US Racing’s Derek Simon discusses the recent announcement by Andrew Beyer that his famous speed figures have changed. Derek also explains how teaser betting works and how players can turn the odds in their favor. …

By Derek Simon 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 …

US Racing‘s Derek Simon discusses this Saturday’s Delta Jackpot and Delta Princess with Delta Downs track announcer and handicapper Don Stevens. They also talk about “bullring” tracks in general and how to handicap them. Derek …

By Derek Simon The $1 million Delta Jackpot headlines the weekend stakes action, as two-year-olds vie for the 17 points (10 to the winner) up for grabs in one of the last Road to the …

By Derek Simon I can’t take it anymore. I’m so exasperated that I used “bogus” in the title of this blog — and I can’t guarantee that you won’t see a “rad” or “F-in A, …

By Derek Simon Provided that Saturday’s turf contests at Aqueduct stay on the green, there’s a strong possibility that the sixth and seventh races will be heavily influenced, if not entirely influenced, by what transpires …

Host Derek Simon of www.usracing.com discusses drugs in thoroughbred horse racing as well as Dallas wide receiver Dez Bryant’s latest outburst. In the handicapping segment, Kevin Rogers of www.vegasinsider.com drops by to give his views on sports handicapping and offer some …

By Derek Simon As I sit down to write this, the 142nd Kentucky Derby is 176 days, 22 hours, 23 minutes and two seconds away… and I haven’t even picked out what I’m going to …

By Derek Simon Prior to the running of this year’s Breeders’ Cup, I took to Twitter — I love the challenge of expressing my innermost thoughts and feelings in 140 characters or less — to …

US Racing‘s Derek Simon recaps the Breeders’ Cup Classic and gives his (final) take on the BC Sprint saga involving the owners of Runhappy and trainer Maria Borell. Later in the show, Derek is joined …

By Laura Pugh The sport of Thoroughbred Racing rarely ever gets to see a fairytale that has a happily-ever-after ending. Too often, the news we get to see is of breakdowns or drug violations, but …

By Derek Simon With the Breeders’ Cup now in the rearview mirror, it’s time to start focusing on winter racing — and Gulfstream Park has put together a weekend card sure to warm the heart …

By Derek Simon It was the feel-good story of the 2015 Breeders’ Cup: Runhappy, saddled by 32-year-old Maria Borell, winning the Sprint in the kind of effort that left observers lost for adjectives and a …

Great Racing Today

To say that the defection of Beholder and Smooth Roller from the Breeders’ Cup Classic changed the complexion of the race is like saying that those Matthew McConaughey commercials for Lincoln are just “kinda” creepy. …