February, 2023 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Cape Canaveral Leads Alberta’s Stallion Award Earners In 2022

Qualifying Alberta stallion owners have now shared in $65,000 in stallion owner's breeding awards for the 2022 season. The leading Alberta stallions by eligible progeny earnings for Alberta-bred Thoroughbreds have now been announced and the top five are Cape Canaveral, Gayego, Iliad, Imperialism, and Mank.

Cape Canaveral is at the top of the list with Alberta bred runners earning $393,092 last season. The graded stakes-winning son of Mr. Prospector was one of the leading sires in Canada with total progeny earnings of over $17.7 million. The leading Alberta-bred horse for Cape Canaveral in 2022 was Mudinator with earnings of $68,600 and a record of 6-2-2-1, bred by Ed Keryliuk. Other Cape Canaveral earners last season included Pearl of Knowledge, Wedge Pond, Sassy Cinderella, Sugar Moon, Oscar the Gulch, Graceful Spirit and Our Dandy's Boy.

The Gilded Time son, Gayego, took second spot with total Alberta bred progeny earnings of $246,892. His top earner last season was the Bar None Ranches homebred Go Mama who finished the season with a record of 11-4-3-2 and earnings of $43,070. Gayego also sired Freedom of the City Stakes winner Monopolize in addition to Silverfoot, Lookout Taylor, Fran from Peru, Count On It and Doc Ross.

Eligible Iliad progeny with a total of $231,640 placed the Ghostzapper son third on the list of top stallions in Alberta last season. Above and Beyond was the leading runner for Iliad with a win in the Alberta Sires Stakes Derby and placings in the Beaufort Stakes and Western Canada Handicap. The Duggan farms bred gelding earned $54,870 and finished his three year old season with a record of 8-1-2-1. Other eligible Iliad runners last season include Lilbitspicy, Lilzapper, Fastestgirlintown and Shakeitformegirl.

Plum Blue helped to put Imperialism fourth on the leading Alberta stallion list with total progeny earnings for the Langfuhr son of $222,607. The Winfield Stock Farm bred mare was multiple stakes placed and had total season earnings of $67,150 with a record of 8-1-4-2. Imperialism runners that were also eligible included Kiss Me Hello, Shakinofftherust, Imperial Dash and Steamin Demon.

Mank rounded out the top five leading Alberta sires by eligible earnings with $197,629 in earnings last season for his eligible runners. The Mank filly Dance Shoes was a multiple stakes winner in 2022 with wins in the black type Shirley Vargo Handicap, the RedTail Landing Handicap, the Alberta Fall Classic Handicap and the R.K. Red Smith Handicap. Bred by James McFadyen, Dance Shoes finished the season with earnings of $163,618 and a record of 11-6-1-2. Other Mank runners included Common Knowledge, Bling It On Home, Park West and Phantom Power.

The Horse Racing Alberta's Stallion Owner's Breeding Awards for 2022 totaled $65,000 and are distributed through the Thoroughbred Breed Improvement Program. Checks have now been mailed out to qualifying recipients of the program with eligibly to the program based on the following criteria:

“Stallion bonus will be paid proportionately to stallion owners whose stallions have eligible Alberta Thoroughbred progeny with earnings of $10,000 or greater during the calendar year. Stallions must have stood in the province of Alberta for the entire calendar year of conception for each year's crop to be eligible.”

Please note that it is a requirement that recipients of the Breed Improvement Program – Thoroughbred Breeders' Bonus be members in good standing of the C.T.H.S. (Full or Associate Member designation) in order to receive the Breeders' Bonus.

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Derby Hero Desert Crown Returns To Cantering

Saeed Suhail's G1 Derby victor Desert Crown (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), missing since a minor ankle injury derailed his season after Epsom, is pleasing connections after being returned to light training a few days ago.

“Desert Crown is in good shape,” said owner Saeeed Suhail's racing manager Bruce Raymond. “He was turned out for a bit at Darley. He was there for about eight weeks and it did him really good.

“He came back in around mid-November and I saw him last week. He looks a million dollars–you'd think it was June. He has a beautiful coat, he looks great and started cantering five days before Michael got back from Barbados. He has been cantering away, although not strong cantering. Everything has been OK.”

A winner of a maiden on debut at Nottingham as a juvenile, the bay returned to take the G2 Dante S. at York last May by 3 1/4 lengths prior to his Classic heroics. The G3 Brigadier Gerard S. near the end of May, as well as the G1 King George VI And Queen Elizabeth S. are likely targets for the 4-year-old.

He added, “I would have thought he would go to the Brigadier Gerard and then the King George. It is the usual route.

“Michael won't say anything, of course. If I ask him, he will say, 'That's for you to guess and me to know!'. So I'm guessing he's going in that direction, but he does look well and we'll just have to see what happens.”

Trainer Sir Michael Stoute would indeed not be drawn on future plans, and said, “It's February. I haven't made any plans and we don't want to get carried away with anything.”

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Dustyn Stortzum Named New Fonner Park Announcer

Dustyn Stortzum, a Nebraska native, has been named the new track announcer to begin the 2023 Thoroughbred racing season at Fonner Park. Stortzum replaces Grand Island native Steve Anderson, who called races for 19 years at Fonner Park but passed away in 2022 after a battle with cancer.

“I would like to thank my mentors, my parents and my sister for supporting me through all the ups and downs in my early broadcasting career,” said Stortzum. “Without their support, I wouldn't be in this position today.”

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Virtual Poker Tells: How To Win Playing Online Poker

Many experienced live poker players rely on “tells”, an action by the opposing players that will help tip their hand. I am sure you have seen players wearing sunglasses at a live poker game, this isn’t due to the bright lights in the casino, it is avoid any chance of another player picking up on a widening of the eyes or any other habitual gesture that will give away a strong or weak hand.

There are a few virtual tells that can help tip the hand of those you are playing against. A beginners tells are always easiest to spot. They will bet with a weak hand and hold with a strong hand, taking note of their behavior early will help you take later hands. Once you have spotted a beginner at the table you can use their behavior to help build the pot on your strong hands, allowing them to try their strategy on your refined play style and maybe helping fish in a few players along with him. An ideal situation would see you at an online table surrounded by novice players all using the same tactics to help build the pot for you!

Speed of play is another factor to help you spot the tells of other players. Quick bets are often a sign of weakness while a delayed bet is a sign of strength, Typically the delayed bet tells you the player is calculating his strategy for his big hand. Always try to make a note of the hand a player hand when he quick bet and what cards he held when he made a series of slow bets.

Auto Plays are another ways to sports virtual tells. Online casinos make use of check boxes such as “fold”, “raise any” or “call any”. You can spot auto plays as the bet comes in seconds after the player before him. What should you be looking for? “Raise Any” bets denote a strong hand, “Check” denotes a weak hand while “Call Any” will usually denote a player waiting for the miracle hand. As with other strategies discussed here you should follow this behavior for a few hands and be aware of betting patterns of certain players. Novice players may be using the “Raise Any” checkbox to scare away other betters and trying to take small pots.

While tells are never an exact science, they will help give you an advantage at the online poker table, where every little advantage makes your game stronger.