by Derek Simon Mere moments after Tonalist thwarted California Chrome’s quest to become the 12th Triple Crown champion in thoroughbred racing history, Steve Coburn, one of the colt’s owners, blas...
by Derek Simon I’ve been getting a lot of e-mails regarding my views on Saturday’s disqualification of Maximum Security in the Kentucky Derby. As many know, I came out pretty strongly against it i...
US Racing’s senior editor Derek Simon analyzes the 2019 Kentucky Derby, discussing the top contenders and providing various Kentucky Derby statistics. Note: Omaha Beach was scratched since this ...
by Derek Simon Many moons ago, in his master work Betting Thoroughbreds, the late Steve Davidowitz coined the term “key race” to describe a race that featured an inordinate number of next-out winn...
by Derek Simon In between e-mails informing me that I “may already have won” a prize of considerable value and those beseeching me to be “a better lover” (I didn’t know the word had gotten o...
Derek Simon, editor of U.S. Racing, discusses the different bet types and what they mean, so that you can better watch and wager on the Kentucky Derby. Derek covers traditional bets — like win, pla...
by Derek Simon For whatever reason, some people approach big race days like they would bowling on the moon. They throw out everything they know about horse racing and handicapping and, instead, prepar...
by Derek Simon One of the things I find fascinating about horse racing — well, life, really — is what folks accept as true that isn’t. Conclusions that seem logical are often considered fact reg...
by Derek Simon Of all the Triple Crown races, the Belmont Stakes is probably the most “normal” from a betting standpoint. In Louisville, of course, the emphasis is on improvement — a quest horse...
