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Drew Brees In The Kentucky Derby?
New Orleans Saints star quarterback Drew Brees will get to experience the 2012 Kentucky Derby trail first-hand on Saturday, as his horse Holy Candy goes in the G1 Santa Anita Derby.
Nates Mineshaft Horse of the Meet at FG
Windy Hill Farms’ Nates Mineshaft, winner of the $400,000 New Orleans Handicap (Gr. II) and the $125,000 Mineshaft Handicap (Gr. III), was named Horse of the Meet for the recently concluded 140th Thoroughbred Racing Season at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
Shackleford Best in Middle Distance Races?
He emerged in the public eye last spring in the Florida Derby, winging along on the lead – big, fast and aggressive – and just getting beat by Dialed In at odds of 69-1. From that day on, if there was a major race in the country for 3-year-olds, Shackleford was likely in it.
Ben's Cat starts season in Mister Diz
Is Ben’s Cat ready to pick up where he left off last year, when he established himself as one of the top turf sprinters on the East Coast? Based on his two most recent workouts, it certainly appears so.
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IT’S SOVEREIGN AWARDS NIGHT at Woodbine, a lavish, fun-filled ceremony to celebrate last year’s champions and to usher in the 2012 season! Put all the worries aside for tonight, enjoy the evening…
Who Should You Pick In The Wood Memorial? [VIDEO]
HRN Master Handicapper Jarrod Horak gives you the scoop on who to pick in the big Kentucky Derby 2012 preps: Wood Memorial, the Santa Anita Derby, AND the Illinois Derby!
Handicapping Precocious Babies
Friday is opening day at Keeneland race track and that means the most precocious of this year’s two year old crop will make their debuts. I know, I know. Everyone is in the midst of Derby Fever and too busy to worry about a bunch of early maidens. Besides, those races are impossible to handicap, right? Wrong.
Road to the Kentucky Derby – 10 to Watch (No. 2)
We’re only eight weeks away from this year’s Kentucky Derby ... Here's week 2 of Rick's "10 to Watch" on the Road to the Derby.
Illinois Derby 2012 Preview – Can Currency Swap go the distance?
The winner of the Grade 3, $500,000 Illinois Derby will grab enough graded cash to make the starting gate in Kentucky Derby 2012 and morning line favorite Currency Swap tries two turns for the first time.#4 Currency Swap (4-1), the 2011 G1 Hopeful winner, recently returned from an injury and finished a distant 2nd behind G1 Wood Memorial favorite Gemologist. He has some distance influences on the dam side (Pine Bluff) and looms a pace factor at the very least. He could regress 2nd off the shelf and might not want to go this far at less than ideal odds.
Thursday's Santa Anita Park Pick 6 Tickets - April 5
Sunday Santa Anita Park Recap – April 1 (6 out of 6)Both surfaces seemed to play fair (turf rail at 8 feet). Three wins apiece for Rafael Bejarano and Joe Talamo. Training doubles for Vladimir Cerin and John Sadler. On the ticket front I tabbed five Primary (Koast, Trapper’s Bounty, Bodie Girl, Calimonco, Pretty Darn Quick) winners and one Secondary (Rock This Way) winner. Bingo! The winning sequence paid $4,446.60. I actually gave out 6/6 twice since Primary player Boat Trip scratched out of the opening leg, so I got post time favorite and fellow Primary contender Koast again.
Broadway's Alibi Fresh Comely Favorite
Broadway’s Alibi, a 16 ¾-length winner of January’s Grade 2 Forward Gal at Gulfstream Park, will attempt to deliver another brilliant performance when she competes in Saturday’s Grade 3, $250,000 Comely at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Trinniberg Keeps Sprinting in Bay Shore
While the Resorts World Casino New York City Wood Memorial is the likeliest race for Kentucky Derby-minded 3-year-olds at Aqueduct Racetrack on Saturday, the Grade 3, $250,000 Bay Shore Stakes also offers an earnings opportunity for sophom*ores. Topping a field of eight is Trinniberg, whose connections have one eye on the May 5 "Run for the Roses" as they send out the son of Teuflesberg in the seven-furlong Bay Shore.
Providencia: Killer Graces Switches Surfaces
Killer Graces heads a lineup of seven 3-year-old fillies going 1 1/8 miles on turf in the 32nd running of the Grade II, $150,000 Providencia Stakes.
Amazombie Eyes Potrero Grande Repeat
The Potrero Grande was the vehicle that launched Amazombie on his ascent to Breeders’ Cup stardom and a subsequent Eclipse Award last year, as it provided the California-bred son of Northern Afleet with his first graded stakes victory for trainer Bill Spawr, who co-owns the gelding with Thomas Sanford.
Creative Cause 6-5 Favorite in Santa Anita Derby
Creative Cause is the 6-5 morning line favorite to lead the way to Kentucky among 10 entrants in Saturday’s Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby.
