Category: Horse Racing Analysis

Pegasus World Cup Day arrives to Gulfstream Park this weekend and the 12-race card is everything you would expect from a day of racing and wagering with purses rivaling Breeders’ Cup Saturday, thanks to nine …

If there’s one thing that gets my pulse racing more than anything else it’s watching a horse I wagered on win at juicy odds. Some bettors — just a handful judging by the price — …

Five Stakes Highlight Traditional Opening Day Card Santa Anita Park will host a live race meeting for the 81st time on Wednesday, Dec. 26, the traditional opening day date for the Southern California racetrack’s signature …

Five Stakes Highlight Traditional Opening Day Card Santa Anita Park will host a live race meeting for the 82nd time on Wednesday, Dec. 26, the traditional opening day date for the Southern California racetrack’s signature …

The long, cold winter at Aqueduct will formally begin after the “official” sign goes up for Saturday’s running of the Cigar Mile — the last graded stakes race to be run in New York this …

In between e-mails informing me that I “may already have won” a prize of considerable value and those beseeching me to be “a better lover” (my wife claims she’s only trying to help), I often …

For many horseplayers and handicappers, the approaching winter racing season means Florida and Southern California racing is soon to come, as the best racing of the season migrates away from cold-weather places. However, there’s at …

In a year with a rare Triple Crown winner, Hronis Racing’s Accelerate made his own case for Horse of the Year with a one-length victory in the 35th running of the $5,358,000 million Breeders’ Cup …

The Breeders’ Cup is upon us and the US Racing team has been busy taking in all the sights at Churchill Downs — from schooling drills, to morning gallops and workouts, to horses lounging comfortably …

Considering you don’t get paid any more for early selections, I’ll never quite understand why people, media, and professional handicappers included, make picks prior to a race being drawn. Post positions are crucial to how …

The names of the 19 jockeys who have won the 23 editions of the Dubai World Cup is a virtual list of the most elite in the sport of horseracing globally for the past two …

Of all the handicapping factors that confuse me, none are quite as befuddling as weight. Numerous studies have shown that a horse’s impost has next to nothing to do with its performance in today’s race, …

Of all the handicapping factors that confuse me, none are quite as befuddling as weight. Numerous studies have shown that a horse’s impost has next to nothing to do with its performance in today’s race, …

Seven fillies and mares, whose connections hope make the gate for the Nov. 3 Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (GIT) at Churchill Downs, are set to race 1 ¼ miles in Belmont …

The Pennsylvania Derby (GI), held every September at Parx Racing, is for many a last-ditch effort to get a rich Derby win for the best of the year’s sophomore crop. With Triple Crown winner Justify …