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November 10, 2017

Aqueduct (New York):

• North America's leading rider Irad Ortiz, Jr. won three times.
• Trainer Bill Mott almost earned the rare feat of winning three consecutive races. He was up in the stretch with Junior Alvarado on board the favorite in the finale but got passed by Dylan Davis and a 26-to-1 bomb. Alvarado had just one ride all day, the fact that it was the morning line favorite in the finale was an attention-getter.
• Chris DeCarlo won the opener and paid $26.20 with the second highest odds in an 8-horse field. DeCarlo, who doesn't ride often but can still horseback with confidence, was scheduled to have one other ride, a 50-to-1 later in the day but he was replaced. The trainer was Dennis Lalman who won for the 44th time in his career. It was unseasonably cold at the track today.
• Irad Ortiz, Jr. leads the meet with six wins. Since many of the usual winning riders were elsewhere at this early part of the meet, it gave opportunities for others to take control. Jersey Joe Bravo -- Have whip, will travel! - is among a group with Kendrick Carmouche, Dylan Davis, Junior Alvarado and Nik Juarez who follow.
• Top riders Jose Ortiz has one win in 14 starts and Javier Castellano is 1-for-10 at the early part of this meet.

Finger Lakes (New York):

• Canceled its card following the first race due to the weather.

Laurel (Maryland):

• Trainer Larry Jones had two horses and each won in consecutive races. Jones has been first or second with nine of his 15 starters at the meet.

Gulfstream Park West (Florida):

• The 20-cent Rainbow 6 was hit for $52,137.54.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• Robby Albarado won three times.
• The $.50 Pick 5 paid over $7,000.

Hawthorne (Illinois):

• Santo Sanjur won three consecutive races en route to a 4-2-1 day on 9 mounts.

Del Mar (California):

• Race 5: A 69-to-1, the longest shot on the board in a 10-horse field. was ahead in the stretch, got caught but paid $63.60 in the middle. The $1 exacta was $295.
• Six of the nine horses were singled for the Pick 6 heading into the Del Mar finale. If one of the six won, a unique ticket holder would claim the pot though not unreasonably large. it happened. The pot was nailed for $80,000+.

 

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This is one of the most remarkable continuing stories of our time. And that yearling below highlighted in blue and shown in the auction remains on my radar. He is simply the most striking horse I have ever seen at that age.

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Tapit will continue to stand for an advertised fee of $300,000 in 2018, continuing his reign as the most expensive stallion in North America.

The 16-year-old son of Pulpit stands at Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Ky., and has maintained his $300,000 fee since the 2015 season. He is followed on the list of North America's most expensive sires by War Front and Medaglia d'Oro, who will command fees of $250,000 at Claiborne and Darley, respectively.

Tapit set a single-season progeny earnings record for a North American sire in 2014, when he led the general sires list for the first of three consecutive years with earnings of $16,813,536. He shattered his own record the next two seasons, bankrolling $18,327,691 in 2015 and $19,245,198 in 2016.

Tapit's career highlights include siring three winners of the Belmont Stakes in Tonalist (2014), Creator (2016), and Tapwrit (2017). In that span, he also finished second with Frosted (2015) and third with Lani (2016). Tapit is the only sire in the modern era to be represented by three Belmont Stakes winners – and one of just five stallions to sire three or more winners of the oldest American classic.

He has covered books of 148, 125, and 127 mares in the past three seasons at his $300,000 fee, according to The Jockey Club's Report of Mares Bred, and his book will be limited to 125 mares in 2018. His first yearlings conceived on this fee came to the ring this year, and he averaged a staggering $950,000 for his 17 yearlings sold at Keeneland September. He accounted for the three most expensive yearlings of the auction – a $2.7 million full sister to Grade 1 winner Cupid, a $2.6 million colt from the family of champion Saint Liam and Grade 1 winner Gun Runner, and a $2.5 million colt out of Grade 1 winner Tiz Miz Sue.

Source: DRF

 

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Ben's Cat

Some notes about the Cat who ran as an 11-year-old but passed away earlier this year after a brief retirement. Laurel has a good card today but this tribute will be the highlight.

From the DRF:

• Now, Ben has passed like the late-afternoon November daylight into darkness. Retired by Leatherbury in June, Ben’s Cat went to live out his remaining days at Chris Welker’s Spring Ridge Farm in Versailles, Ky. Less than two weeks later, Ben got a rare and terrible form of colic and was euthanized after surgery failed to heal his legendarily willing body.
• Leatherbury requested the horse’s remains be laid to rest at Laurel, where Ben spent much of his career. Leatherbury, a Maryland-bred like Ben’s Cat, is 84. Through decades training thousands of horses have passed through his outfit. This one stands out.
• He turned out pretty good: Four times Maryland Horse of the Year, a final record of 63-32-9-7 with earnings of $2,643,782, and a mass following. Maryland-bred turf-sprint stakes aren’t typically show-stoppers, but when Ben was running in them, action at simulcast centers and racetracks across the country stood still.
• Ben’s Cat broke from the rail in his 11-year-old debut and never found clear running, losing by less than a length. Two more losses came with subtler excuses, if any, but still Leatherbury wondered.

A fitting month to honor the late, great Ben's Cat | Daily Racing Form

 

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November 11, 2017

Aqueduct (New York):

• In the $200,000 Grade III Red Smith, Edgar Prado stunned the crowd on board Spring Quality, trained by Graham Motion, and paid $27.20 The 5-year-old Pennsylvania-bred is 5-for-9 lifetime and has raced at eight different tracks in his last 8 races.

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• Only Manny Franco saw a repeat victory among riders. No trainer won more than once.
• Following Irad Ortiz, Jr.'s seven wins on the leader board this meet are Joe Bravo (38%), Dylan Davis and Kendrick Carmouche with 5 apiece.
• Top riders Javier Castellano (1-for-14) and Jose Ortiz (2-for-23) are cold this meet

Laurel (Maryland):

• A fine day of racing involving five $100,000 purses but the ceremony involving Ben's Cat was the highlight. As described on Bloodhorse.com: In a ceremony attended by approximately 150 horsemen, jockeys and fans—and breeder, owner, and Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury—Ben's Cat's remains were lowered into the ground on the northeast side of Laurel's paddock Nov. 11. The 26-time stakes winner died July 18 from complications following colic surgery. Ben's Cat Laid to Rest at Laurel Park - BloodHorse

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• Ricardo Santana, Jr. won three times, twice for Steve Asmussen.
• Mr. Misunderstood (Florent Geroux/Brad Cox) won as the chalky favorite in the Grade III $100,000 feature.

Gulfstream West (Florida):

• Edgard Zayas seems to enjoy the track formerly known as Calder. He had four wins including three stakes victories. UPDATE: He was named the national Jockey of the Week by the Jockey Guild. Through Saturday, Emisael Jaramillo (38) and Zayas (33) are the runaway leaders with victories at the meet.
• In the finale, the $.50 trifecta paid over $2.300. The $1 super was a massive $62,000+.
• A 2-year-old colt name Ovetchkin Jagr (correct spelling) was out for the second time.

Del Mar (California):

• In race 3, an awesome photo finish between the shortest and longest prices on the board. A 50-to-1 and an even money shot finished in a dead heat after a very lengthy wait.

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• In race 5, the Grade III Bob Hope and its $100,000 purse, Greyvitos (Victor Espinoza/Adam Kitchingman) went gate-to-wire at 19-to-1 and paid $41.80, the second highest odds on the board. The trainer has just six wins this year and is from Australia.
• The $.50 Pick 5 to start the day paid over $12,000.

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• The $1 Pick 3 following the fifth race was $12,233.10 with the bomb that finished in the dead heat in race 3. The chalk in that same dead heat led to a decidedly smaller Pick 3.
• Race 8 had an $85.80 winner.
• Race 9 produced a $1 Super High Five that returned $52,721.50.

 

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November 12, 2017

Aqueduct (New York):

• Only four riders won on the 9-race card. Jose Ortiz broke out of his early meet funk with three victories. Angel Arroyo, Manny Franco and Rajiv Maragh each won twice. Leading rider Irad Ortiz, Jr.. was off today.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• Trainer Dale Romans won for the 703rd time which established a record amount of victories at the 143-year-old track.

Del Mar (California):

• A rare day when two trainers won three times each. Peter Miller and Doug O'Neill combined to win six of the nine races.

 

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Martin Garcia, a California regular rider for many years and much of the time for Bob Baffert, is moving his tack to New York and begins riding this week.

Trevor McCarthy, who had shoulder surgery in May after a nasty spill, resumes riding in December and will move his tack from Maryland to New York. He does not get the national acclaim but is a top rider in the mid-Atlantic.

Many of the New York's elite move their tacks to Gulfstream for the winter/spring meet.

 

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Jose Ortiz, who leads the nation with $26,000,000+ earned this year and is fourth in victories, will have knee surgery in early December which is scheduled to sideline him for six weeks. As per the norm, he will move his tack from New York to south Florida for the winter/spring meet.

The Pegasus World Cup, the world's largest purse at $16,000,000, is January 27, 2018 at Gulfstream. I am sure that is the intended target date.

He also has been my leading candidate to win the Eclipse Award as the nation's top rider for 2017. I think he will dethrone multiple repeated winner Javier Castellano.

 

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Breeders Cup 2019: The mystery is not yet solved. It seems that a unique track is being considered -- most likely Laurel or perhaps Belmont-- and some quirks need to be remedied. Otherwise, the layup that is Santa Anita and/or Churchill would be confirmed. If New York applies, there are secondary issues ranging from weather to development of land. Is Laurel too much of a risk being a neophyte as a major player? There seems to be the desire from outsiders to venture into territory not California or Kentucky. Will the industry agree?

'Nice to have choices' for 2019 Breeders’ Cup site, CEO says - Horse Racing Nation

While the Breeders’ Cup typically makes future site announcements in bunches, Craig Fravel, the championships’ president and CEO, said Wednesday “we haven’t gotten to that point yet in the decision-making process” for 2019 and beyond.

Fravel was in Louisville, site of the 2018 Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs, to meet with members of the local Host Committee.​

Also from the article:

Speculation has also surrounded the improvements at Maryland’s Laurel Park, and the Breeders’ Cup hasn’t been contested in New York since 2005 at Belmont Park.​

 

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November 16, 2017

Aqueduct (New York):

• Manny Franco won three times in eight starts.
• Among the riders without mounts today were John Velazquez, Irad Ortiz, Jr. and Joel Rosario. There didn't see to be any reason issued for their absences.
• Fly So High (Jose Ortiz/Shug McGaughey) was incredible in her second career start. She won by about 7 lengths and finished a strong 13 ahead of the third place horse. Look for good things if today was any indication and especially if she heads to Florida or Kentucky from here.
• Abel Lezcano rode for just the ninth time this month and won on board a 34-to-1 ($71.00) in an absolute romp. His last victory was October 28.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• Corey Lanerie was hot again. He was 3-0-2 in 8 starts. One of the wins was particularly impressive coming from off the pace to victory.
• The finale was something staggering. An 82-to-1 bomb made a spectacular bid, excuse the pun, in an attempt to shock the field and did just that. The 4-year-old gelding is now 3-for-21 lifetime with wins in two of his most recent three starts. He paid $166 to win and $57 to place. He topped a $1093.60 exacta. The $.50 Pick 4 paid over $12,000. The $.50 Pick 5 paid over $14,000.

Gulfstream Park West (Florida):

• Emisael Jaramillo was sizzling today. He won four straight starts and finished 4-0-1 on 7 mounts.

 

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November 17, 2017

Aqueduct (New York):

• Trainer Thomas Bush, who is nearing his 500th lifetime win, had two victories. I am not sure the last time he had multiple wins on the same card. The wins paid $16.60 and $18.60. No other trainer or jockey won more than once today.
• Junior Alvarado rode one of the winners for Thomas Bush and it deserves special notice as a potential ride of the year in New York. Of course, it will be forgotten since it is a Friday afternoon race rather than one attached to a large purse but ... man! It was a typical Alvarado victory: be patient, go to the outside, stalk, wait for the right moment and strike but this was also an incredible achievement with the amount of track he recovered in a short period of time
• Todd Pletcher finished 1-2 in a race of 2-year-olds with John Velazquez and Javier Castellano riding.
• John Velazquez returned from his mini-vacation and won the second race.
• Joel Rosario returned from his mini-vacation and won the opener.
• Apprentice rider Luis Reyes, hospitalized after what looked like a serious injury last week, returned to racing and won the fourth. Good story.
• Manny Franco is the leading rider at the meet with 10 wins followed by Jose Ortiz (8) and Irad Ortiz, Jr. (7). It appears that Ortiz, Jr. is suspended since he hasn't ridden this week in New York. He had a hearing for a violation which occurred a few weeks ago and perhaps that is the cause for his absence.

Gulfstream Park West (Florida):

• Following race 5, the $2 Pick 5 paid over $17,000 and the $2 pick 4 returned a healthy $4,836.

 

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Today's only graded stakes race. The #12 is the class of the field but if the anticipated rain occurs and wets the turf, then looking elsewhere should become a motivating consideration.

Entries: Cardinal H. (G3T)

Churchill Downs, Saturday, November 18, 2017, Race 10

• Grade IIIT
• 1 1/8m
• Turf
• $100,000
• 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
• 5:24 PM (local)

[TR][TH]PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Lovely Loyree (IL)	Fernando De La Cruz	116	Michele Boyce	15/1
2	2Tricky Escape (KY)	Christopher P. DeCarlo	119	Lynn A. Ashby	8/1
3	3Rattataptap (KY)	Joseph Rocco, Jr.	114	William I. Mott	20/1
4	4La Piba (KY)	Jon Kenton Court	115	Brad H. Cox	30/1
5	5Weep No More (KY)	Robby Albarado	115	George R. Arnold, II	15/1
6	6Coco Channel (KY)	Julie Burke	110	Charles Lopresti	50/1
7	7Beauly (GB)	Corey J. Lanerie	118	Brendan P. Walsh	5/1
8	8B Rockett (NY)	Alex L. Canchari	114	Victoria H. Oliver	30/1
9	9Linda (KY)	Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.	118	Ian R. Wilkes	9/2
10	10Fair Point (KY)	Tyler Gaffalione	116	Claude R. McGaughey III	8/1
11	11Res Ipsa (KY)	Julien R. Leparoux	118	Ian R. Wilkes	8/1
12	12Dona Bruja (ARG)	Ricardo Santana, Jr.	122	Ignacio Correas, IV	8/5

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November 18, 2017

Aqueduct (New York):

• Race 6 was won by Jose Lezcano with a bomb that paid $55. It was used with my other preferred turf rider Junior Alvarado who was caught for second on board a 5-to-1 that seemed to be 9-to-1 as they entered the gate. A potential sensational exacta was not to be after the photo determined the outcome.
  
  
• The $2 Pick 4 paid over $5.200 following race 5.
• There was a dead heat in the opener between two of the East coast's top riders in Javier Castellano and Jose Ortiz.
• Welcome to New York, Martin Garcia. The California stalwart moved his tack to New York for this fall/winter beginning this week. He was part of the entry in race 3. At the gate, his stablemate was scratched. That left Garcia to run for purse money only. He fizzled in at least this attempt. Of his first four schedules mounts, three have been scratched.
• Because of the dead heat in the opener and the late scratch to an entry in race 3, which removed the option of wagering, there were four different payouts for the Pick 3 following the third race. I don't recall if I have ever seen that.
• John Velazquez won three more races. He gets Cadillacs but he is also 33% at the meet and third in victories with 9. He has more than 5,800 wins in his stellar career. When the Eclipse Award nominees are named for January's selections, the list of three could include Johnny V. My guess is Javier Castellano will be among the top three as the defending champ and his resume. Jose Ortiz is my pick to upset him and win the award. That leaves a third rider. Irad Ortiz, Jr. could be named as the winningest rider for 2017, assuming he finishes steadily with the lead he has maintained. I'd be surprised if anyone else gets a nomination.

Laurel (Maryland):

• In race 5, the $2 exacta returned $1,169. The 12 and 10 were both bombs.
• In race 6, apprentice Jenn Miller went to the lead and never looked back on board a $106.40 winner. The double paid the exorbitant amount of $2,601.80. The exacta returned $937.80. The tri was over $3.,500.

Mahoning Valley (Ohio):

• The finale was highlighted by a $.50 trifecta that paid $3,082.40 and a $.10 super that returned over $6,600 (or $66,000 for a $1 bet).

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• As noted in the post above regarding the Grade III Cardinal Handicap, the weather wreaked havoc and caused not only the favorite to be scratched but also a switch of surfaces from grass to dirt. That opened the door for two visiting riders who have been mentioned often and were among the prime contenders. Tricky Escape (Chris DeCarlo/Lynn Ashby) and Fair Point (Tyler Gaffalione/Shug McGaughey) hooked up in a wildly thrilling finish which included the expected delay due to a photo but also an objection logged involving the top three finishers. DeCarlo is a veteran who doesn't ride often but when he does, he generally shows his years of experience with acumen nearly unmatched. Gaffalione is simply one of the best in the land. Lynn Ashby, the winning trainer, won for just the 53rd time in her lifetime and 23rd this year. She is basically a mid-Atlantic trainer. Winning a Grade III is a big boost, good for her. The quote of the day:
  
  "When I went inside, I think the other riders were probably cussing me at one point," DeCarlo said.
  
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• Julie Burke, who was part of the nullified objection by the 2nd and 3rd place finishers in the Grade III, finished third with a 30-to-1 which was the second longest odds on the board in the field of seven. In her only other ride of the day, she finished 3rd on a 102-to-1 which was the longest odds in a field of 12. In the finale on Friday, she finished second with a 27-to-1 which was the second highest odds in a field of nine. To summarize, her last three mounts hit the board with odds of 30-1, 102-1 and 27-1.
• Corey Lanerie expanded his lead in the jockey standings with four more wins. He was 4-1-1 with 10 mounts.
• Julien Leparoux won his first three starts and finished 3-0-0 with four rides.
• Brad Cox won the first two races. Cox won at all four tracks in which he entered starters including Aqueduct in New York and Delta Downs and Fair Grounds in Louisiana. He finished an impressive 5-1-1 with 9 starters. That is a helluva day.

Fair Grounds (Louisiana):

• Trainer Albert Stall had four victories and at Delta Downs (Louisiana) he won his only start giving him a record of 5-1-0 in 8 starts today.
• Jockey Florent Geroux had a terrible day and has now gone 18 straight starts 0-3-1 (just 4 times in the money) since last winning though most of those rides were at Churchill Downs.

Del Mar (California):

• In the $100,000 29th running of the Desi Arnaz, Dream Tree (Drayden Van Dyke/Bob Baffert) is now 2-for-2 in her young career after holding off Midnight Bisou (Rafael Bejarano/Bill Spawr) in a fantastic finish. A daughter to Uncle Mo and who has Afleet Alex in her lineage, she was purchased for $750,000 and has many eyes upon her as she develops.

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November 19, 2017

Aqueduct (New York):

• The card was canceled by mid-morning due to excessive wind gusts. Winds can oftentimes be a disturbing proposition for riders

Parx (Pennsylvania):

• After race 9, the $2 pick 3 returned over $2,700.
• After race 8, the $2 Pick 3 returned over $2,600. The $2 Pick 4 was an extraordinary $49,813. The winner paid an immense $137.

Laurel Park (Maryland):

• Alex Cintron was unseated early in the third race which led to a no contest ruling. Initially, for a brief moment, unofficial payouts were posted before stewards ruled the race no contest. The horse and prone jockey were in danger of further injury when some riders sensed the circumstances and pulled mounts in the backstretch. It appears both rider and horse avoided serious injuries at least upon initial accounts.
• Alex Cintron was removed from the rest of his mounts including in race 5. Trainer Larry Jones had replacement Daniel Centeno ride a 2-year-old Tapit colt named Believe in Royalty who was nothing short of stellar.
• The $2 Pick 4 returned $4,600+ following race 7.

Gulfstream Park West (Florida):

• Someone needed a bomb ridden by Edgard Zayas, one of the top two riders at the meet, to win the finale and nail the Rainbow Six and its $141,853 pool. Zayas accomplished the feat with a 14-to-1 shot.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• A $56.40 winner. The $2 Pick 5 was over $54,000.
• Florent Geroux, mentioned in yesterday's post for a slump, broke it in style with a 24-to-1 bomb in race 9. The winner returned $50.80. Geroux had lost 22 consecutive mounts.

Del Mar (California):

• Streak of Luck (Ignacio Puglisi/Matthew Chew), won at 16-to-1. She was sent off the favorite in her previous race and won also under the direction of Puglisi who is now 2-for-2 on board.
• The $2.00 Pick 6 was hit for $254,441.80 with a ticket that had $288 invested in Oregon. That was after a 2-to-1 ruling to DQ the winner and place him 5th. The second place horse was elevated to victory. Talk about white knuckles.

Woodbine (Toronto, Canada):

• Following race 6, the $2 Pick 5 paid over $15,000.
• In the feature, the prohibitive favorite -- seemingly 1-to-9 the entire betting period -- went into the gate at 1-to-5 but failed on the turn and finished second.

 

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This will be updated when odds are issued but until then...

Clark Handicap

Churchill Downs, Friday, November 24, 2017, Race 11

• Grade I
• 1 1/8m
• Dirt
• $500,000
• 3 yo's & up
• 5:56 PM (local)

[TR][TH]PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	Hoppertunity (KY)	Florent Geroux	123	Bob Baffert	3-1
2	Seeking the Soul (KY)	John R. Velazquez	116	Dallas Stewart	6-1
3	Good Samaritan (KY)	Joel Rosario	116	William I. Mott	8-1
4	Destin (KY)	Ricardo Santana, Jr.	121	Todd A. Pletcher	10-1
5	Goats Town (KY)	Chris Landeros	114	D. Wayne Lukas	30-1
6	Mo Tom (KY)	Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.	114	Thomas M. Amoss	20-1
7	The Player (KY)	Calvin H. Borel	119	William B. Bradley	6-1
8	Honorable Duty (KY)	Corey J. Lanerie	120	Brendan P. Walsh	5-1
9	Diversify (NY)	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	123	Richard A. Violette, Jr.	5-2

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Word came out today that Songbird will be bred to Arrogate at some point in 2018.

And after that Songbird gets bred to Tapit whose lineage includes Pulpit, A.P. Indy and Unbridled.

Mandy Pope purchased Songbird for $9.5 million two weeks ago. She is an avowed supporter of the Unbridled line.

Let the bidding begin.

 

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November 20, 2017

Mahoning Valley (Ohio):

• Heartwood, an enormous bomb, won the $200,000 feature race at 68-to-1, the second highest odds in a field of nine. The winner pulled ahead in the stretch, finished with aplomb and paid $138.20. A 48-to-1 finished third. The favorite finished fifth which led to healthy prices in the show pool. The $2 exacta was a colossal $1,426.60. The $.50 trifecta paid over $5,000. The 3-year-old Tapit colt is now 3-for-11 lifetime and caught my eye in August when entered in the Grade III West Virginia Derby despite being severely out-classed at 97-to-1 and ended last in a field of ten. There was a reason why he was entered in that race.

Portland Meadows (Oregon):

• Kevin Orozco won all four of his starts.

 

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November 21, 2017

Portland Meadows (Oregon):

• Jockey Kevin Orozco won six times in nine starts and was in the money (1st,m 2nd or 3rd) eight times. The last two days, he was an incredible 13 10-1-1.

November 22, 2017

Aqueduct (New York):

• With sloppy weather, the races were off the turf.
• After race 5, the $2 Pick 3 returned 44,409 and the $2 Pick 4 paid out $5,600+.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• The $2 Pick 5 after race 6 paid over $78,000. The $2 Pick 3 paid $2,300+.
• The $2 Pick 4 after race 7 paid out over $44,000. The $1 super returned almost $33,000.
• After the finale, race 10, the $2 tri paid over $13,000, the $1 super over $28,000, and the $1 Pick 4 more than $20,000.

Zia Park (New Mexico):

• In the $200,000 Zia Park Derby, a mild upset in that Untrapped and Chief Know It All finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively, to Cedartown (Ry Eikleberry/Michael Stidham). The 10-to-1 morning line is now 3-3-0 in 6 lifetime races riding mostly in the mid-Atlantic.
• Sandy's Surprise (Mario Gutierrez/Doug O'Neill) won the $300,000 Zia Park Oaks. The Kentucky-bred California shipper in 3-for-11 lifetime and is coming off a 10th place finish in a Grade 3 at Santa Anita.

Penn National (Pennsylvania):

• Under the lights tonight, two key races with purses of $100,000 and $200,000, respectively.
• Discreet Lover (Jose Flores/Uriah St. Lewis) was get down from a 10-to-1 morning line and paid $4.60 in victory for his 5th win in 34 starts.
• Chief Lion (Martin Garcia/David Jacobson) paid $10.00 despite a 2-to-1 morning line as part of an entry with Stallwalkin' Dude who was scratched. The 7-year-old was out for the 43rd time. It was Garcia's first win since relocating East from California. Blu Moon Ace, sent off the favorite, was euthanized following an injury.

 

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November 23, 2017

Aqueduct (New York):

• The track handled over $5,000,000 in all sources.
• Repeat winners included Joel Rosario (when he wins early on the card, he repeats; yet another example) and trainers Chad Brown, David Jacobson and Bill Mott.
• Stallwalkin Dude (Joel Rosario/David Jacobson), scratched the prior night at Penn National, won the $200,000 feature race. The 7-year-old won for the 20th time in 59 starts.

Laurel (Maryland):

• Laurel had some fantastic prices this Thanksgiving Day.
• Four jockeys won twice on the 10-race card including veterans Edgar Prado and Elvis Trujillo, the latter who recently returned from riding up to four months in China.
• After race 4, the double paid over $1,000.
• After race 5, the double paid over $580, the $2 Pick 3 was more than $19,000 and the $.50 Pick 4 was also over $19,000. The longest shot on the board paid $57.80 to win.
• In race 7, the longest shot on the board in a 10-horse field finished second at 50-to-1.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• Not much in terms of anything extraordinary except in the Grade 2 feature race in which an Argentinian-bred won by more than 8 lengths. Blue Prize (James Graham/Ignacio Correas) dominated.

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Del Mar (California):

• In the Grade 3 feature, How Unusual (Corey Nakatani.Michael Pender) won and paid $21.80.
• Mike Smith won twice.

 

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2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1

1 Avery Island 30-1

2 Bolt d’Oro 10-1

3 Copper Bullet 30-1

4 Dak Attack 30-1

5 Engage 20-1

6 Enticed 30-1

7 Firenze Fire 20-1

8 Free Drop Billy 20-1

9 Givemeaminit 50-1

10 Good Magic 8-1

11 Gotta Go 30-1

12 Lone Sailor 50-1

13 Mask 30-1

14 McKinzie 20-1

15 Mendelssohn 30-1

16 Montauk 20-1

17 Principe Guilherme 20-1

18 Quip 30-1

19 Solomini 15-1

20 Sporting Chance 20-1

21 Talent Scout 30-1

22 Tiz Mischief 50-1

23 Untamed Domain 20-1

24 Mutuel Field (All Others) 7-5

2018 Kentucky Derby Sire Future Pool

#	Wagering Interest	Morning Line Odds
1	Bernardini	20-1
2	Bodemeister	20-1
3	Candy Ride (ARG)	20-1
4	Curlin	8-1
5	Distorted Humor	20-1
6	Ghostzapper	20-1
7	Giant’s Causeway	30-1
8	Into Mischief	20-1
9	Malibu Moon	30-1
10	Medaglia d’Oro	12-1
11	More Than Ready	20-1
12	Overanalyze	30-1
13	Pioneerof the Nile	20-1
14	Quality Road	20-1
15	Scat Daddy	20-1
16	Speightstown	20-1
17	Street Sense	15-1
18	Tapit	10-1
19	Tiznow	20-1
20	Uncle Mo	20-1
21	Union Rags	30-1
22	Violence	30-1
23	War Front	15-1
24	Mutuel Field (All Others)	4-1

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

November 24, 2017

Aqueduct (New York):

• Rider Manny Franco and trainer Rudy Rodriguez each won three times, twice as a team.
• Manny Franco has a 1-win lead over Jose Ortiz for top rider at the meet. Rudy Rodriguez is at an impressive 33% at the meet but also as convincingly has a 9-win lead over Chad Brown in the trainer's standings.
• Race 6: A thrilling finish with three across-the-wire. A 2-to-1 nipped a 21-to-1 causing much anguish among "all" bettors.
• Race 8: In a $150,000 race, the Bill Parcells-owned Small Bear (Rajiv Maragh/Jeremiah Englehart), paid a handsome $19.80 with a perfectly timed ride.
• Race 9: In the $250,000 Grade 3 Comely Stakes, Actress (Jose Ortiz/Jason Servis) was spectacular and opened it in the stretch in a performance that wowed. In the 68th running of the race, two Tapit fillies finished 1-2 and both are the accustomed gray. Parade, who finished second, should be considered in her next race. Tapit is truly a generational stud....just like his granddaddy.
  
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Finger Lakes (New York):

• Someone actually named a horse Spectacular Kid? Anyway, it worked. He broke his maiden in his 4th race.

Penn National (Pennsylvania):

• Race 2 under the lights: $93.40 to win. A remarkable $2,760.60 for the exacta. The tri had an all which kept the total to a reasonable sum of $4,590.

Laurel (Maryland):

• Was off the turf yet again which dismayed many.
• In the sixth race, prior to scratches, the 13-horse field was represented by seven states and two countries.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• In the Grade 2 Mrs. Revere, Lovely Bernadette (Florent Geroux/James DiVito), who was my pick of the day, was sent off at 7-to-2. She is now 7-for-14 lifetime but on a 3-race win streak since a rider switch to Geroux.
  
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• In the 143rd version of the Grade I Clark Handicap, Seeking the Soul (John Velazquez/Dallas Stewart) pulled a mild upset and withstood an objection by the third place finisher. The connections to Hoppertunity (Florent Geroux/Bob Baffert), who seems to be always there but not there, claimed foul but that was nullified. Good Samaritan (Joel Rosario/Bill Mott) finished second place. Two east coast riders finished 1-2. How many times has Johnny V. lost an objection or inquiry?! That said, I think it will be difficult to omit him from a top three Eclipse Award finalist. I would imagine that the Ortiz brothers, more so Jose, Javier Castellano and Johnny V. will be among the four fighting for the final three spots.
  
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Hawthorne (Illinois):

• Race 3: A 49-to-1 shot, who was 2-for-28 in the last two years, had a fantastic finish and with a $102.00 victory topped a $.20 superfecta that paid a $8,000+ or $40,000 for $1. The exacta was more than $1,100. The $1 tri was more than $3,000.

Gulfstream Park West (Florida):

• Race 5: The $2 Pick 5 paid $95,246.20. The $2 Pick 4 paid $36,672.40. The $2 Pick 3 was a monumental $64,081.20.
• Trainer Tim Hills, who won for the first time in 1973, had his 2,000th victory today and was presented with the usual plaque in the winner's circle.

Del Mar (California):

• Manitoulin (Mike Smith/James Toner) proved the best in the Grade 2 Hollywood Turf Cup. A rider switch to arguably the best big race rider in the nation proved beneficial. The winner paid $10.40.
  
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NYRA released its winter/spring schedule which begins with a Grade III on January 1.

NYRA releases Aqueduct Racetrack's 2018 Winter, Spring stakes schedule - Horse Racing Nation

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

The list of Kentucky Derby prep races can be located within the first post of this thread. One such race is on Saturday at Churchill Downs.

This race has a 4-to-1 morning line favorite which is indicative of a wide-open race. Junior Alvarado, one of the few riders in the race not based at Churchill, is riding for Kiaran McLaughlin.

KENTUCKY JOCKEY CLUB STAKES
Churchill Downs
Saturday, November 25, 2017, Race 11

• 1 1/16 Miles
• 2 Year Olds
• Grade 2
• Dirt
• Purse: $200,000
• 5:56 PM Eastern Time

[TR][TH]PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Gotta Go (KY)	Chris Landeros	122	Ian R. Wilkes	6/1
2	2Diamond King (KY)	Frankie Pennington	122	Robert E. Reid, Jr.	20/1
3	3John Tippmann (KY)	Rayan Gazader	122	Kenneth G. McPeek	20/1
4	4Arrival (KY)	Julien R. Leparoux	122	Mark E. Casse	12/1
5	5Givemeaminit (LA)	Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.	122	Dallas Stewart	6/1
6	6Enticed (KY)	Junior Alvarado	122	Kiaran P. McLaughlin	4/1
7	7Promises Fulfilled (KY)	Alex L. Canchari	122	Dale L. Romans	8/1
8	8High North (KY)	Corey J. Lanerie	122	Brad H. Cox	30/1
9	9Reride (KY)	Ricardo Santana, Jr.	122	Steven M. Asmussen	20/1
10	10Bravazo (KY)	Jon Kenton Court	122	D. Wayne Lukas	8/1
11	11Quip (KY)	Florent Geroux	122	Rodolphe Brisset	8/1
12	12Tiz Mischief (KY)	Robby Albarado	122	Dale L. Romans	8/1
13	13Lone Sailor (KY)	Channing Hill	122	Thomas M. Amoss	12/1
14	14Peppered (KY)	Joseph Rocco, Jr.	122	Reade Baker	12/1

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HOLLYWOOD DERBY
Del Mar
Saturday, November 25, 2017, Race 7

• 1 1/8 Miles
• 3 Year Olds
• G1 STAKES
• Turf
• PURSE: $300,000
• 6:30 pm Eastern Time

[TR][TH]PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Ann Arbor Eddie (CA)	Mario Gutierrez	122	Doug F. O'Neill	20/1
2	2Bowies Hero (KY)	Kent J. Desormeaux	122	Philip D'Amato	6/1
3	3Channel Maker (ON)	Javier Castellano	122	William I. Mott	5/1
4	4Sharp Samurai (KY)	Gary L. Stevens	122	Mark Glatt	5/2
5	5Ritzy A. P. (KY)	Drayden Van Dyke	122	Dan Blacker	20/1
6	6Souper Tapit (FL)	Jose Lezcano	122	Mark E. Casse	12/1
7	7Mo Town (KY)	John R. Velazquez	122	Anthony W. Dutrow	3/1
8	8Just Howard (MD)	Feargal Lynch	122	H. Graham Motion	12/1
9	9Big Score (KY)	Flavien Prat	122	Tim Yakteen	4/1

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[TBODY][TR][TH]JIMMY DURANTE STAKES
Del Mar
Saturday, November 25, 2017, Race 9

• 1 Mile
• Fillies
• 2 Year Olds
• G3 STAKES
• Turf
• PURSE: $100,000
• 7:30 pm Eastern Time

[TR][TH]PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Casino Red (IRE)	Rafael Bejarano	120	Patrick Gallagher	12/1
2	2Daddy Is a Legend (PA)	Joe Bravo	120	George Weaver	9/2
3	3One Fast Broad (CA)	Corey S. Nakatani	122	Mick Ruis	12/1
4	4Lexington Grace (IRE)	Gary L. Stevens	120	Ian Kruljac	15/1
5	5Raucous (KY)	Flavien Prat	124	Christophe Clement	5/1
6	6Multiplayer (KY)	Tyler Baze	120	Tim Yakteen	20/1
7	7Ever So True (KY)	John R. Velazquez	118	Peter Miller	12/1
8	8Deep Breath (IRE)	Tiago Josue Pereira	120	Eoin G. Harty	20/1
9	9Sappho (IRE)	Kent J. Desormeaux	120	Philip D'Amato	15/1
10	10Just a Smidge (KY)	Drayden Van Dyke	120	Bob Baffert	15/1
11	11Data Dependent (KY)	Javier Castellano	120	Chad C. Brown	6/1
12	12Thewayiam (FR)	Feargal Lynch	120	H. Graham Motion	6/1
13	13Fatale Bere (FR)	Mike E. Smith	124	Leonard Powell	4/1

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

November 25, 2017

This was one of the most entertaining days in quite some time.

Aqueduct (New York):

• The two Ortiz boys continue to be incredible stories with five total victories. All three of Irad's wins were $9 or more, not exactly chalk. It is going to be quite interesting to see who gets omitted as a finalist for Eclipse rider of the year.
• Joel Rosario (it bears repeating: when he wins early, there is an excellent chance he will win again) also won multiple times on the 10-race card.
• Chad Brown and Rudy Rodriguez each won twice, the two winningest trainers at the meet.
• Race 6: The $2 Pick 3 paid over $1,400.
• Race 8: Rainbow Heir (Irad Ortiz, Jr./Jason Servis) won and a bomb came in second to help the exacta exceed $500 in a race with a $125,000 purse. The tri was over $4,800. The super more that $17,000.
• Race 9: The 73rd running of the Grade III Discovery, Control Group (Joel Rosario/Rudy Rodriguez) won.
• Race 10: Odd things tend to happen in New York finales and this was another example as Tiz a Chance (Rosario Montanez/John Toscano) won at 33-to-1 and paid $68 for the victory. The second longest odds on the board caught the runner up, who led most of the way, just before the wire.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• The $.20 Pick 6 was nailed for $160,904.40. The $2 Pick 5 was so tough it paid out with 4 winners. Despite one loser for the successful wagers, the victors collected $18,209.20.
• In the Grade II 74th running of the Golden Rod, Road to Victory (Julien Leparoux/Mark Casse) edged the 4-to-5 favorite for a $50.00 exacta. Junior Alvarado finished third at 16-to-1 and oddly the third straight race in which he was in the 7-hole. The winner is 2-for-2 lifetime after breaking her maiden in a debut win at Woodbine.

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• Enticed (Junior Alvarado/Kiaran McLaughlin) excelled with yet another Godolphin horse -- do we compare to Mohaymen just yet? -- in the Grade II Kentucky Jockey Club, a Kentucky Derby prep race. Typical of the way Junior wins: stalks, goes outside and pounces, he doesn't botch too many opportunities. Mohaymen didn't want to run after the Derby. This is a redemption, hopefully. And that photo finish!

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Hawthorne (Illinois):

• Scuba edged Futile with a furious finish in the Grade III Hawthorne Gold Cup.

Laurel (Maryland):

• With Laurel being off the turf yet again, it is tough to maintain interest in some races. An example was the fourth in which 11 of the 16 starters were scratched.

Tampa Bay Downs (Florida):

• Opened its meet today, through May 6. For the most part, the track runs a Sunday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday schedule.
• Never be afraid to play a John Rigattieri horse. Another example today with his only starter who was sent out at 7-to-1 and went gate-to-wire despite being out for the first time since August. The veteran East coast trainer lacks national acclaim but he is solid at the circuits in which he maintains horses.
• Jockey Daniel Centeno won three times in eight starts.

Gulfstream Park West (Florida):

• The track formerly known as Calder is entering the final day of its meet. The turf at GPW is beat. Gulfstream Park reopens on Saturday and runs its Championship Meet through April 1st in what is oftentimes known as the best winter meet in the nation.
• Edgard Zayas won three consecutive races. He trails Emisael Jaramillo by five wins on the meet's leader board.
• The opener had a remarkable finish with an 11-to-1 edging a 24-to-1 in a difficult photo finish to judge. The exacta returned $540.40. The $1 super paid over $18,000. That is how to start a day.

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• In race 3, the winner paid $71.80.
• After race 5, the $1 Pick 4 was an extraordinary $32,000+.
• In the finale, the $2 pick 5 paid over $45,000. The $2 Pick 4 paid over $11,000. The $2 Pick 3 returned more than $3,500. Luca Panici rode Gunship to victory ($17.40) despite being dead last at one point and 8th in the stretch. That is getting the job done.

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Del Mar (California):

• The $2.00 Pick 6 was nailed for $126,000+.
• Following race 5, the $2 Pick 5 was hit for $30,000+. The largest winner in among the five was $16.00.
• Prime Attraction (Victor Espinoza/James Cassidy) won the Grade III Native Diver.
• Mo Town (John Velazquez/Anthony Dutrow) went west with their East coast horse and won the Grade I Hollywood Derby. Johnny V. is in a zone right now. It will be difficult to keep him from the list of final three nominees to the Eclipse Award for rider of the year.

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• In the Grade III Jimmy Durante, Joe Bravo picked yet another track in which to win as Daddy Is a Legend won for the second time in four lifetime races. The 2-year-old filly paid $7.40. "Coming out of nowhere like an express train... mows 'em all down ... scintillating performance..." A Pennsylvania-bred in a race with Europeans, Kentucky-breds and one Cali bred. Joe Bravo: Have Whip, Will Travel!

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Woodbine (Toronto, Canada):

• Pink Lloyd (Eurico da Silva/Robert Tiller) ended 2017 with a perfect record of 8 wins in 8 starts. He was sent off as the 3-to-5 favorite in the Grade II feature. He is now 11-for-13 lifetime, with one second place. The Ontario-bred has never run at any track other than Woodbine. This is a very good speed horse.

Eight is the number of consecutive stakes races Pink Lloyd has now won this year — including the Kennedy Road — putting him firmly in contention for Canadian Horse of the Year.

At the beginning of the 2017 season, the $28,500 purchase from the 2013 Canadian September Yearling was coming off an excellent three-win, one-second performance in five starts in 2016, earning $182,080. But nobody — including his Hall of Fame trainer — had an inkling that Pink Lloyd would turn into a superstar at Woodbine this season, winning eight straight stakes races (for close to $600,000), capping that run with a spectacular 2 1/4 length victory over the second-place finisher, the Irish-bred Ikerrin Road, in the six furlong Kennedy Road.

“We did it. We did it,” said Tiller, his hand still raw from Da Silva’s exuberant high five. “This is the biggest thrill of my training career.”

Tiller has won four Woodbine training titles in his illustrious career, including the 2001 Prince of Wales Stakes with Win City.

“What do we do for an encore?” Tiller said after Pink Lloyd laid down his winning tune on Saturday. “He proved he can win from six to seven (furlongs). He proved can he can go to the lead, he proved he’ll run by horses, come from last. He’s got it all.”

Pink Lloyd wins eight consecutive stakes

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

November 26, 2017

Aqueduct (New York):

• In today's episode of Joe Bravo: Have Whip Will Travel!, the New Jersey native, who won last night in San Diego, was victorious in race 4.
• With Jose Ortiz riding in California today, Manny Franco pulled ahead 17-to-16 in the rider standings with one victory.
• Trainer Arthur Magnuson won for the 10th time in his 63rd career start. He was Kiaran McLaughlin's assistant. Junior Alvarado, who won the Kentucky Derby prep race yesterday for McLaughlin, on board.

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• The fall meet closed today. Kentucky racing will be conducted at Turfway Park from Wednesday though April 1. Churchill Downs is dark until April 28, 2018.
• Corey Lanerie won three more times and claimed his 15th riding title at the track. His 38 wins is exactly twice as many as second place rider Ricardo Santana, Jr. who had 19.
• A much closer race for tp trainer. Brad Cox edged Steve Asmussen 13-to-12 with one less starter.
• Twelve different trainers won on this 12-race card.
• In race 5, the $.10 superfecta returned close to $7,000 or $70,000 for a $1 bet.

Gulfstream Park West (Florida):

• The meet concluded today with a $143,000,000 total handle which was up more than 10% over 2016. Jockey Emisael Jaramillo secured the rider's title with his 50th win.
• Since this was closing day, the mandatory Pick 6 paid out. Each winner earned over $37,000.
• Tyler Gaffalione and bug Aby Medina both won three times.
• Trainer Jorge Navarro won three times.

Del Mar (California):

• The 14-day meet closed today, it re-opens July 18, 2018. Final wagering total (excluding the Breeders' Cup) was $153.1 million which exceeded the 15-day total of $152.5 million from 2016. The highlight of the meet, of course, was the two-day Breeders' Cup championship which earned $25,181,317 on track -- officially the highest total in the 34-year history of the event. The Breeders' Cup weekend saw all-sources wagering reach $166,077,486 which was the highest total since 2010.
• Flavien Prat (jockey) and Peter Miller (trainer) won titles at the meet.
• Three graded stakes race highlighted the meet's closing day.
• Trainer Chad Brown won both stakes races in which he entered horses. He is likely leading candidate to repeat as North America's top trainer when the Eclipse Awards are published.
• Trainer Phil D'Amato won three times.
• Nine riders shared a win on the 9-race card including some of the East's top guns in Javier Castellano, Joel Rosario and Jose Ortiz.
• In the Grade II Seabiscuit, $200,000 purse, Hunt (Flavien Prat/Phil D'Amato), an Irish-bred, won for the 8th time in 26 starts.
  
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• In the Grade I Matriarch, $300,000 purse, two Irish breds went at it in the feature race and Off Limits (Joel Rosario/Chad Brown) defeated Hawksmoor (Julien Leparoux/Arnaud Delacour) who was my pick at 10-to-1. The ample exacta was $69.50 for $1. Off Limits is 7-for-17 lifetime but wins in 5 of her last 6 and runs mostly in New York.
  
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• In the Grade III Cecil B. DeMille, Analyze It (Jose Ortiz/Chad Brown) was nearly flawless in his second career race and now is a perfect 2-for-2. The 2-year-old colt won his debut by more than 6 lengths. Keep an eye on this potential turf monster.
  
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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

The 144th Derby will be run May 5, 2018.

Future pools:

• Pool 2 is set for Feb. 9-11
• Pool 3 for March 9-11 [The Kentucky Oaks future wager will coincide with Pool 3]
• Pool 4 for April 6-8.

Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1 odds
Horse	Trainer	Odds
1. Avery Island	K.McLaughlin	29-1
2. Bolt d'Oro	M.Ruis	7-1
3. Copper Bullet	S.Asmussen	45-1
4. Dak Attack	D. Romans	37-1
5. Engage	C.Brown	56-1
6. Enticed	K.McLaughlin	29-1
7. Firenze Fire	J. Servis	49-1
8. Free Drop Billy	D. Romans	33-1
9. Givemeaminit	D. Stewart	70-1
10. Good Magic	C. Brown	11-1
11. Gotta Go	I. Wilkes	91-1
12. Lone Sailor	T. Amoss	100-1
13. Mask,	C. Brown	47-1
14. McKinzie	B. Baffert	12-1
15. Mendelssohn	A. O'Brien	31-1
16. Montauk	T. Pletcher	17-1
17. Principe Guilherme	S. Asmussen	27-1
18. Quip	R. Brisset	65-1
19. Solomini	B. Baffert	22-1
20. Sporting Chance	W. Lukas	56-1
21. Talent Scout	B. Baffert	81-1
22. Tiz Mischief	D.Romans	40-1
23. Untamed Domain	G. Motion	29-1
24. Mutuel field	Varies	6-5

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Kentucky Derby SIRE Future Wager Pool 1 Odds
Sire	Odds
1. Bernardini	36-1
2. Bodemeister	24-1
3. Candy Ride	29-1
4. Curlin	6-1
5. Distorted Humor	35-1
6. Ghostzapper	27-1
7. Giant's Causeway	52-1
8. Into Mischief	16-1
9. Malibu Moon	28-1
10. Medaglia d'Oro	5-1
11. More Than Ready	44-1
12. Overanalyze	68-1
13. Pioneerof the Nile	18-1
14. Quality Road	35-1
15. Scat Daddy	26-1
16. Speightstown	80-1
17. Street Sense	11-1
18. Tapit	8-1
19. Tiznow	37-1
20. Uncle Mo	24-1
21. Union Rags	28-1
22. Violence	27-1
23. War Front	44-1
24. Mutuel field	5-1

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[MiamiScreamingEagles]

November 27, 2017

Parx (Pennsylvania):
The pay outs in the finale deserves extra attention

• The two longest shots on the board finished 1st and 2nd in a 12-horse field.
• The winner was sent off at 49-to-1 and paid $110.60, $53.20 and $28.40.
• The runner up was sent off at 58-to-1 and paid $47.60 and $21.40.
• The exacta was a prodigious $2,080.650.
• The $.50 trifecta was $2,905.30. The $1 Pick 3 returned $7,753.50.
• The favorite finished 10th of 12.

Portland Meadows (Oregon):

• Good stuff from a smaller track. Jockey Kevin Orozco was named North America's rider of the week with the highlight being a 6-win day following a perfect 4-for-4 performance.