Weekend Stakes Races: Grade III Bold Ruler Handicap and Grade II Fayette Stakes
Race-times: Bold Ruler at 1:32 pm EST and Fayette Stakes at 5:05 pm EST
The Breeders’ Cup is just around the corner. Right now, the best in the world are beginning to descend upon Santa Anita Park for the greatest two days of horse racing action in 2009.
Aqueduct and Keeneland won’t ever be Breeders’ Cup sites, but they still provide great racing on the weekends. Both tracks also happen to have the two most intriguing stakes races of Saturday on their cards.
Let’s take a look at the Grade III Bold Ruler Handicap at Aqueduct on Saturday and the Grade II Fayette Stakes at Keeneland on Saturday.
Aqueduct – Race 4
Grade III Bold Ruler Handicap
$150,000
For Three Year Olds and Upward
7 furlongs on dirt
There isn’t a whole lot of speed in this race which is one of the reasons Lucky Island could turn around his recent terrible form. After winning 4 races in a row, Lucky Island hasn’t hit the board in his last 5. His last race was horrendous, but he figures to turn things around in this. Lucky Island likes Aqueduct and if Garcia decides to go to the front with him, then he could wire this field.
Cherokee Country has busted two impressive speed ratings in a row. Both of those races were at Philadelphia Park but he doesn’t face that much better competition in this and he could be the horse to beat. Bettors should expect his odds to come down from that 4 to 1 morning line. Le Grand Cru can be an exceptionally fast horse at times and a slow horse at other times. Cru is coming off of a nice pressing victory and deserves a shot in this.
- Lucky Island
- Cherokee Country
- Le Grand Cru
Keeneland – Race 9
Grade II Fayette Stakes
$150,000
For Three Year Olds and Upward
1 1/8 miles on Polytrack
National Pride hasn’t been that great in his last two starts and he does try the Polytrack for the first time in his career, but trainer Kieran McLaughlin has been awesome at Keeneland winning with 43% of his starters and National Pride has some back class. He’s worth a shot at the 12 to 1 morning line odds. Blame is one heck of a racehorse. He just lost to Regal Ransom, another good horse, in the Grade II Super Derby but he didn’t lose by much. He’s the class of this field and could easily win it with some luck. Parading returns to Keeneland after failing out at Southern California. He’s a good horse, but the odds will be short and three losses in a row may have taken away his competitive edge.
- National Pride
- Blame
- Parading
Horse Pick of the Day from Keenland Racetrack
Race-day: 10/31/2009
Race-time: 3:35 pm EST
Keeneland’s featured race on Saturday is the Grade II Fayette Stakes. In that race, Parading and Blame figure to take most of the action and if the past performances mean anything, one of them will probably win that race.
It makes more sense for horse betting players to look elsewhere for an overlay.
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Breeders Cup Betting – Summer Bird Preview
Trainer Tim Ice isn’t known throughout racing circles the way that some of his peers are. That’s quite alright by him. After all, he just got his racing license about two years ago and Summer Bird is his only charge. It’s difficult to have a big head as a trainer when you only have one horse in your stable.
What a horse though. Summer Bird is easily one of the top horses going into the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
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Horse Racing Handicapping from Aqueduct
Padding Your Bankroll: Friday October 30
We are down to the final two days of the fall Keeneland meeting, which concludes on Saturday. That gives us a couple of days to sufficiently pad our bankroll for next week’s Breeders’ Cup, the two-day championship event kicking off next Friday at Santa Anita.
More on that next week, today we have a cheap maiden claimer at Aqueduct where it looks like we can make a few bucks.
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Breeders Cup Rankings – Nov 6th Races Part II
Breeders’ Cup: Nov. 6th Races Power Rankings – - Part II
As the Breeders’ Cup quickly approaches, it’s time to come out with rankings for each race.
We’ll start with the races on Nov. 6th. There are 6 Breeders’ Cup races on Nov.
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Breeders Cup – Is Zenyatta the Best Female Horse of all Time?
The brilliant 5 year old mare Zenyatta, sired by Street Cry and bought for $60,000 at the 2005 Keeneland September Sale, has already won almost $2.775 million and will be going for her 14th victory in a row.
Zenyatta is undefeated and has won an amazing 7 Grade I victories. She is regarded by most horse racing fans as one of the greatest female horses to ever run but the debate is still out on whether or not she is the greatest.
Before getting into why Zenyatta has more work to do before being considered as a horse on par with Ruffian or even Rachel Alexandra, let’s take a look at some of those gaudy stats so that we can understand why Zenyatta is held at such high regard.
Zenyatta has never tasted defeat. Her trainer, John Shirreffs, has spotted her brilliantly, keeping her Southern California and running her over the plastic surfaces that she apparently loves. With very little changes to her schedule, for two straight years Zenyatta has prepped for her Breeders’ Cup race by running in and winning the Vanity, Clement L.
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Horse Racing Handicapping – Expert Picks from Aqueduct and Keenland
Padding Your Bankroll: Wednesday October 28
It is opening week at Aqueduct and closing week at Keeneland, and both tracks will offer us plenty of opportunities to pad our bankroll.
The rains fell throughout the night on Tuesday, and it seems unlikely we will be on the turf at the Big A, and the main track will probably be sloppy or muddy.
However, while the three turf races will probably be moved to the main track, it still appears to be a good betting card, with plenty of large fields.
The nine race card at Keeneland looks equally promising.
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Sony Ericsson Tour Championships Futures: Safina odds to win
Doha, Qatar – Dinara Safina regained her No.1 ranking just in time for the season-ending Tour Championships but it is the recently deposed WTA queen, world No.2 Serena Williams that comes into the tournament as the No.1 favourite to win outright in the market. The market is not done snubbing Safina on that score, but goes further in snubbing her by pushing her into the back of the queue, behind five other players vying for the title.
Dinara Safina enters the Doha futures market listed at +900 to win outright at BetUS Sportsbook.
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ATP Lyon First Round Picks: Tsonga begins campaign
Lyon , France – Top seed Jo Wilfried Tsonga begins his Lyon bid against American Kevin Kim. The Frenchman Tsonga has never won the title in Lyon but has had success on French soil, winning titles in Marseille (2009) and Paris (2008). Tsonga is gunning for his fourth title on the season and a spot at the Tour-ending championships. He is a massive favourite in Lyon to take all honours.
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ATP Lyon First Round Picks: Clement favored to advance
Lyon, France –Arnaud Clement kicks off his Lyon campaign on Tuesday against Paolo Oscar Hernandez.
Tennis Betting Line:
Oscar Hernandez +4½ -105 +225 21 O -135 U -105
Arnaud Clement -4½ -135 -350 21 O -135 U -105
Match Time: 4:30 PM Eastern Time Tuesday October 27, 2009
Tennis Betting Analysis: Frenchman Arnaud Clement receives a wild card into the tournament.
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