Joe Kristufek
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Contenders, long shots for the big dayNov 04, 2021 8:04 pm - Those readers who have given my selections even a casual glance during my eight-year tenure as Daily Herald handicapper will tell you that on most occasions I am not a C...
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Hoof, weather only issues for Big BrownNov 04, 2021 10:19 am - On Saturday at 5:17 p.m., the eyes of most of the world will be on Belmont Park. For 1½ miles, Kentucky Derby and Preakness romper Big Brown will chase the holy grail of...
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Where to look for some green after Big Brown pulls awayNov 03, 2021 11:40 pm - Isn't this is supposed to be the easy one? That hasn't been the case the last three years as the Kentucky Derby winner has failed to capture the Preakness each time. In ...
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Track tips for Saturday, May 10Nov 03, 2021 10:35 pm - Despite his dominating Kentucky Derby performance, as many as a dozen 3-year-olds intend on lining up against Big Brown in next Saturday's Grade I Preakness Stakes, the ...
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Kristufek: This Derby is a three-horse raceNov 03, 2021 9:31 pm - Five weeks ago, following Big Brown's monstrous win in the Florida Derby, I stated in my Horseplayer PRO blog that he would not hit the board in the Kentucky Derby. The ...
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Track tipsNov 03, 2021 9:17 pm - Armed with a full meet of experience under our handicapping belts, the time has come to tackle year two of Arlington Park's Polytrack. There was certainly a learning cur...
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Track tips for Saturday, Oct. 20Nov 01, 2021 3:15 pm - In conjunction with Arlington Park, I'll be conducting a Trackside OTB tour on selected weekend days through the end of the year. Today I'll be hanging out at the Wauke...
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Track tips for Friday, Sept. 21Nov 01, 2021 9:57 am - Arlington's Polytrack presented a new challenge for horseplayers this summer, and it will be interesting to see how the return to Hawthorne's traditional dirt surface wi...
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Track tips for Sunday, Sept. 16Oct 31, 2021 9:23 pm - As an added incentive to come out to the track for today's curtain-closer, Arlington is distributing mystery vouchers to the first 2,500 fans through the gates. The myst...
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Track tips for Saturday, Sept. 15Oct 31, 2021 9:10 pm - With Friday's fifth race longshot win aboard Road to Kentucky for trainer Elmer Miller, jockey Randy Meier moved within 2 victories of 4,000, and the veteran pilot has g...