Could a formula ever determine Horse of the Year?

Tue Jan 29 2013Ed DeRosa

There was no drama surrounding who Bluff Magazine would crown player of the year for 2012. No nominations, no sealed envelope, no conjecture--just a singular name atop a leaderboard as determined by a complex formula that attempts to reward those w ...
Betting the top figure

Mon Jan 28 2013Ed DeRosa

One of my favorite parts Ragozin's book The Odds Must Be Crazy is when Len Friedman tells a story about a 30-to-1 horse who wins for fun that no one in the office had liked. The next morning the office receives a call from an extremely happy custom ...
Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes

Sun Jan 27 2013TwinSpires Staff

This week the horses to watch list (H2W) was affected, as we predicted, by the wintry weather sweeping across the Northeast. In Canada , the huge storm front caused cancellation of the Jan. 25 program at Fraser Downs and in the U.S., the Mea ...
Wiseguys Holy Bearish on Shanghai Bobby

Sat Jan 26 2013Ed DeRosa

Shanghai Bobby will have more money bet on him to win the Holy Bull Stakes (free Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs) than all other horses combined, yet few are actually picking him to win. This is common phenomena among the horse racing cognoscenti ...
The Jazzman: from babysitter to Pick 6 hitter

Thu Jan 24 2013Ed DeRosa

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Chasing the Rainbow

Thu Jan 24 2013Derek Simon

For those playing today's big carryover in the Rainbow Six at Gulfstream Park, click HERE for a FREE Win Factor Report (my computerized fair odds line). And good luck! ...

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Blustery Winds For Winter Winners

Thu Jan 24 2013TwinSpires Staff

It’s great to have a TwinSpires account and play harness racing across the continent in the comfort of your own home but this weekend lake-effect snow showers in the Northeast and Midwest could cause some track cancellations. It takes a whole lot of ...
The Kentucky Derby future wager question before a big prep race: Now or later?

Tue Jan 22 2013Ed DeRosa

Shanghai Bobby is the third consecutive undefeated two-year-old male champion to cap his Eclipse Award-winning season with a win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, but will the champ's three-year-old debut in the Holy Bull Stakes on Saturday at Gulfstrea ...
Cotolo’s Harness Review, News And Notes

Sun Jan 20 2013TwinSpires Staff

Expanded coverage of the horses to watch list (H2W) provided more winners and great prices for most, as well as we faired better with our choices in the early stakes season action at the Meadowlands .   We scored in the best paying of three ...
Playing the Pick Three

Sun Jan 20 2013Derek Simon

(Click on image to enlarge) Now, there were two things I liked about this particular sequence: 1) The top three contenders in the opening leg had a combined morning-line odds ranking of 12, while the final leg had a ranking (after sc ...
Deep-Winter Prose

Thu Jan 17 2013TwinSpires Staff

Cartoon by Thom Pye Ray Cotolo contributed to this edition. ...
TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 01/16 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio

Thu Jan 17 2013Derek Simon

Ed DeRosa and Derek Simon discuss the Eclipse Awards and Dave Schwartz describes how to become a better bettor. TwinSpires Horse Racing Podcast w/Derek Simon 01/16 by TwinSpires Radio | Blog Talk Radio ...
Carryover action at Turf Paradise

Tue Jan 15 2013Ed DeRosa

I can't exactly call Turf Paradise one of my favorite tracks to play, as I rarely check into it on a weekend day of racing, but it's definitely a track I like to play, as its Pick 5 carryovers into Monday or Tuesday help scratch my itch during an oth ...