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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
It was the beginning of the Hambletonian Trail and we repeated with a winner in the soph-colt trot classic Dexter Cup at Freehold. Celebrity Maserati defeated the big favorite, paying $6.00. All race reviews and reports will be posted at the Hamble ...
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And they're off in the Kentucky Derby
My Kentucky Derby analysis in the form of Mark Johson's race call of the most exciting two minutes in sports. "They're in the gate! "And they're off in Derby one-thirty-nine. "Oxbow from the inside immediately goes to the lead ...
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Derby Day
v:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} It’s finally here — Derby Day! And I, like so many of you reading this I’m sure, have been immersed in h ...
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The Breeders' Cup Kentucky Oaks
This year's Kentucky Oaks has the feel of a Breeders' Cup race to me in that good horses will be good prices, and while it'd be a surprise if Rose To Gold, Princess of Sylmar, or Pure Fun won in that neither is one of the more likely winners, it'd ha ...
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Video previews of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands
Triple Crown Insider's preview of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands. ...
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‘Trail’ Mix Amid Meadowlands Marquee
With all horseracing eyes on The Kentucky Derby, the Grand Circuit’s focused stakes can only take co-starring roles. Still, this is our official start of the big season, including the launch of our exclusive information center, the Hambletonian Tra ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 05/01 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Special Kentucky Derby edition! Scheduled guests include Brian Zipse, managing editor of Horse Racing Nation , Kerry Thomas of the Thomas Herding Technique and, of course, Ed DeRosa ( Brisnet.com ) and Dave Schwartz ( thehorsehandicappingauthority ...
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Kentucky Oaks morning line
Initial indignation gave way to curiosity as I tried to figure out who gets ignored if Dreaming of Julia is as low as 2-to-1. Based on her Gulfstream Park Oaks performance, it looked as if Dreaming Of Julia could be odds on, but there's just bee ...
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Bullet Train Pulls Into Derby Station
One thing about the new Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands points system : the buzz it generated certainly outweighed its practical use. With a projected field of 19-20 entrants, there was no need for a mechani sm to determine prefere ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The Matchmaker and the George Morton Levy finals were the focus of April’s end at Yonkers. The “Levy” offered two events before the final but only the favorites knew their ways to the winners’ circle. The best we did was have EZ Noah for third ...
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Derby drive time
One of my favorite big-event traditions is making a music play list for traveling, and my favorite play list to make is the Derby because it's me, the early morning dew, rolling pastures, and 75 minutes of music on Interstate 64 to kick off my week. ...
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Derby prom
Dana Byerly's " Derby Dating " columns are on hiatus, which is a shame because her approach was a fun way of parsing the contenders. With her blessing, I decided to take a run at the approach by aligning my picks with who I would want to take to prom ...
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Last ‘Levy’ Stand; Courageous Lady Calls Seven
The George Morton Levy Series Final for stalwart older pacers becomes the focus this Saturday, April 27, with the older mares co-starring in the final of the Blue Chip Matchmaker, both at the events’ home track, Yonkers Raceway. After five weeks ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 04/24 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
TwinSpires' Derek Simon and Brisnet's Ed DeRosa discuss all the Derby doings, including top contenders Verrazano , Revolutionary, Itsmyluckyday and Orb . In the U. of Bet segment, the planned discussion of value betting goes out ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Two seconds in the Matchmaker series (Handsoffmycookie [5-1] and Keepers Destiny [5-2]) were as close as we came to getting upset winners in the mares’ series, which goes to a final next week at Yonkers, along with the George Morton Levy final for th ...
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A Kentucky Derby Best Bet
(Click on image to enlarge) Rules 1) Horse must have earned higher LSRs in each of its last two races. 2) All horse’s last three races must’ve been contested over a route o ...
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Will wilcard weekend yield clues
When Churchill Downs unveiled its new points system to determine who could start in the Kentucky Derby (in the event that more than 20 enter the race), the Coolmore Lexington, Derby Trial, and Illinois Derby were written off as prep races because of ...
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Penultimate ‘Levy’ Splits; Winners’ Watch Ensues
The George Morton Levy Series goes its final round this Saturday, April 20. This could present the most aggressive groups yet as the series’ characters engage in battles for berths in the final. This fifth week could offer some great prices in the o ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 04/17 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
In the News & Notes segment, TwinSpires ’ Derek Simon and Brisnet 's Ed DeRosa discuss various Kentucky Derby contenders. In the Handicapping segment, Derek discusses "Key Race Ratings" and reveals which Kentucky Derby prep earned a pa ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Once again this week, success is all about the horses-to-watch (H2W) list, with second-timers making up for some of the many that lost as first-, second- and-third public choices. The Levy divisions at Yonkers on Saturday were won by choices ex ...
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It's not the last chance, it's a big chance
Leg 2 of the Kentucky Derby Championship Series presented by TwinSpires.com concludes today, and while many have called it "the last chance" for three-year-olds to guarantee themselves a spot in the starting gate, that's really only because of wher ...
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Is Pace Overrated?
(Click on image to enlarge) In fact, this was one of the big reasons I downgraded the chances of I’ll Have Another in last year’s Run for the Roses. In the “Cons” section of the 2012 Kentucky Derby Guide I produced for Brisnet.c ...
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Pounding Pacers Pursue Purses
At Yonkers it is time for the fourth leg of divisions for the George Morton Levy Series this Saturday, April 13, as we try to beat the choices again as the older pacers lessen in numbers heading for the final in two weeks. Meanwhile, pacing mares ret ...
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Bruno With The Works: Rydilluc In Focus
Bruno With The Works is Brisnet.com's latest product offering: A workout service for the top races throughout the country, including Keeneland, Oaks-Derby week at Churchill Downs, Triple Crown events, Saratoga, Del Mar, and the Breeders' Cup World ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 04/10 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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Getting over a hump day hump at Keeneland imperative to multi-race success
As a Pick N player, the most important race today at Keeneland is not the featured seventh--an entry-level allowance worth $60,000--but the blue collar fifth--a starter allowance for $7,500 types worth $21,000. It's not the type of race that ...
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Waiting for a star not to fall
On Monday night/Tuesday morning I dreamed that Team Valor International bought Verrazano because--according to the press release--founder and Chief Executive Officer Barry Irwin thinks the More Than Ready colt is the Messiah. I don't know what ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The Levy legs at Yonkers on Saturday did not disappoint the public, as only one outsider at 5-1 was victorious. As predicted, the biggest choice, Something For Doc, was the only winner we delivered, ashamed with the win price of $2.10. On Frid ...
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Saturday, April 6, previews, picks, and jokes
If it's possible for American Thoroughbred racing to pack this much action into a weekend then I might as well do my part and pack as much as I can into this blog. If you're wondering why I'm blogging at 1 a.m. EDT after a full day at Keenel ...
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Rosario’s ‘Redemption’ and Picks for the Rainbow Six
(Click on image to enlarge) The fact is Animal Kingdom has gained ground and/or position from the first call to the second call in nine of his 11 lifetime races. In fact, when he won the Kentucky Derby, the son of Leroidesanimaux passed a ...
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Four-five is the Rainbow Six
I don't know many horse players who haven't had April 5 circled on their calendars for some time. Whether it's the Rainbow^6 mandatory payout , opening weekend at Keeneland , Derby Championship Series presented by TwinSpires.com weekends a ...
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Chapter-Three ‘Levy’ And More Early Spring Strikes
At Yonkers we take on the third leg of divisions for the George Morton Levy Series, coming off a fabulous streak in the second episodes. Foiled Again is yet to strike and will try again this Saturday, April 6, while the aged-pacing mares return for r ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 04/03 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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TwinSpires Bankroll Bonanza find a better promotion promotion
What we always considered business as usual and the right way to treat customers is apparently a big deal to other account wagering sites. TwinSpires.com has never charged wagering fees, but a competing ADW got a lot of mileage after canceli ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The Levy legs at Yonkers on Saturday, March 30 testified to our success in this series over the years as our choices bombarded the toteboard. Four of the five divisions were spot on target in our blog’s coverage last Thursday. Best of the bunch ...
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Weekend Handicapping: The ‘Value’ Approach
(Click on image to enlarge) FREE Weekend Handicapping Reports 03/30/13 Fair Grounds Brisnet Past Performances with Simon Speed Rations (selected races) 03/30/13 Gulfstream Park Brisnet Pa ...
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TwinSpires VIP Betting Challenge Official Rules
Click here for Official Results TwinSpires.com VIP Betting Challenge Official Rules Eligibility This contest is open to all TwinSpires.com account holders in good standing with a TSC Elite VIP status of Bronze or above as of March 30, 20 ...
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Louisiana Derby Day - 10% Rolling Pick 4 Bonus
Fair Grounds pulls out all the stops this Saturday for the 100th running of the Louisiana Derby and TwinSpires.com follows suit by offering a 10% Pick 4 Bonus on all three Pick 4 pools on the 13-race card. Whenever you cash a winning Pick 4 ticket on ...
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10% Dubai Double Bonus
Watch and wager on the $10,000,000 Dubai World Cup this Saturday on TwinSpires.com and, while you're at it, pick up an extra 10% on your winnings whenever you cash a winning Daily Double ticket. That's right, whenever you cash a winning Daily Double ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 03/27 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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More March Mayhem
‘Levy’ Links Saturday is set for the contests of “Levy” divisions at Yonkers Raceway. Five divisions were drawn for the 39 entrants in round two. The first division has Clear Vision, the favorite, starting on the extreme outside. This o ...
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Road To The Roses Kentucky Derby game strategy
A streamlined version of the popular Road To The Roses Kentucky Derby game begins this weekend, and with the most points available for winning the Kentucky Derby itself, the simplest strategy would be to select the six horses you feel have the bes ...
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Did new points system increase handle?
Sunland Park generated handle of $3,818,878 for its Sunland Derby day card on Sunday, March 24. The Eastern New Mexico track called it an all-sources record--a fitting coda on the first leg of the inaugural Kentucky Derby Championship Series presente ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The Levy legs on Saturday, March 23 produced one winner for us and he was the highest paying winner of the six legs. Defeating the mighty Foiled Again, we had Razzle Dazzle, paying $6.10 (pictured left). Of our other choices, Stonehouse Adam finished ...
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The key Gulfstream allowance race
Animal Kingdom used a second-place finish in an entry-level allowance race at Gulfstream Park as a launching pad to superstardom. He went on to win the Spiral Stakes and Kentucky Derby en route to an Eclipse Award as champion three-year-old male. ...
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‘Key’ Derby Preps
(Click on image to enlarge) CAUTION: Keep in mind that we are looking for strong — or weak — races at a specified class le vel . The Key Race Rating is not a measurement of overall talent. Just because a Grade I affair earn ed, ...
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Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool 3, now or later?
Identifying potential wagers in pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (click for free Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs ) involves the following questions: 1. What chance do I give this horse (or wagering interest in the case of the field) ...
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‘Levy’ Stampede Sextet
Six divisions, each worth $50,000, launch the George Morton Levy Series for older pacers at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday, March 23. The aged-pacing mares begin The Blue Chip Matchmaker Series on Friday, March 22 with a quintet of divisions. More ha ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 03/27 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
There were only two minor features in the sport this week, both at the New Meadowlands and both dominated by public choices. Our picks, Yo Cheyenne Rocky finished third at an astounding 51-1 and Volare De Vie watched all of his foes make it over the ...
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Using Past Odds to Predict Present Results
(Click on image to enlarge) Granted, a 3.4 percent return on investment (ROI) is not likely to get one invited to yacht parties with the rich and famous, but it’s not bad considering that the only criterion was that the h ...
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Springing Into Stakes Season
This weekend the New Meadowlands offers a pair of seasonal series finales while the casts for Yonkers’ late-March battles continue with more on the horizon. Along with the stakes we continue to bring you TwinSpires’ exclusive harness horses to watch ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 03/13 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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Dubai Hat Winners
Congratulations to our 100 Dubai hat winners. Please allow up to 3 weeks for delivery. Thanks to everyone for playing the Dubai Super Saturday card with TwinSpires.com.
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The exclusive horses-to-watch (H2W) list needs a two-week overhaul due to the absence of the blog so in this review we are going to include the results for all of March so far. We hope to add more to next week’s list and continue as planned, as well ...
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The ‘Real’ Derby Record of Today’s Top Trainers
(Click on image to enlarge) So, using the results obtained from the chart above, I thought it might be interesting to look at how Todd Pletcher and other top trainers performed in Louisville on the first Saturday in May. Pri ...
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Harness Pick 4 Central
Click the links below for FREE Pick 4 PPs courtesy of TrackMaster DATE TRACK - (Links activate when files become available) Monday March 1 ...
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Delta Let-8-Ride Update - 3/15
Let-8-Ride: March 13-16 Correction: 9 players wagered the required $38 and lost. Insurance pays $55.56. 12 players wagered the required $114 on Saturday night and earned $83.34 each. Congratulations to our three winners who parlayed $8 into $9 ...
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Dubai Super Saturday: Win a Cap, Earn 10X Points!
With Breeders' Cup Turf Champ Little Mike and Pacific Classic winner Dullahan prepping for the Dubai World Cup, the excitement building around the Super Saturday program from Dubai has never been higher. Plus, when you wager $50 or more on the Dubai ...
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Road to the Derby Showdown - Shareholders Board
Official results after five races Players with 5 winners - 59 Players with 4 winners - 168 Players with 3 winners - 236 Players with 2 winners or less ...
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How to Determine the Pace of Today's Race
(Click on image to enlarge) Yet, it is my contention that the -13 Fountain of Youth ESR was not only a non-surprise, it was predictable. In fact, I’m going to show you an easy and reasonably accurate (hey, you can’t expect easy and infalli ...
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Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2 & weekend preview
The second (of three) Kentucky Derby Future Wager is this weekend, and unlike the first pool, some of the horses involved in this pool are running this weekend, so that changes the approach a little bit since what Overanalyze and Vyjack do in the Go ...
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The Rides Of March
It’s that time of the year when the very atmosphere is uncertain whether to be one season or another and the air can be thick with fog or blinding with snow. Either way, the months are taking dead aim at the coming of new star pacers and trotters, ju ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 02/27 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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Pletcher and the Derby: Better than most think
The only thing more fashionable than Todd Pletcher's charcoal gray suits on race day is bashing the five-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer's Kentucky Derby record . Admittedly, 1-for-31 isn't the most impressive stat, but it's also an unfair ...
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2012 National Handicapping Championship winner and TwinSpires.com VIP Michael Beycho k takes Las Vegas by storm (again!) this week as he competes in the Ho rse Player World Series at the Orleans Casino . Beychok, whose handicapping exploit ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes for Feb 24, 2013
The winners from our exclusive H2W series continue to spark our best weekly action. Lebanon Raceway was added this week, delivering two of the 14 winners listed.
Feature-wise we were second at the Meadowlands with Yo Cheyenne R ...
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In the hunt and engaging end game strategy
2012 National Handicapping Championship winner and TwinSpires.com VIP Michael Beycho k takes Las Vegas by storm (again!) this week as he competes in the Ho rse Player World Series at the Orleans Casino . Beychok, whose handicapping exploit ...
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Coulda Shoulda Woulda has no place in Winning Contest Psychology
2012 National Handicapping Championship winner and TwinSpires.com VIP Michael Beycho k takes Las Vegas by storm (again!) this week as he competes in the Ho rse Player World Series at the Orleans Casino . Beychok, whose handicapping exploit ...
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Win $1 Million Betting to Show
Note: If two or more horses were tied for the same position, their rankings were averaged. For example, if two horses tied for the top spot in a particular category, each was assigned a ranking of 1 ½ (average of positions 1 and 2); if three horse ...
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Hot On The Tracks
The winter chill continues as February winds down but at the harness tracks of North America we remain fiery with winter winners and red-hot contenders. Riding that wave, we go into the final week of February with more great expectations for the hors ...
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Road To the Derby $1-million Showdown
Look, I'm not going to sit here and tell you how easy it is to win $1-million playing TwinSpires.com's $1-million Road to the Derby Showdown . Sure, the show wager is the easiest bet to hit when playing the races, but 20 in a row on races we pi ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 02/20 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
TwinSpires' Derek Simon discusses the Triple Crown trail with Ed DeRosa of brisnet.com and longshot handicapping with Dave Schwartz of thehorsehandicappingauthority.com . He also gives his opinion on the book "Overlay Handicapping" and details t ...
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Beychok sets sights on 2nd major
2012 National Handicapping Championship winner and TwinSpires.com VIP Michael Beycho k takes Las Vegas by storm (again!) this week as he competes in the Ho rse Player World Series at the Orleans Casino . Beychok, whose handicapping exploit ...
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Harness Update--Buffalo Pick-4 bonus watch
Here is a harness blog update, with our choices for the TwinSpires 10-percent bonus for Buffalo Raceway’s Wednesday Pick 4 on Feb. 20. This is not a ticket combo, per se, just suggested contenders that may offer value to whatever ticket you create. ...
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Race Preview: Southwest Stakes – Oaklawn Park, February 18, 2013
The feature race on Monday, President’s Day, at Oaklawn Park is the 48 th running of the Grade 3 Southwest for three-year-olds who are looking to be running in Kentucky on the first Saturday in May. This year’s race drew a field of 10 with trainer ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The winners from our exclusive H2W series continue to spark our best weekly action. Feature-wise we took on the Junior Trendsetter leg divisions on Feb. 15 and the Exit 16W splits on Feb. 16 at the New Meadowlands. In the former, we were second ...
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Animal Kingdom: To Move or Not to Move?
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Gulfstream Thursday February 14
The Rainbow^6 carries on at Gulfstream, and so, too, does my attempt to hit a Pick 4 at this meeting. Did OK yesterday if you ignore the fact that both my "had to win" singles lost. Definitely a loser on the day, but a couple spot exacta pla ...
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Pacing Past Punxsutawney
If that rascally rodent is correct and the winter is going to surrender a few weeks, then regardless of storms still forecast to sweep through the northeast, spring is just around the corner. Last week, again, the New Meadowlands cancelled a progra ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 02/13 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
H. Graham Motion , trainer of Animal Kingdom, drops by to discuss his career and the future plans for the 2011 Kentucky Derby champ. TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 02/13 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog ...
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Gulfstream Wednesday February 13
There is a $2.1-million Rainbow^6 carryover , but I'm passing on that bet in favor of the Pick 5 and late Pick 4 hinging on the winning performances of singles in races 6 and 10. Yes, both Core Inflation in race 6 and Diamondesque in race 10 are li ...
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The race I most want to see & Derby futures
Fun conversation today... what racing is all about. Imagine if superstars like PoE & AK butted heads every week? — Ed DeRosa (@EJXD2) February 9, 2013 Not since Rachel Alexandra-Zenyatta have two horses ignited conversation like the way Poi ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
I don’t recall when the powers-that-be in meteorology began naming winter storms (I thought names were only for hurricanes) but a fierce blizzard given the name Nemo knocked out power on and off racetracks in the northeast this past weekend. Y ...
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Greatness at Gulfstream
(Click on image to enlarge) Kentucky Derby Future Pool #1 This weekend, one of my favorite bets is back. The Kentucky Derby Future Wager (Pool 1), which runs from Feb. 8-10, provides insightful gamblers with the o ...
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Profit Targets
Some minor stakes-series action continues at the New Meadowlands this weekend. Other than that, we are scouting the overnights around North America for value plays. Also, this weekend, TwinSpires once again offers 10-percent bonuses on Pick-4 hits, ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 02/06 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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Finding value in pool 1 of Kentucky Derby future wager
My strategy in recent future wagers has been to play horses in the 20-to-50-to-1 range that I thought had a good chance of making the gate and showed talent enough to win it. It's a grind having many units tied up for months, but it paid off last yea ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
A banner weekend for our horses to watch list (H2W) includes carpet-bombing cashing at the Meadows and a more-than-usual list of double-digit winners from other tracks that also contributed to some mighty exotic prices. The weather agreed wit ...
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The Long and Winding Road
(Click on image to enlarge) 1. I distrust trainer Todd Pletcher with horses coming off of great efforts; and Revolutionary’s last race was just that, as he recorded a lifetime-best 103 Brisnet speed figure (today’s par ...
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Three preps and a cloud of dust
With 51 points available this weekend (17 in each of three Kentucky Derby Prep Season races), the February 2 action will be the most lucrative to date on this year's Triple Crown trail. For free Brisnet.com Ultimate Past Performances for ...
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Points make the grade, too
Admittedly when this all began I had my doubts whether the new points system would achieve its stated goal of being more accessible to fans and help build drama on the Road to the Derby, but I'm happy to report that initial returns (al beit based m ...
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Stop, Look And Win
We are in between major stakes action again. February stakes-and-series offers will be presented at the Meadowlands in February but in the meantime, even though this winter weather is unpredictable by and large, we have other tracks and action to add ...
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Could a formula ever determine Horse of the Year?
There was no drama surrounding who Bluff Magazine would crown player of the year for 2012. No nominations, no sealed envelope, no conjecture--just a singular name atop a leaderboard as determined by a complex formula that attempts to reward those w ...
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Betting the top figure
One of my favorite parts Ragozin's book The Odds Must Be Crazy is when Len Friedman tells a story about a 30-to-1 horse who wins for fun that no one in the office had liked. The next morning the office receives a call from an extremely happy custom ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
This week the horses to watch list (H2W) was affected, as we predicted, by the wintry weather sweeping across the Northeast. In Canada , the huge storm front caused cancellation of the Jan. 25 program at Fraser Downs and in the U.S., the Mea ...
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Wiseguys Holy Bearish on Shanghai Bobby
Shanghai Bobby will have more money bet on him to win the Holy Bull Stakes (free Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs) than all other horses combined, yet few are actually picking him to win. This is common phenomena among the horse racing cognoscenti ...
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