I’ve often stated that wagering against heavy favorites in negative pool situations is one of the best betting opportunities in horse racing. And there may be just such an opportunity in the New Yor...
One of the advantages of using a computer to generate handicapping and betting reports like I do is that I can also ask the computer — nicely, of course — to find spot plays for me. Over the years...
Provided there is racing at Los Alamitos on Saturday — the California wildfires led to racing being cancelled on Friday — trainer Bob Baffert will attempt to sweep the card’s two Grade I events:...
Aqueduct Racetrack has a great card scheduled for Saturday, anchored by the Grade I Cigar Mile Handicap, which drew Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) runner-up Sharp Azteca, Practical Joke (fourth in the BC M...
There’s a saying in racing that goes something like this: “Great milers make great stallions.” When it comes to the Cigar Mile Handicap (GI) at Aqueduct, it’s ironic that one of the most impor...
Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff (GI) drew an all-star field of eight representing the best of the older fillies and mares division. Seven of the eight set to go postward in the nine-furl...
In a month from now, a full field of juveniles will race in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (GI) at Del Mar in what will likely be the contest that decides who the division’s Eclipse Award w...
This year marks the 66th running of the Alcibiades Stakes (GI), the signature fall destination race for 2-year-old fillies at Keeneland. Always a major prep for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G...
The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is arguably the greatest turf race — heck, the greatest race, period — in the world. And this year’s edition shows why. There are entrants from England, Irela...
In Saturday’s Rodeo Drive Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita, Avenge will be looking to do something that no horse has ever done before — win consecutive editions of the race. Several have tried, but all ...
