#Gold Standard

PARIS, Kentucky (InvestigateTV/Gray News) - Long before a string of catastrophic horse deaths at a racetrack in California made headlines and a federal indictment of more than two dozen horseracing insiders rocked the sport, the owner of one of the most famed thoroughbreds was advocating for change. In 1982, Penny Chenery, the owner of Triple Crown…

Let's be honest, shall we? When ranking the greatest teams in New York Jets history, there isn't much to discuss. There are Joe Namath's 1968 Jets all alone at the top. It's not that easy to stack things up when sorting through the top seven sports betting apps and associated sportsbook promos for the NFL playoffs, however. Before we do that, make…

The CFP National Championship is almost here and surprise, surprise, it's Alabama and Georgia. These two dominant SEC schools are meeting for the second time this year and the latest FanDuel promo code will bring access to the best odds for the game. Ahead of this title title tilt, FanDuel Sportsbook will make the process to grab these great odds…

Eric Halstrom, Vice President and General Manager of Racing at Indiana Grand Racing and Casino, is on a quest. He wants to create the kind of innovation that will make Indiana Grand not just the gold standard in horse tracks, but a point of reference in the larger entertainment world. I had the pleasure of working with Eric when he led innovation…

Georgia flexed on Monday night. There is no question about which team was the nation's best in 2022, and there was even less doubt about which team was best at SoFi Stadium in the national championship game. But where does the Dawgs' 65-7 rout of TCU rank on the list of biggest BCS/CFP title game beatdowns? Let's flip through the history books and…

Racing is never short of a storyline and 2022 was certainly no different. Be it the good, the bad or the sometimes ugly, racing can at times resemble a soap opera as much as it does a billion dollar industry. With 2022 now in the rear view mirror we look back at the 30 biggest stories to shape the year with Part 2 today covering 15-1. 15) Melbourne…

In the United States there were stables such as Calumet Farm that dominated horse racing for decades. In Canada, the gold standard begins and ends with Sam-Son Farm. Founded in 1972 by Ernie Samuel, Sam-Son has left an imprint on racing and breeding in Canada that has been second to none. It all started when trainer Art Warner claimed Takaring…

This is the first installment in a mini-series I've written about some parts of the 2022 football season that stood out to me. I hope you enjoy reading and come back for part 2. On October 8, 2022, for a few hours shortly after 10 PM, a new sport briefly existed. It was called footballball. The goal of the game was simple. Two teams try to play…

College Football has changed so much in the past decade. In the early 2010s, the value of bowl games was clear for teams and players alike. Making a bowl game, even a bad bowl game, was the reward for a decent, or even good, season. Then starting in 2014, the value of bowl games started to decline with the College Football Playoff, but this change…

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There's just flat racing remaining standing in Monday's racing tips which feature picks from Wolverhampton and Lingfield. talkSPORT have gone through the race cards and form so you don't have to, with betting tips from all the racing across the UK as jumps racing is hit by cold weather. Is often close up at the finish and his eight second place…

The second leg of the Triple Crown comes racing down the track as this weekend marks the 146th running of the Preakness Stakes. There is plenty of intrigue surrounding the race due to on- and off-track storylines, which are sure to cause an uptick in viewing and betting interest. Betting on the Preakness Stakes online is legal can do so in many…

The NASCAR Cup Series returns to California for the second road race of the season at Sonoma Raceway when the 2022 Toyota/Save Mart 350 gets underway on Sunday at 4 p.m. ET. One driver in search of his first Cup Series victory that could push for the win on Sunday is Tyler Reddick. Now in his fourth season, Reddick finished fifth at the first road…

The St. Louis Cardinals have plenty of work - and winning - to do in the second half of the season if they are to make the postseason. Nevertheless, they seem to have what it takes to contend for at least the National League Central division title. This is why they are going to be fun to watch the rest of the way. With that said, here are three…

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- After making the trek from South Carolina to Columbus last week to watch the demolition of Wisconsin by Ohio State, I'm glad to be home and welcoming you all back to Betting the Buckeyes. This is your weekly dose of college football from a betting perspective that accompanies the Friday episode of the Buckeye Talk podcast where…

There's no holding back any longer, Serra football coach Patrick Walsh said Sunday. Not after his team earned its eighth Central Coast Section title by beating Mitty 41-14 on Friday to extend its winning streak to 13. Not heading into a test against national power St. John Bosco-Bellflower in the Dec. 10 state Open Division championship game at…

Notes, Quotes & Photos From G2 Golden Rod Stakes: Hoosier Philly (Hoosier Philly / All Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: The promising 2-year-old filly Hoosier Philly stamped herself as a divisional leader and tantalizing prospect for the Longines Kentucky Oaks as she easily won Saturday's 79 running of the $400000…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The promising 2-year-old filly Hoosier Philly stamped herself as a divisional leader and tantalizing prospect for the Longines Kentucky Oaks as she easily won Saturday's 79 running of the $400000 Golden Rod (Grade II) at Churchill Downs with overwhelming authority by five lengths. Hoosier Philly, who ran 1 1/16 miles over a fast…

The promising 2-year-old filly Hoosier Philly stamped herself as a divisional leader and tantalizing prospect for the Longines Kentucky Oaks as she easily won Saturday's 79th running of the $400000 Golden Rod (Grade II) at Churchill Downs with overwhelming authority by five lengths. Hoosier Philly, who ran 1 1/16 miles over a fast track in 1:43.94…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Curly Jack May Set Them Straight In G2 KY Jockey Club (Curly Jack / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Michael McLaughlin's $300000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III) winner Curly Jack headlines a field of nine 2-year-old colts that were entered in Saturday's 96 running of the $400000 Kentucky…

Rested some 16 weeks since winning the Gr1 Premiers Champion Stakes at the end of last term, Cousin Casey gave his 15 classic rivals 2kgs and an emphatic walloping when he strode to victory in the R500000 Gr2 Cape Punters Cup at a sun-drenched Hollywoodbets Kenilworth. It was a second consecutive victory in the race previously known as the Concorde…

LAS VEGAS - In the late 1970s, cocky young prognosticator Danny Sheridan boasted of his magnificent acumen picking football winners to Mort Olshan, who brainstormed a test. Give me the team that won and whether it had covered the spread, Olshan said, of two games that were played last weekend. Sheridan, who claimed to have a photographic memory,…

World Series Winner Now a Winner at Churchill Downs, Too (Alex Bregman, of the Houston Astros, gets a win at Churchill Downs / Coady Photography) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Two-time World Series-winning third basemen Alex Bregman of the Houston Astros became a winning horse owner Wednesday at Churchill Downs when his family's 2-year-old…

The Georgia Bulldogs take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs college football odds series for our Georgia Mississippi State prediction and pick. The Georgia Bulldogs are on top of the world right now. They have supplanted the Alabama Crimson Tide as the gold standard in college football - not just in terms of this season, but on a larger level.…

It's time for Week 2 of the College Football Playoff rankings, which come out Tuesday night. It's pretty clear who is going to be No. 1, right? After Georgia's dominant win over last week's No. 1 team, Tennessee, Georgia is a lock to land the top spot. But what about the other three spots? The Athletic's college football writers made their case for…

The eyes of the racing world will turn to Meydan Racecourse on Friday when the UAE's flagship sporting venue hosts its first meeting of 2022/2023. Ever since its epic launch in 2000, the racecourse has set the gold standard for flat racing in the UAE and Middle East region. This is where some of the world's best jockeys, owners, and horses, will…

After bumping with a rival into the first turn, Two Phil's tracked a contested early pace down the backstretch and then rolled home to a 5 1/4-length win over Hayes Strike in Sunday's Grade 3, $199800 Street Sense Stakes, the feature on opening day of Churchill Downs' fall meet. Jareth Loveberry rode the winner for trainer Larry Rivelli and owners…

Hardcore rugby fans the world over will be licking their lips as the armada of Southern Hemisphere giants steams north to take on the old world powers of the Six Nations. New Zealand laid down a statement of intent last weekend when they stopped off in Washington DC to cuff around a callow United States Eagles team, shorn of their more experienced…

Churchill Downs' Newsstand: Jace's Road Returns in Sunday's G3 Street Sense Stakes (Trainer Brad Cox conditions Jace's Road / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churhcill Downs Media Team: Albaugh Family Stables and West Point Thoroughbreds' Jace's Road, an impressive debut winner and recent third-place finisher in the $300000 Iroquois Stakes…

Hockey fans learned to "believe in miracles" 42 years ago when the U.S. men's hockey team upended the Big Red Machine and iced the USSR in the 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid, New York. The 4-3 USA victory has justifiably reached mythic status. The all-amateur American team had been assembled just a few months prior. The Soviets were a full-time unit,…

ScoresAndOdds (part of the RotoGrinders Network) continues to innovate, this time by creating a free-to-use parlay simulation tool: ParlayIQ! There is no denying the immense popularity of parlays as bettors look for bigger paydays, and the hope is this revolutionary free tool will help users improve their chances of building more winning sports…

Doc's Sports Services is the most trusted and well-respected sports information company in the United States. Below you will find nine tips from the most advanced team of NHL handicappers. We do some of the most in-depth NHL handicapping in the country, and our service is second-to-none in terms of both results and customer relations. In our fifth…

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Welcome to Week 6 of Betting the Buckeyes! I can't believe we're almost halfway through the college football season already. I hope you're all having a fun and profitable season cheering on your team and cashing bets with us here each week. To recap the betting season so far, my conference picks of the week are 12-12-1, my best…

The NHL announced a multi-year partnership with Supponor on Monday that the league says will transform how we view hockey on television and streaming. The NHL is introducing Digitally Enhanced Dasherboards (DED) that give broadcasters the ability to put dynamic graphics over arena boards. This will allow in-arena advertisements to be replaced by…

We'll say this for the fixture computer, it really does have a sense of occasion. Nearly two whole weeks without Premier League football? No better way to get it all going again than with the first north London derby of the season. Nkunku completes Chelsea medical ahead of transfer - Paper Round Or, if you prefer, first against third. Off-hand, we…

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Welcome back to Betting The Buckeyes, your weekly dose of college football from a betting perspective that accompanies the Friday episode of the Buckeye Talk podcast where Doug Lesmerises and I make our five power conference picks of the week and I give my best bets of the college football slate. On the season, my personal bets…

As betting laws have eased across the United States, hosts of sites have popped up that turn your phone or laptop into a mobile sports book. Each site has its geographic and other limitations, and given the new excitement over the genre and the rush to get customers, many have deals for first-timers (with restrictions, note the fine print on each…

Among them, are some very well bred members of Drakenstein Stud's exciting young sire Gold Standard, whose eagerly awaited first two-year-olds race this season. Below are some of the Kotzen trained Gold Standard two-year-olds - and they look exciting prospects indeed! Star Of Gold is a Gold Standard colt whose dam, Looking At Stars, is a daughter…

The 2022 NHL season saw Auston Matthews win his first Hart Memorial Trophy. Matthews denied Connor McDavid a chance to become the second player in the 21st century to repeat as MVP. The 2023 Hart Trophy odds have high hopes for McDavid, as he opens as the favorite. Can the 25-year-old add to his already impressive resume? We're a few months from…