by Ray Wallin The Kentucky Derby picture is starting to get clearer, but the last round of prep races will define the field. These races often offer strong wagering opportunities for both the casual r...
by Noel Michaels Bob Baffert had won six Rebel Stakes (G2) in the decade of the 2010s, but he is officially 0-for-2 in 2019 after striking out with two odds-on favorites in the two $750,000 divisions ...
Champion Game Winner Makes Seasonal Debut by Margaret Ransom A week ago, as racing in Southern California reached a crisis level thanks to a staggering number of horses injured and euthanized at Santa...
by Ray Wallin I love going to the track. I especially love sitting out on the grandstand apron at Monmouth Park on a lazy, sunny Friday afternoon in the summer. We are all there for the same purpose, ...
by Noel Michaels As we make our way toward the final round of prep races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, things continue to sort themselves out at a very slow pace this season in the three-year-old...
I think it’s very important that we bettors remember that our goals and the goals of the participants in the sports we’re wagering on are typically very different. Yeah, we all want to win — mos...
by Margaret Ransom A field of 11 sophomores is expected for Saturday’s $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby (GII), the main event of the Tampa Bay Downs winter racing season. The 1 1/16-mile race...
by Noel Michaels We’re two months out from the Kentucky Derby, Gulfstream’s Fountain of Youth (G2) is in the books, and we’re now heading up to the biggest weekend of the season so far with thre...
by John Furgele If you’re a sports fan, you’ve had this conversation with your friends thousands of times, I’m sure. It goes something like this: “Why can’t Johnson stay healthy?” Anot...
Since the initial running of the Gotham Stakes (GIII) in 1953, first at Jamaica Racetrack and now at Aqueduct, a lot of really good horses have reached the winner’s circle, including Native Dancer, ...
