KENTUCKY DERBY 2025 – MY PICKS
The field for the 151st Derby is an excellent one. Hard to handicap, as usual. But, I make my picks.
PEGASUS WORLD CUP 2025 – MY PICKS
A very interesting and diverse field of accomplished contenders versus those with potential, this year's Pegasus should be a great one.
BREEDER’S CUP DISTAFF 2024
RACE PROFILE: LONGINE’S BREEDER’S CUP DISTAFF DISTANCE: 1 1/8 miles on DIRT FIELD: 8 GRADE: 1 AGE: 3+ Thoroughbred Fillies & Mares PURSE: $2 million US LOCATION: Del Mar, CA POST TIME: NOV 2, 2024, 4:21PM ET TV: NBC (Coverage starts at 3:30-6:00pm) This…
BREEDER’S CUP CLASSIC 2024
RACE PROFILE: LONGINES BREEDER’S CUP CLASSIC DISTANCE: 1.25 miles on DIRT FIELD: Full (14) GRADE: 1 AGE: 3+ Thoroughbreds PURSE: $7 million US LOCATION: Del Mar, CA POST TIME: NOV 2, 20204, 5:41pm ET TV: NBC (Coverage starts at 3:30-6:00pm) Like a detective, I…
TRAVERS STAKES 2024 PREDICTIONS
For casual horse racing fans who mostly stick to the Triple Crown and Breeders Cup series, you may not be aware of the blockbuster contest about to go down in Saratoga tomorrow… It’s a Grade 1 race covering 1.25 miles…
PREAKNESS STAKES 2024 PICKS
After spending weeks handicapping the Kentucky Derby with its field of twenty (plus multiple alternates), it felt good to sit down in front of my computer this week knowing I only had eight competitors to size up for the Preakness…
SHOULD THE TRIPLE CROWN SCHEDULE CHANGE?
If you’re a casual horse racing fan, you may not be aware that a debate is currently raging on social media about whether the second and third jewels of the Triple Crown should be moved on the calendar to accommodate…
KENTUCKY DERBY 2024 PICKS
Another year, another Kentucky Derby, another crop of three-year old thoroughbreds trying to do something they’ve never done before and never will do again: Compete against 19 other horses for a mile and a quarter on dirt in front of over…
KENTUCKY DERBY 2023 PICKS
The real fun of the Kentucky Derby for me every year is the handicapping process of the twenty contenders who will fill the gate the first Saturday in May. I like the challenge of sifting through all the data to try…
BREEDERS CUP CLASSIC 2022 PREDICTIONS
A fascinating race is setting up to take place today at the 2022 Breeders Cup Classic – I hope everyone reading this article will take their chance to see what should turn out to be a great one… There may…
HORSE RACING – KENTUCKY DERBY 2022 PICKS
In the last several years since I’ve been amateur handicapping the Kentucky Derby, I usually have a standout horse in my mind to win the Derby several days prior to race day. But this year, I do not have that same…
HORSE RACING – PEGASUS WORLD CUP 2022
There will be nine horses lining up on Saturday to run in the sixth annual Pegasus WC in south Florida, but all eyes will be on the top two favorites: Knicks Go and Life is Good. And what a matchup it promises to be. …