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Aged pacers highlight Tuesday cards at Rosecroft
While certainly few would compare the quality of the overnight horses that compete on the Tuesday cards at Rosecroft Raceway each week to the stellar aged pacers that contest the lucrative, prestigious George Morton Levy Memorial Series for five week ...
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Southland Preview: Future Superstars April 2015
Welcome to another Southland monthly preview of the Five Up & Coming Young Greyhounds To Watch In April. These five are those that have shown solid potential from the moment they stepped on the track and are definitely worth watching over the n ...
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Pace Makes the Race & a Winning Horseplayer At Keeneland
The Keeneland Race Course main track has certainly challenged horseplayers the past ten years. From the speed-favoring golden rail of spring 2006 to the ever-evolving Polytrack from fall 2006-spring 2014 to the return to dirt in October 2014, staying ...
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Southland: 2015 Hound Madness Stakes Finals
After almost a month long stakes contest, after starting with 64 greyhounds and after 5 extremely competitive and very entertaining rounds, it has come down to the finals of the SOUTHLAND 2015 $20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES and two amazingly talented ...
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Latest Kentucky Derby Preps Impact Future Pool 4
Florida Derby winner Materiality closed at 12-1, but while the Todd Pletcher trainee is 3-for-3 in his young career he will be seeking to buck history on the first Saturday in May. No horse since Apollo in 1882 has won the Derby without making a ...
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Chrome at Royal Ascot: California Dreamin
The Royal meeting at Ascot in June will generate more interest than usual from American racing fans if reigning Horse of the Year California Chrome makes his intended start in the Prince of Wales's Stakes on the second day (Wednesday) of the five-day ...
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The atypical Dubai shipper: Mubtaahij a serious Kentucky Derby contender
The success rate is non-existent and horses prepping in Dubai’s U.A.E. Derby can’t be taken legitimately by some handicappers when it comes to the Kentucky Derby.
The natural opposition, a “show-me first” mentality, is easy to understand given the ...
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Pocono Double-Digit Winner Leads Week’s Payoff Successes
Pennsylvania harness at Pocono produced the top winner for us this weekend, coming, along with two other double-digit winners, from the horses-to-watch list (H2W, complete across-the-board and exacta results below).
It was the first Saturday a ...
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Favorites live up to hype in Oaks preps
I’m a Chatterbox (Munnings) and Birdatthewire (Summer Bird) lived up to the betting public’s expectations when taking Saturday’s Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) and Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2), respectively.
I’m a Chatterbox tracked just off pacesetter Jugni ...
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Levy series second round review
Through the first two rounds of the prestigious, lucrative George Morton Levy Memorial Series at Yonkers Raceway, the cream is beginning to rise to the top and several of the contenders are still on the outside looking in in regards to the $400,000 f ...
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International Star continues to shine in Louisiana Derby
Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s International Star wore down pacesetter Stanford (Malibu Moon) in deep stretch to post a neck victory in Saturday’s $750,000 Louisiana Derby (G2), completing a sweep of the three-year-old graded stakes at Fair Grounds.
“That ...
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Has Florida Derby winner Materiality risen too far, too fast?
Trainer Todd Pletcher’s record-tying third victory in the Florida Derby on Saturday was achieved when the lightly-raced Materiality held off even-money favorite Upstart in the $1 million, 1 1/8-mile fixture.
Materiality’s win comes just a year aft ...
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20th Dubai World Cup exceeded expectations
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
I am not sure if the host nation has put on a bigger show previously since this was my first voyage to the desert, but the 20 th Dubai World Cup couldn’t have been much more majestic.
I have mentioned previously abou ...
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Prince Bishop upsets California Chrome in Dubai World Cup
The biggest beneficiary of the Dubai World Cup's (UAE-G1) return to dirt Saturday wasn't the stern American challenge launched by California Chrome and Lea. Instead, it was the Saeed bin Suroor-trained Prince Bishop, unplaced in his past three attemp ...
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Southland: 2015 Hound Madness Stakes Semifinals
The SOUTHLAND 2015 $20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES semifinals will be run in tomorrow's matinee program, Sunday, March 29. After starting with 64 greyhounds vying for the stakes title, we are now down to the FINAL FOUR. I am pleased to announced tha ...
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Solow rides high in Dubai
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
The Freddie Head-trained Solow angled into the clear near the top of the stretch and parlayed a lethal turn of foot into a most facile tally in the $6 million Dubai Turf.
The five-year-old son of Singspiel, who had the widest p ...
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Mubtaahij on to Kentucky Derby
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
Al Bastakiya S. hero Mubtaahij lived up to the hype in the UAE Derby (UAE-G2) on Saturday with a punishing, eight-length win over a devastated field. The sophomore colt, who has improved during each race at the Carnival, left his ...
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Fifth time the charm for Power
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
Eight-year-old Sole Power, in his fifth run at the World Cup, finally broke through in the Al Quoz Sprint, delivering a blistering late run to post a strong victory under Richard Hughes.
Trained by Eddie Lynam, the eight-y ...
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And here we go on Dubai World Cup Day
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
This has to be the best way to start the day -- with high-class horse racing!
The weather is perfect at Meydan and the track played fairly in the opener, the Godolphin Mile, which was won narrowly by favored Tamarkuz, with Sloa ...
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Player Quick Pick: Florida Derby 3/27/2015
Saturday figures to be one of the best days of racing so far in 2015. Not only is California Chrome taking on Lea in the Dubai World Cup, but the Fair Grounds offers the Louisiana Derby while Gulfstream Park offers the Florida Derby. The Florida Derb ...
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Predicteform Living In a Materiality World For Florida Derby Pick
by DANNY ZUCKER
The Grade I Florida Derby is run at 9 furlongs at Gulfstream Park, just north of Miami, Florida for a purse of $1mm USD. In its 63 rd year, the Florida Derby is an important race towards the road to the Kentucky Derby as th ...
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Rumblings before the big event
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
Word on the “street” is that the mare Via Africa is well-fancied by her connections in advance of her run at the Al Quoz Sprint -- which goes as race 5. Trained by Mike de Kock, one of the winningest conditioners at the Racing Ca ...
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Top 10 questions to be answered on Dubai World Cup night
Saturday's Dubai World Cup card poses no shortage of handicapping questions. While all of us can give our own opinionated forecasts about the answers (and you can peruse my stabs at Brisnet.com for free ), the horses themselves will render the final ...
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Countdown begins for Dubai World Cup Day
by JOHN MUCCIOLO
Less than 24 hours remain until one of the grandest spectacles in horse racing – Dubai World Cup Day! The 20 th renewal of this program features another stellar cast, with horses from Japan, South Africa, the United States, Euro ...
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Filly doubleheader begins countdown to Kentucky Oaks
Only seven preps remain for sophomore fillies to gain points to make the Kentucky Oaks (G1) field on May 1 at Churchill Downs, and two of those preps are taking place on Saturday about 10 minutes apart.
First up will be the $400,000 Fair Grounds O ...
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Factors That Matter
In his groundbreaking work, “Winning at the Races: Computer Discoveries in Thoroughbred Handicapping,” Dr. William L. Quirin educated a generation of horse players on which factors did — and, in some cases, which factors did not — lead to a winning ...
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My Top Jockeys of the 1990's
Eddie Delahoussaye’s best rides occurred in 1988, when he won the Preakness and Belmont aboard Risen Star, and 1992 when he won the Belmont aboard A.P. Indy. Risen Star is the only son of Secretariat to truly excel over the racetrack. I actually h ...
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Main Sequence the Main Toss on Dubai World Cup Program
by DOUG SALVATORE
For well over a century, Thoroughbred racing in the United States has been heavily focused on dirt. It still is today, albeit certainly not to the extreme of a half-century ago. In most parts of the world, the same statement is ...
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The dream continues
by John Mucciolo
Have you ever been to a party with a few hundred well-dressed, polite and intelligent people, in the Dubai Marina that was graced with the presence of one of the world's great visionaries who happens to rule a nation, eating cuis ...
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Palm Beach Friday Matinee Preview 3/27/2015
*Atascocita Sybil* Race 15 Grade TA 738 Yards The best in the Marathon are ready to rumble to end the Matinee Card today. There is only 3 Grade A racers in this field, which in my handicapping experience is an automatic add into my number ...
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Dubai World Cup Purses and Value Plays
Then in the finale, the $10 million Dubai World Cup, much of the attention will be on California Chrome , the reigning United States Horse of the Year who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness last spring before having to settle for fourth in the ...
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Levy series at Yonkers enters second round
While the teams for the annual NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament otherwise known as "March Madness" will be down to four after Sunday's action, the top aged pacers in training will be looking to secure their berths in the "Elite Eight" for the George ...
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Who Is the Most Likely Kentucky Derby Starter? Carpe Diem
by LAURA PUGH
Through the twists & turns of the Road to the Kentucky Derby, many changes have occurred to the prospective Kentucky Derby field: Breeders Cup Juvenile winner Texas Red has defected due to injury, and also, dropping from the o ...
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Meydan doesn't disappoint
by John Mucciolo
Is this heaven? No, it’s Meydan. I have been to most of the major race tracks in the U. S., with trips to nearly all of the ovals in Kentucky, New York, Florida and the Golden State, but my first visit to Meydan in Dubai in advanc ...
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Fierce Battles To Continue With Pacing Series; Four-Year-Olds Meet In Finals
We’re still trying to settle into spring on the east coast but the condition is inevitable, as are some of the upsets available in the features this week.
The George Morton Levy Memorial and Blue Chip Matchmaker, continue this Friday, Ma ...
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Trainer-driver tandems are keys to success
In the early days of harness racing, trainers typically drove their own horses. But in the modern era of the sport, a time frame that spans 40 years or so, trainers often yield the driving chores to catch drivers and many of these "teams" have perfor ...
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Anticipation runs high as major preps begin
The final round of major preps kicks off this Saturday with the Florida Derby, Louisiana Derby and U.A.E. Derby, and there are a number of interesting storylines to follow.
Upstart turned in one of the year’s best performances when capturing the ...
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SOUTHLAND 2015 $20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES down to FINAL FOUR
The SOUTHLAND 2015 HOUND MADNESS STAKES competition is now down to the final four greyhounds after yesterday's results. Of the four remaining greyhounds, there are 3 of the top 16 seeds left along with a 7th seed as none of the top seeds were abl ...
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Tracks take center stage on whirlwind birthday tour
Although I began covering thoroughbred racing in 1987 and harness racing in 1988, my visits to the track began much earlier and one of the traditions that I started 35 years ago continued last week during my birthday visits to Dover Downs, Laurel Par ...
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Dubai: Good news/bad news Monday
Here are a few thoughts on Monday's developments from the trackwork notes, final declarations, and post position draws for the U.A.E. Derby (UAE-G2), Godolphin Mile (UAE-G2) and Dubai Gold Cup (UAE-G2). (Posts for the five Thoroughbred Group 1s will ...
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Firing Line routs Sunland Derby in track-record time
After suffering two heartbreaking losses at the hands of unbeaten Dortmund, Firing Line found an easier spot away from his nemesis in Sunday's $800,000 Sunland Derby (G3). The path of least resistance became a confidence booster for Arnold Zetcher's ...
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Cal-Expo $32 Winner Tops Weekend Harness Scores
The weekend of March 13, which resulted in huge winners, including the season’s first three-digit win price, a few two-digit winners and the $500-plus Daily Double at Northville, wasn’t over until after we posted our review blog. There were still rac ...
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Don’t Leave Me should leave Oaks alone
Only two of the top four from Saturday’s Bourbonette Oaks (G3) are actually nominated to the May 1 Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs, and I really can’t see the other two getting a late nomination to the race.
Don’t Leave Me (Lemon Drop Kid) r ...
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Southland 2015 HOUND MADNESS STAKES Greyt 8 Round Monday, March 23
We have now reached the GREYT 8 round in the Southland 2015 HOUND MADNESS STAKES competition and what an exciting and entertaining round it should be. There are still 6 of the top 16 seeds left though there is only one top seed that has made it t ...
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Dubai Sky continues upward Spiral
Dubai Sky carried his winning ways forward while switching from turf to Polytrack in Saturday’s $535,750 Spiral Stakes (G3) at Turfway Park, accelerating to the lead leaving the far turn and posting a comfortable 2 ¼-length decision in the Kentucky D ...
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Spiraling Toward a Winning Day at Turfway Park
If you’re the type of person who doesn’t like when tracks stack their biggest days with nothing but stakes, then Spiral day at Turfway Park is for you.
The $550,000 Kentucky Derby Championship Series race (click for FREE Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs ...
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The Principle of Maximum Confusion Revisited
According to his obituary, which appeared in the New York Times on May 7, 2009, Burton Paul Fabricand was a physicist, economist, financier, author and World War II veteran, born in New York City on Nov. 22, 1923.
He was also one heck of a ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, March 21
Welcome to another Saturday night at Southland with 18 exciting and entertaining races on tap for your viewing pleasure as well as your wagering opportunities. I have picked out several races that caught my attention as I went over the program and I ...
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Player Quick Pick: Turfway Park 3/21/2015
Although almost everybody will be paying attention to Royal Son and Metaboss in the Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park on Saturday, the better race for horseplayers is the Bourbonette Oaks for three-year-old fillies. A full field is expected for the 1 m ...
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Dubai: Look who's coming to World Cup night
I've emerged from my cocoon of Dubai research (and other various duties at the Brisnet News desk) to give an overview of the projected international shippers for the March 28 extravaganza otherwise known as World Cup night. More discussion will be fo ...
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Will Baffert win 5th straight Sunland Park Oaks? (Probably)
This weekend features two Kentucky Oaks (G1) prep races giving away points – the $150,000 Bourbonette Oaks (G3) on Saturday at Turfway Park and the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks on Sunday at, you guessed it, Sunland Park.
Each race will award points ...
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Among the Giant's killers, Beau Purple was best
Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens, who died this week at 85, is best remembered for defeating great champions rather than training them. Indeed, only one in his plethora of stakes winners – Sky Beauty in 1994 – ever topped a year-end poll as divisio ...
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Hare's Five to Show for Rosehill Group 1 Quintet
As if we needed any more incentive to bet the quality racing featured this autumn in Australia, each Friday night beginning on March 20, Australian Racing and TwinSpires are teaming up for the $10,000 Five For Five Fridays !
For this promo, we pl ...
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Palm Beach Friday Matinee Preview 3/20/2015
Top Pick Race 14- #8 Storm Control Enjoy the racing today everybody! Follow me on Twitter- @JasonPalmBeach Facebook- Palm Beach Jason ...
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SOUTHLAND - 2015 $20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES quarterfinals update
Yesterday's results in the 2015 Southland $20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES quarterfinals leaves just 8 talented and hard running greyhounds in the chase for the title. The SLEEK 16 are now down to the GREYT 8 and these eight will be running on Marc ...
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My Top Jockeys of the 1980s
Craig Perret – One can easily go with Jacinto Vasquez in the fifth spot but I decided to go with Perret. Craig Perret won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in 1990 at the tail end of the 80’s. The horse that made his year was Unbridled, wh ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
Host Derek Simon discusses the jockey boycott at Parx Racing and the dearth of horses competing at Mahoning Valley, Mountaineer and Turfway Park.
In a special History segment, Derek looks back at the spectacular career of trainer H. Allen Jerk ...
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Breaking Down the Brisnet Prime Power Rating
It’s no secret that, for many moons now, I have been trying to beat the game with mechanical methods of play. In large part, because I simply don’t have time to handicap like I did 5-6 years ago… nor do I enjoy the process like I used to.
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Older Pacers Poised To Pounce For Six Weeks In Definitive Yonkers Duels
The Ides of March behind us, the scourge of winter degenerated, the season’s traditional marathon for older pacers of both sexes plunges into action. The George Morton Levy Memorial and Blue Chip Matchmaker, surface on the Friday, March 20 and Saturd ...
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Rosecroft Tuesday cards have become tougher
There was once a time when harness racing fans looked down on the weeknight cards and preferred to wait until the weekends to wager on the best trotters and pacers that most standardbred ovals offer. But the weeknight cards at Rosecroft Raceway and D ...
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Full fields await in Turfway Park’s graded stakes double
Turfway Park has the distinction of ending the Blue Grass state’s 112-day graded stakes drought when it plays host to the $550,000 Horsehoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral Stakes and $125,000 Bourbonette Oaks on Saturday, March 21.
The races are the only ...
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SOUTHLAND 2015 - Quarterfinals Of $20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES set for Wednesday, March 18
The 2015 SOUTHLAND $20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES QUARTERFINALS (SLEEK 16) are set for Wednesday, March 18 and the field is now down to 16 talented greyhounds vying for the championship. Listed below are the four races and the four greyhounds in each ...
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Texas Red off Kentucky Derby trail but could still make a major impact
Texas Red, a smashing 6 ½-length winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, has been removed from Kentucky Derby consideration. His connections announced the decision on a Facebook post:
To the fans of Texas Red and Thoroughbred Horse Racing,
Con ...
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The Power of Early Speed And the Power of Finding It
In 2005 the Daily Racing Form database contained more than 200,000 Thoroughbred races run in North America, at more than 30 different tracks, over a nine-year period. Someone had the idea to run a query and see how horses performed when they made t ...
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Saratoga Pick Pays $186.50 To Win; Northville Daily Double Is $529 Score
This weekend’s horses-to-watch (H2W) list was written in gold dust, while our features’ contenders group had a silver lining.
It’s all on the H2W list below. It began Friday the 13 th when skill met luck and The Filly Princess, our only conte ...
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Champ is back as American Pharoah rolls in Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn
Two-year-old champion American Pharoah showed no rust while returning from a 168-day layoff in Saturday’s Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park, confirming his status as a leading Kentucky Derby contender with a commanding 6 1/4-length decision.
The Rebel ...
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$20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES 2nd Round update
What an exciting evening of stakes racing it was at Southland last night with some of the best greyhounds in the country going paw to paw in their quest to advance to the next round of the 2015 $20,000 HOUND MADNESS STAKES . The results leave just 1 ...
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Qualifiers help ignite older pacers
For the second straight week the morning qualifiers at the Meadowlands Race Track have looked like an early preview for the numerous older stakes races this spring, summer and fall and harness racing fans perhaps should take note of how well the spor ...
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Dubai: Super Saturday & the Peloponnesian War
Strained historical parallel alert: the results of the March 7 "Super Saturday" card at Meydan generally called to mind the outcome of the Second Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC). As my ancient history professor once pointed out, although Sparta defeat ...
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Player Quick Pick: Oaklawn Park 3/14/2015
American Pharaoh returns in the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park . Untapable returns in the Azeri Stakes at Oaklwan. Due to the presence of those champions, horseplayers are going to find it difficult to make money in either the Rebel Stakes or the Azer ...
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Where Will Shared Belief Run Next? Not Dubai, Maybe Met Mile, Maybe Sooner
by LAURA PUGH
You have to love the madness of Social Media. A mere day after Shared Belief’s incredibly easy Santa Anita Handicap score, it was reported that Jerry Hollendorfer had confirmed the gelding’s next major target would be the Metropolit ...
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TwinSpires Player Sharp Is World's Hottest Gambler Right Now
How did R. F. Sharp celebrate the one-month anniversary of winning $188,491.40 on a Pick 6 at Santa Anita Park? By winning $1,078,668.22 on the Rainbow^6 at Gulfstream Park.
That’s right; the same guy who celebrated this score a month ago is cel ...
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Kentucky Derby Failure to Triple Crown Glory
4. Point Given, 2001 – The Bob Baffert trained Kentucky Derby favorite is one of only five horses to win the Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes. The other four are Man o’ War in 1920, Whirlaway in 1941, Native Dancer in 1953 and ...
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Palm Beach $50,000 St. Patrick's Invitational Preview
Prediction
Many possibilities with how much early speed is in this race. Hustle It Up is in the best spot on the rail and is due to beat rival Storm Control. Janie Carroll takes home their first Stakes Title at Palm Beach after this one. ...
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Vautour Impresses on Cheltenham Day 3; Final Picks For The Festival's Final Day
by CANDICE HARE
Vautour was perhaps the most impressive on day three of the festival, as he backed up his short priced favoritism when he demolished his opposition in the JLT Novices’ Chase. It was a day where frontrunners did well as him, Ryan ...
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SOUTHLAND 2015 $20,000 Hound Madness Stakes - Round 2, Friday March 13
Welcome to Southland and Round 2 of the 2015 $20,000 Hound Madness Stakes . The highlight of the evening are the four races that will feature this stakes racing and I've listed those races below along with my picks for those greyhounds who I believe ...
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A lot of American Speed in Americah Pharoah's Pedigree
Two-year-old champion male American Pharoah returns to action in the $750,000 Rebel Stakes on Saturday at Oaklawn Park. Away since late September, he'll have just two prep races for the Kentucky Derby.
American Pharoah has trained sensationally we ...
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And the Database Says…
As regular readers now, I often use this space to discuss my latest ideas and studies in astrophysics… well, OK, horseracing — same thing, only vastly different. Anyway, this week, I wanted to something unique. So, on Facebook this past Wednesday, ...
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My favorite all time track!
2. Zenyatta
Zenyatta needs little introduction, only a nose kept her from being the “perfect” lady. Blame got her by a nostril in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, a race which will be long talked about whenever race people and sports fans gathe ...
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Pari-Mutuel Marauders Versus The Meadowlands
It’s the final week of winter. Beginning March 20, the Yonkers stakes season starts hand in hand with spring, launching the George Morton Levy and Matchmaker series and new seasons at Hoosier, Pocono, Harrah’s Philly and Scarborough.
In the th ...
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Racing through the rain and fog
Tuesday evening was hardly ideal for man or animal at most harness racing venues throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region, but the rain and fog that enveloped Rosecroft Raceway could hardly put a damper on the best trotters and pacers that the oval has to ...
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Nicholls Pays Dollars On Cheltenham Day 2 Plus Day 3 Picks
by CANDICE HARE
Dodging Bullets topped off a fine season with a win in the Champion Chase, defeating the likes of a game Somersby, defending champion Sire De Grugy, and a disappointing Sprinter Sacre.
Today was Paul Nicholls’ day in the spotli ...
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Scully’s Derby Top 10 – Dortmund continues to star in country’s deepest region
Dortmund continued to distinguish himself, leading all the way in Saturday’s San Felipe. Carpe Diem was also impressive while making his 2015 debut the same afternoon, romping by five lengths in the Tampa Bay Derby, but he wasn’t facing the same leve ...
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Hare Hopes for Cheltenham Day 2 Sire Power Following Mullins-Walsh Treble On Day 1
by CANDICE HARE
Faugheen lived up to the hype when taking the Champion Hurdle on a day when the duo of Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh’s short priced favorites dominated, scoring three wins on the day.
Other highlights of theirs included Un D ...
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SOUTHLAND 2015 -$20,000 Hound Madness Stakes update
This past Saturday at Southland was the first round of the 2015 $20,000 Hound Madness Stakes . This is a five round elimination stakes contest with the finals being run on April 4. Listed below are the top four seeds in each region and how they did ...
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Cheltenham Day 1: Seedling can spring an upset
by CANDICE HARE
Day one of the Cheltenham Festival is upon us and we kick things off with the Supreme Novices Hurdle, which is contested over a distance of two miles and 110 yards. Mullins trainee Douvan is a heavy favorite after winning t ...
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Fraser, Meadows Scores Top Cast Of Weekend Winners
The Meadows Pick 3 began two races too late for us to sensationalize on our score as the program opened on March 6. In that first race, as you will see perusing the horses-to-watch list (H2W) below, we scored our highest win price of the week, Prada ...
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The Excitement of Cheltenham Comes TwinSpires This Week
by CANDICE HARE
You’d be hard pressed to find a race meeting with a more distinctive atmosphere than the Cheltenham Festival, where the tremendous and deafening roar of the crowd greets the runners as they set off for the first race of the four-d ...
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Chalks Talk In Big Stakes But Silent In Other Events
A trio of favorites obliged in the three major Kentucky Derby prep races this week, and a trio of fascinating sophomores emerged from Gulfstream Park, so without any further ado, let's get to reviewing this weeks important 3-year-old action.
(and ...
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SOUTHLAND Preview - Monday twilight, March 9
Welcome to another Monday twilight session of 18 exciting and always entertaining greyhound races at Southland. In going over the program there were several contests that grabbed my attention and in going back over those races I picked out the ones I ...
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Honeybee success may turn sour for Sarah Sis
Sarah Sis easily grabbed command entering the stretch of Saturday’s Honeybee S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park and cruised under the wire in geared down fashion.
That could explain the dark bay filly’s relatively low 86 BRIS Speed figure. The Ingrid Mason t ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon
In an extended News & Notes segment, host Derek Simon recaps Saturday’s big stakes races — the Gulfstream Park Handicap, Swale, Gotham, Tampa Bay Derby, San Felipe and Santa Anita Handicap — and attempts to gauge the “quality” of each one. ...
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Carpe Diem wins Tampa Bay Derby
Carpe Diem has been widely considered as an elite Kentucky Derby (G1) contender since his strong juvenile campaign, and the Todd Pletcher trainee only reinforced that status by dominating in his return to action in Saturday's $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby ...
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Dortmund continues to impress in San Felipe
After a pair of hard-fought victories in the Los Alamitos Futurity and Robert B. Lewis, Dortmund was a more comfortable winner of Saturday’s $400,000 San Felipe. After eking out photo finishes in his last two starts, Kaleem Shah’s massive chestnut as ...
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El Kabeir switches tactics, rallies to win Gotham going away
El Kabeir displayed a new dimension in Saturday’s $400,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct, closing from well off the pace to post a convincing win.
The 1 1/16-mile race served as a Kentucky Derby qualifier and El Kabeir vaulted to the top of the Kentuc ...
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Honeybee still abuzz with excitement
Some might say that, without Take Charge Brandi, Saturday's $150,000 Honeybee S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park has lost a lot of its luster.
They would be wrong.
The 1 1/16-mile race still features three exciting filly p ...
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Chasin’ Big ‘Cap Day Pick 5
The $1 million Santa Anita Handicap (Race 11) is Saturday’s premiere event at “The Great Race Place,” featuring America’s best horse, Shared Belief, who is expected to roll against an uninspiring cast of 12 challengers.
Saturday’s Santa Anita prog ...
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DeRosa Reveals His #TSshowdown Selections
For horses on the Triple Crown trail, a win or second-place finish on Saturday in any one of the three Kentucky Derby Championship Series races would a likely spot in the starting gate for the 1 ¼-mile classic, but for TwinSpires.com players still al ...
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