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Shapiro's analysis of Golden Gate Fields' Pick 5 carryover
by Scott Shapiro
With the Del Mar Bing Crosby meeting in the rearview mirror and a Pick 5 carryover on Thursday of $43,854 it is a perfect time to head up Interstate 5 to Golden Gate Fields.
The five-race sequence offers a six-horse field to c ...
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Kentucky Derby BRIS Speed Rating Report: Kentucky Jockey Club
Enticed and Tiz Mischief didn’t earn a big number, both registering a 93 BRIS Speed rating, but there’s still some positives to take away from their 1-2 finish in the November 25 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs.
The pace was slow an ...
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Thoughts on the $88,282 Pick 6 carryover at Aqueduct
A two-day Pick 6 carryover of $88,282 at Aqueduct on Wednesday ensures there won't be much of a lull between the action-heavy Thanksgiving weekend and Saturday's stakes-laden card at the Big A and the opening of Gulfstream's winter meet. Here are tho ...
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East Coast horses now holding their own on the West Coast
By Dick Powell
Weather usually blows from West to East in North America. A plane trip from California to New York takes about an hour less than a trip from New York to California. Going west means a strong headwind.
For years when the Breeders ...
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Cigar Mile sparks memories of Hall of Famer
Naming stakes after past champions is a fitting way to keep their memory alive, especially when the honoree has a logical connection to the race. A case in point is the Cigar Mile (G1), and Saturday’s renewal conjures up thoughts of its Hall of Fame ...
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Rosecroft offers four Maryland Sire Stakes finals
One night after the Meadowlands hosted a quartet of lucrative stakes for two-year-olds of both gaits and genders that will likely impact division honors in three of them, Rosecroft Raceway in Maryland presented four Maryland Sire Stakes finals for bo ...
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Mutuel Field, Bolt d’Oro favored as Pool 1 of 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager closes
The Mutuel Field (#24) , or “All Other Three-Year-Olds,” drew the most action during the first of four pools of the 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) . The Mutuel Field was bet down to 6-5 favoritism when wagering concluded on Pool 1 at 6 p.m ...
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Shapiro: Thoughts on mandatory payout Pick 6 on Del Mar's closing day
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
It is Closing Day at the 2017 Bing Crosby meeting at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and that means a mandatory payout in the Pick 6. Since there was no single ticket winner in the Jackpot portion of the pool on Saturday there will ...
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Tapit Already a Legendary Sire
Tapit was a decent racehorse. In 2004, he won the Grade 3 Laurel Futurity. He also won the Wood Memorial. But, he finished 9th in both the Kentucky Derby and the Pennsylvania Derby. After being retired, Tapit was expected to be a good stud horse. I ...
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Will Santa Anita’s Ship and Stay Program Help Horseplayers?
How Could Santa Anita's Ship and Stay Program help the Thoroughbred Industry in California? It should provide much larger fields on all levels of thoroughbred racing: claiming, allowance, and stakes levels. 20% is nothing to sneeze at. This could e ...
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Top-Pay Scores In Meadowlands Stakes; What The Hill Shines At $12; Four Exacta Partners Complement Favorites
The Fall Final Four, plus older stakes (some three-year-old and up eligible), at the Meadowlands on Nov. 25 produced some winners and some hardy competitors to hit the board from our weekly blog suggestions.
We did best with the older stakes, ...
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Meadowlands offers eight lucrative stakes finals
Two days after many Americans were still recuperating from a Thanksgiving Day feast and one day after many of them embarked on some early holiday shopping courtesy of Black Friday, the Meadowlands hosted a stellar card highlighting pacers and trotter ...
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2018 Kentucky Derby Odds All Over Bolt D’Oro
McKinzie 30/1 There's so much press on this two-year-old that he's offering odds of 30 to 1 to win the Derby even though he only has a maiden win to his credit. Sired by Street Sense and out of a Petionville broodmare, Runway Model, MicKinzie is al ...
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Don’t Forget About the Fairgrounds Meet
One of the best fall and winter meets of the year is underway. The annual Fairgrounds Meet in New Orleans, Louisiana, has led to a multitude of star runners. Below, I highlight four of the most prestigious races at the Fairgrounds Meet. Check it out ...
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Freshman pacers and trotters on display this weekend
This Saturday evening the Meadowlands will offer a stellar card that includes four lucrative stakes for two-year-olds of both gaits and genders then on Sunday evening Rosecroft Raceway will kick off its 10-race program with a quartet of Maryland Sire ...
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Shapiro: How to play Saturday's Pick 4 at Del Mar
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The final Saturday afternoon of the 2017 Del Mar racing calendar is upon us headlined by the Hollywood Derby (G1).
After a summer filled with upsets, the Bing Crosby meeting in November has been kind to chalk player ...
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Three price plays in Derby Sire Future Wager
Early in the afternoon of Day 2 of the Sire Future Wager , Medaglia d’Oro has been bet down to 9-2, thanks to his posse of Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls including Bolt d’Oro, Enticed, and Montauk, and Curlin is 7-1 after siring the Breeders’ Cup Ju ...
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Powell: A closer look at the Golden Rod and Kentucky Jockey Club
by DICK POWELL
Churchill Downs conducts one of my favorite days of racing on Saturday when all 12 races are run for two-year-olds. The dozen juvenile races attracted 142 starters for an average field size of 11.83 per race and none went below 10 ...
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Cambodia seeks first grade one in Matriarch
Third in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, leading mare Cambodia is out for her first grade one victory in the Matriarch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar Nov. 26. Cambodia has improved throughout her 5-year-old season, winning the Gallorette Stakes (G3), ...
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Local team could be too strong in Japan Cup
Four foreign invaders have arrived to try and wrest the $5.1 million Japan Cup (G1) from the locals for the first time since 2005 – but they’ll have to beat a strong local team in the 1 ½-mile contest to do so. Coming in to challenge the Japanese ho ...
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Strong undercards at Del Mar Thanksgiving weekend
The Hollywood Derby and the Matriarch Stakes are the big races at Del Mar this Thanksgiving weekend, but there’s also four other graded stakes for punters to have a serious look at. The Native Diver Stakes (G2) sees the return of Mubtaahij to the tr ...
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Graded races around North America this weekend
Churchill Downs and Del Mar take center stage in racing this Thanksgiving weekend, but there’s no shortage of top quality racing around North America for players to look at. Graded races will be held at Aqueduct, Golden Gate, Hawthorne, and Woodbine ...
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Mucciolo: Kentucky Jockey Club Preview
Juveniles comprise the 12-race card at Churchill Downs on Saturday in one of my favorite days on the racing calendar. The $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) is one of a pair of graded races carded and drew a massive field of 14 for the 1 1/16-mile ...
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Mucciolo: Golden Rod Preview
A dozen juvenile fillies will take aim at graded glory in the $200,000 Golden Rod S. (G2) at Churchill Downs on Saturday. A solid cast of prospects has been assembled and I will take a look at the field.
CAROLINE THE GREAT (#1) has failed to hit t ...
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Deep field contests Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes
Champagne Stakes (G1) third-place finisher Enticed heads a Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) field strong in numbers and potential at Churchill Downs Nov. 25. Fourteen horses are entered for the race, which carries qualifying points on the Road to th ...
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Samurai looks Sharp for Hollywood Derby
Sharp Samurai has had the wood over the West Coast turf 3-year-olds this year, but he’ll have to beat some eastern invaders to win the 1 1/8-mile Hollywood Derby (G1) at Del Mar Nov. 25. The First Samurai gelding has won four consecutive stakes race ...
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Unbeaten Monomoy Girl heads Golden Rod Stakes
Monomoy Girl attempts to extend her unbeaten record to four, and enhance her Kentucky Oaks credentials, when she contests the Golden Rod Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs Nov. 25. The Tapizar filly has won all three of her starts comfortably, and at he ...
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Fall Final Four Concludes At Meadowlands; Older Divisions Dig In For Dough; Attacking Exotics On The West Coast
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Harness racing may be short on some features as the season winds down but in the U.S.A. there is still much to be thankful for as a one-day hiatus takes us into one of the final weekends of 2017 action. All is dark south o ...
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Diversify seeks second grade one in Clark Handicap
Held back from the Breeders’ Cup Classic despite winning the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park, Diversify gets his chance at a second grade one victory in the 1 1/8-mile Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs Nov. 24. Diversify had won six of his ...
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Solid challenge awaits Daddys Lil Darling
After a busy, varied, and at times frustrating year, Daddys Lil Darling is once again seeking her first graded stakes triumph as a 3-year-old. The Scat Daddy filly is the likely favorite for the 1 1/16-mile Mrs. Revere Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs ...
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Hollywood Turf Cup could be Flamboyant
Flamboyant hasn’t won for 21 months, but his form is as good as any of his rivals in the 1 ½-mile Hollywood Turf Cup (G2) at Del Mar Nov. 24. The former French galloper won two consecutive graded stakes races at Santa Anita in early 2016. He hasn’t ...
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Actress, Miss Sky Warrior dominate Comely Stakes
Proven class is always worth following when trying to assess a race, and that’s what Miss Sky Warrior and Actress have in their favor in the 1 1/8-mile Comely Stakes (G3) for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct Nov. 24. Actress has only won once in six s ...
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Shapiro: Thanksgiving Day spot plays at Del Mar
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
For those looking for an occasional respite from family during the holiday Thursday afternoon, look no further than "Where the Turf Meets the Surf."
The final four days of the four-week Bing Crosby meeting at Del Ma ...
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Scouting report for Pool 1 of 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager
The first of four Kentucky Derby Future Wager pools begins a four-day run on Thursday and bettors can choose from 23 individual interests or the rest of the field (#24). Future Wager pools originated in 1999 but November was added to the rotation p ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Good Magic
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Winner Good Magic
by Alastair Bull
When a good 2-year-old’s sire and damsire both ran brilliantly in the Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic , you’ve got to feel confident abou ...
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Meadowlands hosts freshman and TVG finals on Saturday
While many Americans will simply be looking to recover from a full day of feasting on Thanksgiving Day on Thursday and overzealous shopping on Black Friday, the Meadowlands will offer four lucrative TVG finals for two-year-olds of both gaits and gend ...
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Responsibleforlove set for Red Carpet
Third at grade one level on her last racecourse outing, Responsibleforlove should appreciate the drop in class when she contests the 1 3/8-mile Red Carpet Handicap (G3) on the Del Mar turf Nov. 23. Responsibleforlove was less than a length behind th ...
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Dude has another crack at Fall Highweight Handicap
Defeated in a close finish in the Fall Highweight Handicap (G3) last year, the seemingly ageless Stallwalkin’ Dude is out to make amends in 2017. The 7-year-old gelding was just nabbed near the line last year by Heaven’s Runway, to whom he was conce ...
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Copper set to be Shining in River City Handicap
Shining Copper heads to Churchill Downs this Thanksgiving to seek his first graded stakes victory in the 1 1/8-mile River City Handicap (G3) on turf. The Irish-bred was one of the better turf gallopers in 2015, finishing fourth in the United Nations ...
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Faithfully, Money'soncharlotte head Falls City Handicap
Denied twice in California this year, Faithfully heads east to search for her first graded stakes triumph in the Falls City Handicap (G2) at Churchill Downs on Thanksgiving Day. The Smart Strike filly stepped up to stakes company for the first time ...
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Thanksgiving could be Chublicious
Thursday is a day for giving thanks, and for the six-furlong Thanksgiving Handicap Stakes at Fair Grounds. So which runner can give you extra reason to be thankful courtesy of a wise investment? On a day where tasty food is part of the celebration, ...
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EXTRA: Fear The Dragon Returns For Progress Pace Elim At Dover
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On Wednesday, Nov. 23, Dover Downs presents a solo elim to decide the final field for the Hap Hansen Progress Pace. The Brian Brown-trained pacer that led the division, as this blog forecasted at the beginning of this ...
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Powell: Always Dreaming deserving of three-year-old title
by DICK POWELL
I don't make up my mind on any Eclipse Award votes since I wait for all the major stakes races to still be run. Yes, the Breeders' Cup carries extraordinary weight as many divisions are decided on the track, but that doesn't alway ...
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Pool 1 of 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager on tap Thanksgiving weekend
The Kentucky Derby Future Wager Analysis for Pool 1
The first chance to bet on the 2018 Kentucky Derby is almost upon us. Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens Thursday; for a period of four days, you can bet on who will win the Derby, ...
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All Others, Curlin top choices in 2018 Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager
The Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager, which features $2 Win and Exacta wagering, will be offered concurrently with Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager from November 23 through 6 p.m. (EST) on November 26.
Curlin , the 2007-08 Horse of the Y ...
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Thanksgiving Marathon Challenge Round 1
The hits just keep on coming at bestbet Jacksonville as we gear up for yet another stakes event this coming Friday evening. The 2017 edition of the Thanksgiving Marathon Challenge should be a great race for everyone to watch, wager and win on. Loads ...
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Too Early 2018 Kentucky Derby Top 4
It's never too early to come out with a Kentucky Derby Top 4. That's the way I see it. Derby fever has already hit some of us. How could it not? That was a fantastic Breeders' Cup Juvenile that we witnessed on Nov. 4. One thing to note about the Ken ...
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2018 Pegasus World Cup Top 4 Contenders
The 2018 Pegasus World Cup takes place on January 27, 2018. That's some time from now. It's not so far away that it's too early for me to come up with my Top 4. When it comes to the Pegasus World Cup, it should be hard for any horse to break the Top ...
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Frosh-Trot Favorite Partners With Our 69-1 Choice For $246 Exacta In Fall-Final-Four Elim; Public Nabs Elims; $31 Winner Tops Prices
More late-season public favorites dominate in the remaining stakes but we managed to squeeze some exotic money from a Fall Final Four elim. At the Meadowlands on Nov. 18, three top favorites and on second choice led the elimination wins. However, one ...
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Handicapping Churchill Downs' Saturday program
An 11-race card, including a pair of stakes, is on tap at Churchill Downs Saturday. Windy and rainy conditions are expected and here are my thoughts on the program:
Race 1 : An October 29 starter allowance at Churchill Downs looks like a key race ...
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Dover Downs could hold key to champion three-year-old colt pacer
While many harness racing enthusiasts are quick to utter the phrase "It All Comes Down to the Breeders Crown" for many division titles and even harness horse of the year, the path to this season's champion three-year-old colt pacer will likely travel ...
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Lessons from tough Breeders' Cup for punters
OK, hands up – who out there thought Mor Spirit, Moonshine Memories, Unique Bella, Lady Aurelia, Lady Eli, Drefong, and Bolt d’Oro would all be beaten at the Breeders’ Cup? It’s not often that only two one of the 13 Breeders’ Cup favorites win, as h ...
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Many chances in Japan's Mile Championship
High-quality 4-year-old Air Spinel may be set to break through for his first grade one victory in the Mile Championship at Kyoto Nov. 19. Air Spinel (King Kamehameha) wasn’t far away in the Japanese classics last year, and this year has done well ca ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Happily
Happily; winner of the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere
by Alastair Bull
Happily paved a new path for trainer Aidan O’Brien when she won the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (Fr-G1) at Chantilly in early October.
O’Brien had won the race seven times previou ...
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Frost King Stakes headed by Be Vewy Vewy Quiet
The previous stakes experience of Be Vewy Vewy Quiet suggests he will be very tough to beat in the seven-furlong Frost King Stakes at Woodbine Nov. 18. Be Vewy Vewy Quiet (Silent Name) has been very competitive in each of his four starts to date, al ...
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Ms Bad Behavior well placed in Desi Arnaz Stakes
Beaten by two of the best juvenile fillies in California this season, Ms Bad Behavior should enjoy easier company when she seeks her first stakes victory in the seven-furlong Desi Arnaz Stakes at Del Mar Nov. 18. The Ontario-bred from the Richard Ba ...
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Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Good Magic
Good Magic; winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile
by Alastair Bull
When a good two-year-old’s sire and damsire both ran brilliantly in the Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic , you’ve got to feel confident about their ability to stay 1 ...
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Delta Prince well fancied in Artie Schiller Stakes
Delta Prince gets a good chance to win his first stakes race when he takes on a good field in the one-mile Artie Schiller Stakes on the Aqueduct turf Nov. 18. Delta Prince hasn’t run much in 2017, but he’s looked good when he did. After an allowance ...
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Four stakes kick off Fair Grounds 2017-18 meet
The important Fair Grounds winter meeting kicks off Nov. 18, the beginning of five months of racing that includes major preps for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks. It’s a meeting to watch current stars, and future stars; the most notable in the ...
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Dover Downs hosts quartet of Matron Stakes
Thursday evening mild but windy conditions persisted at Dover Downs as the Delaware five-eighths mile oval hosted a quartet of $200,000 Matron Stakes for three-year-olds of both gaits and genders and they may have helped clarify three potential divis ...
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Churchill Downs return should benefit Limousine Liberal
If Bet on Sunshine Stakes favorite Limousine Liberal could run all his races at Churchill Downs, his record would probably be even better than it is. The son of Successful Appeal has won four races from six starts at the Louisville track, including ...
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Easier company for Dona Bruja in Cardinal Handicap
Former Argentinian mare Dona Bruja should appreciate a drop in class when she contests the 1 1/8-mile Cardinal Handicap (G3) at Churchill Downs Nov. 18. Dona Bruja (Storm Embrujado) arrived in the United States this year having won eight of ...
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Fair Grounds Race Course FREE Betting Guide
Fair Grounds Race Meet Betting Guide
The over four month Fair Grounds meet in Louisiana has three weekends of Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks prep races. There are 10 graded stakes races for this seasons that have interesting trends traditionally ...
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No Strikeout in OPD
Congratulations to the Ocala Kennel, Trainer Toni Gerrard, Owner Jo Ann Koerner, and everyone else connected with this fantastic greyhound. Some might say he got lucky in the turns, but I think you make your own luck in racing. This greyhound is sma ...
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Betting on Fair Grounds can be challenging and rewarding
By Dick Powell
Fair Grounds Race Course opens for its 146th racing season on Saturday with a 3 p.m. (CT) post time. The historic racetrack in New Orleans has lights because they are needed in the morning for training since the meet is held when ...
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More Matrons At Dover; Meadowlands Frosh-Stakes Quartet Corners Colt-And-Filly Stars; Another Pick-5 Fortune Forecasted
Dover Downs is Dover Downs is hosting round two of he Matron Stakes, this time a quartet of lucrative stakes for the sophomores on Thursday, Nov. 16. Then, Saturday at the Meadowlands freshman action returns with elims for the last four big events of ...
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Two-year-old take center stage this week
While many of harness racing's top three-year-olds of both gaits and genders will be on display tomorrow evening at Dover Downs, the highlight here shifts to the two-year-olds this week as Dover Downs kicked off the week by hosting a quartet of Delaw ...
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Dover Downs hosts Matron Stakes for three-year-olds
With the harness racing season rapidly winding to a close and several of the sport's top honors still very much up for grabs, Dover Downs may be one of the sites that helps clarify some of the muddled picture in several three-year-old divisions when ...
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How To Bet the Mahoning Valley Pick 4 November 13
If you're looking for a challenging Pick 4 sequence to get the brain working on a Monday, then look no more than Mahoning Valley where the 8-race card concludes with a Pick 4 featuring fields of 11, 11, 12, and 12 for 17,424 possible combinations.
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Fierce Favorites Foil Features; Superfecta Winner, Third Score; $26 Win Tops Prices
The late-season rage of public favorites is leaving little room for overlays. Our horses-to-watch list (H2W) picked up the best win prices available and a few place prices that rivaled win pools.
As well, here is the rundown
The quartet ...
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Dubai Turf winner Vivlos favored in Queen Elizabeth II Cup
Dubai Turf (G1) winner Vivlos seeks another grade one victory when she contests the 2,200-meter (about 1 3/8-mile) Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1) for fillies and mares at Kyoto Nov. 12. Vivlos (Deep Impact), the winner of last year’s Shuka Sho (G1), th ...
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Price plays for Ben's Cat Day at Laurel and the Red Smith
There are Grade 3 events at Aqueduct, Churchill Downs, and Del Mar on Saturday, but those who need a bigger stakes fix would do well to take a peak at Laurel's 11-race program, which also includes a commemoration of the beloved Maryland-bred gelding ...
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Shapiro talks Bob Hope and early West Coast contenders for Kentucky Derby
by Scott Shapiro
With the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile now in the books it is time to start thinking about early prospects for the 2018 Kentucky Derby.
In terms of the contenders from the West Coast, it is clear that despite his third-place finish i ...
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Is Gun Runner One of the Best?
Gun Runner, I doubt anyone can deny this, performed the best of all the favorites in the 2017 Breedrs' Cup Classic. The son of Candy Ride trained by Steve Asmussen ran about as well as he's run before. That speaks volumes because ever since his seco ...
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Melmich looks to continue unbeaten year in Autumn Stakes
Melmich is out to extend his unbeaten 2017 run to six starts, and possibly enhance his Canadian Horse of the Year claims, when he takes on four opponents in the Autumn Stakes (G2) on the Woodbine Tapeta track. The Ontario-bred 6-year-old has had a v ...
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Mr. Misunderstood out to extend unbeaten turf run
Mr. Misunderstood looks to cement his position as one of the rising stars of the North American turf with a graded stakes victory in the 1 1/8-mile Commonwealth Turf Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs Nov. 11. The Brad Cox-trained Archarcharch gelding w ...
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Money seeks to multiply earnings in Red Smith Handicap
Consistent Chad Brown-trained turf galloper Money Multiplier should appreciate easier company when he contests the 1 3/8-mile Red Smith Handicap (G3) at Aqueduct Oct. 11. Money Multiplier (Lookin At Lucky) finished sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G ...
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Two-year-olds highlight Dover Downs and Rosecroft Raceway cards
Thursday evening many of the sport's top two-year-olds of both gaits and genders were on display at Dover Downs in Delaware and this Saturday and Sunday evening a bevy of local stars will compete in the various Maryland Sire Stakes events for the sam ...
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Run Away faces talented rivals in Bob Hope Stakes
With four victories and a grade one third-place finish behind Bolt d’Oro, Run Away is clearly the form horse going into the seven-furlong Bob Hope Stakes (G3) at Del Mar Nov. 11. Whether he can concede between four and six pounds to his five promisi ...
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2017 Breeders' Cup Recap
The 2017 Breeders' Cup has come and gone. It's taken me almost a week to digest all that happened this past Breeders' Cup. The Super Bowl of thoroughbred horse racing isn't something to rush to conclusions about. Below, I've listed a few of my obser ...
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What we learned from the 2017 Breeders’ Cup
By Dick Powell
Now that the smoke has cleared from the fireworks at Del Mar last weekend, what did we learn?
GUN RUNNER (Candy Ride) is the real deal and a deserving winner of Horse of the Year. Yes, he had no response for ARROGATE (Unbridled ...
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Matrons At Dover Lead Weekend Stakes Action; Select Features In Ohio Aim At Double-Digit Winners; Pick-5 Fortune Forecasted
Dover Downs is open and that, of course, means the last series of stakes for the season go into motion. The Matron Stakes bring together groups of divisions for lucrative stakes and the freshman crews start the ultimate stakes wheel turning on Thursd ...
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Breeders' Cup opens up discussion on 2018 Kentucky Derby
Before the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, it seemed clear that Bolt d’Oro was not only going to win, he’d be a clear favorite for the 2018 Kentucky Derby. Now, with the race run and Bolt d’Oro finishing third, it’s not so obvious. Bolt d’Oro (Medaglia d’O ...
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Back At It At Churchill Downs
There's a 10-race card on Wednesday, November 8, to help me continue to get over my Breeders' Cup hangover, and the biggest opportunity for a score might have to wait for the last race when #9 Archangel Rose gets fast dirt for the first time in his c ...
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Woodbine plays in wake of Breeders’ Cup excitement
The Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships never disappoint and the 2017 version was more of the same with some stirring performances. I love the event as much as I get to witness some of the best horses from both here and abroad on the same ...
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Old Melbourne Cup rules burned by Rekindling
The Melbourne Cup has been a race horsemen and punters have had some set ideas about for a number of years. Prior to 1993, it was felt that a horse always needed to run on Derby day at Flemington, four days beforehand, to tune up for the big race. T ...
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Questions of track bias raised by Breeders' Cup
Del Mar’s first Breeders’ Cup proved notable for its multiple shocks as well as for its great performances. When results like these happen, questions invariably get asked about whether there was any kind of track bias. The only favorites to win were ...
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Juvenile colt Eclipse race a tough choice, juvenile filly not so much
In the wake of last weekend's Breeders' Cup, the two most important divisional races that could be hotly contested, or at least more so than nearly every other on the Eclipse Award ballot, are for juvenile male and juvenile filly.
In the Breeders' ...
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Overcoming a Breeders' Cup hangover: Hair of the Dog at Mahoning Valley
I know this year’s Breeders’ Cup was an extremely exhilarating renewal because I found the racing deeply satisfying despite abysmal performances predicting and wagering on the outcomes.
Even if I did not pick or win money on them, it was easy to c ...
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Champion older horses decided
Perhaps in the span of 24 hours, at a pair of tracks that are 3,000 miles apart and offer live racing for two different breeds, both the Eclipse Award for champion older horse and the Dan Patch award for champion aged pacer were decided at Del Mar Ra ...
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Looking for 'Dynamite' or 'Duke' to surprise in Melbourne Cup
Unseasonably cool temperatures and a spot of showers is unlikely to dampen too much enthusiasm for the Melbourne Cup (G1), "The Race That Stops a Nation," which will be held Tuesday afternoon at Flemington. The A$6 million two-mile handicap has a pos ...
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Breeders’ Cup 2017: Reflections on champions past, present, and yet to come
From a handicapping post-mortem perspective, the 2017 Breeders’ Cup boils down to a woulda-coulda-shoulda for me, so there’s much food for thought from the Del Mar extravaganza.
Gun Runner ascendant
The “nephew” of 2005 Breeders’ Cup Classi ...
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Handicapping Insights: A review of Breeders' Cup 2017
by DICK POWELL
Did I mention that there was a full moon on Breeders' Cup weekend?
Saturday dawned sunny with any chance of nearby showers of moving in replaced by a bright sun that eventually warmed things up to a perfect day for horse ra ...
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Rosecroft hosts Potomac Pace
Hours after a series of light showers departed the Mid-Atlantic region and mild temperatures enveloped the region, Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington hosted the second edition of the $100,000 Potomac Pace, a race that again attracted nine of the be ...
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Powell's impressions of Breeders' Cup 2017 in its Del Mar debut
by Dick Powell
The Breeders’ Cup is over and I am in an airport waiting to go back home to Saratoga. Some impressions before they begin to fade and blur.
Being a Saratoga guy, this was my first trip to Del Mar. Never had the time before but th ...
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Stream Of Seconds Spawn Exactas In Features; $14 Cal-Expo Winner Tops Prices As 43-Percent Hit The Board
A sprinkling of seconds were delivered throughout our features this past weekend and our best winning price came in the horses-to-watch list (see H2W below).
Hoosier Park’s redux of stakes on Nov. 5, featured many Breeders Crown participants f ...
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Vulnerable favorites and logical longshots focus of exciting Breeders’ Cup Saturday
The 34th annual Breeders’ Cup World Championships visited Del Mar, “Where the Turf Meets the Surf,” for the first time on Friday and Saturday, November 3-4, providing an exciting exhibition of some of the finest Thoroughbred race horses on Planet E ...
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No question about Horse of the Year, but a few minor Eclipse debates remain
Gun Runner 's scintillating performance in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) Saturday night was worthy of a Horse of the Year, which he will undoubtedly be voted when ballots are dispersed to the electorate next month.
Lasting the entire 1 1/4 miles, ...
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Potomac Pace slated for Rosecroft Raceway on Sunday
One night after many serious and novice thoroughbred racing fans were debating the impact of the results of the Breeders Cup Thoroughbred World Championships at Del Mar Race Course in southern California, harness racing fans will shift their attentio ...
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