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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
BLAME ‘n Me
Yazan: Steve | 11 November 2010 | 5 Comments
Categories: Horse Racing
Oddly enough, I first became intrigued with BLAME after one of his four defeats, the 2009 Grade 2 Super Derby. In that race, he closed in the final eighth of a mile against a loose on the lead REGAL RANSOM with such a rush that I made a point to bet his next race. The Super [...]
Breeders’ Cup Pick 4 Tickets
Yazan: Derek | 04 November 2010 | 6 Comments
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
Derek Brown has analyzed the Breeders Cup from top to bottom and put together his Pick 4 selections for the Breeders’ Cup races. With the addition of fifty-cent minimums for this year’s Pick 4s for the Breeders Cup, these exciting multi-race wagers have never been more accessible. The new minimums allow you to build bigger [...]
Breeders’ Cup “Locks” & “Bombs”
Yazan: Steve | 03 November 2010 | Comments Off
Categories: Horse Racing
Here’s our prediction of “lead-pipe locks” and potential long-shot “bombs” for this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup. Full fields of quality horses will provide great betting opportunities and there will be big prices mixed in with the odds-on favorites. The key is figuring when to pull the trigger. Based on some of the picks so far, I’d [...]
High on Grass – Breeders Cup Anticipation Edition
Yazan: Derek | 30 October 2010 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
Derek Brown (aka NJDerek) previews next weekend’s Breeders Cup turf races We’re less than a week away to the biggest weekend in racing, and looking over the advance entries it’s impossible not to be excited about the great races on the horizon. I’ll give out detailed analysis for each of the turf races over the [...]
“High on Grass” – Woodbine, QE II, Athenia, and Oak Tree Derby Edition
Yazan: Derek | 14 October 2010 | 6 Comments
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
Derek Brown (aka NJDerek) is back for another look at this weekend’s turf stakes. Our longshots ran very well last weekend, keyed by PRINCE WILL I AM winning the Jamaica at 10-1. Let’s look at Saturday’s big turf stakes and try to cash again. The Woodbine races are especially tricky because, for many of the [...]
Belmont Park’s Super Saturday Selections
Yazan: Steve | 01 October 2010 | 5 Comments
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
There was a time Belmont’s fall meet was the end of year championship. Over the past 25 years, the Breeders’ Cup has relegated Belmont’s prestigious fall meet to a series of BC prep races. At least this year’s fall meet can be considered a legitimate BC prep now that the BC is back on dirt at [...]
Weekend Turf Racing
Yazan: Steve | 17 September 2010 | 8 Comments
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
This weekend features excellent turf races, most notably the Garden City Stakes at Belmont Park and the Woodbine Mile at Woodbine. These races offer great chances to make money and gain insights into the upcoming Breeders’ Cup. When handicapping turf races, one thing to consider is that European shippers, even those with mediocre records, routinely [...]
Run Up to the Breeders’ Cup
Yazan: Steve | 03 September 2010 | Comments Off
Categories: Handicapping, Horse Racing
With the Breeders’ Cup two months away it’s time to start paying close attention to the major contenders. With the help of Rob (aka Amateurcapper), Tony Bada Bing (A Leg Up) , and Chris Hernandez (aka Tencentcielo), we’ll track the major stakes races leading up to the Breeders’ Cup and share opinions. At the very [...]
Ever Get the Feeling You’ve Been Cheated?
Yazan: Steve | 12 November 2009 | 8 Comments
Categories: Horse Racing
It’s hard to get wrapped around the axle about whether Zenyatta or Rachel Alexandra should be Horse of the Year. It’s unbearably frustrating that these phenomenal race horses will likely never face one another on the track. That two of the greatest female horses of all time even co-exist is a godsend, particularly for a [...]
2009 Breeders’ Cup – “Flat Busted!”
Yazan: Steve | 08 November 2009 | 6 Comments
Categories: Horse Racing
Zenyatta’s amazing performance in the Classic capped a great day of horse racing but not such a great day of betting. I’m usually leery of taking short odds on horses trying to do something they’ve never done before. In Zenyatta’s case, it was tackling open competition in a Grade 1 stakes at 1 and 1/4 [...]
