Archive for the 'Horse Racing' Category
Making (and Playing) an Allowance at Hawthorne
Yazan: Paul | 19 November 2011 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
After a week off for the Breeders’ Cup, Paul Mazur returns home to Hawthorne. Without a major stakes on the calendar in the month of November, we look for our plays in the allowance ranks in one of Saturday’s two features. Hawthorne – Race 5 – N2X/$35K-$25K Allowance Optional Claimer (AOC) (Turf) – Post time [...]
Delta Destiny – Princess and Jackpot Stakes Start Triple Crown Aspirations
Yazan: Dylan | 17 November 2011 | 2 Comments
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
On Saturday Delta Downs in Vinton, LA will host two races that could have Kentucky Oaks and Derby implications come springtime. The Million Dollar Delta Downs Jackpot S. (G3) effectively kicks off the 2012 road to the Triple Crown. The Delta Jackpot has been known for producing exciting finishes (dead heat in 2007) and a [...]
The Business of Thoroughbred Rescue: My Interview with Caroline Betts, Director & President of Southern California Thoroughbred Rescue
Yazan: Derek | 13 November 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: Horse Racing, Our Philosophy
One of the most informative of the weekly thoroughbred business Twitter chats I participated in recently was on the subject of thoroughbred rescue and retirement. The chat was hosted by Caroline Betts, an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Southern California, and Founder, President and Director of Southern California Thoroughbred Rescue [...]
Breeders’ Cup Sprint Preview
Yazan: Steve | 05 November 2011 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
Brian Hoffacker (aka Ghostzapper04) of the Trip Handicapping blog reviews the field in today’s BC Sprint. It figures to be an exciting race. BC Sprint – Churchill Downs Race 5 – Post Time 2:37 (Eastern) #1 EUROEARS (4-1) – 7 year old horse (Speed) Once the doors spring open for the Sprint, we’ll know within [...]
Breeders’ Cup Challenge – WirePlayers vs Hello Race Fans
Yazan: Derek | 03 November 2011 | 4 Comments
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
In addition to our own picks and analysis, this year the handicappers from WirePlayers are going head-to-head in a BC challenge against the handicappers from Hello Race Fans. Each member will pick a winner for each race, with five points towards the overall score for a win, two for a place finish and one point for [...]
Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic & Dirt Mile Preview
Yazan: Paul | 03 November 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
For an in-depth analysis on the two-day Breeders’ Cup program, here’s Paul Mazur’s take on Friday’s Ladies Classic and Saturday’s Dirt Mile. Churchill Downs — Friday — Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic — Race 10, post time 7:30 ET ROYAL DELTA clearly needed the first race at Saratoga in the CCA Oaks, and she beat IT’S [...]
A Late-Season Turf Treat — Hawthorne’s Halloween Weekend
Yazan: Paul | 29 October 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
For most, Halloween weekend either means donning a costume, attending a party, or giving out to candy to those who come to the door. For handicappers, it’s a respite as most look forward to next week’s Breeders’ Cup. Paul Mazur (@heylaserbeam) looks at two overnight grass stakes for two-year-olds at Hawthorne this weekend, seeing if [...]
Breeders’ Cup Friday – Contenders and Pretenders
Yazan: Derek | 28 October 2011 | 2 Comments
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
The Breeders’ Cup pre-entries are out, and like most handicappers, Derek Brown is knee-deep in past performances separating the contenders from the pretenders. So who’s worth a flyer and who risks burning your money? Here’s his initial analysis for Friday’s Breeders’ Cup races. Juvenile Sprint The Contender: If you throw out VEXOR’s non-effort in the [...]
Tuning Up with Statebreds — Illinois Festival of Racing
Yazan: Paul | 22 October 2011 | 2 Comments
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
In two weeks, the best horses from around the world will converge on Churchill Downs for the Breeders’ Cup. This week’s races may not have implications for that day, but it provides a similar, convergent program with stakes races strung together. Paul Mazur (@heylaserbeam) tunes up for the Breeders Cup with a look at the [...]
Homecoming Saturday – Local Legends and Upcoming Superstars Take Stage
Yazan: Dylan | 21 October 2011 | Comments Off
Categories: Horse Racing
Homecoming is arguably the best part of high school and on Saturday at Suffolk Downs and Laurel Park a couple veteran horses are returning home to defend their soil. After the alumni races, the freshman will square off under the lights at Delta Downs in local preps for the Delta Princess and Delta Jackpot. All [...]
Featured Race Analysis – G3 Hawthorne Derby
Yazan: Paul | 14 October 2011 | 2 Comments
Categories: Horse Racing
WirePlayers welcomes Paul Mazur as a new contributor focusing on the Illinois racing circuit. Paul has played the Illinois circuit of Arlington Park and Hawthorne Race Course since 2008. He lives, writes, and wagers in Chicago and you can follow him on Twitter @heylaserbeam. This week Paul gives his analysis of Saturday’s G3 Hawthorne Derby. [...]
He’s Back
Yazan: Derek | 09 October 2011 | 3 Comments
Categories: Horse Racing
It was almost 1:02 pm when the horses crossed the finish line in Belmont’s first race on Saturday and the phones began to ring. The partners of Fantasy Lane Stable waited a long time for this moment and knew exactly what to say after answering the calls. Of all the responses that they had mentally [...]
High on Grass – Jamaica, First Lady & Shadwell Turf Mile Edition
Yazan: Derek | 07 October 2011 | 3 Comments
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
With only four weeks until the Breeders Cup, this weekend offers the last round of significant prep races before the big day. In honor of his one-year anniversary writing for WirePlayers, Derek Brown returns to the races from his maiden post with a trio of Saturday’s G1 stakes from Belmont and Keeneland Belmont Race [...]
Wanna Know How You Measure Up? Try Derby Wars
Yazan: Steve | 05 October 2011 | 3 Comments
Categories: Horse Racing
Judge Smails: How do measure yourself against other golfers? Ty Webb: By height. The same could be said with horseplayers. However, with this week’s launch of Derby Wars horseplayers now have a nifty, interactive website to compete in handicapping tournaments to see how they measure up and win cash prizes in the process. If you’re [...]
Super Saturday? You Bet!
Yazan: Derek | 02 October 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: Horse Racing
The rain held off and Saturday was a tremendous day of racing at Belmont Park. Derek Brown (AKA NJDerek) gives his recap. Belmont’s Super Saturday is always one of my favorite days of racing. Several days of rain earlier in the week left the turf courses quite soft, forcing the early races to the main [...]
