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The Awesome Again Stakes

Santa Anita the host of this year’s Breeders’ Cup opens Friday. On Saturday they run The Awesome Again which has served as a prep and prelude to the Breeders’ Cup Classic. While it may be true a few horses are heading into The Classic fresh this year, The Awesome Again is an interesting race and horses coming out of it going into The Breeders’ Cup Classic will have the benefit of a recent start over

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Key Races & Bets for Saturday September 30th, 2023

Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes – Race 6 at Santa Anita – Post Time 6:37 PM Eastern Win contenders: Visitant, Dr. Schivel Analysis: Bob Baffert saddles a trio here in Arabian Lion, Fort Bragg and Speed Boat Beach, the latter coming back off nearly 10 months off, having run on dirt just once, in his debut, and wiring the field in that race. As a horse coming back from a long layoff, and with three

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The Noble Damsel

A lot of people will be watching Parx and The Pensylvania Derby on Saturday. I will be as well bit I will be more focused wagering on The Noble Damsel at Aqueduct where I think a filly who will be a bit overlooked and a nice price is sitting on a big race. This is an important time of the year to be paying attention to the stake races and workouts of the horses who

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Key Races & Bets for Saturday September 23rd, 2023

Gallant Bob Stakes – Race 11 at Parx – Post Time 4:35 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: Nautical Star looks like the horse to beat in this race in which morning line favorite Ryvit (5 to 2) is vulnerable, having finished fifth of five then fifth of 10 in his last two starts, with no excuse, and potentially not getting the lead he needs to win (with wire-to-wire wins in three straight before those

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The Grade 3 Jockey Club Oaks Invitational

That was a tough beat last week with Wakanaka. It is never fun losing, but it is harder to swallow when you think you had the best horse. I think Wakanaka was clearly best for a few reasons, but I will just turn the page. The Jockey Club Oaks is a mile and three eighths on the grass. It is for three-year-old fillies and 7 are scheduled to line up. This is not the strongest

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