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As February approaches, it is not too early to start thinking about the first Saturday in May, which we all know is the greatest day of the year — Derby Day. The Kentucky Derby (G1) is still 14 weeks away, but the prep races have begun and Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas is now …

#road to the roses

It was literally history in the making at the 48th annual Eclipse Awards at Gulfstream Park on Thursday night. For the first time, brothers claimed the honor as North America’s Outstanding Jockey in successive years and the first horseman to both ride an Eclipse Award-winning steeplechase horse and train a Steeplechase Horse of the Year …

#mark casse

Buffalo Raceway will kick off its 66-day 2019 meet this Wednesday. This year, purses are slightly higher, with open events beginning the year at $12K — up from $10,500 at the end of 2018. In addition to increased purses, the Raceway announced that many races will be written using a class system. Some like this, …

#trot

Following are point totals for the top 20 horses on the Road to the May 4 Kentucky Derby (GI), with connections, auction history, career line and recent activity information. Updated weekly. (Updated 1/31/19) Game Winner – 30 points (Candy Ride—Indyan Giving, by A.P. Indy) Owned by: Gary a

#run for the roses

There is no city in America like New Orleans and there is no racetrack like the Fair Grounds. Located two miles from the French Quarter in the heart of the Crescent City, these beloved grounds have been a staple of southern Thoroughbred racing since 1872. Much like the spirit and resilience of the c

#man o'war

Tracy Campion won’t ever forget the details of the riding incident that changed her life forever. Though everything happened in split second, she remembers exactly how it all transpired and, to this day, it sometimes replays in her mind when she least expects it, the details now burned into her memory and saved like a …

#tracy campion

In 2007, the Santa Anita Derby (GI)/Kentucky Derby (GI) prep once known as the Santa Catalina Stakes was renamed the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (GIII) to honor one of the most beloved owners in the game of thoroughbred racing, who passed away the year before. The familiar green and yellow silks represen

#santa catalina

Saturday’s secondary feature at Gulfstream Park will be the $7 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational, which has drawn a strong field of 10 (with perhaps 9 legitimate win contenders). The morning line favorite in the race is Yoshida at 5-2 odds for trainer Bill Mott with Jose Ortiz aboard. Even in a deep field …

#yoshida

This year marks the 30th running of the Holy Bull Stakes (GII) at Gulfstream Park, the south Florida oval’s first major prep on the road to the May 4 Kentucky Derby. The 1 1/16-mile main-track test offers points to the top four finishers on a 10-4-2-1 scale. As of now, even a second-place finish in

#road to the roses

Pegasus World Cup Day arrives to Gulfstream Park this weekend and the 12-race card is everything you would expect from a day of racing and wagering with purses rivaling Breeders’ Cup Saturday, thanks to nine total stakes races worth in excess of $17 million. The headline event, of course, is the $9 million Pegasus World …

#pegasus world cup day

In a column for Horseracing Nation, Reinier Macatangay argued that Accelerate, the morning line favorite in this weekend’s $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1), was “not in his best form.” “…when Accelerate starts in the Grade 1, $9 million Pegasus World Cup on Saturday at Gulfstream Park, I’ll question whether he can offer another …

#speed rations

Top winter dirt racing is ready to return to the Midwest with the opening of Oaklawn Park on Friday, Jan. 25, for a meet that has been extended three weeks past the track’s usual mid-April closing date — to Kentucky Derby Day, Saturday, May 4. Freezing temperatures in January usually mean a slow start to …

#track bias

War of Will kept his undefeated record on the dirt intact with a convincing 4-length score in the LeComte Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds on Saturday, dropping his Kentucky Derby future odds to 40/1. In two dirt starts, the Mark Casse-trained colt has earned identical Brisnet speed figures of 94 (last year, Justify recorded a …

#war of will

Official 2019 Pegasus World Cup Odds available for betting. The most racing bets anywhere: bet on jockeys, trainers and contenders.

Are you a good handicapper? Are you a great handicapper? Maybe you are, but if you can’t manage your bankroll you’ll never make a dime off your picks, let alone make a living playing the races. It is the downfall of many great handicappers who have winning systems and approaches. Sometimes, you don’t make the …

#money management

Another year of intense competition on the National Horseplayers Championship Tour is in the books, and a new NHC Tour Champion has been crowned. The NHC Tour winner was veteran player David Gutfreund of Chicago, who has been a prominent figure on the tournament scene for decades. Gutfreund won the NHC Tour’s grand prize of …

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