Saturday racing at Del Mar. Life does get any better than this - at least not until Saratoga kicks off next week. We’ve got 10 races to cover, including the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap. We had a $101 winner yesterday and it certainly seems like handicapping horses based on positive impressions in...

FInally! It’s hard for me to get time to handicap and blog picks for Del Mar during the work week. I’ve been looking forward to the first opportunity to seriously dive into the legendary track “where the turf meets the surf” for what feels like eternity. Last year was a tough...

Well, it’s been a slow day for me. I got back into the swing of things at work after dealing with a sick child on Monday and Tuesday and had to cut the grass - meaning I only got to see the last 3 races of opening day at Del Mar. When I got in, I [...]

Note: Inspired by *** Jerardi’s column in Friday’s Daily Racing Form (you’ll need a subscription to read - it’s the one titled “Right spot to bet against Curlin” - or you can just by a DRF at your local newsstand since it’s the feature cover story) First things...

Source: http://articles.tracksideview.com/2008/07/08/curlin-headed-to-man-o-war.aspx It’s official…Curlin is headed to NY! The turf career of the talented 4 year-old son of Smart Strike will begin at Bemont Park in this Saturday’s running of the Grade 1 Man O’ War Stakes. If he...

It took everything she had and a good deal of racing luck, but favorite Pure Clan was able to find a way through horses in the stretch to prevail in the Grade 1 American Oaks on Saturday at Hollywood Park. She held off a late bid by European invader Satan’s Circus to win by 3/4 [...]

For a while it looked like Zenyatta, the talented 4-year-old daughter of Street Cry, might be headed towards her first career defeat in the Grade 1 Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park on Saturday. She was able to rally from far behind to reach the wire 1/2 length in front of the game Tough Tiz’s...

In case you hadn’t heard, there’s an enormous carry over at Hollywood Park of $1,197,009 thanks to a deluge of long-shots yesterday during the July 4 card. Today’s racing action features to be a bit more formful with several high profile stakes races on the card - and could be a juicy...

First and foremost happy 4th of July to everyone. It looks like we’ve got a good day of racing action in store at Hollywood Park as we fire up the grills and get the family ready for late evening fireworks. Speaking of fireworks, lets see if we can hit some of our own prior to [...]

Things are little different at Hollywood Park this week thanks to the upcoming July 4th holiday on Friday. Night racing has been moved to Thursday while the Friday card will feature an afternoon post time. We’ve got 8 races this evening as you get ready for your holiday tomorrow. Race 1: Md 4000...