by John Furgele Buffalo Raceway will kick off its 66-day 2019 meet this Wednesday. This year, purses are slightly higher, with open events beginning the year at $12K — up from $10,500 at the end of ...
I hate excuses. In fact, one of the things that makes playing the ponies so appealing to me is that bad luck is irrelevant. Sure, one can whine and complain that their horse missed the break, they got...
Let us begin at the end, my friends. This year provided us some great harness races, all of which we couldn’t experience together, but we will hopefully witness next year. However, as the year winds...
Now that the Kentucky Derby is over, we are on to the Preakness. Can Nyquist make it nine wins in a row? A few weeks back I discussed how handicapping the Kentucky Derby is different than your nor...
The Kentucky Derby offers some of the best betting value of the year. Given the unique nature of the Kentucky Derby, there are several ways it warrants a different handicapping approach than the other...
One of the race-day situations that I dread the most is, after having done all of my handicapping for a particular card, finding out that there are a number of scratches in the races I felt best about...
By Derek Simon CONQUEST DADDYO, who was a fast-closing fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, is likely to be favored, but I think the value play is LIFE IMITATES ART, who tops the field with a ...
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,...
