By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Sometimes, handicapping a horse race can be as much about the horses whose chances you don’t like as it is about the horses whose chances you do like. For me, the $600...
Read More
June 7 held such promise. The weather was perfect on Long Island, Martin Panza and crew in the racing office at the New York Racing Association put on the best race card at Belmont Park this side of a...
Read More
Once again, racing fans, longing for that happy ending to their fairy tale, followed Alice down the rabbit hole in search of Wonderland, only to find nothing more than the harsh reality that is Thoroughbred...
Read More
By Jack Shinar In their rush to heap ridicule on upstart horse owner Steve Coburn for complaining about the Triple Crown series, the racing press and, apparently, most of the sport's fans, are missing...
Read More
In-depth analysis of the 2014 Belmont Stakes including Pace Figures and Form Cycle Pattern of each starter. Please refer to the Legend or Pattern Guide for back-up definitions and patterns. The Predicteform...
Read More
By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") In the weeks following California Chrome ’s victory in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), I have been reluctantly searching for a horse that could deny him a Triple Crown...
Read More
Saturday Belmont Park, Race 11 The Belmont Stakes By Mike Beer A Special Offer on Unlimited TimeformUS PPs for Bloodhorse Readers However you feel about California Chrome (and let's face it, emotions are...
Read More
By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") As the lone twelve-furlong grade I race run on dirt in this country, the Belmont Stakes stands alone in the world of handicapping; an island in an ocean of races that...
Read More
If the first two mornings at Belmont Park are any indication, we should see a top-class field of horses in Saturday's Belmont Stakes who are all looking great and working sensationally. California Chrome...
Read More
One would think that analyzing the pedigrees for the Belmont Stakes hopefuls would be fairly easy, considering the extreme distance of the race and the lack of true mile and a half horses. It should be...
Read More
