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Most of the markets for many sports they could do without but I've noticed no corner betting on USA soccer once game kicks off, might be same for other games too, that and goals are the 2 good options for live soccer, along with head to head and halftime markets, many of the others are not necessary, truth be known no one bothers with them. -
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Racing July 5 at Horseshoe Indianapolis, Tip Top Thomas improved to 2-for-3 as a 3-year-old in gamely turning back graded stakes winner Coal Battle to win the $300,000 Indiana Derby (G3) in track record time.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
In winning the $300,000 GIII Indiana Derby at Horseshoe Indianapolis Saturday, James Bakke and Gerald Isbister's Tip Top Thomas (c, 3, Volatile–Attempt to Name, by Consolidator) may have gotten a little redemption. Last summer and fall, the sky looked like the limit for Tip Top Thomas, who was named a 'TDN Rising Star' in a hard-fought head debut in an August maiden special weight at Saratoga, then came back for a runner-up finish to another 'Rising Star', Chancer McPatrick (McKinzie), in the GI Champagne Stakes. Fourth in his maiden win was dual Classic winner Sovereignty (Into Mischief), while just behind him in the Champagne was recent GIII Ohio Derby winner Mo Plex (Complexity). Instead of continuing his early momentum, Tip Top Thomas went to the sidelines for six months after the Champagne, returning in an April allowance at Keeneland only to finish fourth and record the lowest Beyer Speed Figure–80–of his career. It looks like that might have been a momentary blip, just a needed race to knock the rust off, as Tip Top Thomas tried again in a Belmont at Aqueduct allowance May 25, romping by 3 1/4 lengths while notching a 93 Beyer. “We were very high on him [last year],” said Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. “We thought enough off his maiden win to run him back in the Champagne and he finished a good second in there. Talked about possibly going to the Breeders' Cup and decided we'd give him a little bit of a freshening and try to gear up for spring-summer campaign, which so far has worked out well.” Pletcher doesn't often ship to Indiana–his only previous Indiana Derby starter was off-the-board Micromanage (Medaglia d'Oro) in 2013–but it turned out to be just the spot for Tip Top Thomas to secure his first black-type win. With John Velazquez, who won two races earlier on the card, aboard, the pair broke smartly and had plenty of speed. Tip Top Thomas vied for the lead alongside 49-1 Master Controller (Tapiture) with the two drawing three lengths clear of the rest through a first quarter in :23.43. They stayed side by side and well clear through the :46.01 half. As Tip Top Thomas shook free of Master Controller going into the final turn, last-out GI Woody Stephens third and 'TDN Rising Star' Big Truzz (Justify) joined forces with GII Rebel winner Coal Battle (Coal Front) to attack from the outside. Velazquez implored Tip Top Thomas for more in the lane and the colt responded nicely, holding off Coal Battle by a half-length at the wire. Two-time local winner Brotha Keny (Mo Town) closed for third. “I thought it was very game against a solid field and a more-seasoned horse that he was able to hold off,” added Pletcher. “So I thought it was a big effort first time around two turns. We thought he would handle it, but it was great to see him do it.” Tip Top Thomas got the 1 1/16 miles in a new track record of 1:41.15. Pletcher said the Indiana Derby winner will not be considered for the GI Travers Stakes, but he will possibly try nine furlongs in the future. Pedigree Notes: Top five second-crop sire Volatile is the sire of Tip Top Thomas and two other black-type winners, including GIII Southwest Stakes winner Speed King. The young Three Chimneys stallion has another 10 stakes performers, including Blinging It Back, Saturday's runner-up in the GIII Sanford Stakes at Saratoga. A son of Violence, Volatile himself won the 2020 GI Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at the Spa. Attempt to Name, the Indiana Derby winner's dam, is by the Storm Cat stallion Consolidator, who now has 13 stakes winners out of his daughters. The mare was a $10,000 purchase by Tim Hamlin at the 2015 Keeneland January sale and has since produced MSW Gray Attempt (Graydar), MSP Dua (Arrogate), and Tip Top Thomas. Dua was a $400,000 Fasig-Tipton July yearling turned $900,000 Keeneland November broodmare. Hailing from the same family as GSWs Street Sounds (Street Cry {Ire}) and Tower of Texas (Street Sense), Attempt to Name has the once-tried, unplaced 2-year-old filly Ames (Runhappy) and a yearling filly by Classic Empire. Saturday, Horseshoe Indianapolis INDIANA DERBY-GIII, $300,000, Horseshoe Indianapolis, 7-5, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:41.15, ft. 1–TIP TOP THOMAS, 122, c, 3, by Volatile 1st Dam: Attempt to Name, by Consolidator 2nd Dam: Capacity, by Capote 3rd Dam: Rare Opportunity, by Danzig Connection 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. 'TDN Rising Star'. ($160,000 Ylg '23 FTKOCT). O-James J. Bakke and Gerald Isbister; B-Wynnstay Inc., Donna Moore & Jim Richardson (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher; J-John R. Velazquez. $176,400. Lifetime Record: GISP, 5-3-1-0, $385,500. *1/2 to Dua (Arrogate), MGSP, $104,022 and Gray Attempt (Graydar), MSW, $517,099. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Coal Battle, 124, c, 3, Coal Front–Wolfblade, by Midshipman. ($70,000 Ylg '23 TTAYRL). O-Norman Stables LLC; B-Hume Wornall & Jay Adcock (KY); T-Lonnie Briley. $58,800. 3–Brotha Keny, 118, g, 3, Mo Town–Raramuri Princess, by Northern Afleet. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($25,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Lance Kinross and Steve Kinross; B-Terrazas Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY); T-William E. Morey. $32,340. Margins: HF, 3/4, HF. Odds: 2.70, 2.40, 59.00. Also Ran: Publisher, Instant Replay, Big Truzz, Master Controller. Scratched: Chunk of Gold, Shan. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. The post ‘Rising Star’ Tip Top Thomas Holds Off Coal Battle in Indiana Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
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In a showdown of two of the top female sprinters in California, SWEET AZTECA (m, 5, Sharp Azteca–Sosweetitiz, by Grand Slam) got the better of 1-5 favorite Kopion (Omaha Beach) in the GII Great Lady M Stakes at Los Alamitos. Sent to the front under Juan Hernandez, Sweet Azteca kept the lead from her rival right from the jump and stayed away through fractions of :21.95 and :43.87. Despite blowing the turn and fanning Kopion out wide, the 7-2 second choice had something left down the lane to come home in hand for Richard Baltas. Lifetime Record: 8-6-0-1. O/B-Pamela C. Ziebarth; T-Richard Baltas. The post Sweet Azteca Gets The Better Of Kopion In Great Lady Showdown appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Fionn and jockey Flavien Prat nailed heavy favorite Nitrogen on the wire and won the $500,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes (G1T) by a nose in track record time July 5 at Saratoga Race Course.View the full article
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