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Breeders’ Cup: Early Look at the Dirt Races

Thanks to the inconceivable 133-1 upset by Arcangues ($269.20) in 1993, the Breeders’ Cup Classic averages a healthy a $23.09 payoff on a $2 win wager. However, the last double-digit odds winner of the Classic was 14-1 Drosselmeyer in 2011. Over the past 11 Classics, the betting favorite has won f...
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Breeders’ Cup: Early Look at the Turf Races

Back in 1980, American tracks might run one turf race, sometimes none, on a card. Then racing secretaries, looking to attract more entries, began carding more grass races, and it worked. Horseplayers loved the added betting options in bigger fields, and by 1990, turf racing was on the rise in the US...
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Breeders’ Cup: Long Shots and Sure Shot Winners

From Arcangues at 133-1 to Meadow Star a 1-5, the first 40 editions of the Breeders’ Cup have been filled with long shots and sure shots. Who knows what will happen this time around? The Breeders’ Cup is Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar in California. A look at the shortest and longest odds of the […]...
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Almost Automatic for Idiomatic in Spinster Stroll

At age 5, Idiomatic may not be quite the same mare she was last year but try telling that to the five others she trounced in Sunday’s $600,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland on Sunday. The defending champion older mare rolled to an easy 6 ½-length victory over Occult in the 1 1/8-mile Spinster...
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Scythian Avoids Bolting Incident to Win Miss Grillo

Junior Alvarado remained calm aboard Scythian as he anticipated what was about to happen coming around the final turn of the $200,000 Miss Grillo Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct on Sunday. In an instant, Marvelous Madison, who was in the lead with Manny Franco aboard, bolted outside and took stablemate Lave...
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