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The first graded stakes race of the Belmont Park spring meeting is Saturday’s $100,000 Westchester (G3), which drew a tough field of six older runners including the return of Haynesfield. The Steve Asmussen trainee won four of his six starts in 2010, including beating Blame in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park last October. His Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) did not go as...

Keeneland wraps up its spring meeting on Friday afternoon with a solid ten race betting card featuring the $150,000 Elkhorn (G2), a 1 ½ mile turf marathon that drew a solid field of eleven older runners. The hard knocking seven-year-old Rahy’s Attorney is the 2/1 morning line betting favorite and comes into the race off his first win at 1 ½ miles when he took the Pan American...

The featured race at Hollywood Park, the Grade III Wilshire Stakes, on Saturday, April 30, figures to be a terrific horse betting event for gamblers. 11 equines will enter the gate for the incredibly competitive race. More than a few of the 11 have a shot to win on Saturday.

As long as Keeneland Racecourse keeps running races, horse betting gamblers should be able to make profits. On Thursday, April 28, Keeneland showcases fillies on the lawn in the Grade III Bewitch Stakes. 10 horses will enter the starting gate for the Bewitch Stakes. The likely favorite, Keertana, is listed at 5/2 on the morning line.

The last graded stake at the spring Keeneland meeting for fillies and mares headlines Thursday’s card, as a field of ten will go in the $150,000 Grey Goose Bewitch (G3) at 1 ½ miles over what likely will be a soggy turf course. The Lexington area got plenty of rain on Wednesday, knocking the races off the turf, but with just two days left in the spring meet, the Bewitch seems...

One of the better races on which to make a horse racing betting wager on Wednesday, April 27, is at Keeneland Racecourse. With the Kentucky Derby less than two weeks away, Keeneland is winding down their short spring meet.  Race 8 at Keeneland on Wednesday is a 1 1/8 mile event over the turf course at the Lexington, Kentucky track.  Keep reading for my top three picks for Race 8 at...

Night racing at Mountaineer Racetrack is back and the card at Tuesday is anything but an easy one to figure out as an online horse racing betting handicapper. One of the better races to study is Race 10 going off well into the night. A full field of 10 equines figure to line up at the gate with or without showers entering the Chester, West Virginia area on Tuesday night.

There are just three days remaining in the spring Keeneland meeting, and then racing shifts to historic Churchill Downs on Saturday night, with the Kentucky Derby now just over a week away. Keeneland closes with a bang, with a trio of excellent betting cards, although the weather may not cooperate on Wednesday. There are severe storms forecast for the area on Wednesday, which will likely...

There have been more jinxes associated with the Kentucky Derby than I care to recall. But there have been memorable curses snapped during the 21st Century worth mentioning. One of the more discussed horse jinxes ended in 2007 when Street Sense became the first 2-year-old champion to capture the Derby since Spectacular Bid in ’79.

Upsets galore in the major preps have played havoc with my Top 10 Kentucky Derby contenders. You can count the number of favorites that scored in key preps on one hand. How the 3-year-olds work at Churchill Downs before the first Saturday in May will determine my final standings from the bottom to the top: The Factor: His displaced palate in the Arkansas Derby doesn’t worry me as much...