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Handicapping Insights

The good thing about last Saturday's Preakness Stakes is when the action leaves Maryland for its summer home at Colonial Downs, they can plant corn on the main track.

 Thursday, May 23, 2013

Abraham Seeks Better Trip in Peter Pan

The Road to the Kentucky Derby is behind us, but we still have the Grade II Peter Pan en route to the Belmont Stakes. I am going to try to win again with Abraham.

 Thursday, May 09, 2013
Exotic Bets Podcast Series: The Basics

Exotic Bets Podcast Series: The Basics

Intro To Exotic Bets with Tom LaMarra and Pete Denk. Sponsored by HRTV.

 Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Exotic Bets Podcast Series: Vertical Bets

Exotic Bets Podcast Series: Vertical Bets

Tom LaMarra and Pete Denk discuss exacta, trifecta and superfecta bets. Sponsored by HRTV.

 Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Exotic Bets Podcast Series: Maiden Races

Exotic Bets Podcast Series: Maiden Races

Tom LaMarra and Pete Denk focus on maiden races and betting angles related to them.

 Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Exotic Bets Podcast: Daily Doubles & Pick 3s

Exotic Bets Podcast: Daily Doubles & Pick 3s

Tom LaMarra and Pete Denk discuss Rolling Daily Doubles and Pick 3s. Sponsored by HRTV.

 Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Exotic Bets Podcast Series: Pick 4s, 5s & 6s

Exotic Bets Podcast Series: Pick 4s, 5s & 6s

Tom LaMarra and Pete Denk discuss Pick 4s, 5s, and 6s. Sponsored by HRTV.

 Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Fear the Kitten Gets Chance in Peter Pan

Fear the Kitten Gets Chance in Peter Pan

Fear the Kitten will take on Bay Shore Stakes winner Declan's Warrior and Illinois Derby fourth-place finisher Abraham in the 1 1/8-mile Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park May 11.

 Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Hollywood Notebook

HOLLYWOOD NOTEBOOK

 Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Derby Points System Worked Efficiently

With the Kentucky Derby field now in place, the points system that got us here looks like it's working pretty well.

 Friday, May 03, 2013

Kentucky Derby by the Speed Numbers

In 54 of the last 58 runnings of the 1 1/4-mile Kentucky Derby, the winner was either on the lead with an eighth of a mile to go, within a length of the lead, or running second although more than a length off the leader.

 Thursday, May 02, 2013

'Wild Card' Derby Trial Not A Misnomer

The makeup of the grade III Derby Trial presents several interesting scenarios that could impact the makeup of the Kentucky Derby field.

 Thursday, April 25, 2013

Wynn Odds to Win Triple Crown: Update

Johnny Avello at Wynn Las Vegas added horses and updated their odds to win the Triple Crown this week.

 Friday, April 19, 2013

Coolmore Lexington, Illinois Derby Selections

The major Kentucky Derby by Yum! Brands preps are finished, but there's still some good 3-year-old racing out there. Let's take a look at the Grade III Coolmore Lexington Stakes and the Grade III Illinois Derby.

 Thursday, April 18, 2013

Derby Points: Moderate Bump in Prep Runners

We take a look back at the 2013 Kentucky Derby Trail to determine whether the new points system attracted more horses to the prep races for the first Saturday in May.

 Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Juvenile Behavior: Welcome 2nd-Time Starters

Juvenile Behavior: Welcome 2nd-Time Starters

When Keeneland resumes its spring juvenile racing schedule Thursday, April 18 with a 4 1/2-furlong race for fillies, the field is scheduled to include two runners with previous starts.

 Monday, April 15, 2013

Watsdachances heads 10-filly field in Appalachian

The only graded winner entered in Thursday's Grade 3, $100,000 Appalachian is Watsdachances and she looks to make a splash in her three-year-old debut in the one-mile contest over Keeneland's turf course.

 Monday, April 15, 2013

Derby Field Could Dip Well Past Current 20

The Kentucky Derby field is close to being set, but more things can and will happen before entries close on May 1. We could see horses now ranked well into the 20's pop up in the field.

 Sunday, April 14, 2013

Wide Open Blue Grass Full of Twists and Turns

This year's edition of the Grade I Blue Grass Stakes may be wide open, so let's have fun with it and try to bring home a winner.

 Thursday, April 11, 2013

Wynn Odds to Win Triple Crown Released

If you're leaning in favor of any particular horse for the Kentucky Derby, maybe you'd like to know what Johnny Avello thinks about its odds to win the Triple Crown.

 Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Wood Memorial: V Is for Victory

Verrazano could lose the grade I Wood Memorial, and so could Vyjack, but it would be a first for either one of them.

 Thursday, April 04, 2013

Orb Looks Best in Florida Derby

Orb doesn't have to win the Florida Derby to go on to the Kentucky Derby -- he just needs to run the right kind of race. Still, there's a good argument that he will win the race.

 Thursday, March 28, 2013

Derby Trail: Where They're Going Next

We're in full tilt mode now, with Kentucky Derby prep races going nine furlongs. Let's see where the contenders are going next during this exciting phase of the Kentucky Derby Trail.

 Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Dates Set for 2014 Handicapping Contest

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association and Treasure Island Las Vegas announced that the Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship will return to the Las Vegas property in 2014.

 Monday, March 25, 2013

Spiral Field a Handicapping Challenge

The 2013 edition of the grade III Spiral Stakes brings together an interesting mixture of dirt, turf and synthetic track runners that includes shippers and local entries.

 Thursday, March 21, 2013

Derby Trail: Where They're Going Next

We are now officially barreling down the road to the Kentucky Derby, and the Road to the Roses contest is coming up soon. So here's a survey of over 80 horses and where they're going next on the Derby Trail.

 Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Can Super Ninety Nine Repel New Challengers?

With many of the also-rans from the grade III Southwest Stakes out of the grade II Rebel, can Super Ninety Nine fend off the new challengers?

 Thursday, March 14, 2013

New Derby Points System: Swelling the Ranks?

A prevalent idea at this point on the 2013 Kentucky Derby Trail is that the new points system is attracting more horses to the prep races. But is that what's actually happening?

 Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Verrazano: A Bridge to the Kentucky Derby

The road to the Kentucky Derby winner's circle has run through Tampa twice since 2007. On Saturday in his first run in graded company, Verrazano will follow the path of Street Sense and Super Saver and see where it leads.

 Thursday, March 07, 2013

Derby Trail: Where They're Going Next

Here are next-race plans for over 70 horses on the Kentucky Derby trail. We'll start off with some of the more prominent names.

 Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Mutuel field, Verrazano favored in KDFW Pool 2; Flashy Gray 6-1 choice in KOFW

The second Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) pool and the only Kentucky Oaks Future Wager (KOFW) of 2013 closed within 30 minutes of each other on Sunday, but with vastly different results.

 Sunday, March 03, 2013

William Hill Online Buys Partner's Shares

Optimistic about potential growth in Internet gaming in the U.S., British bookmaker William Hill has bought out the minority shares software company Playtech holds in William Hill Online.

 Friday, March 01, 2013

Derby Trail: Where They're Going Next

One week into the Kentucky Derby Championship Series, we run down the schedules of the major contenders, and more.

 Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Sunbean decision proves correct; Snuggs and Kisses upsets Daisy Devine

Brittlyn Stable's homebred Sunbean ran away with the $59,400 Gentilly Stakes for three-year-old state-breds at Fair Grounds on Saturday, Louisiana

 Saturday, February 23, 2013

Handicapping Insights

Gulfstream Park's Rainbow Pick 6 has been getting a lot of attention lately as the jackpot has grown to more than $3.1 million.

 Thursday, February 21, 2013

Fountain of Youth Not Out of Pletcher's Reach

Todd Pletcher didn't win the grade III Holy Bull Stakes this year, but the grade II Fountain of Youth is certainly not out of reach.

 Thursday, February 21, 2013

Kentucky Derby Report

BrisNet.com's Kentucky Derby Report for Feb. 21, looking at El Camino Real Derby and Southwest Stakes.

 Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Commentary

2012 National Handicapping Championship winner Michael Beychok offers insight into preparing for the Horse Player World Series.

 Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Kentucky Derby Report

Kentucky Derby Report

 Thursday, January 24, 2013

Santa Anita Notebook

SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK

 Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Connections Plan to Race Joha this Summer

Connections Plan to Race Joha this Summer

The connections of Joha are comfortable switching to Plan B with their grade I winner, who was withdrawn from the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale and will be pointed to a summer-fall racing campaign.

 Monday, January 14, 2013

Sunny Desert takes Cat Cay following Wildcat's Smile breakdown

Saul and Max Kupferberg's Sunny Desert continued her winning ways in the Jan. 6 $67,500 Cat Cay Stakes at Aqueduct. The victory was marred by the breakdown of Wildcat's Smile.

 Sunday, January 06, 2013

Goldencents in great shape as O'Neill mulls next move

"No plans right now," trainer Doug O'Neill said Sunday morning. "But he ate up great and his legs are ice cold. We'll meet up with the owners over lunch in 10 days and map out an agenda."

 Sunday, January 06, 2013

Santa Anita Notebook

There was a quartet of graded races over the opening week of the Santa Anita winter/spring meeting.

 Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Aqueduct Notebook

AQUEDUCT NOTEBOOK

 Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Jerome, Busanda begin New York prep season

It's a long way from the first Saturday in January to the first Saturday in May, but for eight newly minted three-year-olds, Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Jerome

 Monday, December 31, 2012

Action Andy and Indiano meet again in Mr. Prospector

Action Andy and Indiano look like the horses to beat in a field of six drawn for Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Mr. Prospector Stakes.

 Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Wilkinson shortens up for return in Daytona

Wilkinson, who pulled off a stunning upset of the Grade 2 American Handicap in his most recent appearance, will make his first start since that race in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Daytona at Santa Anita.

 Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Tampa Bay Downs Notebook

TAMPA BAY DOWNS NOTEBOOK

 Wednesday, December 26, 2012
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