Blog of a Horse Racing Enthusiast

The road to the Kentucky Derby continues this weekend with the 2013 Sunland Park Derby. The points for the top 4 finishes will be awarded as 50-20-10-5.

If you're looking to find a Derby winner in the Spiral Stakes, you're time would probably be better spent napping or watching preseason baseball or damn near doing anything other than watching the 2013 Turfway Spiral Stakes. However, if you're looking to make a little money, there's potentially a few good bets in this race.

The road to the Kentucky Derby continues this weekend with the 2013 Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park. The points for the top 4 finishes will be awarded as 50-20-10-5. Here is the post position with some analysis of the contenders.

The 2012 Breeders' Cup kicks off Friday, November 2nd at Santa Anita Park. Below are the race card lineups for Friday and Saturday and the participating horses.

The recent dead heat finish between Alpha and Golden Ticket in the Travers stakes got me thinking. I could remember the last time I had seen a dead heat finish, at least not in any stakes race. Dead heat's are rare, but not uncommon, certainly. On any given day here in the United States and around the world, there are literally hundreds of races occurring. How often does this feat occur?

Here are the post positions for the 2012 Travers Stakes.

Here are the results of the 2012 Belmont Stakes 144 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York on June 9th, 2012. Congratulations to winner Union Rags ridden by John Velazquez and trained by Michael Matz.

How do you spell Belmont Stakes? Grueling. The Belmont Stakes is a colossal test of an American bred's metal if for no other reason than most American thoroughbreds really aren't bred to go a mile and a half. For those horses who ran in the Derby and Preakness, the Belmont should be an especially trying challenge. For most of the 2012 Belmont Stakes field the race is likely to be less of a race and more of an ordeal.

Due to the scratching of I'll Have Another, the field has been shaken up and the morning line numbers have changed. Here is the updated morning line for the 2012 Belmont Stakes #144.

Here are the post positions for the 2012 Belmont Stakes #144.