2013 Belmont Stakes picks, odds & analysis.
By Robert Boswell This year the thoroughbred racing scene as a whole has lacked a bit of clarity and the male sprint division was no different. Just take a look back; there have been eight Grade 1 sprint races on the main track for 3-year-olds or older, producing eight different winners. Just when one sprinter [...]
The Grade 1 Forego Stakes is for three year olds and upward going 7 furlongs at Saratoga for a purse of $250,000. The race is named for the great 1970s star Forego who won 34 times from 59 starts for earnings of 1,938,957. The brilliant gelding won the Woodward Stakes four times in a row from [...]
The $75k James Marvin Stakes is one of the best ungraded races worth less than six figures I’ve seen in a very long time, if not ever. This race could easily be a Grade 2. Most of the entrants will try to use the race as a springboard for the Grade 1 Forego later in [...]
The Metropolitan Handicap is a fixture of the racing scene dating back to the 1890’s. This one-turn one mile race is known as the “stallion” maker, as its Grade 1 status and one-turn mile distance are major plusses to American breeders. This year’s group of 11 runners has four horses that can put that major [...]
Ryan Patterson takes a look at the Metropolitan Mile. His top pick is Tizway. Watch the video to find out more!
“Look at Bernardini! He didn’t break a sweat, and its 90 degrees!” The Jim Dandy Stakes is contested at 9 furlongs on the dirt for three-year-olds at Saratoga. It is a Grade 2 event and is typically used as a springboard towards the more important Grade 1 Travers Stakes the following month. Last year’s Jim [...]
For the third time in four years Calvin Borel rocketed his mount to the front of the pack in the Kentucky Derby. In 2007 it was aboard juvenile champion Street Sense. He did it on super long shot Mine That Bird in 2009. This time it was on Super Saver. The Cajun jockey held three [...]