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Tag: Gambling
Instant Replay Gets Top Billing in Competitive Louisiana Derby
The $1 million, Grade 2 Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby Saturday at Fair Grounds drew a fairly strong field of 10 3-year-olds vying for significant purse money and points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve.
Trifecta Strategy for Betting Good Cheer in the 2025 Fair Grounds Oaks
If recent history is an indicator, the $400,000 Fasig-Tipton Fair Grounds Oaks March 22 figures to be a key steppingstone to the Longines Kentucky Oaks.
Chicago’s Dan Piazza Goes Wire-to-Wire to win 2025 National Horseplayers Championship
The 26th annual NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) played out just like a horse race where an entrant made the early lead and had to fend off various challengers in order to preserve a wire-to-wire victory. In this case, the race wasn’t between horses, however, it was between handicappers competing for a purse of $3,090,410 at the annual high-stakes NHC tournament on March 14-16 at Horseshoe Las Vegas.
