Ellis Starr’s Blog

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, October 6 Hill Prince Stakes – Race 9 at Belmont Park – Post Time 5:00 PM Eastern Have At It and Prioritize just finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in the Better Talk Now Stakes...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, September 29 Pilgrim Stakes – Race 9 at Belmont Park – Post Time 5:16 PM Eastern Vineyard Sound is impossible to ignore, opening at 12/1. Sent to post at 15/1 in his debut last...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, September 22 PA Derby Champion Stakes – Race 8 at Parx – Post Time 3:41 PM Eastern Collected opens as the 6/5 favorite and is a FALSE FAVORITE, on many counts, which makes the...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, September 15 Ricoh Woodbine Mile – Race 8 at Woodbine – Post Time 4:48 PM Eastern Lord Glitters is a classy turf horse who ran big in three straight group 1 and group 2...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday, September 8 Allied Forces Stakes – Race 4 at Belmont Park – Post Time 3:04 PM Eastern Gidu is one of three to potentially get the pace scenario of his dreams, as Reed Kan...

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...