Sunday, December 14, 2014

NYRA releases 2015 racing dates

With the 40-day summer meet at historic Saratoga Race Course as its glittering centerpiece, the New York Racing Association has released its racing calendar for 2015, which calls for 251 days of live thoroughbred action at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga.
The Saratoga meet, anchored by the Grade 1 Whitney on Saturday, August 8 and the 146th edition of the Grade 1 Travers on August 29, will begin on Friday, July 24 and conclude on Labor Day, Monday, September 7, with racing conducted six days a week, Wednesday through Monday.
Racing on the Big A's inner track, which began on December 3, will continue through March 22, 2015. In an effort to keep field sizes at a maximum in advance of Aqueduct's spring meet, racing will be conducted four days a week for four weeks - the last week of February and the first three weeks of March.
There also will be no live racing at Aqueduct from Monday, March 23, through Tuesday, March 31.
"In light of the national foal crop reduction, our goal in creating a four-day race week during this period is to increase field size and provide additional rest for our equine athletes in advance of our Aqueduct spring meet," said Martin Panza, Senior Vice President of Racing Operations for the New York Racing Association. "In essence, the March break is allowing us to create a more vibrant spring meet at the Big A."
The 59-day Belmont spring/summer meet begins on Wednesday, April 29 and features the 147th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6. The highlight of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, Belmont Stakes Day itself will offer nine additional stakes, with five stakes run on Friday, June 5, and two on Thursday, June 4. There will be no racing on Wednesday, June 3.
The Belmont spring/summer meet also will feature the second "must-see" event of the year, the internationally themed "Stars & Stripes Festival" on Saturday, July 4, with six graded stakes worth $3.8 million. The spring/summer meet concludes on Sunday, July 19.
Later in the year, the Belmont Fall Championship meet will run 38 days from Friday, September 11 through Sunday, November 1, with "Super Saturday" scheduled for Saturday, September 26.
The racing calendar wraps up with 40 days of live racing at Aqueduct commencing on Wednesday, November 4 and running through New Year's Eve, with a five-day winter break scheduled from Monday, December 21 through Christmas Day, Friday, December 25.
The stakes schedule for Belmont Park and Saratoga will be announced in the coming days.

The Starlet - Los Alamitos Race Course (Grade I)

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Breeders Cup Picks - Sat 11/1


Today's Picks...


Race 4 4,5,2
Race 5 3,8,5,1
Race 6 1,5,7,9
Race 7 2,1,13
Race 8 12,9,7
Race 9 1,2,7,3
Race 10 6,4,8,9
Race 11 5,7,1
Race 12 11,6,8,13

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Saturday, October 25, 2014

2014 BREEDERS’ CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS POST TIME AND WAGERING SCHEDULE

2014 BREEDERS’ CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS POST TIME AND WAGERING SCHEDULE

All Times Pacific (Breeders’ Cup races in bold)
Friday, October 31
1. Allowance 11:25 am WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD Pick 5
2. Allowance 12:00 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD
3. GS Juv. Fillies Stakes 12:35 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD Pick 4
4. Twilight Derby 1:10 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD Pick 6
5. Damascus Stakes 1:45 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD
6. $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. I) 2:25 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD PICK 4
7. $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) 3:05 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD Pick 4
8. $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. I) 3:50 p.m. WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3
9. $2 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (gr. I) 4:35 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER Special DD Sup Hi 5
10. $200,000 Las Vegas Marathon Stakes (GII) 5:10 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER
Saturday, November 1
1. Juvenile Turf Sprint 10:15 am WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD PICK 5
2. Golden State Juvenile 10:50 am WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD
3. Ken Maddy Stakes 11:25 am WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD
Opening Ceremonies
4. $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) 12:04 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD PICK 4
5. $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. I) 12:43 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD
6. $1 million DraftKings Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) 1:21 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD
7. $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (gr. I) 2:05 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD PICK 6
8. $2 million Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I) 2:44 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD
9. $3 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (gr. I) 3:23 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD PICK 4
10. $1.5 million Xpressbet Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I) 4:02 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD
11. $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr. I) 4:45 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER DD
12. $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) 5:35 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER Sup Hi 5
BOLD are Breeders’ Cup World Championships races
Friday’s Pick 5, Super Hi 5 and Pick 6 may carryover to Saturday. Each wager may also carryover to Sunday November 2nd.
Special Classic Daily Double on Friday race 9 and Saturday race 12, Distaff and Classic.
BET MINIMUMS
$2.00 - WIN, PLACE, SHOW, DAILY DOUBLE, PICK 6,
$1.00 - EXACTA, CLASSIC DAILY DOUBLE,
$.50 - TRIFECTA, PICK 3, PICK 4, PICK 5, SUPER HI 5
$.10 - SUPERFECTA
Guaranteed Pools
Friday:
Pick 5: $500,000 (races 1-5)
Pick 6: $750,000 (races 4-9)
Pick 4: $1,500,000 (races 6-9)
Saturday:
Pick 5: $750,000 (races 1-5)
Pick 4 $1,500,000 (races 4-7)
Pick 6: $2,500,000 (races 7-12)
Pick 4: $3,000,000 (races 9-12)

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Finally!

We're finally getting this started...

Now that I've had some time (too much time) to figure out how to set up the blog site, it's finally starting to come together.

I plan to set this site up as a dashboard of useful links for my weekend-warrior handicapping.  

Hopefully, this site may be useful for you too.

After we get this going, let me know what you think.

Mike