Proving that Janet Jackson’s question “what have you done for me lately?” resonates with bettors, McCracken, recent winner of the Sam F. Davis (GIII) at Tampa Bay Downs, closed as the favorite i...
D. Wayne Lukas has over 4,770 career training wins, four Eclipse Awards for outstanding trainer and was voted into the thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame in 1999. On Saturday, he’ll send out Hor...
Valadorna is clearly the one to beat in the Rachel Alexandra Stakes (GII) at Fair Grounds on Saturday, but I’ll be using trainer Keith Desormeaux’s Majestic Quality in all my exotic bets. Majestic...
Saturday’s Mineshaft Handicap, the first of four graded stakes on a loaded Saturday card at Fair Grounds, which also features the Rachel Alexandra Stakes (GII) and Risen Star Stakes (GII), drew a fi...
Sadly, the three-time Eclipse Award winner, Royal Delta passed away at the age of 9 on Feb. 10. On Saturday, at Gulfstream Park, the race that bears her name, attracted a short field and two short-pri...
With just seven horses signed up, it’s hard to imagine finding much in the way of wagering value in Saturday’s El Camino Real Derby. But with Sheer Flattery a dubious 7-5 morning line favorite, I ...
I have often noted that, outside of the odds, few single factors are as predictive as speed figures when it comes to determining the winner of a thoroughbred horse race. The problem is, everybody know...
Despite his impressive win in the Holy Bull, Irish War Cry was unable to crack my “Derby Dozen” list, which rates the top contenders for the 2017 Kentucky Derby on the basis of their Perceived Abi...
In gambling it is generally wise to yin when others yang and yang when others yin. In other words, be a contrarian. Well, if there is one thing that most football bettors are in agreement on, it is th...
To answer my own headline, yes. And, I guess, the question shouldn’t be can Irish War Cry win the Holy Bull Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, but will he win it? That’s a little harder t...
