Ed DeRosa called the Travers Stakes day card on Saturday, August 26, at Saratoga Race Course, the best non-Breeders' Cup card in the history of the American Turf, and beyond a highly competitive Midsummer Derby is a graded stakes slate featuring many of the top superstars in training. The graded stakes action kicks off with the Personal Ensign Stak…

This year's Travers Stakes drew a dozen three-year-olds with seemingly something for everyone: all three classic winners are in, as are the winners of the major prep races for this race. Where will the public's money go, and more importantly where should your money go? Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com and Danny Zucker of Predicteform.com help answer that q…

The premiere summer meetings--Saratoga Race Course & Del Mar Thoroughbred Club--have teamed to present a cross country Pick 4 on Saturday, August 19, linking two of the most prestigious races in the U.S. with a pair of graded stakes on turf. The $1-million Pacific Classic at Del Mar is the anchor leg of the Pick 4 that begins with the Lake Placid S…

Ed DeRosa and the teams at Brisnet.com & TwinSpires.com shift their focus for a bit from Big Event handicapping to big race meeting handicapping with the dawn of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and Saratoga Race Course meetings this week. Scott Shapiro is Ed's first guest, and the pair discuss the meetings in general as well as the opening day card a…

With guaranteed pools in all Pick 5s and Pick 4s on the 13-race Queen's Plate card Sunday, July 2, at Woodbine, wagering on Canada's biggest day of racing is so much more than just the Queen's Plate, though that is a great handicapping puzzle as well with 13 horses going 1 1/4 miles on the synethetic Tapeta surface. Discussing Woodbine handicapping…

The Queen's Plate field is set for Sunday, July 2, at Woodbine with a baker's dozen set to contest the Canadian classic. Woodbine public handicapper Dawn Lupul joins Ed DeRosa to discuss the field and where the value might lie and which horses to lay. For FREE Brisnet.com Ultimate Past Performances of the Queen's Plate race, CLICK HERE. For FREE Br…

The first in a 3- or 4-part series has Ed DeRosa discussing Woodbine handicapping with the track's Communications Manager Keith McCalmont. Ed & Keith touch on horsemen to watch, how the track plays, and adapting to the wagering menu's $0.20 minimums for Pick 3s, Pick 4s, and Pick 5s. The pair also touch on the Queen's Plate field as it coalesces to…

The Belmont Stakes is one of 13 races on Saturday at Belmont Park with 10 stakes encompassing many all-stakes multi-race wagers. As Ed DeRosa said on Monday's podcast looking ahead to the week, having opinions on your opinions is a big part of wagering success. Which races and wagering types are Ed and Scott Shapiro looking forward to pressing on S…

The Belmont Stakes tests not only horses given its demanding 1 1/2-mile distance but also jockeys considering the track's unique 1 1/2-mile circumference, sweeping turns, and relatively short stretch. What are some things to keep in mind when handicapping the race in terms of how it will be run? Ed DeRosa & Emily Gullikson of OptixEQ discuss as wel…

With three days of great racing, balancing wanting to get involved with money management is paramount. All gamblers have a budget, and how they use that budget can be more important to winning and losing than actual handicapping. Ed DeRosa and Scott Shapiro discuss money management strategies ahead of the huge week of racing with many guarnateed mu…

The first two jewels of U.S. Thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown are in the books, and along with it two gamblers' familiar lament of opportunities squandered. Part of beging a successful bettor is learning from your mistakes, accepting variance, and knowing the difference between bad handicapping, poor wagering strategy, and being wrong. In this fi…

Ed DeRosa & Scott Shapiro wrap up Preakness Stakes preparations by discussing their actual approaches to betting on the race. For FREE Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs of the race, CLICK HERE. Ed's strategy. Scott's strategy. Ed & Scott agree that one of the chalks will win and have some agreement on potential key horses underneath, and yet it's unlikely t…

You've seen them on the Churchill Downs simulcast feed, now listen to them talk about handicapping the Preakness Stakes! In a role reversal, Churchill handicapper Joe Kristufek joins podcast host Ed DeRosa to discuss betting the Preakness Stakes. Joe hit the Derby tri with a key + spread approach. What strategy is he thinking about for the Preaknes…

The results of the Kentucky Derby did not surprise the wagering public, as Always Dreaming became the fifth consecutive favorite to win the roses, but Always Dreaming's victory did surprise Ed DeRosa, who was against the Florida Derby winner at a (relatively) short price. How should Kentucky Derby opinions affect Preakness Stakes wagering (if at al…

The 2017 Kentucky Derby field is set (click for FREE Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs) and with it the final pieces to put together the Kentucky Derby superfecta puzzle. Ed DeRosa & Danny Zucker use the Brisnet.com PPs and Predicteform's performance figures to discuss the fields and who are the best bets not only to win but also to spice up the exotic wage…

Months of talking about a race is down to less than a week to prepare for the Greatest Two Minutes In Sports, and final opinions are beginning to be formed with only the post position draw the final piece of information awaiting handicappers. Ed DeRosa & Scott Shapiro discuss the tools available to make final decisions and what historical trends ar…

Michael "the champ" Beychok is one of horse racing's most celebrated contest players, having won $1-million at the 2012 National Handicapping Championship. He parlayed that success into a role in the reality series "Horseplayers" and is a frequent contributor to Brisnet.com's Spotlight Selections, which will be available for Kentucky Oaks & Derby d…

Fresh from the Ocala, Florida, April two-year-olds in training sale, Jet-setting Southern Claifornia-based clocker Gary Young brings his talents to Louisville to get a live look at Kentucky Derby hopefuls training at Churchill Downs. Young has been clocking horses for more than 30 years, but he called his shot on the horse of a lifetime two years a…

The Kentucky Derby is Saturday, May 6, at Churchill Downs, and Ed DeRosa of TwinSpires.com and Brisnet.com discusses how to bet the world's most famous race with special guest handicappers. The series continues with episode 3--pace prophecy--with Emily Gullikson of OptixEQ, which uses Brisnet.com data to help drive its Pace Projector. Emily is also…

The Kentucky Derby is Saturday, May 6, at Churchill Downs, and for the next 12 days, Ed DeRosa of TwinSpires.com and Brisnet.com will discuss how to bet the world's most famous race with special guest handicappers. The series continues with Bruno DeJulio, who provides workout reports throughout the year and special Spotlight Selections for the Kent…

The Kentucky Derby is Saturday, May 6, at Churchill Downs, and for the next 12 days, Ed DeRosa of TwinSpires.com and Brisnet.com will discuss how to bet the world's most famous race with special guest handicappers. The series kicks off with Scott Shapiro, who provides Daily Selections for Santa Anita Park and Indiana Grand Racecourse and will provi…

The Kentucky Derby points races are well under way, and while fans await the three-year-old debuts of top horses such as Classic Empire, McCraken, and Mastery, there is still plenty of points action in January including ght Smarty Jones Stakes on Monday, January 16, at Oaklawn Park. The race features Warrior's Club, who finished third behind McCrak…

The Breeders' Cup are November 4-5 at Santa Anita Park, and with pre-entries now available for all 13 World Championships races, handicapping has begun in earnest. Ed DeRosa and Danny Zucker take a first spin through the marquee matchups and identify potential underlays among the superstar horses expected to compete. What do the handicappers think …

The Travers Stakes attracted 14 entrants with the three-year-old male division's lone three-time Grade 1 winner this season leading the group in Santa Anita Derby-Preakness-Haskell winner Exagerrator. The only other Grade 1 winner in the field is Arkansas Derby-Belmont Stakes hero Creator, but the lack of Grade 1 success by the other 12 does not me…

In one of the most competitive matchups in a 1 1/4-mile race for older horses outside the Breeders' Cup Classic, Horse of the Year California Chrome, multiple champion and last year's winner Beholder, and two-time Grade 1 winner Dortmund will contest the Pacific Classic on Saturday at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Is one of these three a cinch? Who is…

The Arlington International Festival of Racing is Saturday, August 13, at Arlingtono International Racecourse, and a competitive trio of stakes are on tap, including the Grade 1 Secretariat, Beverly D., and Arlington Million. As always, the stakes slate features a complement of international invaders trying to take down some of the best U.S.-based …

A pair of graded stakes races for older females are among the highlights of the final Saturday of racing before Saratoga opens: the Yellow Ribbon on turf at Del Mar and the Delaware Handicap on dirt at Delaware Park. The Yellow Ribbon could produce Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf performers--especially considering that race is at nearby Santa Anita…

Turf racing is under the spotlight on Saturday, July 9, as the Stars and Stripes day card at Belmont Park and the Stars & Stripes Handicap at Arlington Park anchor big days at both venues and could serve as key preps to Arlington Park's International Festival of Racing on August 13. The Belmont Derby and Belmont Oaks features a good mix of American…

When it comes to the top the names from the first half of the year there are these nine and everyone else: Beholder, California Chrome, Exaggerator, Flintshire, Frosted, Melatonin, Nyquist, Songbird, and Tepin. Depending on their paths in the second half of the year, any could be in prime striking distance for Horse of the Year honors with the Bree…

The Queen's Plate attracted 13 three-year-olds, including the top three from the Plate Trial with winner Amis Gizmo expected to go favored against a dozen sophomores. Amis Gizmo has won five of six races with his lone loss coming in his three-year-old debut. Shakhimat was the beaten favorite in the Plate Trial and is the 5-to-1 second choice here. …

Exaggerator (Preakness), Creator (Belmont), Tom's Ready (Woody Stephens), Gun Runner (Matt Winn), and Mo Tom (Ohio Derby) have each won their next race following the Kentucky Derby with Nyquist (third in the Preakness) and Destin (second in the Belmont) performing admirably as well. Why has this year's race been so productive so quickly? Ed DeRosa …

Mo Tom, the beaten favorite in the TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby who finished eighth in the Kentucky Derby, is the morning line favorite for the $500,000 Ohio Derby on June 25 at Jack Thistledown, and the Lecomte Stakes winner is looking to become the fifth Kentucky Derby starter to win his next start. The others so far are Exaggerator (Preakness)…

Going into Belmont Stakes week, Gettysburg was not Creator's stablemate, but he was going into the Belmont Stakes starting gate, as trainer Steve Asmussen used WinStar's colt as a rabbit for the stable's Creator, who went on to win the classic. Ed DeRosa & Vance Hanson take no issue with such tactics but wondered about the odd aftermath in which Wi…

Not much debate this week, as both Ed & Vance agree that Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist is the three-year-old male division leader following Creator's Belmont Stakes victory to join Preakenss Stakes winner Exaggerator as this year's classic winners. The Brisnet.com duo also discusses Frosted's Met Mile, wondering if he can replicate that form around…

The biggest day of racing racing at Penn National Race Course is Saturday, June 4, and the $500,000 Penn Mile for three-year-olds on the grass headlines the 9-race card that begins with an all-stakes Pick 4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Catch a Glimpse takes on males in the feature, but a formidable group awaits including Spiral Stake…

Exaggerator finally defeated Nyquist when winning the Preakness Stakes, but how does he look for the upcoming Belmont Stakes on June 11 at Belmont Park? Ed DeRosa of TwinSpires.com and Danny Zucker of Predicteform.com discuss the Triple Crown trail as well as a pair of stakes on May 28 at Arlington Park to kickoff Memorial Day weekend. For Brisnet.…

The Preakness Stakes is Saturday, May 21, at Pimlico Race Course, and undefeated champion Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist is expected to make it nine in a row, but a familiar foe is standing in his way in Exaggerator. Ed DeRosa and Vance Hanson discuss the middle jewel of Thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. For FREE Brisnet.com Ultimate Past Performa…

Undefeated champion and Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist is the odds on favorite to keep his streak and Triple Crown hopes alive when he goes postward in the $1.5-million Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course. Can he win again? Of course. Does he present good value? That's what Ed DeRosa & Danny Zucker will help you decide. Who is a good…

An undefeated Breeders' Cup champion Kentucky Derby winner will be the odds on favorite for the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, May 21, at Pimlico Race Course, but the excitement leading up to the race does not seem to match Nyquist's accomplishment to date. Ed DeRosa & Vance Hanson riff off a horseplayer conversation between John Scheinman and Actio…

The 2016 Kentucky Derby is nearly upon us, and the handicapping of the world's most prestigious race certainly is. In this week's podcast, TwinSpires.com's Ed DeRosa and Predicteform.com's Danny Zucker discuss their approach to handicapping the Kentucky Derby, including plotting wagering strategy, and which contenders they're zeroing in on the firs…

Ed DeRosa went 2-for-3 and Vance Hanson went 3-for-5 on their Racing Hall of Fame ballots. Both tabbed Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta for induction while Hanson also helped get trainer Steve Asmussen through. Neither voted for Ramon Domingez but both extolled his virtues. Not making the cut from Ed DeRosa's ballot was Victor Espinoza while Vance cou…

The Kentucky Derby prep season is complete, which means handicappers are preparing their final selections for the Greatest Two Minutes In Sports, and for Ed DeRosa & James Scully, post position is the biggest remaining piece of the handicapping puzzle.De către TwinSpires-dot-com

Before shifting their focus to the Kentucky Derby over the next 2 1/2 weeks, Ed DeRosa & Vance Hanson wrap their Racing Hall of Fame discussion by revealing who they did vote for (as opposed to who they didn't as has been the case the past few weeks). Horses of the Year Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta were slam dunks, but the Turf Talk duo disagreed …

Nyquist already won the battle between (previously) unbeatens when he defeated Mohaymen in the Florida Derby, but he's winning the class battle, too, as two horses Nyquist had previously beaten--Exaggerator and Brody's Cause--both won Kentucky Derby Championship Series races on April 9. Ed DeRosa and James Scully both expect big things from Exagger…

Trojan Nation's runner-up finish behind Outwork in the Wood Memorial left him outside the Winner's Circle but got him in the Kentucky Derby, and he's not the only maiden with a shot at competing in the Run for the Roses, as Laoban (runner-up in the Gotham Stakes, also at Aqueduct) is currently on the bubble. Neither Ed DeRosa nor Vance Hanson have …

Are you ready for the Kentucky Derby? No! Of course you’re not. It’s not that it’s still four weeks away, it’s that there are still four major prep races, and three of them are this weekend. Let Ed DeRosa & James Scully help you get ready with this week's edition of ON POINT. Neither James nor Ed pick the morning line favorite in any of the three K…

Ed DeRosa & James Scully get down to brass tacks and pick who will win the battle of unbeatens in the Florida Derby: champion Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Nyquist or multiple graded stakes winner Mohaymen. For FREE Brisnet.com Ultimate Past Performances of the Florida Derby, click here. For Brisnet.com handicapping information for the Florida Derb…

The world's richest race and the start of the 180-point Kentucky Derby qualifying races are on Saturday, March 26. The action begins at Meydan Race Course with the $2-million UAE Derby and continues later that day with the Dubai World Cup featuring Horse of the Year California Chrome and four other U.S.-based Grade 1 winners: Frosted, Hoppertunity,…

The $900,000 Rebel Stakes is the final prep for the $1-million Arkansas Derby, and a full field of 14 entrants (with 12 wagering interests) is expected to line up for this race worth 85 Kentucky Derby qualifying points (with 50 to the winner). Will the local horses from the Smarty Jones and Southwest Stakes hold their form, or does California invad…

Ed DeRosa and Danny Zucker preview the Tampa Bay Derby, San Felipe Stakes, and Santa Anita Handicap. The TBD and SFS are Kentucky Derby prep races while the Big Cap is a 1 1/4-mile handicap for older horses. The pair discuss each race from a handicapping perspective as well as address where the competitors fit within their division. Can the TBD or …