The long, cold winter at Aqueduct will formally begin after the “official” sign goes up for Saturday’s running of the Cigar Mile — the last graded stakes race to be run in New York this calend...
Del Mar’s 2018 fall season is in the home stretch, which means precious little time remains to get your fill of high-caliber SoCal racing before Santa Anita’s traditional opening day on Dec. 26, w...
The second half of November is truly one of the great times of year for horseplayers and lovers of thoroughbred handicapping. The table is set for a big end to November starting with a high-quality ho...
For many horseplayers and handicappers, the approaching winter racing season means Florida and Southern California racing is soon to come, as the best racing of the season migrates away from cold-weat...
The Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile is always an interesting handicapping puzzle for horseplayers, despite the fact that the middle-distance Breeders’ Cup races rarely are the headliners and often are the...
As one of the original seven Breeders’ Cup events, and with a $2 million purse, the Mile is guaranteed to draw an international field of the world’s top turf milers. Through its 34-year history, t...
Good handicappers know that you just can’t base your handicapping solely on betting the leading jockeys. This is especially true at the Breeders’ Cup, where, let’s face it, they’re all top joc...
Top class racing returns to Kentucky this week, as Keeneland’s annual fall season gets ready to open for its three-week, 17- day, boutique meet from Friday, Oct. 5 to Saturday, Oct. 27. The meet wil...
The Belmont Park fall meet is called the “Championship Meet” for a good reason: It features the most “Win & You’re In” qualifiers for the Breeders’ Cup than any other fall meet, in a...
There are many categories of handicapping angles in play at this time of year in New York as summer turns to fall. Horses and horsemen who spent summer far and wide, not only at Saratoga but also at M...
