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Key Bets & Races for Saturday, December 30

Key Bets & Races for Saturday, December 30 Via Borghese Stakes – Race 10 at Gulfstream Park– Post 4:37 PM Eastern Time Martini Glass has done little wrong this year, winning four of nine races and finishing second in another four. Two of the second place finishes came in grade 1 stakes on dirt behind Songbird and behind Romantic Vision and when moved back to grass four weeks ago she got up by a nose

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Key Bets & Races for Tuesday, December 26

Key Bets & Races for Saturday, December 26 Mathis Brothers Mile Stakes – Race 6 at Santa Anita– Post 5:40 PM Eastern Time (2:40 PT) Kroy gets the rail for this mile trip, as well as Javier Castellano, for a relatively unknown trainer in California but one who is well known all over the east coast, with 50 wins in 250 races this year. Kroy won three in a row in July, August and September,

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Key Bets & Races for Saturday, December 16

Key Bets & Races for Saturday, December 16 Rampart Stakes – Race 5 at Gulfstream Park – Post time 2:05 PM Eastern Time This race is a very good betting race by virtue of the fact the second and third morning line choices are suspect in my opinion. Lewis Bay, who opens at 7 to 2, comes back from a year on the bench and no matter how good Chad Brown is overall, his stats

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Key Bets & Races for Saturday, December 9

Key Bets & Races for Saturday, December 9   Don’t forget to check the very bottom of this blog for a “BONUS” race, with a big longshot, that has a post time of 2:26 PM Eastern Time   Willa on the Move Stakes – Race 6 at Laurel – Post time 3:00 PM Eastern Time It is rumored Absatootly is going to pass this race to run in a stakes in New York so I

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Key Bets & Races for Saturday, December 2

Key Bets & Races for Saturday, December 2 Go For Wand Stakes – Race 6 at Aqueduct – Post time 2:06 PM Eastern Time Verve’s Tale ran the best race of her career to date last time out (with a field high last race 109 Equibase figure) when leading late and ending up a head short of winning the similar Grade 3 Turnback the Alarm Stakes at Belmont. Even though that was a one turn

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