Racing

Royal Ascot

Wagering

Features

Analysis

Education

VIDEOS

LATEST

ADVERTISEMENT

ALL ARTICLES

Palm Beach 2015 3/8ths Mile Derby Final Preview

Sat Feb 21 2015Jason Michael

Pat C Brightly ~ Koppe, Staats & Collins ~ 37.60 secs best time 6-1 Odds Draws the pole position 1 box, which is statistically this season the most favorable box to win from. Another stellar rusher but can be short at times at the wire ...
SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday evening, February 21

Sat Feb 21 2015MoneyMaker Mike

Welcome to another Saturday evening of 18 fun filled and  exciting races on tap for your viewing and wagering pleasure. I have gone thru the program and selected some races that I feel offer solid picks and which also could pay some nice prices. Good ...
Kentucky Derby Championship Series Kicks Off

Fri Feb 20 2015Ed DeRosa

There are three Kentucky Derby points races this weekend. The two on Saturday—the Risen Star at Fair Grounds and the Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream—each offer a $400,000 purse and 85 qualifying points (w/ 50 to the winner). So which race attr ...
Introducing The Redboard Report: right about the races after they've been run

Fri Feb 20 2015TwinSpires Staff

by David Aragona The title of this series of blog posts is intentionally tongue-in-cheek. While I will indeed partake in that frowned-upon practice of explaining why horses that I did not pick beforehand won, should have won, or just ran well, ...
Let's go to the videotape: One Lucky Dane

Fri Feb 20 2015Kellie Reilly

In addition to studying the Brisnet past performances, another key element of handicapping is investing the time to watch the race replays available in the voluminous TwinSpires archive. The visual evidence is especially helpful when evaluating li ...
Forward Gal deja vu in Davona Dale?

Fri Feb 20 2015Jen Caldwell

A full field of 14 has been assembled for the $200,000 Davona Dale S. (G2), the most expensive of the three Kentucky Oaks (G1) points races on Saturday. While the Gulfstream Park contest offers the most in purse money, it is the shortest in distance ...

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

Perceived Ability

Fri Feb 20 2015Derek Simon

Over the past few days, I’ve posted quite a bit on my Facebook page about a new technique I’ve been working on called the Perceived Ability Rating, or PAR. PAR is my attempt to represent a horse’s ability based not on past performances — spe ...
TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon

Fri Feb 20 2015Derek Simon

Host Derek Simon handicaps races from Tampa Bay Downs with Jon Luman , using the former’s Ability-X Ratings. They also discuss the potency of the morning line, California Chrome and horizontal wagering strategies, as well as Metaboss’ big win in the ...
I'm a Chatterbox looks to silence rivals

Fri Feb 20 2015Jen Caldwell

West Coast Belle and Angela Renee could maintain their spot in the top five of the Kentucky Oaks leaderboard with good enough efforts in Saturday's $175,000 Rachel Alexandra S. (G3) at Fair Grounds. The duo, both graded winners, have been assigned ...
Road to the Kentucky Derby: What Signature Preps are the Most Successful?

Fri Feb 20 2015D.S. Williamson

5.   Arkansas Derby – The Arkansas Derby has produced five First Saturday in May winners. The most famous have been Lil E. Tee, who finished second in the Arkansas in 1992 before upsetting the great Arazi at Churchill Downs and Smarty Jones in ...
A filly in the "Busher" could be worth 50 points

Thu Feb 19 2015Jen Caldwell

The girls will have three shots this weekend at earning points toward what is, essentially, a guaranteed spot in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) starting gate. On Saturday, Aqueduct hosts the $100,000 Busher S. going 1 1/16 miles, Fair Grounds is putting o ...
Eclipse Award voters needed clarification

Thu Feb 19 2015James Scully

The Eclipse Awards for champion Older Male and Older Female were reclassified on Thursday to Older Dirt Male and Older Dirt Female. Given the results of the past two years, I was glad to see the Eclipse Awards steering committee clarify the purpose o ...
Carpe Diem Seizes Top of Pugh's Derby List

Thu Feb 19 2015TwinSpires Staff

by Laura Pugh This is the first in a four-part series ranking Kentucky Derby hopefuls following the road to the Kentucky Derby. The Prep Season (commonly known as “the 10-point races” for the amount of points awarded to the winner) was to have co ...

ADVERTISEMENT

Follow Us On Social