J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the $1,500,000 Whitney Handicap (gr. I) at Saratoga....
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the group I Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood....
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Haskell Invitational (gr. I) at Monmouth Park....
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The Grade 2 Jim Dandy by TimeformUS Analyst Mike Beer Saratoga / July 26 / Race 10 / 6:01 EDT: Get started on FREE TimeformUS PPs for the Jim Dandy With a pair of entrants cross-entered into Friday's Curlin stakes, and the participation of another on the fence, the field for Saturday's Jim Dandy is very much in flux as of this writing. Were Kid Cruz to run here, we would give him a very long look....
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Jim Dandy Stakes (gr. II) at Saratoga....
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by Doug Salvatore A fascinating statistic will be put to the test in the opening leg of the $27,469 Pick 6 on Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course where 8-to-5 morning line favorite Girlabouttown will try to end the “A.P. Indy curse” by becoming the first progeny of her now-pensioned super sire to win a race at six furlongs or less on the main track at either Saratoga or Del Mar. That’s right. No horse...
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The Grade 1 Diana by TimeformUS Analyst Mike Beer Saratoga / July 19 / Race 10 / 5:46 EDT: Get started on FREE TimeformUS PPs for the Diana Saturday's running of the Grade 1 Diana drew a field of 10 fillies and mares and could hardly have come up a stronger race. Each one of the 10 entered is already a graded stakes winner, half of them at the Grade 1 level. Both Somali Lemonade and Discreet Marq are...
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by Ed DeRosa Del Mar Thoroughbred Club opens today and with it TwinSpires.com’s $42,000 Beat the Caveman Challenge . Our caveman will play the late Pick 4 at either Del Mar or Saratoga Race Course Wednesday (Saratoga), Thursday (Del Mar), Friday (Del Mar), Saturday (Saratoga), Sunday (Del Mar), and Monday (Saratoga) this summer. He will use four horses in each race—something Steve Crist would call...
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Deep fields and handicapping challenges abound in the opening-day races at Del Mar....
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by Ed DeRosa I promise that the headline is the only The Pizza Man pun in this blog. Besides, how could I top that one? OK, seriously, I'm done. Anyway, there are three Pick 4 sequences on Arlington Million Preview Day on Saturday at Arlington International Racecourse, and TwinSpires.com is offering a 10% winner’s bonus (up to $500 per sequence) on all of them, but we’ll focus on the all-stakes mid...
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The Grade 1 Delaware Handicap by TimeformUS Analyst Mike Beer Delaware Park/July 12 /Race 9/4:51 EDT: The Grade 1 Delaware Handicap has managed to attract its share of top fillies and mares in recent years, with champions Royal Delta, Blind Luck, and Havre de Grace taking part in the past three runnings, and the quality racemare Life at Ten winning the race in 2010. The problem hasn't been attracting...
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Princess of Sylmar looks tough to beat in the Delaware Handicap (gr. I), but Belle Gallantey could be a contender for the exotics....
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The guaranteed pool Pick 4 action on Queen's Plate day kicks off at 1:23 p.m. EDT with the fourth race on the 13-race card....
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Lexie Lou's tactical speed is an edge here, as the Queen's Plate lacks confirmed front-runners....
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The Grade 1 Belmont Oaks by TimeformUS Analyst Mike Beer Belmont Park/July 5 /Race 9/5:45 EDT: Get started on TimeformUS PPs for the G1 Belmont Oaks The Belmont Oaks, one of two 3yo turf races repurposed and repositioned from the Fall calendar, has attracted an interesting field of 11 fillies, and of the five graded stakes races to be run at Belmont Park on Saturday, we found it to be the toughest...
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Belmont Derby (gr. I) and Belmont Oaks (gr. I)....
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