Kelly Von Hemel

Ain’t Life Grand Part Of Impactful Family For Von Hemel | Saratoga Slim’s Backside Vlog #23

Saratoga Slim’s latest Saratoga backside vlog visits trainer Kelly Von Hemel, who sends the Iowa Derby champion Ain’t Life Grand to the 2022 Travers Stakes (G1). Hear how Ain’t Life […]

Columns

Trainers, My Favorite Handicapping Angle

When I first dove into the intricacies of horse racing, I learned to admire the trainers, people whom owners trust to take care of expensive horses. Other than the horses […] Read More

News

Nixall Making Waves at Oaklawn Park

As the race meet heats up at Oaklawn Park, Nixall is heating up as well. The product has really started to catch on throughout the meeting, and legendary horseman Don […] Read More

General

The Highs and Lows of the Iowa Festival of Racing

If you’ve heard it once you’ve heard it a thousand times…horse racing is a game of highs and lows. You also hear this same cliché when it comes to life. This weekend […] Read More

Betting Tips

2013 Prairie Meadows Preview

The thoroughbreds are back in Iowa this Friday night, as Prairie Meadows gets set to kick off another exciting meet. Like always, the center piece of the meet will be […] Read More

General

Random Dude Thoughts

-Is My Happy Face the next big thing? She ran awfully strong in breaking her maiden, winning by an eye-popping 21 lengths. How does it get much better at five and […] Read More

Betting Tips

Prairie Express Stakes Preview

Likely Winners: #2 Outta Tune (KY) – Racing Dudes Class Rating: 2.27 Even though he has a low-class rating, don’t let that fool you. Outta Tune is at the top of […] Read More

Betting Tips

Mamie Eisenhower and John Wayne Stakes Preview

Mamie Eisenhower Likely Winners: #3 Someplace Else (IA) – It’s pretty hard to go against her in this spot. She’s already beaten almost every horse in the field at one point […] Read More

Horse Watch

Turn on the fountain and light up the lights, Iowa’s hidden jewel is back this Friday night with a new racing schedule. The old Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday schedule has been scrapped […] Read More