road to the kentucky derby
How to bet the Champagne Stakes
An excellent field of seven two-year-olds will travel one-mile at Belmont Park on Saturday in the $500,000 Champagne S. (G1).
Dick Powell’s 2019 Breeders’ Futurity Tipsheet
The $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity Stakes (G1) will be run at 1 1/16 miles for two-year-olds on the main track at Keeneland on Saturday. A field […]
Dick Powell’s 2019 Iroquois Stakes Tipsheet
The $200,000 Iroquois Stakes (G3) will be run at 1 1/16 miles on the dirt at Churchill Downs this Saturday. The Iroquois is the first […]
How to Bet the 2019 Iroquois Stakes
The first of 35 races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby series will take place on Saturday, when 10 juveniles will vie in the […]
How To Bet Horse Racing Podcast: The Iroquois & Pocahontas Stakes 2019
Host Ed DeRosa begins season 3 of the How To Bet Horse Racing Podcast with new sponsor TwinSpires!
TwinSpires to sponsor Sunday’s Ellis Park Juvenile and Ellis Park Debutante
TwinSpires, the industry leader in online and mobile wagering on horse racing, has become the title sponsor of Ellis Park’s pair of 2-year-old stakes. The […]
What to take away from Kentucky Derby contender works with clocker Gary Young
The special Kentucky Derby editions of Turf Talk features exclusive analysis with highly respected clocker Gary Young. Analysts Scott Shapiro and Ed DeRosa discuss with […]
Kentucky Derby field foaling date and Dosage Index
Last year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, JUSTIFY, who went on to sweep the Triple Crown, fell right in line with a Dosage Index of 3.00 […]
Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Win Win Win
Live Oak’s homebred Win Win Win earned his way into the Kentucky Derby (G1) field with his third-place finish in the Tampa Bay Derby (G2), […]
Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Spinoff
Wertheimer et Frere’s homebred Spinoff finished a close second in the Louisiana Derby (G2) to earn his spot in the starting gate of the Kentucky […]
Dosage as a tool and not the rule
Following Kellie Reilly’s brilliant piece on the strengths and weaknesses of the Dosage Index is like a hack comedian being asked to go on stage […]
Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Gray Magician
Wachtel Stable, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gary Barber’s Gray Magician punched his ticket to the Kentucky Derby (G1) following a runner-up finish in the U.A.E. […]