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Horse Racing picks for Mahoning Valley Race Course race track

There is plenty of great Horse Racing across America on Monday, including at Mahoning Valley Race Course race track . We have been in fine form with our picks for a long time now and we are up +145.15 units with our race selections to our recommended stakes dating back to August 5, 2021. Let’s keep it rolling! Here are our best bets for today’s action at Mahoning Valley Race Course  race track . 12:00 pm Mahoning Valley Race Course   (Race 1) – Strike Appeal 5 /2 (2-star play) The son of Tonalist has won four of his five starts at this venue and while he has been racing away from here in recent years he has delivered some solid efforts in stronger looking contests. Those efforts including a one-and-a-quarter-length second in a starter optional claiming event over a mile on a wet-fast track at Thistledown in September. The six-year-old failed to shine when outclassed in an allowance there subsequently and is taken to score switched to claiming company.  3:50 pm...

Golden Gate Fields racetrack in Northern California to close this fall

It’s the end of an era for Northern California horse racing It's the end of an era for Northern California horse racing. Golden Gate Fields will permanently close after its final racing date later this year at the San Francisco Bay area horse track . The track's owner, The Stronach Group, said Sunday it will “double down” on its racing at Santa Anita and training at San Luis Rey Downs in Southern California. After the Golden Gate Fields meet ends, The Stronach Group said it will focus on moving horses from the Bay Area to Arcadia, with a goal of increasing field sizes and adding a fourth day of racing to the weekly schedule at Santa Anita beginning in January. "The Stronach Group remains steadfastly committed to racing in California,” company CEO and president Belinda Stronach said in a statement. "Focusing on Santa Anita Park and San Luis Rey Downs as state-of-the-art racing and training facilities that offer enhanced program quality, increased race days, expanded ...

MotoGP riders agree MotoGP track limits “easy” to overstep at Assen

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This follows Brad Binder’s demotion from third to fifth in today’s sprint race, after the KTM rider ventured just a fraction onto ‘the green’ exiting the right-hander at Stekkenwal. Due to the penalty being issued so late in the race, three seconds were added to his finishing time in lieu of a long-lap penalty.  Asked if the circuit has always been difficult from a track limits perspective, race winner Marco Bezzecchi said: “For me, it’s always been difficult. If you check where we go over track limits , it’s always Turn 8 [Stekkenwal] and the last corner. Normally when you exit a corner, you go straight, but there the [kerb curves inwards].  "So it’s difficult to control the bike, but it’s a characteristic of the track , so we have to adapt.   “I hit the green many times during the practice sessions! So it was difficult to manage in the race.”  Reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia, who finished second behind Bezzecchi, added: “These are fast ...