Arlington Million Day Picks and Ponderings
Here’s a one-stop shop that features all the individual race-by-race posts from Arlington Million Day. All seven of the stakes races have been picked, pondered, and ready for your reading. Thorofan is...
View ArticleBallerina Preview: Turbulent Descent Goes for Test/Ballerina Double
The Grade 1 Ballerina always draws some of the country’s top filly and mare sprinters. This year is no different. Let’s take a look at the field. 1. ISLAND BOUND (ML 10-1, Wilkes, Leparoux) – Takes a...
View ArticleHow We’re Playing Saratoga’s Travers Day Late Pick 4
Minor injuries (and subsequent retirements) to Kentucky Derby and Preakness Champ I’ll Have Another; Belmont Champ Union Rags; and Derby and Preakness runner-up Bodemeister resulted in a lackluster...
View ArticleParked at Parx – Pennsylvania Derby Highlights Weekend Action
Saturday is the biggest day at Parx / Philadelphia Park during what is a year round racing schedule. The one million dollar PA Derby is a Grade II featuring a diverse field of eight that might have...
View ArticleJockey Club Gold Cup Day (aka Super Saturday)
Headlined by the Jockey Club Gold Cup, there’s 6 balls out races on Saturday at Belmont. Before the Breeders’ Cup Classic, this was THE championship race for handicap horses each year. While the...
View ArticleHawthorne Gold Cup Day
“I’ve got this thing and it’s <redacted> golden” –Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich He was talking about a senate seat and he is now serving time in a federal prison, but Hawthorne Race...
View Article3 Year Old Colts & Fillies on the Turf
There’s a few tasty stakes for three year olds on the turf Saturday: the Tropical Park Derby at Calder, the G.3 Hawthorne Derby at Hawthorne, and the G.1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland....
View ArticleRaven Haven – Raven Run Stakes Preview
October may be most noted for playoff baseball and apple crisp but the return of racing at Keenland is not too far behind! While the spring meet may take more of a precedent with Kentucky Derby preps,...
View ArticleThe 2012 Breeders’ Cup – It’s All Greek To Me
Breeders’ Cup weekend is here. Do I know which horse is going to win every race? Of course not. Do I know which horse is going to win any race? I hope so (but there’s no guarantees). Our team of...
View ArticleDelta Decade – 10th Running of the Delta Jackpot
The Delta Jackpot turns ten this year. In years past the million dollar purse all but guaranteed the winner’s admission to the Kentucky Derby. While past winners of the Jackpot have not had success in...
View ArticleSaturday’s Derby Preps at Fair Grounds and Gulfstream Park
The Kentucky Derby prep season moves into the “Championship” phase according to Churchill’s new points system. What that means is that this weekend’s Risen Star and Fountain of Youth Stakes are worth...
View ArticleCatching Up
Last Saturday I made my first foray into the world of live money handicapping tournaments by playing a qualifier for next year’s Horseplayer World Series in Las Vegas at Laurel Park. The Rules: $300...
View ArticleScatman Aristides
For ThoroFan’s Handicapper’s Corner Dylan J. previewed Saturday’s Grade 3 Aristides Stakes. It only drew five entries so Churchill Downs made it Race 5 to keep it out of their Pick 6. That doesn’t...
View ArticleBallerina Preview: Turbulent Descent Goes for Test/Ballerina Double
The Grade 1 Ballerina always draws some of the country’s top filly and mare sprinters. This year is no different. Let’s take a look at the field. 1. ISLAND BOUND (ML 10-1, Wilkes, Leparoux) – Takes a...
View ArticleHow We’re Playing Saratoga’s Travers Day Late Pick 4
Minor injuries (and subsequent retirements) to Kentucky Derby and Preakness Champ I’ll Have Another; Belmont Champ Union Rags; and Derby and Preakness runner-up Bodemeister resulted in a lackluster...
View ArticleLowdown on Colonial Downs Colonial Turf Cup
Originally published at ThoroFan Handicapper’s Corner. The only Thoroughbred racetrack in the Commonwealth of Virginia is Colonial Downs, conveniently located off Interstate 64 (or rather inconvenient,...
View ArticleFear of a Charming Kitten
Originally published at ThoroFan Handicapper’s Corner Saturday’s $500,000 Grade II Virginia Derby starts at 8:12PM, meaning Colonial Downs improved their track lighting system to a degree they can hold...
View ArticleSaturday Stakes Action
Saturday offers the best day of stakes racing so far this year. It kicks off early with the Dubai World Cup card from Meydan race course. Although this year’s edition doesn’t have superstar 2011...
View ArticleTurnback the Alarm Handicap
Friday is the start of arguably the best and biggest weekend in horse racing, the Breeders’ Cup Championships. Horse racing’s equivalent of the World Series, Stanley Cup Finals or Super Bowl. In...
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