Horseracing 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…
While watching the BCS National Championship game on Monday night, the announcers started talking about how the teams were built and how much football “talent” was in Florida and Florida State captured a lot of talent from the Sunshine State. I decided to fire up the Derby database and find out where the most Kentucky Read the full article…
A six horse field awaits the starting gate for Saturdays Sham stakes. My Sham Stakes Preview has already been posted. This week on Down to the Wire, Candace and I review the Jerome Stakes, preview the Sham stakes, handicap a MSW race at Oaklawn Park on Friday and a MSW race for 3 year-olds on Read the full article…
The Sham stakes has been designated a Kentucky Derby qualifying points race by Churchill Downs with 10 points to the winner and 4 points to the runner-up it . With the one mile distance it gives horses who may have started late a chance to jump up in class and see how they fit into Read the full article…
Friday’s Gulfstream Park Allowance race, was one of the most anticipated and discussed 3 year-old prep races last week. Top Billing debuted at 6 furlongs at Laurel Park and was attempting to run 9 furlongs in his 2nd lifetime start. While handicapping the past performances of the Gulfstream Park race last week, it occurred to Read the full article…
In my last post I shared the top 5 MSW races for Colts, since the fillies traditionally get less ink on the way to the Kentucky Oaks, I thought I would pass along 5 dominating Juvenile performances by the Ladies in 2013. This list again, is not to predict the future, but to enjoy the Read the full article…
My complete Jerome Handicap Preview can be read here, this week I had a chance handicap the Jerome Stakes with Candice from Cappingwithcandice.blogspot.com and discuss the Jerome Stakes, bankroll strategies and we each took a stab at 5 horses we will be paying attention to on the Triple Crown Trail in 2014. Candice and I Read the full article…
With the calendar turning to 2014, I have been taking a look at my handicapping notes and conceptually sorting out top performances from “winning” efforts, many horses win races, but through the years about 15 maiden races visually linger as impressive. In past year’s it was Uncle Mo, stealing the show on the Travers Day Read the full article…
The Jerome Stakes is the first race of the 2014 season designated as a “Derby Point Race” by Churchill Downs. The Jerome is non-graded but the 200K purse and 10 Derby points to the winner and 4 points to the runner-up was enticing enough to draw a field of 8. Noble Moon enters as the Read the full article…
My Monday night homework came from Twitter when @insidethenumbers challenged me to preview the highly anticipated Gulfstream Park race on Friday for talented Sophomores with Triple Crown aspirations. Cousin Stephen impressed with a daylight score in a MSW at Aqueduct on November 7th. Over the year’s I have grown skeptical of runaway victories at the Read the full article…