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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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Key Races & Bets for Saturday September 16th, 2023

Summer Stakes – Race 6 at Woodbine – Post Time 3:57 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: On what should be a fantastic day at Woodbine, this is the first of four stakes races, three on turf, the first three of which, all on this week’s blog (and podcast) provide a lot of profit opportunity. This is for two year olds, open to males and females, and the winner gets an automatic entry to the

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The Grade 2 Ladies Turf Sprint, When a Sprint is not a Sprint

I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time calling any race at Kentucky Downs a sprint. I don’t care if it is 4 furlongs, over that course to me nothing is a sprint. That includes The Grade 2 Ladies Turf Sprint to be run on Saturday. A nice cool mil purse drew a field of 9 to race six and a half furlongs through the meadows and over the hills about 35

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Key Races & Bets for Saturday September 9th, 2023

Franklin-Simpson Stakes – Race 8 at Kentucky Downs – Post Time 4:40 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: Playlist was entered (as an also-eligible) in last week’s Music City Stakes, for fillies only, and shows up here against males as a horse having won three races in a row. The last two were versus three year olds and up and this race is restricted to just three year olds so although it appears she’s stepping

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The 2023 Pacific Classic

The Pacific Classic drew a full field of 11 including three promising three-year-olds tackling older foes as the Breeders’ Cup Classic get closer. With Arcangelo stamping himself at the head of the three-year-old class, at least for now with a win in The Travers at Saratoga over Mage, National Treasure and Forte, it will be interesting to see how these west coast youngsters fare against older runners and what that does if anything to shake

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