features among the conte ...
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Mohaymen impresses in stakes bow; Marking & Spooking a couple of horses to watch from Aqueduct's opening week
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
A trio of graded stakes races headlined the first week of racing at Aqueduct.
Nashua S. (G2) : Shadwell Stable’s MOHAYMEN (Tapit) swept to the front with a big move nearing midstretch and powered home a 1 ½-length winner ben ...
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Kentucky Horse Park’s Southern Lights is a holiday tradition
The Southern Lights holiday festival returns to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington from November 20 through December 31.
More than 125,000 individuals in more than 30,000 vehicles attend Southern Lights annually from Kentucky and beyond, making ...
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More Matrons At Dover; Meadowlands Opens With Final Four Preps
Again this week and on a Thursday (Nov. 11), Dover Downs features a quartet of Matron Stakes. Three-year-olds hit the track in the Grand Circuit’s last batch of frosh and soph stakes. As the year winds down, we return to the Meadowlands for its fall- ...
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Toews on Ice seeking stakes hat trick in Bob Hope; Pretty N Cool tops Desi Arnaz
Del Mar hosts a pair of juvenile stakes this weekend, with the highlight coming on Saturday in the $100,000 Bob Hope S. (G3) at seven furlongs. Sunday will see fillies take to the track in the $100,000 Desi Arnaz S. , also at seven furlongs.
Th ...
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ON POINT: Songbird and the Kentucky Derby, Ed & James will believe it when they don't see it
November 11, 2015
Rick Porter said he will point his undefeated Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner (and certain champion two-year-old filly) Songbird to the Kentucky Oaks, and not the Kentucky Derby, but neither Ed DeRosa nor James Scully are ...
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Breeders' Cup Championship Saturday in Words And Pictures
by MELANIE MARTINES
Saturday came all too soon. The day racing fans have been waiting for. News of Beholder’s scratch earlier in the week did leave an air of disappointment since many were looking forward to seeing Beholder run against the boys i ...
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Tommy Macho draws away in Discovery
Tommy Macho seized command leaving the far turn and easily proved best in Wednesday’s $150,000 Discovery H. (G3) , scoring by 4 ¼ lengths in the Veteran’s Day feature at Aqueduct. The Macho Uno colt provided Todd Pletcher with his sixth career vict ...
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Palace hoping to rule Frank J. De Francis Dash; sprint stakes highlight Laurel card
Nine runners, including Grade 1 winner Palace, will line up on Saturday at Laurel Park to take part in the $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Dash S.
The 24th edition of the three-quarter mile event headlines a six-stakes strong card at Laurel on Satu ...
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Onus seeking fourth straight victory in Mrs. Revere
Stuart Janney’s homebred Onus will enter Saturday’s $200,000 Mrs. Revere (G2) at Churchill Downs on quite a roll, reeling off convincing wins in her last three outings, and the up-and-coming daughter of Blame heads an overflow cast of 18 3-year-o ...
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All the Quotes from the Silver Anniversary of the Cartier Racing Awards
Edited Press Release
The 25th annual Cartier Racing Awards, European horseracing's equivalent of the Oscars, were presented before an invited audience of 300 at the Dorchester Hotel, London, England on the evening of Tuesday, November 10, 2015.
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Main track more conducive to late runners; Esposito & Glory among Del Mar horses to watch
DEL MAR NOTEBOOK
Track Stats
From a total of 34 races held at the seaside racetrack during the past week, favorites won at a 44 percent clip and the top two betting choices combined for 53 percent of the wins. From 21 frays contested on the ...
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Ricky Ramirez Firing on All Cylinders
Jockey Ricky Ramirez poised for more wins this weekend at Lone Star Park.
Quarter Horse jockey Ricky Ramirez is having a great year and is likely to add more icing to his cake this weekend. Ramirez is the leading rider at Lone Star Park and ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - KINGS VS QUEENS
Friday evening at Southland will be highlighted by the running of the inaugural KINGS VS QUEENS Classic and will feature nine very talented greyhounds going paw to paw in their battle for the win. The winner will be invited to the pres ...
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Dover Downs hosts Matron Stakes for three-year-olds
One week after it hosted a quartet of lucrative Matron Stakes for two-year-olds of both gaits and genders, Dover Downs will present another quartet of Matron Stakes on Thursday evening as the three-year-olds of both gaits and genders take center stag ...
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Golden Horn named Cartier Horse of the Year
Edited Press Release
Golden Horn was named the Cartier Horse of the Year at the 25th annual Cartier Racing Awards, European horseracing's equivalent of the Oscars. The Cartier Racing Awards were presented before an invited audience of 300 at ...
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Exaggerator heads baker’s dozen pre-entered to Delta Jackpot
Edited Press Release
A total of 13 pre-entries were received for this year’s $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot (G3), which will be run on November 21. The race for 2-year-olds competing at 1 1/16 miles on a dirt surface will be the main event on a J ...
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A Veterans Day Classic: Remembering the Washington, D.C. International
The Veterans Day holiday falls on Wednesday this week, and it's a decidedly low-key afternoon on the American racing front. However, for an older generation of racing enthusiasts, November 11 (or an adjacent Saturday) is fondly remembered.
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Eddery, 11-time champion rider in Britain, dead at 63
Pat Eddery, a native of Ireland who won 11 jockey championships in Britain during an illustrious career, passed away Tuesday at the age of 63.
In a riding career that spanned the years 1968-2003, Eddery won 4,632 flat races in Britain, second only ...
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TURF TALK: American Pharoah's stud fee & Liam's Map's track record
November 9, 2015
The end of the racing season means the beginning of several stallion careers and none will be more anticipated in 2016 than that of Triple Crown champion American Pharoah, who enters stud at Coolmore's Ashford Stud for $200,000. ...
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Esoterique eyes Hong Kong Mile, where Able Friend awaits
Star French mare Esoterique, who never landed a blow when seventh in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at Keeneland, will be off on her travels again – this time to the Far East for the December 13 Hong Kong Mile (G1).
But even better, the Andre Fabre t ...
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Breeders' Cup Week & Championship Friday in Words & Pictures
by MELANIE MARTINES
Funny how time flies! I can’t believe it’s been a week since the Breeder’s Cup races. The anticipation of watching history is now behind us, and leaves us with fond memories of an exciting weekend at Keeneland Race Track. It’s ...
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Madefromlucky goes for third graded win of the year in Discovery
Madefromlucky will seek to notch his third graded stakes win of the year on Wednesday when he breaks from post 1 in the $150,000 Discovery H. (G3) . The nine-furlong fixture for three-year-olds is the Veterans Day feature at Aqueduct.
A son of 2 ...
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Are All the top Horses for 2016 Out West?
by LAURA PUGH
With Grade 1 winners Constitution, Honor Code, Lea, and Liam’s Map retiring from the East Coast-based ranks of the older male division, it is difficult to look past West Coast-based horses as the early leaders of the handicap divisi ...
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Palm Beach Kennel Club
*Pat C Short Cut*
Who Will Run In The National Championship From Palm Beach?
Palm Beach does not have an automatic berth to the big dance, but I am still highly confident one of South Florida's superstars will be in the field. “The L ...
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Shakhimat winds his way to victory in Coronation Futurity
Shakhimat took command of Sunday’s $188,502 Coronation Futurity soon after the start under jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson and never looked back, though he did weave around a bit in the Woodbine stretch.
The two-year-old colt capped off a nice day for ...
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Are You Kidding Me prevails in Autumn Stakes at Woodbine
Are You Kidding Me was facing quite a few familiar foes in Sunday’s $157,235 Autumn S. (Can-G2) at Woodbine, but an enterprising rail ride from jockey Alan Garcia saw the five-year-old score his third graded victory of the year.
The Kentucky-bre ...
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Trio Of $30-Plus Winners; Dover $109 Exacta And $53 Place Payoff Among Successes
Playing “outside the box,” so to speak, gave us some great across-the-board prices and big winners in the horses-to-watch list (H2W). Check out the H2W pool results below.
Our features’ contenders began with the Matrons at Dover Downs on Nov. ...
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Promising filly Code Warrior beats the boys in Golden Nugget
J.C. Racing Stable’s Code Warrior remained unbeaten from two starts when defeating males in Saturday’s $52,255 Golden Nugget at Golden Gate Fields.
And she’s a feel-good story too. Ridden by Anne Sanguinetti and owned by her parents, John and Chri ...
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Chilukki winner Spelling Again has found her niche at Churchill
Spelling Again, a four-year-old filly owned by Sea Jay Racing and trained by Brad Cox, has found her niche around one turn at Churchill Downs. Victorious in the $100,000 Open Mind going six furlongs during the September meet, the daughter of Awesome ...
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SOUTHLAND 2015 FESTIVAL OF STAKES
SUPER SPRINT Division -334 yards Arkans Henry - FINALS - ran 4th
Arkans TT Gator - Consolation - WON
Blackjack Lola - Consolation - ran 4th
Loop A -my pick to win it all -FINALS -ran 3rd
Oshkosh Fonzie - FINALS - CHAMPION
T's Blast Episo ...
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Goldy Espony gets away with another theft in Long Island
After her three-race winning streak was snapped with a ninth in the Glens Falls (G3), Goldy Espony resumed her previously successful front-running ways and stole Saturday’s $200,000 Long Island H. (G3) at Aqueduct.
One of a trio representing tra ...
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California Chrome looks happy and eager in first work back
California Chrome, the 2014 Horse of the Year who missed the bulk of 2015 due to setbacks encountered in his English venture, returned to the worktab for trainer Art Sherman on Saturday morning.
Taking to the track at Los Alamitos before the sun c ...
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Balmoral hosts American-Nationals
This Saturday night Balmoral Park near Chicago will garner the spotlight when it hosts a quintet of American-National Stakes each worth at least six figures.
Saturday's third race is the $120,000 American-National for three-year-old pacing fillies ...
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Grateful for the gift of Red Cadeaux
Given how desperate Red Cadeaux’s condition appeared at the conclusion of the Melbourne Cup (G1), when the infamous green screens were put up around him at Flemington, only an extreme optimist could have envisioned a recovery. But the globetrotting w ...
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Nominees announced for 2015 Cartier Racing Awards
Edited Press Release
Nominations for the 2015 Cartier Racing Awards, European horseracing's equivalent of the Oscars, were released on Friday.
The nine Cartier Racing Awards will be revealed and presented before an invited audience of 300 ...
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American Pharoah to stand for $200,000
Photo courtesy of Keeneland/Coady Photography .
Triple Crown champion American Pharoah will begin his stud career at a fee of $200,000, Coolmore announced Friday.
A sensational winner of the October 31 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) in his final ca ...
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Bank of America Challenge Championships
Jake Gold Br will be one of the top contenders in the Bank of America Challenge on Saturday Los Alamitos , Idaho, New Mexico, Minnesota and other regions. Or will the local Texas horses have the edge? The annual event for Quarter Horse racing ...
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SOUTHLAND 2015 FESTIVAL OF STAKES
SUPER SPRINT Division -334 yards
Arkans Henry - FINALS - race 10 - box 7
Arkans TT Gator - Consolation - race 1 - box 2
Blackjack Lola - Consolation - race 1 - box 1
Loop A -my pick to win it all -FINALS -race 10 - box 1
Oshkosh Fon ...
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Breeders Cup Recap
The 2015 Breeders Cup is on the books. It's taken a few days for the recap because I wanted to watch the races again. It turned out to be a very eventful, fairly awesome, Breeders Cup. But, I do have to admit that I'm excited that the BC ...
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Handicapping Insights - November 5
by Dick Powell
The Breeders’ Cup is over and there was a major handicapping lesson to be learned.
We have the most objective data available to those of us that bet on the races. Points of call, sectional timing, past performances and all sorts ...
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Champion Shared Belief returns to training at Golden Gate
Edited press release :
Champion Shared Belief on Thursday returned to the track at Golden Gate Fields, jogging leisurely as he prepares to come back from an injury he suffered in April.
At approximately 6:20 a.m.(PST), Shared Belief set f ...
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Dover Downs hosts stellar Thursday card
Less than one week after the Breeders Cup and less than two weeks after the Breeders Crowns, Dover Downs will offer a quartet of lucrative Matron Stakes finals for two-year-olds of both gaits and genders on Thursday.
In fact, much of Thursday's c ...
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Matrons Star At Dover; Balmoral Hosts American-National Finals; Overnights Aplenty
A lot more stakes racing is on tap after the Breeders Crown and we are covering it here, beginning earlier than usual. Thursday, Nov. 5 recently opened Dover Downs is top-heavy with Matron Stakes, this week with two-year-olds. Then, the ill-fated Bal ...
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Norman Casse reflects on BC wins & discusses plans for Tepin, other stable stars
Edited Press Release
Breeders’ Cup weekend was without question a big one for the Mark Casse barn. Not only was the trainer finally able to taste Breeders’ Cup success for the first time, but did so twice last week.
Catch a Glimpse was victo ...
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Competitive Chilukki draws eight
Saturday’s $200,000 Chilukki S. (G2) at Churchill Downs had drawn a field of eight distaffers to go a mile under the Twin Spires, and the race features Black-Eyed Susan S. (G2) winner Keen Pauline.
That Dale Romans pupil brought just a maiden wi ...
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Mohaymen gives connections 'Derby Fever' after Nashua win
Mohaymen stamped himself as a potentially smart Kentucky Derby (G1) prospect Wednesday when taking the $200,000 Nashua (G2) , the feature on the opening day program at Aqueduct.
The even-money favorite in a field of seven two-year-olds, Mohaymen ...
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America wires Turnback the Alarm while Matrooh closes for Bold Ruler victory
BELMONT NOTEBOOK
by John Mucciolo
There was a pair of graded races this weekend at Belmont Park.
Turnback the Alarm H. (G3): Bobby Flay’s homebred AMERICA (A.P. Indy) took the lead soon after the break and never got headed en route ...
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Goldy Espony a threat to steal Long Island
Goldy Espony returns from a two-month layoff with speed and an inside post in Saturday's $200,000 Long Island H. (G3) , a 1 1/2-mile grass test for fillies at mares at Aqueduct.
Lulling her rivals to sleep in the $100,000 River Memories at Belmo ...
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Coolmore farm tours to include viewings of American Pharoah
Edited Press Release
As was the case with his racetrack career, American Pharoah has taken everything in his stride as he transitions into his new life as a stallion at Coolmore America's Ashford Stud. On Monday morning he was accompanied by poli ...
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$1M LQHBA Breeders Futurity
Trials are set this Friday (November 6, 2015) for the $1,000,000 LQHBA Breeders Futurity (RG1) at Evangeline Downs . A total of 14 races will be run for the only seven-figure Quarter Horse race in the state. The ten fastest two-year-old Louisiana ...
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Maryland Jockey Club unveils 2016 Preakness Logo
Edited Press Release
The Maryland Jockey Club today unveiled the official logo for the 141st running of the Preakness Stakes (G1). The middle jewel of racing’s Triple Crown will take place Saturday, May 21 at historic Pimlico Race Course.
For ...
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American Pharoah’s Classic victory generates highest-rated Breeders’ Cup Telecast in 20 years
Edited Press Release
American Pharoah’s final competition made history as the Triple Crown winner raced to victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, and NBC posted the highest-rated Breeders’ Cup telecast in 20 years.
A venue-record 50,155 watche ...
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Iron Fist one to watch for 2016; Eurton sends out a couple of nice winners
DEL MAR NOTEBOOK
There was a single graded race during opening week at Del Mar.
Goldikova S. (G2) : James and Tammy McKenney’s homebred UZZIEL (Harlington) took the lead soon after the start and was never headed en route to a 2 ¼ ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - 2015 FESTIVAL OF STAKES update
SUPER SPRINT Division -334 yards Arkans Henry - FINALS
Arkans TT Gator - Consolation
Blackjack Lola - Consolation
Loop A - my pick to win it all - FINALS
Oshkosh Fonzie - FINALS
T's Blast Episod - Consolation
Volando Autobahn - FINALS ...
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Prince of Penzance shocks Melbourne Cup, gives Payne historic win
Edited Press Releases
A huge crowd of 101,015 witnessed a dream come true as Michelle Payne rode Prince of Penzance to become the first female jockey to win Tuesday's Melbourne Cup (G1) and hand champion Victorian trainer Darren Weir his first Cu ...
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Five Takeaways from the 2015 Breeders' Cup
Keeneland hosted two great days of championship racing. Here are my five takeaways from the 2015 Breeders’ Cup.
Phaorah delivers fitting conclusion in Classic romp : The champ went out a spectacular winner , dominating the Breeders’ Cup Classic ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings October 2015
#10 Gamma Flash ~ Middle Distance ~ B & B Racing ~4 wins on the season, 37.43 secs best ever time The newest sensation from owner Steve Schlachter. Just posted a ridiculous season best time (37.43 secs) last time out and could be the r ...
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It's Melbourne Cup night!
Fame Game photo courtesy of Japan Racing Association .
Australia's famed Melbourne Cup (G1) will be contested for the 155th time, with 24 runners set to line up in the "race that stops a nation." For North American viewers, post time is 11 p.m. (E ...
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Mohaymen faces seven in Nashua on Aqueduct's opening day
The two-year-old Mohaymen will attempt to chip away further at his $2.2 million yearling price on Wednesday in the $200,000 Nashua (G2) at Aqueduct. The one-mile Nashua is the highlight of the nine-race opener to the Big A's fall meet, a program ...
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Where I was right, where I was wrong on Breeders' Cup weekend
After 24-36 hours of decompression following a long yet fun week, it's time for me to review what I got right and what I got wrong about the 2015 Breeders' Cup . I'd like to say there's more of the former than the latter, but sadly that story never ...
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Wednesday deadline to register for online pre-sale of 2016 Kentucky Derby tickets
Edited press release :
Wednesday, November 4, is the last day for the public to register online for Churchill Downs Racetrack’s November 10 online pre-sale of approximately 10,000 reserved seats to the 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) Pr ...
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Tommy Massis of Toronto wins Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge
Edited press release :
The seventh Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) presented by West Point Thoroughbreds brought top horseplayers to Keeneland Race Course and four satellite sites to compete in the biggest live money handicapping cont ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Watch in Nov
NOVEMBER'S Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds to watch at Southland CANAAN BOOGIE - 6 starts - 1-3-2-0 - running in Grade D now - next race - Sunday, Nov 1 - He has already shown good early speed with a nice rush to the turn as well as a l ...
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Uzziel capitalizes as lone speed in Goldikova
Photo courtesy of Benoit .
James and Tammy McKenney's homebred Uzziel proved the truth of the old adage "pace makes the race," making the most of her status as controlling speed to earn her first graded victory in Sunday's $200,250 Goldikova (G2 ...
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Mo Tom, Stageplay take overland route in Churchill juvenile stakes
One day after Uncle Mo celebrated a victory by his presumptive champion son Nyquist in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1), the hot freshman sire was further advertised by Mo Tom in Sunday's $81,750 Street Sense S. on the "Stars of Tomorrow I" card at ...
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Delaware harness scene shift
While racing fans are still trying to collect their breath after watching American Pharoah decimate his rivals in the Grade I, $5 million Breeders Cup Classic on Saturday afternoon at Keeneland Race Course in Kentucky, harness racing fans throughout ...
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Top 10 quotes from the 2015 Breeders' Cup
The connections of the 2015 Breeders' Cup winners said a lot of interesting things in the aftermath of victory. Here are 10 that I found most memorable:
10 . The backstory on the name of Dirt Mile (G1) hero Liam’s Map : Co-owner Vincent Viola ha ...
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American Pharaoh leaves for Ashford on Monday morning
Edited Press Release
On the morning after Triple Crown champion and first Grand Slam winner American Pharoah's triumph in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), his Hall of Fame trainer was still marveling at the colt's accomplishment.
“He came back ...
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Mongolian Saturday’s connections could continue success in Hong Kong
Edited Press Release
The Breeders’ Cup took on even more of an international flavor than usual Saturday at Keeneland, when the first Mongolian contingent to start a horse in the series showed up in formal Mongolian dress.
Those jackets, known ...
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Stephanie’s Kitten, Wavell Avenue continue Chad Brown's success in the Breeders’ Cup
Edited Press Release
Though he did not reach last year’s level of three victories, trainer Chad Brown had another very successful Breeders’ Cup with victories by Stephanie’s Kitten in the Breeders’ Cup Filly &Mare Turf (G1) and Wavell Avenue ...
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Pletcher, McLaughlin Breeders’ Cup runners doing well after championship event
Edited Press Release
Todd Pletcher
Trainer Todd Pletcher reported Sunday that his 11 Breeders’ Cup starters all exited their races in good order while expressing pleasure with the overall performance of his Breeders’ Cup contingent.
Plet ...
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Runhappy back home at The Thoroughbred Center; Nyquist was special from ‘Day One’
Edited Press Release
TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint and Turf Sprint
Trainer Maria Borell said Sunday morning that Runhappy, who set a track record in winning the TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), returned to The Thoroughbred Center tra ...
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Tepin, Catch a Glimpse fulfill Breeders’ Cup dream for trainer Mark Casse
Edited Press Release
Tepin, who joined the elite ranks of females who beat the boys in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), came back in good order and was bright-eyed and alert while standing in her stall Sunday morning.
Trainer Mark Casse, who won ...
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Day After Reflections: 2015 Was What the BC Is All About
by LAURA PUGH
When John R. Gaines envisioned the Breeders Cup he envisioned top Thoroughbred talent from all over the world coming to meet in one place, creating a place where champions could rise above and display their brilliance on a world st ...
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Wild Winners Pay $56, $36, $25 Highs; ‘Pete’ Power; ‘Wow’ Awakens At Hoosier
The features may have resulted in slim pickings but the horses-to-watch list (H2W) was a winner’s knock out across the board. Check out the H2W pool results below.
The features’ choices literally came up a bit short, even when they offerd to p ...
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Breeders’ Cup News & Notes
Want all your Breeders’ Cup news in one place? Well, you’ve come to the right blog!
Check out the TwinSpires.com team’s Breeders’ Cup analysis and articles, contests and videos! Also visit the TwinSpires YouTube page for handicapping tips and BC S ...
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American Pharoah wires Breeders’ Cup Classic in record-setting time to become first Grand Slam champion
The outcome was long anticipated and the race itself epic as Triple Crown hero American Pharoah rolled home the easiest of winners in Saturday’s $4.55 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland to complete the newly anointed Grand Slam of Raci ...
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Pharwell to a champion and legend
by LAURA PUGH
If there was ever any doubt that American Pharoah would do anything less than dominate the Breeder Cup Classic, they were all erased the moment Victor Espinoza gave the magnificent champion his cue to run. He may have lost the Trav ...
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American Pharoah tops a day of champions
My first opportunity to see a Triple Crown winner race, and my first time witnessing a renewal of the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) from an unobstructed view, was an absolute privilege.
Until the spirits of Charles Hatton, Joe Palmer, David Alexander ...
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Found downs Golden Horn to make Breeders' Cup Turf history
As 4-5 favorite Golden Horn fought down the Keeneland stretch with the Aidan O'Brien-trained Found in the $2,760,000 Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) , each was straining every nerve and sinew toward history. Golden Horn was trying to become the first Prix ...
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Nyquist overcomes wide trip, cements championship in Juvenile victory
Reddam Racing’s Nyquist was caught wide on both turns but his outside post proved no detriment in the $1,840,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) , rallying boldly to the lead in upper stretch and proving best by a half-length. Unbeaten in five starts, t ...
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Nyquist roars to Breeders’ Cup Juvenile win
by Laura Pugh
California dominated the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, as Nyquist and Swipe brought their rivalry to Keeneland, finishing 1-2, and as always, Nyquist used his incredible nose for the wire to just outlast the hard-closing Swipe. The son of ...
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