tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21210747182831829932025-04-05T01:45:41.440-07:00News And Free Selections For Race Fans And HandicappersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-7687420547963124892010-04-13T05:53:00.000-07:002010-04-13T05:58:26.062-07:00Our free selection today goes at Philly in the seventh race. We are going with #5, Flashy Boo. He makes his second start off of a long layoff and looks like he should be ready to pop today.<br /><br /><br /><strong>7th Race Philadelphia Park- #5 Flashy Boo </strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-91974961074965538192010-03-15T06:25:00.000-07:002010-03-15T06:29:14.319-07:00Today we will head over to Philly Park for our free selection. In race five, we are going with #9 Zurs. Should get a decent price on this one who ships in from Maryland.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Philadelphia Park- Race 5-#9 Zurs</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-6531973990624885132010-03-14T06:27:00.001-07:002010-03-14T06:31:49.289-07:00Today we will give out a free selection over at Santa Anita..We are going with Warren's Concept in the seventh race, a maiden claiming affair for three year-olds going 6 1/2 furlongs over the synthetic..<br /><br />This guy showed much improved speed in his last start and we think he could take this field wire to wire today..Silvio Amador is capable in this spot and should keep the odds up a little..<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Santa Anita- 7th Race: #5-Warren's Concept</span></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-16230499984610695732010-01-10T05:54:00.000-08:002010-01-10T05:56:14.822-08:00Over at Santa Anita today our free selection goes in the 8th race..Taking Evening Jewel here with Victor Espinosa...<br /><br /><strong>Santa Anita 8th Race: Evening Jewel</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-68563682211707209912009-12-28T05:21:00.001-08:002009-12-28T05:23:28.219-08:00Today's freebie comes in the 8th race, The Eddie Logan Stakes. We are making a win bet on number 1, Alfarabi here.<br /><br /><br /><strong>8th Race #1-Alfarabi</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-25804651361284799642009-12-27T05:36:00.000-08:002009-12-27T05:42:03.774-08:00Over to the 5th race at Santa Anita today for the daily free selection. This is a one mile turf event, optional claiming $32,000. A very wide open race here and we will take a shot with #8, Big Wig. This is his second start off of a year long layoff and he ran decent in his comebacker on December 4th. We will use him in the exotics along with a small win bet.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Santa Anita 5th Race: #8 Big Wig </strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-22195878586950954362009-12-26T07:35:00.001-08:002009-12-26T07:38:28.573-08:00Today is opening day at Santa Anita and we hope to see some more competitive fields over here. Today's free selection comes in the 8th race on the program, the La Brea Stakes.<br /><br />Going with the number 4 in here, Amazed By Grace with Go Go. Let's just hope that we get the 6-1 price that she is on the morning line.<br /><br /><strong>Santa Anita Race 8-#4 Amazed By Grace</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-60300194098029225112009-12-20T05:33:00.000-08:002009-12-20T05:40:44.698-08:00Today, we go to the fifth race over at Hollywood Park which closes after today for the holiday break. This is an optional claimer for fillies 3 and up going 6 furlongs on the turf.<br /><br />Our selection here is the number 5 horse, A Jealous Woman. She broke her maiden last time out over the same layout after a four month layoff. Joe Talamo stays with her for this one and she has been training well for this, her first start against winners. Bill Spawr is hot right now with a 32% win rate from 19 starters. Let's see if we can end the meet with another winner.<br /><br /><strong>Hollywood Park Race 5-Number 4 A Jealous Woman</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-10664416301831803172009-12-19T06:02:00.000-08:002009-12-19T06:07:10.291-08:00Today's free selection goes in the 4th race, The Stuka Stakes for two year olds sprinting on the cushion track. I think the sharpest horse in here could be the number 5 horse, Cardiff Giant. Let's take a shot with Periban here as he is having a good meet and retains Santiago-Reyes to ride this one.<br /><br /><strong>Hollywood Park 4th Race: #5 Cardiff Giant</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-62118201943316891362009-12-18T05:07:00.000-08:002009-12-18T05:10:26.245-08:00Today's free selection comes in the fourth race, a nonwinners of one for fillies 3 years old and up. We are going to stick with the combo of Baffert-Garcia and go with the number 4 horse, Toro Bonito. She has been off since February of 09 but has been training well for this comeback. She is 4-1 on the morning line and looks spotted for the win today.<br /><br /><strong>Hollywood Park Race 4- #4 Toro Bonito</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-19333109861456364092009-12-17T05:42:00.000-08:002009-12-17T05:49:16.754-08:00Today's free pick comes in the fourth race, a group of 2 year-old maidens going 1 1/16 miles over the cushion. A full field of seven goes here..well seven is a big field right now in Southern California..<br /><br />Our pick is number 3, Broken Tango, a second-time starter from Bob Baffert. Has one route under his belt and Baffert has Martin Garcia riding here. They have hit with a 37% win rate over the last 60 starts when teamed up. Should get some value in a wide open race.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Race 4-#3 Broken Tango</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-11464852816283467512009-12-10T05:25:00.000-08:002009-12-10T05:31:41.596-08:00We finally broke through yesterday with Quoted in the sixth race paying $11.00 to win. Let's try to make it two in a row today with another nice priced horse.<br /><br />Today's third race has only six entrants, and I will take a stand against the morning line favorites here. These are two-year olds going two turns, and I like the #1 horse, Ballerina Angel. I see this filly up close early or maybe even leading as she exits a couple of sprint preps for this race. Let's see if we can steal one here.<br /><br /><strong>Hollywood Race #3-Ballerina Angel</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-36688103142335235302009-12-09T05:17:00.000-08:002009-12-09T05:22:56.484-08:00Sunday's selection just missed so we forge ahead today and hope we get into the winner's circle..<br /><br />Today's free selection comes in the sixth race. This is a turf sprint for maidens and our pick in here is #7 Quoted. This horse is sharp right now and was just claimed by Doug O'Neill on Thanksgiving day. This guy should have what it takes against these to graduate today.<br /><br /><strong>Hollywood 6th Race-#7 Quoted</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-21967021013773564382009-12-06T06:05:00.000-08:002009-12-06T06:10:58.835-08:00We will go over to Hollywood's sixth race today, a one mile event over the turf course. Very wide open race here which should offer some value.<br /><br />Our free selection today is the number 4, Art Currency. This one is trained by Mike Mitchell and gets Joel Rosario to ride today at what should be a fair price. There should be enough early speed in here to set up this colt's late run. Let's see if we can break into the winner's circle today as we have been coming close but no cigar with our free selections.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Hollywood-6th Race- #4 Art Currency</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-4792962022115524812009-12-04T06:03:00.000-08:002009-12-04T06:07:58.539-08:00Over to the 3rd race, the Winter Stakes for fillies 3 and up. Going to take a shot in here with #4 Reba Is Tops. She has the perfect running style for this race as there is alot of early speed in here. Let's hope she can sit just off the pace and pounce late to get up for the win.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Hollywood Race 3-#4 Reba Is Tops</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-65123077661589512392009-12-03T05:01:00.000-08:002009-12-03T05:08:26.398-08:00Today's 5th race looks to offer some value and we are going with #7 Dreamalong here. The Julio Canani barn is red hot right now and this girl has had a nice prep race and two strong works after a short layoff.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Hollywood 5th race: #7-Dreamalong</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-84378972145213961112009-11-29T07:22:00.000-08:002009-11-29T07:26:19.021-08:00Today, the Grass Festival continues over at Hollywood Park and we go to the 5th race, The Miesque Stakes for our free selection.<br /><br />We are going to take a shot with the 2 horse, Camille C. She is sharp at the moment and tries turf for the first time, but we think she is a good fit in here, and at 12-1 on the morning line, she may offer some value in the exotics as well. We also get the hot-riding Joe Talamo with her.<br /><br /><strong>5th Race-Hollywood...#2 Camille C.</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-5024898356735836322009-11-26T05:52:00.000-08:002009-11-26T05:56:31.384-08:00We got scratched yesterday and will try again with a play in the 5th race today. Going to use the number 4 horse, Fitzmo. This horse returns from a long layoff and is showing some sharp workouts. Garrett Gomez will ride and should have him in the perfect spot stalking just behind the speed here.<br /><br />Don't forget about the early post time today..Happy Thanksgiving!<br /><br /><br /><strong>Hollywood 5th Race-#4 Fitzmo</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-65230356312025502122009-11-25T05:00:00.001-08:002009-11-25T05:04:38.949-08:00Today we go to the sixth race, a maiden race for 2 year old fillies going one mile on the grass. We are going with number 2, On The Cover. She makes her second career start here and has two works, one of them at 7 furlongs since her debut on November 1st. Joel Rosario rides today and this filly should make a good showing of herself.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Hollywood 6th Race-#2 On The Cover</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-79260600603469160372009-06-25T06:15:00.000-07:002009-06-25T06:20:13.129-07:00One of the ways you can get a jump on the competition (the other bettors at the track and simulcast locations), is to keep accurate, detailed records of the things that you see during the running of the races.<br /><br />We call these "Trip Notes" and what they consist of are notations that you can make during or after the race. These notations can be made when you see a horse experience some kind of trouble during the running of the race or at the start. Look for things especially that are not too obvious as the most obvious incidents will be also be noted by your competition, the other astute handicappers in the crowd. One of the things I like to look for are a bad start, then the horse makes a strong middle move during the race on the backstretch and gets into contention, then falls back late. If this horse comes back within a 14 day period, I give it a strong chance next time out.<br /><br />Also, look for horses in a sprint race that make a fast move of any kind during the middle of the race, especially those races which are the first or second races after a layoff. When they are stretched out next time to a route race and have proven that they can win routing, they deserve a second look. This signifies that the horse is fit and competitive and is ready to win if the trainer is smart enough to place him at the right class level and distance next time out.<br /><br />Another way to gain an advantage over the crowd is to take note of track bias when it occurs. You can take a look at the charts for each day or watch the replays and take note of any trend toward a certain running style as far as the winners are concerned. If all or most of the winners for that day led or were very close to the pace, the track may have been favoring speed. This is true especially if there were a couple of long shot winners that day that got loose on the lead and were aided by the bias. You can also note where on the track the winners were running; inside or outside. If a horse was making a strong move but came very wide into the stretch against a bias that favored inside early speed, he may be worth an extra look next time out. You can develop a nice "Horses to Watch" list from this method that works well and gives you an advantage when looking at their upcoming races.<br /><br />You should still apply your other handicapping principles to the races when these horses return, but these two methods will help you uncover some nice winners that the crowd may overlook because they did not do the extra work of taking trip notes and checking for biases.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-12918609727228229072009-06-18T06:23:00.000-07:002009-06-18T06:26:54.368-07:00We keep getting scratched with our free selection here. Happened again yesterday at Monmouth. Our free pick for today goes at Churchill in the 8th race and it is number 4-Morakami who is listed at 5-1 on the morning line. Let's hope this one goes today.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">8th Race Churchill Downs-Number 4 Morakami </span></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-76615161127870769852009-06-17T05:38:00.000-07:002009-06-17T05:41:41.693-07:00We will head over to Monmouth today with our freebie. In the 8th race, we will take a shot with number 7, Aspiring Nick. He is working sharp for this, his second race off a layoff since October and we think he will be right there today.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Monmouth-Race 8-#7 Aspiring Nick</span></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-51048990308641228532009-06-15T06:10:00.000-07:002009-06-15T06:14:40.019-07:00Today's free pick is in the ninth race over at Philadelphia Park. We are going with number five- Cardashi.<br /><br />Our last free selection, Kiddari, was scratched out on Friday at Churchill but came back the next day to win at $10.00. Hope you were able to catch that one. I was busy competing in a qualifier for the DRF NHC here in Vegas..<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Philadelphia Park 9th Race: #5 Cardashi</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br />Thanks for reading.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-79789472277890593772009-06-12T05:30:00.000-07:002009-06-12T05:34:32.523-07:00Our pick yesterday was scratched so we will forge ahead today by turning to the 9th at Churchill. We are going with Kiddari, number 8, who is listed at 6-1 on the morning line.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Churchill 9th Race: #8 Kiddari</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121074718283182993.post-13479170451085105122009-06-11T05:34:00.000-07:002009-06-11T06:05:51.868-07:00Over at Belmont in the 8th race, we have one going today. Our pick is number three, Dr. Smarty Jack. We like Christophe Clement's ability to place his maiden winners and there should be some value here. Also like Rajiv Maragh returning to ride this one. Should be live today.<br /><br /><strong>Belmont 8th Race: Dr. Smarty Jack </strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0