With one the summer’s marque race meetings — Del Mar — now getting underway, I did some digging and have unearthed a slew of statistical nuggets that I hope handicappers will find…
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There are some interesting stakes races slated for Saturday and I thought I would use this week’s column to discuss them: July 11, 2015 COMMENTS: In a race with very little early…
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…
Perhaps the oldest and silliest horse racing rule of thumb in the history of old and silly horse racing rules of thumb is the notion that a length equals a fifth of…
In the News & Notes segment, TwinSpires’ Derek Simon opines on American Pharoah’s next start, as well as the gutty win by Mr. Z in the Ohio Derby. In a special History…
When American Pharoah became just the 12th Triple Crown winner in history on June 6, 2015, he did so in style, recording the sixth-fastest time in Belmont Stakes history. Yet, as the…
When American Pharoah became just the 12th horse to sweep the Triple Crown — one year after Steve Coburn, co-owner of California Chrome, proclaimed the feat impossible — much of the talk…
If American Pharoah wins the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, he will do something that has been accomplished just seven times since 1941. No, I’m not talking about winning the Triple Crown —…
He came. He saw. He conquered. After giving his all to win the Kentucky Derby by a hard-fought length, American Pharoah cruised in the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, pulling away…
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