Host Derek Simon of US Racing recaps the El Camino Real Derby captured by Frank Conversation, as well as the Southwest Stakes (Suddenbreakingnews) and the San Vicente (Nyquist). Later in the show, pro...
I have long believed that conquering the races — or, really, any speculative endeavor — requires that one seek out market inefficiencies and exploit them. Far too many people rely on capital advan...
1-IN EQUALITY (30/1) Started his career on dirt, despite having a pedigree that seems better suited for dirt — the surface over which he eventually broke his maiden. His overall speed and pace figur...
A few weeks ago, I made the decision to start posting free plays on a regular basis, like I used to do when I began my career as a turf writer. Unfortunately, rather than demonstrating how one can bea...
He’s the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion; undefeated in five lifetime starts; and the current single-entrant favorite in the Kentucky Derby Future Pool #2. Yet, I don’t think Nyquist stands a sn...
There’s an old saying — a very old saying — in thoroughbred horse racing that asserts: “pace makes the race.” And that pearl of wisdom will be put to the test in the Grade II Barbara Fritchi...
In a Feb. 10 piece for Bloodhorse entitled “How About a Trainer Derby Future Wager?” Steve Haskin goes about handicapping the Kentucky Derby in a very unique way — by analyzing the trainers with...
After Nyquist won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile last year, NBC analyst Randy Moss was quick to point out that it took the two-year-old son of Uncle Mo a second longer to traverse the 1 1/16 miles than ...