Ellis Starr’s Blog

Key Races & Bets for Friday May 3 & Saturday May 4, 2024

Brought to you by Amwager.com, a great legal online wagering website with great betting tools and perks, legal for residents of most states and covering most tracks in North America as well as many in the rest of the world. Friday May, 3rd Westchester Stakes (Grade 3) – Race 8 at Belmont – Post Time 4:42 PM Eastern Contenders: Charge It won the Grade 2 Suburban Stakes last July at a mile and one-eighth and

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Key Races & Bets for Saturday April 27, 2024

Brought to you by Amwager.com, a great legal online wagering website with great betting tools and perks, legal for residents of most states and covering most tracks in North America as well as many in the rest of the world. Race 5 at Aqueduct – Post Time 3:28 PM Eastern Top Contenders: Mister J T, Got Thunder There is a lot of early speed in this six furlong starter allowance race, with Capone (on the

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Key Races & Bets for Saturday April 20, 2024

Brought to you by Amwager.com, a great legal online wagering website with great betting tools and perks, legal for residents of most states and covering most tracks in North America as well as many in the rest of the world. Race 6 at Keeneland -Post Time 3:40 PM Eastern Top Contender: American Retro, Glittering Lights Other contenders: Freydis the Red, Sacred Wish, Pleasant Passage, Olivia Maralda and Storm Bay I thought I would cover the

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Key Races & Bets for Saturday April 13th, 2024

Race 6 at Keeneland -Post Time 3:40 PM Eastern Top Contender: Musical Mischief Vulnerable favorite: Julia Shining In spite of this race having a field of seven, this is an exceptionally playable race because Musical Mischief would be a great bet at even half of her 5 to 1 starting odds, while even money favorite Julia Shining would be an exceptionally poor bet even at 2 to 1 odds. Assessing whether a favorite is legitimate,

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Key Races & Bets for Saturday April 6th, 2024

Commonwealth Stakes (Grade 3) – Race 6 at Keeneland -Post Time 3:40 PM Eastern Top Contenders: Minnesota Ready, Bo Cruz Other contenders: Wico, Here Mi Song Minnesota Ready ran the best race of his career last time out on 2/17 after moving to the Amoss barn and that wins here if repeated. He stayed in a race scheduled for turf but run on dirt and that turned out to be fortuitous because he has a

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