Bet on Kentucky Derby - News
If you are going to bet on the kentucky derby, then you need to get the latest news on your favorite horses and jockeys-- because two of them will work together the first Saturday in May for the Run for the Roses to win the Kentucky Derby.
Here are some good sources for racing news:
1) Daily Racing Form
2) Daily Racing News
3) Equibase
4) ESPN Sports - Horse Racing
Football season begins in earnest
LAS VEGAS – Thursday night saw the end of fake football, with all 32 NFL teams wrapping up their exhibition schedule and the kickoff of the college football season.
Through the binocs
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Wow, does the air go out of the balloon up here when the Travers is over. The press box was so empty yesterday — maybe as empty as it’s ever been — that Binocs thought we were back at Belmont already. The pick 6 betting at this meet continues...
Rachel Alexandra regroups after debacle
DRF: Still stung by her loss in Sunday’s Grade 1 Personal Ensign Stakes, the connections of Rachel Alexandra were not prepared on Monday to look ahead to the racing future of the reigning Horse of the Year.
Rachel Alexandra Falters in Personal Ensign
For all but the last 60 yards of the mile-and-a-quarter Personal Ensign, Rachel Alexandra was her old self.
Looking for a Star in Travers Stakes
The Saratoga oddsmaker has bunched the morning line tight for the Travers Stakes for a reason: there is no true standout.
Fantastic four: Crist's favorite runnings of the Travers
I didn’t know what a Travers was in 1977. I bet on my first one in 1978, watched my first at Saratoga a year later, and haven’t missed being there for one since. It may sound like a long time, but in reality, Saturday’s 141st edition will be only my 33rd.
Right or wrong, pick Fly Down
Trainer Bob Baffert did public handicappers no favors when he decided the top 3-year-old colt of the division would stay home in California. A slight fever discovered the day after he won the Haskell ended any talk of having Lucky come to the Spa. There are seven horses with a legitimate shot to get a seat in the Travers canoe: Super Saver, Fly Down, Afleet Express, Ice Box, A Little Warm, First ...
The Travers Stakes
I can't say whether the late statesman, Winston Churchill, was a racing fan. If not, he must have been clairvoyant.
Ragozin Insider: Travers Stakes
When last seen in a 1¼-mile race, Super Saver was busy splashing through the mud to become the nation’s top three-year-old.
Saratoga selections 8/26
Best Bet: My Two Cents, Race 5 (24-6-6-6 $23.00)
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