Category: Horse Racing Analysis

May 2, 2019 (Churchill Downs)–US Racing (www.usracing.com), an international online horse racing service, announced unique proposition wagers for the 145th Kentucky Derby to be held at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 4th. Do you think …

Gary Barber’s War of Will took the early Kentucky Derby trail by storm, easily winning the LeComte Stakes (GIII) and Risen Star Stakes (GII) at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, before a bad break and …

April 27, 2019 (Churchill Downs) — For the third time in history, Japan will be represented by a runner in the Kentucky Derby as Katsumi Yoshizawa’s homebred Master Fencer made the more than 6,000-mile journey …

April 27, 2019 (Churchill Downs) –  Though it’s been a year since Justify’s impressive Triple Crown run the similarities between him and Kentucky Derby contender Improbable this year are striking and not because both are …

Derek Simon, editor of U.S. Racing, discusses the different bet types and what they mean, so that you can better watch and wager on the Kentucky Derby. Derek covers traditional bets — like win, place and …

April 11, 2019 (Oaklawn) – Saturday’s $1 million Arkansas Derby (GI) at Oaklawn Park marks the return of the winners of both divisions of the Rebel Stakes (GII) – California shipper Omaha Beach and local …

2019 DUBAI WORLD CUP # Name (morning line odds) 1 Gunnevera (14-1) 2 Capezzano (5-1) 3 North America (7-2) 4 Audible (11-1) 5 Seeking the Soul (8-1) 6 Pavel (40-1) 7 Gronkowski (25-1) 8 Axelrod …

In an excellent article that appeared in the Thoroughbred Daily News a while back, “Lasix: Why the Effinex Team Just Said Yes,” author Bill Finley recounts the story of Effinex, a four-year-old colt that won …

I think it’s very important that we bettors remember that our goals and the goals of the participants in the sports we’re wagering on are typically very different. Yeah, we all want to win — …

Golden Gate Fields Race 4  Although the Race Rating is only 36 percent—below the 50 percent minimum that I like to see — this race is interesting to me due to three horses: 1-Fabriana, 2-Queenoftheroad …

After a fourth-place finish in the LeComte Stakes (G3), Wicked Indeed has been made the 9-5 morning line favorite in the Mine That Bird Stakes. (For those who don’t remember, Mine That Bird is the …

In the earliest runnings of the Sam F. Davis Stakes (GIII), which will be contested this year for the 39th time, it wasn’t typically considered a serious race for trainers with legit colts and geldings …

The Withers Stakes (GIII), which will be run over Aqueduct’s main track on Saturday, is one of the oldest stakes for 3-year-olds contested in the country. Since it was first run in 1874 and won …

In 2007, the Santa Anita Derby (GI)/Kentucky Derby (GI) prep once known as the Santa Catalina Stakes was renamed the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (GIII) to honor one of the most beloved owners in the …

Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Purse $7,000,000. Three-year-olds and upward. Weight: 3-year-olds, 108 lbs.; older, 124 lbs.; fillies & mares allowed 5 lbs.; Southern Hemisphere 3-year-olds allowed 3 lbs; horses running without Lasix allowed 7 …