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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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The Lexington 2024

A field of ten horses are scheduled to go to post for The Lexington on Saturday and why not, a win can get you into the gate on the First Saturday in May. I’ll look at the field and see who I think gets home first here. Secret Chat goes from the rail which is not generally a bad place to be at Keeneland. He has never run a bad one in his three starts

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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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The Blue Grass Stakes 2024

There is just something about the spring meet at Keeneland. With three, no pun intended, important three-year-old races on Saturday it just made sense to go after the 11-horse field in the Blue Grass. No question this is a competitive renewal with implications about who will stake their claims to being among the top sophomores in the division. I’ll look at this wide-open race and provide my thoughts on the field. Top Conor has only

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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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