2013 Belmont Stakes picks, odds & analysis.
The 2012 Risen Star Stakes saw Todd Pletcher’s El Padrino duel to the wire for a gutsy win over Larry Jones’s lightly raced Mark Valeski. Z Dager checked in third after racing in that position for the vast majority of the race. Let’s recap the action. El Padrino still has work to do El Padrino, [...]
The $300k Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes from Fair Grounds (Saturday|Race 11) has attracted a stellar group of 11 colts and geldings with impressive allowance winner El Padrino (Pulpit x Enchanted Rock by Giant’s Causeway) as the likely favorite. El Padrino, or “The Godfather”, was third in the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes to end his freshman [...]
TVG- Watch. Wager. Win! $175k worth of graded stakes earning are on the line in the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes from Fair Grounds on Saturday. The 1 mile and 70 yards race is the first in a series of three Kentucky Derby prep races at the Louisiana track. The other two are the $300k Grade [...]
Fair Grounds is the place to be this weekend. They have four very strong races in the Rachel Alexandra Stakes, Mineshaft Handicap, Fair Grounds Handicap and Risen Star Stakes. Those four races make up the late 50¢ Pick 4 and are the beginning of the $1 Pick 6. Let’s breakdown my Pick 4 ticket. Join [...]
Saratoga is a place of dreams. The best of the best get their first race at the Spa. It is where 2008 Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown won his debut, romping home on the grass. It is also where 2011 Kentucky Derby contender Rogue Romance got his start. He finished fourth beaten only 2 ¼ lengths [...]
The Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes is in the final prep for the lucrative $750,000 Louisiana Derby. It was won by Friesan Fire in 2009. He would go on to be the favorite in the Kentucky Derby. This years field is competitive with 12 entrants and is lead by Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes winner Ron [...]
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