Handicapping · Preakness · Triple Crown

Preakness Weekend 2018 Stakes Selections

      It is a raining weekend in Maryland, but that won’t stop Pimlico and Justify from having a great Preakness weekend.  The racing is supported this weekend by some fantastic stakes, such as the Jim McKay Turf Sprint, Allaire DuPont Distaff, Pimlico Special, the Dixie, and the Black-Eyed Susan.  Here are my selections… Continue reading Preakness Weekend 2018 Stakes Selections

Handicapping · Kentucky Derby · Triple Crown

Kentucky Derby Weekend 2018 Selections

It is one of the best weekend’s in racing – Kentucky Derby Weekend!  Grab your Daily Racing Form, a Mint Julep, and sit back and watch two exciting days of racing from under the Twin Spires.  There are lots of exciting stakes this weekend, the return of last year’s Derby & Oaks winners Always Dreaming… Continue reading Kentucky Derby Weekend 2018 Selections

Handicapping · Kentucky Derby · Triple Crown

Kentucky Derby 2018 Cheat Sheet

It is finally May and that means that it is Kentucky Derby week.  The First Saturday in May, a date circled on every horse racing fans calendar, is nearing, and of course that means the heavy hitting of the handicapping season.  Provided at the below link is my Kentucky Derby Cheat Sheet – which I… Continue reading Kentucky Derby 2018 Cheat Sheet

Belmont Stakes · Handicapping

Belmont Festival 2017 Selections

Thursday Stakes Selections: Wonder Again Stakes (Race 3): 4 – Fifty Five Last time out was her first race for Chad Brown and she ran well running very wide in that Aqueduct stakes.  She beat La Coronel two back in the Florida Oaks, a horse that has been toying with many of the other horses… Continue reading Belmont Festival 2017 Selections

Handicapping · Preakness

Preakness/Black-Eyed Susan 2017 Weekend Selections

The Second Jewel of the Triple Crown may not have the excitement of the Derby, or the challenge of the Belmont, but it does have the intrigue of any major race.  Always Dreaming is coming off of a runaway score in the Kentucky Derby, easily besting his other top three year olds, and taking home… Continue reading Preakness/Black-Eyed Susan 2017 Weekend Selections

Handicapping · Kentucky Derby

Florida Derby & Louisiana Derby 2017 Selections

Two huge Kentucky Derby preps this weekend at Gulfstream Park and the Fair Grounds. The Florida Derby (G1) and Louisiana Derby (G2) offer two very strong favorites in Gunnevera and Girvin, but a good field lines up to contend against each. Our two favorites both drew wide posts and will need to find their best… Continue reading Florida Derby & Louisiana Derby 2017 Selections

Belmont Stakes · Handicapping · Triple Crown

Belmont Stakes Day 2016 Selections

The Final Leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, is the final race of a major card of stakes races from Belmont Park.  With the Met Mile and Manhattan on the undercard, just the three final stakes races are amazing, but the whole day is filled with excitement, and mostly full fields.  This is… Continue reading Belmont Stakes Day 2016 Selections

Handicapping · Preakness · Triple Crown

Preakness Day Selections 2016

It’s Preakness Day! As Nyquist continues on his voyage to become the next Triple Crown winner, Pimlico plays host to the second jewel.  The old track holds many great races on the undercard, filled with many great stakes races.  Here are my selections for all of the day’s stakes races: Sagamore Spirit Maryland Sprint Stakes… Continue reading Preakness Day Selections 2016