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Sunday Update: Sunday Saratoga, Race 10, 5:45 pm ETThe G2 Amsterdam, Three-Year-Olds, 6 Furlongs, Dirt Betting Strategy:  Bet Salutos Amigos to win and key him in an exacta with Declan's Warrior, Forty Tales, and Mentor CaneThe old racing axiom ''Pace makes the race'' is evident when one studies the results of the Woody Stephens Stakes, ...

Veteran handicapper Tom Amello understands that it’s easier to attract people to the racetrack by promising them fun than by requiring them to attend some sort of handicapping school in order to feel like they belong. He’s devised a clever simplistic betting system that enables newcomers to make smart selections by reading the odds board. ...

We are introducing new content to the ''Unlocking Winners'' blog from handicappers with TimeformUS, a new digital past performance service that launched July 17. TimeformUS will be offering insight to select weekend stakes and provide updates on the blog as track conditions and/or horses entered change, so check in regularly throughout the weekend ...

Complimentary TrueNicks Enhanced Reports are available below for the July 28 Haskell Invitational (gr. I) at Monmouth Park. Click on a horse's name or rating to view the full report. TrueNicks ratings (A, B, C, etc.) describe the stakes winner strike rate of a particular sire/broodmare sire cross compared to the records of those sire lines when ...

The sloppy main track on which Fort Larned worked on Tuesday in preparation for the Whitney Stakes (gr.I) came up fast for Wednesday’s opener. Much Stronger closed from off the pace like a horse would on a good track but it was impossible to tell if the conditions favored that running style.  The David Jacobson-trained colt that had won ...

by Vic ZastEverything considered, you’d expect the New York Racing Association to cancel Wandering Dago’s contract for screwing around with barbecue by flavoring pulled pork with sweet basil marinara and melted provolone instead of for using the word “Dago.”  Wandering Dago operates a food truck that was contracted to serve a new-fangled ...

The first major European yearling sale of the season is the Arqana Deauville August Yearling Sale, which commences August 17. Below we'll take a look at some of the European first year stallions who will have their first representatives, as well as taking a glance at the offspring of U.S. sires that are represented. Taking it alphabetically, the ...

(Originally published in the July 27, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter Some intriguing storylines are developing in the race for Horse of the Year, and two candidates in particular will be worth watching ...

Editor's Note:  The Blood-Horse’s editorial policy is to review the content of any blog that addresses a highly sensitive topic or legal issue. Accuracy in our editorial coverage and among our bloggers is of utmost importance to us. The blog posted below is as Steve originally wrote it. Horse welfare issues are ...