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Can we discuss Elate?
This is probably going to be an unpopular opinion that opens me up to ridicule and scorn. But I’m going to say it anyway. I think Elate is overrated. Let’s ignore the four losses in the first five starts of her career. She had legit excuses in all of them, and in no way do…
Read MoreVideo: The LoneSpeed Girls help me answer fan mail
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Read MoreBC Classic FW Pool vs. Saratoga Monday Race 7 Superfecta Pool
In the red corner, we have the entire pool from this past weekend’s Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager. In the blue corner, we have just the superfecta pool from Race 7 at Saratoga on Monday. Which pool was larger? It’s been like 20 years since the Kentucky Derby Future Wager was first introduced. Back then,…
Read MoreInteresting Angles
Two horses that ran big at Saratoga on Sunday represent some unconventional and possibly totally baseless angles that have won me money in the past. I was competing in a contest covering both of the races in question. I used one of the horses, but did not use the other. Let’s explore. Race 7 was…
Read MoreQuick Travers Recap
Let’s get this out of the way- Catholic Boy is good. Mendelssohn ran well and will probably get an American dirt win in a graded stakes at some point should Coolmore continue going after that goal. Maybe it was the trip that Good Magic didn’t like. Or maybe he doesn’t want 10 furlongs like I…
Read MoreBest $0 you ever spent!!!
This was the debut weekend for LoneSpeed, and in honor of this momentous occasion we decided to offer anyone who checked out the site our full Travers card analysis for the low low price of $0. Yes, free of charge. Just point, click, download, read, and get to work. The highlight, of course, was the…
Read MoreTourney Talk- Stewards Screw Optometrist, Need Optometrist
Saturday’s featured “Big Bucks” event on Horsetourneys came down to the last race, and then still couldn’t be decided. That’s because the contest finale was the 13th at Saratoga, which had to go to the video tape for a stewards review after #4-A I Initiative crossed the wire second but appeared at first glance to…
Read MoreTourney Talk- DRF’s Saturday slate will get my action
As a rule, I am mostly against trying to qualify for a tournament that you are able to buy your way into. My logic is that unless you consistently find yourself at or near the top 10% of the leaderboard, the takeout of qualifiers makes them not the best financial option. However, if you think…
Read MoreTelekinesis is the play of the weekend
You have to go back to his first career start, in February at the Fair Grounds, to find the last time Telekinesis tried sprinting. He won that day, defeating seven foes to record a Beyer Speed Figure of 90, and would then go on to make four consecutive route starts. Telekinesis was run down late…
Read MoreTo Future Wager, Or Not To Future Wager?
I distinctly remember calling a buddy in Las Vegas in August of 2004 and asking him to place a wager on Ghostzapper to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic. He drove to the nearest sportsbook, and called me to say he was being offered at 10-1. I was stunned. “Can you try another sportbook?” I asked.…
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