Unfortunately, there is no all-graded stakes Pick 4 on the latter half of Saturday’s Del Mar program. Instead, we’ll concentrate on the Pick 3 that runs from the Torrey Pines (G3) through…
Articles by Author: Vance Hanson
Saturday’s $150,000 guaranteed All-Stakes Pick 5 at Arlington includes all four graded turf stakes, but the sequence starts with $75,000 Bruce D. Memorial for three-year-olds at one mile on Polytrack. While the…
A multi-day, all-stakes Pick 6, a concept spawned on Kentucky Derby weekend this past spring, makes another appearance on Saturday and Sunday at Saratoga. With a 15% takeout, 20-cent minimum, and a…
The good news is that there’s a $75,727 carryover in the $2 Pick 6 when racing resumes Wednesday afternoon at Saratoga. The bad news is that forecasted rain could wreak havoc on…
A nationwide American television audience will be treated to another premier English racing fixture this week when NBC Sports Network (NBCSN), which has given prominent coverage to Royal Ascot in recent years,…
Saturday’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (G1) at Ascot, a Breeders’ Cup challenge race for the Turf (G1), is the great summer highlight of English racing, and it lives up to…
Belmont Park’s Stars and Stripes Festival on Saturday is once again highlighted by the $1 million Belmont Derby (G1) and $750,000 Belmont Oaks (G1), and there appears to be some appealing price…
There will be a mandatory force out of the Single 6 Jackpot on Churchill Downs‘ closing day Saturday, hopefully with a significant carryover and fresh money if there are no single winning…
Frankie Dettori stole the show Thursday at Royal Ascot, winning all four Group events and leaving the overseas bookmakers reeling. We might be overestimating his chances in a couple races, but the…
There are several imposing favorites on Day 3 of the Royal Ascot meeting on Thursday, but we’ll be taking a swing against a few of them on what is normally the most…
The richest and most anticipated race of week highlights the Day 2 action at Royal Ascot on Wednesday. The card kicks off with a 28-filly Queen Mary (G2), followed by Queen’s Vase…
Five days of top-class racing await racing fans worldwide this week as Royal Ascot kicks off Tuesday morning with a first post of 9:30 a.m. (EDT). There’s good news and bad news…