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…

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…

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.  …