Last season at this time, Arrogate (2-1) was the most difficult horse to handicap in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. He only had five career races under his saddle, one of which resulted in the fastest Travers Stakes time ever. Arrogate went on to defeat the great California Chrome in a tremendous duel at the 2016 […] More
This article is about early Del Mar trends that are surfacing at the seaside track and how some horses are taking advantage to product upsets. More
The San Diego Handicap has enticed a short and sweet field of six at Del Mar on Saturday and they will all have to have their running shoes on to beat the superstar trained by Bob Baffert, Arrogate. More
This article is about keeping it simple in horseracing and if you can do that, the winners will come in droves. More
Most bettors approach horseracing a little different and to be honest, it took me awhile to completely buy into the Beyer Speed Figures. Growing up on old-school concepts, it was an evolutional process that allowed me to embrace the Beyers and they have helped tremendously through the years. The Beyer Speed Figures, invented by Andrew […] More
The best in the equine business are still improving and the leader of the pack, Arrogate, is back looking like his old self. The Horse of the Year was off slowly in his only loss. That came in his debut at Los Alamitos and he still was getting to the winner late in that race. […] More
Secretariat and Arrogate were uttered in the same sentence Saturday after he won the $10 Dubai World Cup and the words did not come from some fledgling in racing. Arrogate was not ready for the start, was far back early but settled and rallied like a freight train. None other than Arrogate’s trainer Bob Baffert […] More
The opulent Dubai World Cup is on tap on Saturday at Meydan Racecourse and Arrogate didn’t scare anybody away. A total of 13 rivals will challenge the superstar in the $10 million about mile and a quarter classic. They don’t call it the Dubai World Cup for nothing as horses have gathered from around the […] More
The World’s Best Racehorse Rankings were released last week by Longines, a few days before the Pegasus World Cup, and they got it right. The Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings is the equine version to world rankings like the ATP Tennis Rankings, the World Golf Rankings and the FIFA World Rankings for soccer. The rankings […] More
Arrogate ran away from his Pegasus foes in a manner that suggests he could be one of the ones for all of history. The Bob Baffert student didn’t really have it his way early in the race but when he was asked the question, he had all the answers. The $12 million 9-furlong Pegasus World […] More
Pegasus World Cup strategies will change as soon as the gates open for the extravaganza Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Just like every other race though, it will come down to pace and how the race unfolds. Those runners that can adapt to different Pegasus World Cup strategies figure to thrive in this $12 million 9-furlong […] More
The Eclipse Awards, horseracing’s version of the Academy Awards, were announced last Saturday at Gulfstream Park and the stars got their due. The Eclipse Awards are selected by voters from the Daily Racing Form, the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. I have been fortunate enough to have an Eclipse […] More
