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May 19, 2012 • What an amazing day for west coast racing. It was awesome seeing folks at Betfair Hollywood Park rooting for their hometown heroes and the top three horses represented the west coast racing well with Creative Cause coming in 3rd with Joel Rosario aboard. This was definitely a tough beat for Bodemeister who seemed to...
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May 19, 2012 • After sitting here watching all the races leading up to this anticipated matchup, My father and I see this field as a 4 horse race. Our west coast bias definitely leads us to a battle between "I'll Have Another" with Mario Gutierrez, "Bodemeister with Mike Smith, "Went The Day Well" with John Velazquez and...
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May 18, 2012 • In horse racing, the more information the better, for the bettor. Here I found 2 opinions about the Preakness 2012: Horse Analysts from TVG and Steven Crist from the Daily Racing Form.
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May 17, 2012 • Considering the small 11 horse field in comparison to past large ones, does Mario Gutierrez really have a shot at Triple Crown consideration aboard I'll Have Another? This horse is coming in as the 2nd favorite in this race at 5-2 morning line odds, behind the horse that ran second in the Derby, Bodemeister....
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May 16, 2012 • I remember last weeks article where I was very surprised at how Joel Rosario was doing really bad, at least according to his standards. Then he had an amazing Saturday and is now back in the top 3 earners, and boosting his win percentage to 17%.
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May 7, 2012 • With an amazing derby weeekend that just passed, it is time to get back to news at our favorite track, Betfair Hollywood Park. The racing landscape is changing with new faces and its time to recap who is leading this week and which jockey can give us the best chance of profitability. Betfair Hollywood Park...
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May 2, 2012 • I find it very intriguing that Union Rags, Dullahan and Bodemeister respectively drew the 4, 5, 6 positions. I want to see how these talented horses battle for position right out of the gate. Gemologist drew the 15th post position and I wonder if that will affect the wagering and its odds of...
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May 1, 2012 • With the new racing season kicking off here at Hollywood Park, there is also the new name to consider: Betfair Hollywood Park. This years meet proves to be very interesting with new jockeys and the usual suspects all over the leader board. Last racing season I provided some stats of the top 10 jockeys and...
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Oct 13, 2011 • Rosario, Bejarano and Garcia make up our top 3 this week with interesting names in the top 10. I am surprised that Daniel Vergara has 5 wins in 25 starts and Joseph Talamo has 2 wins in 52 starts. Interesting. I got all my data from Equibase and to see their detailed...
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Oct 3, 2011 • Joel Rosario came through this week with some really big Grade I victories making him the current top earner with $551,540. Bejarano and Gomez are following with respective earnings of $261,690 and $262,370.
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Sep 2, 2011 • I love having multiple handicapping options for picking the horses and Pace Pals is one of them. I got this Pace Pals from the Hollywood Park iPhone app called iGoracing, which also offers extra information such as results/workouts/news and stable notes. For those of you without an iPhone, I uploaded this Friday’s free analysis for...
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Aug 31, 2011 • Thanks to Kayla Stra on Sunday with an $111 winner on Woodman’s Lass, the Del Mar Pick 6 today will start with a $341,252 carryover. According to DRF, the pool is estimated to grow as high as $2,000,000. You got to love the excitement of a growing pool. It’s time to put on our handicapping...
I’ll Have Another Wins the 137th Preakness Over Bodemeister
May 19, 2012
Final Notes Before the 137th Preakness Stakes
May 19, 2012
TVG Analysts and Steven Crist Discuss The Preakness 2012
May 18, 2012
Betfair Hollywood Park Leading Jockey Stats 5/16/12
May 16, 2012