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So, I’m kicking it in the Del Mar press box like a total baller because that’s what you do when you get a press credential and there are a ton of empty seats that no one will notice you have usurped (look it up), when I read a quote from Elliot Walden of WinStar Farm,…
When I first started getting paid to write about horse racing in 2007, I quickly noticed that people who made their living in racing, whether they were part of the media. horsemen, or track employees, had a tendency to be a bit on the cynical side. This didn’t go for everybody. To be sure, there…
Winx was back at it this week. For starters, let me say that I applaud the connections of Winx for the fact that she is still racing. I have never owned a racehorse. But I have to assume the only reasons one would get into the business of horse ownership are to make money (long…
Ask me if I feel guilty about winning my way into October’s Keeneland Challenge yesterday on DRF. Go ahead. Ask me. The answer is….sort of. For starters, I won the seat via the tie-breaker, as the man with whom I tied picked one fewer winner than I did in amassing the exact same score as…
The highlight of the weekend is Belmont’s Stars and Stripes card, and it’s full of wagering opportunities.
Taking in a card of nighttime racing at Churchill Downs must be an amazing experience, and I am embarrassed to say I have never done it.
What Justify just accomplished is unreal. Truly an amazing thing. I was actually present for his second career win at Santa Anita, and I wish I had known then what I was witnessing. At the time, the idea that he could win the Kentucky Derby, never mind the Triple Crown, was some place far off…
The Caps hangover may force many of my DC area readers to completely forget about Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, but if you find time to watch and get a bet in, hopefully my 3-year Triple Crown losing streak will come to an end.
It seems as if some combination of Hofburg, Bravazo, and Vino Rosso will assume the role of Belmont Stakes wagering choices two through four, with the Anointed One the clear favorite at something around even money. Tenfold will attract his share of the wagering dollars too, and the rest are headed for big prices. I…
The last time I made a profit on the Kentucky Derby was 2013, when Orb, the favorite, won the race ahead of a longshot I loved named Golden Soul. That was the first of five consecutive years where the favorites have won the Kentucky Derby, including 2016 where they ran 1-2-3-4 in order, and 2015…
Since anything worse than a 2nd-place finish would have kept My Boy Jack out of the Kentucky Derby starting gate, that’s exactly what I was hoping for in the Lexington Stakes. Things didn’t turn out as I had hoped. And now I am forced, against my will, to make a decision about how to use…