Many folks love to find reasons to love a horse like Nyquist, but I keep finding reasons to not like him. It’s not that I don’t respect the horse, there are just factors I don’t care to see and ...
The synthetic era is all but dead, so explain to me why we still have synthetic races being deemed as Kentucky Derby point races? The El Camino Derby and Spiral Stakes are both point races, despite th...
“There are those who’ll bet love comes but once and, yet, I’m oh so glad we met the second time around.” – Frank Sinatra (The Second Time Around) How often do you scan over a maiden race and...
The Blue Grass Stakes is set to run on opening weekend of the 2016 spring meet at Keeneland, the official date being April 9, 2016. The field is full of horses hoping to break through and gain valuabl...
I love horse racing. Ever since I went to Longacres for the first time and watched a horse named Utah Canyon crush the field in the feature, I’ve been hooked. In fact, my obsession with the Sport of...
Today we are going to take a very brief look at the hot-hand fallacy and the gambler’s fallacy. Picture this: You are at your local racetrack or OTB observing a day of races as they take place thr...
Last weekend, I couldn’t have been more right. This weekend, Nyquist proved me dead wrong. The circumstances were against the son of Uncle Mo, but instead of succumbing to them, he bucked them off w...
Horse racing is the only sport in the world that exists solely because of, and for the benefit of, its fans. Without gamblers in the seats, at the OTB’s and on their online accounts, the Sport of Ki...
The 2016 Florida Derby is the most hyped and anticipated Kentucky Derby prep race of the season. We have the undefeated Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner and last year’s two-year-old Eclipse A...
Whoever said that you cannot knock an unbeaten horse should really have their head examined. I know Nyquist is unbeaten. I know he is a champion. I know that he must be the second coming of Man O’Wa...
