Riding the wave of Thoroughbred horse racing
Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos This is the third part of my massive Weekend Recap analyzing the results of the U.S. racing action during Thanksgiving weekend. Today’s recap will focus on the results of the “Stars of Tomorrow” card at Churchill Downs, as … Continued
Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos Tomorrow afternoon, the $500,000 Cigar Mile Handicap (gr. I) will be held at Aqueduct. The one-mile race marks the final grade I race of the year in New York, and as is befitting of such an … Continued
Breeders’ Cup Photo © Later today, the first Future Wager Pool for the 2016 Kentucky Derby will open for wagering, and bettors will have a chance to lock in solid odds on their early favorites for the Kentucky Derby. The pool will … Continued
Breeders’ Cup Photo © Earlier today, the field for the inaugural Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager Pool was announced, and the new wager looks like a very fun and intriguing type of bet! The wager, which will open at noon EST on November 26th … Continued
Keeneland Photo With the first Breeders’ Cup race less than 24 hours away, here are five longshots to consider when placing your wagers on the championship races! Juvenile Turf: Highland Sky It could be easy to overlook this Barclay Tagg-trained … Continued
Keeneland Photo With such a deep and wide-open field, the $1,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. I) is a tricky race to handicap. After spending some time this evening going over the race, here are a few of my thoughts on … Continued
Breeders’ Cup Photo © With the Breeders’ Cup now less than a week away, I’m starting to go over the form of the European shippers for the juvenile turf races. In particular, I have been taking a close look at the … Continued
Breeders’ Cup Photo © With the Breeders’ Cup now less than a week away, I’m starting to go over the form of the European shippers for the juvenile turf races. In particular, I have been taking a close look at the … Continued
Breeders’ Cup Photo © The Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint… definitely a wide-open race! With a full field of evenly-matched runners sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs, it could be hard to come up with the winner. But I’ve been going over the race this … Continued
Breeders’ Cup Photo © He was right there, closing in strongly while hardly noticed at all. It was arguably the best race of his career, and if he can repeat it, he might have a chance to pull off an astonishing upset in … Continued