March 08, 2013 - American Turf Monthly Magazine Handicapping Newsletter

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March 08, 2013

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HORSES TO WATCH
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STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT ANGLES
By: RAY TAULBOT

It is next to impossible for an impatient player to become a success at turf speculation. This is due to the fact that so few races on the day’s card offer the investor a real opportunity to cash a wager. Most of the races carded every day defy the

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AMERICAN TURF CLUB LEAD-GOTHAM
By: JOE GIRARDI

On March 2^nd at Aqueduct they hosted the only Kentucky Derby prep race of the week when they ran th

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Up the Backstretch: It's time for Verrazano to cross stakes bridge
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor

(Sports Network) - He is probably the most talked about 3-year-old in the country never to have started in a stakes race. Verrazano, trained by Todd Pletcher, officially begins his road to the Kentucky Derby on Saturday in the $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby.

Verrazano is a late-blooming horse who

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San Felipe features Flashback versus Goldencents
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - A field of eight 3-year-olds, topped by Flashback and Goldencents, has been entered in Saturday's $300,000 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita Park. The 1 1/16-mile stakes is the final local prep for the Santa Anita Derby on April 6.

Flashbac

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Fort Larned returns in Gulfstream Park Handicap
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Breeders' Cup Classic winner Fort Larned will make his return to the races Saturday in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap at one-mile. The 5-year-old will face five rivals in his 2013 debut.

Trained by Ian Wilkes, Fort Larned begins his season from

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Wise Dan and Little Mike nominated to Woodford Reserve
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Current Horse of the Year Wise Dan and Breeders' Cup Turf champ Little Mike are among the 62 thoroughbreds nominated to the $500,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic to be run on the Kentucky Derby card at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 4.

Also nominated to t

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Second workout for Paynter
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Belmont Stakes runner-up Paynter put in a second workout Tuesday morning at Santa Anita. The 4-year-old colt is owned by Zayat Stable and trained by Bob Baffert.

Winner of last year's Haskell Invitational, Paynter had a half-mile workout in 50 1/5 seconds. He h

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Motion going after third straight Spiral
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Florence, KY (Sports Network) - Trainer Graham Motion has saddled the last two winners of the Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park and has nominated four to this year's 42nd edition.

Motion, who won the 1 1/8-mile stakes with Animal Kingdom (2011) and Went the Day Well (2012), has nominated Crop Re

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Super Ninety Nine likely for Rebel Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Super Ninety Nine, trained by Bob Baffert, is a probable starter in this month's Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park. The 3-year-old colt captured Oaklawn's Southwest Stakes on Feb. 18.

"Super 99 might be going back for The Rebel. Looking strong," Baffert recently twe

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Opening NTRA Polls have Game On Dude and Itsmyluckyday leading
By: SPORTS NETWORK

New York, NY (Sports Network) - The first NTRA Thoroughbred Polls of 2013 have been released with Game On Dude and Itsmyluckyday sitting first in their respective listings.

Game On Dude, trained by Bob Baffert, leads the National Poll after dominating Saturday's Santa Anita Handicap by almos

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Animal Kingdom works for World Cup
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Animal Kingdom, trained by Graham Motion, put in a six-furlong workout Monday morning ahead of his start in the Dubai World Cup on March 30.

Second in last month's Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap, Animal Kingdom worked the distance in 1:14.78 over a firm

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Vyjack - A prime Kentucky Derby player
By: By Jeff Frank, The Sports Analyst

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - A few weeks ago, a bettor could have gotten Vyjack at 49-1 in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. Pool 2 has the son of Into Mischief at 11-1 after he won Saturday's Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct.

Vyjack was much the best coming from well off the pace t

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'All Others' and Verrazano top second Derby Future Wager
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - The mutuel field and Verrazano finished as the two favorites at the conclusion of the second Kentucky Derby Future Wager of 2013.

The Future Wager consisted of 24 betting interests, including 23 individual 3- year-olds and the mutuel field of "All Others."

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Went the Day Well fails in return to track
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Ozone Park, NY (Sports Network) - Went the Day Well, 2012 Spiral Stakes champ, finished a disappointing fifth in his return to the races Sunday at Aqueduct.

Making his first start in almost 10 months, Team Valor's Went the Day Well was the 1-2 favorite versus five rivals in an allowance opti

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Game On Dude reigns supreme in Santa Anita Handicap
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Game On Dude, 2011 winner, completely dominated the competition, including defending champ Ron the Greek, to capture Saturday's 76th running of the $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap (Big 'Cap) at Santa Anita Park.

Game On Dude, ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Mike Sm

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Clearly Now clear winner of Swale Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK

Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Clearly Now, ridden by Luis Saez, surged down the stretch to capture Saturday's $150,000 Swale Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The 3-year-old colt covered the seven-furlongs in 1:23.19 on a fast track.