Thursday, October 20, 2011
Breeders' Cup Top 10 Lists
DRF.com has a list of Breeders' Cup Top Tens for several of the championship races. HGet a head start on your Breeders' Cup handicapping>>>>>>>>> DRF Top 10s
Monday, October 17, 2011
Jared Hubbard Wins $70,769 In Fall Poker Classic Main Event
Jared Hubbard of Farmington, MN won the 10th annual Fall Poker Classic main event and a $70,769 first prize on Sunday at Canterbury Park. The Fall Poker Classic featured 29 different poker tournaments over 16 consecutive days, culminating with the main event, a $1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em game, that attracted 293 entrants from 17 states and one Canadian province.
The main event paid a total of $284,210 to the top 30 players while total prize money for the Fall Poker Classic’s 29 events was $1,057,389.
The main event paid a total of $284,210 to the top 30 players while total prize money for the Fall Poker Classic’s 29 events was $1,057,389.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Portland Meadows Showvivor Contest
Portlans Meadows, which opens Monday, may not be top of mind for many handicappers but I have always found it to offer decent wagering value. Pool sizes have improved greatly over tha past 10 years. Worth a look for those 'capping early in the week. Of course you can bet Portland in Canterbury Park's racebook.
Portland is offering a free online Showvivor contest with up to $25,000 in prize money. The contest begins Oct 24. Enter here.
Below are details from a promotional email:
Live racing from Portland Meadows begins on Monday October 17, 2011 but the contest does not begin until Week 2. Day 1 Monday October 24th and entries close at 11:45am (Pacific). Before each race day, simply log-in to the contest page, and make your selection for that day’s races. You will simply need to pick one horse, and if your horse finishes in one of the top three positions in the official running order for that race, you move onto the next day. The player who can outlast all the other players in the competition will receive $5,000.
If the player who wins can survive the entire meeting, he or she will receive a $5,000 bonus to make the prize total $10,000. And if the last survivor picks a winner each day, he or she will receive a $20,000 bonus on top of the original $5,000, for a grand total prize of $25,000! of the Ultimate ShowVivor Online Contest.
The winner of the inaugural Portland Meadows Ultimate ShowVivor Online Contest will also be the special Daily Racing Form guest handicapper for Portland Mile Day (date to be determined) of the Inaugural Portland Meadows Summer Race Meet in 2012. The guest handicapper’s selections for the Portland Mile 2012 will appear in both online and print editions of the Daily Racing Form.
JM
Portland is offering a free online Showvivor contest with up to $25,000 in prize money. The contest begins Oct 24. Enter here.
Below are details from a promotional email:
Live racing from Portland Meadows begins on Monday October 17, 2011 but the contest does not begin until Week 2. Day 1 Monday October 24th and entries close at 11:45am (Pacific). Before each race day, simply log-in to the contest page, and make your selection for that day’s races. You will simply need to pick one horse, and if your horse finishes in one of the top three positions in the official running order for that race, you move onto the next day. The player who can outlast all the other players in the competition will receive $5,000.
If the player who wins can survive the entire meeting, he or she will receive a $5,000 bonus to make the prize total $10,000. And if the last survivor picks a winner each day, he or she will receive a $20,000 bonus on top of the original $5,000, for a grand total prize of $25,000! of the Ultimate ShowVivor Online Contest.
The winner of the inaugural Portland Meadows Ultimate ShowVivor Online Contest will also be the special Daily Racing Form guest handicapper for Portland Mile Day (date to be determined) of the Inaugural Portland Meadows Summer Race Meet in 2012. The guest handicapper’s selections for the Portland Mile 2012 will appear in both online and print editions of the Daily Racing Form.
JM
Thursday, October 6, 2011
TURF: An International Gathering of Horse Racing Bloggers
Tuesday marked the launch of TURF, a collection of the most popular and informative horse racing blogs from the United States and around the world. TURF can be found at http://www.turfbloggers.blogspot.com/ as well as on Facebook at Turf Bloggers.
“Our purpose in organizing this group,” said TURF founding member Valerie Grash, “is to gather the best the blogosphere has to offer in regards to the coverage of horse racing, providing one site where readers can easily find select and thought-provoking writing by individuals invested in sharing their love for the sport. Our members include horse owners, trainers, pedigree and bloodstock analysts, medical professionals, handicappers, fans and even professional turf writers from three continents. With such diversity, readers are guaranteed to enjoy a wide array of opinion and news from all over the racing world.”
In addition to the launch of the group’s website, many TURF members will be posting on their individual blogs this week on issues related to the upcoming Breeder’s Cup.
“By exploring a common theme over the course of our first week,” media contact Ted Grevelis said, “we hope to illustrate the benefits of visiting one “go-to” website as a launch point for readers to further explore the provocative ideas found in our members’ blogs. Certainly another goal is to engage readers in stimulating dialogue about our sport, the kind of open discussion that is sorely needed. As arguably the most dominating event of racing today—and in some ways, the most controversial—the Breeders’ Cup provides the perfect topic.”
Racetracks and news outlets are encouraged to freely link to the TURF homepage from their own sites in order to broaden their customer's access and enjoyment of horse racing news.
In addition to founding members Valerie Grash (Foolish Pleasure/FilliesFirst), Dana Byerly (Green But Game), Jessica Chapel (Railbird), Teresa Genaro (Brooklyn Backstretch), Ted Grevelis (Owning Racehorses) and Kevin Martin (Colin’s Ghost), the members of TURF include:
Steve Zorn (The Business of Racing)
Sid Fernando (Sid Fernando + Observations)
Keith McCalmont (Triple Dead Heat)
Gina Rarick (Gallop France)
Chris Hernandez (Giving My Ten Cents)
Fran Jurga (Hoof Blog/The Jurga Report)
Bill Pressey (ThoroEdge)
Alastair Middleton Horse Racing in Korea
Sue Dalebroux (Post Parade)
Alan Mann (Left at the Gate)
Frank Vespe (That’s Amore Stable)
Gene Kershner (Equispace)
Anthony Falbo (The Turk)
Kate Hunter (Keiblog)
“Our purpose in organizing this group,” said TURF founding member Valerie Grash, “is to gather the best the blogosphere has to offer in regards to the coverage of horse racing, providing one site where readers can easily find select and thought-provoking writing by individuals invested in sharing their love for the sport. Our members include horse owners, trainers, pedigree and bloodstock analysts, medical professionals, handicappers, fans and even professional turf writers from three continents. With such diversity, readers are guaranteed to enjoy a wide array of opinion and news from all over the racing world.”
In addition to the launch of the group’s website, many TURF members will be posting on their individual blogs this week on issues related to the upcoming Breeder’s Cup.
“By exploring a common theme over the course of our first week,” media contact Ted Grevelis said, “we hope to illustrate the benefits of visiting one “go-to” website as a launch point for readers to further explore the provocative ideas found in our members’ blogs. Certainly another goal is to engage readers in stimulating dialogue about our sport, the kind of open discussion that is sorely needed. As arguably the most dominating event of racing today—and in some ways, the most controversial—the Breeders’ Cup provides the perfect topic.”
Racetracks and news outlets are encouraged to freely link to the TURF homepage from their own sites in order to broaden their customer's access and enjoyment of horse racing news.
In addition to founding members Valerie Grash (Foolish Pleasure/FilliesFirst), Dana Byerly (Green But Game), Jessica Chapel (Railbird), Teresa Genaro (Brooklyn Backstretch), Ted Grevelis (Owning Racehorses) and Kevin Martin (Colin’s Ghost), the members of TURF include:
Steve Zorn (The Business of Racing)
Sid Fernando (Sid Fernando + Observations)
Keith McCalmont (Triple Dead Heat)
Gina Rarick (Gallop France)
Chris Hernandez (Giving My Ten Cents)
Fran Jurga (Hoof Blog/The Jurga Report)
Bill Pressey (ThoroEdge)
Alastair Middleton Horse Racing in Korea
Sue Dalebroux (Post Parade)
Alan Mann (Left at the Gate)
Frank Vespe (That’s Amore Stable)
Gene Kershner (Equispace)
Anthony Falbo (The Turk)
Kate Hunter (Keiblog)
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Jesse Garcia wins # 2,000
According to statistics provided by Equibase Company, jockey Jesse Jimenez Garcia won his 2,000th race yesterday, Wednesday, September 21, when he guided Joyssweetjoy to victory in the fifth race at Albuquerque
Garcia rode at Canterbury Park for a few seasons. In 2006 he was the second leading rider at the meet. He finished in the top 5 at Canterbury in '07 and '08. Garcia's all-time win percentage in Shakopee is 17.11 while his mounts hit the board 47.65% of the time.
jm
Friday, September 16, 2011
Win an NHC entry and BC betting bankrolls
For the persistent, there are also prizes for the top 10 best combined six-day cumulative totals. The grand prize is entry, airfare, and accommodations to the $2,000,000 National Handicapping Championship (NHC) held in Las Vegas this January. Making it to the Vegas contest gives you a chance to play for a top prize of $1,000,000. Last year Canterbury regular Tom Anderson, who qualified in the annual Dog Days of Summer tournament, finished third in the NHC and earned $100,000.
Saturday’s contest track is Arlington Park. Entry deadline is first post scheduled for 1:00PM. You simply select one horse in each of the 11 Arlington races and earn points based on a mythical $20 Win-Place-Show wager. Find all the rules here. And there is no entry fee required to participate!!
Perfect Picks Contest is back
Each Sunday you have a chance to win cash by selecting the winner and/or over-under in 10 professional football match-ups. Entry is free and available from 10am – noon. Here are the details…….
This week’s prize pool is $1,000.
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