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Creating Your Own Systems & Angles
Recently, after telling a Facebook friend that my Win Factor and Pace Profile reports were best used in conjunction with one’s own handicapping or as the basis of a system or angle, I was asked a great question: “OK, so how do I come up with an ang ...
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It's OK to be wrong as long as you get paid when you're right
What do Rich Perloff and the TwinSpires.com Players Pool have in common? Neither hit the Pick 6 on Monday at Saratoga. The difference, though, is that Perloff could have while TwinSpires.com should have. The former because Perloff gave out an ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
It was an extremely profitable weekend for this department, including suggestions from our Thursday blog and on-the-spot tweets from Hambletonian Trail stories. See below for a reminder on next week’s exclusive live reporting from the Meadowlands ...
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Sat, 2013-07-27 09:11
Day eight of the Saratoga Race Course meeting features two Grade 1 races, and in a testament to the lure of the three-year-old male division, a Grade 2 that many will view as the feature. It's certainly likely to be the feature of my wagering st ...
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Pumped for the jumps, a steeplechase playlist
For me, a truly "only in Saratoga" phenomenon is that people who otherwise would not give another thought to steeplechase racing actually pay attention to the jumpers at North America's most prestigious race meeting. TwinSpires.com Summer Showd ...
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Froshes And Sophs And More Fight To Face August
Adios Action An octet of glamour boy pacers is set to start in the Meadows’ signature race, the $450,000 Delvin Miller Adios. To accompany the Adios on the Saturday afternoon card are sophomore filly pacers, competing in two divisions of ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 07/24 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com and host Derek Simon discuss the latest racetrack goings-on, including Eblouissante's inauspicious return to racing, Verrazano's upcoming challenge in the Haskell, as well as betting strategies. In the U. of Bet s ...
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ABC Double carryover
The above grid represents my ABC selections only, and not the opinions of other Players Pool team members. Good luck to those in the pool and those playing Summer Showdown ! ...
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Cheering your favorites home
As the below video illustrates, there is no shortage of ways to cheer your favorite horse home when watching them race. Unless I'm cheering for the number two horse (affectionately known as "the deuce") then I find myself most typically cheering ...
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It's time to work together on Thoroughbred after care
I do not have an issue with Grade 1 winners competing in lower-level races, including the lowest level, but a class drop is among the potential warning signs track officials and horsemen should pay attention. Couple Monzante's rapid descent with a ve ...
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A Closer Look at Del Mar & Saratoga
(Click on image to enlarge) And, now, Saratoga : Avg. Winning Odds: 5.56-1 Favorite Win Rate: 38% Favorite In-the-Money Rate: 69% Average Payoffs Quinella: $39.30 Exacta: $10 ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
A lot of action all over the harness scene took place this weekend and a lot of favorites came through for the public. Our only stakes winner was in the Sheppard final at Yonkers, where we had Forty Five Red, paying $7.60. We were second w ...
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Saratoga Day 2: Now with more numbers than any other grid
Despite going four-for-six on my lone "A" picks yesterday , I needed the last race single to bail me out after flaming out early in the late Pick 4 and only managing to break even on a BAAB result on the early. The Saturday, July 20, card is no ...
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The parlay savant
He did it again. Just ten days after turning $16 into $1,000 in Let 8 Ride , Ryan Yokoyama turned $10 into $1,551 in TwinSpires.com's Summer Showdown promotion by going eight-for-eight on $10 show bets Thursday at Del Mar. Also scoring a perf ...
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Opening day at Saratoga
Below is the ABC grid for opening day at Saratoga. Six single "A" picks is the most I can remember having on a card, so it won't be hard to tell what kind of day I'm having/have had! Steve Byk said it best when he wished everyone a joyfu ...
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Show me the carryovers!
The first of 34 Summer Showdown days is in the books, and nobody picked 10 (or 9 or 8) on the opening day program at Del Mar, which means there's $3,000 up for grabs today--$1,500 from Wednesday plus the guaranteed $1,500 every day. If you pla ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 07/17 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Host Derek Simon and Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com discuss the opening of Del Mar and Saratoga, including who and what to watch for. In the U. of Bet segment, Dave Schwartz emphasizes the importance of playing to one's strengths as a bettor. And, lastly, ...
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Adios Pace elims highlight cool weekend of action
The heat wave should be over, ending five days of over 90-degree temperatures in most states on the east coast, so as the mercury drops and a lot of rain is expected, the trotters and pacers meet the weekend with a fine forecast, one that we hope wil ...
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Summer Showdown strategy: the longer you go the easier it gets
But such is the task that awaits TwinSpires.com players looking to stake their claim at the $50,000 up for grabs in the Summer Showdown promotion that starts today with race 1 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. To win (or share) in each day's $1,50 ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
After Captaintreacherous won the Meadowlands Pace, as we predicted, the fabulous pacing colt’s win price of $3.20 looked gigantic. His total command of the mile was another notch in the belt of a pacer that will rank among the best of all time, inclu ...
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Let 8 Ride is back with big wins
What started out as an $8 win bet on Thursday turned into a $1,407 decision on Sunday. California horseplayer Ryan Yokoyama decided to take the plunge, and although he didn't connect on his win bet to land in the Jay Trotter Hall of Fame, th ...
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Meadowlands Pace tops miles of harness weekend action
Captaintreacherous, rested and reportedly in fine fettle, is the star of the sport’s first million-dollar race, this year worth $635,750, The Meadowlands Pace. He is the morning-line favorite and it would still be generous to get those odds on him. ...
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A smoking gun in every race
Now admittedly you don't need Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs to figure out if there's a lone speed type in the race. A bunch of 1s on the left-hand side of the running lines on one horse but not on any others is the best indication, but that still doesn't ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 07/10 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Host Derek Simon and Ed DeRosa discuss Game On Dude, Wise Dan, breastfeeding... and other horse racing-related subjects. In the U. of Bet/History segment, Derek recites some amazing stats on speed figures and also gives his opinion on ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
We had a good night on the trotting side.
Briefly, we had the first three Pennsylvania All Stars colt-trot winners: Brew Master ($5.40), Aperfectyankee ($9.40) and Bluto ($9). In the Reynolds Stakes the night before at the Me ...
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To Rate Or Not to Rate
(Click on image to enlarge) I pointed out that “seven of his nine career wins have come when he has been second or better — meaning first — at the first call. All nine of his career wins have come when he’s been third or better. ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Captaintreacherous, again denied by many, this time due to his outside post position in the Max Hempt Final at Pocono on June 29, paid a remarkable $4.80 by winning the race with defiance toward every harness-handicapping notion available. ...
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Wise Dan Looks Vulnerable in the Firecracker
(Click on image to enlarge) Let’s start with the former: Whenever I see horses, especially older horses, record an unusually poor LSR (“poor” being relative, of course) it gives me pause. Rachel Alexandra, Blind Luck, Havre de Grace… all ...
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Winning underlay or losing overlay? The Players Pool conundrum
You are offered two games of chance with fixed odds. In the first game, you flip a coin and get 4-to-5 odds on your choice (heads or tails). In the second game, you roll a standard six-sided die and get 6-to-1 odds on your choice (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 ...
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Young Guns, Glamour Groups, Fire
Even though Pocono Downs gets the week’s top headlines with Saturday, June 29’s finals at the Pennsylvania oval next week, including another appearance by Captaintreacherous, the weekend agenda launches herds of freshmen onto the 2013 scene. Frosh- ...
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Contest Races for Thursday and Friday
CLICK HERE FOR CONTEST DETAILS CONTEST RACES FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 27 1) Belmont 7 – OCL, 1M, Dirt – 4:13 2) Churchill 8 – AOC, 1 1/16M, Dirt – 4:29 3) Belmont 8 – OCL, 6F, Dirt – 4:45 4) Churchill 9 – CLM, 1M, Dirt – 4:59 5) Belmont 9 – CL ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Captaintreacherous did it again this weekend, winning on Pocono’s five-eighths track in one of three elims for next week’s Max Hempt stakes. The champion glamour boy pacer paid $2.40 but our best pick was in the first “Hempt” elim, where we nailed Em ...
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Rocking Around the Clock on Saturday at TwinSpires.com
Near-around the clock action is nothing new on TwinSpires.com, but the class of the races offered on Saturday-- with group and graded stakes action beginning with Royal Ascot in the morning and concluding with Churchill Downs "after dark" --is pretty ...
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Pocono’s Powerhouse Features
Pocono Downs shines with features on Sun Stakes Saturday, June 22,with eliminations for finals at the Pennsylvania oval next week, including a big event on the Hambletonian Trail which you can read about on the excluscive blog. Soph-colt pacers ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 06/19 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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TwinSpires player turns $20 to show on Orb into $6,705.67 pay day
For those who thought (as I did) that Orb was the most likely winner of the Belmont Stakes, nearly even money (19-to-20, paying $3.90) to show on the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands winner in the third jewel of American Thoroughbred racing's ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Aside from the accolades, we told you that at 1-1 or up Captaintreacherous would be an overlay. He paid a remarkable $4.80 to win. The buzz horses were all zapped by the stretch to the point where the longest shot on the board—Twilight Bonfire—who go ...
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Pace Handicapping: A Practical Demonstration
(Click on image to enlarge) (Click on image to enlarge) The first thing to take note of regarding this race is that the average early speed ration, or ESR, is on the moderate side for a sprint rac ...
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A Bettor’s Grand Guide To The North America Cup
What follows is an exclusive bettor’s look at the horses in the North America Cup. You can read their stats, drivers and trainers on the program pages and you can read the human-interest stories at a lot of websites. This text is only about the horse ...
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Marvelous Menagerie At Mohawk And More
It’s one of the biggest programs of the season, headlined by the Pepsi North America Cup on Saturday, June 15. There is so much material to accompany analysis of the races on the Mohawk Raceway program that night that we have split the difference wit ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 06/12 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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Triple Crown winners and losers
While not financially lucrative (-18.6% ROI), the Triple Crown series provided satisfying story lines, and perhaps more importantly as a fan of racing beyond the Triple Crown, story lines that are likely to continue on the road to the Breeders' Cup T ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
It was a slow weekend for us on the betting platform because we were mostly done in by public choices. The one we wanted, the beast of pacing, Captaintreacherous, put in a dynamic performance to win a North America Cup elim. He was challenged in the ...
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Belmont Stakes pedigree: looking for that magic cross
When it comes to pedigree handicapping, I'm not a big fan of saying a certain aspect of a horse's lineage means s/he can't do something on the track. Rather, pedigree helps gives clues as to what a horse might most like to do: run short, long, or som ...
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Eliminations Galore With North America Cup Headlining
Glamour-boy pacers are in the limelight this weekend as the North America Cup eliminations are featured at Mohawk Raceway and this year’s first $1-million affair takes shape (the final is next week). The filly set takes aim at the Fan Hanover final f ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 06/05 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Host Derek Simon handicaps LIVE races from Belmont Park and Beulah Park and also offers an in-depth analysis of the Belmont Stakes. In the U. of Bet segment, Derek and Dave Schwartz of thehorsehandicappingauthority.com discuss how ...
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Mid-week action at Meadows
Check out the Wednesday, June 5 Currier & Ives divisions at the Meadows by going to : https://www.twinspires.com/sites/twinspires.com/files/blogger_importer/06/currier-ives-hosts-fillies-in-lucrative.html We continue to exclusively follow all the ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
It was a stakes-filled weekend and if you like the headline events get used to it because we are just starting with the big-purse flow. Let’s start this review with our good-news wins. At the Meadows we nailed the $178 exacta in the Pennsylvania ...
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Understanding Form Cycles
(Click on image to enlarge) Shockingly (not really), just as improving Beyer speed figures increase the likelihood of a regression, so too do ascending Form Ratings — especially if the most recent Rating exceeds 75 percent. Likewis ...
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Powerful Pacing Parade
Pacers adorn this weekend’s highlights, with older and younger fields in combat. For the mare pacers there are two generously pursed Golden Girl divisions at the Meadowlands and there are two New Jersey Sires Stakes (NJSS) finals for sophomore pacers ...
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Hit it or win it? The ULW dilemma
Bettors walk a fine line between trying to "hit" their wagers and maximizing profit from them. As a multi-race player, I constantly struggle with ULWs--underlaid likely winners--and how to use them. ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 05/29 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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Turning $20 to show into $10,000
We're still 11 days out, but the Belmont Stakes (click for FREE Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs of possible entrants) is shaping up to be a fantastic race as part of an always-fascinating card at Belmont Park. Many of us (including the TwinSpir ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Hello from my neighborhood track, Penn National Racecourse (see photo by Sharon Hindermyer). Here I was by the paddock, sheltered from the rain pelting the track, watching my thoroughbred-trainer friend Frank Cifarelli walk his steed before sending i ...
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Preakness 2013: Redemption for ‘Figure Handicapping’
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Oxbow's Preakness pace wasn't soft
Before Preakness, Ox bow had five previous races where at least one of those ratings (the E1 or E2) was 95+, and he lost all five of those races . In the Preakness , however, Oxbow po pped a 96-105 en route to a victory in wh ...
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Solid Stakes Situations
Pacing and trotting action ensues into deep spring with action from many divisions in the U.S. and business-torn Ontario. New Jersey Sires Stakes (NJSS) and Pennsylvania Sires Stakes (PASS) for soph pacers and trotters are flowing with glamour-boys a ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 05/22 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
A lot of bettors were excited about Mister Herbie in the “Cutler” final at the Meadowlands on May 18, sending him off around 6-5. We liked him, though not at that price, and if you were so inclined to pass due to that then you saved a few bucks since ...
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The Baltimore Bounce
(Click on image to enlarge) It appears that my hypothesis may be correct (the sample is far too small to be definitive). Horses that improved their Brisnet speed figure by more than five points in the Kentucky Derby (compared to their ...
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Horse by horse Preakness analysis with fair odds line
I’m not the type that’s big into having to pick one horse as the winner of each race. I understand why it’s done for major events, but even though I’m calling Itsmyluckyday my pick to win the Preakness Stakes (as he was in the Derby) it’s not like I ...
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Foes Out In Full Force
Some big names from the past and present are involved in this weekend’s harness features around North America. Older pacers and trotters of the first degree meet at the Meadowlands and New Jersey Sires Stakes (NJSS) and Pennsylvania Sires Stakes (PAS ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 05/15 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
TwinSpires ' Derek Simon discusses all the latest Preakness news with Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com . Among the topics are: Orb’s scintillating recent workout, Departing’s status as the likely second choice in Maryland and fair-value exacta combinatio ...
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Enter the Preakness exacta matrix
Anyone can make a morning line for projected win odds, but making one for exacta will pays takes a little more finesse, though I did take some liberties to make it easier while still providing guidance as to where the money will go in the exacta pool ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
This past weekend you had to go out of your way to find a winner from this department, as the weekend’s offerings, in general, missed their marks, mostly to favorites. Keeping good notes on our Thursday blogs and following through is what worked this ...
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Kentucky Derby Recap & Triple Crown Preview
(Click on image to enlarge) Though the son of Into Mischief is clearly a closer (say that five times fast), notice that he was within three lengths of the leader at the first call in four of his five races prior to the Derby. However, ...
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Final Derby thoughts and what Orb's win means for racing
As the Kentucky Derby aftermath gives way to Preakness chatter, the story lines for the second jewel of American Thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown are becoming fairly well established with Orb's quest to become the first Triple Crown winner since Af ...
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Northern Exposure; Jersey Giants
The big Saturday features this week take us to Canada, where Woodbine hosts the Princess Final and the Diplomat Final, starring sophomores. The co-starring events are at the Meadowlands. Of course, there are four John Simpson Stakes on Friday, May 10 ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 05/08 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
TwinSpires' Derek Simon and Brisnet's Ed DeRosa recap the 2013 Kentucky Derby and look forward to the Preakness Stakes. In the U. of Bet segment, Dave Schwartz and Derek further discuss the Derby as it relates to value betting. Lastly, in the Hand ...
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What could stop Orb in the Preakness
When the Preakness Stakes unfolds on May 18 at Pimlico Race Course, two things regarding the running of the race are likely to be different than the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands: 1) the surface, 2) the pace. And it probably won't ...
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Can Orb do it?
Catching my breath following a whirlwind 78 hours in Louisville and already looking forward both to the Preakness Stakes in less than two weeks and Kentucky Derby 140 in less than a year. One of the things I got right in my pre-race analysis was ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
It was the beginning of the Hambletonian Trail and we repeated with a winner in the soph-colt trot classic Dexter Cup at Freehold. Celebrity Maserati defeated the big favorite, paying $6.00. All race reviews and reports will be posted at the Hamble ...
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And they're off in the Kentucky Derby
My Kentucky Derby analysis in the form of Mark Johson's race call of the most exciting two minutes in sports. "They're in the gate! "And they're off in Derby one-thirty-nine. "Oxbow from the inside immediately goes to the lead ...
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Derby Day
v:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} It’s finally here — Derby Day! And I, like so many of you reading this I’m sure, have been immersed in h ...
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The Breeders' Cup Kentucky Oaks
This year's Kentucky Oaks has the feel of a Breeders' Cup race to me in that good horses will be good prices, and while it'd be a surprise if Rose To Gold, Princess of Sylmar, or Pure Fun won in that neither is one of the more likely winners, it'd ha ...
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Video previews of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands
Triple Crown Insider's preview of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands. ...
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‘Trail’ Mix Amid Meadowlands Marquee
With all horseracing eyes on The Kentucky Derby, the Grand Circuit’s focused stakes can only take co-starring roles. Still, this is our official start of the big season, including the launch of our exclusive information center, the Hambletonian Tra ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 05/01 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
Special Kentucky Derby edition! Scheduled guests include Brian Zipse, managing editor of Horse Racing Nation , Kerry Thomas of the Thomas Herding Technique and, of course, Ed DeRosa ( Brisnet.com ) and Dave Schwartz ( thehorsehandicappingauthority ...
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Kentucky Oaks morning line
Initial indignation gave way to curiosity as I tried to figure out who gets ignored if Dreaming of Julia is as low as 2-to-1. Based on her Gulfstream Park Oaks performance, it looked as if Dreaming Of Julia could be odds on, but there's just bee ...
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Bullet Train Pulls Into Derby Station
One thing about the new Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands points system : the buzz it generated certainly outweighed its practical use. With a projected field of 19-20 entrants, there was no need for a mechani sm to determine prefere ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
The Matchmaker and the George Morton Levy finals were the focus of April’s end at Yonkers. The “Levy” offered two events before the final but only the favorites knew their ways to the winners’ circle. The best we did was have EZ Noah for third ...
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Derby drive time
One of my favorite big-event traditions is making a music play list for traveling, and my favorite play list to make is the Derby because it's me, the early morning dew, rolling pastures, and 75 minutes of music on Interstate 64 to kick off my week. ...
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Derby prom
Dana Byerly's " Derby Dating " columns are on hiatus, which is a shame because her approach was a fun way of parsing the contenders. With her blessing, I decided to take a run at the approach by aligning my picks with who I would want to take to prom ...
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Last ‘Levy’ Stand; Courageous Lady Calls Seven
The George Morton Levy Series Final for stalwart older pacers becomes the focus this Saturday, April 27, with the older mares co-starring in the final of the Blue Chip Matchmaker, both at the events’ home track, Yonkers Raceway. After five weeks ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 04/24 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
TwinSpires' Derek Simon and Brisnet's Ed DeRosa discuss all the Derby doings, including top contenders Verrazano , Revolutionary, Itsmyluckyday and Orb . In the U. of Bet segment, the planned discussion of value betting goes out ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Two seconds in the Matchmaker series (Handsoffmycookie [5-1] and Keepers Destiny [5-2]) were as close as we came to getting upset winners in the mares’ series, which goes to a final next week at Yonkers, along with the George Morton Levy final for th ...
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A Kentucky Derby Best Bet
(Click on image to enlarge) Rules 1) Horse must have earned higher LSRs in each of its last two races. 2) All horse’s last three races must’ve been contested over a route o ...
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Will wilcard weekend yield clues
When Churchill Downs unveiled its new points system to determine who could start in the Kentucky Derby (in the event that more than 20 enter the race), the Coolmore Lexington, Derby Trial, and Illinois Derby were written off as prep races because of ...
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Penultimate ‘Levy’ Splits; Winners’ Watch Ensues
The George Morton Levy Series goes its final round this Saturday, April 20. This could present the most aggressive groups yet as the series’ characters engage in battles for berths in the final. This fifth week could offer some great prices in the o ...
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TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 04/17 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio
In the News & Notes segment, TwinSpires ’ Derek Simon and Brisnet 's Ed DeRosa discuss various Kentucky Derby contenders. In the Handicapping segment, Derek discusses "Key Race Ratings" and reveals which Kentucky Derby prep earned a pa ...
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Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes
Once again this week, success is all about the horses-to-watch (H2W) list, with second-timers making up for some of the many that lost as first-, second- and-third public choices. The Levy divisions at Yonkers on Saturday were won by choices ex ...
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It's not the last chance, it's a big chance
Leg 2 of the Kentucky Derby Championship Series presented by TwinSpires.com concludes today, and while many have called it "the last chance" for three-year-olds to guarantee themselves a spot in the starting gate, that's really only because of wher ...
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Is Pace Overrated?
(Click on image to enlarge) In fact, this was one of the big reasons I downgraded the chances of I’ll Have Another in last year’s Run for the Roses. In the “Cons” section of the 2012 Kentucky Derby Guide I produced for Brisnet.c ...
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Pounding Pacers Pursue Purses
At Yonkers it is time for the fourth leg of divisions for the George Morton Levy Series this Saturday, April 13, as we try to beat the choices again as the older pacers lessen in numbers heading for the final in two weeks. Meanwhile, pacing mares ret ...
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