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Special Fighter smashes track record as Keen Ice flops at Meydan
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Posted Saturday, March 5
Special Fighter photo courtesy Dubai Racing Club/Andrew Watkins. American shippers have underscored the quality of US dirt form over the course of the Dubai Carnival, but that trend was abruptly halted when Keen Ice was a distant seventh in Saturday’s Maktoum Challenge Round 3 (G1). Locally based...
Just because the connections of Withers Stakes winner Sunny Ridge don't have aspirations of going to the Kentucky Derby with their Holy Bull gelding doesn't mean those betting on him don't. It's understandable that New Jersey racing stalwart Dennis Drazin, who owns Sunny Ridge, would prefer to win...
The Editorial staff is playing along for fun in the $25,000 Kentucky Derby Dream Bet at TwinSpires.com and Saturday’s $400,000 Gotham (G3) at Aqueduct serves as the lone qualifier this weekend. Players need to cash a $15 win bet on one of the nine qualifying races to advance to the final round and...
Flintshire photo courtesy of NYRA/Coglianese Photography/Susie Raisher. Before getting into the victorious comebacks of Dubai World Cup night threats Duramente and Solow, I’ve got to comment on the international bombshell that was lobbed to US fans this week: the transfer of globetrotting...
After shooting fish in a barrel selecting Mohaymen to take last week's $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2), the pressure is now off now to cash a $15 win bet to qualify for the final round of TwinSpires.com's $25,000 Kentucky Derby Dream Bet contest. However, the hope is to approach that round, which...
After siding with Gun Runner and Mohaymen in the first two races of the Kentucky Derby Dream Bet’s Qualifying Round, the law of averages is bound to catch up with me in Saturday’s Gotham (G3) at Aqueduct. So consider that a reader warning, or for fans of Latin, caveat lector. I’m pinning my hopes...
Edited Press Release Effinex, the probable favorite for the $1 million Santa Anita H. (G1) on March 12, arrived safely from Florida early Thursday evening and was bedded down in trainer Eoin Harty's barn to prepare for the prestigious 1 1/4-mile race. "We left Palm Meadows at 6:30 a.m....
Five underrated Gotham winners that should not be forgotten
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Posted Friday, March 4
Like most New York features the Gotham (G3), which will be renewed at Aqueduct on Saturday, has a rich and storied past. However, it's impact on the classics has lessened since the days when it preceded the Wood Memorial (G1) by two weeks and the Kentucky Derby (G1) by four. Racing fans with an...
