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Excellent Timing Takes New York-Breds By Storm In Damon Runyon Sponsored by: Excellent Timing and Manny Franco win the Damon Runyon Excellent Timing made his first start for new connections a winning one with a geared-down 6 3/4-length front-running win in Sundays $100,000 Damon Runyon, a seven-furlong sprint for New York-bred sophomores at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y. The Not This Time colt was purchased privately by Madaket Stables, Wonder Stables and Michael Dubb followin...

Past The Wire Search February 18, 2021 There was some chatter on Twitter last week about Orb, the ten-year-old son of established sire Malibu Moon, heading to Uruguay, South America, to stand for the 2021 Summer season. While this has not been confirmed and a call to Claiborne Farm received a response of “we have no comment or information at this time,” there was one compelling Tweet. Hector Garcia, Communicator #MundoTurf on La Tele, Sport 890 and Ovación Tweeted: “The a...

Las Vegas There was a time not so long ago when the National Horseplayers Championship was an immovable fixture the week before the Super Bowl. “In hindsight I’m happy it wasn’t held this past weekend,” said Keith Chamblin, chief operating officer of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. “We may have had some cancellations because of the storm in the northeast.” Weather is the least of the NTRA’s challenges in staging the nation’s biggest tournament for racehorse handica...

Expert Pick of the Week: Withers Stakes Feb 4, 2021 John Mucciolo/TwinSpires.com A strong field of nine sophomores will travel 1 1/8 miles on the Aqueduct dirt in Saturday’s $250,000 Withers S. (G3). The 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby event will reward the top-four finishers with points on a 10-4-2-1 basis toward the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs on May 1. The Chad Brown-trained Risk Taking graduated in style at the distance in his first attempt since adding blinkers, and...

Capo Kane tops nine in Withers Feb 3, 2021 by James Scully/TwinSpires.com Jerome S. winner Capo Kane will seek his second consecutive Kentucky Derby qualifier when he lines up against eight challengers in Saturday’s $250,000 Withers S. (G3) at Aqueduct. The 1 1/8-mile Withers will award points on a 10-4-2-1 scale as part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series. By 2007 Kentucky Derby hero Street Sense, Capo Kane posted a 6 1/4-length, wire-to-wire victory in the one-mile Jerome at Aqu...

Sponsored by: Eagle Orb and Manny Franco winning the Notebook at Aqueduct Trainer Rudy Rodriguez said he will keep stakes winner Eagle Orb in pursuit of Kentucky Derby qualifying points and plans on pointing the New York-bred stakes winner to the Grade 3, $250,000 Withers on Feb. 6 at Aqueduct Racetrack. The Withers offers 10-4-2-1 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top-four finishers. Owned by E. V. Racing Stable, the son of 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb earned four points on t...

Sponsored by: Trainer Rudy Rodriguez Trainer Rudy Rodriguez entered Sundays card at Aqueduct on top of the trainer standings with a record of 47-10-2-5 and has a number of stakes contenders lining up to bolster purse earnings already at $429,253 at the Ozone Park, N.Y., track. He added one win and a second-place finish on Sunday. The 48-year-old conditioner, who has won 14 individual NYRA meet titles in his career, captured the 2018 winter meet with 38 wins. “Weve got a good group o...

Why Im Betting Frostmourne in the Tropical Turf Why Im Betting Frostmourne in the Tropical Turf 08 January, 2021 1:20 AM By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman My quest to pick 50% winners in 2021 is right on track, albeit from a small sample size. The first week of 2021 kicked off on a frustrating note when Eagle Orb (1.85-1) settled for a distant runner-up effort in the Jerome Stakes. Fortunately, Life Is Good (0.20-1) turned things around with a front-running score in the S...

Capo Kane much the best in Jerome Jan 1, 2021 by James Scully/TwinSpires.com Capo Kane opened the New Year with a convincing victory in Friday’s $150,000 Jerome S., scoring by 6 1/4 lengths in the Kentucky Derby qualifier at Aqueduct. Overlooked at 6-1 odds, the Harold Wyner-trained colt led wire-to-wire in his stakes debut with Dylan Davis. By 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense, Capo Kane was exiting a 4 1/2-length romp in his second start, a mile and 70-yard maiden special weight ...

Las Vegas There is a term that I learned living in Australia that applies well in so many facets of life. It is the tall-poppy syndrome, based on a flower that outgrows others in a field. It must not be allowed to stand out, so it is cut down. It is like the show-biz saying that Hollywood eats its young. The behavioral condition known as schadenfreude. Or mom’s declaration that we can’t have anything nice in the house. Speaking of Life Is Good … Is he not the quintessence of the tall popp...