Sports Betting

08/18/2011 07:53 PM
Small but Exceptional Field Lining Up for Grade I Alabama on Saturday
A small, but incredibly exceptional field figures to line-up for the Grade I Alabama Stakes, one of the top races for three-year-old fillies this year, at Saratoga Racecourse on Saturday, August 20th.  No less than four out of the six entrants should vie for favoritism in the race.  Chalk status might end up on Grade II Delaware Oaks winner St. John’s River.  The Andrew...

07/28/2011 04:37 PM
Misty For Me, Midday and Snow Fairy Throw Down in Nassau Stakes on July 30
Misty For Me, the Aidan O’Brien trainee that won the Group 1 Irish 1000 Guineas in May, and the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes over Midday in late June, has been installed as the 2/1 favorite to take home top honors in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse on Saturday, July 30.  At 1,986 meters, the Nassau Stakes figures to set up well for Misty For Me’s front-running...

07/21/2011 09:20 PM
Gang of 7 Hit Grass for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The United States’ Congress has their Gang of 6, six mostly older gentlemen who are desperately trying to save America from financial Armageddon.  Ascot Racecourse in Great Britain will do one better with a Gang of 7 on July 23 when the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is run. A lot of times, upwards of fourteen to twenty horses will jump into a prestigious race like the...

07/14/2011 04:03 PM
Wonder of Wonders Big Fave to Turn Tables on Dancing Rain in Irish Oaks
The Aidan O’Brien trained Wonder of Wonders is a big favorite to turn the tables on rival Dancing Rain in the 2011 Irish Oaks on Sunday, July 17.  The fourth Irish Classic race of the year is also the most prestigious for three-year-old fillies.  The race has attracted fourteen entrants, but most horse players will have their eyes on only five of those fourteen. A run appears...

07/07/2011 07:28 PM
Horse Racing July Cup Preview - Delegator Fave, Regal Parade Value Play at Newmarket
Godolphin’s Delegator, the winner of the Group 2 Duke of York stakes in his last, is the favorite to win the July 9, Group 1 July Cup at Newmarket. The well-regarded miler trained by Saeed Bin Suroor won the six-furlong Duke of York in May in fine fashion.  Top Godolphin pilot Frankie Dettori kept Delegator well behind the pace-setters before following Regal Parade to the lead and...

06/23/2011 07:58 PM
O’Brien Brings Strong Hand to 2011 Irish Derby
The trainer that has won five straight Irish Derbies brings an exceptionally strong hand to the race on June 24.  Aidan O’Brien’s hand is so strong in the 2011 Irish Derby that many horse racing fans have already put O’Brien into the winner’s circle. O’Brien has owned the Irish Derby, run at 1 ½ miles over the Curragh Racecourse in Co Kildare, in...

06/16/2011 04:41 PM
Grade I Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs Wide Open Affair
The Grade I Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs this Saturday, the biggest race on American soil over the weekend, figures to be a wide open affair with thirteen horses likely to break from the starting gate under the Twin Spires.  With the Bob Baffert trained First Dude, winner of the Grade III Alysheba, deciding to skip the Stephen Foster, favoritism could fall on Alysheba second-place...