Many handicappers believe the "trainer angle" is the most important piece of the handicapping pie, especially when top-rung racing is being run like in New York during the heart of summer in July and August at Saratoga. All trainers have their own particular strengths and weaknesses. The beauty of following the trainer angles, stats, and trends, is that they help you identify these strengths and weaknesses to give you the advantage over the rest of the betting public.

Bet trainers at their strengths and bet against them at their weaknesses, and your win percentage and return on investment will go upward…

Dirt route races are just one of the many facets of racing in New York at this challenging time of the year. Handicappers who understand the differences between horses that excel in two-turn races at Saratoga as opposed to one-turn races at Belmont will enjoy a strong betting advantage in those races throughout the month July. The other horseplayers out there who fail to sufficiently acknowledge this enormously important difference between Belmont Park and Saratoga, on the other hand, will struggle all month.

One of Saratoga's long-standing nicknames is "The Graveyard of Favorites," and the track has that reputation for a…

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Jim HurleyWednesday, July 3

(For Horses Which Ran At Belmont – Wednesday 6/26 – Sunday 6/30)

With the assumption that these recent Belmont runners will likely make their next start at Saratoga when the meet opens just two weeks from tomorrow (Thursday, July 11-Monday, September 2) my trip analysts have comprised a list of horses that ran within the last few days and appear to be sitting on a win that could very well come at the Spa. Play these horses the next time they run under the circumstances noted in the commentary.

A LITTLE FAITH – Despite top jock…

Making Money At The Spa  John Conte,Tuesday. July 2

Let me open with a statement that should be a galvanizing point for anyone betting their hard earned cash.

The Most Obvious Value Begins In Those Races Where The Betting Public has The Most Difficulty.

That statement might at first appear counter-intuitive. For how can a bettor f9ind value and make money6 in races where the betting public struggles the most?

Take a moment and think about it. If you can find those races where the bettor has shown a history of bad handicapping and bad betting choices you have already found a situation where value…

By Noel Michaels

If you are a serious horseplayer and you are not already looking forward to the Saratoga meet, it might be time to check your pulse because Saratoga is the summer place to be for all handicappers and horse racing aficionados alike. The highly looked-forward-to and anticipated 40-day Saratoga racing season lasts throughout the heart of the summer, but with some notable scheduling changes this season. The 2019 meet starts earlier than in the past on Thursday, July 11, and will run five days a week (Wednesdays through Sundays) instead of six days a week, which had been the…

Saratoga PreviewFrom, “Hammerin’ Hank” GoldbergThursday, June 27, 2019

 My juices are flowing. I can’t wait. The 2019 Saratoga Meet is about to get started. And for those of you who have been with me for any number of years knows, this is my time of the year.

The meet begins a week earlier this year, on Thursday July 11 and runs through Labor day, Monday, September 2. There is a new schedule this year, with racing 5 days a week instead of 6. Both Mondays and Tuesdays will be dark with the exception of closing day.

One thing this will definitely mean is…

Jim HurleyWednesday, June 26

(For Horses Which Ran At Belmont – Sunday 7/16 – Sunday 7/23)

With the assumption that these recent Belmont runners will likely make their next start at Saratoga when the meet opens just two weeks from tomorrow (Thursday, July 11-Monday, September 2) my trip analysts have comprised a list of horses that ran within the last few days and appear to be sitting on a win that could very well come at the Spa. Play these horses the next time they run under the circumstances noted in the commentary.

ART THIEF – Three year old filly shipped in from…

The Triple Crown season is over and a clear and dominant leader has been established in the 3-year-old division. That part is not strange, the strange thing about this year is that the divisional leader is neither the Derby winner or the Preakness winner, nor is it the Belmont winner.  The best 3-year-old is horseracing’s uncrowned champion, Maximum Security.

With no clear dominant horse emerging throughout the 2019 Kentucky Derby prep season, and the three Triple Crown events each being won by three different horses, the spring’s biggest winner was a horse that “officially” won none of the Triple Crown races…

JOHN DASILVA PREVIEWS THE BELMONT STAKES

For National Race MastersWednesday, June 5

After just missing in the Preakness with longshot Owendale I am ready to get it all back and more in the Belmont Stakes.

Let’s take a look at the ten 2019 candidates that drew posts Tuesday night for the 151st Belmont Stakes on Saturday.

From the rail out:

JOEVIA (30-1) – Trainer Gregory Sacco is not a household name among the conditioner’s roster for this year’s Belmont. But it is worth noting that he has won 2 of the 7 runners he has gotten into graded stakes competition. The son of Shanghai…

TWO TRENDS TO HELP YOU BEAT THE BELMONT STAKES FAVORITE

Notwithstanding the victory in 2018 of Triple Crown winner Justify, the Belmont Stakes has truly is one of the great unheralded graveyards for favorites in all of horseracing. For this reason, it is worth taking a few shots this year to try to beat the likely favorite heading into the Belmont Stakes, War of Will.  This article will focus on a couple of Belmont Stakes trends involving running style and time between races to try to narrow down the contenders and help you come up with the winner.

The main knock against…