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Mor Spirit tops 7-horse Lewis; Hoppertunity expected choice in San Antonio
Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) winner Mor Spirit headlines a seven-horse field in the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3) , one of four graded stakes at Santa Anita Saturday. The Kentucky Derby series qualifier offers points on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the top f ...
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Mshawish aiming to give Pletcher fourth Donn in seven years
Trainer Todd Pletcher has won three of the past six runnings of the $500,000 Donn H. (G1) , and will launch a three-pronged attack on the nine-furlong, older-horse centerpiece of Gulfstream Park's winter meet on Saturday.
Leading the brigade is ...
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Six line up against Songbird in Las Virgenes; Nickname tops Martha Washington
Two Kentucky Oaks (G1) points races are on tap Saturday, and there’s one other stakes contest at Golden Gate Fields that could produce a couple of runners on the first Saturday in May.
First up, though, are the $300,000 Las Virgenes S. (G2) at S ...
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Sunny Ridge delivers in Withers; Rudy Rodriguez continues winning ways on inner track
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
There was a pair of graded runs at Aqueduct this weekend.
Withers S. (G3) : Dennis Drazin’s homebred SUNNY RIDGE (Holy Bull) prompted the pace from the opening bell and gradually wore down his main foe en route to a three-pa ...
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Remembering an epic 2015 Robert B. Lewis
The $150,000 Robert B. Lewis (G2) at Santa Anita is the first premiere prep race for California-based 3-year-olds and Saturday’s edition will feature a top Kentucky Derby hopeful in Mor Spirit, winner of the December 19 Los Alamitos Futur ...
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Kentucky Derby Report (2/3): Mohaymen justifies star billing in Holy Bull
The top-ranked prospect on the East Coast entering 2016, Mohaymen performed up to expectations in Saturday’s Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream, winning impressively by a 3 ½-length margin. It marked the third straight convincing stakes tally for the gra ...
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Why the older dirt male division seems no closer to getting back on track
A year ago this week the racing world was eagerly anticipating a potentially epic showdown between reigning Horse of the Year California Chrome and the once-beaten 2013 juvenile champion Shared Belief in the San Antonio (G2) at Santa Anita. That same ...
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Race And Wager Selection Helps New Year Start Big
One month is an extremely small sample size, but it’s hard not to be excited about my January wagering performance in the wake of my New Year’s Wagering Revolution post that kicked off 2016.
My ROI for all horse racing wagers in January 2016 is ...
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Several stars return on Thursday at Meydan
Thursday's seven-race program at Meydan features a number of talented runners making their seasonal debuts and racegoers should study the events carefully to see which horses could be worth playing in subsequent weeks and eventually on the ultra-lucr ...
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Hawthorne hosts two series finals on Wednesday
Hawthorne Race Track near Chicago will spice up the midweek standardbred action on Wednesday when it offers a pair of series finals and a consolation for one of them. New Hawthorne racing secretary Pete Hanley has done an admirable job carding races ...
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Keeneland vice president of racing Beasley to retire
Edited Press Release
Keeneland has announced that Vice President of Racing W.B. Rogers Beasley is retiring June 30 after 34 years of leadership involving the iconic track's sales and racing operations. During his tenure, Beasley played key roles ...
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Smokey Image impresses in California Cup Derby, headed to graded stakes company
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
No graded racing last weekend with the California Cup being offered at Santa Anita.
Track Stats
From a total of 35 races held at the Arcadia, California racetrack during the past week, favorites won at a 37 percent cl ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings January 2016
*The Sizzle*
Honorable Mention
JS ToHotToHandle, Atascocita Unify, Classy Saydel, HotFoot Rihanna, Amf Ex Queen, JohnnyCantWait Nb'sKissTheRoad, JS SpeedyPebbles, Hustle It Up, Superior Philly, Amf Sweet Glide, Barts Iron Paws, Bl ...
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Monday at Dover Downs Featured Top Pacers
A light rain throughout the day may have turned the racing surface from fast to good on Monday evening, but the off going certainly did not dampen the quality of the action at Dover Downs when a quintet of races for pacers took center stage.
Mond ...
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Dubai Carnival beads: De Kock rules the roost
“Mike’s a magician!”
So intoned the voice of Meydan, Terry Spargo, after Mike de Kock sent out his third winner on last Thursday evening’s Dubai Carnival card. Not only did the South African horseman record a treble, beginning with the opportunist ...
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Racing days over for female sprint champ La Verdad
La Verdad , who earlier this month was voted 2015 champion female sprinter by a narrow margin, has reportedly been retired.
The six-year-old daughter of Yes It's True, who was scheduled to be bred to Medaglia d'Oro this spring, had been expected t ...
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Frosted, Mubtaahij entered in Dubai Thursday
Dubai World Cup (G1) contenders Frosted and Mubtaahij, both veterans of the 2015 Triple Crown, are set to kick off their 2016 campaigns at Meydan on Thursday – but they won’t be renewing rivalry just yet. While Frosted is entered in the $250,000 ...
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California Chrome zips through first work at Meydan
In his first timed move since his January 9 San Pasqual (G2) comeback score, first since arriving in Dubai, and nearly a month ahead of his February 25 handicap prep, California Chrome signaled that he’s already got his Dubai World Cup (G1) game face ...
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Maryland-bred fillies prove fleet of foot
As numerous owners, trainers and breeders anxiously await the results of the voting for Maryland-bred divisional honors and horse of the year for 2015, a pair of Md-bred fillies displayed speed and stamina while capturing seven-furlong stakes at two ...
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Dolphus scores second win at Fair Grounds
Dede McGehee’s Dolphus rebounded off a third-placing against allowance/optional claiming rivals on December 18 to capture his sophomore bow on Sunday in Fair Grounds’ 7TH race .
Once again facing allowance/optional claiming foes, Dolphus found hi ...
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Older Horses End January In Fine Form
While many of the sport's top older pacers have yet to make their seasonal debuts, several hard-knocking animals braved the elements at various venues in January.
Yonkers Raceway in New York typically overs a solid, competitive menu of overnight ...
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Flora Dora blossoms in Busanda
Flora Dora bided her time tracking the leaders in Sunday’s $100,000 Busanda S. at Aqueduct, began her run in midstretch and just got the one-length victory under jockey Jose Oritz.
Sent off the 5-2 favorite against seven rivals, Flora Dora broke ...
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Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, Travers highlight Belmont and Saratoga meets
Edited Press Release
Four of the biggest days in North American racing will anchor the 2016 Belmont Park spring/summer meet and the historic 148th meet at Saratoga Race Course.
Those four days comprise the $1.5 million Belmont S. (G1) on June ...
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Aerovelocity back with a bang; Giant Treasure edges Luger
As discussed in a past edition of The Dispatch Box , Aerovelocity and Luger were both sending all the right signals ahead of their respective comebacks from heart irregularities. The duo nearly pulled a double at Sha Tin on Sunday, with Aerovelocity ...
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Siding Spring under consideration for Southwest
Edited Press Release
Trainer Mark Casse said Grade 3-placed Siding Spring, last seen finishing 10th in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) on October 31 at Keeneland, is under consideration for the $500,000 Southwest S. (G3) on February 15 at Oaklawn ...
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2016 Kentucky Derby Top 5
5. Mor Spirit
The Bob Baffert trainee is scheduled to run in the Grade 3 Bob and Beverly Lewis. Mor Spirit won the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Futurity in his last. It's obvious that he needs to improve in order to move up in the rankings. It doesn't n ...
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'Special' Mohaymen likely to stay on Gulfstream's road to Kentucky Derby
Edited press release from Gulfstream Park
Before departing on an early Sunday afternoon flight to Dubai, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin checked in on stable star Mohaymen following the undefeated colt’s latest victory in Saturday’s $350,000 Holy Bull ...
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Pompano $39 Winner Nabbed; Feature Shots Struggle While H2W Across-The-Board Rate At 38-Percent
Our horses-to-watch (H2W) list offered contenders that were biggest win prices scored this week, topped by a $39.20 score at Pompano on Jan. 30. Our usual format for the win-place-and-show and exacta prices offers the results below.
Features-w ...
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Forever Unbridled takes Houston Ladies Classic
Charles E. Fipke’s homebred Forever Unbridled made it two Grade 3 wins in a row on Saturday evening at Sam Houston Race Park when taking the newly upgraded $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic (G3) by 1 3/4 lengths.
Ridden by Joel Rosario for trainer ...
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Da Big Hoss throws his weight around in Connally
Skychai Racing’s Da Big Hoss was just that in Saturday night’s $200,000 John B. Connally Turf Cup (G3) , overwhelming the field with a monstrous stretch run. It was also announced that he obliterated the course record at Sam Houston.
Under a rail ...
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Paul Matties wins 17th annual National Handicapping Championship
Edited Press Release
Paul Matties of Ballston Spa, New York, topped a field of 629 entries to win the $800,000 first-place prize and an Eclipse Award as Horseplayer of the Year at this weekend’s 17th annual National Handicapping Champions ...
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What a View, Sunday Rules, Smokey Image roll in Cal Cup
Edited press releases from Santa Anita
With the red and white colors of California’s legendary Old English Rancho flying proudly, What a View assumed command turning for home and took Saturday’s $250,000 California Cup Turf Classic , presente ...
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Nyquist clocks three-quarters for San Vicente
Edited Press Release
Undefeated champion Nyquist worked six furlongs in 1:16.20 over Santa Anita’s fast main track Saturday for his three-year-old debut in the $200,000 San Vicente S. (G2) going seven furlongs on February 15.
The son of Uncle ...
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Priced to Perfection finds room in Sweetest Chant; J R ’s Holiday upsets Kitten’s Joy
Action-packed stretch runs unfolded in both of Saturday’s $100,000 turf stakes for sophomores at Gulfstream Park. While Priced to Perfection extricated herself in the nick of time in the Sweetest Chant (G3), the 19-1 shot J R’s Holiday avoided a midt ...
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Discreetness fires bullet five furlongs for Southwest
Edited Press Release
Dual stakes winner Discreetness worked a bullet five furlongs in 1:00.40 Saturday at Oaklawn Park in preparation for the $500,000 Southwest S. (G3) on February 15. The 1 1/16-mile race is the second major local prep for the ...
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Sassicaia takes advantage of Toboggan rescheduling, rallies furiously for win
Robert V. LaPenta’s Sassicaia closed stoutly through the stretch drive, dramatically splitting rivals late to get up in the final jumps of Saturday’s $150,000 Toboggan (G3) at Aqueduct. A $1.6 million 2-year-old purchase making his graded stakes de ...
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Mohaymen geared down late in Holy Bull victory
Mohaymen won as a 3-10 shot should in Saturday's $350,000 Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park, maintaining his undefeated record and position as the East Coast's leading Kentucky Derby (G1) prospect.
Despite breaking a step slow under Junior Alvar ...
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Three Stakes Sunday at Hialeah Park
Trainer Judd Kearl saddles two stakes runners Sunday at Hialeah Park
The 2016 Quarter Horse meet at Hialeah Park continues to attract great fields and great betting value. On Sunday, January 31, the South Florida racetrack will present three ...
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Cathryn Sophia stays perfect in Forward Gal
Cash is King LLC’s Cathryn Sophia scored by 5 1/2 lengths in Saturday’s $200,000, Forward Gal S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park, but not in the easy wire-to-wire fashion which characterized her prior two starts.
The John Servis trainee broke a step slo ...
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Smart Call slams the boys in J&B Met, chases Breeders’ Cup dream
After Smart Call captured the January 9 Paddock S. (G1) at Kenilworth – which has served as a Breeders’ Cup “Win & You’re In” and is expected to be again in 2016 – owner/breeder Jessica Slack reportedly hoped to take up the offer in the Filly &am ...
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Sunny Ridge outfinishes Vorticity in Withers; Flexibility fourth
Dennis Drazin’s homebred Sunny Ridge enhanced his Kentucky Derby (G1) status in Saturday’s $250,000 Withers (G3) , prevailing by three-quarters of a length over Vorticity in the 1 1/16-mile race on Aqueduct’s inner track.
Flexibility, who ...
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Awesome Banner continues winning ways in Swale
Awesome Banner continued to show he is one of the leading three-year-old sprinters around, while Economic Model got in a useful prep for, presumably, longer races in Saturday's $200,000 Swale (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
The 9-10 favorite in a field ...
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Southland preview - Young Greyhounds
Welcome to another Southland monthly preview of the Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch . February's selections consist of several hard running youngsters that have started their careers with some impressive wins and strong fini ...
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Gutfreund leads into final day at NHC, field shortened to 63
Edited Press Release
Handicapping contest veteran Dave Gutfreund – still known to many by his old nickname “The Maven” – leads the 17th National Handicapping Championship (NHC) at Treasure Island in Las Vegas with a $237 bankroll as the field w ...
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How does Shagaf’s allowance win measure up?
Friday’s 10TH race at Gulfstream Park promised to be an informative allowance for aspirants to the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail, but its form value may be compromised by the rough trip sustained by one of the principals. While Shagaf didn’t have a straw ...
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Champions Nyquist, Songbird top 2015 Experimental Free Handicap
Edited Press Release
Nyquist, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), has been assigned the high weight of 126 pounds to top The Jockey Club’s 2015 Experimental Free Handicap.
Songbird, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), wa ...
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The Dispatch Box: Maurice to tackle Solow in Dubai Turf
Plans for newly crowned Japanese Horse of the Year Maurice are beginning to firm up, as trainer Noriyuki Hori sounded very positive about a tilt at the Dubai Turf (G1) on World Cup night.
A perfect six-for-six since joining Hori ahead of his 2015 ...
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Cards at Yonkers could prove interesting late
One week after the track cancelled live racing due to the heavy winter storm that enveloped the Mid-Atlantic region and much of the northeast, Yonkers Raceway will offer a solid Saturday night card that certainly bears watching and the New York oval ...
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Da Big Hoss among trio that can rebound in Saturday stakes
I might be proved wrong at the end of the day, but the more I look at Saturday's open stakes offerings across the country the more it seems that fat win payoffs will be hard to come by. Nonetheless, I've found a few I'll be investing on in an attempt ...
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2016 ‘Art of the Kentucky Derby’ unveiled
Edited Press Release
Leading American graphic artist John Mattos, whose Art Deco works have created indelible retro-style images for American films, major sports events and celebrations of iconic individuals, architecture, products and celebrati ...
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Two fillies join original seven in rescheduled Busanda
The $100,000 Busanda S. , a points race on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks rescheduled from last Saturday due to Winter Storm Jonas, has been carded as one of two stakes events on Sunday at Aqueduct.
Kentucky Oaks (G1) eligibility points of 10-4-2- ...
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Hawthorne Wednesday card proved quite revealing
Most midweek standardbred cards often leave a lot to be desired, but the Wednesday card at Hawthorne Race Course near Chicago offered race goers and those watching from various other venues and simulcast sites a chance to see several youthful pacers ...
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2015 AQHA Champion Jockey Ricky Ramirez
Quarter Horse jockey Ricky Ramirez was very emotional when he made his acceptance speech on January 20 as he was named AQHA Champion Jockey
. It was the first time he had received the honor, which is the Quarter Horse equivalent to Thoroughbred's ...
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Logic behind California Chrome’s Feb. 25 prep for Dubai World Cup
Assistant trainer Alan Sherman has revealed the thinking behind California Chrome’s prepping for the Dubai World Cup (G1) in a handicap rather than in the Maktoum Challenge Round 3 (G1) – and he apparently didn’t even mention the historical preceden ...
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Von Hemel pointing both Synchrony and Suddenbreakingnews to Southwest
Edited Press Release
Synchrony and Suddenbreakingnews are both being pointed for the $500,000 Southwest S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park on February 15, according to trainer Donnie K. Von Hemel.
Suddenbreakingnews had been under consideration for the ...
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Untapable begins preparations for five-year-old campaign
Edited Press Release
Winchell Thoroughbreds’ homebred champion Untapable took the first steps toward what will likely be her final season of racing on Thursday morning.
The Steve Asmussen-trained five-year-old worked an easy half-mile over Fa ...
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Natalma upgraded to Grade 1 status for 2016
Edited Press Release
The Jockey Club of Canada’s Graded Stakes Committee held its annual review of the graded and listed stakes in Canada and while the number of Graded Stakes in Canada remains unchanged at 44 there is one notable upgrade for 201 ...
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Scully handicaps Friday’s NHC Mandatory Races
Friday marks Day 2 at the National Handicapping Championship (NHC) in Las Vegas and we thought it would be fun to play along at home in the eight mandatory races.
My colleague Vance Hanson handicapped Thursday’s races and I’ll take a stab at Fri ...
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Dubai Carnival races competitive & interesting but graphics package needs improvement
BY DICK POWELL
The Dubai World Cup Carnival is underway with the fourth edition being run Thursday. So far the races have been competitive and intriguing with many runners that will go on to the Dubai World Cup card on March 26.
But when you t ...
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Triple Crown nominations total 368; Baffert leads all trainers with 35 nominees
Edited Press Release
With memories of the triumphant 2015 Triple Crown run by Zayat Stables LLC ’s American Pharoah still fresh, the owners and trainers of 368 3-year-old Thoroughbreds , headed by Reddam Racing LLC ’s unbeaten champion Nyqu ...
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Post-Blizzard Bets A-Blazing
Though there are blizzards and Presidential campaigns and even with a buildup for the 50 th Super Bowl, harness racing enters the second month of 2016 working on all four cylinders to knock down the big betting numbers—the wins, places, shows and ex ...
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Sunday Rules to face males in California Cup Sprint
Edited Press Release
A winner in seven of eight career starts, the exciting distaffer Sunday Rules will make her first attempt against males in Saturday’s $150,000 California Cup Sprint at Santa Anita. The Sprint, to be run for the 26 th &nbs ...
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Cathryn Sophia tops light Forward Gal field
Only seven sophomore fillies were entered for Saturday’s $200,000 Forward Gal S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park, and the group is pretty light in terms of winning stakes experience.
Just two among the bunch have actually scored in a stakes, but neither ...
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Mohaymen looms a heavy favorite in Holy Bull
Mohaymen , a distant runner-up in the balloting for champion juvenile colt last season after victories in the Nashua (G2) and Remsen (G2), looms a heavy favorite in Saturday's $400,000 Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
The 1 1/16-mile event att ...
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Hanson handicaps Thursday's NHC Mandatory Races
For those who failed to qualify for this week's National Handicapping Championship (NHC) or, if you're like me, didn't attempt to qualify, the next best thing might be to play along at home.
While it wouldn't feel so good to find out you had the w ...
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Flexibility heads seven-horse Withers; Toboggan redrawn with 10
After posting a convincing 4 ¼-length victory in the January 2 Jerome (G3) , Flexibility will attempt to carry his form forward over Aqueduct’s inner track in Saturday’s $250,000 Withers (G3). The Chad Brown-trained colt figures to be an overwhelm ...
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Holy Bull Was As Good As It Gets
This Saturday, on Jan. 30, dreams of roses invade the thoughts of horse racing trainers, owners, and jockeys alike in earnest. What most consider the first true Kentucky Derby prep of the year takes place when 3 year olds hit the Gulfstream Park dirt ...
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Daytona 550 Review
The 2016 Daytona 550 National Chamediampionship race was run Saturday evening, January 23, in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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An abbreviated week at Aqueduct due to the weather
AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK
There was no graded racing this past week at Aqueduct, which was abbreviated with winter weather causing a pair of cancellations.
Track Stats
A total of nine races were held over the inner strip at the Long Island, New Y ...
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Live Dubai Blog Week 4
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Prep confirmed for Cal Chrome as World Cup noms announced
Edited Press Release
California Chrome, the 2014 Horse of the Year trained by Art Sherman, heads a strong list of American nominees for the $10 million Dubai World Cup (G1). The five-year-old, who brings with him a huge fan base, is already stabl ...
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Hawthorne offers interesting Wednesday card
Harness racing fans often find midweek cards difficult to play, but Wednesday's card at Hawthorne Race Course in Illinois features a pair of interesting series. Hawthorne will present the second leg of the Whizzer White series for younger pacers tha ...
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TURF TALK: Good Luck NHC Players & Sam Houston goes long for Connally Cup
January 26, 2016
Vance Hanson bids bon voyage to Ed DeRosa, who heads to Las Vegas this week for the National Handicapping Championship -- not to play but to cheer on TwinSpires.com and Brisnet.com players.
A new NHC winner will have been crow ...
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Speed plays well on both main track & turf; Cape Wolfe, Imperious One among horses to watch at Santa Anita
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK
A single graded affair highlighted the weekend of the winter/spring meeting at Santa Anita.
Santa Monica (G2) : Terry Lovinger’s LOST BUS (Bring the Heat) took a short lead at the top of the stretch and gamely held sway d ...
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Dover Downs Monday card offers upsets
One day after its Sunday program was nixed by the snowstorm that enveloped most of the Mid-Atlantic region, Dover Downs offered a solid Monday card that had more than its fair share of upsets. Nearing the midway point of the card, Soto (Victor Kirby ...
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Phil D'Amato Should Exceed 2015 Success in 2016
5. Fanticola - Last year, Fanticola ended up regressing in the Grade 2 John C. Mabee Handicap and the Grade 1 Rodeo Drive Stakes in September. In June of 2015, she won the Grade 2 Royal Heroine Stakes. Fanticola is a 6 year old mare. A lot of times ...
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Frosted arrives in Dubai; Chrome tours Meydan
Frosted photo courtesy of Dubai Racing Club via Twitter .
Godolphin’s leading Dubai World Cup (G1) hopeful, Frosted, left his Florida winter headquarters and arrived in Dubai Sunday.
Last year’s Wood Memorial (G1) and Pennsylvania Derby (G2) wi ...
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Dubai Carnival beads: Unleashing the Safety
After Godolphin’s Safety Check stormed the Al Fahidi Fort (G2) for the second straight year, once again in course-record time, trainer Charlie Appleby summed it up best:
“He just loves it in Dubai.”
Safety Check whizzes around as if he were c ...
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Cassatt defends title in Houston Ladies Classic; 12 in Connally
The biggest night of racing at Sam Houston takes place Saturday, and the meet's two signature features have undergone moderate but welcome changes since last year.
The richest event of the meet, the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic , will be run ...
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Blofeld seeks return to best form in allowance comeback
Blofeld , a leading juvenile performer in 2014 who was limited to just two starts during his sophomore season, returns to action Wednesday at Gulfstream Park in a $48,000 conditioned allowance going six furlongs.
A well-regarded Triple Crown pro ...
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The Success of the Daytona 550....Again!
The second edition of the Daytona 550 was a rousing success for all of us in the industry once again.
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Coastline beats Heat, D’Amato has plenty to smile about in Clocker’s Corner
Once a promising youngster on the Triple Crown trail, Coastline has reinvented himself as a turf sprinter for new trainer Phil D’Amato. The son of Speightstown missed by a neck in his first try down Santa Anita’s hillside turf in the December 26 Dayt ...
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Nyquist records six furlongs in 1:15.60 for San Vicente
Edited Press Release
Nyquist, the recently crowned champion two-year-old colt of 2015, took another step closer to his three-year-old debut in the February 15 San Vicente S. (G2) when working six furlongs over Santa Anita’s fast main track Sunda ...
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Miami Pick-4 Leg-Winner Worth $45 In Two-For-Three Ticket; Top Returning H2W Winners Pay $32, $20
A combination of winners from our personal features and from our horses-to-watch (H2W) list led the success parade this weekend, while the Mid-Atlantic States from the south all the way up the coast experienced the biggest snowstorm since weather was ...
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64-1 Lost Bus finds her way to Santa Monica winner’s circle
Terry C. Lovingier’s Lost Bus had little luck in finding her way to the winner’s circle before Saturday, boasting only two victories from 10 starts.
However, that all changed when the four-year-old miss battled to score at 64-1 in the $201,000 Sa ...
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Charming Kitten’s class, stamina too much for Jerkens foes
When Gulfstream Park established a 2-mile turf stakes in honor of the legendary H. Allen Jerkens last year, chances are you wouldn’t have guessed that Todd Pletcher would win the first two runnings. But after taking the 2015 inaugural with Unitaria ...
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Mor Spirit lopes through three-quarters ahead of Lewis; Exaggerator posts gate move for San Vicente
Edited Press Release
Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful Mor Spirit worked six furlongs over Santa Anita’s fast main track Saturday morning in a relatively pedestrian 1:13.60.
The Eskendereya ridgling is readying for his three-year-old debut in the ...
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The Pizza Man works five-eighths for San Marcos
Edited Press Release
The Pizza Man, a 2015 Eclipse Award finalist for champion turf male, had his first work of 2016 on Saturday morning at Fair Grounds. The Roger Brueggemann-trained son of English Channel left Barn 20 at approximately 8:45 a.m. ...
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Champions Face Off Sunday at Los Alamitos
AQHA world champion Heza Dasha Fire runs Sunday evening at Los Alamitos The trials, to be run at 400-yards, will determine the finalists for the Winter Championship, and one additional bonus. The winner of the final will earn the first starting ...
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Morning Fire, R Girls a Charmer lead all the way at Tampa
Morning Fire, who had crossed the finish line second in four stakes attempts as a juvenile, ended that streak of futility in added-money events in his three-year-old debut Saturday in the $63,500 Pasco at Tampa Bay Downs.
Breaking behind most of ...
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Winner of first Latin American qualifier to compete in NHC 17
Edited press release
Leandro Tomas of Lima, Peru, is on his way to compete in the world’s richest and most prestigious handicapping tournament – next weekend’s $2.75 million Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship ...
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EHV outbreak halts racing at Sunland Park
Edited Press Release
Racing at Sunland Park in New Mexico has been suspended for 14 days following an outbreak of the Equine Herpes Virus (EHV) at the track this week.
"In the interest of equine safety, Sunland Park is postponing racing for an ...
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Horses, staff safe after Old Friends barn fire
Edited Press Release
Georgetown Scott County Fire Departments responded to a fire during the night Saturday in one of the barns at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility located in Georgetown, Kentucky.
The two horses that were ...
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Looking forward to Hand of Power’s stakes debut in Pasco
Saturday’s 7-furlong Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs marks the stakes debut for Hand of Power, a smart maiden winner at Churchill Downs in mid-November. The Candy Ride colt needs a strong showing to join the Kentucky Derby trail.
Hand of Power i ...
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Storm Flag Flying Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Victory And Its Impact On My Life
I would have called myself a lifelong racing fan long before attending the 2002 Breeders’ Cup at Arlington International Racecourse, but it was that event that introduced me to a new dimension of what it meant to be a racing fan: cheering for a horse ...
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Storm Flag Flying dies after foaling complications
Just two days after the death of Arch, Claiborne Farm reported another sad loss of Storm Flag Flying .
Edited press release (with videos added)
Eclipse Award winner Storm Flag Flying died January 22 at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital due to c ...
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The Dispatch Box: Hong Kong’s cardiac patients are ready to return
Hong Kong celebrities Aerovelocity and Luger, who were both derailed by heart irregularities last year, are back in good health and trialing smartly in advance of their returns.
Aerovelocity proved himself as a world-class sprinter, sweeping the ...
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These three horses can help break my blizzard blues
The racing pickings will be considerably slimmer this weekend with a significant blizzard shutting down the sport along the northeast corridor and other points slightly south and west. Thankfully, 21st century technology allows most shut-ins a chance ...
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