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A major weakness in my handicapping game is an occasional inability to walk away from a horse that I’ve been chasing. Often, this is out of fear of missing the wedding after suffering through more than one funeral, if you know what I mean. This fall, Prolific, a three-year-old Godolphin homebred trained by Michael Stidham,…
Hi folks, We are nearing the end of racing’s slow season, as Santa Anita is just weeks away and the action begins to heat up at Gulfstream Park. Soon, we’ll be obligated to create a Kentucky Derby Top 10 list. And before we know it, everyone will start at 0 points on the NHC Tour.…
You’re looking over the past performances for Saturday’s Starlet at Los Al, and you happen to notice that neither of the two Baffert-trained fillies, Mother Mother or Chasing Yesterday, have been two turns. Then you decide to watch the replay of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, again. And you come to the conclusion that Vibrance…
Bob Baffert appears, yet again, to have the field for a California Grade 1 juvenile stakes over a barrel in Saturday’s Los Alamitos Futurity. He’ll enter impressive Breeders’ Cup undercard winner Improbable as well as Bob Hope Stakes winner Mucho Gusto. The two of them appear headed for heavy wagering support. And while the field…
Many people that I know consider Jerry Bailey to be the greatest tactical rider of the modern era. And while I don’t pay as much attention to the tendencies, skills, and deficiencies of jockeys as I should, I’d probably be hard pressed to argue with anyone claiming Bailey is at or very near the top…
Full disclosure: I bet on Carrick in Saturday’s Hollywood Derby at Del Mar. But even if I had not, I would still be immensely confused as to why Kent Desormeaux made that bold, early move for the lead down the backstretch of a 9 furlong race on grass when his mount, Carrick, was sitting in…
In last Saturday’s first race at Gulfstream Park, I loved a filly named And She’s Off at 10-1 on the morning line in part because she had been bet to odds of 4-1 in her debut just three weeks earlier, and because she was a $725,000 yearling purchase. She ended up running butt naked dead…
Maybe I can salvage the day with a good showing in a contest with an entry fee of $0.
Today is a big day for LoneSpeed. After just 90 days up and running, we had our first partnership go live today. Check out our first column over at Horse Racing Nation right here… https://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/LoneSpeedAdvantage
The morning line is out, and it appears Sunny Ridge is expected to be something around 9/2 when they break from the gate in the Cigar Mile at Aqueduct on Saturday. Personally, I’m hoping for more like 6/1, although maybe that’s wishful thinking. Regardless, I love his chances. He was wide all the way around…