Several years ago, I revisited and revamped the work of one of my early handicapping heroes, William L. Scott. And the results were… well, awful. However, I still believe that Scott’s seminal work...
Newcomers to thoroughbred horse racing are often overwhelmed by the vast amounts of information thrown at them like an Aroldis Chapman fastball. Class, weight, lengths, prices — and that’s just bu...
Recently, Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who has won practically every big race imaginable, including the Kentucky Derby four times, weighed in on the future of horse racing. While I agreed with...
Although the Remsen Stakes (G2) hasn’t produced a Kentucky Derby winner since Thunder Gulch in 1995, the annual feature for two-year-olds has certainly generated more than its fair share of good hor...
Many racing fans believe that a horse that won its last start in dominant fashion is a good bet today. The argument is that such a horse was “never asked for its best” and, thus, is a prime candid...
If you’re like me — and I pray on behalf of your family and friends that you’re not — Thanksgiving means three things: ponies, pigskins and puking. Well, hopefully not the latter; that hasn’...
In between e-mails informing me that I “may already have won” a prize of considerable value and those beseeching me to be “a better lover” (my wife claims she’s only trying to help), I often...
There is a belief, shared by many, that the Sport of Kings is actually the Sport of Whales. And by “whales” I’m not talking about the creatures that gave Captain Ahab and Pinocchio such fits. I&...
Editor Derek Simon chats with Jonathan “The Pick-6 King” Stettin and Ryan “The 3-out-of-4 in the Pick-4 King” Dickey discuss the Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs.