Author: Frank

After a huge day on Thursday, the racing gods reminded Fred that it is a tough game. Fred picked several winners but could not connect them until Princess Madison stormed home in the 8th. Saturday looks be gorgeous so let’s enjoy the Spa and make some money as well! May the horse be with you!

Fred had a huge day on Thursday, cashing over $300 from three exactas! The biggest hit was Brendan Walsh’s Proctor Street in the 9th, a $36 winner that was the top of a $201 exacta. The grass races stayed on the turf (it dried out from overnight rains) so it made for a better card. […]

Another rain event hammered Saratoga Tuesday night so that washed the turf races away and canceled the AP Smithwick Steeplechase (Grade 1). That meant several races had small fields since many turf trainers do not want to risk running their horses on dirt after training them on grass. Let’s face it, during a heatwave Saratoga […]

Fred had a pretty solid Opening Weekend as he closed out on Sunday with his fourth straight winner in the 1st race, followed by a daily double, exacta in the 3rd ($16), exacta in the fifth ($101) and the exacta in feature, the Quick Call ($24). NYRA had a mixed weekend – decent quality races […]

Fred opened the day with three straight exactas and a daily double. Unfortunately, all the favorites won those races so the payoffs were small. Beats ripping tickets but not the return Fred was hoping for. Those kind of days happen at Saratoga. The crowd sees the same thing that you do and bets accordingly. Later […]

Fred had one of those “woulda, coulda, shoulda” days yesterday. He opened with a $50 exacta in the first and had two other winners but could not connect second place horses for his exactas. Those kind of days happen at Saratoga. Add in the $75 bomb in the 6th race (no way could you figure […]

A rainy Wednesday night put the kibosh on turf racing for Opening Day as NYRA wisely opted to do its best to keep the horses and jockeys safe from uneven soft track conditions. The four races pulled from the turf poked a pretty big hole in the card as more than 25 horses were scratched. […]