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Scully's Derby Top 10
No points toward a Kentucky Derby berth were available last week, but a couple of three-year-olds were added to the top 10 list following impressive showings
Ocean Knight (Curlin) makes his debut at #8 after capturing the January 31 Sam F. Davis ( ...
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2014 Greyhound All America teams announced
The 2014 Greyhound All America teams have just been announced and Southland leads the way with two first team All Americans and a second team All American being selected among the 16 greyhounds chosen. Joey Ice from Derby Lane was chosen captain of t ...
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2015 Palm Beach 3/8ths Mile Derby Preview
*Jj's Tango* Possible Longshots ~Jj’s Tango ~Budz Lava Girl ~Pat C Brightly ~Starz Opera ~Lucy Lawless (Ethel Is Here's sister) Predictions Here are predictions for who will be taking home the top p ...
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If mile races create the best sires, why are there fewer of them?
If you're in the stallion-making business, there's no prize quite as coveted by horsemen and breeders as the Metropolitan Handicap. Or so we're told every spring.
The adage, or cliché, that "milers make the best sires" has been around quite a whil ...
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Weekend Winners Impress But Only Ocean Knight As Derby Horse
There were no points races last weekend, but a trio of stakes races for three-year-olds featured some familiar names and a new player on the scene, so let’s get to the action:
Ocean Knight continues to shine
The most startling thing about the ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The best win prices, some of them eclipsed by place and show prices are found this week in our horses to watch (H2W) section.
Our features over the weekend included races from the Meadowlands’ Pick 4s on Jan. 30. As we explained, these were su ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday twilight, February 2
Monday's twilight program at Southland features 18 exciting races and MoneyMaker Mike has picked out several contests that caught his attention as good wagering opportunities. I have listed them below and hope to get the week started by putting some ...
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Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings January 2015
*CRT Leyla*
Honorable Mention Loop A, Turbo Casper, JS ToHotToHandle, CRT Leyla, Nikitas First, JS Jump For Joy, Nothin ForNothin, Peddler, Kiowa Hathaway, PJ Timeless, Lawyer Lance, Pat C Dark Ciena, Ninis Chipotle, Flying Conduit, S ...
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Oaks Notes
There were two races on Saturday – the Las Virgenes S. (G1) and Martha Washington S. -- offering points for the May 1 Kentucky Oaks (G1).
The contests were the final races in the prep season portion of the “Road to the Kentucky Oaks” series of eve ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday matinee, February 1
Welcome to another Sunday matinee of greyhound racing at Southland Park. On tap this afternoon are 18 races for your viewing and wagering entertainment. MoneyMaker Mike has selected several contests on today's program that stand out as solid betting ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita for 1/31/2015
Three graded stakes races are on tap at Santa Anita on Saturday, January 31, including the Grade 1 Las Virgenes. The race that looks like one on which horseplayers should key in on might be the Grade 2 Palos Verdes, Race 6 on the card. There could be ...
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5 Ways to Improve Your Game
While perusing the Internet looking for inspirational quotes from Justin Bieber the other day, I couldn’t help but notice some of the whacky wagers being offered on Sunday’s Super Bowl. For example, pro football punters can bet on the duration of the ...
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Palm Beach Saturday Matinee Preview 1/31/2015
Top Pick Race 14- #7 Hustle It Up (pictured) Look for my Palm Beach Top 10 Rankings for January to come out this weekend! Follow me on Twitter @PalmBeachJason FaceBook- Palm Beach Jason ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, January 31
Welcome to another evening of great greyhound racing at Southland as we have 18 races on tap sure to be full of excitement and entertainment. On this, the last Southland card of the month, MoneyMaker Mike has picked out some solid plays that offer go ...
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SoCal Jockeys: A horseplayer’s five favorite jocks in the sun of SoCal
5. Victor Espinoza – Forget the fact that he is California Chrome’s jockey. The most brilliant ride that I’ve ever seen, because Victor was the only one with enough guts to try it, was in the 2002 Kentucky Derby. The Derby is known as having a ...
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Getting to Know Australian Racing (3/3)
As we all know, the weather plays a very important part in horse racing. In the United States, a deluge of rain could turn a course upside down. First and more than likely, every turf race scheduled for that day will be taken off the course and put o ...
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Breeders' Cup Winners Return: What Can We Learn?
The winners of both main track Breeders’ Cup races for two-year-olds make their three-year-old debuts this weekend, but it is actually the fourth-place finisher in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile that is the most likely winner of the trio.
Certainly, b ...
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Free Handicap Needs More Experimentation
The Jockey Club released its 2014 Experimental Free Handicap on Thursday. Essentially, it’s four racing secretaries (P.J. Campo, Ben Huffman, Martin Panza, and Thomas Robbins) who compile weights for a mythical race for two-year-olds going 1 1/16 mil ...
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Let BRIS Broodmare Produce Report #255 help with your pedigree research
Brisnet.com offers many helpful pedigree products , and the one we'd like to highlight today is #255 -- the Broodmare Produce Report that lists all progeny with start-by-start records. Simply enter the mare and a beginning activity date.
This to ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
TwinSpires' Derek Simon discusses all the latest happenings in the Sport of Kings, including the anticipated showdown between California Chrome and Shared Belief in the San Antonio Stakes.
In the U. of Bet / Football segment, Derek opines on ...
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San Antonio Showdown between California Chrome and Shared Belief would be historic
Regardless if you want to call the pending matchup between Horse of the Year California Chrome and champion Shared Belief a rematch—as America’s Best Racing is branding it—or a mulligan—as Brisnet.com’s Vance Hanson suggests in the video below—such a ...
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Deep-Freeze Features
This weekend, as an historic blizzard fades into the Atlantic and tracks open again for racing, we focus on a few events you can approach. We’ll do our best offering outside contenders that should pump up the prices—explaining them in our traditional ...
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Scully’s Derby Top 10
Upstart (Upstart) improved his status while leaving the competition in his wake, romping to a 5 ½-length victory in Saturday’s Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
He moved to #3 in my top 10 list and I’m glad to have some future action on him at 5 ...
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Like the Super Bowl, these races decided championships (Part 2)
Continuing on from Part 1 of this feature posted Tuesday, we now delve into the races that more or less decided Horse of the Year from the (more) modern era of 1990-2014.
1990 - Hollywood Gold Cup (Hollywood Park) CRIMINAL TYPE edged reigning ...
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Big Start For Upstart, But Can He Progress?
The main focus of last weekend’s three-year-old action occurred at Gulfstream Park, where the Holy Bull, Hutcheson Stakes, and a very promising Maiden Special Weight event garnered most of the attention.
We’ll also review the California Cup Derby— ...
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Like the Super Bowl, these races decided championships
The 49th edition of the Super Bowl on Sunday will pit the New England Patriots versus the Seattle Seahawks to determine the champion of American professional football. The upcoming showdown got me thinking about which races in the Super Bowl-era dete ...
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The Success That Was the Daytona 550
A National Champion
Congratulations to Husker Magic from The Abernathy Kennel. The female North American wins leader from Derby Lane in 2014 left no doubt that she was the top sprinter with a resounding close to win her team a champio ...
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Thursday harness preview 1/29/15
In the week leading up the Super Bowl, serious standardbred racing fans will be heading to various tracks along the East coast perhaps looking to pad their bankrolls before kickoff, although Winter Storm Juno is probably going to limit some of the wa ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
We began the weekend on Friday (though there were horses to watch on Thursday, so always look at the H2W list for entries on Thursdays) at Woodbine with two winter series finals.
In the Snowshoe Final we raced second to the big favorite ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday twilight, January 26
Welcome to another Monday of entertaining greyhound racing at Southland Park. As most of you know, Mondays during January have featured all MoneyMaker Mike's longshot picks and while this is the last longshot Monday for a while, I do plan on having o ...
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Lightning Strikes the Rainbow Twice At TwinSpires
TwinSpires.com player William Smith of Maryland hit the Rainbow 6 Jackpot at Gulfstream Park on Friday for $119,599. This is the second time already in 2015 the big prize has been taken down by a TwinSpires player, bringing our players’ Rainbow 6 tot ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday matinee, January 25
Welcome to another Sunday matinee of entertaining greyhound racing at Southland Park. On tap this afternoon is 18 exciting races and I've selected several that stood out as good opportunities for wagering and I'm hoping we put some nice cash payoffs ...
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Pletcher flexes $4.195 million in purchases at Gulfstream
Todd Pletcher, who picked up a record seventh Eclipse Award for leading trainer last weekend, doesn’t have any starters in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby prep at Gulfstream Park, the $400,000 Holy Bull (G2). But he’ll be represented by a lavish contingent ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, January 24
At Southland on Saturday evening there are 18 exciting greyhound races on tap and I've selected several good wagering opportunities from them along with MoneyMaker Mike's pick for the 2015 Daytona 550 Championship which is also being run o ...
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Player Quick Pick: Gulfstream for 1/24/2015
Saturday’s big race is the Grade 2 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The morning line favorite is Upstart, trained by Richard Violette, but since these are newly turned three-year-olds, anything can happen. Is Upstart a solid enough favorite to wa ...
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Gulfstream's all-stakes Pick 5 tough, but hittable
Gulfstream Park will be presenting an all-stakes, 50-cent Pick 5 on their quintet of three-year-old features on Saturday, and here's how I'm playing it.
Race 7 -- Hutcheson Stakes
Barbados (#7) looks to be a strong favorite after an impressiv ...
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Lighting up the toteboard in Forward Gal
Saturday’s Forward Gal S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park has come up pretty competitive with 11 sophomore fillies throwing their hat in the ring.
In addition to the winner’s share of the $200,000 purse, there are also 10 points up for grabs on the Road t ...
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Different Strokes for Different Races
I often hear from players asking me what factors work best in different races.
“Hey Simon,” they say (nobody uses my first name, not sure why). “What do you look for in $16,000 claiming races at Canterbury Park?”
To which I respon ...
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Coburn Hopes California Chrome's Fairytale Journey Continues As Four-Year-Old
Nobody would have expected much from a foal out of a mare claimed for $8,000 by an obscure, $2,500 sire. Nobody would expect much from a colt whose knees were a little crooked and whose trainer and owners weren’t among the racing elite.
For Califo ...
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2015 Inaugural TwinSpires Daytona 550 National Championship Event
The 2015 Inaugural TwinSpires.com Daytona 550 National Championship event is fast approaching us as Saturday, January 24 is right about the corner. This star studded greyhound field is sure to provide plenty of excitement and tons of discussion both befo ...
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Genuine January Jewels
Once again this week we go after the prices, the contenders that confuse the crowds—and we do it with some winter series finals at Woodbine and the Meadowlands and with selected overnight events—our feature races—and our exclusive, popular horses-to- ...
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Friday harness preview 1/23/15
While much of the Northeast prepares for a potential winter storm this weekend, serious harness racing fans will seek to beat the inclement weather by cashing several tickets at Yonkers Raceway and the Meadowlands on Friday night just in case they ge ...
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Interview With JS SpeedyPebbles Owner Shannon Henry Ahead Of The Daytona 550
PBJason: Thank you so much Shannon for taking the time for TwinSpires to interview you. Best of luck in the Daytona 550! Shannon Henry: Thank you Jason! I would like to extend the best of luck to all of those in the race Saturday! I hope fo ...
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Santa Anita: Player-Friendly Tips
Bet the other Baffert – How many times has this happened? Bob Baffert, who received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona like I did, will saddle two or even three horses in a race and the one with the highest odds wins? This use ...
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Scully's Derby Top 10
Mr. Z takes a precipitous drop out of my Kentucky Derby Top 10 list, acting like he was more interested in Oaklawn’s famous Corned Beef Sammy than finishing Monday’s Smarty Jones Stakes when bolting toward the grandstand with a clear lead.
Far Rig ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
TwinSpires' Derek Simon discusses Steve Asmussen and the recent KHRC ruling clearing him of all charges, as well as LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings.
In a special NFL Segment, Derek compares the New England Patriots' deflated balls wit ...
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Interview With Storm Control's Owner Steve Schlachter
Storm Control was able to win the $50,000 He's My Man Classic this past Saturday in a sizzling winning time of 29.52 secs. He also drew the 2 box for the National Championship, giving "The Storm" a fantastic inside spot to break from. The Na ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Mostly, again this past week, the public beat us in all but one of our highlighted and featured races and the one time we wound up on their side, we lost.
The Super Bowl series’ second leg of three races at the Meadowlands was won by two first ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday twilight, January 19
Another MoneyMaker longshot Monday at Southland so get ready for 18 exciting and entertaining races. Monday is our longshot day during the month of January and all picks will be the same as our regular MoneyMaker play during the week which most of yo ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday matinee, January 18
Afternoon all, welcome to another Sunday matinee of greyhound racing at Southland. There are 18 exciting races on the card for your viewing and wagering opportunities and TwinSpires is waiting to help you with any of your betting needs or questions t ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita Park for 1/18/2015
In the Megahertz Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday, Fanticola went gate-to-wire over the turf to beat some decent horses like Nashoba’s Gold and Rusty Slipper. In the feature on Saturday, the 1 ½ mile Astra Stakes over the turf, there doesn’t appear ...
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New NYRA Rules Completely Eliminate Injuries in Racing
WARNING: This article will probably make some people mad. If you are one of them, I only ask that you consider the facts presented before you question my heritage and/or make suggestions as to what I can do with my opinions — many of which, I suspect ...
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Player Quick Pick: Fairgrounds for 1/17/2015
The three-year-old prep races start off in full force this Saturday with the ever popular LeComte Stakes at the Fairgrounds in Louisiana. The favorite is the Neil Howard trained Eagle. But, Eagle breaks from post-position 11 and as every horseplayer ...
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Why Any Greyhound Can Win The He's My Man Classic Final At Palm Beach
My Prediction I’ve said it from the beginning….I believe JS SpeedyPebbles wins this Tournament. But as I have said in this article, any one of these racers could take the top prize if all goes their way. Picks 4-2-6-1 Enjoy the He’s M ...
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Brisnet.com & Predicteform.com Road to the Kentucky Derby Lecomte Podcast
The Grade 3 LeComte Stakes is run at a mile and 70 yards (indicated by an 8” in the Pace Figures) for newly turned three year-olds at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans; the race is a Kentucky Derby qualifying race worth 10 points to the winner ...
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Understanding Australian Horse Racing (Part 2/3)
In America, we actually take a different approach then most countries, when it comes to what betting number horse will be coming out of what post position.
In Australia and most other countries, betting the 1 horse does not mean your getting the ...
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Longshots might boost Saturday's Late Pick 3 at Oaklawn
After the opening weekend (January 9-11) at Oaklawn was canceled due to inclement weather, horsemen have been anxious to get racing at the Hot Springs, Arkansas, oval this week. Of the nine races carded for Saturday, seven have full fields of 12, one ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - February's Five Up And Coming Young Greyhounds to watch at Southland
It's that time again for MoneyMaker Mike to pick five up and coming young greyhounds to watch for the month of February at Southland. As some of you may know, these are greyhounds who have 10 or under races so far in their career and who show excepti ...
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Pick the winner of the Lecomte and (maybe) win an iPad!
TwinSpires.com is giving those who interact with the leading account wagering platform a chance to win an iPad simply by selecting the winner of the Lecomte Stakes on Saturday at Fair Grounds.
There are four ways to enter:
1. Follow @twinspire ...
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Busanda -- A good place to start
Aqueduct’s Busanda Stakes has enjoyed few quality fillies since its inaugural running in 1974, with perhaps the most notable being champion Wayward Lass in 1981.
The race is named after a filly -- by Triple Crown winner War Admiral and granddaught ...
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Turf Talk: How Bright Will 2014 Stars Shine in 2015?
It’s always exciting when big names return for another year of racing, and 2015 promises no shortage of excitement with all three Horse of the Year finalists returning (Bayern, California Chrome, and Main Sequence) along with the 2012-2013 winner of ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Thursday twilight, January 15
Welcome to another Thursday of greyhound racing at Southland and on tap are 18 entertaining and exciting races for us to enjoy and wager on. I have several races that I feel offer solid wagering opportunities and these are listed below. Good luck to ...
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Trotting And Pacing Series Ensue
The Meadowlands takes the early highlight mid-January as our blog begins with Thursday races again this week. Jan. 15 features the second round of the Super Bowl Series for three-and-four-year-old conditioned trotters. This week the splits are worth ...
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Scully's Derby Top 10
Leaving Calculator out of the initial Kentucky Derby Top 10 list was an oversight. The gray colt proved he belongs with a smart performance in last Saturday’s Sham at Santa Anita, breaking his maiden with a 4 1/4-length decision that netted a career- ...
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Weekend harness preview 1/16/15
While many sports enthusiasts are already looking forward to this Sunday's Conference Championship games in the National Football League that will propel both winners into Super Bowl 49 in Arizona, standardbred racing fans will be seeking to pad thei ...
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Understanding Australian Horse Racing (Part 1/3)
This is the first of a three part series on Australian horse racing.
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Dubai: A New Chapter for True Story?
The star of last Thursday's Dubai Carnival opener was Godolphin's True Story, who manhandled his opposition in the Singspiel at about nine furlongs on turf:
With the Singspiel being his first start as a gelding, it would be easy to view h ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The bad news is that none of the horses in our four feature races won, nor did any of our Super Bowl and Worldly Beauty round-one choices. The good news is that in every one of those races was won by the public choice at prohibitive prices. Here’s ho ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - MoneyMaker Monday, January 12
Welcome to another MoneyMaker Mike's Longshot Monday at Southland Greyhound Park. As I posted last week on TwinSpires, some of you had requested I have several MoneyMaker plays instead of the usual one that I have, so during January I've decided Mo ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita Park for 1/11/2015
Bob Baffert’s Hoppertunity ran up the rail in the Grade 2 San Pasqual on Saturday to take home top honors as a 7/5 favorite. Baffert will be looking to win the stakes race at Santa Anita on Sunday, the Paseana, with another morning line favorite, the ...
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Palm Beach He's My Man Classic Semi-Finals Preview
I am shocked at the way #4 Storm Control from owner Steve Schlachter ran last round. A 6 th place finish has him in danger of missing the Finals if he doesn’t run well today. The last race was the first time he has missed the board all season ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday matinee, January 11
Welcome to another Sunday matinee of greyhound racing at Southland. Eighteen exciting and entertaining races are on tap for your viewing and wagering opportunities. I've selected several contests that grabbed my attention and these are listed below. ...
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Calculator enhances status with dazzling Sham
Calculator stylishly broke his maiden in Saturday’s Sham Stakes at Santa Anita, winning as pleased as he dominated the final furlongs.
The Florida-bred gray colt erased any doubts surrounding his status as a serious Kentucky Derby prospect.
Tra ...
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Atlantic City a New Jersey track with many Glory Days
Atlantic City Race Course's end has finally come. Greenwood ACRA, which had been conducting full-card simulcasting and six-day spring meets consisting of all-turf racing at the track in recent years, announced Friday that the entire facility would ...
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Handicapping By Number
Remember those paint-by-number kits we all loved as kids (granted, I’m being very liberal with my use of the words “all” and “loved,” but please play along)?
Well, recently, I had a guy ask me about handicapping systems that assigned points fo ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita for 1/10/2015
Grade 1 Clark winner Hoppertunity is the chalk in the Grade 2 San Pasqual on Saturday at San Anita. At 9/5, many horseplayers will think that Hoppertunity is offering overlay odds on the morning line. What it means is that the Bob Baffert trainee is ...
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Something for everyone but chalk players in the Sham Stakes
Four handicappers in the Brisnet.com family have weighed in on the Sham Stakes, and the only thing we agree on is that the morning line favorite Calculator is an underlay and not worth betting at the expected price. The Sham Stakes is a 16-point ra ...
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Wednesday harness preview 1/14/15
While the Wednesday cards at most harness tracks might have limited appeal to many standardbred racing fans and players, the midweek cards at Dover Downs tend to highlight the top trotters on the Delaware circuit and occasionally several of the races ...
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My 8 Favorite Moments on the International Turf in 2014
If you're a fan of turf racing, and like to curl up with a favorite beverage and peruse long articles, you'll love the Reilly Turf Awards -- my unique take on the year-in-review genre that comes in both North American and International editions ...
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Monday harness preview 1/12/15
While many sports enthusiasts will be focused on the inaugural College Football Playoff Championship game between Oregon and Ohio State later that night in Arlington, Texas, standardbred racing fans will be seeking to pad their bankrolls earlier that ...
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It's Not Complicated: California Chrome Was Horse of the Year
by Laura Pugh
Horse of the Year is exactly what it sounds like—an award that defines itself by its own name. It is Horse of the Year . Not Horse of Two Months, not Horse of Half the Year, but Horse of the Year .
Many voters overcompli ...
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Seasonal Series Launch
Four-year-olds and up (a few fresh sophomores included) on both gaits will be featured in the season’s traditional winter series’ legs leading to lucrative finals at the Meadowlands and Woodbine. It’s January again and in what some poets have labeled ...
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PJ EZ Pass to Pass the Competition
Southland greyhound racing for Thursday has 18 races on tap and several of these races drew my interest as solid wagering opportunities. I have listed these below and look forward to putting some cash in our pockets. Good luck to all and thanks for r ...
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Scully's Derby Top 10
Some will say it’s never too early to talk Kentucky Derby but for many Thoroughbred racing enthusiasts, the clock starts the first week of the New Year.
This is a time for new faces to emerge on the scene as we wait for the top performers from las ...
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Washington Bettor Calls Rainbow^6 Score a Miracle
It has been a good five weeks for Rainbow^6 players on TwinSpires.com.
Just days after the official wagering site of the Kentucky Derby gave away a $20,000 bonus to Rainbow^6 players who qualified by hitting the bet in December , Jesse Sherman ...
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Palm Beach: He's My Man Third Round Preview 1/7/2015
The Queen "The Queen" Race 15 Box to wire specialist #1 JS SpeedyPebbles from owner Shannon Henry will get a chance to matchup with one of the best lid flippers on the planet in #8 PJ Smoke Em Out in the finale. Whoever makes it ...
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Counselor to Take Home the Gold?
Wednesday's twilight card at Southland is highlighted by COUNSELOR running in the 17th race along with several other solid choices mixed among the races for this evening. I have selected several races that caught my interest and I've listed those be ...
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Weekend harness preview 1/9/15
After a brief respite for owners, trainers, drivers, patrons and horses alike, live racing will return to Yonkers Raceway in New York on Friday evening and the three-day weekend card features a trio of Open events for pacers and trotters. As is norm ...
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As boutique meets go, Oaklawn a delight
Boutique meets like Saratoga, Del Mar, and Keeneland are among the most popular with spectators and horseplayers alike, and Oaklawn Park's 57-day meet, which begins Friday, will be eagerly anticipated in many quarters.
Fueled by the success of the ...
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Eclipse ballot baptism by fire
A baptism by fire -- that's what it feels like to submit my first-ever Eclipse Award ballot, in one of the most intractable three-year-old male divisions in memory. No matter which way I voted, I feared committing an injustice to another deserving ca ...
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Dover Downs Preview (Thursday 1/8/15)
While many Americans brace for the latest dramatic drop in temperatures often associated with an arctic vortex, standardbred racing owners and fans will venture to Dover Downs on Thursday evening for that track's best card of the week, one that offe ...
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2014 racing season parallels 2002 but my Eclipse Award votes do not
Going through my first Eclipse Award vote in 2002, I promised myself that I would not become like some of my curmudgeon colleagues and lament the talent pool on particularly down years.
A lot has changed in 12 years. Voters now use the internet to ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday twilight, January 5
Welcome to MoneyMaker Monday at Southland Greyhound Park. For this twilight racing I've selected 4 races where I am giving a longshot pick. As most of you know I normally have one designated MoneyMaker pick for the program but several of you have sho ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Profits rule again, readers, as we scored in two of our feature races, hitting 50 percent, since one choice, CR Amigo, scratched at Western Fair. But before the scratch, we opened the Jan. 2 program with a big winner in Race 1.
We gave you Aro ...
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Harness preview 1/5/15
With the Wild Card round of the National Football League playoffs having been finished the night before, standardbred racing fans will look for an ideal way to kick off the upcoming week and many of them will do so by playing the solid Monday evening ...
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Player Quick Pick: Santa Anita for 1/4/2014
Yesterday’s pick, Dynamic Sky, had nowhere to go at the top of the stretch in the Grade 2 San Gabriel. It’s doubtful that jockey Corey Nakatani would have gotten Dynamic Sky up for the victory over Finnegan’s Wake, but Corey might have been able to g ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Sunday matinee, January 4
For Sunday afternoon greyhound racing, Southland Park is the place to be as there are 18 exciting races on tap for the matinee. Several of these contests caught my attention as solid wagering opportunities and I've listed my choices below for you to ...
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How Good Trainers Become ‘Super’
I was at Longacres, the scenic racetrack once located in Renton, Washington, when a horse named Hilco Scamper made his career debut on May 18, 1985.
Sent off as the 7-5 favorite, the two-year-old gelding made like Secretariat that day, leaving ...
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