Handicapping: The 158th Belmont Stakes

By Rick Francis —- A field of nine 3-year-olds will go to post for the 158th edition of the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes. Once again the contest will be held at beautiful Saratoga Race Course and once agin the race will be run at the “classic’ distance of one and one...
Posted On 05 Jun 2026
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Handicapping Belmont Friday: Fillies & Mares take center stage; Stakes Selections

By Rick Francis —- Friday’s Belmont Stakes Festival from Saratoga features fillies and mares competing in a oair of Grade 2’s along with a trio of Grade 1 contests highlighted by the 95th Running of Acorn Stakes for spohomore ladies. It always promises to be an...
Posted On 04 Jun 2026
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Handicapping the 151st Preakness; Something “Old” Something “New”

By Rick Francis —- The 151st Running of the Preakness Stakes will wear the worn out addage of “something old, something new”. The something old is for the second consecutive year the current Kentucky Derby winner bypass the middle leg fo racing’s Triple...
Posted On 15 May 2026
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Preakness Day Stakes Undercard Selections

By Rick Francis —- Seven stakes contests headline the runup to the 151st Preakness Stakes, good luck to all. Laurel Park Race # 6, 1&1/16th Mile Dirt Sir Barton S 12:28 PM 7) Reagan’s Honor 4) Final Story 2) Big Cuddle 3) Le’s Go Lando Race 7) Chick Lang...
Posted On 15 May 2026
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Handicapping: Kentucky Derby 152, Renegade Gets it Done

By Rick Francis —- The field for the 152nd “Run for the Roses” should once again feature a starting gate of twenty horses just not in numerical order as a pair of Also-Eligibles in Great White and Ocelli drew in due to scratches of Silent Tactic and Fulleffort,...
Posted On 01 May 2026
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152nd Kentucky Oaks Picks; Stakes undercard Selections

By Rick Francis —- The 152nd running of the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks features one it’s toughest fields in the race’s history. Mutiple graded stakes winners will battle the Churchill Downs main track at a distance of a mile and one eighth all looking for the...
Posted On 29 Apr 2026
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Handicapping: 113th Louisiana Derby, Fair Grounds Oaks, Stakes Undercard

By Rick Francis —- A field of nine three-year-olds will head to the post for the 113th Running of the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby highlighted by the rivarly of Leland Ackerley Racing’s Chip Honcho and Phipps, St Elias Stable’s Golden Tempo. It’ll be clear...
Posted On 20 Mar 2026
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Tampa Bay Downs: Sam F. Davis Stakes, Full Card Selections

By Rick Francis —- The “Road to the Kentucky Derby” passes through Oldsmar, Florida and Tampa Bay Downs with Festival Preview Day 46 and the running of the Sam F. Davis stakes. The day’s feature contest goes off as race 11 preceeded by stakes races the...
Posted On 06 Feb 2026
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Fair Grounds: Handicapping the Grade 3 Lecomte; Stakes Undercard

By Rick Francis —- A field of eleven three-year-olds begin their hunt in earnest for valuble Kentucky Derby 152 points with the 82nd running of the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes. A solid staks undercard and a weather forecast of near perfect, racing should be awesome. Good Luck !...
Posted On 15 Jan 2026
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42nd Breeders’ Cup: Saturday Selections

By Rick Francis —- Race 4) BC Filly & Mare Sprint 7 Furlongs Post Time 3:00 EDT 8) Hope Road 6) Sweet Azteca 9) Richi 4) Tamara 3) Vahva Race 5) BC Turf Sprint 5 Furlongs Post Time 3:41 EDT 1) Motorious 2) Reel Runner 8) Ag Bullet 6) Governor Sam 10) Shisospicy Race 6)...
Posted On 31 Oct 2025
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