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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: November 26, 2014

California Chrome Introduced to Turf Racing

A crowd of 500 looked on Sunday as California Chrome did his first ever work on a turf racing surface. The Kentucky Derby winning colt got the chance to try out the grass at Del Mar in a solo run with rider Victor Espinoza. After appearing tentative at first, California Chrome settled in and was...

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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: November 5, 2014

Bayern Wins Breeders' Cup After Controversial Rough Start

Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic started with a crash, as right out of the gate Bayern, with jockey Martin Garcia, veered left into Shared Belief. This caused Shared Belief to step out of his lane and into the path of two other horses. Unable to recover from the shake up off the break, Shared Belief finished...

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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 1, 2014

Raynham Park Files Last Minute Application for Massachusetts Race Track

George Carney, owner of Raynham Park, put in an application to host live thoroughbred horse racing just ahead of the October 1st deadline. The application was submitted to the state gaming commission on Tuesday. The commission expressed its intention last week to be flexible about the application deadline for the racing license, saying it was...

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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: August 27, 2014

Trainer Jerkens Finishes with Top Two Horses at Travers Stakes

Two of Jimmy Jerkens’ horses topped the competition in Saturday’s Travers Stakes race at the Saratoga Race Course when V. E. Day and Wicked Strong took first and second place in a field of ten horses. Wicked Strong was the bettors’ favorite going in to the race, with V. E. Day racing against 19 to...

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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: July 23, 2014

Queen Elizabeth's Horse Gets Busted for Dope

Estimate, a race horse owned by Queen Elizabeth II, is the subject of an investigation following a positive test result for morphine. The Queen’s bloodstock and racing advisor John Warren stated “On 17 July the British Horseracing Authority announced that a number of post-race samples, obtained from recent race meetings, had been found to indicate...

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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Minorette Races Hard for Underdog Win at Belmont Oaks

Everyone loves an underdog, so Minorette’s victory at Saturday’s Belmont Oaks was well received by many. The three year old filly, whose pedigree comes from Canadian Champion sire Smart Strike, outpaced favorite Sea Queen and earned her first North American victory and Grade 1 score under jockey Joel Rosario. “She was really training big coming...

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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: June 4, 2014

Belmont Stakes Preview: California Chrome Favored for Rare Triple Crown

If horse racing super stud California Chrome pulls off another first place finish at this Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, it will mark the first time a horse has achieved a Triple Crown by winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes since the Florida product Affirmed pulled it off in 1978. If Chrome takes the...

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• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: May 3, 2014

Wicked Strong Best Bet at the Kentucky Derby!

Ricky Rothstein marks your card for the 140th Kentucky Derby! Only five favorites have won the Run for the Roses since 2000, and some of those were favorites by default, rather than invested with the faith and dollars of the betting public. California Chrome, by contrast, is a true favorite Not only has he won...

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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: May 1, 2014

Preview of the 2014 Kentucky Derby

Starting positions have been determined so it’s time to take a look at what’s in store for the Kentucky Derby this year. Starting at post 5, California Chrome remains locked in as the favorite to win the big race. While the other horses will need to step up their game to have a shot at...

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• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: July 30, 2013

Two Prince of Wales Stakes favorites scratched at Fort Erie

And then there were six. Early Tuesday afternoon trainer Mark Casse pulled two of the four horses he had in the field for the Prince of Wales Stakes. One of those was Dynamic Sky, who was pegged at 3-1 on the morning line and the other was Spring In The Air, price at 4-1. The...

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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: May 18, 2013

2013 Preakness Stakes Winner is Oxbow

The middle jewel of the Triple Crown was run today and Oxbow took first place in an upset. In Baltimore, Maryland,  at Pimlico racetrack, the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes attracted a huge crowd of spectators. The top three finishers for the 2013 Preakness Stakes are: Oxbow, ItsMyLuckyDay and My Lute. Kentucky Derby winner Orb was trying...

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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: May 4, 2013

Betting on the 2013 Kentucky Derby

Time to put your money where your mouth is – Mike Schultz makes his picks for this year’s Kentucky Derby! Is this year Todd Pletcher takes some of that bad look off his record at the Kentucky Derby? Pletcher, one of the leading trainers of his generation, is 1-31 in the signature race of the...