By Derek Simon I love local racing. There’s something about watching the home team — “our guys” — do well that provides a special thrill. To most, Gary Stevens is a Hall of Fame jockey with ...
Click the links below to get your free Win Factor Report and Pace Profile Report for the $1.1 million Claiming Crown on opening day of the 2015-2016 Championship Meet at Gulfstream Park (Dec. 5, 201...
Nationally syndicated handicapper Ellis Starr discusses value handicapping and how to make an odds line with host Derek Simon of US Racing. In the Sports Betting segment, Kevin Rogers of VegasInsider...
One of the ways that my speed rations are different than traditional pace figures is that they measure energy distribution, rather than pure speed. Of course, there are disadvantages to this approach,...
By Derek Simon Every year at around this time, Churchill Downs unveils its Kentucky Derby Future Wager (pool 1), in which 23 live entrants and “All Other Three-Year-Olds” compete for the attention...
By Derek Simon Remember when Thanksgiving Day consisted solely of eating those jellied cranberries for the first — and only — time all year and watching/wagering on the football games? Well, times...
US Racing’s Derek Simon discusses the recent announcement by Andrew Beyer that his famous speed figures have changed. Derek also explains how teaser betting works and how players can turn the odds i...
US Racing‘s Derek Simon discusses this Saturday’s Delta Jackpot and Delta Princess with Delta Downs track announcer and handicapper Don Stevens. They also talk about “bullring”...
By Derek Simon The $1 million Delta Jackpot headlines the weekend stakes action, as two-year-olds vie for the 17 points (10 to the winner) up for grabs in one of the last Road to the Kentucky Derby ra...
By Derek Simon I can’t take it anymore. I’m so exasperated that I used “bogus” in the title of this blog — and I can’t guarantee that you won’t see a “rad” or “F-in A, dude” befo...
