$35,126 carryover enhances Tampa Bay Derby all-stakes Late Pick 5

Sat Mar 09 2019Vance Hanson

Saturday's all-stakes Late Pick 5 at Tampa Bay Downs is enhanced by a $35,126 carryover triggered when no one had a perfect ticket on Friday's card. Here's a look at how I'll be playing the sequence: Race 7 -- $75,000 Columbia #5 GLOBAL A ...
Probing for value on Dubai’s Super Saturday

Fri Mar 08 2019Kellie Reilly

Last year’s Super Saturday card was a virtual graveyard for favorites, with the top betting choice overturned in six of seven races at Meydan. That makes sense since the final preps for Dubai World Cup night attract runners at varying stages of ...
How to bet the 2019 Tampa Bay Derby

Fri Mar 08 2019Dick Powell

The $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2) will be run at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday for three-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles. It is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) and will award 50 points to the winner, 20 points to the second-place finishe ...
How to bet the 2019 Gotham Stakes

Fri Mar 08 2019John Mucciolo

The feature at Aqueduct on Saturday is the $300,000 Gotham Stakes (G3) . The Road to the Kentucky Derby points race attracted a strong field of eight, which includes a pair of Grade 1 victors among the cast. FREE Gotham Stakes PPs courtesy ...
How to bet the 2019 Jeff Ruby Steaks

Fri Mar 08 2019Dick Powell

The $200,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) will be run on Saturday at Turfway Park going 1 1/8 miles on the synthetic track. As part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) , it rewards the winner with 20 points, the second-place finisher with eight points, ...
Bet America Radio Network How To Bet Horse Racing Podcast: Gotham, Tampa Bay Derby, & Derby Future

Fri Mar 08 2019Ed DeRosa

No San Felipe Stakes? No problem! It's still a huge weekend on the Kentucky Derby trail with the  Gotham Stakes ,  Tampa Bay Derby , and  Jeff Ruby Steaks  all offering lucrative points to the First Saturday in May. Emily Gullikson of  OptixEQ  join ...

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Fair Grounds Pick of the Week for March 9

Fri Mar 08 2019TwinSpires Staff

Saturday's feature at Fair Grounds is the $75,000 Allen "Black Cat" Lacombe Memorial for three-year-old fillies at about one mile on the turf. #2 MANDY BLUE (6-1) is an interesting candidate from the Brad Cox barn and is sure to be overlooked a ...
Godolphin Holds Strong Hand on Super Saturday at Meydan

Thu Mar 07 2019J. Keeler Johnson

Thunder Snow hasn’t run since finishing third in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) four months ago and might need to get a race under his belt before returning to peak form, but he isn’t facing much on Saturday and might well prevail anyway. Gronk ...
Jahbath, Playa Del Puente Prevail in European Derby Preps

Thu Mar 07 2019J. Keeler Johnson

These results significantly shook up the European Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard. Jahbath and Western Australia are now the joint leaders with 20 points apiece, though neither have been nominated to the Triple Crown and will have to be supple ...
Why I'm Betting Haikal in the Gotham Stakes

Thu Mar 07 2019J. Keeler Johnson

Since Haikal should be a fair price in the wagering, I’ll bet him to win and play him in the exotics with Instagrand and Much Better: $10 to win on #5 Haikal $8 exacta : 6 with 5 ($8) $4 exacta: 5 with 6 ($4) $2 trifecta : 5,6 with 4,5,6 with ...
Single- Multi-Race Action On Tap; Short List Looms Boldly; Cashing Attack On Feature Prices

Thu Mar 07 2019TwinSpires Staff

March storms onto the 2019 racing scene. We are hell-bent to offer the promise of profits for all kinds of wagers on the brink of the season’s traditional stakes series at Yonkers. Along with serious opportunities for across-the-board and exotics ...
How to Bet the 2019 Tampa Bay Derby

Wed Mar 06 2019J. Keeler Johnson

I don’t know if he’s the most likely winner—that’s a tough call—but I do believe that #7 Win Win Win has the most raw talent of any horse entered in the March 9, $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (gr. II) at Tampa Bay Downs . The obstacles facing this ...
Five running styles and post trends to help you win at Gulfstream

Wed Mar 06 2019TwinSpires Staff

by Noel Michaels A lot of focus is on racing at Gulfstream Park this time of the year, with the track in the midst of the best portion of its Winter Championship meet. Daily handicapping at Gulfstream can be a grind with big competitive ...