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By Richard Rosenblatt As we embark on the road to the 147th Kentucky Derby (G1), it’s becoming difficult to avoid writing about Brad Cox. The affable almost 41-year-old trainer from Louisville, Kentucky has soared to the top of his class, up there with the likes of Bob Baffert, Todd Pletcher, Chad Brown, and Steve Asmussen after a 2020 dream season despite the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Caddo River became his latest rising star 3-year-old on Friday, romping to a 10 ¼-length victory in the $150,000 Smarty Jones on opening day at Oaklawn Park. Now 2-for-2, Caddo River joins the

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Aside from a lack of star power, the Pegasus World Cup and Pegasus World Cup Turf have everything you would need in Grade 1 stakes races. The areas are complete, with overmatched entrants few and far between, and lots of grist to operate through the chainsaw mill. Aside from the excellent, attractive Pegasus card in Gulfstream, there is the very first Saturday of racing at Oaklawn Park, which means that the American winter season is warming up. Handicapping the Pegasus World Cup 2021 2021 Pegasus World Cup Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Knicks Go Odds: 7-4 The morning line favourite,

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The fifth running of the Pegasus World Cup Invitational is Saturday, Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park. The favorite out of Wednesday’s article draw appears to be the weakest at the five decades of this occasion. Knicks Go (5-2) attracted article No. 4, and he will break to the direct seeking to wire the area as he did in his final race when winning the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at November. Pegasus World Cup Favorites: Past Performances Favorites have won just two of those four variants of this Pegasus Invitational. He has won 5-of-17 begins and ran his very best race

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By Richard Rosenblatt Todd Pletcher is a seven-time Eclipse Award winning trainer. He’s a two-time Kentucky Derby (G1) winner and three-time Belmont Stakes (G1) winner, and best known for preparing precocious (and expensive) juveniles for a Triple Crown campaign during their 3-year-old campaigns. So it’s noteworthy to see a race on the turf with Pletcher as the trainer of 25% of the field – a trio of older horses in a field of 12 entered for Saturday’s $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park. The turf race is the companion to the $3 million Pegasus World

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By John Furgele There is much hope in the harness racing world for a more productive and profitable 2021, but before we move too far forward, let’s look at the trotters and pacers, and drivers and trainers that played starring roles last year when the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we live. Last week, the Dan Patch Award winners were announced in a virtual ceremony. And to the surprise of hardly anyone, trainer Nancy Takter was not only voted top trainer, but three of her horses also earned Dan Patch honors. Here’s the rundown: Horse of the Year: Tall Dark

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