Playing the Late Pick 4 on Super Derby card

Sat Sep 12 2015James Scully

With Kentucky Downs postponing Saturday’s program due to rain, the focus shifts to Louisiana Downs for its Late Pick 4 , highlighted by the $400,000 Super Derby (G2). The 1 1/8-mile Super Derby has produced four winners of the Breeders’ Cup Class ...
Southland Preview - Saturday, September 12

Sat Sep 12 2015MoneyMaker Mike

There is only one race on the Saturday matinee card that has a greyhound who drew the same box for the third straight time and I've listed this race below. There were no races on the Saturday evening program that fit this criteria. Race 14 - ...
The Irish Champion highlight reel

Fri Sep 11 2015Kellie Reilly

In honor of Saturday's Irish Champion (G1) , here's a video retrospective of some superb editions, in chronological order. 1984 - Sadler's Wells holds off Seattle Song in the "Phoenix Champion" at old Phoenix Park. Years later, Seattle Song's m ...
Irish Champions weekend: Moyglare Stud is "Win & You're In" for BC Juvenile Fillies Turf

Fri Sep 11 2015Kellie Reilly

Picking up where we left off from Saturday's preview , here's the second half of Irish Champions weekend. SUNDAY The 1ST race (9:00 a.m. EDT) is a six-furlong handicap. The Blandford (G2) (9:35 a.m. EDT) marks the belated reappearance o ...
Irish Champions weekend: Matron offers berth to BC Filly & Mare Turf

Fri Sep 11 2015Kellie Reilly

Euro Charline, pictured at Arlington last month, courtesy of Four Footed Fotos . Whatever transpires in the signature event, Saturday's Irish Champion (G1) , the two-day Irish Champions weekend is a feast with implications for both the Prix de l' ...
Three-year-old trotters again in the spotlight

Fri Sep 11 2015Ted Black

One week after Habitat captured the $500,000 Yonkers Trot, the second leg of trotting's triple crown while Hambletonian winner Pinkman was disqualified from second, both horses will head to opposing venues this weekend. Saturday night Mohawk Racew ...

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Horses to consider, look past on Woodbine Mile Day

Fri Sep 11 2015Vance Hanson

Running big races up against the first week of NFL games isn't easy, which is one reason we can thank our friends to the north in Canada, at Woodbine specifically, for filling the void occurring in the U.S. on Sunday. The C$1 million Woodbine Mile ...
The St Leger highlight reel

Fri Sep 11 2015Kellie Reilly

If only we had video of the St Leger going back to its inaugural running in 1776! Well, at least we can watch some of the more memorable editions in recent decades. As an appetizer ahead of Saturday's 239th St Leger , here's a selection from the ...
Irish Champion blockbuster: Golden Horn, Free Eagle, Gatsby, Cirrus - but will Gleneagles show up?

Fri Sep 11 2015Kellie Reilly

Free Eagle and The Grey Gatsby at Royal Ascot, courtesy of Frank Sorge/Horsephotos.com . Three weeks after the proposed clash between Golden Horn and Gleneagles failed to materialize at York, the two star sophomores could knock heads in Saturday's ...
No Wise Dan Means BC Mile will be Tough Again

Fri Sep 11 2015Anna Flynn

No Wise Dan means that the Breeders' Cup Mile will be tough again. Wise Dan, the former two time Horse of the Year was retired earlier this month. While training for the G1 Woodbine Mile, trainer Charles Lopresti, according to an article by Ron ...
Frankel's first-crop yearlings on offer at Keeneland September

Fri Sep 11 2015Kellie Reilly

Of all the young sires whose first crop are yearlings, Frankel must rank as the most exciting. That happens when you are celebrated as world champion, compile a 14-for-14 career mark while competing at the highest level, and rewrite the Timeform reco ...
Here’s how to win $20 betting Churchill Downs and earn 20x points on TwinSpires.com

Fri Sep 11 2015Ed DeRosa

The good folks who sign my paycheques are putting up 20x points today (opening) day at Churchill Downs if you win $20 while playing the races at The World’s Most Legendary Racetrack. I’m ineligible for the 20x points but will be just as happy with ...
Recognizing Horses That Can’t Win

Fri Sep 11 2015Derek Simon

There is a quote, attributed to the great fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, which asserts: “Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.” Horse players should take heed, for often “handic ...