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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 the Derby trail when finishing second to Capo Kane in the Jerome on New Year's Day at the Big A going...

Sponsored by: Trainer Rudy Rodriguez Trainer Rudy Rodriguez entered Sunday's 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. “We've got a good group of people working for us, the same people that have been working for us all along,” said Rodrigue...

Why I'm Betting Frostmourne in the Tropical Turf Why I'm 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 Sham (G3), though his $2.40 win payoff left us with a negative ROI to start the year. The second we...

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 at Parx in late November. The 3-year-old jumped straight to stakes competition, and Capo Kane picke...

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 poppy? Four days before Thanksgiving he dared to cruise to a 9½-length victory in his debut for Hall of...