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Small but Exceptional Field Lining Up for Grade I Alabama on Saturday

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:53:56 -0400

A small, but incredibly exceptional field figures to line-up for the Grade I Alabama Stakes, one of the top races for three-year-old fillies this year, at Saratoga Racecourse on Saturday, August 20th. No less than four out of the six entrants should vie for favoritism in the race. Chalk status might end up on Grade II Delaware Oaks winner St. John’s River. The Andrew...

Misty For Me, Midday and Snow Fairy Throw Down in Nassau Stakes on July 30

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:37:42 -0400

Misty For Me, the Aidan O’Brien trainee that won the Group 1 Irish 1000 Guineas in May, and the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes over Midday in late June, has been installed as the 2/1 favorite to take home top honors in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse on Saturday, July 30. At 1,986 meters, the Nassau Stakes figures to set up well for Misty For Me’s front-running...

Gang of 7 Hit Grass for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:20:50 -0400

The United States’ Congress has their Gang of 6, six mostly older gentlemen who are desperately trying to save America from financial Armageddon. Ascot Racecourse in Great Britain will do one better with a Gang of 7 on July 23 when the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is run. A lot of times, upwards of fourteen to twenty horses will jump into a prestigious race like the...

Wonder of Wonders Big Fave to Turn Tables on Dancing Rain in Irish Oaks

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:03:19 -0400

The Aidan O’Brien trained Wonder of Wonders is a big favorite to turn the tables on rival Dancing Rain in the 2011 Irish Oaks on Sunday, July 17. The fourth Irish Classic race of the year is also the most prestigious for three-year-old fillies. The race has attracted fourteen entrants, but most horse players will have their eyes on only five of those fourteen. A run appears...

Horse Racing July Cup Preview - Delegator Fave, Regal Parade Value Play at Newmarket

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:28:19 -0400

Godolphin’s Delegator, the winner of the Group 2 Duke of York stakes in his last, is the favorite to win the July 9, Group 1 July Cup at Newmarket. The well-regarded miler trained by Saeed Bin Suroor won the six-furlong Duke of York in May in fine fashion. Top Godolphin pilot Frankie Dettori kept Delegator well behind the pace-setters before following Regal Parade to the lead and...

O’Brien Brings Strong Hand to 2011 Irish Derby

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:58:03 -0400

The trainer that has won five straight Irish Derbies brings an exceptionally strong hand to the race on June 24. Aidan O’Brien’s hand is so strong in the 2011 Irish Derby that many horse racing fans have already put O’Brien into the winner’s circle. O’Brien has owned the Irish Derby, run at 1 ½ miles over the Curragh Racecourse in Co Kildare, in...

Grade I Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs Wide Open Affair

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:41:54 -0400

The Grade I Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs this Saturday, the biggest race on American soil over the weekend, figures to be a wide open affair with thirteen horses likely to break from the starting gate under the Twin Spires. With the Bob Baffert trained First Dude, winner of the Grade III Alysheba, deciding to skip the Stephen Foster, favoritism could fall on Alysheba second-place...

Cuff Me Has Stones to Win Cupids Way Stakes

Wed, 04 May 2011 11:35:13 -0400

While much of the focus this week is on Churchill Downs and the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby, let’s not forget Belmont Park is offering some great horse betting action. The Belmont Park card kicks off at 1:00 ET today with an excellent nine race betting card featuring four turf races and a stakes race for horses bred in New York. The featured betting race for Wednesday is the...

Horse Betting - Serious Players Lining Up for Race 9 at Churchill on May 4

Tue, 03 May 2011 12:00:00 -0400

Some serious horse racing betting equines will break from the starting gate in Churchill Downs’ Race 9 on Wednesday, May 4. Race 9 under the Twin Spires on Wednesday is not your typical 6 furlong sprint race. With horses like Snapshot, A Diehl, China and Irrefutable taking to the track, horseplayers can be assured of receiving a somewhat fair price on the pony they like.

Haynesfield Returns to Action in Westchester

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:00:00 -0400

The first graded stakes race of the Belmont Park spring meeting is Saturday’s $100,000 Westchester (G3), which drew a tough field of six older runners including the return of Haynesfield. The Steve Asmussen trainee won four of his six starts in 2010, including beating Blame in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park last October. His Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) did not go as...