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Steve Sherack & Brian DiDonato will make $100 win/place bets on 20 Kentucky Derby preps. The handicapper with the highest total at the end wins. (To sign up for the BetAmerica sign-up bonus, click here). SS: GIII El Camino Real Derby: Metaboss (+$1,150) turned in a serious rally in the stretch to give us both another nice winner at 6-1… How does a...
GII Holy Bull S. winner Upstart (Flatter) will highlight a field of eight that drew for Saturday’s GII Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth S. at Gulfstream Park. The Rick Violette-trained New York bred is given the 8-5 nod on the morning line. “This isn’t your father’s New York-bred, so to speak,” Violette said. “The bar has been...
A smaller catalogue for book 2 of the Magic Millions Perth Yearling sale resulted in a lower turnover and higher average price than a year ago. 188 youngsters were offered this year, 25 less than in 2014, and 123 changed hands, a clearance rate of 75%, almost on a par with last year. The day’s...
Oaklawn’s GIII Southwest S., which was canceled Monday due to a winter storm in Hot Springs, Arkansas, was redrawn yesterday and will now run Sunday, Feb. 22. The race still boasts a field of 11 with Toby Keith’s unbeaten Hillbilly Royalty (Langfuhr) taking the place of Todd Pletcher-trained “TDN Rising Star” JS Bach (Tale of the Cat), who will...
by Alan Carasso South African-born and now Singapore-based trainer Patrick Shaw lights up noticeably when the subject of Rocket Man (Aus) (Viscount {Aus}) comes up. And with obvious good reason. A professional trainer since 1990, Shaw registered his biggest success on South African soil with Teal (SAf) (Foveros {GB}) in the G1 Durban July S. in 1995...
In response to Dean Towers’s Op/Ed, which ran in the Feb. 20 edition of the TDN: Dean Towers’ Op/Ed about off-track wagering splits was a bit confusing. When he used the pricing model of the movie industry, where studios receive 50% and theaters receive 50%, I’m concerned TDN readers might think host tracks actually get...
Fasig-Tipton and Gulfstream Park will offer a $1-million bonus to the winner of the 2016 GI Florida Derby should that horse be a graduate of the 2015 Fasig-Tipton Florida Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, which will be held for the first time at Gulfstream Wednesday, Mar. 4. “This bonus is a unique way to celebrate Gulfstream...
The four Japanese contenders aimed at Royal Randwick’s The Championships have arrived at the newly approved quarantine center at Canterbury Park racecourse on the outskirts of Sydney. “The float arrived at the Canterbury quarantine center a shade after 9 p.m. [Thursday],” The Championships International Liaison Manager Maurice Logue told Racingandsports.com.au. “They were in excellent condition, Real...
Winner of the Listed Pies 3YO Salver at this track Dec. 14, Mongolian Khan was runner-up in a Cambridge handicap Jan. 13, but bounced back to land the G2 Waikato Guineas 18 days later. He proved a very game winner of the G2 Avondale Guineas Feb. 14 in his most recent start, besting Prima (NZ)...
Fresh off a victory in the GII Buena Vista S., Glen Hill Farm’s ‘TDN Rising Star’ Diversy Harbor (Curlin) looks to make it two in a row in Sunday’s GII Santa Ana S. going 1 1/18 miles over the Santa Anita turf course. Second to Queen’s Plate winner Lexie Lou (Sligo Bay {Ire}) in the GIII Autumn Miss...
With under a week left until the A$3.5 million G1 Golden Slipper, the field for the world’s richest juvenile race is starting to take shape, and it is expected to be dominated by trainers Gai Waterhouse and John O’Shea, who are set to saddle four runners each, according to Racing and Sports. The Waterhouse contingent...
Last year’s G1 Cox Plate winner Adelaide (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is likely to skip Saturday’s G1 George Ryder S. and head straight for the A$4 million G1 Queen Elizabeth S. at The Championships at Royal Randwick Apr. 11, according to Racing and Sports. The 4-year-old, who has not raced since his landmark victory last October, was partnered...