Honeybee success may turn sour for Sarah Sis

Sun Mar 08 2015Jen Caldwell

Sarah Sis easily grabbed command entering the stretch of Saturday’s Honeybee S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park and cruised under the wire in geared down fashion. That could explain the dark bay filly’s relatively low 86 BRIS Speed figure. The Ingrid Mason t ...
TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon

Sun Mar 08 2015Derek Simon

In an extended News & Notes segment, host Derek Simon recaps Saturday’s big stakes races — the Gulfstream Park Handicap, Swale, Gotham, Tampa Bay Derby, San Felipe and Santa Anita Handicap — and attempts to gauge the “quality” of each one.   ...
Carpe Diem wins Tampa Bay Derby

Sun Mar 08 2015Kellie Reilly

Carpe Diem has been widely considered as an elite Kentucky Derby (G1) contender since his strong juvenile campaign, and the Todd Pletcher trainee only reinforced that status by dominating in his return to action in Saturday's $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby ...
Dortmund continues to impress in San Felipe

Sun Mar 08 2015Vance Hanson

After a pair of hard-fought victories in the Los Alamitos Futurity and Robert B. Lewis, Dortmund was a more comfortable winner of Saturday’s $400,000 San Felipe. After eking out photo finishes in his last two starts, Kaleem Shah’s massive chestnut as ...
El Kabeir switches tactics, rallies to win Gotham going away

Sat Mar 07 2015James Scully

El Kabeir displayed a new dimension in Saturday’s $400,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct, closing from well off the pace to post a convincing win. The 1 1/16-mile race served as a Kentucky Derby qualifier and El Kabeir vaulted to the top of the Kentuc ...
Honeybee still abuzz with excitement

Sat Mar 07 2015Jen Caldwell

Some might say that, without Take Charge Brandi, Saturday's $150,000 Honeybee S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park has lost a lot of its luster.   They would be wrong.   The 1 1/16-mile race still features three exciting filly p ...

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Chasin’ Big ‘Cap Day Pick 5

Sat Mar 07 2015James Scully

The $1 million Santa Anita Handicap (Race 11) is Saturday’s premiere event at “The Great Race Place,” featuring America’s best horse, Shared Belief, who is expected to roll against an uninspiring cast of 12 challengers. Saturday’s Santa Anita prog ...
DeRosa Reveals His #TSshowdown Selections

Sat Mar 07 2015Ed DeRosa

For horses on the Triple Crown trail, a win or second-place finish on Saturday in any one of the three Kentucky Derby Championship Series races would a likely spot in the starting gate for the 1 ¼-mile classic, but for TwinSpires.com players still al ...
Dubai World Cup Preview Card - Saturday 3/7

Sat Mar 07 2015Ted Black

Then one race later in the Grade III, $200,000 Burj Nahaar at one mile on the main track, a prep for the Grade II, $1 million Godolphin Mile, much of the focus will be on railbound Tamarkuz (pictured right) , who has won his last two starts over ...
SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday matinee, March 7

Fri Mar 06 2015MoneyMaker Mike

Welcome to Southland for a Saturday of matinee racing which included 18 exciting and entertaining greyhound races on tap. Normally we pick the evening card to handicap but this afternoon's program included several good wagering opportunities so I wen ...
Are Speed Figures Still Important?

Fri Mar 06 2015Derek Simon

In 2010, I did a column for Youbet.com regarding the importance — or lack thereof — of speed figures. Back then, I only had Trackmaster figs to work with, so I thought it might be kind of fun to revisit my study using the Brisnet numbers. But first, ...
Dubai: Super Saturday Forecast, Part II

Fri Mar 06 2015Kellie Reilly

Picking up where we left off in the midst of the Super Saturday card, here are my notes on the three remaining races. The Dubai City of Gold (UAE-G2) (post time 9:55 a.m. EST) is the stepping stone to the Dubai Sheema Classic (UAE-G1). No City o ...
The Redboard Report: Native Hero Emigrates With My Money

Fri Mar 06 2015TwinSpires Staff

by DAVID ARAGONA See the initial Redboard Report for an overview of this series of post-race ruminations. As horseplayers, we all have shared the painful experience of watching a horse that we had considered during the handicapping process, ...