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Final Big Breeder’s Cup Qualifier Day, Joe Hirsch, 5 Grade 1’s, October 8, 2022
It is another big weekend of racing with lots of Breeder’s Cup qualifying races scheduled. I’ve put 5 up to challenge you this weekend. The Joe Hirsch Turf Classic is not a Breeder’s Cup win and you’re in qualifier, but I still think it will be a great race so I added it to the…
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There is only one October, Graded Stakes and Breeder’s Cup Qualifiers, October 1, 2022
There are four Breeder’s Cup Qualifying races today, and we are going to four tracks, Aqueduct, Churchill Downs, and Santa Anita. I had to leave the Woodward Stakes off today, there were only 5 horses entered, and Life is Good looks much the best with M/L odds of 1/9. What do the rest of the…
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3 Breeder’s Cup Qualifiers from Woodbine, September 17, 2022
Week six of the Pick 6 Challenge brings us 3 Breeder’s Cup Qualifier races from Woodbine. We’re also hitting what they are calling Belmont at the Big A for 2 races, and Churchill Downs for the Iroquois Stakes. Every week there is always interesting racing, so things never get old. Let’s have a look at…
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The Lexington Stakes, Last Week, April 16, 2022
We made it to the last week of the Run For the Roses Derby Prep Challenge 2022. Only one last Derby Prep race on the ticket today, the Lexington Stakes. I think Charismatic was the last horse to win the Lexington and the Kentucky Derby in 1999. We will also head out to Woodbine, Keeneland,…
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Stakes racing back at the Big A, and a trio of Derby Preps, April 8, 2022
Once again we go into another big weekend of Derby Prep races, and there are just too many stakes races to chose from. We’ve got a trio of Stakes from Keeneland finishing up with the Blue Grass Stakes. I grabbed the Wood Memorial and Carter from Aqueduct (wish I could get the Remsen in there…
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Luck of the Irish? Irish O’Brien Stakes and More, March 19, 2022
Another week of multi-track racing action. This week we go to Oaklawn, Gulfstream, Aqueduct, and Santa Anita Park. We’ve got six stakes races on the calendar, two of them Grade 3 (Whitmore and Essex). Let’s have a look at the fields. Race 1: Whitmore Stakes (G3) Greeley and Ben – Has made a career at…
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Gotham and Fountain of Youth Stakes, March 5, 2022
We’ve got a huge day of prep races and racing this Saturday. There were so many races I just couldn’t fit them all into the Pick 6 Challenge. So disappointing. But that doesn’t mean you can’t watch them and bet on your own time. Let’s have a look at the races we do have in…
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Rebel Stakes, February 26, 2022
We are hitting a lot of tracks this weekend, a total of 5 different tracks. We kick it off with the Royal Delta at Gulfstream, hit the feature in Race 5 with the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn, and then wrap up the evening with the Wintergreen Stakes at Turfway Park. Let’s get a look at…
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Santa Anita Triple, and The Gotham Stakes, March 6, 2021.
We are back with week 2 of the 2021 Derby Prep Pick 6 Challenge. Technical difficulties threatened to derail week 1 once again, but I was able to overcome them and we got the first week of racing in. This week sees our races span the USA as we start out with races in Tampa…
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Big 3 Derby Prep Day
We are back for another weekend of racing, and we have three big derby prep races from three different tracks today. We’ll be racing at Santa Anita, Aqueduct, and Tampa Bay today. Let’s get to it! Race 1: Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes (G1) Got Stormy – has the speed, coming off a great 2019…