TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Extra, Effort! While it wasn’t the open-and-shut case his trainer Michael McCarthy may have hoped for, Journalism still penned a satisfying ending to Saturday’s $500,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1). After getting off to a slower than usual start...

NEW MEXICO — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $200,000 Sunland Park Handicap. One And One Eighth Miles. For Three Year Olds And Upward Date: Sunday, April 6 (Race 11, 6:35 p.m. ET ) What to do with a $20 Bet : $10 win on #5 Blue Devil $5 exactor box #4 Mine That Star and...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Blue Chip Blue Grass A $750,000 top prize and up to 200 Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points are up for grabs this Tuesday in the $1.25 million Blue Grass (G1) at Keeneland. While heavy rains moved Keeneland’s bustling Saturday card to...

CALIFORNIA — By Ed DeRosa   Unlike the Kentucky Derby, whose favorite hangs in the balance of this week’s action, the Kentucky Oaks most definitely has a clear favorite for May 2 at Churchill Downs. Good Cheer is undefeated after six starts, winning by a combined 42 ¼...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Sweet Dreams Sandman entered Saturday’s $1.5 million Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park with $444,595 to his name and exited $810,000 richer after an impressive 2 ½-length score. Slotted into post six as the third choice in the field of nine,...

ARKANSAS — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  $200,000 Hot Springs Stakes, Three Year Olds, One Mile   Date: Sunday, March 30 (Race 7, 4:45 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet: $20 win on Perfect Force   The Reason: Perfect Force has been just that over his...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Take My Hand Sandman enters Saturday’s $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1) hoping to break through at the graded level. Taking to Oaklawn Park, the site of his last three starts and two of four graded stakes attempts, Enter Sandman has made...

FLORIDA — By Ed DeRosa   The Sport of Kings is a gambling game, so we’re going to do some gambling on the Kentucky Derby prep races on Saturday. I am introducing it in this way because neither of our wagers will rely on the obvious favorites in either of the Florida or...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   ‘Tiz the Time Tiztastic stunned his foes and Fair Grounds’ Saturday afternoon crowd with a brilliant 2 ¼-length victory in the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G1). Closing as the field of 10’s fifth choice, Tiztastic, at 7-1, showed incredible...

NEW ORLEANS — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $52,000 Maiden Special Weight. One And One Sixteenth Miles. (Turf). For Maidens, Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward.   Date: Sunday, March 23rd (Race 8, 5:15 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet: $10 win, $5...