Conference tournament season is upon us and, this week, I have three basketball games to discuss — hoping to stay undefeated in hoops on US Racing. AIR FORCE VS. UNLV Wednesday, March 9, 4:30 p.m. E...
Shagaf entered Aqueduct’s Gotham Stakes unbeaten and he maintained that status afterwards, earning his first graded stakes victory in the process. After waiting patiently for a path to open up, jock...
English statesman, scientist and philosopher Francis Bacon (1561-1626) is best known as a pioneering advocate of the scientific method. Unsurprisingly, he did not conform to the superstitions of his d...
Songbird Romps… Again Every now and again a horse turns in a performance that makes one’s hair stand on end. Goosebumps. Tears of emotion. A performance that seems to make everything wrong in the ...
By Casey Laughter The Gulfstream Park Handicap has been a big race for horses beginning their campaigns against older foes. In 2015, Honor Code won the Gulfstream Park Handicap over top horses such as...
By Andrew Morisch The 2016 edition of the $100,000 Santa Ysabel Stakes (GIII) surprisingly drew a field of 10 as the featured race Saturday afternoon at beautiful Santa Anita Park. The undefeated Juve...
By Jonathan Stettin Last week I talked about ways to not beat oneself betting the races. Today, I will discuss how one can find an edge against other players. You would be surprised at how many people...
By Casey Laughter Since 1976, no horse has won the Gotham Stakes and gone on to win the Kentucky Derby. There have been plenty of successful racehorses to come out of the race, however. Horses such as...
By Matt Hess Pace makes the race. It’s an old saying among horseplayers, and one that I came to understand fairly quickly upon my introduction to the sport. Growing up watching the Triple Crown ra...
By Margaret Ransom Is Songbird a ‘Lock’ in the Santa Ysabel? Growing up, my father had an expression when people did things he didn’t understand. He’d say, “God bless ‘em,” and shrug his...
