SHOWdown

Sat Feb 07 2015Derek Simon

Good news! For those who love to gloat about how they had the Kentucky Derby winner pegged just hours after its conception, i.e. the vast majority of horse players, TwinSpires.com and other pari-mutuel wagering outlets are offering the Kentucky Der ...
Sam F. Davis Deserves Derby Points

Sat Feb 07 2015TwinSpires Staff

by Laura Pugh Churchill Downs made the right decision to use a points system rather than graded stakes earnings to determine Kentucky Derby starters. The points system encourages development in a three-year-old season because no longer are the ...
Lasix in Horse Racing: To Be or Not To Be

Sat Feb 07 2015Mel Daniels

Lasix is a diuretic that increases urine productions and frequency. It has been given to horses for decades in the U.S. as a way to reduce or prevent nose bleeds. There is a noticeable speed increase when a horse uses Lasix. It is most noticeable whe ...
Cross-Country Pick 4 – Shared Belief, Dynamic Sky key; War Correspondent price play

Fri Feb 06 2015James Scully

Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita will offer an All Stakes, $500,000 Guaranteed Cross Country Pick 4 on Saturday and I’ll be playing on TwinSpires.com . Here is a look at the sequence: Leg 1 (Gulfstream Race 12) : MSHAWISH (#1) is a given consi ...
On Track Versus On the Web: TwinSpires.com & Churchill Take SHOWdown Rivalry to Social Media

Fri Feb 06 2015Ed DeRosa

In addition to giving players the chance to win $1-million with 20 $20 show bets as well as $2,000 in additional cash and prizes on social media , Churchill Downs Inc. is pitting its online handicappers against the race track team in a showdown for ...
Stay On Track This Weekend; Hopefully Some Winners Included

Fri Feb 06 2015Ed DeRosa

The action will be fast on Saturday, and if you want to be kept from becoming furious, then stay informed and up-to-date with all the great information from the TwinSpires.com team of handicappers, analysts, and luminaries. The $1-million Road to ...

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Betting Online vs. Betting at the Track

Fri Feb 06 2015D.S. Williamson

You can make wagers on the fly – TwinSpires has an incredible mobile website (and a new native app coming soon my spies tell me). I can’t tell you how many times my brother has texted me the number of the horse that he likes in the very next race ...
SOUTHLAND Preview - Friday, February 6

Fri Feb 06 2015MoneyMaker Mike

Welcome to another evening of exciting and entertaining greyhound racing at Southland Park. On tap we have 18 races for your viewing and wagering pleasure and MoneyMaker Mike has picked out 4 contests that are worth checking out as good solid plays. ...
Thoughts on Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager

Thu Feb 05 2015James Scully

Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) opens Friday and closes Sunday at 6 p.m. (ET). Brisnet.com has free pps , with the 23 individual betting interests as well as nearly 30 members of the mutuel field (all others) included, and real t ...
$1-million SHOWdown Returns With More Ways To Win

Thu Feb 05 2015Ed DeRosa

The return of SHOWdown is always a big deal here at TwinSpires.com HQ, but nothing would be a bigger deal than seeing Director of Marketing Lucky Kalanges with the blanket of roses in one hand and a $1-million novelty check in the other for the T ...
More Ways To Win SHOWdown: $2,000 in social media contest prizes

Thu Feb 05 2015Ed DeRosa

As if a chance at $1-million weren’t exciting enough, TwinSpires.com is offering racing fans even more ways to win with its SHOWdown promotion just by interacting with us during Kentucky Derby prep races. TwinSpires.com will offer separate Twit ...
Outrageous Overlays In Overnights And Pick-3 Action

Thu Feb 05 2015TwinSpires Staff

More storms are forecast to sweep over the American—Canadian border on the first weekend of February, 2015, but as long as the trotters and pacers line up behind the starting gate, we’ll make our own forecasts and try to storm the pools with great pr ...
Scully's Derby Top 10

Wed Feb 04 2015James Scully

No points toward a Kentucky Derby berth were available last week, but a couple of three-year-olds were added to the top 10 list following impressive showings Ocean Knight (Curlin) makes his debut at #8 after capturing the January 31 Sam F. Davis ( ...