Archive for the 'Handicapping' Category
Preakness Thoughts & Bodie Pics
Yazan: Steve | 17 May 2012 | No Comments
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
The 2nd leg of the Triple Crown shifts from blue grass Kentucky to blue collar Baltimore. Whereas the Kentucky Derby is Mint Juleps and fancy hats, the Preakness is beer and ‘wife beaters.’ Saturday’s crowd at Pimlico will reflect Baltimore’s intriguingly unassuming quirkiness compared to Churchill’s predictably conformist high-class posers. Neither event is better or [...]
Full Card Selections for Tuesday at Atlantic City
Yazan: Dylan | 01 May 2012 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
Race 1 – Allowance– 1 1/8th Miles Well #2 LATE FOR CLASS (10-1) is something that I’ve been many times in life, but sadly I won’t be playing her in this race. Given how kindly the turf course has played toward speed you have to at least include #5 FUSAICHI PRETTY (9/2). Her daddy was [...]
Off and Running at Atlantic City Race Course
Yazan: Dylan | 27 April 2012 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping
Today marks the start of the limited all turf meeting at Atlantic City Race Course, or as some call it “Aye Cee.” The meet is just six days long each year, but features full fields and solid racing over what used to be the greatest turf course in America. Below are some angles to consider [...]
Test of a Champion – Blue Grass Stakes Preview
Yazan: Steve | 14 April 2012 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
This preview was originally published on Thorofan Saturday’s Grade I Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland Racecourse is one of the last major prep races prior to the 2012 Kentucky Derby. Despite its Grade I status, few winners of the Blue Grass have gone on to actually win the Kentucky Derby (the most recent was [...]
Secrets Out – Arkansas Derby Preview
Yazan: Dylan | 14 April 2012 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
This preview was also published on Thorofan The Arkansas Derby once again manages to draw a talented full field of eleven. In the gate Saturday will be Southwest and Rebel Stakes winner #5 SECRET CIRCLE (5/2), San Felipe Stakes winner #11 BODEMEISTER (9/5), Delta Jackpot winner #9 SABERCAT (15-1), Rebel Stakes runner up #7 OPTIMIZER [...]
Horseplayer Paradise – WirePlayers Derby Dozen Volume IV
Yazan: Steve | 11 April 2012 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
Our Derby Dozen panel is filled with astute folks that understand the game and appreciate its complex history. But we are not of one mind when it comes to the top Derby contender (i.e., the most likely winner). No sir, 6 of the 12 horses on our list received #1 votes and none more than [...]
Hawthorne – Illinois Derby Day Preview
Yazan: Paul | 07 April 2012 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
The most important race of the Hawthorne spring meet is upon us. It’s Illinois Derby Day, with the feature set for race 9 on a ten race card. WGN will be showing the Illinois Derby, along with the Cryptoclearance, in a program set to air from 5:00 pm CT to 6:00 PM CT. (Which airs [...]
The Transylvania – Keenland Spring Renewal
Yazan: Dylan | 05 April 2012 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
Just like the Masters Tournament in golf, or MLB Opening Day, the sight of horses in the starting gate at Keenland is a sure sign of spring, quality racing, and big time stakes action soon to follow. The opening day feature is the $100k Transylvania Stakes, a one and one sixteenths mile turf race for [...]
Union Dues – Florida Derby Preview
Yazan: Dylan | 30 March 2012 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
This weekend marks five weeks until the Kentucky Derby and a key prep race is on tap: Saturday’s Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. The Florida Derby has a history of producing legitimate Kentucky Derby contenders including recent Derby winners Barbaro (2005) and Big Brown (2008) and 2010 runner-up Ice Box. This year’s edition features a [...]
Weekend Trifecta – Turf, Dirt and Synthetic Graded Stakes on the Docket
Yazan: Dylan | 24 March 2012 | 1 Comment
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
This weekend is filled with a diverse mix of graded stakes with two having potential Kentucky Derby implications. Time to find those checkmark winners! Gulfstream Park Race 10 – Grade II Pan American Stakes ($150K) – 1 ½ Miles (Turf) – 5:35 (EDT) Post Time Usually when thinking of turf racing at Gulfstream it’s about [...]
The Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes (G3) – Time To Get Ill
Yazan: Derek | 24 March 2012 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
Originally posted at Thorofan Handicappers’ Corner Last year the Spiral Stakes shook loose from the bonds of irrelevance when ANIMAL KINGDOM parlayed his win into a Kentucky Derby triumph. While only a Grade 3, and run over polytrack, the winner of the $500,000 purse is virtually guaranteed a spot in the starting gate on the [...]
How Great is Kitten’s Joy? Palm Beach Stakes Preview
Yazan: Steve | 10 March 2012 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
Gulfstream Park Race 7 – Grade III Palm Beach Stakes ($150K) – 1 and 1/8 miles – Post time 4:05 Though it has a small field of 6, half the entrants in Sunday’s Palm Beach Stakes are out of the exceptional turf sire Kitten’s Joy. The race may also hold the winner of Keeneland’s Blue [...]
Stackin’ Paper – Derby Wars $25,000 Tournament
Yazan: Steve | 06 March 2012 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping
Horseplayers will have a chance to stack serious paper as Derby Wars offers their first $25,000 handicapping tournament this Saturday. The $25K tournaments will be held monthly with cash prizes paid to 20th place. These are the most lucrative handicapping tournaments available on the internet. I’ve participated in several Derby Wars tournaments via their interactive [...]
Some Saturday Races to Watch (and a few worth betting)
Yazan: Steve | 02 March 2012 | 4 Comments
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
There’s plenty of racing action to be had on Saturday from New York, Kentucky, Florida, and California. The best races for 3 year old colts, and potential Derby prospects, may be at Gulfstream Park instead of Aqueduct or Turfway Park. The best betting race of the weekend figures to be the Santa Anita Handicap at, you [...]
Who Is Ponce de Leon? Grade II Fountain of Youth Stakes Preview
Yazan: Dylan | 26 February 2012 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
Gulfstream Park’s $400k Grade II Fountain of Youth Stakes takes the Sunday spotlight. Very few Fountain of Youth winners have gone on to win the Kentucky Derby (Thunder Gulch in 1995 was the most recent and before that, Spectacular Bid in 1979), but several have gone on to successful stud careers (notably 1997 winner Pulpit [...]
