Saturday at the Races

We are awfully close to Saratoga and Del Mar, two of the most popular meets of the year. I am sure there will be lots of opportunities on both the east and west coasts. While I am the first to...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday July 8th, 2023

Belmont Oaks Invitational – Race 8 at Belmont – Post Time 4:43 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: Chad Brown, who seemingly dominates many stakes races on grass, has a pair in here in the form of Prerequisite and Aspray,...

Bet With the Best Podcast E10

In this episode of the podcast, sponsored by AmWager, we talk with author and horseplayer, Andrew Beyer, about the insights on betting horse races that he has gained throughout his legendary career.

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The Dwyer and John Nerud

On Saturday at Belmont we have the Dwyer and John Nerud. The Dwyer is for straight three-year olds at a one turn mile while The John Nerud is for three and up at 7 furlongs. We’ll start with the Dwyer....

Key Races & Bets for Saturday July 1st, 2023

Marine Stakes – Race 5 at Woodbine – Post Time 3:26 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: The reason for choosing this race to start this week’s KEY betting races is the morning line odds of 6/1 for Simcoe are...

The Wild Applause

The Wild Applause will be run Saturday at Belmont. I don’t recall a better grass family from back in the day, Glowing Honor, Glowing Tribute, Hero’s Honor. Those Rokeby Stable horses from that line were lawn mowers. Wild Applause fit...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday June 24th, 2023

Lady Jacqueline Stakes – Race 11 at Thistledown – Post Time 5:35 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: Sixtythreecaliber opens at five to one in spite of a runner-up effort in the higher level Grade 3 Shawnee Stakes at Churchill...

Monmouth Pegasus – 2023

The Triple Crown races are in the books, and it is already Haskell preview day at Monmouth. Moving right along as they say. Before we get to Monmouth let me say this about The Belmont. They came home slow. Nobody...

Key Races & Bets for Saturday June 17th, 2023

Pegasus Stakes – Race 10 at Monmouth – Post Time 4:44 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: ALL eyes, and a decent amount of wagering dollars, are going to be on Kingsbarns, who drops in class into a non-graded stakes...