The first edition of this year’s Top 10 Kentucky Derby contenders includes several horses in the stable of top trainer Todd Pletcher. While it’s a long road to the Run for the Roses, here’s my list of the leading sophomores from bottom to top Dave Letterman’s style: Rousing Sermon: This Cal-bred with a slew...
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By Steve Davidowitz | Sometimes weather is destined to play havoc with a great race and a great racing card. Sometimes, all the horses in a high class event seem ready to run their best, but a heavy downpour turns the track into a quagmire, or is artificially packed down and “sealed” by track officials....
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By Steve Davidowitz | So the New York Football Giants came through for those who believed in them. This, after all, was a team that had lost seven of its first 14 games with only two games to play in the regular season. So something happened to turn them around. Something brought them to top...
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By Steve Davidowitz | There are several good horse races on Saturday, including three for promising 3-year-olds seeking the credentials and Graded stakes money needed to make theKentucky Derby starting gate. Here are a few horses to watch or bet on if the prices are right. And then for Sunday… there’s the Super Bowl, of course....
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By Steve Davidowitz | The weekend was as action packed and as dramatic as anything I’ve seen on and off the racetrack in several years. First, there were numerous tight finishes and sterling performances in the annualSunshine Millions that jointly was run atGulfstream Park and Santa Anita Parkon Saturday. Beyond that, simultaneously, the richest handicapping tournament of all...
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Horses worth watching, a list of runners compiled by handicapper/turf writer Greg Melikov, should do well next time out. These thoroughbreds won nine times, finished second once and ran third five times since Dec. 3. They’re worth considering when developing your wagering strategy for online betting or at your favorite track. AQUEDUCT Reserved Quality:...
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Hansen, who has been training in South Florida since late last year, will attempt to become only the second Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion to capture the Run for the Roses. Street Sense, the 2006 BC Juvenile champ that won the ’07 Kentucky Derby, began his sophomore season with a victory in the Hutcheson Stakes...
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By Steve Davidowitz | I received a note from a reader who asked me how I rankgambling on horse racing vs. other popular gambling options on sports, cards and the like. My reply to him was short but sweet. I said simply that there are many reasons why I think horse racing is the best gambling...
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By Steve Davidowitz | While there was no truly dominant Horse of the Year in 2011, the 4-year-old filly Havre de Grace did enough to convince the majority of Eclipse Award voters that she deserved to be the third straight female racehorse to be named Horse of the Year. Two years ago, the 3-year-old filly...
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Speed bias horseplayers must be thrilled Gulfstream Park’s main track is playing as true as ever six weeks into the 2011-12 meeting that began a month earlier than usual. Of the first 53 races at six furlongs through Jan. 15, wire-to-wire winners were 30 percent, according to Brisnet.com. Last season, 27 percent of the...
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