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From Northfield Park: NORTHFIELD, Ohio – If racing fans are looking for a nightcap to Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, Northfield Park has the perfect closing act – the $200,000 Battle of Lake Erie. Since its inception in 1986, the Battle of...

Belmont Park – Race 4 Poker Stakes 1 Mile Turf A short but quality field of six older horses going a mile on the Belmont widener turf course. The morning-line favorite is Obviously (9-5) for trainer Phil D’ Amato. The...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, September 29 Pilgrim Stakes – Race 9 at Belmont Park – Post Time 5:16 PM Eastern Vineyard Sound is impossible to ignore, opening at 12/1. Sent to post at 15/1 in his debut last...

As a long time pick 6 player I’ve known for a while the bet is changing and is not what it once was. The wager has suffered shrinking pools for years, primarily due to the increase in 50 cent multi-race...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, September 22 PA Derby Champion Stakes – Race 8 at Parx – Post Time 3:41 PM Eastern Collected opens as the 6/5 favorite and is a FALSE FAVORITE, on many counts, which makes the...

The House makes the rules, and if you play you are going to play by those rules, whether you like it or not. The house has bet on you playing regardless of what the rules are, or how they interpret...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, September 15 Ricoh Woodbine Mile – Race 8 at Woodbine – Post Time 4:48 PM Eastern Lord Glitters is a classy turf horse who ran big in three straight group 1 and group 2...

I am pretty sure Yogi Berra was talking baseball when he said “90% of this game is half mental.” I always understood Yogi and had a similar way of thinking. In racing 90% of this game is at least 50%...

There are a lot of people, including some fine horsemen, who believe jockeys do not matter all that much. Allen Jerkens was as good as it gets and was known to give all riders a shot and felt anyone could...