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Last week we saw two pretty good reasons to keep playing this game. I’ll be the first to say the sport has changed, beating it is tougher than ever, and we all know we have many issues to fix, but...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, February 22 Turf Dash Stakes – Race 6 at Tampa Bay Downs – Post Time 3:15 PM Eastern Of the three morning line favorites – Extragavant Kid (5/2), Justaholic (3/1) and Faction Cat (7/2),...

One of the most common mistakes I see handicappers make is assuming a horse will run similar or even exactly how they ran in their last start. Horses are not machines, and they don’t run the same every time they...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, February 15 John B. Campbell Stakes – Race 4 at Laurel – Post Time 1:50 PM Eastern Wait for It is one of three horses who, combined, have the bulk of the probability to...

Today is the day. You proudly strut yourself to your favorite racetrack. You know your stuff and you’re sure of your picks. You know the odds and place your bets with confidence. The race begins, the anticipation builds, the finish...

A stab to me is not a shot in the dark or a play without some logic and reasoning behind it. It is when I go for one horse over some others I like because of a feeling, or something...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, February 8 Lambholm South Endeavour Stakes – Race 8 at Tampa Bay Downs – Post Time 3:59 PM Eastern Got Stormy opens as the 4/5 favorite and although the race isn’t playable from the...

With the Derby preps in full swing, many of us are asking where is this year’s winner? The obvious answer is probably somewhere in Bob Baffert’s barn at Santa Anita. This is horse racing however and things are never that...

With the rather late scratches of the first two choices in the Pegasus, Omaha Beach and Spun to Run, we are left with somewhat of a handicapping puzzle. This is further complicated by the horses running without medications they are...