Tiz Shea D can deliver for Mott in Indiana Derby

Fri Jul 17 2015James Scully

Trainer Bill Mott holds a nice hand of three-year-olds heading into the late summer/fall campaign. Speighster and Japan are at the head of the class, both posting impressive victories in recent months, and Tiz Shea D is seeking a breakthrough perform ...
Get to Know the Leading 2-Year-Old Sires

Fri Jul 17 2015

In Quarter Horse racing, the lion's share of purse money is dedicated to the 2-year-olds. Talented juveniles can compete in several million dollar stakes, known as futurities. Remington Park ran the $1.1 million Heritage Place Futurity in May; Lo ...
Gabriel Charles among Saturday stakes spot plays

Fri Jul 17 2015Vance Hanson

On a weekend where the surf's up at Del Mar and a calm before the Saratoga storm, here's some longer-priced horses I'll be taking a look at around the world on Saturday. Irish Oaks (G1): Post time for this 1 1/2-mile classic from The Curragh is ...
Sunset seeking ‘glowing’ win in San Clemente

Fri Jul 17 2015Jen Caldwell

Sunset Glow is hoping “third time’s the charm” as she seeks a return to the winner’s circle in Sunday’s $200,000 San Clemente H. (G2) at Del Mar. The Wesley Ward pupil has placed in her two races thus far this year. After closing out 2014 with a ...
Turf sprinter in Scully’s spotlight at Del Mar Friday

Fri Jul 17 2015James Scully

Del Mar opened Thursday with an exciting 10-race card and a new dirt track that received rave reviews. The opener offered a trio of two-turn races on the turf course, which was redone for the 2014 summer meet, and being forwardly-placed on the gre ...
Wise Dan returns to worktab with Keeneland turf breeze

Fri Jul 17 2015Vance Hanson

Two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan returned to the worktab Friday for the first time after suffering a non-displaced fracture at the bottom of the cannon bone in his right front fetlock last fall. Under Jen Patterson, the eight-year-old gelding w ...

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American Pharoah and Saratoga

Fri Jul 17 2015D.S. Williamson

The decline of the Sport of Kings has been well-documented. Although it's popularity has never waned with horseplayers, we look at racing forms on a weekly if not a daily basis, there's no doubt that its popularity among horse racing fans has taken a ...
Soul Driver finds success in Oceanside as ‘Papa’ cools off

Fri Jul 17 2015Jen Caldwell

Soul Driver, a 4 1/2-length winner of the Singletary S. at Santa Anita last out on June 20, ran down pacesetter Forest Blue to take Thursday’s opening day feature at Del Mar, the Oceanside S. Papacoolpapacool, the 6-5 favorite, finished off-the- ...
5 Powerful Greyhounds Have Arrived

Fri Jul 17 2015MoneyMaker Mike

As many of you know, each month I choose  5 Up & Coming   Greyhounds To Watch  as they get started in their racing careers and from time to time I recap how these selections are doing in their careers. Listed below is a recap of May and June's ch ...
The Dirt on Del Mar Opening Day

Thu Jul 16 2015Ed DeRosa

We'll know more about how to play the new dirt surface at Del Mar, but going into opening day of the summer meeting I see no reason to treat perceived wagering opportunities with kid gloves. Keeneland's recent change from Polytrack to dirt and Southe ...
Handicapping Insights - July 16

Thu Jul 16 2015TwinSpires Staff

By Dick Powell Del Mar opens up on Thursday and Saratoga opens next Friday. Just in time with all the bad news piling up. MAIN SEQUENCE (Aldebaran) has been retired after racing poorly in the United Nations Handicap (G1) at Monmouth Park The 2014 ...
Firing At Let 8 Ride Again With Missle Bomb

Thu Jul 16 2015Ed DeRosa

Look, all the kids cereal in the world wouldn’t be able to sugarcoat my performance in #Let8Ride through the first two weeks of the contest. My top picks haven’t been close, and even my “saver” plays have failed to win on either opening day of the ...
A couple of speed plays on Del Mar's opener

Thu Jul 16 2015James Scully

Del Mar concluded an eight-year synthetic run last fall and reverts back to a dirt main track for the 2015 summer meet. No one knows exactly how the new track will perform in the afternoons but I’m expecting to see early speed do well. We’ll get a ...