Here is a harness blog update, with our choices for the TwinSpires 10-percent bonus for Buffalo Raceway’s Wednesday Pick 4 on Feb. 20. This is not a ticket combo, per se, just…
The winners from our exclusive H2W series continue to spark our best weekly action. Feature-wise we took on the Junior Trendsetter leg divisions on Feb. 15 and the Exit 16W splits on Feb.…
Shortly after the result of last Saturday’s Gulfstream Park Handicap was made official, the grumbling began. Joel Rosario moved too soon on Animal Kingdom, the bloggers and Facebookers whined. Had the young…
The Rainbow^6 carries on at Gulfstream, and so, too, does my attempt to hit a Pick 4 at this meeting.Did OK yesterday if you ignore the fact that both my “had to…
If that rascally rodent is correct and the winter is going to surrender a few weeks, then regardless of storms still forecast to sweep through the northeast, spring is just around the…
H. Graham Motion, trainer of Animal Kingdom, drops by to discuss his career and the future plans for the 2011 Kentucky Derby champ. TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 02/13 by TwinSpires Radio…
There is a $2.1-million Rainbow^6 carryover, but I’m passing on that bet in favor of the Pick 5 and late Pick 4 hinging on the winning performances of singles in races 6…
Fun conversation today… what racing is all about. Imagine if superstars like PoE & AK butted heads every week?— Ed DeRosa (@EJXD2) February 9, 2013Not since Rachel Alexandra-Zenyatta have two horses ignited…
I don’t recall when the powers-that-be in meteorology began naming winter storms (I thought names were only for hurricanes) but a fierce blizzard given the name Nemo knocked out power on and…
(Click on image to enlarge)Kentucky Derby Future Pool #1This weekend, one of my favorite bets is back. The Kentucky Derby Future Wager (Pool 1), which runs from Feb. 8-10, provides insightful gamblers…
Some minor stakes-series action continues at the New Meadowlands this weekend. Other than that, we are scouting the overnights around North America for value plays. Also, this weekend, TwinSpires once again offers…
Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com and Derek Simon of… uh, Denver… discuss lower handle and higher purses, as well as the Kentucky Derby Future Pool #1. In the U. of Bet segment, Dan…
My strategy in recent future wagers has been to play horses in the 20-to-50-to-1 range that I thought had a good chance of making the gate and showed talent enough to win…
A banner weekend for our horses to watch list (H2W) includes carpet-bombing cashing at the Meadowsand a more-than-usual list of double-digit winners from other tracks that also contributed to some mighty exotic…
When Paul McCartney penned the beautiful ballad “The Long and Winding Road” two years after his supposed passing (only Tupac Shakur has been more productive in death) it is doubtful that he…