Grade 1 Sword Dancer Invitational betting preview

Grade 1 Sword Dancer Invitational betting preview

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**Click here to learn how to get our picks for this race!!** This is a huge weekend of racing throughout America and one of the best races on tab will be the Grade 1 Sword Dancer Invitational. Until last year, when Winchester won, the previous four editions had been taken in succession by Grand Couterier [...]

2012 Man o’ War Stakes betting preview

2012 Man o’ War Stakes betting preview

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Last year saw European trainer Aidan O’Brien stage a slight coup to win the Grade 1 Man o’ War Stakes with Cape Blanco. This year, his charge will be favored. The vaunted Treasure Beach is back in North America in hopes of securing his first victory since last year’s Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park. The [...]

2011 Secretariat Stakes Preview

2011 Secretariat Stakes Preview

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The Secretariat Stakes is a Grade 1 race named after the colt that I and many others consider to be the greatest horse to ever set foot on a track. The 1973 Triple Crown winner’s namesake race is for three-year-olds going 10 furlongs on the grass.  Perhaps the most notable winner was Kitten’s Joy in [...]

2011 Virginia Derby betting preview

2011 Virginia Derby betting preview

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Since its inception in 1998 the Grade 2 Virginia Derby has been a producer of future turf stars. Winners include Kitten’s Joy, English Channel, Go Between, Red Giant, Gio Ponti and Paddy O’Prado. The 2011 edition of the race stands a chance of providing a winner that deserves to be mentioned with the above horses. [...]

Santiva headlines a big field of 12 in the Bluegrass Stakes

Santiva headlines a big field of 12 in the Bluegrass Stakes

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The Bluegrass Stakes is a race that I have done very well with in the past few years. Two years ago I hammered General Quarters who won and paid $30.60 for a $2 win bet. Last year I was all over Paddy O’ Prado. He looked like a winner in the stretch, but succumbed to Stately Victor [...]