Key Races & Bets for Saturday October 14th, 2023
Sands Point Stakes – Race 2 at Belmont at the Big A – Post Time 1:08 PM Eastern Top win contenders: Eternal Hope, Neecie MarieOther win contenders: Root CauseContenders for exacta tickets: Highland Grace, Alpha Bella Analysis: Eternal Hope brought a two for five record (with a pair of third place finishes) into her U.S. […]
The Breeders’ Futurity
The Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity is one of the more interesting races of the Keeneland Fall meet. We get to see some potential Breeders’ Cup Juvenile horses and some possible contenders for the three-year-old classics next year. All eyes are on this one for sure. A field of 9 is set to go to post. […]
Key Races & Bets for Saturday October 7th, 2023
Woodford Stakes – Race 6 at Keeneland – Post Time 3:40 PM Eastern Top win contender: Live In the Dream Other win contenders: Beer Can Man, Arzak Contenders for exacta tickets: Bad Beat Brian, Olympic Runner, Our Shot Analysis: Live In The Dream has already earned a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint one […]
Boxes are for Presents not Wagers
Recently the subject of boxing horses in exactas and triples came up on social media. This is a subject I have written about on Past The Wire and talked about on Past The Wire TV many times. I’ll be the first to say when it comes to betting on horses if it isn’t broke don’t fix it. Do things […]
Key Races & Bets for Saturday April 22nd, 2023
Race 4 at Keeneland – Post Time 2:36 PM Eastern A quick glance at this race, and then a more thorough examination, yields the same conclusion. Market Analysis appears to tower over this field of high priced ($62,500) claimers. He joined the high percentage Diodoro stable between October, 2021 and January 2022 and won his […]