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Horse Race of the Week: Best Bets for the 2021 Man o’ War Stakes SI Gambling insider Frankie Taddeo handicaps the Man o’ War Stakes, set to run on Saturday from Belmont Park, including the latest odds and his best bets. Author: © NorthJersey.com/USA TODAY NETWORK SI Gambling insider Frankie Taddeo handicaps the Man o’ War Stakes, set to run on Saturday from Belmont Park, including the latest odds and his best bets. Throughout 2020 and into 2021, our Senior Gambling Analyst and...

Apple Blossom Showdown: TVG To Go Behind-The-Scenes With Champion Monomoy Girl Sponsored by: Groom Darwin Aguilar shares a moment with Champion Monomoy Girl after her victory in the Feb. 28 Bayakoa TVG, Americas horse racing network, will take fans behind the scenes for Saturdays $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) from Oaklawn Park for the showdown between two-time Breeders Cup Distaff champion Monomoy Girl and 2020 Preakness Stakes heroine Swiss Skydiver as part of the weekends b...

Horse Race of the Week: Fountain of Youth Stakes Odds & Betting Plays SI Gambling insider Frankie Taddeo handicaps the Fountain of Youth Stakes, including the latest odds and his best bets. Author: Ryan Thompson/Louisville Courier Journal SI Gambling insider Frankie Taddeo handicaps the Fountain of Youth Stakes, including the latest odds and his best bets. Over the course of 2020 and into 2021, our Senior Gambling Analyst and Vegas Insider- Frankie Taddeo - has shared his horse racing handicapp...

Sponsored by: Greatest Honour after his win in the G3 Holy Bull Courtlandt Farms Greatest Honour, already a prime prospect on the strength of his dominating victory in the Jan. 30 Holy Bull (G3), will take a significant step along the Road to the Triple Crown in Saturdays $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park. The Shug McGaughey-trained colt will have the opportunity to virtually clinch a spot in this years Kentucky Derby (G1) field with a win in the Fountain...

Candy Man Rocket Headlines 43 Nominees To March 6 Tampa Bay Derby Sponsored by: Candy Man Rocket and jockey Junior Alvarado winning the Sam F. Davis Stakes Grade 1 Breeders Cup winner Fire At Will, Grade 3 Sam F. Davis Stakes winner Candy Man Rocket and highly regarded Greatest Honour are among a stellar collection of 43 3-year-old colts and geldings nominated for the Grade 2, $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby on March 6 at Tampa Bay Downs. The 41st running of the Lambholm South...

Defending Lady Apple Tops Nominees To Houston Ladies Classic Sponsored by: Lady Apple winning the 2020 edition of the Grade 3 Houston Ladies Classic under Ricardo Santana Jr. Nominations have closed for the Houston Racing Festival at Sam Houston Race Park. The annual event, featuring six stakes and purses in excess of $1 million will be contested on Sunday, Jan. 31 with a special afternoon post time of 1:45 pm (CT). The Houston Racing Festival includes two graded stakes, the Grade 3,...

Sponsored by: Noble Drama out-finishes favorite Red Crescent to win the 2020 Sunshine Millions Classic Harold Queens Noble Drama has amassed earnings of more than $600,000 while winning five stakes and placing in 12 stakes during his 24-race career. Not bad for the “black sheep” of his family. Noble Drama is out of a half-sister to 2010 Eclipse champion sprinter Big Drama and full sister to multiple Grade 1-stakes winner Sheer Drama. While his exploits pale in comparisons to those...

Joseph continues to shine in Florida Article by HALLANDALE BEACH, Florida – Barbadian trainer Saffie Joseph completed a one-two when favourite Mischievous Alex snatched the day’s richest prize at Gulfstream Park Sunday in the US$52 000 optional claiming in race 10. Going off as the hot favourite, Mischievous Alex produced a storming stretch run from off the pace to beat the four-year-olds and upward by 3-3/4 lengths in a time of one minute, 09.67 seconds. Four-to-one chance Admi...

Sponsored by: Sole Volante Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Andie Biancones Sole Volante will regroup from the rigors of a Triple Crown campaign with a return to turf in Saturdays $75,000 Tropical Park Derby at Gulfstream Park. The Tropical Park Derby, a 1 1/16-mile turf stakes for 3-year-olds, will be accompanied on Saturdays 11-race program by the $75,000 Tropical Park Oaks, a 1 1/16-mile turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies, and the $75,000 H. Allen Jerkens, a two-mile turf stakes for ...