Ellis Starr’s Blog

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, August 25 Sword Dancer Stakes – Race 10 at Saratoga – Post Time 4:49 PM Eastern Glorious Empire finished in a dead heat with Channel Maker last month in the Bowling Green Stakes over...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, August 18 Alabama Stakes – Race 9 at Saratoga – Post Time 5:40 PM Eastern Talk Veuve to Me finished second to Monomoy Girl by two lengths in the Acorn Stakes on 6/9, earning...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, August 11 Flaming Page Stakes – Race 6 at Woodbine – Post Time 3:38 PM Eastern It always nice when the reason for a turnaround in a horse’s form jumps off the page, and...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, August 4 Note: With the potential for awful weather at Saratoga which may lead to off-turf or soft-turf races, I have decided to focus on some of the wide open races on West Virginia...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, September 1 Saranac Stakes – Race 9 at Saratoga – Post Time 5:39 PM Eastern March to the Arch is one of three main win contenders, but as he opens at 10/1 compared to...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, July 28 King Corrie Stakes – Race 5 at Woodbine – Post Time 3:05 PM Eastern Run Away won the first three starts of his career last spring and summer, including a pair of...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, July 21 Find Key Races & Bets for Friday, July 20th Below Ontario Colleen Stakes – Race 8 at Woodbine – Post Time 4:47 PM Eastern Trainer Graham Motion has a pair in this...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, July 20 Schuylerville Stakes – Race 8 at Saratoga – Post Time 5:02 PM Eastern Opening day at Saratoga features two excellent stakes races which warrant starting the Key Races & Bets blog a...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, July 14 Kent Stakes – Race 8 at Delaware Park – Post Time 4:56 PM Eastern Gunnison goes for his third straight win, the last two on turf including a non-graded stakes, so is...