Author: Ryan Dickey

With all of the major pre-race workouts completed, the anticipation for the Kentucky Derby post position draw (Wednesday, 5:30 pm ET, NBC Sports Network) is all that’s left between handicappers and the wagering menu. The …

Thoroughbred horse racing in America has been lucky over the last couple of years. The last two winners of the Kentucky Derby went on to the Belmont Stakes with a chance for the Triple Crown. …

Tom Amoss has been training horses since 1987 and has banked nearly $87 million in purses, winning over 3,200 races in about 12,600 tries. An LSU grad, he started his career in Louisiana and has …

Leah Gyarmati got her start in horse racing as a hotwalker at Belmont Park for trainer H. Allen Jerkens as a way to pay for her first love — show horses. Her temporary summer job …

If one could create a “perfect storm” of a Kentucky Derby horse, there are five or six main components needed to come together at the same time to make a big score. My contention is …

The Stanley Cup playoffs begin on Wednesday, providing sports bettors and casual fans with an exciting brand of hockey for the next two months. You can wager on each individual series on USRacing.com and I …

This Saturday will provide horseplayers with plenty of exciting stakes racing. In addition to the three big Kentucky Derby prep races — the Wood Memorial, the Bluegrass Stakes and the Santa Anita Derby — each …

Betting baseball futures is not a proposition for everyone. First of all, the season starts in April and runs into the first week of October, so any wagers placed won’t be realized for more than …

As the “First Four” and rounds one and two have been completed, sixteen teams are still alive to vie for the NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship. The first week of the tournament provided enough surprising …

The NCAA tournament selection committee has performed the unenviable task of deciding which 68 teams will vie for the National Championship. Not only were their selections scrutinized, the seedings attained by some of the at-large …

Conference tournament season is upon us and, this week, I have three basketball games to discuss — hoping to stay undefeated in hoops on US Racing. AIR FORCE VS. UNLV Wednesday, March 9, 4:30 p.m. …