Ask bettors why they lose and/or what keeps them from making more money gambling and, chances are, most will point to a lack of money management acumen — “my betting sucks” being a popular, if n...
Several years before I was born, in 1962, the late, great Dick Francis wrote his very first novel, “Dead Cert.” A racing correspondent for The Sunday Express of London and former champion jump joc...
Anybody who’s ever attempted to make consistent profits from betting knows that it’s easier said than done. Sure, we can all boast about that one time back in 1996 when we cashed on a seven-team p...
Anyone who has attempted to profit from wagering on sporting events knows that in order to do so one must only wager when the known return exceeds the perceived risks. This is known as “value” bet...
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 horses that are read...
When American Pharoah won the Belmont Stakes in 2015, he did something that had been accomplished just eight times since 1941. No, I’m not talking about winning the Triple Clown — that’s statist...
Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes of all time. In the 1912 Olympic Decathlon he placed in the top four in all 10 events and scored 8,413 points — a record that stood for nearly two decades...
There is a common perception among horse racing fans that an “off” track (one labeled anything other than “fast”) is a breeding ground for upsets. When this belief took hold is hard to pinpoin...
We hear it every year: Post position one is the kiss of death in the Kentucky Derby — the equivalent of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s albatross, Edgar Alan Poe’s raven or a movie that includes �...
Since 2004, two Arkansas Derby (G1) winners (American Pharoah and Smarty Jones) and one runner-up (Super Saver) have gone on to wear the roses. Half a dozen more Arkansas Derby entrants have hit the b...
