Mastery has been made the 1-2 morning line favorite to stay unbeaten in Saturday’s $300,000 Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity (GI). After an impressive 4 ¾-length score in his maiden debut, Mastery s...
If there is ever a vote to determine the most overused phrase or word in the English language, “it depends” would probably be among the top five (somewhere behind “basically,” I’d guess). No...
According to the Paulick Report, “two historic races for 3-year-olds on the road to the Kentucky Derby – the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland and the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct – will be dropped fr...
As the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion, Classic Empire is an obvious early favorite for the 2017 Kentucky Derby — an opinion validated by the fact that he closed as the second choice in the Kentuc...
As many of you know, Dr. Steven Roman’s excellent Web site chef-de-race.com is no longer being maintained. Dr. Roman is “ending his association with thoroughbred racing” after more than 50 years...
The Triple Crown season is officially upon us. The Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1 closed on Sunday — with few surprises in the wagering. As is typical in these pari-mutuel pools, the field, whic...
If you’re like me, Thanksgiving Day is a time to, well, give thanks… to the NFL for scheduling not one, not two, but — count ‘em— three football games! OK, maybe 2 ½. (Have you seen who’s...
I have often written about finding value in pari-mutuel betting pools and how, contrary to popular opinion, it is not all about price. But sometimes you can have your pecan pie (I prefer it to any cak...
If you’ve ever seen any of the National Lampoon “Vacation” movies starring Chevy Chase, you have a pretty good idea how my trip to the Breeders’ Cup went. I’m not a huge fan of flying, so I ...
Prior to the 2008 Belmont Stakes, Richard Dutrow, trainer of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown, was supremely confident that his colt would become the first Triple Crown winner since Affir...
