Friday, March 31, 2017

April 1-2 - FL & LA DERBIES/OAKS

Let's Go To The Races - Apr 1-2, 2017
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WHERE TO WATCH
XBTV - Live streaming (super Hi-def)
TVG TV
Twin Spires - live streaming - Requires account
Gulfstream Park - Free live streaming
XBTV - Triple Crown Express - Lafitt Pincay & Jeff Siegel

Racing Review from a British perspective - ATR Video
Reviews World Cup Day at Meydan, previews The Championships at Royal Randwick, and reviews racing action around the world
ATR Videos - scroll to bottom of page
Racing Post - Videos, Previews, Reviews and more

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Featured Races

Time Ordered Races / Entries - Printable File
Entries Index

SATURDAY

International - Australia - The Championships
DRF - Australia live racing Royal Randwick -Video, PPs
TRC: The Championships - Analysis
12:10 a.m. ET INGLIS SIRES’ S.  G1, Randwick A$1,000,000, 2yo, 1400mT
12:50 a.m. ET BMW AUSTRALIAN DERBY G1, Randwick A$2,000,000, 3yo, 2400mT
1:30 a.m. ET DARLEY T J SMITH S. G1, Randwick, A$2,500,000, 3yo/up, 1200mT
2:10 a.m. ET DONCASTER MILE H. G1, Randwick A$3,000,000, 3yo/up, 1600mT

North America
1:24 ET  Appleton S G3  GP  $200,000  4+  8f T R4  CARD
1:53 ET  Orchid S G3  GP  $200,000  4+ f/m  11f T R5  CARD
2:53 ET  Sir Shackleton S (L)  GP  $100,000  4+  7f R7  CARD
3:23 ET  Sanibel Island S (L) GP  $100,000  3yo f  8f T R8  CARD
4:25 ET  Honey Fox S G2  GP  $300,000  4+ f/m  8f T R10  CARD
4:39 ET  New Orleans H G2  FG  $400,000  4+  9f R8  CARD
4:57 ET  Gulfstream Park Oaks #  G2 GP  $250,000  3yo f  8.5f R11  CARD
5:06 ET  Muniz Memorial H G2T  FG  $300,000  4+  abt 9f T R9  CARD
5:32 ET  Cutler Bay S  GP  $100,000  3yo  8f T R12  CARD
5:41 ET  Fair Grounds Oaks # G2  FG  $400,000  3yo f  8.5f R10  CARD
6:06 ET  Pan American S @ G2  GP  $200,000  4+  12f T R13  CARD
6:09 ET  Rainbow Miss S  OP  $100,000  3yo f S  6f R9  CARD
6:21 ET  Louisiana Derby * G2  FG  $1,000,000  3yo  9f R11  CARD
6:40 ET  Florida Derby * G1  GP  $1,000,000 3yo 9f R14  CARD
7:00 ET  Santana Mile S SA  $75,000 4+ 8f R8 CARD
                  Dortmund switches back to dirt in Santana Mile
* Derby prep - 100-40-20-10   # Oaks prep - 100-40-20-10
@ World Turf Record 1 1/2 mi set by Twilight Eclipse 2013 & 130 SF - Race Replay
    Bloodhorse: Twilight Eclipse wins in World Record time

SUNDAY
12:45 ET  Hilton Sprint  Tam  $100,000  4+ S  6f R2  CARD
1:45 ET  Tampa Turf Classic  Tam  $100,000  4+ S  9f T R4  CARD
2:15 ET  Ocala Breeders' Sophomore  Tam  $100,000  3yo S  7f R5  CARD
3:50 ET Sophomore Turf  Tam  $100,000  3yo S  8.5f T R8  CARD
4:20 ET  Stonehedge Farm So. Sophomore Fillies  Tam  $100,000  3yo f   7f R9  CARD
4:50 ET  Distaff Turf  Tam  $100,000  3+ f/m S  8.5f T  R10  CARD
5:17 ET  Top Flight Inv'l H G3  Aqu  $200,000  4+ f/m  9f R8  CARD
7:00 ET  Tokyo City Cup G3  SA  $100,000  4+  12f R R8  CARD         

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WEEKEND RACING NEWS 
Le Romain avoids facing Winx in Doncaster Mile
Louisiana Derby cheat sheet
Video - Out of the Gate - Weekend Derby/Oaks preps
Video - TCI Insider - LA/FL Derbies/Oaks

NEWS
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Thursday, March 23, 2017

2017 DERBY TRAIL & DUBAI WORLD CUP DAY

Let's Go To The Races - Mar 25-26, 2017
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ARROGATE'S PERFORMANCE GIVEN TIMEFORM RATING OF 141!!
 

Mike Smith, upon finding himself pinched back to last out of the gate: "I'll just ride him like Zenyatta!"


Slow motion finish - Arrogate in World Cup -3:45 on the tape

Slow Motion Arrogate coming out of the gate start of race
Video 2: Slow Motion Arrogate coming out of the gate at start of race

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ARROGATE - A HORSE APART
For how to describe what the whole world witnessed in Dubai, I turn to two of the crustiest and most knowledgeable turf writers we have today, DRF's Mike Watchmaker and BloodHorse's Steve Haskin.  They both have been around long enough to have seen some of the greatest horses of the modern era in person, which most people would mark from the 1950s to present day.

Steve Haskin:  I THOUGHT I HAD SEEN IT ALL!

Mike Watchmaker:  ARROGATE IS GREAT! OF THAT THERE IS NO DOUBT!

Still basking in the afterglow, Bill Finley takes his turn:  ARROGATE VS. PHAROAH?

‘A’ IS FOR ABSOLUTE SUPERSTAR, ARROGATE: Ride him like Zenyatta. That was the plan jockey Mike Smith turned to when ‘TDN Rising Star’ Arrogate (Unbridled’s Song), the overwhelming international favourite for Saturday’s G1 Dubai World Cup, found himself last going past …

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after the race.  Dubai replays are posted.
Time Ordered Races / Entries - Printable file

SATURDAY

International - Dubai - Meydan
First race is at 7:45 a.m. EDT
7:45   EDT  $1,000,000  Godolphin Mile G2 1,600 m D  R1 Result/Replay
8:15   EDT  $250,000  Kahayla Classic G2 – D 1 1/4 mi  R2  Result/Replay
8:50   EDT  $1,000,000  Gold Cup G2 3,200 m T  2 mi R3 Result/Replay
9:25   EDT  $2,000,000*  UAE Derby G2 1,900 m D R4 Result/Replay
10:00 EDT  $1,000,000  Al Quoz Sprint G1 1,000 m T R5 Result/Replay
10:35 EDT  $2,000,000  Golden Shaheen G1 1,200 m D R6 Result/Replay
11:30 EDT  $6,000,000  Duty Free G1 1,800 m T R7   Result / Replay
12:05 EDT  $6,000,000  Sheema Classic G1 2,400 m T R8   Result/Replay
12:45 EDT  $10,000,000 World Cup G1 2,000 metres – D R9    Result/Replay
* KY Derby prep = 100-40-20-10 points   D=Dirt   T=Turf   m=metres   mi=mile

World Cup Press Conference
Sheema Classic Press Conference
Dubai Turf Press Conference
Sprint Press Conference
UAE Derby Press Conference
Godolphin Mile Press Conference

North America      For replays for U.S. races, click on the CARD below
2:20 ET  Cicada S  Aqu  $100,000  3yo f  6f  R3  CARD
4:33 ET  Rushaway S  TP  $100,000  3yo  8.5f AW R8  CARD
5:09 ET  BOURBONETTE OAKS# G3 TP  $100,000  3yo f  8f AW  R9  CARD
5:55 ET  SPIRAL S* G3 TP  $500,000  3yo  9f AW  R10  CARD
6:09 ET  Purple Martin S  OP  $150,000  3yo f  6f  R9  CARD
7:30 ET  San Luis Rey S G2  SA  $200,000  4+  12f T R9 CARD
6:02 ET  Skip Away S G3  GP  $100,000  4+  9f   R12  CARD

SUNDAY
 
International - Japan

Preview of Takamatsunomiya Kinen
2:30 am. ET  March S G3  JRA  $639,000 a 4+  9f  Dirt  CARD - Prerace    Details
2:40 a.m. ET Takamatsunomiya Kinen G1  JRA  $1,754,000 a 4+  6f T CARD

North America     Click on CARD for result/replay
4:22 ET  New Mexico Breeders' Oaks  Sun  $100,000  3yo f S  8.5f  R3  CARD
4:50 ET  La Coneja S Sun  $100,000  4+ f/m S  5.5f  R4  CARD
5:19 ET  Bill Thomas Memorial S  Sun  $100,000  3+  6.5f   R5  CARD
5:40 ET  New Mexico Breeders' Derby  Sun  $100,000  3yo S  8.5f  R6  CARD
6:18 ET  SUNLAND PARK OAKS# (L)  Sun  $250,000  3yo f  8.5f  R7  CARD
6:30 ET  Dream of Summer S  SA  $100,000  4+ f/m S  8f   R7 CARD
6:53 ET  Harry W. Henson H  Sun  $100,000  3+ f/m  8f   R8  CARD
7:18 ET  SUNLAND DERBY* G3  Sun  $800,000  3yo  9f   R9  CARD

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UPI Weekend Racing Preview
Robert Kieckhefer - March 24, 2017

Dubai World Cup night, a highlight of the racing year, unfolds Saturday at Meydan with $30 million in purses at stake, along with prestige and national pride.

Including the Dubai program, the weekend offers three potential tickets to the Kentucky Derby and two legs of the Global Sprint Challenge.We'll sprint right to it:

Dubai The Dubai World Cup has grown from an ambitious vision to the premier night of racing anywhere in the world. This year's renewal attracted the world's top-rated dirt horse, Arrogate, and rivals from as far afield as Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, South Africa, Uruguay, Ireland, France and the United Kingdom to contest eight Thoroughbred races and one for Purebred Arabians in front of the plush Meydan grandstand.

For the first time South Korea has a contender, hoping to evaluate the strength of its new breeding industry.

The "enchilada" (see below) is the $10 million Dubai World Cup itself, with a distinctly American flavor. Trainer Bob Baffert will saddle Arrogate, ranked the world's best horse in a tie with Australian turf runner Winx, and Hoppertunity. Gun Runner, Keen Ice and Neolithic complete a massively strong U.S. team.

Baffert, already twice a World Cup winner, exuded careful optimism Wednesday as the field was set for Saturday's $10 million Dubai World Cup.

"This will be his toughest test," Baffert said of Arrogate, who has reeled off consecutive victories in the Grade I Travers, the Breeders' Cup Classic and the Grade I Pegasus World Cup. In the last two of those, he defeated the 2016 Dubai World Cup winner, California Chrome. "But he's a big, strong horse and if he shows up and runs his race, he wins it."  Read more at source

 
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AN UNDERCARD TO OUTSHINE EVEN RACING'S BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST STAR

Stuart Riley on an international bonanza packed with big names.

It may not be until the Arc that we see a mile-and-a-half-race filled with as many heavyweights as the Sheema Classic

If JUMP racing’s Olympics were last week, then it’s the turn of Usain Bolt today, with Arrogate – the horse his illustrious trainer Bob Baffert has described as the dirt version of Frankel – the headline act in the Dubai World Cup.

But for European fans this could be the equine equivalent of Super Saturday at London 2012 when Bolt’s parade through an uncompetitive heat was overshadowed by a gold glut led by Farah, Ennis and Rutherford. So packed with stars is Meydan’s undercard it could rival Hydra as earth’s largest visible constellation.

So what exactly is there to get excited about? 

It may not be until the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – on the first Sunday in October – we see a mile-and-a-half race filled with as many heavyweights as the Sheema Classic. As John Gosden noted, his Irish Derby winner Jack Hobbs is rated 120 and yet is the fourth-highest- rated in the field.  Read more at source

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WHERE TO WATCH
XBTV - Live streaming (super Hi-def)
NBCSN TV & Live Streaming
TVG TV
Twin Spires - live streaming - Requires account
Gulfstream Park - Free live streaming
WEEKEND RACING NEWS 


DUBAI NEWS
Interview with Bob Baffert - Dubai pre-race
Pre-race interview with Bob Baffert - TwinSpires
More pre-race with Bob Baffert  Talks a little about the differences in temperament of Pharoah & Arrogate.


 
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Friday, March 17, 2017

March 18-19 - DERBY PREP - THE REBEL


Let's Go To The Races - Mar 18-19, 2017
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Robert Kieckhefer - UPI Weekend Racing Preview





Winx makes it 16 in a row in the G1 George Ryder

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Paulick Report: Winx faces eight challengers in G1 George Ryder S
Race 5 Rosehill G1 $1,000,000 George Ryder S 1500m
RACE ANALYSIS: WINX ticked the heavy track box when far too good in the Chipping Norton and hard to see her colours being lowered here. Sit back and enjoy. LE ROMAIN tough effort to wear down CHAUTAUQUA in the Canterbury Stakes to make it two from two this preparation. Even better suited stepping up in distance and looks the quinella horse. HAURAKI finished his race off okay resuming in the Canterbury Stakes. Epsom winner last preparation and the step up to 1500m ideal second-up. CHAUTAUQUA terrific in the Canterbury Stakes when nailed on the line last start. 1500m on heavy ground new territory but too good to dismiss.
TIPS: 8. Winx, 2. Le Romain, 3. Hauraki, 1. Chautauqua
 
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WEEKEND RACING NEWS 
 
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SATURDAY
International - Australia
11:05 p.m. (Friday)ET RANVET S.-G1 Rosehill, US$531,616,WFA, 3yo/up, 2000mT Race 4  CARD

Paulick Report: Winx faces eight challengers in G1 George Ryder S
11:45 p.m. ET (Friday nite) Race 5 Rosehill G1 $1,000,000 George Ryder S 1500m - CARD

North America
4:50 ET  Correction S (L) Aqu  $125,000  4+ f/m  6f  R8  CARD
5:10 ET  Private Terms S Lrl  $100,000  3yo  8.5f  R9  CARD
5:21 ET  Azeri S G2  OP  $350,000  4+ f/m  8.5f  R7  CARD
5:39 ET  Inside Information S G2  GP  $200,000  4+ f/m  7f  R11  CARD
5:40 ET  Caesar's Wish S  Lrl  $100,000  3yo f  8f  R10  CARD
5:57 ET  Essex H (L)  OP  $250,000  4+  8.5f  R8  CARD
6:30 ET  Irish O'Brien S  SA  $100,000  4+ f/m S  abt 6.5f T  R7  CARD
7:06 ET  Rebel S * G2  OP  $900,000  3yo  8.5f  R10  CARD
7:30 ET  Santa Margarita S G1 SA  $400,000  4+ f/m  9f  R9  CARD
*Derby Prep = 50-20-10-5


SUNDAY
North America
5:00 ET  MSW  SA  $54,000 4+ 1mT R4 CARD
Ziconic

International - Hong Kong
4:35 a.m. ET  2017 BMW HONG KONG DERBY-LR, US$2,318,425, 4yo, 2000mT  CARD

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