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The Fountain of Youth

The Fountain of Youth, part of a cross country all dirt pick 5 with races from Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita may have lost Mo Donegal, but it remains a full competitive field with a lot of options. Opinions are...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday February 26, 2022

Race 7 at Aqueduct – Post Time 3:57 PM Eastern Zoomer leads the field with nine career wins, three at Aqueduct with the last two at this one mile trip. Claimed last out for $50K from a win over...

Boxing is for Presents Not Wagers

If you read Past the Wire, watch Past the Wire TV, listen to our Gate to Wire podcast, read my column here, or follow me on social media then you likely already know I do not make any box wagers....

Key Races & Bets for Saturday February 19, 2022

Lightning City Stakes – Race 8 at Tampa Bay Downs – Post Time 3:48 PM Eastern Mamba Wamba is a standout even in this 12 horse field. She is the only horse which ships across the state from Gulfstream Park...

The Sam Davis 2022

The three-year olds continue on the Kentucky Derby trail Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs in the Grade 3 Sam F Davis stakes. The race drew a full field of 12 which offers bettors a wide range of horses and angles...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday February 12, 2022

  Sam F. Davis Stakes – Race 10 at Tampa Bay Downs – Post Time 4:54 PM Eastern The top two win contenders and key horses are God of Love and Classic Causeway. Three other contenders which have to be...

Holy Bull and the Withers Stakes

We have two, even potentially three Kentucky Derby prep-races if we only count the stakes for three-year males. Who knows what can come out of a maiden or allowance race and although unlikely it is not a mathematical impossibility. We...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday February 5, 2022

Kitten’s Joy Stakes – Race 7 at Gulfstream – Post Time 3:01 PM Eastern Win contenders are Royal Spirit, Red Danger and Grand Sonata. Royal Spirit is one of two from the Pletcher barn, the other being Grand Sonata,...

2021 Risen Star Stakes

Three-year-old colts and geldings looking to get on the Derby Trail will race a mile and a sixteenth over the Tampa Bay Downs strip on Saturday. The race is not known for producing Kentucky Derby winners, but a good horse...