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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?
(Click on image to enlarge) (Click on image to enlarge) FREE Weekend Win Factor Reports Saturday (02/16/13) Aqueduct (AQU) Beulah Park (BEU) Gulfstream Park (GP) ...
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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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The Jazzman: from babysitter to Pick 6 hitter
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Chasing the Rainbow
For those playing today's big carryover in the Rainbow Six at Gulfstream Park, click HERE for a FREE Win Factor Report (my computerized fair odds line). And good luck! ...
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Blustery Winds For Winter Winners
It’s great to have a TwinSpires account and play harness racing across the continent in the comfort of your own home but this weekend lake-effect snow showers in the Northeast and Midwest could cause some track cancellations. It takes a whole lot of ...
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The Kentucky Derby future wager question before a big prep race: Now or later?
Shanghai Bobby is the third consecutive undefeated two-year-old male champion to cap his Eclipse Award-winning season with a win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, but will the champ's three-year-old debut in the Holy Bull Stakes on Saturday at Gulfstrea ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Expanded coverage of the horses to watch list (H2W) provided more winners and great prices for most, as well as we faired better with our choices in the early stakes season action at the Meadowlands . We scored in the best paying of three ...
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Playing the Pick Three
(Click on image to enlarge) Now, there were two things I liked about this particular sequence: 1) The top three contenders in the opening leg had a combined morning-line odds ranking of 12, while the final leg had a ranking (after sc ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 01/16 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Ed DeRosa and Derek Simon discuss the Eclipse Awards and Dave Schwartz describes how to become a better bettor. TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 01/16 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio ...
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Carryover action at Turf Paradise
I can't exactly call Turf Paradise one of my favorite tracks to play, as I rarely check into it on a weekend day of racing, but it's definitely a track I like to play, as its Pick 5 carryovers into Monday or Tuesday help scratch my itch during an oth ...
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Pedigree handicapping with Brisnet.com's APR Online
It used to be detailed pedigree information was the domain of the horse industry professional--particularly those on the breeding side of things, but handicappers would do well to familiarize themselves with Brisnet.com's American Produce Records ( ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The stakes season’s start at the Meadowlands and although it was hard to go beyond the choices for us, we wound up with only one winner from the legs. Bestyetjet wound up the choice in the first of the Clyde Hirt chapters, paying $5.60. The other con ...
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Kentucky Derby Futures
(Click on image to enlarge) Shanghai Bobby (18-1) His effort in the BC Juvenile was less than inspiring, although he did record a ridiculously fast -17 early speed ration (ESR) in that race. Prior to that, the son of Harl ...
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Let 8 Ride is back on TwinSpires
Wednesday's cancellation at Delta Downs made it one day easier to get to Friday's $500 insurance round in the popular Let 8 Ride game , but landing on a winner for Thursday's race isn't any easier with a decent-sized field expected for the Louisiana ...
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Presidential Lures A Lot; Watching For Winners Continues
The Meadowlands winter stakes have represented the launching of the stakes season for as long as the track has been open and this year, even under new management, is no different. The highlight events start with the first legs of the Clyde Hirt and t ...
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Presidential Lures A Lot; Watching For Winners Continues
The Meadowlands winter stakes have represented the launching of the stakes season for as long as the track has been open and this year, even under new management, is no different. The highlight events start with the first legs of the Clyde Hirt and t ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 01/09 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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It's Opening/closing day/race at Lincoln
Punters playing the first race today at Lincoln Race Course (FREE Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs ) will look to get their meeting started and ended on the right and left feet, as the $3,500 claiming event for Nebraska breds is the only race at the Li ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
It was another weekend with horses-to-watch (H2W) success, which, if you are following closely, is defined by more than the winners listed. Within the lists for second and third are live horses that have contributed to exotics as well as some handed ...
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A Computerized Look at Horse of the Year
(Click on image to enlarge) I’ve got to admit, even though the rankings above are computer-derived, I can’t argue very much with them. I do, in fact, think Wise Dan is the most talented of the Horse-of-the-Year contenders and, rega ...
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I wish they all could be Keeneland meets
My quest to finish the year ahead fell short, but a review of my wagering for 2012 indicates plenty of strengths to build on. I encourage all TwinSpires.com players to make use of the detailed account history report that allows you to see your re ...
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Additions To Divisions; Winter Watch Ensues
We wish a happy birthday to racehorses of all breeds. Jan. 1 of each year marks the universal birthday for racehorses. Whether born in January or June, all horses are a year older now. New divisions will form as the months ensue. Don’t hold you ...
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Shareholders Board - 2
Player Unvested Shares Adam Hu 2 Al Sc 2 Albert Pe 2 Albert We 2 Alec Lo 2 Andrew Ja 2 Andrew Za 2 Anthony Ci 2 Anthony De 2 Anthony In 2 Barbara Ka 2 Barry Mi 2 Bart Po 2 BEN BE 2 Bev he 2 ...
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Shareholders Board - 5
Player Unvested Shares Amy Co 5 Bert Li 5 Bill Ch 5 Billy Ro 5 Brian Do 5 Brock Sc 5 Carlos ba 5 Charles No 5 Chris La 5 Creighton Pa 5 Dan Ga 5 David Co 5 David Di 5 David He 5 Deborah Fa ...
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Shareholders Board - 4
Player Unvested Shares A Ro 4 Albert Fi 4 Allen Ha 4 Anthony Wo 4 Antonia Ho 4 Bill Bo 4 Bob Ko 4 Bob St 4 Brad Sc 4 Brett Dr 4 Brian Ga 4 Brian Ro 4 BRUCE A. ME 4 Cabol Br 4 CHAD LA 4 C ...
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Shareholders Board - 3
Player Unvested Shares Aaron Re 3 Abe Sa 3 Adrian Ho 3 ALLAN SH 3 Andrew Re 3 Andy Ph 3 Aner Ca 3 Anna Be 3 Anthony Ca 3 anthony fa 3 Anthony Fu 3 Anthony Ku 3 Arthur Cr 3 Barry Ma 3 Barry P ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 01/02 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Derek Simon and Ed DeRosa discuss the Tweebster affair and also analyze Ed's end-of-year racing awards. In the U. of Bet/Handicapping segment, Derek digs into the numbers at Santa Anita and unearths some handicapp ...
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Shareholders Board - 5 for 5
Player Unvested Shares Amy Co 5 Bert Li 5 Bill Ch 5 Billy Ro 5 Brian Do 5 Brock Sc 5 Carlos ba 5 Charles No 5 Chris La 5 Creighton Pa 5 Dan Ga 5 David Co 5 David Di 5 David He 5 Deborah Fa ...
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Little Mike as Horse of the Year
I said it once, and I'll say it again: It's a shame that Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta put together their best seasons in the same year (2009) because either campaign was so much better than anything we've seen since, and both stack up well to the ve ...
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Shareholders Board - 4 for 5
Player Unvested Shares A Ro 4 Albert Fi 4 Allen Ha 4 Anthony Wo 4 Antonia Ho 4 Bill Bo 4 Bob Ko 4 Bob St 4 Brad Sc 4 Brett Dr 4 Brian Ga 4 Brian Ro 4 BRUCE A. ME 4 Cabol Br 4 CHAD LA 4 C ...
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Shareholders Board - 3 for 5
Player Unvested Shares Aaron Sh 1 Abe Sa 1 Adam Da 1 adrian fe 1 Adrian Ho 1 Ahmed Sa 1 Al Lo 1 Al Ro 1 Alan Al 1 ALAN D. BR 1 ALAN LE 1 ALAN LE 1 Alan Su 1 Albeno Mu 1 Albert Co 1 Alber ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Last week we released our TwinSpires Harness Players’ Horses of the Year, along with all the other winners we posted this year up until that blog. With a weekend left in 2012, we had no chance to add any winners afterwards. Below you will find some a ...
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Santa Anita Stats
(Click on image to enlarge) In terms of the Santa Anita speed “bias” (I’ve grown to hate that word due to its widespread overuse), below are my (Click on image to enlarge) (Click on imag ...
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One final acceleration
You know all the cliches: It's a marathon not a sprint, gamble with your head not over it, keep your eyes on the prize, etc. I.e., don't lose focus about short-term losses. No horseplayer can expect to win every day much less every race. Even if even ...
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Ultimate Week Of 2012 Harness Play
Th e upcoming Meadowlands meet “comes with a few wrinkles,” according to track sources. There is a re-introduction to Classified Racing, known as ABC Racing. (Photo on left of new Meadowlands grandstand in progress while horses qualify for this meet ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 12/26 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com and Derek Simon discuss a recent interview with trainer Kenny McPeek and Paynter's expected return to the races. In the U. of Bet/Handicapping segment, Derek breaks down the Alex M. Robb ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
As promised, we have scoured our records to end the season with our TwinSpires Harness Players’ Horses of the Year. While the industry rattles off its divisional title-winners (see News below and last week’s blog), we continue a tradition we began wh ...
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Pace Figures Bring Holiday Cheer
(Click on image to enlarge) The race went just like it was supposed to: (Click on image to enlarge) Weekend Win Factor Plays Click HERE to get suggested wagers for variou ...
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Overnights Success
On Our Watch Our H2W list continues to provide TwinSpires players and blog readers proverbial “hot horses” based on our experienced spotters’ evaluations of recent races at various raceways. Before another quick review, we remind all H2W fol ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 12/19 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Can NYRA return to greatness? Was NYRA ever great? Celebrity chef Bobby Flay gave his opinion to the NYRA Board, now Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com and Derek Simon give theirs. I n the U. of Bet segment, Derek discusses situational handicapping ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
There were winners again from our exclusive horses-to-watch list (H2W) but also this weekend we were reminded the importance of being accurate with our records. We made a mistake with a horse that we accidentally omitted from the H2W and that error c ...
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Weekend Preview: Eblouissante Returns & the 14th Annual Brisnet.com Online Handicapping Challenge
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Watching For Winners
Winning Lines Our H2W list is exclusive to TwinSpires players and blog readers. It is our third week and these remaining weeks of 2012 are our most intense, offering The H2W list potent contenders based on our experienced spotters’ evaluations of ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 12/12 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Discussion of NY Times article " Racetrack Drugs Put Europe Off U.S. Horse Meat " and the importance of jockeys. TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 12/12 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The Friday and Saturday features were close but not moneymakers. At Northlands we couldn’t defeat the Filly Pace favorite, a 25-cent-on-the-dollar favorite. Our 9-1 choice, Prairie Illusion, was second, igniting a paltry $8.50 exacta. The nex ...
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Conditional Wagering: A New Approach to Value Betting
(Click on image to enlarge) Although this was a mythical bet, I picked this race on purpose to demonstrate both the advantages and the disadvantages of conditional wagering. Had this bet been placed, it would have filled… ...
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Another Watch, Wager And Win Weekend
Look Out Cleveland The “flying turns” of Northfield Park host a few of the glamour-boy pacers in a strong race that always appears as an afterthought considering its date. This Dec. 8 is the date for the $130,000 Cleveland Classic, a race that mak ...
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$260,003 winner forgot he was alive in Pick 6
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 12/05 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com and Derek Simon from Denver, CO discuss the Vox Populi Award, as well as the Eclipse Award... and the Grammys. In the U. of Bet segment, Dave Schwartz of thehorsehandicappingauthority.com gives his ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Enter December and the waning race days of Y2K plus 12. Before we review the weekend, here is a bit more about the horses-to-watch list (H2W). We list many horses from a host of tracks. We suspect that every one on the H2W list has shown potentia ...
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Betting Advice to Make You Money
(Click on image to enlarge) (Click on image to enlarge) (Click on image to enlarge) Of course, while I’m encouraged by the early returns, there’s still a lot of time and challenges ...
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Best Of The Rest Roll Into December
Autumn Stakes The Autumn Stakes final for soph-filly pacers is at Woodbine on Friday, Nov. 30. Ten, with an also-eligible on hand, go to post for $60,000 total. Getting into the final fray against solid favorites is a filly that fits the Wood ...
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Detroit Race Course started Michigan woman's path toward TwinSpires Online Handicapping Series win
B etty Christian's path toward winning the TwinSpires Online Handicapping Series and earning a seat at the National Handicapping Championship began at age 11 when her family moved from Tennessee to suburban Detroit. Following that 500-mile j ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 11/28 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Derek Simon and Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com discuss Powerball and how it relates to racetrack gambling. Derek also explains how one can beat the races by focusing on lower-priced overlays. TwinSpires Horse Racing Pod ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes for Nov 25, 2012
Harness bettors’ consciousnesses are fickle. Sometimes you lose so much you crave a winner at almost any price, mostly because a long string of losers makes one feel as if one will never win again. It’s human nature. Another strange characteristic co ...
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What’s In a Name?
(Click on image to enlarge At the heart of his writings was one simple question: Would Eblouissante offer value in her debut or would the Zenyatta connection assure that her price was lower than a pair of pants at a skate park? In ...
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Action Aplenty In The Lower Ranks
Autumn Stakes The Autumn Stakes at Woodbine have conditions but make the stakes grade based on their total purses. On Friday, Nov. 23, two elimination divisions ($25,000 each) are on tap for soph-filly pacers that must be Ontario-sired and have ea ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 11/21 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Derek Simon and Brisnet 's Ed DeRosa discuss the racing debut of Zenyatta's half-sister as well as other happenings in the Sport of Kings. Ed reveals his "plunge play" in the Clark Handicap. In the U. of Bet segment, Dave Schwartz of thehorsehandi ...
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Did Eblouissante offer value in her debut?
At the racetrack, value and not always beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Or , as my college newspaper editor, Robert Levine , used to say, "One man's gold is another 's gonorrhea ." Benoit & Associates photo Indeed, try ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Market Share (left picture from Maywood) broke the $2-million earnings plateau when he won the Galt Stake, paying the minimum $2.10. Our other choices were in the mix, as Dynamic Youth finished second and Blackjack Princess got third. At ...
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Beating the Betting 'Whales'
(Click on image to enlarge) That being the case, in a race like the one above, Willie would control 24 percent of the win pool ($10,000 / $41,585). Now, the track takeout on win bets at Finger Lakes is 18 percent; hence, if Willi ...
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Players' Pool post mortem: A consolation never is
Tough sequence on Wednesday, as only two of the ~143,500 combinations bet into the $89,489 Pick 6 carryover successfully navigated the sequence that ended with $111.50 winner Noosh's Tale. Difficulty is not an excuse for the Players' Pool, h ...
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Chicago Shines With Stakes At Maywood; Dover Displays Dynamic Groups
The Chicago Four The half-mile Chicago oval hosts for stakes on Friday’s program, three for sophomores and one for freshmen. As always, the half-mile presents some challenges for a few that have become comfortable on the two- and three-turn miles. ...
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