By Derek Simon CONQUEST DADDYO, who was a fast-closing fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, is likely to be favored, but I think the value play is LIFE IMITATES ART, who tops the field with a ...
By Derek Simon Five stakes races for California-breds highlight a strong Saturday card at the Great Race Place. Among the most interesting races to me are the California Cup Derby, a $250,000 event fo...
By Derek Simon She won her debut by 12 ¾ lengths and her next start, the $100K Gin Talking Stakes, by 16 ¼ lengths, despite never changing leads. The “her” is Cathryn Sophia, a Maryland-bred dau...
By Derek Simon The last time the winner of the Withers — scheduled to be run for the 141st time at Aqueduct on Saturday — went on to capture the Kentucky Derby, a world war was raging, the Slinky ...
By Derek Simon NOTE: This a re-print of an article I wrote back in 2008 regarding net pool pricing. With new bets littering the horse wagering landscape like bruised egos at a sports fantasy camp, per...
US Racing’s Derek Simon discusses the Eclipse Award “snub” and concussions in horse racing. Later, he is joined by former jockey Kate Repp, who talks about her career as a jockey and her surpris...
By Derek Simon Much of the chatter leading up to this year’s AFC Championship showdown between the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots has centered on the quarterbacks — Peyton Williams Ma...
Rosemary Homeister Now Lifting Weight Instead Of Making Weight On Friday’s US Racing Sports Gambling Show, former Eclipse Award-winning jockey Rosemary Homeister talks about her new job as a persona...
By Derek Simon Flora Dora, a filly who parlayed a sixth-place finish in a maiden race at Saratoga to a score in the $500K Florida Sire My Dear Girl Stakes at Gulfstream Park and a subsequent placing i...
By Derek Simon Last year, when Todd Pletcher entered the winner’s circle following Unitarian’s resounding triumph in the H. Allen Jerkens Stakes, Jerkens, himself, was there to greet him. “Jerke...
