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Handicappers Picks plus award winning analysis, race predictions, and horse betting picks. A filly will try her luck in the Kentucky Derby online betting for the first time in nine years. Eight Belles attempts to become the fourth to visit the winners circle since Regret in 1918. Regret lived up to her odds and was [...]

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Ambrose had a productive two-day test at the 0.75-mile oval when NASCAR Nationwide Series teams tested at Richmond on March 24-25. That fourth fastest time under lights at Richmond could prove crucial, as this weekends 250-lap race will be also be held at night. Ambrose is within reach of a place in the top 10 [...]

The event was organized by the current class of Leadership UA. Leadership UA is a nonprofit organization that trains citizens to be involved in the community through programs that strengthen leadership skills, broaden understanding of local issues and connect individuals with mutual interests. City council members, city administrators, representatives of the Upper Arlington schools and [...]

Big Truck (50-1) Another that didnt take well to the synthetic surface at Keeneland but other than that Tampa Derby win, not much can be said about this one. He certainly cant be overlooked especially since he was clearly the best in his two wins this year; the Risen Star and Louisiana Derby. Smooth [...]

Pletcher, the Eclipse Award winner as the leading trainer the last four seasons, was asked Thursday about the unbeaten Big Brown. I would say he is the horse to beat, Pletcher said. A win would end Pletchers string of 19 Derby failures. The race was run over Polytrack at Keeneland, a race some handicappers discount [...]

Face it, for a hardened horse player, the Kentucky Derby is not the way to make money - you have to start out figuring out who will win the race. Every horse in the race is asked to do something they never did before. Few of them have raced against one another more than once. [...]

With 20 horses in a race when youre used to handicapping races with 7-10, thats somewhat of a nightmare. Dutrow also used front wraps on him this week and will likely race him in them in the Derby for the first time. Will also need a fast paced race (better than the 1996 Derby fractions [...]

The Kentucky Derby is run on a traditional dirt surface, and no one is quite sure how a horse like Colonel John, who has run only on synthetic tracks, will handle the change. Then theres Pyro, who was 10th in the Blue Grass on Polytrack. Big Brown, who is expected to be the betting favorite, [...]

George, a middle-aged immigrant from Jamaica, is looking down at a crumpled NY Post horse racing column. I should have trusted myself, he says. I would have picked a trifecta. Sure enough, he had circled on his newspaper which horses would come in first, second and third. But he had not followed his gut when [...]

As, at best, an hobby horse handicapper, and certainly no pundit, I’m doing my best to make my Derby picks, but not having an easy time of it. Lets take a look at a couple of the leading contenders and the buzz surrounding these horses. Despite his impressive record, the “first horse in 93 years [...]

Denis of Cork - In the field based on one good race, everything else looks pretty weak. Cowboy Cal - Looks good, a couple of close calls, has some distance. Recapturetheglory - Came out of nowhere to win the Illinois Derby. I’d be scared to leave him off my ticket. Big Brown - 3 wins [...]

The mainstream sports medias principled respect for reason and the English language has strikingly failed to reach me. Most sports blogs are terrible. His most recent article for Vanity Fair, Gone with the Wind (August 2007) about the saga of 2006 Kentucky Derby Winner Barbaro, has been optioned by Universal Pictures. The man who wrote [...]

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A total of 24 horses were placed into the entry box this morning, but only the top 20 horses based on graded stakes earnings made the field, including the first filly in nine years. Big Brown, the expected Derby favorite, will have the No. 16 selection at the post position draw later Wednesday. 6 selection [...]

It looks like we got our sign on where we are going to run, Jones said with a laugh after Eight Belles Oaks post position draw in the racing office at Churchill Downs. Multiple stakes winner Eight Belles, owned by Rick Porters Fox Hill Farms, is cross entered in both the Oaks and the Kentucky [...]

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This time around we are going to take a look at some of the owners that have horses racing in the derby. Just look back to the 2003 running of the Kentucky Derby, when a small group of owners produced the first winning horse out of the state of New York (Funny Cide). So lets [...]

Of course, the hats are the main draw — from the fabulously funky to the terribly tacky, unique hats (for the men as well as for the ladies) are an absolute must. Classy classics — Remember, this is a traditional Southern event, so ladies work it in ladylike suits and heels. Uptight is now sexy, [...]

His speed figure was triple digit in the prep, just like the son of Our Emblem, but the son of Cherokee Run must overcome his breeding shortcomings. The son of Gulch has a solid juvenile foundation, won a graded 07 stakes at Churchill Downs, is bred to go 1 miles and Garrett Gomez chose [...]

That didn’t stop trainer Steve Hobby from entering the colt in the Arkansas Derby. “It’s a wide-open race,” Hobby said this week. “We might as well take a chance at it, too. In years past, the Arkansas Derby has been a proving ground for some of the world’s finest 3-year-olds. Smarty Jones, Afleet Alex, Lawyer [...]

The annual event is one of the nations largest with an expected crowd total nearing 50,000 people a day. This event is one of many that kicks off the Kentucky Derby festivities. The Derby Festival lasts just two weeks, but its impact on the local community is felt year-round. The Derby Festival is a non-profit [...]