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Kharafa, Old Harbor steal the spotlight at Belmont Park
Belmont Park played host to a pair of New York-bred stakes on Sunday, with Kharafa taking the $122,500 Ashley T. Cole S. by two lengths under jockey Javier Castellano and Old Harbor capturing the $125,000 John Hettinger S. by 3 1/2 lengths with E ...
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Quillen takes center stage on Monday night
While Foiled Again arrives with only one win in 14 starts this year, onlookers should keep in mind that the 'old man' has faced the best older pacers on the continent at various venues and most of his setbacks have been on the bigger tracks. His lone ...
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Canadian ‘Cowboy’ Tops At $21; Public Nabs Features’ Favorites; $9 On 1-9 Shot
First and foremost, this harness update blog will address the beginning of the Delaware, Ohio Fair race meet that leads to The Little Brown Jug. Harness racing at the fair features many stakes and a score of overnight events from Sunday, Sept. 19 thr ...
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Super Majesty reigns in Dogwood
A pair of sprint races for three-year-old fillies took center stage Saturday evening as the Dogwood S. (G3) at Churchill Downs and the Charles Town Oaks (G3) went off within 15 minutes of each other.
The Dogwood was the feature event on the Down ...
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Hot City Girl fires in Charles Town Oaks
About 15 minutes following the Dogwood S. (G3) at Churchill Downs, the $350,000 Charles Town Oaks (G3) saw Hot City Girl utilize the same front-running tactics as Super Majesty for a 2 1/2-length score under jockey Jose Ortiz.
The duo took comma ...
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Kiss My Hocks Retired and Will Stand Stud
Champion Quarter Horse Kiss My Hocks
AQHA 2-year-old champion, Kiss My Hocks has been retired from racing and will begin his new career as a stallion in 2016 at Southwest Stallion Station near Austin, Texas.
The strapping chestnut colt show ...
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Kiss Moon wins again as Kentucky Downs meet concludes
Saturday's $289,200 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf played out exactly like the June 6 Mint Julep H. (G3) at Churchill Downs, as Kiss Moon rallied from just off the pace to deny favorite I'm Already Sexy at the finish. The margin was a head in the 1 1/ ...
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Frosted turns in strong BC Classic prep with Penn Derby score
A three-week turnaround proved no hurdle for Frosted in Saturday's $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2) at Parx Racing. What helped most was the absence of American Pharoah and a return to stalk-and-pounce tactics
Last seen softening up the Triple ...
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I’m a Chatterbox talks the talk in Cotillion
I’m a Chatterbox maintained an inside trip on the backstretch of Saturday’s $1 million Cotillion S. (G1) at Parx Racing, angled out entering the final turn and easily ran down pacesetter Calamity Kate to post a two-length victory under jockey Flore ...
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Recepta continues ascension in distaff turf ranks, earns first graded win in Noble Damsel
After dropping all three starts in 2014, Recepta didn’t enter her four-year-old campaign with lofty expectations. The Jimmy Toner-trained filly pocketed her first stakes victory since her juvenile season when capturing the restricted De La Rose at Sa ...
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Mr Speaker records first stakes win of 2015 in Commonwealth Cup
Winner of the Belmont Derby (G1), Lexington (G3) and Dania Beach (G3) last year, Mr Speaker entered his 4yo season with solid expectations but went unplaced in his first two stakes attempts. The Phipps Stable homebred rebounded in the $250,000 Com ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview -Young Greyhounds to watch
Welcome to another Southland monthly preview of the Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch . October's selections certainly look like they will give a solid showing in the coming weeks and months as their young careers have already g ...
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Kentucky Downs Pick 5 wagers rely on a pair of singles
The fifth and final day of the 2015 Kentucky Downs meet concludes Saturday with another competitive program featuring 13 races and a nearly $30k Pick 5 carryover.
The Pick 5 begins in race 9 and I’ve got a couple of strong opinions in the sequence ...
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Handicapping the Late Pick 4 on Pennsylvania Derby Day
Parx Racing features a strong program today, highlighted by a pair of $1 million races in the Pennsylvania Derby (G2) and Cotillion Stakes (G1), and TwinSpires.com is offering a 1 million Points Hit It and Split It promotion, where players can clai ...
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Mohawk offers stellar Saturday night card
While the Breeders Crown might still be a month away, standardbred racing fans will want to pay close attention to the racing at Mohawk Raceway on Saturday night which features a bevy of lucrative stakes for trotters of all ages.
Mohawk's third r ...
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Lookin' At Laurel
As someone who cut his racing teeth at Longacres, Playfair, Yakima Meadows and Portland Meadows, I have a deep appreciation for the “little guys” of racing — the not-yet-ready-for-prime-time tracks.
To me, the Longacres Mile was and still kinda-so ...
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Horses I'll be watching on Pennsylvania Derby Day
The most important racing action on Saturday takes place at Parx Racing outside Philadelphia, where the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2) and $1 million Cotillion (G1) serve as likely final Breeders' Cup preps for several three-year-olds.
Here ar ...
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ON POINT: What the Pennsylvania Derby can tell us about American Pharoah
September 17, 2015
Ed DeRosa tells James Scully about his rendezvous with Jewel, and James picks against both favorites in this weekend's $1-million races at Parx: The Pennsylvania Derby and Cotillion Stakes: ...
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Three Plays on an Excellent Pennsylvania Derby card
Handicapping Insights
By Dick Powell
Parx Racing has a sensational racing program scheduled for this Saturday and with cooperative weather in the forecast, it should be a big day for the racetrack situated north of Philadelphia. When you exam ...
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Brisnet.com Accepting Entries for Second Annual Rippey Handicapping Award
The second-annual Ron Rippey Handicapping Media Award is now open for entries. Brisnet.com will present the honor at the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters dinner on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the Griffin Gate resort in Lexington during Breeders’ Cup ...
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Texas Red sidelined until 2016
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) hero Texas Red is done for the rest of the 2015 after a nuclear scan revealed a cannon bone bruise.
Erich Brehm Jr. broke the news on Twitter Thursday, saying the bay son of Afleet Alex was shipped to Lexington, Kentuck ...
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Mohawk, Hoosier Shine With Stakes, National, Local Stars On Fire
All of last week’s elim winners from the Mohawk series of stakes return on Sept. 19 for another cavalcade of stars. There is also stakes wagering action at Hoosier (check out 20X points five days a week when you win $20 or more at Hoosier) and ...
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QH Season Starts at Lone Star Park
Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, will kick off its 2015 live Quarter Horse season on Friday, September 18. The 26-day meet will continue through Saturday, November 14 with many notable special events and graded stakes. Major stakes include t ...
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Saturday stakes highlight Mid-Atlantic cards
This Saturday afternoon and evening a pair of thoroughbred tracks in the Mid-Atlantic region will offer several lucrative stakes, while a harness oval in that region kicks off its 2015 fall meet.
Saturday afternoon Laurel Park will host a pair of ...
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Force the Pass gives relocated Commonwealth Derby a boost
Once the home of the late, great Washington D.C. International, Laurel's famed turf course has not played host to a graded stakes for a number of years. That all changes Saturday when the $400,000 Commonwealth Derby (G2) and $250,000 Commonwealth ...
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I'm Already Sexy seeks title defense at Kentucky Downs
Kentucky Downs concludes its brief, all-turf meeting Saturday with a marathon 13-race program that includes three open stakes.
The deepest of the trio is the $300,000 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf over a mile, where I'm Already Sexy defends her t ...
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Sensational Sands Point winner, favorites perform well as Belmont opens Fall session
BELMONT NOTEBOOK
A lucrative stakes race topped the opening weekend at Belmont Park.
Sands Point S. (G2) : Godolphin’s homebred SENTERIO ITALIA (Medaglia d’Oro) tracked in second early, took the lead in early stretch and spurted away from her ...
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Singling speed in Early & Late Pick 4 at Kentucky Downs
Another contentious card awaits horseplayers today as Kentucky Downs offers the fourth of five racing programs this month.
I’ll be playing both the early and late Pick 4, focusing upon a couple of singles in each sequence.
Race 3: #4 Chiltern ...
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Meadows, Mohawk, Feature Eligible Stars And Upstarts
Mid-week action for an historic stake takes place Wednesday, Sept. 16 at the Meadows, as it presents the $170,000 Nadia Lobell for soph-filly pacers. Nine go to the gate, six that are Breeders Crown eligible (e).
Both of Joe Holloway’s femmes ...
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Want Golden Horn in BC Turf? Hope it keeps raining in Europe
This hardly qualifies as a news alert, but it's good to get an idea of where we stand regarding the possible participation of European star Golden Horn in the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1).
Glimpsing trainer John Gosden at the Keeneland September Yearli ...
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TURF TALK: Sales Season in the Blue Grass, top yearlings & amazing food
September 14, 2015
The Keeneland September yearling sale is the largest of its kind in the world, and no doubt many future stars will parade through the ring this week, but in addition to the glitz and glamour of the crowd and the promise of a we ...
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Ambitious Brew thrives on Los Alamitos dirt track; Baffert sends out a couple of nice juvenile winners
LOS ALAMITOS NOTEBOOK
There was no graded action over the opening weekend at Los Alamitos.
Track Stats
From a total of 34 races held at the Southern California racetrack during the past week, favorites won at a 35 percent clip and the top ...
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Five Takeaways from September 12-13 Weekend
Treve Revved : Excited to see Treve seek a record third straight Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) on October 4 following her demolition of Sunday’s Prix Vermeille (G1) at Longchamp. Conditoned by Criquette Head-Maarek and ridden by Thierry Jarnet, ...
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Southland Recap - Tuesday, September 15
Post position 1 - 5 times
Post position 2 - 5 times
Post position 3 - 3 times
Post position 4 - 2 times
Post position 5 - 2 times
Post position 6 - 5 times
Post position 7 - 4 times
Post position 8 - 4 times
Post position 9 - 0 times
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My day at Keeneland September, starring a few War Fronts and a Fastnet Rock
During Monday's opening session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, I enjoyed watching the yearlings as they kept circling before observers, awaiting their turn to go into the auction ring. So this post is more of a personal commentary than a p ...
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Da Big Hoss continues win streak in Kentucky Turf Cup
The claim of Da Big Hoss for $50,000 at Churchill Downs in late June by owner Skychai Racing and trainer Mike Maker continues to pay off in spades. On Monday, the four-year-old Lemon Drop Kid colt ran to his third win in succession for connections wh ...
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Pennsylvania Derby likely final Breeders' Cup prep for Frosted
Three weeks after playing a conspicuous role in the defeat of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in the Travers (G1), Frosted will have his final prep for a presumptive start in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) in Saturday's $1 million Pennsylvan ...
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American Pharoah Rank with a Classic Win?
My brother just told me yesterday that Keen Ice's owners are claiming that they have the best three-year-old in the country. I didn't look it up because it made no sense to me how you could claim that after beating American Pharoah once over a track ...
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Will popular Cotillion provide clarity to three-year-old dirt filly division?
As one of the more lucrative races of its kind in the country, the $1 million Cotillion (G1) at Parx Racing has enjoyed a resurgance in popularity among the nation's leading three-year-old fillies in recent years.
Since 2008, when the purse was ...
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The horses to bet in the Kentucky Cup Turf on September 14 at Kentucky Downs
Saturday's loss is Monday's gain, as the rescheduled Kentucky Cup Turf festival goes at Kentucky Downs with a 10-race card featuring more than $2-million in purses, including an all-stakes Pick 4 to close out the card with $1.5-million in purses.
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Five first-crop sires to watch at Keeneland September
For racing fans, the sales have a "circle of life" aspect to them. It doesn't seem all that long since we watched the parents of these yearlings compete on the track, and now their offspring aren't far from entering training themselves.
This is ve ...
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Mondialiste spears through late in Woodbine Mile
Last after a half-mile, and with five lengths still to make up in midstretch, English shipper Mondialiste motored in the final yards, split foes, and got up in time in Sunday's $763,249 Woodbine Mile (G1) , a "Win and You're In" for the Breeders' Cu ...
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Strut the Course does just that in Canadian
Strut the Course once again put her love for Woodbine’s turf on display when separating herself from the pack and pulling away to take Sunday’s $254,820 Canadian S. (Can-G2) under Luis Contreras.
In the process, the five-year-old mare gave train ...
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Order of St George, Air Force Blue romp at the Curragh
Trainer Aidan O'Brien swept the three Group 1s during the second half of Irish Champions weekend Sunday, with Order of St George slamming older horses in the Irish St Leger (G1), Air Force Blue dominating the National (G1) for two-year-olds, and Mind ...
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Interpol arrests Habibi’s rally for Northern Dancer upset
Interpol parlayed a neck victory in the Sky Classic S. (Can-G2) on August 16 into a half-length triumph at 10-1 in Sunday’s $255,874 Northern Dancer Turf S. (Can-G1) at Woodbine.
The Sid Attard-trained four-year-old held a slim advantage through ...
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Stacked Deck just holds in Bold Venture
With only four horses in Sunday’s $114,442 Bold Venture S. (Can-G3) , one wouldn’t think there’d be much opportunity for excitement.
Well, one would be wrong.
The 6 1/2-furlong Polytrack contest kicked off the stakes action on a Woodbine Mile ...
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Monday card offers plenty of value
Harrington will offer its feature race on September 21 when the track hosts the $200,000 Robert Quillen Memorial for older pacers, a race now slated as an Invitational in an attempt to level the playing field. Last year trainer Ron Burke had more th ...
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Treve serves notice with Vermeille rout
Pretenders to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) throne have been warned: the reigning queen isn't prepared to brook any opposition. That's the only conclusion one can draw from Treve 's annihilation of Sunday's Prix Vermeille (G1), her course-and-d ...
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American Pharoah is owed the chance to make history
by Laura Pugh
In our sport there are flashes of brilliance and then there are legends. Brilliance often can lead to the making of legends, but it is up to the owners to allow their horses to build a legacy of legends. A great example of this is th ...
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Multiple Cold Exactas, $28 Frosh Winner, Contenders Hit The Board All Weekend
Few featured contenders from our blogs were uninvolved with paying off this past weekend. The public hoarded some but the sheer volume of paying ponies and a few cold exactas made for a strong few days.
The biggest score took place at Scioto o ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday, September 13
Race 7 - 583 yards - Grade A - CRT TOMMY HEARNS - 7 box - For the fourth straight time he has drawn the 7 box and he's coming off a huge 12 length win last time out so I sure wouldn't overlook him here.
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Treve preps for third Arc; Karakontie among big names in deep Moulin
In this weekend's whirlwind tour of top-level international racing, our next stop is at Longchamp Sunday, where two-time Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) heroine Treve is the star attraction on "Arc Trials" Day.
Treve seeks to regain her crown in t ...
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Frivolous continues Churchill Downs love affair in Locust Grove
Frivolous has shown an unmistakable liking for Churchill Downs, earning a pair of Grade 2 victories under the Twin Spires over the past couple of years, and on Saturday added the track’s $100,000 Locust Grove S. to her resume.
The G. Watts Humph ...
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Golden Horn clips Eagle's wings, but survives inquiry in Irish Champion
A couple of hours after the dramatic disqualification in the St Leger (G1) at Doncaster Saturday, another eventful stretch run in the Irish Champion (G1) left fans wondering if Golden Horn would keep his front-running victory. The 5-4 favorite veer ...
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Sentiero Italia marches on to to QEII Cup after Sands Point romp
It is now safe to say the void in the three-year-old filly turf ranks left by Lady Eli, who continues to recover from the effects of laminitis, has been ably filled by Sentiero Italia.
Godolphin's homebred by Medaglia d'Oro on Saturday romped to h ...
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Sweep of Summer, Natalma gives Casse two for Breeders' Cup
Trainer Mark Casse swept Woodbine's two Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" events for juvenile turf runners, the Summer (G2) and the Natalma (G2) for fillies, in 2014. Despite that history, bettors apparently were caught off guard Saturday as the cond ...
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Dothraki Queen fires in Pocahontas
Jockey Corey Lanerie settled Dothraki Queen into a ground-saving inside trip for Saturday’s $200,000 Pocahontas S. (G2) and the move paid dividends as the bay lass was able to squeeze through on the rail in the stretch to take command and pull off ...
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Cocked and Loaded opens Road to the Kentucky Derby series with Iroquois win
Cocked and Loaded rallied smartly to a clear lead leaving the far turn and held the rest of the way in Saturday’s $150,000 Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs, winning the first race on the “Road to the Kentucky” series and securing a berth to the Bre ...
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Simple Verse outbattles Bondi Beach in St Leger, but loses war via DQ in stewards' room
Simple Verse crosses the wire a head in front. Photo courtesy of British Champions Series via Twitter .
Just as you never want the referees to be the decisive factors in the outcome of a game, you never want to see a race come down to a difficult ...
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Cox gets 100th Churchill win as Spelling Again fights back for Open Mind score
Saturday’s $100,000 Open Mind S. kicked off the stakes action for Churchill Downs’ September meet in exciting fashion when pacesetter Spelling Again re-rallied to claim victory in the six-furlong affair.
The win was number 100 for trainer Brad C ...
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Tacticus wires Temperence Hill over V. E. Day
Tacticus earned his second straight stakes win on Saturday at Belmont Park with a nice wire job in the Temperence Hill Invitational S.
Only four lined up in the 1 5/8-mile marathon contest, with 2014 Travers (G1) winner V. E. Day installed as th ...
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Huge Breeders' Cup Win and You're In Races Remain
Although there are less than 50 days until the 2015 Breeders' Cup at Keeneland Racecourse, there still remains plenty of chances for horses looking to grab a spot on thoroughbred racing's biggest stage by beingvictorious in a win and you're in race. ...
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Playing the Late Pick 4 on Super Derby card
With Kentucky Downs postponing Saturday’s program due to rain, the focus shifts to Louisiana Downs for its Late Pick 4 , highlighted by the $400,000 Super Derby (G2).
The 1 1/8-mile Super Derby has produced four winners of the Breeders’ Cup Class ...
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Southland Preview - Saturday, September 12
There is only one race on the Saturday matinee card that has a greyhound who drew the same box for the third straight time and I've listed this race below. There were no races on the Saturday evening program that fit this criteria.
Race 14 - ...
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The Irish Champion highlight reel
In honor of Saturday's Irish Champion (G1) , here's a video retrospective of some superb editions, in chronological order.
1984 - Sadler's Wells holds off Seattle Song in the "Phoenix Champion" at old Phoenix Park. Years later, Seattle Song's m ...
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Irish Champions weekend: Moyglare Stud is "Win & You're In" for BC Juvenile Fillies Turf
Picking up where we left off from Saturday's preview , here's the second half of Irish Champions weekend.
SUNDAY
The 1ST race (9:00 a.m. EDT) is a six-furlong handicap.
The Blandford (G2) (9:35 a.m. EDT) marks the belated reappearance o ...
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Irish Champions weekend: Matron offers berth to BC Filly & Mare Turf
Euro Charline, pictured at Arlington last month, courtesy of Four Footed Fotos .
Whatever transpires in the signature event, Saturday's Irish Champion (G1) , the two-day Irish Champions weekend is a feast with implications for both the Prix de l' ...
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Three-year-old trotters again in the spotlight
One week after Habitat captured the $500,000 Yonkers Trot, the second leg of trotting's triple crown while Hambletonian winner Pinkman was disqualified from second, both horses will head to opposing venues this weekend.
Saturday night Mohawk Racew ...
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Horses to consider, look past on Woodbine Mile Day
Running big races up against the first week of NFL games isn't easy, which is one reason we can thank our friends to the north in Canada, at Woodbine specifically, for filling the void occurring in the U.S. on Sunday.
The C$1 million Woodbine Mile ...
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The St Leger highlight reel
If only we had video of the St Leger going back to its inaugural running in 1776! Well, at least we can watch some of the more memorable editions in recent decades.
As an appetizer ahead of Saturday's 239th St Leger , here's a selection from the ...
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Irish Champion blockbuster: Golden Horn, Free Eagle, Gatsby, Cirrus - but will Gleneagles show up?
Free Eagle and The Grey Gatsby at Royal Ascot, courtesy of Frank Sorge/Horsephotos.com .
Three weeks after the proposed clash between Golden Horn and Gleneagles failed to materialize at York, the two star sophomores could knock heads in Saturday's ...
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No Wise Dan Means BC Mile will be Tough Again
No Wise Dan means that the Breeders' Cup Mile will be tough again. Wise Dan, the former two time Horse of the Year was retired earlier this month.
While training for the G1 Woodbine Mile, trainer Charles Lopresti, according to an article by Ron ...
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Frankel's first-crop yearlings on offer at Keeneland September
Of all the young sires whose first crop are yearlings, Frankel must rank as the most exciting. That happens when you are celebrated as world champion, compile a 14-for-14 career mark while competing at the highest level, and rewrite the Timeform reco ...
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Here’s how to win $20 betting Churchill Downs and earn 20x points on TwinSpires.com
The good folks who sign my paycheques are putting up 20x points today (opening) day at Churchill Downs if you win $20 while playing the races at The World’s Most Legendary Racetrack. I’m ineligible for the 20x points but will be just as happy with ...
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Recognizing Horses That Can’t Win
There is a quote, attributed to the great fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, which asserts: “Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.”
Horse players should take heed, for often “handic ...
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The Case For Speed in the Iroquois
Stakes-level two-year-olds this time of year are often known for their precocity yet the 12-horse Iroquois Stakes features just two horses as designated “E” types in the Brisnet.com Ultimate Past Performances : maiden Condominium and maiden wi ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Friday, September 11
Welcome to another Friday evening card of exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 entertaining races on tap for our viewing and wagering pleasure. As most of you who follow the Southland preview blog may know, from time to time I lik ...
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Woodbine Mile undercard includes Northern Dancer Turf, Canadian
The Woodbine Mile (G1) isn't the only thing to pique the interest of North American racing fans on Sunday, for the undercard includes a trio of stakes.
The C$300,000 Northern Dancer Turf (G1) has attracted two horses last seen running on Arlin ...
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Ruidoso Downs Done -Off to Albuquerque!
The Downs at Albuquerque kicks off their fall season on Friday, September 11.
stakes, which will be run December 27 at Sunland Park Racetrack in southern New Mexico.
Last year's trainer leaders were Ron Stephens, Wes Giles, and Adam Tapia a ...
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Lea rates as 5-2 favorite in return to turf in Woodbine Mile
Although Sunday's Woodbine Mile (G1) lost its biggest name with the retirement of Wise Dan, the two-time U.S. Horse of the Year still casts a shadow over the C$1 million "Win & You're In" event for the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1). Lea, the 5- ...
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TURF TALK: Wise Dan's greatness and the lack of Breeders' Cup preps
September 9, 2015
Ed DeRosa & Vance Hanson discuss Wise Dan's greatness--certain first-ballot Racing Hall of Fame inductee & one of the best American-based grass horses in the history of the Turf--while also lamenting the lack of champion ...
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Saratoga patrons worthy of Eclipse Award of Merit; Brown recognized early Ortiz Jr.'s turf prowess
by DICK POWELL
The 40-week Saratoga race meet ended on Labor Day and not a moment too soon. For anyone that works in the industry, each day feels like a week and with only one day off per week, the 40 days blend into each other to where Saratoga ...
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The Pizza Man hoping to deliver in Japan as well as at home
The Pizza Man became the first Illinois-bred to win the Arlington Million (G1) on August 15, and the English Channel gelding is now headed to Keeneland for the Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) on October 3.
Richard Papiese, principal of owner/breeder Midwe ...
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Catching up with the million-dollar yearlings of 2014 Keeneland September
As we look ahead to this year's Keeneland September Yearling Sale, which begins Monday, it's a good time to revisit the top sellers from one year ago.
A total of 13 sold for $1 million or more at Keeneland September in 2014, led by a pair of $2.2 ...
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Interjecting this blog with a strong opinion at Kentucky Downs
The Thursday, September 10, card at Kentucky Downs is what everyone expects from racing at the European-style course: full, competitive fields with angles offering potential value in every race.
Those angles paid off on opening day (Saturday, Sept ...
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Rachel Alexandra's First Trainer Enjoys Watching Her Babies Win
by LAURA PUGH
Rachel Alexandra mania enjoyed a renaissance this summer when, five years after her retirement, both (the only) foals out of the 2009 Horse of the Year raced and won at Saratoga Race Course.
And watching from afar was Hal Wiggins ...
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Southland Preview - Thursday, September 10
Welcome to another Thursday twilight card of exciting greyhound racing at Southland as there are 18 entertaining races on tap for our viewing and wagering pleasure. As most of you who follow the Southland preview blog may know, from time to time I ...
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Plethora Of Pacers, Trotters On Grand Circuit Gala Weekend
We are keeping our focus on Canada again this week as divisional stars fire on all cylinders in Grand Circuit action. Friday, Sept. 11 and Saturday, Sept. 12, multi-divisional miles are presented on the Mohawk stage with a lot of money on the line. W ...
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Casse tries for another sweep of Summer, Natalma at Woodbine
Trainer Mark Casse swept the Summer (G2) and Natalma (G2) , Woodbine's automatic qualifiers for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) and Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), last season with Conquest Typhoon and Conquest Curlinate. He will be involved in b ...
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Stellar performances, turf speed potent in final week at the Spa
SARATOGA NOTEBOOK
A big week of stakes action headlined the closing week at Saratoga.
Woodward S. (G1) : Viola Racing Stable’s LIAM’S MAP (Unbridled’s Song) went to the lead soon after the break and never gave his foes a chance on the way to a ...
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Pocahontas, Iroquois worth far more than purse money
Churchill Downs will kick off its September meet on Friday, but racing fans will have to wait one more day for the stakes action to heat up.
And boy, will it heat up!
The home of the Kentucky Derby has carded four stakes on Saturday, and the ...
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International cast makes Sands Points a tough handicapping challenge
A highly contentious field will line up for Saturday's $500,000 Sands Point (G2) at Belmont Park over nine furlongs, a group that includes the winners of Saratoga's major stakes for three-year-old turf fillies and an unusually large European contin ...
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Classic Roundup: Liam’s Map will be the one to catch
The pace pressure from the August 8 Whitney H. (G1) was missing, allowing the front-runner to get away with reasonable fractions on a clear lead, but the dominance was impressive nonetheless. Liam’s Map garnered his first graded victory with a 4 ¾-le ...
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Quiet Force and others look to rebound in Kentucky Turf Cup
Quiet Force , whose chances in last month's Arlington Million (G1) might have been compromised when unexpected rain softened course conditions in the hours leading up to the event, will look to rebound Saturday in the $600,000 Kentucky Turf Cu ...
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Entries up 22% for opener as Churchill Downs commences September Meet
Racing returns to Churchill Downs on Friday with a 10-race program beginning at 12:45 p.m. (ET) as the famed Louisville racetrack opens its third September Meet for an action-packed 11-date run through September 27.
Inaugurated by Churchill Downs ...
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Southland Preview - Wednesday, September 9
Race 2 - 583 yards - Grade B - CRT TOMMY HEARNS - box 7 - His first race since dropping back to Grade B could give him a shot at a money finish in this one, last two efforts from the 7 box resulted in a 4th and 8th place finish.
Race 6 ...
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Sires Stakes Championships Headline Top Contenders’ Cruising For Cash
The Helen Smith stakes for soph-filly trotters is not the classy mile it was years ago and it does not attract many from the division (this year only four will go) but a quartet of top gals from the division will go in the $30,000 event at Freehold o ...
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