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Player Quick Pick for 3/20/2014
by Mel Daniels Fair Grounds Race 8 | 5:55 pm ET
Optional Claiming (12.5) | 4&up going 1 mi. (T) 2-Quietdetermination He came off of a long layoff last time out going 1m 1/16 against the same he will face today. He rode the rail and wen ...
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Can Pulpit's Express Claim Victory Again?
Race 1: Post time 4:00 pm ET
Race 3: Post time 5:01 pm ET Thursday's pick-6 carryover at Santa Anita starts in race 3, a $40,000 claiming race for four-year-olds and upward going one mile on the main track. Race 3: Not an easy way to kick off the ...
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Wednesday Harness Preview for 3/19/2014
Although the two standardbred tracks are a considerable distance apart, the similarities between Dover Downs and Pompano Park, both five-eighths mile ovals take on an added dimension each Wednesday when their cards feature trotters. But with al ...
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Australia Racing Preview for 3/18/2014
Mid-week racing is again at Sandown so let’s see what we can find and try and get some money in our pockets! SANDOWN HILLSIDE – AUS A RACE 1 - EQUIANO - KING OF SPEED HANDICAP 900m $35,000 (AUS) EVA'S DAY is the only one to have raced ...
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Tuesday Harness Preview for 3/18/2014
While racing cards at most harness tracks on Tuesday evenings often leave little to the imagination, the standardbred programs at Rosecroft Raceway in Maryland and Yonkers Raceway in New York actually have plenty to offer this evening. Yonkers ...
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Player Quick Pick for 3/18/2014
by Mel Daniels Turf Paradise 6 | 6:32 pm ET
AOC (20) for 3&up going 7.5f (T) My top selection 1-Macias has scratched. This makes my top pick 2-King of the Sky . This gelding is coming into this fresh off of a 75k dirt stakes race. ...
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Monday Harness Preview
Monday evening a trio of harness tracks along the East Coast will offer cards that highlight pacing fillies and mares and two of those ovals could be affected by the impact of Winter Storm Wiley, hopefully the last of the nearly alphabetically e ...
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Future Star Update: Only I Know
Owning an undefeated colt in March of his 3yo year is a big deal. A really big deal. It's a take-over-the-front-page-of-your-local-sports-section big deal. And this is exactly the adrenaline rush that Flying G Racing and Debra Rombis are experienc ...
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Racing's Luckiest Moments
Afleet Alex rises from his knees to win the Preakness Just over 18 years later, Afleet Alex channeled Alysheba at Pimlico. The beaten favorite in the 2005 Kentucky Derby took flight around the far turn, only to clip heels with Scrappy T. For a ...
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Player Quick Pick: Success Story for 3/17/2014
What does having a fantastic Saturday at TwinSpires look like? Just ask racingform, a TwinSpires account holder who scored a monster $3,736.50 betting the $.50 Gulfstream Park Pick 4 five times. To hit the Pick 4, he had to correctly select ...
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Player Quick Pick for 3/16/2014
by D.S. Williamson A couple of great turf races at Gulfstream Park makes up Sunday’s two best bets. Sunshine once again promises for a fair track. Gulfstream Park 9 | 5:05 pm ET
Optional Claiming (25) for 4&up F&M going 1-1/16 mi. ( ...
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Santa Anita - Santa Ana Stakes, March 16, 2014
Santa Anita 7 | 6:34 pm ET
G2 Santa Ana for 4&Up F&M going 1-1/8 mi (T) EMOLLIENT is a Grade 1 winner on turf and synthetic and even money on the morning line, but if you are going to take a shot and wager against her, this is the race. The Emp ...
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Weekend Harness Preview for 3/15/2014
by Ted Black Saturday evening will mark of the last weekend of winter and the racing action at a quartet of standardbred ovals of varying sizes and locales is already starting to warm up. At The Meadowlands on Saturday evening, the New Jersey mil ...
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Player Quick Pick for 3/15/2014
MOST PROBABLE WINNER: 3-Tapiture
Coming into the last prep race for the Arkansas Derby next month, the horse in The Rebel that has the fewest question marks has to be Tapiture. The chestnut colt by Tapit out of Free Spin has the pedigree to ...
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Player Quick Pick for 3/15/2014
by D.S. Williamson The rain at Oaklawn forces me back to the sunshine in southern Florida today. Let's see if we can't find some great betting opportunities! Gulfstream Park 6 | 3:32 pm ET
Optional Claiming (25) for 4&up going 1-1/16 mi. ...
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Santa Anita - Irish O'Brien Stakes, Saturday, March 15, 2014
Santa Anita 4 | 5:00 pm ET
Irish O'Brien for 4&Up F&M going 6.5f (T) The state-bred Irish O'Brien Stakes is a key race on Saturday at Santa Anita as it's part of the pick-5, early pick-4 and pick-6. Morning line favorite and mare to beat is ...
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Australia Racing Preview for 3/14/2014
Big Saturday at Royal Randwick! Seven graded stakes races highlighted by the two grade 1’s. The $500,000 GUINNESS CANTERBURY STAKES and the $600,000 ROYAL RANDWICK GUINEAS! Both will be fantastic races and let’s make sure we are right in the finish! ...
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Arkansas Derby Preview Day Preview Blog
As I discussed in varying ways on the Hello Race Fans Derby Prep Alert and Steve Byk’s At The Races Radio Program, I don’t expect a lot of sexy results on Saturday at Oaklawn Park in terms of payoffs, but it will be fun to watch some (future) s ...
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Cheltenham Gold Cup Day Live Blog
Wow, what a great racecall by Mark Johnson!
Lord Windermere gets the job done for jockey Davy Russell and trainer Jim Culloty--my old pal who rode Best Mate to three Cheltenham Gold Cups. Not to take anything away from the top finishers, but it di ...
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Santa Anita - Santa Margarita Stakes, March 15, 2014
Santa Anita - Santa Margarita Stakes Santa Anita 7 | 6:30 pm ET | Saturday, March 15, 2014
G1 Santa Margarita for 3&Up F&M going 1-1/8 mi. SPELLBOUND was the pick to upset the Grade 2 La Canada back in January and she did just that, comi ...
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Australia Racing Preview for 3/13/2014
Friday night racing is back on at the valley, so we can all breathe a sigh of relief and get to making ourselves a bankroll for the weekend! Graded racing at Royal Randwick tomorrow so we need a good night and there is some good racing here! ...
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Thursday Harness Preview for 3/13/2014
While most tracks save their best cards for the weekend, Dover Downs offers its best programs every Thursday and this evening is no exception. Of course, unlike the previous three nights when warmer temperatures made viewing races outside appeal ...
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Player Quick Pick for 3/13/2014
by Mel Daniels Oaklawn 8 | 5:42 pm ET
Allowance for 3yo going 6f The first horse I want to look at is the 10-Gigi's Alina. This filly has placed in 5 of 6 career starts. She made her 3yo debut back on Jan. 25th with a win. She had a nice worko ...
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Group 1 Double Headlines $2,000 Lucky 7 Promotion
Nearly $1-million will be on the line among the two Group 1 races on Saturday in Australia, and another $2,000 is up for grabs at TwinSpires.com during week two of its Lucky 7s promotion .
Playing Lucky 7s requires a trio of $7 bets on each of th ...
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Two Grade 1s On Day 3 of Cheltenham Live Blog
The last two are tricky and I haven’t exactly acquitted myself well today but let’s see if we can tab a winner and turn things around,
The Fifth is Byrne Group Plate , a Grade 3 Handicap Chase going 2 miles and 5 furlongs.
#2 JOHN’S SPIRIT is ...
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Wednesday Harness Preview for 3/12/2014
by Ted Black Once again the Wednesday cards at Dover Downs in Delaware and Pompano Park in southern Florida will highlight the trotters and for the first time this winter the two five-eighths mile ovals might also offer comparable temperatures. T ...
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Ladies' Day At Cheltenham Live Blog With P.T. Fornatale
OK, we’ll cover the last three races today in one fell swoop so I can get started working on tomorrow – that’s the trouble with a four day meet – the first two days are pretty easy to find time to do the work for but the last two can get short shrift ...
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Player Quick Pick for 3/11/2014
by Mel Daniels Mountaineer Race 8 | 9:41 pm ET
Allowance for 3&up going 6f The first one I want to look at is the 1A-Valient Tenabob . This veteran of the bunch has 46 career starts placing in 29, while winning 12 for almost 200k in earning ...
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Day 1 Cheltenham Live Blog with P. T. Fornatale
The seventh is a listed handicap Novice chase. Let’s take a few shots. The main play is #5 ART OF LOGISTICS. I’m impressed by the betting on this Irish raider. Sean Clancy’s looks play is #8 PENDRA. He is pretty good at spotting future jumps stars an ...
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Monday Harness Preview for 3/10/2014
One week after several standardbred tracks cancelled because of Winter Storm Titan, harness racing fans will have the chance to enjoy much warmer weather - at least temporarily - on Monday when they venture to several tracks. Perhaps in an unwr ...
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Fornatale Is Pumped Up As Cheltenham Looms Boldly
It’s hard to explain Cheltenham to the uninitiated because in some ways it must be experienced in the flesh to truly appreciate it.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t try, and what better way to take in the greatest, most fun, most exciting race meet ...
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Horse Sense: Handicapping the Hall of Fame
Ashado : This hard-knocking filly was on the ballot last year and lost out to Invasor, Lure, Housebuster, and Calvin Borel. This year, Curlin is a lock, and we'll get to a near-lock later on in the column. As good as she was (and at her peak, she ...
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Taking On the TwinSpires.com Mob to Win $1-Million
If you’re one of the TwinSpires.com players still alive for the $1-million prize in our Road to the Kentucky Derby SHOWdown game , then you probably feel like the “one” Bob Sagat is always cheerleading against a mob of diminishing stature.
Going ...
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Australia Racing Preview for 3/9/2014
Labour Day holiday in Melbourne will see us treated to some racing at Moonee Valley! So let’s take advantage of this little treat and see if we cannot make some early week money! MOONEE VALLEY – AUS A RACE 2 - ESSENDON HYUNDAI ...
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Player Quick Pick for 3/9/2014
by D.S. Williamson Best Bet – Race 5 – $52,000 Optional Claimer, 1 mile over turf For Four Year Olds and Up Which Have Started for a Claiming Price of $25,000 or Less 5 – Screenplay – 6/1 – Saving ground around that first turn is a doozy, ...
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Santa Anita Sunday Pick 5 - March 9, 2014
Santa Anita
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Race 1 Post Time 3:30 pm ET Race 1: In a race that appears to have a lot of pace, MARY HELEN'S STORM may be the right horse to back in the opener. He is light on speed figures, but the race sets up for him and ...
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Player Quick Pick for 3/8/2014
by D.S. Williamson Gulfstream Park Race 8 – Maiden $47,000, 1 1/8 miles over turf for 3yo 9 – Picozza – 3/1 – Jockey John Velasquez is going to have to hustle the Todd Pletcher trained colt sired by More Than Ready to the front early before ...
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Weekend Harness Preview for 3/7/2014
With one winter storm long gone and the prospect of another close at hand, harness racing fans will likely savor their chance to enjoy a hint of milder temperatures when they venture to a pair of tracks along the East Coast this weekend. The Sa ...
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Oaklawn Park - Honeybee Stakes, March 8, 2014
Grade 3 Honeybee Stakes
Oaklawn Park
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Race 6, Post Time 4:39 pm ET The majority of press at this time of year is on the Kentucky Derby trail, but the three-year-old fillies deserve top billing as well. This weekend the fil ...
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/Australia Racing Preview for 3/7/2014
What an amazing days races at Flemington today! Headlined by the two autumn classics, the Lexus Newmarket Stakes and the Darley Australian Cup. Throw in a few more graded stakes and it’s a great place to make some money. FLEMINGTON – AUS A ...
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A Racing Weekend Of Stars
If you’re the type who thinks that racing needs its stars to keep racing to increase interest, then this is the Saturday for you!
The one-two finishers and beaten favorite in America’s richest race all make the second start of their season on Sa ...
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Tampa Bay Downs - Tampa Bay Derby, March 8, 2014
Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby
Tampa Bay Downs
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Race 11, Post Time 5:25 pm ET COUSIN STEPHEN was the pick of the Stephen F. Davis, the local prep for the Tampa Bay Derby, in February, but he could not hold late and finished thir ...
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Australia Racing Preview for 3/6/2014
Friday racing sees us heading out to Cranbourne to try and build that bank for Saturday at Flemington, so let’s take a quick look and find some winners. CRANBOURNE – AUS A RACE 5 - THE CUP CLUB SHOWCASE F&M 0 - 64 HANDICAP 2025m of $30000 ( ...
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Thursday Harness Preview for 3/6/2014
The Thursday evening cards at Dover Downs and The Meadowlands offer a good blend of quality and quantity with full fields at both tracks that should lead to a handful of generous flat payouts. Thursday's Dover Downs card solid from top to botto ...
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Player Quick Pick for 3/6/2014
by Mel Daniels Santa Anita Race 5 Post Time: 6:03 pm ET MSW for 3yo going 6.5f (T) The anticipation for the Santa Anita Handicap is at a high level being that it's just two days away. Lets get it even higher by cashing a ticket with the hor ...
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Starting Friday, Lucky 7s Adds Up to $21,000 on Australian Racing
If you’re playing the $21,000 Lucky 7s promotion over the next seven Friday nights at TwinSpires.com then the phrase that pays is Return on Investment (ROI) because that is how all the scoring is done.
Picking winners on Australian races is alwa ...
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Wednesday Harness Preview for 3/5/2014
With Winter Storm Titan having long passed and the alphabetical index of storms set to expire, standardbred owners, trainers and fans can head back to the track this week knowing that spring is, theorhetically at least, just around the corner. ...
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On Why Honor Code Is My Number One
With champion two-year-old male Shared Belief and Remsen Stakes winner Honor Code both unraced as three-year-olds, I’ve looked forward to each weekend of the TwinSpires.com Kentucky Derby Championship Series as a chance for some sophomore to take ...
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Australia Racing Preview for 3/4/2014
Mid-week racing is back on and it’s time to get the wallet fat for Saturday at Flemington. No night racing at the Valley on Friday because they have switched to the Monday, so let’s see what we can get here today. SANDOWN HILLSIDE – AUS A RACE ...
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Player Quick Pick for 3/4/2014
by Mel Daniels Turf Paradise Race 7
Post time: 6:06 pm ET
Claiming (3.5) for 3&up going 1 mi. I want to start with the 8-Chase Man . After not faring to well in his last race on turf, he comes back to the dirt where he won his last st ...
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Favorites Help Keep 255 Alive To $1-Million
If going into the TwinSpires.com $1-million Road To the Kentucky Derby Showdown game I had told you that the favorite would hit the board in each of the first six races, what percentage of starting players would you expect to be alive?
88.9% of ...
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Player Quick Pick for 3/2/2014
by D.S. Williamson Best Bet – Race 5 – $75,000, Caixa Electronica, 6 furlongs for Four Year Olds and Up 4 – Hardened Wildcat – 8/1 – There appears to be a lot of speed in this race. We just saw yesterday how one of the best three-year-old s ...
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Santa Anita Sunday Pick 5 - Sunday, March 2, 2014
Santa Anita
Race 1, Post Time 3:30 pm ET Race 1: MISS AMERICAN PIE takes a massive drop in class for the Sunday opener, but it's her first start in nearly a year so we will try to beat her with CLEARLY CONFUSED and TEMPE . TEMPE is a new fac ...
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Player Quick Pick for 3/1/2014
by D.S. Williamson Welcome to March: Gulfstream Park should be beautiful today, nothing but sunshine and a high of 78... that's perfect betting weather! Race 5: N1X OC $62,500
4&up F&M going 1-1/6 mile (T) 8 – Profetiza – 4/1 – Jo ...
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Weight a Big Factor In Gotham
One of racing’s great ironies is the common lament, “I don’t regard weight to handicap races” (or some such).
In today’s parlance, “to handicap a race” usually means to figure out who’s going to win (or what chance each horse has of winning), but ...
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Tampa Bay Downs - Turf Dash, March 1, 2014
Turf Dash Stakes
Tampa Bay Downs
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Race 8, Post Time 3:55 pm ET ANCIL will need to work out a trip from the rail and is making his first start in five months, but he is worth making a wager on at a price. Trainer Joan Sco ...
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Samraat vs. Uncle Sigh - The Rematch
At Gulfstream Park we will have the 32nd running of the Grade 2, $200,000, Swale stakes at 7 furlongs. This race will feature the seasonal debut of Grade 1 Champagne Stakes winner Havana. The Todd Pletcher trainee has been working very well for th ...
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Weekend Harness Preview for 2/28/2014
While spring has hardly made an early arrival, things are certainly starting to heat up at several of the harness tracks along the East Coast this weekend as both The Meadowlands and Yonkers offer solid cards on Friday and Saturday nights. At T ...
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Australia Racing Preview for 2/28/2014
It’s Australian Guineas day at Flemington! The premier race for the autumn 3YR olds! Let’s see what we can find as we go in search of winning wagers and some greenbacks! With another 3 Graded races on the card there is some great racing and hope ...
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Palm Beach Stakes - Gulfstream Park, March 1, 2014
Palm Beach Stakes
Gulfstream Park
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Race 10, Post Time 5:41 pm ET STORMING INTI has won four straight races and the only blemish in his career to date was a third place finish in his debut last summer at Saratoga. The son ...
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Australia Racing Preview for 2/27/2014
Back to the home of ‘Night Racing’ before another big day at Flemington on Saturday with the Grade 1 Australian Guineas for the 3YR olds. Let’s take a peek at some of the shorter distance races and see if we can’t find some smart money. MOONEE VAL ...
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Thursday Harness Preview for 2/27/2014
With yet another arctic vortex - perhaps the future name for some standardbred, thoroughbred, quarter horse and greyhound - scheduled to make its presence felt this weekend throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, racing fans at several harness track ...
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Player Quick Pick for 2/27/2014
by Mel Daniels My original race was the 5th at Santa Anita, a Claiming (25) for 4&up F&M going a mile on the turf. However, Southern California is finally getting some much-needed rain and they have taken all races off the grass today. Ou ...
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Future Wagers Offer Chance To Drink Kool Aid
There is no shortage of opinions regarding a horse’s performance following races on the TwinSpires.com Kentucky Derby Championship Series , and the beauty of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager is that it allows bettors to put their money where ...
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Horse Sense: Understanding Takeout
A lot of people new to horse racing believe that a racetrack works like the average Vegas casino (think MGM, Caesar’s Palace, Red Rocks, Orleans, or Golden Nugget). But that’s not the case at all. Unlike a casino where the house makes money if you l ...
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Santa Anita Pick 6 - $198,609 Carryover, February 27, 2014
Santa Anita
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Race 1 Post Time: 4:00 pm ET
Race 3 Post Time: 5:00 pm ET There is rain in the forecast for Thursday at Santa Anita so make sure to check the late changes including scratches and surface switches. Race 3: ...
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Wednesday Harness Preview for 2/26/2014
It seems as though the Wednesday programs at a pair of five-eighths mile standardbred ovals tend to highlight the trotters and that is clearly the case again this evening as Dover Downs and Pompano Park offer cards that cater to the trotting gai ...
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Australia Racing Preview for 2/25/2014
Mid-week city racing is back at its home out at Sandown, so let’s take a look at a few of the races out there and start building the bank for the weekend coming with winning wagers. SANDOWN LAKESIDE – AUS A Race 3 - ALANNAH HILL PLATE ...
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Player Quick Pick for 2/25/2014
by Mel Daniels Turf Paradise Race 6
Post Time 5:28 pm EST
Claiming (6.25) for 3&up going 7.5f (T) My race - and bet - of the day takes us out to Turf Paradise. I want to start with the 1-Centenario de Oro . His last start was at the ...
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TwinSpires' Fan Vote!
Every week TwinSpires presents the Performance of the Week, heard Saturday's on Horse Racing Radio Network 's Equine Forum. This is a fan vote, so make sure your voice is heard, and - just for clicking a button - we'll give you a free $3! Vote by C ...
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A Quarter of the Way to $1-million
No one said winning $1-million in the TwinSpires.com Road to the Kentucky Derby SHOWdown would be easy, and one of the reasons it’s so difficult is a bettor’s tendency to overthink things.
We’re a quarter of the way home (5 races down, 15 to go) ...
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Untapable's Incredible Victory
Coming into Saturday the main track at Gulfstream Park had the look of being speed favoring track. There were five dirt races scheduled that day, four of them going two turns. The first three of the two turn races were won in wire-to-wire fashio ...
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Player Quick Pick for 2/23/2014
by D.S. Williamson After the brilliant display by Wildcat Red and General A Rod in the Fountain of Youth Stakes on Saturday - not to mention Onlyforyou's runaway romp in the Davona Dale and Reload sneaking up the rail in the Canadian Turf Hcp - ho ...
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Santa Anita - Sunday Pick 5, February 23, 2014
Santa Anita
50-cent Pick 5
Race 1, Post Time 3:30 pm ET Race 1: JETBIRD drops from three maiden special weight races and is the one to beat in the pick-5 opener. FAST MOKA TOO makes her first start since April 2012 and would be interesting i ...
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Weekend Harness Preview for 2/22/2014
by Ted Black Harness racing fans along the East Coast are finally getting a reprieve from the rough winter this weekend and a quartet of standardbred tracks will help warm things up even more wit ...
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Player Quick Pick for 2/22/2014
by D.S. Williamson Three-year-old fillies and three-old colts are in full force this Saturday at Gulfstream Park! The gals take to the dirt first in the G2 Davona Dale. Then, it’s the boys’ turn in the G1 Fountain of Youth Stakes. Race 9 – G ...
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Gulfstream Park - Canadian Turf Stakes, February 22, 2014
Gulfstream Park
Canadian Turf Stakes
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Race 10, Post Time 5:01 pm ET MR. ONLINE has won three straight races and five of his last eight and was second in the Grade 1 Nearctic four starts back, but this race came up wit ...
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Australia Racing Preview: Blue Diamond Edition for 2/21/2014
Big day today! Especially if you’re one of Australia’s premier 2YR old Thoroughbreds! And if you're a fan of making a quality bet: even better! So without going on anymore, let’s take a look at the great days racing that we have on offer at Cau ...
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C. Zee's Shining Debut
by John DaSilva The road to the Kentucky Derby steps up a notch this weekend with two major preps. At Gulfstream Park the 71st running of the Grade 2, $400,000, Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth will be run at 1 1/16 miles. At the Fair Grounds, the ...
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The TwinSpires.com Kentucky Derby Championship Series is Upon Us
I’m rarely a one-factor handicapper, but sometimes a particular factor is so glaring and the corresponding price so generous that analysis beyond that one variable just seems like platitude.
In the case of Rise Up in the Risen Star Stakes on Sat ...
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Mine That Bird to Lead Post Parade for Derby Prep
Mine That Bird, 50-1 longshot winner of the 2009 Kentucky Derby, will return to Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday to lead the post parade for the 2014 Mine That Bird Derby. Arguably the most important horse in Sunland Park racing hist ...
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Gulfstream Park - $1.1 Million Rainbow 6 Jackpot Carryover, February 21, 2014
Gulfstream Park
Thursday, February 21, 2014
Race 1 Post Time: 12:40 pm ET
Race 5 Post Time: 2:36 pm ET The Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Park is a jackpot wager, you have to be the only winning ticket to take down the pool, but when the pool get this l ...
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Australia Racing Preview for 2/20/2014
Friday night racing is on at Moonee Valley! Time to get ourselves into the mood for huge day at Caulfield tomorrow with the running of the Sportingbet Blue Diamond Stakes. So let’s take a look at a few of the better races and get started bettin ...
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Thursday Harness Preview for 2/20/2014
While most harness tracks prefer to use their best cards on Saturday nights, Dover Downs - which does not offer live racing on Friday or Saturday - has opted to highlight its best pacers of all ages on Thursday evenings each week. Granted, man ...
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Player Quick Pick for 2/20/2014
Australia A Race 5
Post Time 8:20 pm PT
Benchmark 70
1 mile Track Dead 4 With the Caulfield 1 million dollar Blue Diamond Stakes looming just a day away. let's hit some bets tonight! We'll start with the 4 NABOOTIQUE. The baby of this group o ...
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Showdown update: Can one of 1,176 go 17/17?
With 17 races to go, 1,176 TwinSpires.com players remain alive for the $1-million top prize on the Road to the Kentucky Derby SHOWdown .
The number represents 50.9% of the original 2,308 players and 72.3% of the 1,627 who had advanced out of the ...
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Australia Racing Preview: Blue Diamond Edition for 2/19/2014
[Earthquake] is in good order and is such a relaxed type of two-year-old I think she will handle [the pressure of the Blue Diamond] all right. I think she will be really strong late. Earthquake 2.70
Rubick 3.20
Chivalry 8.00
Nayeli 8.00
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Wednesday Harness Preview for 2/19/2014
by Ted Black At two five-eighths mile harness tracks along the East Coast but over 1000 miles apart, it seems as though the emphasis each Wednesday is usually on the trotters. With that being the case again this week, most of the plays, but not en ...
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Australia Racing Preview for 2/18/2014
by Grant Davies Mid-week racing back at Sandown today people and there hopefully is some money to be had on the wagering front. Let’s take a quick look and build for the big Blue Diamond day coming up at Caulfield where it’s Girl vs Boy in th ...
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Weekly Stakes Wrap-Up for 2/18/2014
Kobe's Back On Monday racing returned to Laurel Park after a few days off to deal with the aftermath of snowstorms on the East Coast. The feature race was the Grade 3, $250,000, General George Handicap going seven furlongs. New York bred Band ...
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Who's Fit For the Southwest
In discussing the Southwest Stakes (click for free Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs w/ comments ) with Steve Byk on his At The Races radio program Friday morning, I wondered whether fitness would be a factor for some entrants because of the lost train ...
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Player Quick Pick for 2/17/2014
The fun part about this time of year is that we start figuring out who belongs in the Kentucky Derby picture. And - in order to get there - we get fantastic wagering opportunities like today's Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park. This is a really inter ...
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Monday Harness Preview for 2/17/2014
by Ted Black After a week in which Winter Storm Pax wreaked havoc with the racing on the East Coast, harness racing fans should find a full slate of races on Monday when Dover Downs, Pompano Park and Yonkers Raceway host live cards. Plenty of grea ...
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TwinSpires.com SHOWdown update: 2 down, 18 to go
With two races down and 18 to go, 1,627 people are still in line for the $1-million on the TwinSpires.com Road to the Kentucky Derby SHOWdown , and 41 are still alive for the @twinspires #tsSHOWdown last longest competition on Twitter (worth $50 ...
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Santa Anita Pick 6 - $119,278 Carryover, February 17, 2014
Santa Anita
Monday, February 17, 2014
First Post: 3:30 pm ET
Race 4 Post: 5:00 pm ET President's Day racing at Santa Anita just got a little more exciting with a carryover of over $119,000 in the pick-6. The sequence starts in race four, an allow ...
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Santa Anita - San Vicente Stakes, February 16, 2014
San Vicente Stakes
Santa Anita
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Race 5, Post Time 5:30 pm ET CHERUBIM was a well kept secret in his second career start, drawing off late to win by over three lengths at odds of 20-1. That race was validated when Cheli ...
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