March 30, 2012 - American Turf Monthly Magazine Handicapping Newsletter

MEET JOHN PIESEN

I selected horses 48 hours in advance of the post, without the benefit of knowing the morning line or late scratches, without up-to-the-minute information from the backstretch. I picked at least one winner, (and very often 3 & 4 winner

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Class Moves and Those Suspicious Odds Patterns
By: Ray Taulbot

There are several reasons for shifts up and down in claiming price. For example, when a horse is being raced into condition the class in which it is entered from time to time has little meaning. The horse needs racing, and a race of almost any class will s

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AMERICAN TURF CLUB LEAD-SPIRAL-SUNLAND
By: JOE GIRARDI

On the weekend of March 24-25^th there were two prep races for the Kentucky Derby at two different tracks over two different surfaces. The Vinery Spiral at Turfway Park over the Polytrack and the Sunland Derby at Sunland

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Field of 10 expected for Santa Anita Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Next week's running of the 75th Santa Anita Derby could have a field of as many as 10 three-year-olds for the $750,000 race. The 1 1/8-mile Derby will go off on Saturday, April 7.
Two local winners are the projected favorites for the key prep event leading to t

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Up the Backstretch: Rosie goes for another rosy bayou win
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Jockey Rosie Napravnik has the mount on the favorite in Sunday's $1 million Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds Race Course. The leading rider at the track's current meet will once again be aboard Mark Valeski for the 99th edition of the 1 1/8-mile Kentucky Derby p

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Union Rags a deserving Florida Derby favorite
By: By Jeff Frank, Sports Analyst

(Sports Network) - Even though Union Rags did not win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile last fall, and therefore finished second in the 2-year-old of the year voting, most observers listed him as the winter book Kentuck

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Game On Dude heads 17th Dubai World Cup
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Sports Network) - Game On Dude, the leading older thoroughbred in the U.S., heads a field of 14 for Saturday's $10 million Dubai World Cup. The 1 1/4-mile race is the richest thoroughbred event in the world.
Trained by Bob Baffert, Game On Dude will be ridden by

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Union Rags and El Padrino lead Florida Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Leading Kentucky Derby contender Union Rags and Risen Star winner El Padrino top a field of nine three-year- olds for Saturday's $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. The 1 1/8- mile race is an important prep for the Kentucky Derby on May 5.
Uni

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Union Rags favored in final Kentucky Derby Future Wager
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Union Rags, the leading contender for this year's Run for the Roses, has been made the morning-line favorite for the final Kentucky Derby Future Wager of the year. The co-second picks are champion colt Hansen and the mutuel field.
The Future Wager, comprised

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Bob Baffert suffers heart attack in Dubai
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Sports Network) - Hall of Fame Trainer Bob Baffert suffered an apparent heart attack Monday morning while preparing for the Dubai World Cup. The 59-year-old trainer is in the Persian Gulf state with World Cup starter Game On Dude and sprinter The Factor.
Baffert

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Jones' entry heads 99th Louisiana Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK

New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Risen Star Stakes runner-up Mark Valeski and stablemate Mr. Bowling are the 2-1 morning-line favorites for Sunday's 99th running of the $1 million Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds Race Course.
Owned by former Kentucky Governor Brereton Jones, the pair of thr

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Weekly Television Schedule

March 31

Florida Derby and Gulfstream Oaks, 5:00PM-6:00PM, NBC Sports Network

April 7

Wood Memorial and Santa Anita Derby, 4:30-6:00PM, NBC

April 14

Toyota Blue Grass Stakes and Arkansas Derby, 6:00-7:00PM, CNBC

May 2

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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule

March 31

Fair Grounds: Fair Grounds Oaks (G2), $500,000, 3yo f, 8.5f
Fair Grounds: Bayou H., $100,000, 4&up, f&m, 8.5f T
Fair Grounds: Crescent City Oaks, $75,000, 3yo f, 8.32f
Gulfstream Park: Florida Derby (G1), $1,000,000, 3yo, 9f
Gulfstream

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