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Preakness heads Pimlico stakes schedule worth $3.7 million
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Posted Wednesday, March 16
Edited Press Release The Maryland Jockey Club has announced it will offer a $3.7 million stakes schedule this spring at Pimlico, highlighted by the $1.5 million Preakness (G1), $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2), and $300,000 Pimlico Special (G3). The 141st Preakness, the middle jewel of racing's...
The Four Plays Candice Hare Is Making On Day 2 of Cheltenham
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Posted Tuesday, March 15
As expected, the first day of the Cheltenham Festival was dominated by the powerful owner/trainer duo of Rich Ricci and Willie Mullins. Led by their trio of Douvan, Annie Power, and Vroum Vroum Mag, together they won three of the day’s seven races, with Min being the only of their fancied runners...
Collected among dozen in Sunland Derby substitute
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Posted Tuesday, March 15
An outbreak of EHV-1 (Equine herpesvirus) over the winter forced a cessation of racing at Sunland Park for a month, and the fallout from the cancellations prompted track officials earlier this month to cancel both the Sunland Derby (G3) and Sunland Park Oaks for this year. Points scoring preps for...
Big stakes weekend at Santa Anita highlighted by a trio of front-running winners & a pair of deep closers
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Posted Tuesday, March 15
SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK The signature race of the meet highlighted a big weekend of racing at Santa Anita. Santa Anita H. (G1): Tarabilla Farms’ MELATONIN (Kodiak Kowboy) went to the front out of the gate and held off all comers in posting a 16-1 upset beneath Joe Talamo. The rapidly improving five-...
Dubai World Cup night trends
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Posted Monday, March 14
Rummaging through the Dubai World Cup night results, we can try to detect trends both positive and negative. Not-so-Super Saturday? The first observation is how often the Super Saturday form either fails to translate, or is reversed, on the big night. Since the final local preps were concentrated...
Mullins It Over: Candice Hare's Day 1 Cheltenham Picks
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Posted Monday, March 14
by CANDICE HARE As always, the first day of the Cheltenham Festival begins with the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, during which the roar from the crowd annually makes for one of the greatest spectacles in racing, and we'll be following along trying to win $20 each day to turn our wagers into 20X TSC...
The time is right for a Big 'Cap date change
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Posted Monday, March 14
A friend of nearly two decades offered some interesting takes on Twitter this past Saturday in regards to the current status of the $1 million Santa Anita H. (G1). Enamored with and well-versed about the sport's history and best traditions as anyone I've ever met, he was raised in Los Angeles, has...
Songbird overwhelming favorite in Kentucky Oaks Future Wager
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Posted Sunday, March 13
Edited Press Release Songbird (#18), the runaway winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) and reigning two-year-old filly champion, was the emphatic odds-on choice to win the $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) following three days of wagering in Churchill Downs Racetrack’s 2016 Kentucky Oaks...
