The Jockey Gold Cup

Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 dollar Jockey Gold Cup at Belmont Park offers a stage for 3-year-olds to take on the older males for the first time, with CODE OF HONOR and TACITUS, (1st and 2nd in the Travers Stakes) going the mile-and-a-quarter distance again, this time with a Win and You’re In spot to the Breeders’Cup Classic on the line. Since the year 2000, five 3-year-olds have … Continue reading The Jockey Gold Cup

Bet Smart

If you plan to make a long-term habit of handicapping and betting horse races, you’ll gradually realize that it’s an endeavor that challenges you to constantly learn and adapt.   Such is the nature of gambling against your peers in pari-mutuel wagering. The Daily Racing Blog has dabbled in horse-flesh wagering since the mid 1970’s.  Suffice to say, many stupid gambling mistakes were made the first … Continue reading Bet Smart