Category: Interesting Thoughts and Discussions

Tuesday, June 25 will be the official closing day of the 2012-2013 meet at Gulfstream Park. You read that right even though there has not been any live racing at Gulfstream since April 5. Then, on Monday, July 1 Gulfstream will begin their new summer meet along with special racing on Thursday, July 4.  Afterwards, they plan on racing every weekend day up until November 30 according to their racing calendar. Calder Race Course has held race dates from April-December for a long time now and they have adjusted their calendar to race Fridays-Sundays only this year.  Also, Tampa Bay Downs is holding a special two-day meet June 30-July 1 with 14 races a day written in the condition book.  Talk about stretching out the horse population! There have been ongoing talks between Calder and Gulfstream to decide whether they want to move on with head-to-head weekend racing or to

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Summer time is upon us and that means we’ll see more and more races for 2-year-old’s. Handicapping a race filled with first time starters can be a headache, but after looking at some recent winners there may be a way to lessen the pain.   In a study of straight 2-year-old Maiden races throughout the country where the winner was a first-time starter, eight of the nine winners had at least two of three qualifying points listed below: 1. Trainer stats with first-time starters were at least 12% win percentage. 2. Sire stats with first-time starters were at least 13% win percentage. 3. Each horse in their last six published workouts had at least two gate works and/or a fast work. We’ll highlight each horse using Today’s Racing Digest Data Lines along with the date and payout. Bahnah: Churchill Downs June 6 Race 5 $5.80.  Qualified with 1, 2 and

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