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The Redboard Report: Native Hero Emigrates With My Money
by DAVID ARAGONA
See the initial Redboard Report for an overview of this series of post-race ruminations.
As horseplayers, we all have shared the painful experience of watching a horse that we had considered during the handicapping process, ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita 3/7/2015
3 - Dortmund – 8/5 – Like Ocho Ocho Ocho, Dortmund, Bob Baffert’s top ranked Kentucky Derby contender, was sired by a Run for the Roses winner. Dortmund looks a lot like his dad, Big Brown. He might actually have a longer stride than what his f ...
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Palm Beach Friday Matinee Preview 3/6/2015
Fantastic Friday card at Palm Beach without a doubt this afternoon. Many of the top superstars this track has to offer will be on display for the fans to enjoy. The most anticipated race today will come in Race 14 with the two top ranked r ...
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Dubai: Super Saturday Forecast, Part I
Before the fantastic U.S. racing action kicks off Saturday, Dubai serves up a feast of course-and-distance preps for World Cup night. If you haven’t gotten into the Carnival scene yet, Meydan’s “Super Saturday” is a great way to prepare for the main ...
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Big Cap Preview
Moreno (6/1)
Moreno had no shot in the Breeders' Cup Classic because of the start, and he clipped heels in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. If you throw those two races out, he’s got as legitimate of a shot to beat Shared Belief as any of them in here ...
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Scully’s Derby Top 10 – Prospect Park joins in advance of San Felipe
The Great War is off the Kentucky Derby trail, bleeding through Lasix as he faded in last Saturday’s John Battaglia Memorial, and his departure opens a spot for a new addition to the Top 10 list, Prospect Park.
A dark bay son of Tapit, Prospect Pa ...
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Pick-3 Power; Fraser, Yonkers In Profit Portraits
Let winter wallow through the first weekend of March, roaring like the lion it always imitates when it arrives, because the northern hemisphere is cooking with harness racing and we will be targeting every great wagering opportunity available.
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Thursday twilight, March 5
Welcome to another program of 18 exciting and entertaining races at Southland for Thursday. There are several contests that drew my attention for a closer look and I've come up with some good opportunities for making money and I've listed those choic ...
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Aged stars return in Meadowlands qualifiers
While thoroughbred racing fans are accustomed to following the workout tabs at the various tracks to see when the top three-year-olds and top older horses are posting their first breezes and drills before their seasonal debuts, standardbred racing fa ...
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Dubai: Local Time keeps ticking, Almoonqith finds his calling
Godolphin's Local Time clocked her foes once again in last Thursday's U.A.E. Oaks (UAE-G3) , but the striking visual impression could be no more than a desert mirage. The evidence of the clock, and the form book, raise questions about her otherwise a ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings February 2015
Jj's Tango Honorable Mention Nikita’s First, Turbo Casper, Nothin ForNothin, Loop A, Pat C Short Cut, Java Beretta, Jj’s Tango, Pat C Rapper, Tah Tyler, Kb’s Santa Lucia, HareRaisnGudTime, Peddler, Superior Philly, Pat C Shy ...
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Double-Digit Prices Across The Board
We were in play with the features this week but this time of the season our major accomplishments are not the races that make headlines. Indeed, it’s the results that impress the bettors more than the insiders.
Check out the horses-to-watch li ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday twilight, March 2
Welcome to another Monday of exciting greyhound racing at Southland and on tap are 18 entertaining races for our viewing and wagering pleasure. I've selected a couple of good longshot opportunities and a couple of top grade contests that I believe ca ...
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Stellar Wind makes some noise in Santa Ysabel
As expected, Light the City was sent off the favorite in Saturday’s Santa Ysabel S. (G3), but it was Stellar Wind who stole the show at Santa Anita Park for new trainer John Sadler.
The chestnut miss utilized her outside post position to good effe ...
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Recap of January/February's 5 Up And Coming Young Greyhounds at Southland To Watch
As many of you know from reading MoneyMaker Mike's Southland previews around the middle of each month I post the next month's 5 up & coming young greyhounds to watch. This is a recap of January and February's young greyhounds that were selected. ...
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Betting For Profit
Anybody who’s been around the Sport of Kings for any length of time knows that all thoroughbreds descended from the Byerley Turk, the Darley Arabian or the Godolphin Arabian; all horseplayers seemingly descended from Mr. Geppetto .
Asking a r ...
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Saturday’s Prime Power Play – Put the Percentages in Your Favor
Prime Power Play, Saturday, Feb. 28:
THE GREAT WAR (Turfway Park, Race 6, #11)
Prime Power is Brisnet.com’s most powerful number, a rating that is a feature of the Ultimate Past Performances and other reports. With Prime Power, BRIS Speed, Cl ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita for 2/28/2015
The final day of February 2015 brings horseplayers two Kentucky Derby prep races. The first is the G2 Swale where Daredevil makes his 2015 debut. The second is the John Battaglia Memorial at Turfway where The Great War is the even money morning lin ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, February 28
Welcome to another fun filled and exciting Saturday evening of greyhound racing at Southland. On the card are 18 races and while going thru the program I noticed several contests that stood out to me as good wagering opportunities and I have listed t ...
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Bet Now, Win Later; It's the Future Wager Way
Who can win the Kentucky Derby is an important question to ask when deciding whether to get involved in a future wager, but just as important for making the advance investment worth your time and money is the chance that a horse not only makes the ga ...
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Beginning a ‘Legacy’ or ‘Light’ up the toteboard in Santa Ysabel?
That headline is a bit misleading.
While Achiever’s Legacy could begin her, well, legacy in Saturday’s Santa Ysabel S. (G3) at Santa Anita Park, there is little chance that Light the City will light up the toteboard in the 1 1/16-mile contest.
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Winners & Losers In February Prep Races
There have been six Graded Stakes route races for three-year-olds run so far in the month of February: the final four races of the Kentucky Derby Prep Season and the first two races of the Kentucky Derby Championship Series.
Here’s how I saw them: ...
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Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3 Analysis
Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) opens Friday (Feb. 27) at noon (ET) and concludes at 6 pm. on Sunday.
The mutuel field closed at 3-1 in Pool 3 of the 2014 KDFW and the morning line odds are the same for this weekend’s edition.
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Top 5 Horses that Never Ran in the Kentucky Derby
Late-bloomers end up becoming awesome runners later in the horse racing year, and later on in their careers at older ages.
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Palm Beach Friday Matinee Preview 2/27/2015
*Atascocita Sybil* Race 15 Grade TA 738 Yards The best racer on the Marathon course #1 Atascocita Sybil from Suncoast Racing has been tremendous this season. Has the top season time (41.78 secs) at Palm Beach and gets the pole position ...
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What do a phaeton, chatterbox and condo have in common?
The answer to that question is 50 Kentucky Oaks (G1) points – at least if you’re talking about Ekati’s Phaeton, I’m a Chatterbox and Condo Commando.
Actually, those three fillies have more than 50 points toward a starting berth in the Oaks due to ...
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February Finale Filled With Pure Profit Expectations
The forecast looks well enough to try again at the Meadowlands with its triptych of winter-series finals on the last weekend in February. Our suggested contenders for Feb. 28’s features are rehashed below.
Our overnight races chosen this weeke ...
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Scully’s Derby Top 10 – Itsaknockout, International Star join as McLaughlin duo departs
Whether you thought Upstart was the best horse or Itsaknockout lost all chance due to interference, the Fountain of Youth gave Thoroughbred racing fans something to debate.
It was an oddly-run race, with the top finishers staggering home over a ti ...
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Take Charge Brandi's possible Derby bid not quite like the others
In news that did not surprise long-time racing fans, champion juvenile filly Take Charge Brandi was confirmed Wednesday as being under consideration for the $750,000 Rebel at Oaklawn Park on March 14.
An appearance in the signature prep for the $1 ...
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Top trotters and pacers eager to return
Photo: Twitter @trotinsider Not surprisingly, Johansson hails from a harness racing family and her father, Hall of Fame trainer Jimmy Takter, is best known for his work with trotters. In fact, Takter trainees Shake It Cerry (champion three-year ...
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Stewards Actually Were Consistent in Fountain of Youth DQ
by Laura Pugh
The biggest complaint regarding stewards has more to do with the consistency of their decisions than the decisions themselves. For many fans, this was on display Saturday, February 21, at Gulfstream Park where the headline Fountain ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday twilight, February 25
Wednesday's greyhound racing program at Southland looks very interesting with some solid runners going to post and I've selected several races and listed them below that I consider to be good plays for the card. Good luck to all and thanks for readin ...
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Dubai: Cladocera ascending, Hunter's Light rekindled
The upwardly mobile Cladocera joined an exclusive club last Thursday, adding the Balanchine (UAE-G2) to her previous success in the January 29 Cape Verdi (UAE-G2). Only two others have turned that double -- Sun Classique (2008) and Sajjhaa (2013) -- ...
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Dubai: Catching up with the Carnival highlights
It might be Lent, but it's still Carnival time in Dubai, which is now available for watching and wagering at TwinSpires.
In honor of that welcome development, let's catch up with the highlights of the Carnival so far. Since my after-action report ...
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Khozan Stacks Up Well Historically, But Can He Buck Historic Apollo Curse?
“I’d rather have a lot of talent and a little experience, than a lot of experience and a little talent”
-John Wooden
Khozan is a fascinating horse who has demonstrated exceptional talent every time he’s had the opportunity.
His first impress ...
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Far Right wins again in Southwest
Far Right has been the master of Oaklawn Park's road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) so far, following up his victory in the January 19 Smarty Jones S. with similar late-running heroics in Sunday's $300,000 Southwest S. (G3). This time, he did so over a s ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday twilight, February 23
On tap for Southland today are 18 exciting races and in going over the program I've pick out several that caught my attention and which I think offer good opportunities for us to put some cash in our pockets. Good luck to all and thanks for reading. ...
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Player Quick Pick: Oaklawn Park 2/22/2015
11-Mr. Z- 3/1 – Sure, he veered out and lost all chance at the victory in the Smarty Jones, but trainer D. Wayne Lukas is a master at developing three-year-olds. One of the ways to fix Mr. Z’s incredible lack of racing discipline is to put a more ...
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‘Pandora’ Pounds Tracks; Winter Winners Roll Over Frozen Ground
This time around, a storm called Pandora (winter storms are named these days) comes barreling through the south and flows up the eastern seaboard with snow and sleet. It gets intense mid-Saturday, Feb. 21, and harness tracks begin to cancel.
B ...
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Silly DQ costs Upstart money and points but not a Kentucky Derby start
Upstart’s undeserved disqualification in the Fountain of Youth Stakes cost him purse money and qualifying points, but the good news (if there can be any after losing $160,000 on a bogus call) is that it won’t cost him a start in the Kentucky Derby.
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday matinee, February 22
Good afternoon to everyone and welcome to Southland where there are 18 exciting greyhound races on tap for today. After going over the program, I found several appealing contests that stand out as solid wagering opportunities and I've listed those be ...
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Itsaknockout prevails in controversial Fountain of Youth
Saturday’s Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park ended in controversy when 4-5 favorite Upstart was disqualified and placed second behind Itsaknockout after drifting out into that rival passing the sixteenth pole.
After forcing his rival to steady, ...
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International Star surges up rail to win Risen Star, guarantees Kentucky Derby berth
Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s International Star stamped his ticket for the Kentucky Derby in Saturday’s Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds, parlaying a rail-skimming trip into his second consecutive stakes victory at Fair Grounds.
After rallying to the l ...
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Palm Beach 2015 3/8ths Mile Derby Final Preview
Pat C Brightly ~ Koppe, Staats & Collins ~ 37.60 secs best time 6-1 Odds Draws the pole position 1 box, which is statistically this season the most favorable box to win from. Another stellar rusher but can be short at times at the wire ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, February 21
Welcome to another Saturday evening of 18 fun filled and exciting races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. I have gone thru the program and selected some races that I feel offer solid picks and which also could pay some nice prices. Good ...
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Kentucky Derby Championship Series Kicks Off
There are three Kentucky Derby points races this weekend. The two on Saturday—the Risen Star at Fair Grounds and the Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream—each offer a $400,000 purse and 85 qualifying points (w/ 50 to the winner).
So which race attr ...
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Introducing The Redboard Report: right about the races after they've been run
by David Aragona
The title of this series of blog posts is intentionally tongue-in-cheek. While I will indeed partake in that frowned-upon practice of explaining why horses that I did not pick beforehand won, should have won, or just ran well, ...
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Let's go to the videotape: One Lucky Dane
In addition to studying the Brisnet past performances, another key element of handicapping is investing the time to watch the race replays available in the voluminous TwinSpires archive.
The visual evidence is especially helpful when evaluating li ...
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Forward Gal deja vu in Davona Dale?
A full field of 14 has been assembled for the $200,000 Davona Dale S. (G2), the most expensive of the three Kentucky Oaks (G1) points races on Saturday. While the Gulfstream Park contest offers the most in purse money, it is the shortest in distance ...
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Perceived Ability
Over the past few days, I’ve posted quite a bit on my Facebook page about a new technique I’ve been working on called the Perceived Ability Rating, or PAR.
PAR is my attempt to represent a horse’s ability based not on past performances — spe ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
Host Derek Simon handicaps races from Tampa Bay Downs with Jon Luman , using the former’s Ability-X Ratings. They also discuss the potency of the morning line, California Chrome and horizontal wagering strategies, as well as Metaboss’ big win in the ...
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I'm a Chatterbox looks to silence rivals
West Coast Belle and Angela Renee could maintain their spot in the top five of the Kentucky Oaks leaderboard with good enough efforts in Saturday's $175,000 Rachel Alexandra S. (G3) at Fair Grounds.
The duo, both graded winners, have been assigned ...
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Road to the Kentucky Derby: What Signature Preps are the Most Successful?
5. Arkansas Derby – The Arkansas Derby has produced five First Saturday in May winners. The most famous have been Lil E. Tee, who finished second in the Arkansas in 1992 before upsetting the great Arazi at Churchill Downs and Smarty Jones in ...
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A filly in the "Busher" could be worth 50 points
The girls will have three shots this weekend at earning points toward what is, essentially, a guaranteed spot in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) starting gate.
On Saturday, Aqueduct hosts the $100,000 Busher S. going 1 1/16 miles, Fair Grounds is putting o ...
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Eclipse Award voters needed clarification
The Eclipse Awards for champion Older Male and Older Female were reclassified on Thursday to Older Dirt Male and Older Dirt Female. Given the results of the past two years, I was glad to see the Eclipse Awards steering committee clarify the purpose o ...
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Carpe Diem Seizes Top of Pugh's Derby List
by Laura Pugh
This is the first in a four-part series ranking Kentucky Derby hopefuls following the road to the Kentucky Derby. The Prep Season (commonly known as “the 10-point races” for the amount of points awarded to the winner) was to have co ...
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Horses, drivers brace for serious winter racing
Even horses that get a second quarter breather and soft half-mile split - typically prerequisites to wins in the warmer months - are not enough to guarantee success during the winter. Pocket trips and second- and third-over trips can pay serious d ...
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Winter Finals Fire Across The Borders
Bitter cold ensues but we look over the schedule to put on the heat for playing this weekend. Some winter-series finals at the Meadowlands and Woodbine take center stage Saturday.
Also, we check out overnight races with opportunities, includin ...
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Potent Jockeys
When I was a young boy, I'm guessing only six or seven years old, the Foodland grocery chain had a promotion called "Let's Go to the Races". It depended upon how much money in groceries you spent as to how many of the race cards you would receiv ...
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Scully’s Derby Top 10 – Texas Red in doubt
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Texas Red opened 2015 with a good second in the seven-furlong San Vicente on February 1 and appeared poised to keep moving forward in his final two preps for the Kentucky Derby.
But a reported foot abscess, which beca ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday twilight February 18
Welcome to another 18 exciting races at Southland on tap for Wednesday. There are several races that caught my attention and after further examination look to be very good opportunities for the wagering public to put some cash in their pockets. I've ...
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Kentucky Derby Points System Improved Qualifying And Debate
I was wrong about the Kentucky Derby points system.
When Churchill Downs Race Track rolled out its plan to determine Kentucky Derby entry by points awarded instead of graded stakes purses earned I thought it was an unnecessary step—more from an “i ...
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Three Underrated Tracks: Oaklawn, Tampa Bay and the Fair Grounds
Fair Grounds in Louisiana – The Louisiana Fair Grounds is one of my favorite tracks in the United States. I’ve visited it multiple times and it’s a must for any horseplayer that loves the history of the sport. The Fair Grounds opened in 1852. I ...
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The Perfect Pari-Mutuel Storm Partners With the Wrath Of The Public
We had a terrible weekend betting harness for profit and we can only point to a pair of factors contributing to our failures; one is the weather and the other is math, which comes into play regardless of the weather.
It was another in a stream ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday twilight, February 16
Welcome to another Monday twilight racing card at Southland where 18 entertaining and exciting races are on the program. I've picked out several contests that I feel deserve consideration for good wagering opportunites and I've listed them below. G ...
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Palm Beach $50,000 Semi-Final Derby Preview
Ethel Is Here #5 Jj’s Tango from Rader Racing has been most impressive the last two starts. Two straight W’s, with a scorching 37.54 secs going away victory last time out has the hot puppy’s owners and Kennel dreaming big. I’m going with ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - March's Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch At Southland
It's that time again for MoneyMaker Mike's monthly preview of his 5 up and coming young greyhounds to watch at Southland. I try to post this around the middle of each month as many of you may know, the only requirement is that the greyhound hasn't ra ...
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Metaboss wins El Camino Real Derby
Metaboss catapulted himself into the Kentucky Derby (G1) picture with a 2 1/2-length victory in Saturday's $200,525 El Camino Real Derby (G3) at Golden Gate Fields. Under Hall of Famer Alex Solis, the Jeff Bonde trainee rallied from near the back of ...
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Stop It! They’re Both Good
I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised when, mere moments after a thrilling renewal of the San Antonio Invitational won by Shared Belief, social media exploded with chest-thumping I-told-you-so’s and vitriolic cries of “California Chrome sucks!” But ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita for 2/14/2015
The feature at Santa Anita on Saturday, Feb. 14, is the Grade 2 Santa Maria Stakes. 9 entrants will contest the 1-1/16 mile distance of the race. It’s a fitting event for Valentine’s Day since the Santa Maria is for fillies and mares. Which one of th ...
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Sonsam series offers potential promise
While many standardbred racing fans have often viewed the Meadowlands as the pinnacle of the sport, especially during the summer when it often hosts lucrative major stakes for trotters and pacers of all ages highlighted by the Hambletonian and the Me ...
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Can Far From Over defy the Reilly jinx in Brisnet's Triple Crown fantasy draft?
Team Brisnet conducted its annual Triple Crown Fantasy Draft on Thursday. As usual, I spent long hours of intense study, including lots of time in the film room, hoping that the homework would reap a Malcolm Butler-level payoff.
Although I did man ...
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El Camino a Real SHOWdown Test
The Kentucky Derby Prep Season concludes and the $1-million Road to the Kentucky Derby SHOWdown continues this weekend with the El Camino Real Derby on Saturday at Golden Gate Fields and the Southwest Stakes on Monday at Oaklawn Park (click the ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Friday twilight, February13
As always, welcome to another 18 exciting and entertaining greyhound races at Southland. The program this evening has several races that features some solid runners that stand out as having good wagering potential and MoneyMaker Mike has those select ...
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Steady, Solid Bets To Light Up Harness Tracks’ Toteboards
Freezing mid-February weekends are wonderful to harness bettors, since there are so many ways to apply themselves to pari-mutuel play. With a laptop, a mobile phone or pad or plain old tower-run computer to connect to the Internet, you are never deni ...
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Class droppers can often climb back
Standardbred racing fans are often leery of those trotters and pacers that gradually drop in class seeking to regain their lost form, but those horses still often get overbet. Nevertheless, there are two aged pacers currently racing right now at Yonk ...
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Renaissance Man Uses Art To Win $188,491.40
Owning an art gallery finally paid off for R. F. Sharp, who used 35-to-1 English Art in the last race on February 6 at Santa Anita Park only because of the word “Art” in his name.
The last-second inclusion added $60 to the cost of Sharp’s ticket a ...
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Scully’s Derby Top 10 – Dortmund justifies top status, Firing Line improves standing in Lewis
Dortmund brought a lot of hype into his three-year-old season and did not disappoint his many supporters in Saturday’s Robert B. Lewis (G2) at Santa Anita, posting a head decision over the talented Firing Line, who ran a huge race in defeat.
Condi ...
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We've Waited 50 Years For a Year This Good
by Laura Pugh
February 7, 2015, will go down as one of the great days in American racing.
Normally, most of the chatter would have circled around the three-year-old stakes, as it is Kentucky Derby prep season, but instead, the most fervent cha ...
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Palm Beach $50,000 3rd Round Derby Qualifying Preview
PJ Timeless
Race 14
PJ Timeless Veteran of 3 Stakes Finals #7 PJ Timeless from Rader Racing looks to be the play here. Solid midtrack rush and experience should put Timeless to the front for good from the beginning. Sister ...
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Why we shouldn't overlook Lea in the older male division
Racing fans were naturally enthralled by the show put on by Shared Belief and California Chrome in last Saturday's $500,000 San Antonio at Santa Anita. The showdown most of us had hoped for last November in the Breeders' Cup Classic went off without ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday twilight, February 10
Welcome to another Wednesday at Southland with 18 exciting greyhound races on tap for this twilight program. There are several races that drew my interest as potentially good wagering opportunities and I've listed those below. Good luck to all and th ...
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Blog’s Double-Digit Harness Winners Trounce Choices On Big Weekend
Productive weekends like the one that just passed continue to trump losses and further our profits. From our preview blog (available Thursday mornings) last week came what industry folk headlined as “surprises.” Not for us. We took some races by stor ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday twilight, February 9
Welcome to another Monday twilight session of entertaining and wagering opportunities on greyhounds at Southland. There are 18 exciting races on tap and several of these stand out as having solid nice payoff potentials. I have listed those below and ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday Matinee, February 8
Welcome to another Sunday of matinee racing at Southland. On tap are 18 exciting greyhound races and for your viewing and wagering pleasure MoneyMake Mike has selected 4 races that stood out to him in going over the program and his picks are listed b ...
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Harness racing offers varying classifications
Thoroughbred racing fans understand that horses can venture from one circuit to another and basically remain in the same class, whether its graded stakes company or bottom-level claimers that have not won a certain amount of races in six months, a ye ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening February 7
This evening at Southland we have 18 races on the card and MoneyMaker Mike has several interesting contests that he has picked out as good wagering opportunities. Three of the picks are in distance races so let's see if we can put some cash in our p ...
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Player Quick Pick: Gulfstream Park for 2/7/2015
A lot of eyes will be paying attention to what’s happening over at Santa Anita Park on Saturday. California Chrome battles Shared Belief in the San Antonio Stakes. But, Gulfstream has a full day as well with the Donn Handicap as the feature. As enter ...
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SHOWdown
Good news! For those who love to gloat about how they had the Kentucky Derby winner pegged just hours after its conception, i.e. the vast majority of horse players, TwinSpires.com and other pari-mutuel wagering outlets are offering the Kentucky Der ...
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Sam F. Davis Deserves Derby Points
by Laura Pugh
Churchill Downs made the right decision to use a points system rather than graded stakes earnings to determine Kentucky Derby starters.
The points system encourages development in a three-year-old season because no longer are the ...
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Lasix in Horse Racing: To Be or Not To Be
Lasix is a diuretic that increases urine productions and frequency. It has been given to horses for decades in the U.S. as a way to reduce or prevent nose bleeds. There is a noticeable speed increase when a horse uses Lasix. It is most noticeable whe ...
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Cross-Country Pick 4 – Shared Belief, Dynamic Sky key; War Correspondent price play
Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita will offer an All Stakes, $500,000 Guaranteed Cross Country Pick 4 on Saturday and I’ll be playing on TwinSpires.com .
Here is a look at the sequence:
Leg 1 (Gulfstream Race 12) : MSHAWISH (#1) is a given consi ...
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On Track Versus On the Web: TwinSpires.com & Churchill Take SHOWdown Rivalry to Social Media
In addition to giving players the chance to win $1-million with 20 $20 show bets as well as $2,000 in additional cash and prizes on social media , Churchill Downs Inc. is pitting its online handicappers against the race track team in a showdown for ...
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Stay On Track This Weekend; Hopefully Some Winners Included
The action will be fast on Saturday, and if you want to be kept from becoming furious, then stay informed and up-to-date with all the great information from the TwinSpires.com team of handicappers, analysts, and luminaries.
The $1-million Road to ...
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Betting Online vs. Betting at the Track
You can make wagers on the fly – TwinSpires has an incredible mobile website (and a new native app coming soon my spies tell me). I can’t tell you how many times my brother has texted me the number of the horse that he likes in the very next race ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Friday, February 6
Welcome to another evening of exciting and entertaining greyhound racing at Southland Park. On tap we have 18 races for your viewing and wagering pleasure and MoneyMaker Mike has picked out 4 contests that are worth checking out as good solid plays. ...
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Thoughts on Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager
Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) opens Friday and closes Sunday at 6 p.m. (ET).
Brisnet.com has free pps , with the 23 individual betting interests as well as nearly 30 members of the mutuel field (all others) included, and real t ...
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$1-million SHOWdown Returns With More Ways To Win
The return of SHOWdown is always a big deal here at TwinSpires.com HQ, but nothing would be a bigger deal than seeing Director of Marketing Lucky Kalanges with the blanket of roses in one hand and a $1-million novelty check in the other for the T ...
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