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Tournament Strategy: Interview with Mike VanRyckeghem, winner of Twinspires $2,500 NHC Qualifier Feeder #5

Sat Nov 25 2023Kevin Kilroy

After seven feeder tournaments offering $2,500 each this past fall, the day has finally come for NHC seats to be on the line in the Twinspires $5,000 NHC Qualifier.

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Fair Grounds. (Photo by Hodges Photography)

Catching My Eye: Opening Weekend at Fair Grounds

Sat Nov 25 2023Kevin Kilroy

As racing wraps up at Churchill Downs, many non-Kentucky connections will try to snag the purses and several of Fair Grounds’ stakes days are L.A.-bred delights.

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Twirl Around winning at Churchill Downs (Photo by Coady Photography)

Catching My Eye: McPeek and Foley Send Out Impressive Juveniles at Churchill

Wed Nov 15 2023Kevin Kilroy

You know that Ken McPeek and Greg Foley were up early and whistling while they worked Monday morning. Not much else could make a trainer love their job more than a two-year-old showing promise in November. Between the two barns, they sent out six juveniles at Churchill Downs this weekend who caught my eye. Let’s take a look.

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Mullion winning a maiden special weight at Churchill Downs. (Coady Photography)

Catching My Eye: Three maidens and an old salt at Churchill Downs

Mon Nov 06 2023Kevin Kilroy

Racing analyst Kevin Kilroy discusses a trio of maidens who caught his eye at Churchill Downs along with a five-year-old allowance winner.

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Dubyuhnell winning the Remsen S. (G2) at Aqueduct. (Photo by Coglianese Photos)

Catching My Eye: Closing Day at Keeneland

Mon Oct 30 2023Kevin Kilroy

That’s a wrap on Keeneland’s fall meet, as Kentucky racing moves back to its homebase of Churchill Downs, where they’ll be through Nov. 26.

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Dornoch breaking his maiden at Keeneland (Photo by Keeneland Photos)

Catching My Eye: Mighty Hearts and Raw Talent at Keeneland

Tue Oct 17 2023Kevin Kilroy

A fantastic card at Keeneland on Saturday was punctuated time and again by a triumphant favorite, winning each of the final six races, including the sensational $600,000 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1). The raw talent of freshman Dornoch and the gallant heart of both Lindy and First Mission were on full display.

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Keeneland (Photo courtesy of Keeneland)

Tournament Strategy: Contenders List for Saturday at Keeneland

Sat Oct 14 2023Kevin Kilroy

TwinSpires’ has a National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) handicapping tournament this weekend and it covers the entire Keeneland card on Saturday, October 14.

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Locked (Photo by Coglianese Photos)

Catching My Eye: Keeneland Breeders' Cup preps from Saturday, Oct. 7

Tue Oct 10 2023Kevin Kilroy

On Saturday, Keeneland had two "Win and You’re In” events, but connections used each of the five graded stakes as prep races for the first weekend in November.

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(Keeneland Photo)

Tournament Strategy: TwinSpires $2,500 NHC Qualifier Feeders Oct. 7 and 8

Fri Oct 06 2023Kevin Kilroy

TwinSpires has a new handicapping tournament, the TwinSpires $5,000 NHC Qualifier, offering two seats to the National Horseplayers Championship, which will take place Nov. 25. In order to participate, you have to finish in the top 10% of one of the seven feeder tournaments, and there are two taking place this weekend. If you have a TwinSpires account, opt in to play on Oct. 7 or Oct. 8, 2023.

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TwinSpires $2,500 NHC Qualifier Feeder: TwinSpires rolls out new $10 win bet tournaments

Wed Oct 04 2023Kevin Kilroy

Outside of working at a racetrack, to me, there’s no better experience as a handicapper than going to the National Horseplayers Championship (NHC). TwinSpires announced a new tournament, the TwinSpires $5,000 NHC Qualifier, offering two seats.

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Zozos (Photo by Coady Photography)

Catching my eye: Closing week of Churchill Downs’ September meet

Tue Oct 03 2023Kevin Kilroy

Kevin Kilroy discusses a few standout horses that caught his eye on the closing weekend of Churchill Downs' September meet.

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Horse Racing (Photo by Coady Photography)

Betting Strategies: Building tickets with the market in mind

Fri Sep 29 2023Kevin Kilroy

In terms of building multi-race tickets, we are betting into the races blindly, meaning we do not have any tote information about where the money is going and who might be underlays or overlays. Therefore, a lot of horseplayers end up writing tickets that simply reflect their opinions of who could win, forgetting about the notion of value.

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Churchill Downs (Photo by Coady Photography)

Churchill Downs: Early Pick 5 for Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023

Tue Sep 26 2023Kevin Kilroy

On Wednesday, Churchill Downs fires up the final week of the September meet. Here is an early Pick 5 play that kicks off with a single in the opening leg.

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Xigera wins the 2023 Seneca Stakes (Coady Photography)

Catching My Eye: Bauer and Walsh's strong weekends at Churchill Downs

Mon Sep 25 2023Kevin Kilroy

Trainer Philip Bauer had a huge weekend, scoring with three of his four entries on Saturday and Sunday.

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A racing fan peruses the track program at Churchill Downs (Photo by Coady Photography)

Betting Strategy: Identifying lucrative multi-race sequences

Fri Sep 22 2023Kevin Kilroy

On Sunday, Sept. 17 at Churchill Downs, the Late Pick 5 paid $136,938.65. With a pool of $322,227, only two tickets correctly identified the winners of Races 6 through 10. Not one horse bet to favoritism in the win pools crossed the finish line first.

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V V's Dream at the Pocahontas at Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs (Photo by Coady Photography)

Churchill Downs Early Pick 5: Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Wed Sep 20 2023Kevin Kilroy

One week into the Churchill Downs Fall meet and the Early Pick 5 payouts are averaging just over $10,000. This five-figure trend will likely continue on Wednesday as the sequence has several vulnerable morning line favorites, including one who will surely be singled on the majority of tickets.

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West Saratoga leading at Churchill Downs.

West Saratoga at Churchill Downs (Photo by Coady Photography)

Catching My Eye: Opening Week at Churchill Downs

Tue Sep 19 2023Kevin Kilroy

On Thursday the three-week Fall meet at Churchill Downs kicked off, and by Saturday, a track record for most wins at Churchill Downs was secured. Thirteen races were run for juveniles, and although opening weekend saw strong efforts from older stakes horses, all eyes were on the two-year-olds as it's never too early to start thinking about the first weekend in May.

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Get Smokin at the Kentucky Turf Cup (Photo by Coady Photography)

Betting Strategy: Pursuing Opinions Worth Betting

Fri Sep 15 2023Kevin Kilroy

Kevin Kilroy discusses a unique take on betting strategy and the questions you may want to ask yourself before placing that winning bet.

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The Twin Spires at Churchill Downs (Photo by Coady Photography/Churchill Downs)

Churchill Downs: Early Pick 5 Opening Night Thursday Sept. 14

Thu Sep 14 2023Kevin Kilroy

Racing at Churchill Downs is back for the next three weeks, and it all kicks off with the Twilight Thursday card on Sept. 14. First post is 5 p.m. ET and I’ll be taking a swing at the Early Pick 5 to kick this meet off.

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Colonial Downs racing (Coady Photo)

Catching My Eye: Closing Day at Colonial Downs

Tue Sep 12 2023Kevin Kilroy

Kevin Kilroy goes over horses of interest as he analyzes closing day at Colonial Downs.

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Ellis Park (Photo by Coady Photography)

Catching My Eye: Closing Weekend at Ellis Park

Tue Aug 29 2023Kevin Kilroy

These are names we know and it’s no surprise to see them saddle a big maiden-winner over closing weekend at Ellis Park.

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Saratoga Racing (Photo by Horsephotos.com/Bob Newell)

Betting Strategy: So you like an underlay favorite, what now?

Sat Aug 26 2023Kevin Kilroy

You’re handicapping and you see a horse you like--a form pattern, a trainer angle, speed figures, whatever the angle. This horse should win, you think. What now?

Education

Ellis Park racing scene (Photo by Coady Photography/Ellis Park)

Catching My Eye: Cox Bags Five Over the Weekend at Ellis

Tue Aug 22 2023Kevin Kilroy

Cox racked up five more wins with nine starters, putting him at 18 wins and in position to win his fifth Ellis Park trainers' title since 2015.

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Ellis Park (Photo by Coady Photography)

Catching My Eye: A Perfect Day for Brian Lynch

Tue Aug 15 2023Kevin Kilroy

With a 10-race card including six stakes races on the dirt, this past Sunday at Ellis Park was set up for a great day of racing. The fields were stacked from top to bottom and the horses brought their best efforts resulting in thrilling finishes race after race. As a fan of the sport and a gambler, at one point all I could think was why is anyone watching or wagering on any other track?

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Ellis Park. (Photo by Coady Photography/Ellis Park)

Catching My Eye: Kentucky Downs Preview Weekend at Ellis Park

Mon Aug 07 2023Kevin Kilroy

It was Kentucky Downs Preview Weekend at Ellis Park last weekend (Aug. 5 and 6), and each of the seven stakes written across the two days awarded automatic berths into corresponding races at Kentucky Downs

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(Photo by Horsephotos.com)

Catching My Eye: Saratoga and Ellis Park July 28 - 31

Tue Aug 01 2023Kevin Kilroy

Kevin Kilroy shares the performances at both Saratoga and Ellis Park that caught his eye this past weekend.

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Cherie DeVaux gets a congratulatory hug from fellow trainer Dan Ward at Monmouth (Photo by Bill Denver/Equi-Photo)

Catching My Eye: DeVaux scores Haskell undercard upset, Saratoga nail-biter

Mon Jul 24 2023Kevin Kilroy

On Saturday over a 20-minute span, Cherie DeVaux sent out two upset winners in as exciting of races as you can find, as Shotgun Hottie took the Grade 3 Molly Pitcher S. on the Haskell undercard at Monmouth and Taking Candy nosed out two fellow three-year-old flyers in a salty first-level allowance across Saratoga’s inner turf.

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Ellis Park racing scene (Photo by Coady Photography/Ellis Park)

Catching My Eye: Brad Cox takes early lead at Ellis Park

Wed Jul 19 2023Kevin Kilroy

The hot hand has changed from Steve Asmussen to the Cox barn, which is no surprise given one of those two has won the trainer’s title at Ellis every year since 2016.

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