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Affirmation

I was fortunate enough to watch the last Triple Crown heroAffirmed shine in morning works early in his sophomore year and the race withhis name attached will be renewed this weekend at Hollywood at a mile and asixteenth on the Cushion Track.

Formerly named the Silver Screen, the Affirmed, astepping-stone to the Swaps Stakes, has been won by some stars like GeneralChallenge, double BC Classic winner Tiznow, the brilliant filly Melair andPoint Determined.

Two years ago Two Step Salsa was coming off a wire-to-wirescore in the G3 Laz Barrera and it was a d?j? vu win in the same flag fall tothat’s all mode when posting the 9...
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Belmont, Churchill Feature Grade 1 Handicaps Saturday

Who: Thoroughbreds – Funny Moon, Life At Ten, Unrivaled Belle, Battle Plan, Blame What: Horse Racing Betting Tips – The OgdenPhipps Handicap, The Stephen Foster Handicap Where: BelmontPark, Churchill Downs When: Saturday,June 12th

Unrivaled Belle,conqueror of Horse of the Year RachelAlexandra last out, will be heavily favored in The Odgen Phipps Handicap at BelmontPark on Saturday. Later in the afternoon, Battle Plan and Blame will vie for favoritism in The StephenFoster Handicap at Churchill Downs.Strangely, it seems that the 5-horse Phipps field with a prohibitive favorite offersa greater chance for an upset than the 11-horse ...
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Belmont, Churchill Feature Grade 1 Handicaps Saturday

Who: Thoroughbreds – Funny Moon, Life At Ten, Unrivaled Belle, Battle Plan, Blame What: Horse Racing Betting Tips – The OgdenPhipps Handicap, The Stephen Foster Handicap Where: BelmontPark, Churchill Downs When: Saturday,June 12th

Unrivaled Belle,conqueror of Horse of the Year RachelAlexandra last out, will be heavily favored in The Odgen Phipps Handicap at BelmontPark on Saturday. Later in the afternoon, Battle Plan and Blame will vie for favoritism in The StephenFoster Handicap at Churchill Downs.Strangely, it seems that the 5-horse Phipps field with a prohibitive favorite offersa greater chance for an upset than the 11-horse ...
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The Claim Game

Everybody gets pumped up during the Triple Crown but if youwant to make winning bets and get ahead in this sport, you have to have a goodgauge of how to handle claimers.

Face it, champions are few and far between and to win moneyat the track, a player must understand how to evaluate the lower-echelonhorses.

When I first started handicapping, I would practice bymaking my selections on paper for tracks like Charles Town, Liberty Bell, andPenn National and then monitor the results. Claimers dominated the programsthere then and still do.

Claimers account for about 75% of the racing cardsthroughout the country. Since ...
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Best Laid Plans

The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

The phrase is contained in a poem by Robert Burns about himrunning over a home of a domestic mouse.

Burns used this illustration to show that despite thebest-laid plans by the homeowner, the lady could not have foreseen the verminin her wig. No matter how well you plan something, "stuff" happens.So relax and get over it, it isnt the end of the world.

The Belmont Stakes, completed in 2:31.57, the slowest in 15years, is a case in point.

The pacesetter was obvious as First Dude figured to make thelead and he did. The thing that many handicappers...
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