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Public perception was always important to Derek Jeter while he played for the New York Yankees. Jeter’s perception will reach the ultimate height in 2020 when he becomes a first-ballot inductee into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Jeter was a superstar shortstop and an icon beloved in New York, where fans are especially tough on players. Jeter is now the CEO and part owner of the Miami Marlins and has his 12,000-plus square-foot castle-like compound on the market for more than ...
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Haskell Invitational is a "Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup Prep Race to the Classic
The Haskell Invitational was inaugurated in 1968 and is a 1 1/8 mile Grade 1 race run the end of July at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey. The race earned the nickname “War on the Shore” with the track just minutes from the Atlantic Ocean and is named in honor of Armory Haskell, who got the pari-mutuel laws in New Jersey changed to permit wagering on horse racing. Haskell raised the money to build ...
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Betting Tips and Information for the Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is the most popular betting race in the United States. It’s the Super Bowl of horse racing and creates considerable media attention and interest from casual sports fans and bettors along with industry insiders and horsemen. Known as “The most exciting two minutes in sports,” the Kentucky Derby generates huge betting action as America’s most wagered-on horse race. The Sport of Kings has clearly generated an ...
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Arkansas Derby is Final Major Kentucky Derby Prep
The Kentucky Derby trail comes to an end Saturday, as the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) is the final 100-40-20-10 point prep race of the season. The Arkansas Derby has been run at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas since 1936 and contested at 9 furlongs (1 1/8 miles) every year (except 1945). Three Arkansas Derby winners have gone on to win the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs, with the most recent Triple Crown winner American ...
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Wood Memorial Winner Hasn’t Won Kentucky Derby Since 2000
It’s been nearly two decades since the Wood Memorial winner went on to win the Kentucky Derby. The last Wood – Derby double winner was Fusaichi Pegasus in 2000. Saturday’s running of the $750,000 Grade II Wood Memorial at Aqueduct offers some Enticing prospects looking to Restore Hope into the key Derby prep race.
According to Super Screener Weekly and racing analysis by Mike Shutty, there are some key findings to ...
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Will Another Longshot Win Louisiana Derby and Emerge on the Kentucky Derby Trail?
It’s been a difficult for many handicappers and horsemen to determine a true Kentucky Derby contender you can count on, and this year’s Louisiana Derby on the deep Fair Grounds dirt is only likely to make the projections muddier. Saturday’s forecast in New Orleans should feature a fast track with partly cloudy skies and near 80 degree temps with winds up to 18 MPH but very little chance of precipitation.
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Solomini Makes 2018 Debut in Rebel Stakes with Kentucky Derby Spot to Winner
Race fans familiar with the great Curlin may want to tune in and watch his son Solomini run in the $900,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) Saturday, March 17 at Oaklawn Park. The Rebel is a Kentucky Derby prep race where the winner earns 50 Derby points and stamps his ticket into the starting gate for the May 5 Kentucky Derby. The race is also the final major Derby prep contested at 1 1/16 miles.
A solid field of 11 is ...
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Bolt d’ Oro a Co-Favorite with the Field in Pool 3 of KDFW
A big weekend of Kentucky Derby prep races are scheduled for Saturday, March 10, and Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) opens it’s 3-day run March 9-11.
The Kentucky Derby Future Wager has been a Kentucky Derby tradition since 1999. The KDFW Pool 3, which enables bettors to wager on 23 possible Kentucky Derby contenders plus a pari-mutuel field eight weeks in advance of the May 5 Kentucky Derby, will open Frid...
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