Race Recaps Essential Quality’s Class Prevails Over Keepmeinmind To Win Jim Dandy SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Godolphin homebred Essential Quality‘s class advantage helped him prevail over a gutsy rail-skimming Keepmeinmind to win Saturday’s $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga. Essential Quality broke from the far outside…
Saratoga Drain The Clock Looks To Continue Strong Sophomore Campaign In Amsterdam SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Drain the Clock has not left the competition much time to come back on him during a sophomore campaign that has already featured 3 graded stakes victories. The Maclean’s Music colt will look to complete the trifecta of graded stakes scores at a NYRA track while… Read More
Handicapping Ricky’s Rockets 🚀: Del Mar, Gulfstream Park and Saratoga Picks for August 1, 2021 Ricky’s Rockets 🚀 sure enjoyed another big day of racing on Saturday afternoon! Saratoga had three graded-stakes races, and all of them brought excitement. Every day at Saratoga feels like a holiday, but this one was even more special. We may look back at this weekend, as one of the… Read More
Race Recaps Ultra-Tough Lexitonian Upsets Vanderbilt SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – “Horses don’t know their odds.” The horse racing adage proved true Saturday when the 34/1 longshot Lexitonian proved ultra-tough along the rail, outkicking the 3/1 second choice Special Reserve in the shadow of the wire to upset the $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) at Saratoga.… Read More
Race Recaps Cross Border Repeats As Bowling Green Champ SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Unlike last year’s win via disqualification, Three Diamonds Farm’s Cross Border repeated as the unquestionable champion in Saturday’s $250,000 Bowling Green Stakes (G2) at Saratoga. Cross Border broke from post 2 under Luis Saez and settled into a close stalking trip as fellow sons of English… Read More
Saratoga Jim Dandy Preview: Will the Graveyard of Champions Claim Another Victim? SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) returns to its normal place on the racing schedule this Saturday at Saratoga and drew a field of six runners, including Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Essential Quality. The Jim Dandy is set for race 9 on a fantastic card with… Read More
Saratoga Vanderbilt Preview: Mischevious Alex Cuts Back in Distance SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The older sprinters get going on Saturday at Saratoga in the $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1), which drew a competitive field of 9 runners. Sharing the card is the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) and Bowling Green Stakes (G2), which should provide us with several memorable… Read More
podcast BLINKERS OFF 510: Jim Dandy Preview and Rapid-Fire The Racing Dudes preview the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga, then give rapid-fire selections for the remaining stakes action this weekend at Saratoga and Del Mar, including the $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1), a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series event for the Sprint. Featuring your… Read More
Podcast The Magic Mike Show 295: Saratoga Saturday Late Pick 4 Preview The Magic Mike Show guys preview and give their tickets for Wednesday’s Late Pick 4 at Saratoga, a sequence featuring 3 graded stakes including Essential Quality in the Jim Dandy (G2). The Magic Mike Show with Curtis “Magic” Kalleward and Mike Somich is the ultimate horse racing show covering the… Read More
Handicapping Ricky’s Rockets 🚀: Del Mar, Gulfstream Park and Saratoga Picks for July 31, 2021 Ricky’s Rockets 🚀 are back at it on an action-packed Saturday afternoon at Saratoga! There are three graded-stakes races, and we are here to cover all of them! On tap is the Vanderbilt Stakes (G1), the Bowling Green Stakes (G2) and the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2). The action never stops… Read More
BLINKERS OFF 510: Jim Dandy Preview and Rapid-Fire The Racing Dudes preview the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2)… Read More
The Magic Mike Show 295: Saratoga Saturday Late Pick 4 Preview The Magic Mike Show guys preview and give their tickets… Read More
The Magic Mike Show 294: Saratoga Wednesday Late Pick 4 Preview The Magic Mike Show guys preview and give their tickets… Read More
BLINKERS OFF 509: Haskell Fallout, CCA Oaks Preview, and Rapid-Fire The Racing Dudes unpack last Saturday’s controversial $1 million Haskell… Read More
The Magic Mike Show 293: Del Mar Saturday Late Pick 4 Preview The Magic Mike Show guys preview and give their tickets… Read More
Clement L. Hirsch Preview: Shedaresthedevil Returns To California DEL MAR, CA – Regular rider Florent Geroux ships west… Read More
Essential Quality’s Class Prevails Over Keepmeinmind To Win Jim Dandy SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Godolphin homebred Essential Quality‘s class advantage… Read More
Drain The Clock Looks To Continue Strong Sophomore Campaign In Amsterdam SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Drain the Clock has not left… Read More
Ricky’s Rockets 🚀: Del Mar, Gulfstream Park and Saratoga Picks for August 1, 2021 Ricky’s Rockets 🚀 sure enjoyed another big day of racing… Read More
Ultra-Tough Lexitonian Upsets Vanderbilt SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – “Horses don’t know their odds.” The… Read More
