Gulfstream Park Picks 01/26/2012

Happy Thursday everyone! Today we have a nice little pick six that is brewing over $28,000 at Gulfstream Park. Earlier this month we hit some very nice exacta’s and a long shot pick. In route races it seems there is a bias where outer positions have a hard time winning and speed bias rules Gulfstream pretty frequently.Let us see if we can do it again going into the weekend. Here are your Free Gulfstream Park picks for the first 10 races below:
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Crus to face tough opposition in Argento Chase

Saturday’s Grade 2 Argento Chase at Cheltenham looks set to provide an acid test for Grand Crus and his connections in deciding whether or not the David Pipe-trained grey has what it takes to tackle Long Run and Kauto Star in the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup, or head instead for the RSA Chase for novices at the same Festival meeting, writes Elliot Slater.

The dashing seven-year-old finished a fine second to Big Buck’s in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Prestbury track last year before again chasing home Paul Nicholls’ outstanding staying hurdler at Aintree three weeks later. His transition to fences this season has seen the gelded son of Dom Alco rise very quickly to the top of the novice chasing tree and after three starts he remains unbeaten and he may look to upset the 2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup betting in March.

The Argento Chase looks set to provide a very good guide as to just how far Pipe’s stable star could go up the chasing tree having won impressively at the track on his fencing bow in November before comfortably landing the odds at Newbury a couple of weeks later in a Grade 2 event. Stepped up to Grade 1 company to tackle the Feltham Novices Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day, Tom Scudamore’s mount quickened well between the final two fences to see off the smart Silviniacio Conti and impress many good judges. Anyone tracking the Betfair Cheltenham market movers will have to keep an eye on him.

It was significant that Pipe mentioned the Gold Cup as being a possibility after the Kempton win, (his horse having already been made a hot favourite for the RSA Chase at the same meeting), and if he is to be seriously considered for the showcase event he will have to beat whichever horses turn up at Cheltenham this weekend from a line-up that may include Diamond Harry, Midnight Chase, Time For Rupert, Captain Chris and Hennessey Gold Cup winner Carruthers.

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UK First Time Blinkers Statistics

First Time Blinkers On The Flat by David Renham
With the flat season gathering pace, I have decided to look at horses that are blinkered for the first time. There are numerous ideas why horses are given blinkers to wear.
These include:
-         To try and get the horse to concentrate as some horses get distracted by the other runners in a race;
-         To help the horse break quickly from the stalls. Blinkers often have this effect when worn for the first time;
-         As a last resort to try and improve a horses’ performance.
What one should realise however, is that generally fitting first time blinkers is a negative rather than a positive. The data for this article is taken from the last 6 complete seasons – flat/all weather racing only. All profits are calculated to £1 level stakes at SP. It should be noted that I have included only runners that are wearing blinkers only (for the first time) – I have excluded runners who were wearing tongue ties also. For the record the combination of blinkered first time + tongue tie produce virtually identical strike rates and returns (from a much smaller sample).
Firstly let us look at the results of all runners wearing blinkers for the first time on the flat over the period of study:
Wins
Runs
Profit/loss
ROI%
441
6336
7%
-£1748.87
-27.6
Essentially therefore these runners win around once in every fourteen starts (roughly) for losses of just under 28 pence in the £. Not a great starting point from a betting perspective. However, let us break these stats down into different categories to see if we can either find better betting propositions, or ‘gilt-edged’ laying opportunities.
Age
The perception is that blinkers improve younger horses best, especially 2yos. Let us look at the results breakdown when split by age:
Age
Wins
Runs
Profit/loss
ROI%
2
85
1197
7.1
-£433.73
-36.2
3
185
2755
6.7
-£928.06
-33.7
4
93
1378
6.8
-£344.38
-25.0
5
46
539
8.5
+£68.41
+12.7
6
19
261
7.3
-£80.13
-30.7
7
5
127
3.9
-£66.00
-52.0
8 or older
8
79
10.1
+£35.00
+44.3
As we can see 2yos actually perform below the ‘norm’. Looking at the ages as a whole, there is no discernable pattern, although much older horses (8yo+) have done relatively well from a very small sample.
Digging deeper into the 2yo stats, I have broken down the data by number of career runs:
Career starts
Wins
Runs
Strike Rate%
Profit/loss
ROI%
debut
4
53
7.5
-£29.00
-54.7
2nd career start
4
110
3.6
-£46.00
-41.8
3rd career start
4
155
2.6
-£98.50
-63.5
4th career start
23
261
8.8
-£127.41
-48.8
5th career start
17
215
7.9
-£10.50
-4.9
6th career start
11
170
6.5
-£87.81
-51.7
7th or more
22
233
9.4
-£34.50
-14.8
Two things that seem to stand out here are firstly that 2yos that have raced several times (7 or more), react to first time blinkers relatively well; secondly 2yos that are assigned blinkers on their 2nd or 3rd career start do extremely poorly in terms of strike rate. My guess is that there is an over-reaction to a poor debut run and the addition of blinkers actually makes things worse.
Market position
Generally the market is an excellent guide to the chances of each horse. Let us look at first time blinkered horses coupled with their market position:
Market pos
Wins
Runs
Strike Rate%
Profit/loss
ROI%
Favourite
85
334
25.5
-£51.82
-15.5
2nd favourite
78
437
17.9
-£70.06
-16.0
3rd favourite
55
510
10.8
-£154.50
-30.3
4th in betting
47
532
8.8
-£99.50
-18.7
5th in betting
39
567
6.9
-£139.00
-24.5
6th or bigger
43
621
6.9
-£34.00
-5.5
7th or bigger
94
3335
2.8
-£1,200.00
-36.0
At first glance the performance of favourites looks OK. However, when we take ALL flat favourites as a whole, the strike rate is around 30-31% with losses of only 6-7%. Hence, horses that start favourite when blinkered for the first time are not good betting propositions.
Race types
Let us break the data down now by specific race types:
Race type
Wins
Runs
Strike Rate%
Profit/loss
ROI%
Amateur races
2
57
3.5
-£43.25
-75.9
Claimers
42
482
8.7
-£7.43
-1.5
Group/Listed
9
194
4.6
-£79.75
-41.1
Handicaps
246
3653
6.7
-£1,010.10
-27.7
Maidens
73
1023
7.1
-£426.17
-41.7
Sellers
34
569
6.0
-£204.38
-35.9
Although the data is limited a combination of first time blinkers and an amateur rider looks one to avoid. Indeed of the 55 losers, only 3 got placed. I decided to look back further just to gather a bigger data set. I looked at first time blinkered runners in amateur contests from 1997 to 2004 – they fared poorly once again with just 3 wins from 104.
Maiden races have seen losses of around 42 pence in the £ which above the base figure of 27.6p. Auction maidens have provided the poorest results for first time blinkered runners with just 12 wins from 279 (SR 4.3%) for a loss of £151.06 (ROI -54.1%). Indeed, 2yo maiden Auction races are even worse with just 3 winners from 160 runners (SR 1.9%) for a hefty loss of £129.50 (ROI -80.9%).
Claiming races have seen close to a break-even situation despite a low strike rate of around 9%. Indeed if you exclude maiden claimers the strike rate rises to 9.3% and profits are made; albeit 9 pence profit for every £ wagered. However, it should be noted that these profit figures are essentially down to a few big priced winners and hence it is not an area where the backer can be confident to make a profit in the future.
Race distance
Let us break the data down now by race distance:
Race type
Wins
Runs
Strike Rate%
Profit/loss
ROI%
5-6f
139
2134
6.5
-£718.29
-33.7
7-8f
160
2270
7.0
-£583.43
-25.7
9-10f
58
876
6.6
-£225.05
-25.7
11-12f
61
694
8.8
-£128.31
-18.5
13f+
23
362
6.4
-£93.80
-25.9
In general there does not seem to be any pattern here. I had expected longer races to produce slightly poorer results but this is not the case.
Turf v all weather
 
Surface
Wins
Runs
Strike Rate%
Profit/loss
ROI%
All weather
203
2480
8.2
-£454.92
-18.3
Turf
238
3856
6.2
-£1293.95
-33.6
Horses wearing blinkers for the first time perform better on the all weather compared with turf. This could be due to the fact all weather racing is less competitive; or generally of lower grade. Whatever the reason, the stats are worth taking note of.
 
Jockeys
 
I decided to see if the experience of the jockey made a difference. The table below compares professional jockeys with claiming jockeys:
 
Jockey
Wins
Runs
Strike Rate%
Profit/loss
ROI%
professional
374
4914
7.6
-1127.87
-23.0
claiming
67
1422
4.7
-£621.00
-43.7
The figures seem to suggest the less experienced jockeys struggle when horses are blinkered for the first time. Losses close to 44 pence in the £ combined with a strike rate of under 5% means that one should swerve these jockeys under these circumstances.
 
Trainers
Some trainers have a better understanding of their animals than others so one would expect a real mix of results for first time blinkered runners. I have included all trainers that have saddled at least 30 horses with first time blinkers:
Trainer
Wins
Runs
Strike Rate%
Profit/loss
ROI%
Sir M Prescott
11
51
21.6
+£27.40
+53.7
B Smart
5
30
16.7
+£0.50
+1.7
C Cox
6
37
16.2
+£8.90
+24.1
I Semple
5
34
14.7
-£5.63
-16.5
R Charlton
5
35
14.3
-£9.13
-26.1
G Butler
5
36
13.9
+£19.00
+52.8
R Hannon
16
129
12.4
+£0.50
+0.4
M Tregoning
4
33
12.1
+£33.00
+100.0
R Harris
8
68
11.8
+£47.75
+70.2
J Boyle
4
34
11.8
+£1.00
+2.9
T Barron
6
54
11.1
-£12.00
-22.2
M Easterby
9
85
10.6
-£20.75
-24.4
C Brittain
6
57
10.5
-£12.38
-21.7
W Haggas
7
67
10.5
-£13.00
-19.4
J Moore
5
49
10.2
+£12.25
+25.0
M Johnston
12
118
10.2
+£1.58
+1.3
P Cole
9
89
10.1
-£29.25
-32.9
J Dunlop
6
61
9.8
-£11.67
-19.1
K Ryan
14
144
9.7
-£7.38
-5.1
P Grayson
6
64
9.4
-£17.05
-26.6
J Gosden
7
75
9.3
-£17.17
-22.9
B Meehan
15
161
9.3
+£8.08
+5.0
N Littmoden
4
44
9.1
-£17.50
-39.8
J Osborne
4
46
8.7
+£10.00
+21.7
G L Moore
6
72
8.3
-£24.38
-33.9
B Hills
3
36
8.3
+£15.00
+41.7
M Quinlan
3
36
8.3
-£18.50
-51.4
P Evans
4
50
8.0
-£8.50
-17.0
T Easterby
10
131
7.6
-£11.75
-9.0
E Johnson Houghton
2
31
6.5
-£6.00
-19.4
W Muir
4
64
6.3
-£35.75
-55.9
B Ellison
2
32
6.3
-£9.00
-28.1
M Dods
2
32
6.3
-£11.50
-35.9
Mrs A Perrett
4
67
6.0
-£30.00
-44.8
R Fahey
4
71
5.6
-£35.50
-50.0
E Dunlop
2
44
4.6
-£36.00
-81.8
R Beckett
2
50
4.0
-£20.00
-40.0
M Tompkins
2
57
3.5
-£43.50
-76.3
M Jarvis
1
30
3.3
-£25.00
-83.3
I McInnes
1
34
2.9
-£29.50
-86.8
P Blockley
1
35
2.9
-£30.00
-85.7
R Millman
1
37
2.7
-£8.00
-21.6
J Bradley
0
66
0.0
-£66.00
-100.0
A Berry
0
50
0.0
-£50.00
-100.0
J Given
0
41
0.0
-£41.00
-100.0
J Eustace
0
31
0.0
-£31.00
-100.0
J Weymes
0
30
0.0
-£30.00
-100.0
Sir Mark Prescott has excellent figures considering how poor these runners do in general – a better than 1 in 5 strike rate with profits of over 50 pence for every £ wagered. At the other end of the scale, Milton Bradley and Alan Berry have combined to produce 0 winners from 116 runners.
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To conclude, horses blinkered for the first time are essentially poor investments. However, some are much worse than others as this article has hopefully highlighted. If nothing else, I suspect this article may save you from backing certain horses that have a very poor chance of winning. This should help your betting bank balance.

Turf Paradise Picks 01/24/2012

Good Morning Horse Racing Fans! Its Tuesday and today we will be taking a trip to Turf Paradise Park. This park is know for its cheap claiming races. Usually Early Speed is the trump card when it comes to cheap claiming so we will see how that plays out today. Here are your Free Turf Paradise Picks below:

Race 1: Love You Buddy and Berts Pal

Race 2: Lucky Sis and Knock Em Out

Race 3: Lucky High and Laughlin

Race 4: English Rythem and Shady Secret

Race 5: Yona Rocket and Scratchthemoon

Race 6: Voule Voo and Cryptic Moon

Race 7: C My Secret and Vision of Roses

Race 8: Jo’s Finale and Babe Included

Race 9: Deer Lodge and True Beauty

There are your Turf Paradise Picks for January 24th lets kick today off with some nice exacta payouts and possibly a big pick 3. Have a great day and we will see you again on Thursday with some amazing horse racing picks.

Stay tuned for the Road to the Kentucky Derby

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2012 Eclipse Awards Results

In 2012 we had some exciting horse racing and even though we did escape another year without having a triple crown it was an amazing year. Once a year they have the Eclipse Awards which recognize the best Jockey’s, Trainers and horses of 2012. Here is a list of this years winners in no particular order. Read more »

New tactics to be employed on Colour Squadron

It looks very much as though the talented Colour Squadron, a serious contender for the Supreme Novices Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March, will be given a very different ride next time out to the tactics employed at Sandown recently where he was ridden prominently and eventually caught in the dying strides of the Grade 1 Tolworth Hurdle, writes Eliot Slater. Read more »

Santa Anita Pick 6 Picks 01/19/2012

Good Morning Horse Racing Handicappers! Today we will be going to Santa Anita to go after this lofty Pick 6 which is heading into the Six Figure range currently at $107,326 someone is going to hit this race and it should be you. On this site there is also a pick six strategy book that gives you horse racing tips on how to strategically make your picks with success. Here is our Horse Racing Picks for Santa Anita Park today: Read more »

Gulfstream Park Picks 01/16/2012

We had some great luck and a little bit of skill in yesterday’s horse racing picks so will take a journey back there and see how we do. Yesterday there was a nice longshot hit and an exacta. Today we will be covering the first 10 races at Gulfstream Park on this beautiful Tuesday. Here are your Horse Racing Picks below for Gulfstream lets cash some nice tickets in: Read more »

Santa Anita Picks 01/16/2012

Hi there my fellow Handicappers! Well if you are following horse-racingtips.com at all on our horse racing picks you have a smile on your face today. We had some very nice tickets hit in the Gulfstream and the Aqueduct Race track yesterday and looking to carry our luck to January 16th as we take a trip to Santa Anita. Check out our excellent picks below and lets take some money home with us. Here are  your free Santa Anita Picks Below: Read more »

Gulfstream Horse Racing Picks 01/15/2012

Hi there Horse Racing Fans! I hope everyone is ready to win some money with these horse racing picks for the day. We have a big race card at Gulfstream Park where we will cover the first ten races and see how we do. There are some dynamite Maiden Claiming races going on as well as some good claiming races. Here are your Gulfstream Horse Racing Picks for January 15th: Read more »

Aqueduct Track Picks 01/15/2012

Hello horse racing handicappers! I hope everyone is having a great weekend and enjoying life. Today we will take a trip to Aqueduct for some great horse racing action and see if we can put some money in your pocket. The inner track is where the horses meet during the Winter meets at Aqueduct. There can be a bias on races that are 1 mile and 70 long on the inside rail its also important to look for other biases that might come up. Here are the horse racing picks for Aqueduct for January 15th: Read more »

Top 10 UK Horse Racing tracks

Years ago horse racing evolved out of the UK and has spread throughout the world what into what it is today. United Kingdom has some of the most amazing horse tracks today and some of the best horse racing in the world. The history is rich in tradition and you will find some tips on the best races throughout the year at http://horse-racingtips.com. Here are the top United Kingdom tracks listed below with their appropriate links in no particular order: Read more »

Gulfstream Park Free Picks 12/30/2012

Good Morning Horse Racing Handicappers. It appeared to be a rough day at Aqueduct yesterday with some longshots raining in if you had a nice ticket then you are smiling from ear to ear this morning. So Happy New Years Eve Eve! Here are some Free Picks from Gulfstream Park where we are sure to make up for some lost ground: Read more »

Aqueduct Free Race Picks 12/29/2011

Good morning my horse racing fans! Hope everyone had a good day with the picks that we had at Hawthorne yesterday. The New Year is approaching fast and want to wish everyone a happy holiday season. Today we are going to head out to Aqueduct for some racing.  On the one mile inner dirt track during winter meets the rail has been historically good at distances with 2 turns so we will see if that rings true today. Here is today Free Horse Racing Picks at Aqueduct: Read more »

Hawthorne Free Race Picks 12/28/2011

Hello everyone hope you had an amazing holiday and ready for some horse racing action on this hump day. Today we are taking a journey to Hawthorne park for some horse racing handicapping. Here are some great Free picks below for Hawthorne horse track! Good luck~ Read more »

Turf Paradise Free Picks 12/20/2011

Hello my fellow horse racing handicappers. We are going to stick with Turf Paradise today and bet on some cheaper claiming races as it appears to be a beautiful Sunny day with a high of 61 degrees. It always seems to me that horses that have some speed with an early kick seem to do well at this track. We also had some great picks on the track yesterday and hopefully you cashed a few tickets in. Check out today’s free horse picks below for the track. Don’t forget to play some nice exacta’s as they seem to hit nicely at this track. Have an amazing day! Here our http://horse-racingtips.com picks below: Read more »

Story of Calvin Borel

Calvin Borel who has the nick name Bo “rail” is one of the most famous Jockey’s in the world of horse racing today. He is on his way to the hall of fame and has made his mark on American horse racing with his amazing skill and ability. Here is a little history of Calvin Borel and what makes him so great. When you are at the track take notice of the horse he is riding because you can almost never rule this guy completely out no matter what horse he is riding. Read more »

Turf Paradise Free Picks 12/19/2011

Good Morning fellow Horse Handicappers. Hope everyone had an amazing weekend and this finds you doing well. With Christmas approaching fast here in the US and the Holiday Season for others we are taking some time to relax and take a trip to Turf Paradise. This track is known for some nice exotics and longshots so we will see if we can cash a few tickets to start off the week. Here are our FREE horse picks below: Read more »

Rapid Redux Back in @ Laurel Park Goes for 21

Rapid Redux will be in action again on Tuesday as this exciting horse will be going for 21 races in a row. He was very impressive three weeks ago posting and passing the likes of Zenyatta and Peppers Pride for the longest victory. This horse has found a niche where it enters cheaper claiming and starter races having the heart to just win. It is not a stakes horse and does not every plan on being one but the pure heart and great training along with riding of Coles and Wells put this horse in a class of its own. These records have been standing for quite some time until this firecracker Rapid Redux came along. Read more »

Mountaineer Park Picks for 12/12/2011

I hope everyone has had a great weekend and ready to kick off the week in style! Don’t forget to sign up for “The Handicapper” to get your FREE wagering and winning ebook so you can get amazing Free horse racing tips and strategies sent to your box with up to date tools to use. Today we are going to take our journey to Mountaineer Park if you look at our previous picks from this track you will be super excited as you made some money for sure!! Here are the pics for Mountaineer Park Have a great Monday! Read more »

Weemissfrankie Takes on Hollywood Scarlet Stakes

Good Morning horse racing fans! On Saturday December 10th Weemissfrankie will be taking on one of the smaller fields she has faced in the field of 6 horses. She has won her last 3 out of 4 starts so should kick off as the favorite and we will see what kind of price that we get on her. I think this race will be a nice exacta putting together Weemissfrankie with Killer Grace who has the most experience in this field. This race is only for 2 year fillies and these are some of the best at a grade 1 to finish the year out. Killer Graces and Sharp Cat should give her some good competition as they both have some previous victories in the last few months. Read more »

Winning and Wagering Basics

Throughout this site we have provided many horse racing tips and strategies for cashing more tickets at the window. We continue to look online and offline for handicapping information that will make us better. I have a program from Laurel Park that is on my wall from the early sixties and you would be amazed on how really small it is. In the old days there were a few books on handicapping horse racing but they were few and far between. The knowledge, statistics, and data that we have today can be almost overwhelming to the point we say why bother resorting to picking the horse with the coolest name. Read more »

Mountaineer Park Free Picks 12/06/2011

Hello horse racing fans! With the weather starting to cool down outside we still found some good races today in Mountaineer Park. Its Tuesday and were looking to cash some nice tickets to carry us throughout the week. Check out our new edition to this site with the facebook feature allowing you to interact with others and get up to date information in the horse racing world. Check out our picks below for Mountaineer Park!! Lets do this!

Race 1: Oh Frankie Baby and Fast Fling

Race 2: Flying Purge and Cellaro

Race 3: Dell Reef and Sage the Rage

Race 4: Sunny Way and Country Singer

Race 5: Country Inn and Backgammon

Race 6: Dakota Dunes and Bud Symonds

Race 7: Gage Park and Great Shot

Race 8: Loads of Fun and Buck Cash

Race 9: Senor Uno and Barbara’s Choice

These are some Cheaper Claiming Races so look for horses that have some speed and favor the front running style to be some winners today. Happy Handicapping

Facebook for Horse Racing Tips and Strategies

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Hollywood Derby Preview Sunday the 27th

We have some great horse racing this weekend and we are looking forward to the Hollywood Derby which is a G1 race $250,000 Autumn Turf Festival. There are not any fantastic horses in this 9th race at Hollywood but still should be a battle first. They race a mile and 1/4 with a good field of horses might just see a decent price come in. Check out the analysis below~

Rapid Redux wins his 20th race making History

We witnessed North American Race history when Rapid Redux defied odds and went on to win his 20th consecutive win. He did it in very impressive fashion check the video out below for the race replay!

Rapid Redux tries for 20 straight wins at Mountaineer

Today is the day at Mountaineer Park where Rapid Redux is going for 20 in a row! It should be a very exciting race where he was tested at Laurel for number 19 and it appears that this will not be an easy win. There are ten horses in this field with a two turn mile and some better competition we shall see what will happen. Check out the preview of this race below and watch later this evening to see if Rapid Redux can pull this off! Its all about speed in this race~

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Delta Downs Jackpot Picks and Breakdown

Hello my horse racing fans! We have one of the best races of the year today November 19, 2011. This Delta Downs Jackpot race #7 is a grade 3 race that will be worth 1 million dollars. It has become one of those races that has a very early ticket into the Kentucky Derby in 2012. If you have an amazing horse that is around 3 you want him/her in this race. So here is a break down of how the race will work out. Who will step up and make it happen?? Read more »

Pat Day an Amazing Horse Racing Jockey

Patrick Alan Day or most commonly known as “Pat Day” was an American Jockey. He lived in Brush, Colorado where he was born on 13th of October year 1953, and most of Day’s life was spent on horse racing.
Pat Day became very successful in his chosen career. He started as a rodeo cowboy and then switched to a Jockey. Choosing to become a jockey was the best decision he ever made in his life at that time. When he was officially a jockey he started earning career victories that put him as one of the best jockeys in history. Read more »

Bob Baffert One of the Best Horse Racing Trainers

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Story of Horse Trainer Nick Zito

Nicholas Philip Zito or commonly known as “Nick Zito” is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer that was born on February 6, 1948 in New York City. Zito is one of the thousands who have a great dedication to horses. Being deeply dedicated to horses, he showed his passion to it and started his career as a Hot Walker. This is somebody who helps give the horse exercise and keeps them fit. He really worked hard at this and with his passion learned everything he possibly could about horses then worked his way up to become an Assistant Trainer. He did not view it was any sort of work at all but his long hours and thirst for knowledge has put him among the ranks of the best trainers in the horse racing industry. Read more »

What is the Jockey Club

In North America, Thoroughbred horses are known as to be the most popular breed among all the kinds of horses. Owners of Thoroughbred horses are spend a lot of time training their horses to be strong enough and ready for the upcoming events of horse racing. Even though most Thoroughbred horse owners are knowledgeable, they still look for an organization to help them out on how they can properly take care of their horses and the assurance that their horses will be properly trained of. The organization known as the Jockey Club was created for horse trainers around North America. Read more »

Uncle Mo vs Havre De Grace in the Breeders Classic

Hello horse racing world! We have some amazing horse racing for you today as two of the best horses all year will be going head to head in the $5 million dollar Breeders Cup Classic. Uncle Mo will be taking on the very versatile Havre De Grace on this November 5th Post time 7 ET @ Churchill downs. Read more »

Aqueduct Horse Racing

On late September 1894, the original Aqueduct race track was opened and about 700 visitors joined that event. The old race track was demolished on 1955 and rebuilds a new one that opened on September 14, 1959. As years passed by, their priority is to always improve and make this facility become more attractive and beautiful. So a lot of renovations has been made and those renovations were on year 2001, 2006 and the last renovation was made on 2007. Read more »

TVG Horse Racing

In United States, there is one channel which is really dedicated to horse racing and a lot of horse racing fans is viewing this channel. It is the Television Games Network or TVG Network that began to broadcast in 1999. Since then, TVG became the largest horse racing TV network that covers 30 million homes nationwide (United States) and on May 2006 they started to air new shows like Morning Line, Fandicapping, 58 Flat, Lady Luck and Drive Time. Read more »

Aqueduct Casino Finally Opens

A day many thought would never come, did in fact arrive Friday with the opening of Resorts World New York, a casino at Aqueduct featuring video lottery terminals and electronic table games. The doors officially opened to the public at 1 p.m., and despite next-to-no advertising, patrons on an unseasonably cold fall day were lined up outside on both ends of the facility waiting to get in. Read more »

Free Keeneland Picks 10/28/2011

Hello horse racing fans!! Happy Friday looks like we have the Saint Louis Cardinals making an upset of the Major Leagues~ okay I am from Missouri so GO CARDS. Will there be some upsets at Keeneland today? We will see with a big day of horse racing setting up to kick off at 1:15 pm central time. Here are some Free Horse racing picks for your selections today. With the Breeders Cup right around the corner things are getting exciting in the world of horse handicapping. We just took the first 6 races and did our own handicapping to get you started in the right direction putting some money in your pocket when bet correctly. Good luck and happy handicapping! Read more »

Breeders Cup Contenders 2011

Hello my fellow horse racing enthusiast! The time is among us and in just a few short weeks we will have the annual running of the most expensive and sought after horse race of the year the Breeders Cup Classic. There are quite a few races in the few days at Churchill on November 5th and these are horses that are considered the some of the best in the world. Its a must not miss for any fan of the horse racing world and this year will not disappoint. Here is a line up of the upcoming 2011 Breeders Cup: Read more »

How to use Blinkers in Horse Racing betting

In any big race you will usually see one or two horses wearing blinkers, some who always wear them and others who may be wearing them for the first time. But what are blinkers for and how do they affect the odds of a horse winning or losing the race? Read more »

Horse Racing for Beginners

Horse racing is considered a social occasion with the thrill of placing a bet and watching your chosen horse striving for the line. It is vibrant with color and atmosphere and all provided by a team of people who work hard to provide a good day out. If you have never been racing before the noise, movement and the jargon can seem daunting but a little home work can make the event much more pleasurable. This is a little article for Horse Racing Beginners to bring you up to speed. Read more »

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