TweetDown to the Wire had an interesting discussion this week on the Holy Bull Stakes. Cappin with Candice and I discussed why pace may decide who wins the Holy Bull Stakes. Candice is expecting a quick pace and picks Conquest Titan. I feel Almost Famous may set “honest” pace and string out the field allowing Read the full article…
TweetThe top talent in Florida has assembled for the Holy Bull Stakes a traditional prep that opens the doors for trainers to stay in Florida, ship out for a final prep to New York or travel to the Fairgrounds. Most talented prep race to date of the 2014 season. Cairo Prince had a brief but Read the full article…
TweetIn our last Tracking with Trakus update we focused on a horse that looked good, but the advanced metrics showed a different story in Constitution. This week we will take an advanced look at Tonalist’s maiden victory at Gulfstream Park. Since there are few 9 furlong races at Gulfstream Park it was nice to have Read the full article…
TweetThe Smarty Jones stakes today at Oaklawn Park was a textbook example of why many trainers do not like to ship 3 year olds in January and February. Coastline was favored heavily at 3/2 in the field of 10 horses despite shipping in over the weekend and little time to prepare for the Oaklawn Racing Read the full article…
TweetHandicappers gathered far and wide across the internet on Friday night via a chat room for the Derbyologist Triple Crown Fantasy Horse Racing League. Fantasy Football is estimated to be a 3 billion dollar annual economic impact by Forbes magazine. Horse Racing has yet to tap into this un-developed market. Seven men and one women Read the full article…
TweetA dominating win by Vicar’s In Trouble in the Lecomte validated the high speed figure and visually impressive win in his last race. In his maiden breaker he drew off by the length of the stretch. The Lecomte pace scenario played out as expected. Vicar’s In Trouble sat off slow pace of 1:13 and change Read the full article…
TweetThis week on Down to the Wire we review the Sham Stakes, make selections for the LeComte and also preview the Smarty Jones. Candice and I both select Vicar’s In Trouble in the Smarty Jones, with her 2nd selection Got Shades. I make the case for Smarty’s Echo as a longshot who might run 2nd. Read the full article…
TweetThe Smarty Jones Stakes kicks off the Triple Crown Trail in Arkansas. Oaklawn Park has designed a series of 3 year-old preps for horses of all levels and distances and usually a few shippers from the west coast spice up the fields in the Rebel and Arkansas Derby. Coastline enters off a disappointing effort in Read the full article…
TweetSophomore colts go down to the Bayou for this traditional Fairgrounds prep. A solid cast of sophomores has entered this first leg of a 3 race series with the next progression the Risen Star and the final prep the Louisiana Derby. Roman Unbridled was not an early bird nomination for the LeComte being nominated to Read the full article…
TweetHorseracing is a giant puzzle and many people talk about the numbers in Horse Racing, when times what quantifies as enlightenment is more often than not cherry-picking. Many times people will point out that Horse A is better than Horse B because he ran “wider”, failing to point out when Horse B runs less feet Read the full article…