Horse Racing News

By US Racing Team January 21, 2025

The $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) is Saturday, Jan. 25, at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The race is for 4-year-olds and up going 1 1/8 miles. usracing.com is publishing profiles of the horses entered. NEWGRANGE Newgrange is starting his 6-year-old campaign with a new trainer (Jose D’Angelo), a new jockey (Emisael […]

Baylor vs. Kansas in the 2015 Big 12 Championship Tournament.

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Lay the Points, Take the Jayhawks

By Derek Simon

By Ryan Dickey Kansas heads to Waco tonight for its second meeting of the Big XII season against Baylor (8:00 ET, ESPN2). Bill Self’s Kansas squad (23-4/11-3 Big 12) will find themselves a short fav...

Posted on February 23, 2016

Midnight Aria winning the $1 million Queen's Plate (photo via www.ctvnews.ca)

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Beginners Corner: The Importance of Lone Speed

By Derek Simon

By Matt Hess “And it is still Midnight Aria…” I got hooked on horse racing the moment I heard those words. They belong to Dan Loiselle, the legendary longtime track announcer at Woodbine Racet...

Posted on February 22, 2016

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Top Plays for 2/21/16

By Derek Simon

Here are my computer-generated plays for Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016:

Posted on February 21, 2016

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Top Plays for Friday & Saturday

By Derek Simon

Here are my computer-generated plays for Friday and Saturday, Feb. 19-20, 2016: Statistics (2/12/16 to 2/18/16) Straight Plays Number: 18 Winners: 9 Success Rate: 50.0% $2 Return: $3.32 ROI: +66.11% ...

Posted on February 19, 2016

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Podcast: Professional Horseplayer Jonathan Stettin

By Derek Simon

Host Derek Simon of US Racing recaps the El Camino Real Derby captured by Frank Conversation, as well as the Southwest Stakes (Suddenbreakingnews) and the San Vicente (Nyquist). Later in the show, pro...

Posted on February 19, 2016

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Derby Futures Present Value to US Racing Clients

By Derek Simon

I have long believed that conquering the races — or, really, any speculative endeavor — requires that one seek out market inefficiencies and exploit them. Far too many people rely on capital advan...

Posted on February 19, 2016

International Star winning the 2015 Risen Star.

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Risen Star Stakes Preview

By Derek Simon

1-IN EQUALITY (30/1) Started his career on dirt, despite having a pedigree that seems better suited for dirt — the surface over which he eventually broke his maiden. His overall speed and pace figur...

Posted on February 18, 2016

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I Got a New Attitude

By Derek Simon

A few weeks ago, I made the decision to start posting free plays on a regular basis, like I used to do when I began my career as a turf writer. Unfortunately, rather than demonstrating how one can bea...

Posted on February 16, 2016

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