NEW YORK — By Noel Michaels   If you are a serious horseplayer and you are not already looking forward to the Saratoga Race Course meet, it might be time to check your pulse because Saratoga is the summer place to be for handicappers and horse racing aficionados. The...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Use your Head Trikari channeled his inner Mikel Merino with a heads-up effort in Saturday’s $750,000 Belmont Derby (G1) at Aqueduct. Like the Spanish midfielder, who delivered a stunning game-clinching header in the 119th minute of last...

DELAWARE — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Races: Race 9 & 10   Date: Sunday, July 7 (Race 9 – 4:46 p.m. ET / Race 10 – 5:18 p.m. ET)   What to do with a $20 Bet: $2 Late Daily Double Race 9: #2 & #3 Race 10: #1 & #3 & #5 & #6 &...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Not About How You Start… Poor showings in their respective pro debuts didn’t stop Alex Bregman (0-4, 2 K) and Freddie Freeman (0-3, K) from going on to have remarkable major league careers. The same can be said about Trikari, a 3-year-old colt...

KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa   It’s July 4th, and that means fireworks! The sky will light up above parks and beachfronts throughout the U S of A Thursday night, but as a horseplayer of course we’re looking for fireworks of the pari-mutuel variety, so here are three longshots...

SARATOGA — By Paulick Report   The 15th annual jockeys-versus-horsemen charity basketball game, which benefits the programs of the New York Race Track Chaplaincy, in partnership with the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, (PDJF) will be played Thursday, Aug. 1 at the...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   King of the Castle Kingsbarns reigned supreme in the $1 million Stephen Foster (G1) on Saturday at Aqueduct. The 4-year-old colt, who closed at a curious 9-1, stifled seven rivals with a perfectly timed charge to steal the 1 1/8-mile contest by...

KENTUCKY — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race(s): Race 8,9 & 10   Date: Sunday, June 30 (Race 8 – 4:23 p.m. ET / Race 9 – 4:55 p.m. ET Race 10 – 5:27 p.m. ET)   What to do with a $24 Bet: $1 Pick 3 Race 8: #2 & #5 Race 9: #1 & #2...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Turn up the Difficulty Off to a perfect 3-for-3 start to the 2024 campaign, Pyrenees stares down his most daunting challenge to date in Sunday’s $1 million Stephen Foster (G1) at Churchill Downs. It’s been a tale of two careers through eight...

KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa   Obviously I love to gamble on horse racing, but I am also a fan of the sport itself and sometimes find myself gravitating toward certain horses as I would a favorite sports team. Unfortunately, in this pari-mutuel game, popular horses mean short...