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Triple Crown: Top 5 Ways Justify Can Get Beat in Belmont Stakes

When the Triple Crown is on the line, the nervous energy before the Belmont Stakes is unmatched by any other moment in sports. It’s difficult to not feel chills go […]

Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby Pace Thesis: Part 3

The final piece of the 2016 Kentucky Derby pace puzzle has come together with the post-position draw now complete. The post positions are of utmost importance in charting out how […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby Pace Thesis: Part 2

“Pace makes the race” is not just a catch phrase. Pace is one of the most important factors in handicapping a horse race. The speed at which a race is […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby Pace Thesis: Part 1

The puzzle of handicapping the Kentucky Derby is a complex riddle wrapped inside an enigma, but the axioms that build the fundamentals of handicapping still apply in this unique race. […] Read More

Preakness Stakes

Small Preakness Field Embarrassing?

On Saturday 8 horses will enter the gate for the 140th Preakness Stakes. It’s the smallest field for the 1 3/16-mile Preakness since 2000, when Red Bullet upset Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus. […] Read More