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Every weather handicapper I know says it’s going to start raining early Friday morning in Oldsmar and continue throughout the day. But I’m not total
Let’s start the Tampa Bay week with a personal horse to watch; the problem is there are two of them, the other problem is that
With a 60% chance of rain, lots of dirt races on the card and pickings are slim as one of the classiest races on the
Two featured sprint stakes on the Tampa Bay card today and will string along, eschewing our normal turf routine. Both are entertaining and the first,
With the Super Bowl weather expected to hold out, and turf being our preference, today’s finale is really interesting, a pace-dependent rider’s race in which
After the big card Saturday, the interesting Sunday feature to us is a maiden allowances for three year old maiden allowance fillies going two turns
There are two trip horses in today’s eighth race turfer who are interesting and between the two, we’re using a seldom seriously considered angle when
Wednesday’s seventh at Tampa Bay at one mile on the turf offers an opportunity to catch a horseman doing what he does best–the quick turnaround–get
We won’t allow ourselves into thinking we’re going to get rich here and given the presence of Antonio Gallardo, we highly doubt that the 15-1
We don’t usually submit an analysis such as this but we were impressed enough with Lisheen’s (5-1) second grass start that she made our Horses
If we’re thinking alike, then you also believe that when trainers have a reason to place horses aggressively, and they do, then good things usually
What’s the point of having friends and loyal readers if you can’t share your handicapping struggles with them, right? Here’s my dilemma. I’ve got two
Today’s sixth at Tampa Bay Downs presents a good opportunity for value: A faster horse on the Thoro Graph scale with a race over the
In order to win a turf sprint you need three essential tools; speed, turn of foot and quickness. It does appear that gelded five year
Pickings are slim are on preferred surface in Olsdmar, the Tampa turf course but handicappers must play the cards that are dealt, in this case
