By Noel Michaels Arkansas Derby Day is here – three weeks after originally scheduled and with a whole different perspective as Oaklawn Park is ready to host a loaded 14-race card on closing day. Wit...
By Noel Michaels Oaklawn’s Friday penultimate race card of the season, on what was supposed to be Kentucky Oaks Day, will be highlighted by a trio of stakes races topped by the $400,000 Fantasy (G3)...
Japan Horse Betting: Weekly Races Overview by Noel Michaels While horse racing chugs along in the United States with only a few tracks continuing to race through the coronavirus pandemic, racing at th...
By Noel Michaels Desperate times call for desperate measures. With so few tracks operating and so few options available to horseplayers due to the coronavirus pandemic, handicappers have had to turn t...
By Noel Michaels Four weeks of racing remain at Oaklawn Park, and it’s the best four weeks of the meet when fields will be the fullest, the competition strongest, and the handicapping its most chall...
Oaklawn Park Handicapping: Coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the March and April racing calendar far and wide, but one place that so far has steadfastly kept most of its original four-day-a-week spring...
Gulfstream Betting Trends: Much of focus on thoroughbred racing this week will be at Gulfstream Park, which is in the midst of the best portion of its championship meet and coming up to the biggest da...
By Noel Michaels As horse racing fans, and as Americans, we find ourselves in uncharted waters of uncertainty due the coronavirus pandemic that not only poses a threat to public health but continues t...
Oaklawn Park Betting Odds: Saturday’s 11-race card will be headlined by the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2), and will also feature two other rich stakes including Azeri (G2) and the Essex Handicap. The...
By Noel Michaels With eight weeks remaining until the 2020 Kentucky Derby on May 2, things have finally started to sort themselves out on the road to the Triple Crown thanks to the latest round of pre...
