Southland Preview: Wednesday Twilight, June 24

Wed Jun 24 2015MoneyMaker Mike

Race 10,  Grade A - 583 yards (#1) PAOLI PRIDE  (Morning Line 4-1) She's going for 4 in a row and has drawn the rail where she likes to run. Tons of early speed for her inside running style and despite facing her toughest field in several ...
Zprise in Ohio Derby could bode well for rest of the season

Wed Jun 24 2015James Scully

Mr. Z finally snapped a 13-race losing streak in last Saturday’s Ohio Derby, gamely outfinishing Tencendur and Divining Rod to win by a nose, and the Malibu Moon colt may have turned the corner for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. It happened ...
Counter Forces Rule ‘Cup’ Card; Tweets Top Best Returns

Mon Jun 22 2015TwinSpires Staff

The past stakes-loaded weekend presented many surprises and unusual—if not unpredictable—results that qualify to be categorized under “A” for anomaly. These things happen. Persistent bettors are used to counterintuitive streaks and they know mathemat ...
2015 SOUTHLAND DERBY 3rd Rnd Monday, June 22

Sun Jun 21 2015MoneyMaker Mike

The Monday twilight card at Southland will be highlighted by the 6 races of the 2015 $50,000 SOUTHLAND DERBY stakes contest.  There were 88 greyhounds who entered this championship racing and the field has now been reduced to 48 for  Round 3 . I ...
Stellar Wind determined and lucky in Summertime Oaks

Sun Jun 21 2015Jen Caldwell

Stellar Wind (Curlin) had an eventful return to competition in Saturday’s Summertime Oaks (G2) at Santa Anita Park, but showed her class to emerge a nose winner over a very stubborn Tara’s Tango (Unbridled’s Song). The 1 1/16-mile race lost four r ...
California Chrome & American Pharoah To Battle

Sun Jun 21 2015D.S. Williamson

Art Sherman versus Bob Baffert, Victor Espinoza on the Derby winner and a Hall of Fame rider, Gary Stevens or Kent Desormeaux or Mike Smith on the 2014 Derby winner. California Chrome versus American Pharoah at Keeneland . Could horse racing fan ...

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Palm Beach Fathers Day Race Preview

Sun Jun 21 2015Jason Michael

I have to go with the top talent here in his favorite setup.  Pat C Short Cut is the best chance this track has at a National Championship this Winter and today is a shot to prove it. The Koppe, Staats & Collins Team celebrates tonight. ...
Royal Ascot Postscripts, Day 5: Undrafted, Brazen tactics & the chances of Snow

Sat Jun 20 2015Kellie Reilly

Hopes were high that an Australian would lift Saturday's closing day feature, the Diamond Jubilee -- specifically, the brilliant Brazen Beau . Mostly that's in recognition of the world-class sprint scene Down Under. Logic was supplemented by fe ...
SOUTHLAND Preview - June 21

Sat Jun 20 2015MoneyMaker Mike

The Sunday matinee card at SOUTHLAND features 2 races in which a couple of greyhounds will be trying hard to keep their winning streaks going as they battle paw to paw from start to finish. Several of you have asked for some different angles to loo ...
Royal Ascot Postscripts, Day 4: The human dimension, Moore Aloft & Muhaarar

Sat Jun 20 2015Kellie Reilly

Illuminate , a smashing winner on her Salisbury debut when upsetting stablemate Great Page, duly followed up with a convincing score in Friday's Albany . But over and above stamping herself as a proper two-year-old, the Richard Hannon pupil gave ...
Royal Ascot Postscripts, Day 3: Ryan Moore, Gold Cup & Time Test

Sat Jun 20 2015Kellie Reilly

All-world jockey Ryan Moore , who had won three on Tuesday and two on Wednesday, continued his almost impossibly hot streak by adding three more to his total Thursday. That tied the modern-day record of eight winners at Royal Ascot. Remarkably, ...
Royal Ascot Postscripts, Day 2: Free Eagle, loyalty & trainer confidence

Sat Jun 20 2015Kellie Reilly

Loyalty can be a hindrance in handicapping, but sometimes it's rewarded, and so it proved when I stuck with Free Eagle in Wednesday's Prince of Wales's . To be sure, this was hardly a profile in courage since he was the favorite. But the Dermot ...
Royal Ascot Postscripts: Solow & Gleneagles the stars of Day 1

Sat Jun 20 2015Kellie Reilly

Since this was my worst Royal Ascot in three years (when it took a couple of legends named Frankel and Black Caviar to rescue me), there were a lot more lowlights in terms of my handicapping. But the beauty of Royal Ascot (like so much else) is th ...