I am pretty sure Yogi Berra was talking baseball when he said “90% of this game is half mental.” I always understood Yogi and had a similar way of thinking. In racing 90% of this game is at least 50%...
There are a lot of people, including some fine horsemen, who believe jockeys do not matter all that much. Allen Jerkens was as good as it gets and was known to give all riders a shot and felt anyone could...
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...
The 2021 Grade 1 Keeneland Turf Mile So much has changed in the Thoroughbred industry in the past 25 years or so, the least of which is not training a race horse. Training race horses still has some basic fundamentals,...
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...
