Grade I winner Brody’s Cause will make his return to the races Saturday in the $350,000 Grade II Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby. Listed as the 5-2 morning line favorite, with jockey Corey Laneri...
To make it as a professional handicapper in today’s times one must be adaptable. There have been changes in the game that have affected how we approach it. I think some of these changes have decreas...
The positive impact of early speed is widely regarded as one of the strongest factors in handicapping and is an angle used by almost every horseplayer that I know. Personally, I use pace as a major fa...
An amazing card featuring wall-to-wall stakes action is on tap at Santa Anita Saturday, led by the featured 79th running of the Santa Anita Handicap (GI). The “Big ‘Cap” owns the distinction of ...
Host Derek Simon of US Racing recaps the 2016 Gotham Stakes (won by Shagaf), Gulfstream Park Handicap (Blofeld) and Santa Ysabel Stakes (Songbird). He also chats with US Racing contributor Casey Laugh...
The San Felipe Stakes has proven to be one of the more useful Kentucky Derby preps in recent years. To be more specific, since returning to dirt for the 2012 edition, the race has produced a Derby run...
The 2016 three-year-old season is off to a rousing start. Many horses have started to lay the groundwork for what their connections hope will be a championship season, while others are just getting st...
Keeneland race track kicks off its Spring 2016 meet in one month. That means the most precocious of this year’s two-year-old crop will make their debuts. I know, I know… everyone is in the midst...
Conference tournament season is upon us and, this week, I have three basketball games to discuss — hoping to stay undefeated in hoops on US Racing. AIR FORCE VS. UNLV Wednesday, March 9, 4:30 p.m. E...
Shagaf entered Aqueduct’s Gotham Stakes unbeaten and he maintained that status afterwards, earning his first graded stakes victory in the process. After waiting patiently for a path to open up, jock...
