Category: Recap

Greetings Horse fans! Fred is rolling into the weekend on the strength of two small exactas ($36 and $18) and a head loss in the feature . Onward and upward! May the horse be with you!

Greetings Horse fans! Fred started the final week with a quiet day. One $48 exacta and some close calls . Onward and upward!  May the horse be with you!

Greetings Horse fans! Fred ended Traver’s weekend with a flourish! He hit 4 exactas for $110, $85, $55 and $21 – an amazing way to close out the biggest weekend of the summer. Onward and upward! May the horse be with you!

Greetings Horse fans! Well, the Travers lived up to the hype as Fierceness stopped his on again off again racing form by holding off a very game Thorpedo Anna by a head in a thrilling finish!Fred’s pick, Sierra Leone, rolled into third – just not good enough after a pedestrian pace in the early stages. […]

Greetings Horse fans! Well, here we are finally on the biggest day of the meet: Travers Day! It is a stupendous card, with 5 Grade 1 stakes events. So the quality will be there and the weather will cooperate. Fred had an annoying day yesterday – one small exacta and four second place finishes in […]

Greetings Horse fans! NYRA erred on the side of safety (supposedly) so they canceled four more turf races and scratched dozens of horses! Par for the course in 2024 – one of the most annoying meets on record for scratches. Fred saw his picks scratched out of three races including the finale. Thankfully, a $68 […]

Greetings Horse fans! Fred got the rainy weather he hoped would pass Saratoga by on Saturday night and Sunday morning! The result was no turf racing and about 30 scratches. Despite this weakening of the card, Fred hit two small exactas. Kind of a Blah day!   Onward and upward for the new week!  May […]

Greetings Horse fans! Fred started well on Saturday with the 1st race exacta and the early double. He hit the 8th race exacta and that was it. Close doesn’t count in this game so no tales of near misses! Onward and upward! May the horse be with you!

Greetings Horse fans! Fred had a HUGE day on Friday with 4 exactas ($48, $19, $91, and $13)! Let’s keep this train a rollin’ and build a memorable weekend! Onward and upward! May the horse be with you!

Greetings Horse fans! Fred hit an early exacta on Thursday and then danced around it all afternoon, including a $22 winner that could not be matched with the second place finisher! Let’s regroup and build a memorable week from here! Onward and upward! May the Horse be With You!