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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 handicappers. Moved three years ago to the week after the Super Bowl, it was supposed to happen this month ...

A Winning Agenda for the Sam F. Davis Stakes A Winning Agenda for the Sam F. Davis Stakes 04 February, 2021 11:55 PM Happy February, everyone! January was a good month on Unlocking Winners. Victories from Greatest Honour in the Holy Bull (G3) and Medina Spirit in the Robert B. Lewis (G3) pushed my record for the year to 8-5-1-2 (62.5% winners, 100% in-the-money) with a return on investment of $3.20 for every $2 wagered. The goal of picking 50% winners in 2021 is still very much alive. The main race we'll highlight this week is the $250,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs, a 1 1/16-mile R...

Graded Stakes Performer Gold Standard, Half-Sister To Zaajel Added To Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale Sponsored by: Gold Standard wins a Churchill Downs allowance optional claiming race on Oct. 31, 2020. Fasig-Tipton has cataloged an additional two supplemental entries to its 2021 Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale. These entries are catalogued as hips 670 and 671 and may now be viewed online. Print versions of supplemental entries will be available on the sales grounds at sale time. Maqboola (Hip 670): Five-year-old mare is a half-sister to undefeated 3-year-old filly Zaajel, imp...

If races are supposed to grow more important as the Kentucky Derby gets closer, why is Saturday such a glaring exception? Simple, really. Neither the Withers in New York nor the Sam F. Davis in Florida has ever produced a Derby winner.

Dozen Derby prospects entered in Sam F. Davis Feb 3, 2021 Vance Hanson/Brisnet.com TAMPA BAY DOWNS (SV Photography) The 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby series hits the west coast of Florida on Saturday when a full field lines up in the $250,000 Sam F. Davis S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs. The 1 1/16-mile test will award Derby qualifying points of 10-4-2-1 to the top four finishers. The seemingly wide-open cast is unlikely to have a strong favorite, but Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) runner-up Smiley Sobotka will have an opportunity to validate the form of that late November feature at Chu...