It’s no secret that the Daily Racing Blog is always on the hunt for VALUE within any given race.  If there is none to be found we usually take a pass on that race or use the ‘sure thing’ Winner as part of a multiple race wager (pick 3 or pick 4) and look for a horse with a decent price in the other races. But how … Continue reading Finding Value

The Sam F. Davis Stakes is essentially a prep race for the March 9th Tampa Bay Derby.  But in the past three years this Grade 3 race has produced a surprising number of horses who have played important roles in major races later in the year. For instance TAPWRIT won the 2017 Belmont Stakes after running Second in the Sam F. Davis.  Other horses who have recently competed in the Sam … Continue reading Stakes Race @ Tampa

Tampa Bay Downs provides the only Kentucky Derby qualifying race this weekend, with the running of the Sam F. Davis Stakes. Ten have entered this Grade 3, $250,000 race.  It is run at a mile & 1/16th and offers qualifying points on a 10-4-2 scale for the Top 3 finishers.  This is the first of two 2019 KD preps hosted by Tampa Bay Downs, the next being the Tampa Bay Derby on March ninth.   … Continue reading The Sam F. Davis

Pony Profile In 2001, POINT GIVEN became the first thoroughbred to win four consecutive $1 million races when he won the Preakness, Belmont, Haskell and Travers in succession.  In a seemingly easy decision he was named Horse Of The Year for 2001. POINT GIVEN was a hulking chestnut son of Champion THUNDER GULCH.  Trained by Hall-Of-Famer Bob Baffert (an actual stable genius) and ridden primarily by fellow Hall-Of-Famer Gary … Continue reading Good Point

Let’s take a closer look at one of Saturday’s Kentucky Derby prep races, and see if we can find some Value in this field of seven runners.  TAX [ML 4-1]  Trainer: Dan Gargan  Jockey: Junior Alvarado.  He is one of two in the race that already has KD qualifying points.  TAX has been training at Belmont Park.  The trainer likes to be aggressive with his horses, and have them forwardly placed, but he’ll find plenty of … Continue reading The Withers @ Aqueduct

The 2019 trail to the Kentucky Derby heats up coast to coast this Saturday as three Prep Races are being contested. Aqueduct Park has the Grade 3 Withers Stakes.  It is the second stop on New York’s road to the 2019 Kentucky Derby.  Saturday’s race carries a $250,000 purse and KD qualifying points to the Top 4 finishers on a 10-4-2-1 scale. The mile and an eighth distance represents a challenge for most … Continue reading 13 Weeks Out

If you plan to make handicapping and betting horse races a long-term hobby, 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 the Pari-Mutuel wagering system. The founders of the Daily Racing Blog have been betting Thoroughbred Horse Racing since  high school.  Annual trips to Saratoga were as much a part … Continue reading Bet Smart

It is quite literally a rich day of racing at Gulstream Park on Saturday, as it will feature six Graded Stakes with total prize money equaling $16.7 million dollars.  Culminating with the 12th and final race of the day, the 3rd annual Pegasus World Cup Invitational with a purse of $9 million.  Here then is how the Daily Racing Blog sees that race: Clearly CITY OF LIGHT and ACCELERATE are the stand-outs (rightfully so), but unfortunately … Continue reading Pegasus Preferences

The Pegasus World Cup had its inaugural running on January 28, 2017 at Gulfstream Park.  It is run on the dirt course at a distance of ​1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) and is open to horses four years old and up.  With a purse of $12 million in 2017, the Pegasus World Cup surpassed the Dubai World Cup as the richest horse race in the world.  The purse was subsequently increased to … Continue reading The Pegasus World Cup