She didn’t like getting into the starting gate, and she had to do it twice. She got off to a terrible start, even by her own slow standards.
And going through the final turn, she was in 11th place.
Zenyatta has a lot … a lot of ground to make up. Zenyatta, if she wins this, she’ll [...]
Well, the system didn’t do too well with the Fake Dirt Mile. It did have Furthest Land as its fourth highest-ranked horse, but it really thought it was a two-horse race. Mastercraftsman looked sure to win with 200 yards to go – he was flying up along the rail – but he just stopped and [...]
Yeah. Goldikova got pushed back early, had to go way wide in the final stretch, got bumped by Courageous Cat and still won going away.
Now comes the (fake) Dirt Mile. My system has this as a two-horse race – Midshipman and Bullsbay are miles ahead of the field. Between them, they’ve probably got at least [...]
So far, my system has identified California Flag, Dancing in Silks and Vale of York has good value bets. A $2 bet on each of them would have returned a total of over $120 for a $6 investment. That’s pretty impressive.
So now the Turf Mile. Golidkova is the defending champ and she (yes, she) is [...]
Zensational got a bad start, got trapped on the rail, and never had a chance. Racing luck. My numbers had Dancing In Silks as the third choice, and as great value for money, so that’s encouraging anyway.
Now the Juvenile, which will set up the early favorite for next May’s Kentucky Derby. Sadly, given the fact [...]
Zensational has the rail and has early speed. If the synthetic Pro-Ride surface plays as fast as it did yesterday, there’s the chance of Fatal Bullet getting away at the start and going wire-to-wire, but I suspect Zensational will keep in touch with Fatal Bullet and have enough to put him away at the finish.
Captain [...]
Pinnacle Race Course, the new thororoughbred track in metro Detroit, opens on Friday at 2:30.
The first race is the Lansing Stakes, a six-furlong sprint for Michigan-bred 3-year-olds.
For the sake of history, here is the field:
Hot Chili J: T.D. Houghton. T: Laura Jackson.
Dance In The Sea J: Frederico Mata. T: Ronald Allen Sr.
Corporal Glover J: [...]
6) Da’Tara: Almost certainly better than Guadalcanal. That’s about the best thing I can say about him.
OK, maybe not. In my defense, though, I did get the second and third-place horses correct.
It was pretty obvious by the midpoint of the race that Big Brown wasn’t going to do it. He was stuck wide, but he [...]
The horses of the Belmont, in post position order:
1) Big Brown: You might have heard of him. A perfect 5-for-5 in his career, and has never been seriously threatened in any of the races. The only question mark is a minor stress fracture in one of his hooves, but his connections swear it won’t be [...]
Pistons-Celtics: There’s No Such Thing As Momentum
People always talk about which team has the momentum in the NBA playoffs. It doesn’t matter. At all. The Pistons were supposed to have it after ending Boston’s unbeaten record at home in Game 2, and Boston won Game 3. That meant the Celtics had it, since they had [...]