No one said winning $1-million in the TwinSpires.com Road to the Kentucky Derby SHOWdown would be easy, and one of the reasons it’s so difficult is a bettor’s tendency to overthink things.…
I’m rarely a one-factor handicapper, but sometimes a particular factor is so glaring and the corresponding price so generous that analysis beyond that one variable just seems like platitude. In the case…
With 17 races to go, 1,176 TwinSpires.com players remain alive for the $1-million top prize on the Road to the Kentucky Derby SHOWdown. The number represents 50.9% of the original 2,308 players…
In discussing the Southwest Stakes (click for free Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs w/ comments) with Steve Byk on his At The Races radio program Friday morning, I wondered whether fitness would be a…
With two races down and 18 to go, 1,627 people are still in line for the $1-million on the TwinSpires.com Road to the Kentucky Derby SHOWdown, and 41 are still alive for…
When playing races or carryovers at tracks I normally don’t play, I try to lean on the Ultimate Race Summary found in the Brisnet.com Ultimate Past Performances, but the El Camino Real…
Thanks to everyone who played the first week of our Road to the Kentucky Derby SHOWdown contest on February 8 with the Robert B. Lewis Stakes from Santa Anita Park. Of those…
The return of SHOWdown is always a big deal here at TwinSpires.com HQ, but nothing would be a bigger deal than seeing Vice President of Marketing Jeremy Clemons with the blanket of…
One of the most common misconceptions surrounding Kentucky Derby future wagers in winter is that “No horse is worth betting now with the race so far away.” While I do think you’re…
The Dogs (d) out designation on a set of PPs is an often overlooked handicapping factor in determining a workout’s quality on any surface—dirt, synthetic, or turf—as handicappers have to play Sherlock…
TwinSpires.com, the official advance-deposit wagering service for Churchill Downs Incorporated and the Kentucky Derby, is offering its players an opportunity to turn $20 into a $1 million prize by betting the Kentucky…
The old wives’ tale to starve a fever doesn’t work with the Kentucky Derby variety—not because the charms of the First Saturday in May are so irresistible 13 weeks away but because…
The first-ever Final Table at the National Handicapping Championship represented TwinSpires.com well, as all ten of the competitors are account holders with the official account wagering site of the Kentucky Derby, and…
TwinSpires.com Vice President of Marketing and Product Development Jeremy Clemons crashes the TwinSpires.com blog and shares his optimism for racing in 2014. Anyone else measure the year by how far we are…
After 23 years of clocking, watching, and analyzing racehorses, I’d like to think I know everything there is to know about them, but the truth is I’m still learning. As a workout…