It’s Belmont Stakes Week. Odd as it seems, with a new distance and a new place on the calendar, this year’s Belmont Stakes is unlike any other. A compact field of nine is expected for the historic race. So to begin the week the Daily Racing Blog offers you some tasty tidbits, and helpful, historical, hints regarding the Belmont Stakes. 1. This year is the … Continue reading Belmont Stakes Week
The Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1) will be run on Saturday at a 1 1/16-mile distance. Which at Belmont Park is around one turn. As well as the purse of $300,000 dollars, the Phipps is the season’s first Win and You’re In qualifier for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Keeneland on November 7th. Although the field is without the Older Female division superstars MIDNIGHT BISOU and … Continue reading The Ogden Phipps @ Belmont
As the founder of the Daily Racing Blog I remember it like it was yesterday. Though it was a long, long time ago. I was 16-17 and I was at the Saratoga Race Course with my Uncle Louie. And while I had been to this fabled course as a wee lad on a few occasions, I had never been given a race program. My Uncle … Continue reading Learning Curve
Live sports returned to New York last Wednesday, and apparently race fans in the northeast were chomping at the bit, raring to lay their money down. The New York Racing Association, announced that Opening Week of the 2020 Belmont Park spring/summer meet generated an all-sources handle of $76,264,891 dollars. The 25-day Belmont spring/summer will be conducted without spectators and with strict health and safety protocols … Continue reading Shelter In Place, Win & Show
Saturday’s $250,000 dollar seven-furlong Carter Handicap is the first Grade 1 Stakes race of the modified Belmont Park spring/summer meeting, and it has attracted a deep field of 11 runners. Here then is a full-field analysis of the Carter, along with Morning Line odds. It is slated as Race 9 on a card of 11 with a scheduled Post Time of 5:35. 1. … Continue reading Who Wins The Carter Handicap?
Racing returned to Belmont Park today (Wednesday), and NYRA and the Daily Racing Blog couldn’t be happier. Saturday at Belmont brings a great day of Stakes racing. Highlighted by the Grade 1, $250,000 dollar Carter Handicap which has attracted some of the best sprinters training this spring. Here are some Fun Facts regarding that race: 1. The Carter is a Breeders’ Cup Challenge race, meaning … Continue reading The Carter Handicap @ Belmont
Handicapping a horses previous trip is a popular method for uncovering Winners, but it’s not as easy as it might seem. What might seem a bad trip may simply have been an inconsequential one. Simply because a horse had an awful trip in his last race, that alone does not mean it is destined to cruise to the Winner’s Circle in his or her next … Continue reading Trip Handicapping
The Superfecta might look like an imposing wager. If you struggle to hit an Exacta – where you need to predict just the first two finishers – it’s understandable to think that picking the first four finishers in order as an impossible dream. The feared Superfecta can actually have a strategic role in your wagering, largely because of its minimal cost. With a 10-cent minimum … Continue reading Super Fun With Superfectas
For all of the sun and fun rolled into summertime racing, there are unfortunately some days when a little rain must fall, and Mother Nature decides to muddy the waters. Unlike baseball, Horse Racing usually goes on before, during, and after a rainstorm and there are some general handicapping concepts that you should keep on hand for… a rainy day. Let’s quickly start with what … Continue reading Rainy Days And Money…
The Churchill Downs Spring Meet is in full swing. The Kentucky Derby trail continues Saturday with the Grade 3, $150,000 dollar Matt Winn Stakes run at 1 1/16 miles. The race attracted a full field of 12 horses led by the 2-year-old star MAXFIELD. The Matt Winn is Race 10 on a card of 11 with a scheduled Post Time of 5:45. Here then is a … Continue reading The Matt Winn Stakes
