Key Races & Bets for Saturday January 13th, 2024

California Cup Oaks – Race 5 at Santa Anita – Post Time 5:30 PM Eastern Top win contender: Grand Slam SmileOther contenders: Asada Fries, Sushi Sticks Grand Slam Smile stretches out to two-turns on turf off a solid foundation of...

Bet With the Best Podcast E21

Welcome to Episode 21 of the Bet With the Best Podcast. In this special episode of the podcast, sponsored by AmWager, we are going vary from our normal format to focus on two main themes. 1) Developing a more systematic...

Saturday Plays January 6th, 2024

Three-year olds will go a one turn mile in The Jerome at Aqueduct on Saturday. They only drew 5 horses but only one caught my eye. Regalo has a nice outside draw shipping in from Maryland for Brittany Russell who...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday January 6th, 2024

Race 7 at Gulfstream Park – Post Time 3:08 PM Eastern Win contenders: Jamestown, American Diamond, Quality G Jamestown ran poorly in the first five starts of his career, through May, and we can draw a line through ALL of...

Saturday Spots December 30th 2023

Starting things off out West down the hill at Santa Anita I’m a Gambler looks interesting in the Grade 2 Joe Hernandez. The 4-year-old gelding takes blinkers off after a subpar effort and adds Frankie. He looks like he will...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday December 30th, 2023

Suwanee River Stakes – Race 8 at Gulfstream Park – Post Time 3:32 PM Eastern Win contenders: Accomplished Girl, Sister Lou Ann, Fast as Flight Fast as Flight appears to have just been in as a prep for this race...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday December 23rd, 2023

Tropical Park Oaks – Race 8 at Gulfstream Park – Post Time 3:36 PM Eastern Win contenders: Startup Mentality, Implicated, Be My SunshineFor exactas (second position): Cairo Consort, Breath Away Startup Mentality and Implicated (both trained by Chad Brown) finished...

Bet With the Best Podcast E20

In this episode of the podcast, sponsored by AmWager, we talk with special guest Leo Vukmanovich about his many years of experience as a horseplayer in Southern California.

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The H Allen Jerkens, Two Miles on the Turf

We don’t run many two-mile races here in the US. Turf, dirt, synthetic, it doesn’t really matter it is a distance we just don’t race at much. We don’t really breed horses to go that far anymore, nor to be...