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Lots of good news/bad news angles at Laurel Park Thursday afternoon. Of the two best races carded, there’s one on the grass, but if the
With the uber-boutique Kentucky Downs meet winding down, we took a look at Wednesday’s featured Franklin Simpson for 3YOs going 6-1/2 furlongs and Turned Aside
Thursday’s six-horse featured sixth race is a highly competitive seven furlongs with a nicely blend of early, middle and late speed. With recent trips providing
The featured race at Laurel Saturday is the day’s eighth, a secondary allowances/optional claiming going 1-1/16 miles on the turf–and there is lies the issue.
The thing about small fields is that they’re tricky, and when they have a couple of speed horses and it becomes a rider’s race, handicappers
Coming off a sharp race in today’s sprint feature at Laurel, Laki (5-2), an eight-time winner at Laurel (1-for-9 anywhere else), is a deserving favorite
There’s no question that A Great Time (9-5) will be a tough out in today’s Laurel Park feature for the team of Mike Trombetta and
Normally we look for the best race on the card, preferably turf. We’re staying with grass here but chose a race, and a horse, that
Trainer Hugh McMahon has found an interesting spot for his new acquisition, Britesideoftheroad (6-1) in Saturday’s seventh race for fillies and mares going 1-1/16 miles
With the chances of staying on the turf good at this posting, this looks like the day that Splendor Beach (3-1) will finally break maiden.
With a projection for clear skies, we’re looking at the turf and today’s seventh has drawn a limit field sprinting 5-1/2 furlongs. A competitive group
With a forecast of thunderstorms still remaining as this is written, we decided to start and remain on the main track and, as it turned
Today’s 7th race at Tampa, should it remain on turf, owing to predicted thunderstorms, presents a rare opportunity; to beat a Chad Brown trained favorite
If weather forecasters are on the mark, the re-opening day Laurel Park feature is an attractive NX3 optional claiming allowances that has attracted some fast
The day kicks off with the Grade 3 Winning Colors at Churchill Downs. It may not make you rich, but you will enjoy what you
