» If I'm Using Fair Odds I'm Doing it Wrong
22/04/24 12:32 from Harness Racing Blog: Pull the Pocket
Hat tip to @dennycaps1 (he's talked about similar to this on his feed), but happy to report that my fair odds lines are going in the dust bin. Yesterday at Keeneland I liked two horses. In race three, we had a Thomas filly, s...
» GLOBAL HIT DOWNS TUHONUI BANSEOK IN LAST GASP YTN SUCCESS
21/04/24 06:45 from Horse Racing in Korea
Tuhonui Banseok put up a valiant defence of his title, but Global Hit ultimately wrested it away from him with a last gasp drive to win the YTN Cup (2000M KOR-G3), the second leg of the Stayer Series, in the very final stride at Seoul Ra...
» Can Nut Play Overturn Form on Global Hit in YTN Cup?
20/04/24 02:57 from Horse Racing in Korea
The Stayers’ Series reaches its second stage on Sunday when a field of fifteen line up for the YTN Cup (2000M KOR-G3) at Seoul Racecourse. SEE HERE FOR FULL PREVIEW OF ALL 17 RACES ACROSS SEOUL AND BUSAN ON SUNDAY. After running 2nd to W...
» YTN Cup Sunday Seoul & Busan: Race-By-Race Preview (April 21)
19/04/24 23:04 from Horse Racing in Korea
After the sprinters last week, this week it’s the second leg of the Stayer Series and the YTN Cup (2000M KOR-G3) headlines the daytime card on Sunday at Seoul. There are 11 races at Seoul from 10:35 to 18:00 and 6 at Busan from 11:...
» Seoul Saturday: Race-By-Race Preview (April 20)
19/04/24 07:17 from Horse Racing in Korea
Saturday’s racing is at Seoul with 11 races from 14:45 to 21:00. Bring an umbrella, rain is forecast! Here are the previews: Seoul Race 1: Class 6 (1300M) Special Weight A / KRW 30 Million Just eight in the first division of this m...
» Busan Friday: Race-By-Race Preview (April 19)
17/04/24 20:30 from Horse Racing in Korea
The short spring evening race season comes to an end this week with the action kicking off at Busan on Friday with 8 races from 15:00 to 21:00. Here are the previews: Busan Race 1: Class 6 (1200M) Special Weight A / KRW 30 Million Maiden...
» Beolmaui Star Puts Start & Dubai Woes Behind Him in SBS Sports Sprint Triumph
15/04/24 03:52 from Horse Racing in Korea
It was always going to be about the start for Beolmaui Star. At Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon, the five-year-old shrugged off his recent gate woes to begin beautifully and cross to the lead and then proceeded to make every post th...
» SBS Sports Sprint – Sprint Series 2nd Leg: Preview & Form Comments
13/04/24 07:18 from Horse Racing in Korea
When the four-year-old pair of Raon The Point and Something Lost flashed to the front in the final furlong of the Busan Ilbo Sprint a month ago, it seemed to show a generational change was finally taking place among the one turn elite. A...
» SBS Sports Sprint & International Trophy Exchange Sunday Seoul & Busan: Race-By-Race Preview (April 14)
12/04/24 05:18 from Horse Racing in Korea
The second leg of the Sprint Series, the SBS Sports Sprint at Seoul, takes centre stage on Sunday, but there are plenty of other valuable races spread across both the capital and Busan with Trophy Exchange races for the Singapore Turf Cl...
» Seoul Saturday: Race-By-Race Preview (April 13)
11/04/24 23:06 from Horse Racing in Korea
Saturday’s racing is an afternoon and evening meeting at Seoul with 11 races from 14:45 to 18:00. Here are the previews: Seoul Race 1: Class 6 (1200M) Special Weight A / KRW 30 Million Maidens in the opener with seven of the eleven...
» Busan Friday: Race-By-Race Preview (March 12)
11/04/24 21:27 from Horse Racing in Korea
The Stakes racing action moves to Seoul this weekend with Sunday’s SBS Sports Sprint. The weekend’s racing gets underway at Busan on Friday though with 8 afternoon and evening races from 15:00 to 21:00. Here are the previews:...
» The First Winner of 2024
06/04/24 02:32 from
Jack O’Boy wins again in St Cloud, taking the Prix My Love. The post The First Winner of 2024 appeared first on Gallop France .
» Fixing the Open Betting Skies Game Could Use Some Tweaks (Some that Many Probably Won't Like)
31/03/24 19:28 from Harness Racing Blog: Pull the Pocket
Air travel began to be deregulated in the 1970's. Business people like Southwest's Herb Kelleher and others could fly the friendly skies, delivering a service to millions. However, how could passenger airlines grow as an industry i...
» Big Pick 5 Payouts Are Not Always Inscrutable
12/03/24 14:55 from Harness Racing Blog: Pull the Pocket
If we see a $25,000 pick five in the throughbreds we can often look back at the sequence and make a case for a hit. Thoroughbred racing often has fields where four or five horses can look completely logical in a sequence, yet it can pay ...
» The Nomination Is In: The Santa Anita Handicap G1
01/03/24 10:38 from The Turk: Horses, Handicapping and Hijinks
Newgrange: Benoit Photo Welcome Friends to The Turk Blog , now in our 17th year of writing handicaps and assembling bets. While I primary write about Turf Handicapping and Exacta Betting, I still keep my dirt chops up...
» Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital opens doors for International Equine Podiatry Conference April 18-20, 2024
29/02/24 01:06 from Fran Jurga's "HoofBlog": News from Hoofcare & Lameness Journal
Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky will host the third International Equine Podiatry Conference.The doors to the forge are always open at the Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Someone is alwa...
» Bitless!
26/02/24 01:57 from
I have to say I’m not ready yet to go galloping off on a racehorse with a bitless bridle just yet, but William Micklem did inspire me to take a (calm!) test ride with one a couple of weeks ago. I’m still a fan of a simple sna...
» Recognizing Market Moves in Racing Are Never Easy
25/02/24 16:31 from Harness Racing Blog: Pull the Pocket
Crunk noted the offshore pricing on Tarif in the Rachel Alexandra at FG a couple of weeks ago in an informative tweet; namely, the horse was never 6-1 like she was on the tote. Learning how a game is played in today's world is real...
» NFL Salary Cap Increases, Kinda Like Purse Increases, Not Really
23/02/24 13:27 from Harness Racing Blog: Pull the Pocket
They announced the NFL salary cap has ballooned to $255M in 2024, an increase of about 100% since 2014. It's staggering. This increase has its pluses and minuses. The good: Teams can spend more on their star players that were...
» Bettors are Easier to Find When You Know Who You Are
16/02/24 14:34 from Harness Racing Blog: Pull the Pocket
Penn Gaming recently signed a deal with ESPN, booting the previously partnered Barstool Sports. Leaving aside the megabucks involved, it's appeared to have paid some dividends. Today, they announced ESPN Bet drove about 1 million f...
» Something new under the sun?
14/02/24 14:11 from
There is no end to the messing around people have tried to do with horseshoes, always trying to come up with something nobody’s though of yet that helps improve absorbing shock and improving foot comfort. Most of these efforts don&...
» Meet William Micklem
07/02/24 16:29 from
We had a VIP visitor this weekend when William Micklem, designer of the bridles we use exclusively, came to town. Here’s a preview – more to come! The post Meet William Micklem appeared first on Gallop France .
» There's a Place for Sharp Bettor Education, Sharp Money and Sharp Action
06/02/24 14:17 from Harness Racing Blog: Pull the Pocket
Back in 1998, when the online sportsbook boom was in its nascent stage, Pinnacle Sports was created in Curacao. This online sportsbook was different, because it didn't push signup bonuses or anything flashy, it simply decided to offer hi...
» Remind Me Because I'm Dumb - Why Does The Sport of Horse Racing Need "Influencers" Again?
31/01/24 17:06 from Harness Racing Blog: Pull the Pocket
I'm the first to admit I don't get this trend of tracks hiring influencers to, do what I am not certain, but this week's chatter about Alix Earle (yes, I had to google this person) made me want to at least think about it a little. ...
» Navigating Those Damn Models
29/01/24 14:07 from Harness Racing Blog: Pull the Pocket
Models and math geeks can be infuriating, and for some fans of yesterday's Lions-49ers slugfest, that was on full display. Making decisions that just don't "feel right" do not sit well with us. We're emotional beings. And we sure had alo...