Category Archives: Triple Crown

The Derby Trail Heats Up, March 2, New Shooter ?

Posted on March 2, 2021 by turfcapper

Plenty of notes from a busy weekend of stakes action, we will start with the 3-year-old rankings, which have been updated. Essential Quality did little to hurt his number one ranking, winning well, taking his act on the road, and … Continue reading →

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Lecomte, and introducing weekly 3-yo rankings

Posted on January 19, 2021 by turfcapper

Today I’m launching a new feature, weekly three-year old rankings, that will track the class through their three-year old preps, from the Kentucky Derby all the way to the Travers, and then the Breeders Cup. The rankings will be their … Continue reading →

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The Preakness Sneak Peek

Posted on October 2, 2020 by turfcapper

Preakness Day is finally here, in the most frashumbled Triple Crown season you could ever imagine.    A solid field is assembling, and given the good cards also at Belmont and Keeneland, the day should be ripe with betting opportunities. … Continue reading →

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Derby Weekend Wrap Up – 9-8-2020

Posted on September 8, 2020 by turfcapper

Well, after four long extra months, the Kentucky Derby is now in the books. Authentic was not my top pick to win the Derby, but he was on my short list of horses that could win.  I was surprised to … Continue reading →

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Weekly Update 7-1-2020

Posted on July 1, 2020 by turfcapper

It was an entertaining weekend of racing for the ‘capper, albeit not a profitable one.   Took a beating at the windows, as I had a ton of multi-race sequences but couldn’t squarely connect. Most Impressive- Tom’s D’Etat – right now … Continue reading →

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Easy Game, Really

Posted on May 15, 2020 by turfcapper

Spendthrift and MyRacehorse’s Lane Way looks to break his maiden today in the ninth at Santa Anita Park.  Well bred and well meant, he’s run a couple of speed figs in the 80s and 90s, so he should be a … Continue reading →

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‘Work in Progress’ Kentucky Derby Rankings

Posted on May 6, 2020 by turfcapper

With four full months to the Kentucky Derby, here’s my new ‘Work in Progress” Derby rankings.  Eventually I hope to expand this to several other categories, including Handicap, Distaff, Sprint, Turf, and 2-yo rankings, that I’ll update as the big … Continue reading →

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Florida Derby

Posted on March 28, 2020 by turfcapper

Have done less advance work on the card than planned, but in the Flordia Derby I’ll be taking a shot at Gouvenor Morris, if we get 6-1 or better. On paper, Tiz The Law should be the best, but with … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Thoughts

Posted on March 27, 2020 by turfcapper

It’s been a weird few weeks in the world, and as a handicapper it’s also an odd time amid the indictments of Servis and Navarro, and the spate of track closures.  We don’t know day to day who is running … Continue reading →

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Tough Way to Earn Pizza Money

Posted on June 17, 2019 by turfcapper

I ate the chalk big time this weekend on something I don’t normally do – I fired it in in the show pool on Maximum Security to earn pizza money. I was more nervous than Jason Beem when the big … Continue reading →

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