Accelerate, the Breeders’ Cup Classic hero and possible 2018 Horse of the Year, is set to enter the starting gate for the final time Jan. 26 in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park. Then, it’s off to the breeding shed, win or lose. At stake is significant prestige in […]
Heavy favorites Coliseum (3/5) and Code of Honor (4/5) both failed on Saturday to live up to the betting hype in their first Kentucky Derby prep races for 3-year-olds in California and Florida. Their results, or lack thereof, left presumptive 2-year-old champion Game Winner as the standout in the ongoing […]
It’s no secret the equine industry has been experiencing hard times. But in Illinois and Virginia, two major horse racing and breeding states, there’s new hope that “historical horse racing†machines will bring new gaming revenues to struggling tracks. Such HHR machines — essentially slots with random-number generators built on […]
Justify wasn’t even trainer Bob Baffert’s favorite horse, but he still managed to have a pretty good year. Having never run a race as a 2-year-old, the horse came seemingly out of nowhere to become the 13th Triple Crown winner in horse racing history. . Baffert chose not to run […]
Eclipse Award voters tasked with deciding just who will be anointed America’s 2018 Horse of the Year confront an age-old dilemma: Should they reward special and unprecedented excellence over a short period of time in the form of Triple Crown winner Justify … or does the coast-to-coast, longer-term brilliance of Accelerate merit […]
Two new, low-takeout late Pick 5 wagers and what many are calling the strongest European contingent ever highlight the 2018 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, set for Churchill Downs, Nov. 2-3. Consisting of 14 races over two days with more than $30 million in purses and special awards, the Breeders’ Cup, […]
In a case that has kicked around in the judicial system for nearly eight years, a Kentucky Circuit Court ruled this week that historical horse racing machines are indeed a form of pari-mutuel betting and thereby legal in the Bluegrass State. Though applicable only in Kentucky, the court’s determination could […]
In horse racing, a picture is worth only four words – win, lose, or dead heat – not the thousand as the bromide goes. But now, at least one prominent trainer is calling for the racing community to reconsider the technology that determines the difference, saying that his horse got […]
It was a short career, just six races, but Justify won all of them, and after winning the Triple Crown, will now hang up his saddle. The colt’s owner, WinStar Farm, and Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, made the decision to retire the 3-year-old because of health reasons. Justify […]
Justify showed why he was the 4/5 favorite on Saturday, winning the Belmont Stakes by 1-3/4 lengths and becoming the 13th horse in history to capture the Triple Crown. It was his sixth victory in as many starts. He was a +425 to win the Triple Crown after winning the Kentucky […]
Justify received the No. 1 post for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, where he will try to become the 13th horse to win the Triple Crown. The winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes was made the early 4/5 favorite to win at the Belmont. Baffert Worried About Inside Draw […]
In another Triple Crown race in the mud, Justify validated his favorite status at the Preakness, and came out clean as a whistle. The three-year-old thoroughbred’s win on Saturday signaled to his critics that his Kentucky Derby victory earlier in May was no fluke. And now he is one race away from […]
Kentucky Derby champion Justify will look to capture the second leg of the Triple Crown this Saturday at the Preakness, where he is favored to top the field of eight horses. Justify was installed as the 1/2 favorite for Saturday’s race at Pimlico, something that suits trainer Bob Baffert just […]
A new online betting tax is coming to the state of Victoria, Australia, that will be significantly lower than the levy imposed on other states. Most of the country is making a major change to how it taxes online-only bookmakers such as CrownBet, Ladbrokes, Bet365, and Sportsbet. It’s called the […]
Monmouth Park opened its racing season on May 5, preparing for another summer of racing at the track in Oceanport, New Jersey. But while visitors to the track are betting on horses for now, the racetrack is prepared to implement sports betting at their facility as soon as they get […]
In the heaviest rain ever seen in 143 runnings of the Kentucky Derby, 3/1 favorite Justify made his case to reign over horse racing — winning by more than two lengths at Churchill Downs and jumping ahead of the field as the strongest pick to win the Preakness on May 19. […]
While the odds are pretty straightforward for the Kentucky Derby, there is a myriad of betting options for the race besides just picking the winner. Sportsbooks, especially internet ones, have several proposition wagers that gamblers can make on Saturday’s Run for the Roses. Horse racing has so many built in […]
Santa Anita Derby winner Justify has opened as the favorite for the 2018 Kentucky Derby, with Churchill Downs oddsmaker Mike Battaglia listing the horse at 3/1 to win the first Triple Crown race. While Justify only has three races in his career, he has won all three of them, and […]
Gronkowski, named after New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, is out of the Kentucky Derby after suffering an infection. Trainer Jeremy Noseda made the decision on Monday to not send the 3-year-old colt to Churchill Downs from where he was training in England. “We’ve had a minor setback and […]
With the final two prep races concluded over the weekend, the early field for the Kentucky Derby field is set. My Boy Jack won the Lexington Stakes at Keeneland, and Magnum Moon captured the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park to round out the field for the first leg of the […]
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