Tag: Race of the Week

No horse that used the Louisiana Derby (G2) as its final Kentucky Derby prep has ever gone on to wear the roses on the first Saturday in May and this edition of the race demonstrates …

I’m zip for my last nine picks and now have a negative overall ROI (-10 percent) on the Race of the Week, so I was kind of hoping for a slam-dunk selection this week. Apparently …

The Kentucky Derby preps get underway in earnest this weekend with three graded stakes races for 3-year-olds scheduled to take place in a 22-minute span on Saturday. The festivities start at 3:20 p.m. Eastern with …

After a brief stop in Nebraska for the Maxxam Gold Cup, the Road to the Kentucky Derby resumes this week with a biggie — the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park. In …

Well, after a string of great races for the sophomore set, this week the Road to the Kentucky Derby winds through Nebraska — which is just a clever way of saying that there isn’t a …

There’s a scene in “Bad Boys 2” in which Martin Lawrence turns to Will Smith and says, “ just got real.” That’s how I feel about the Road to the Kentucky Derby, which winds through …

I have long believed that the key to consistently making money at the races is constructing good bets and, for the first time since US Racing launched the Race of the Week promotion, I think …

West Coast gave it his all in last weekend’s Race of the Week — the $16.3 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park — but he couldn’t catch Gun Runner, who won his swan song …

This week’s USRacing.com Race of the Week is the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes. And while this year’s $16 million Gulfstream Park feature may lack the luster of last year’s inaugural event, which featured a …

Well, last Saturday, my Race of the Week selection finished fourth, never threatening to claim the top prize at 24-1, while Instilled Regard, a horse I thought would be an underlay, was — but he …

Well, McKinzie got me back in the win column in last Saturday’s Race of the Week, the Sham Stakes at Santa Anita Park. Unfortunately, his $2.40 win payoff left me a few cents short of …

All good things come to an end. After selecting the winner of US Racing’s Race of the Week three weeks in a row, my latest attempt — in last weekend’s American Oaks at Santa Anita …

OK, so now the pressure is really on. Since our sponsor launched the Race of the Week promotion on Dec. 9 (you can get all the details here), I’ve selected the winner each week, starting …

So far, so good with my Race of the Week selections, as Fear the Cowboy rallied to win the Harlan’s Holiday last Saturday and move my record to a perfect 2-0. This week, we move …

Well, thanks to a dubious disqualification in last Saturday’s CashCall Futurity, the horse that I liked won the inaugural Race of the Week. This Saturday, the handicapping waters get deeper, as the Race of the …