Tag Archives: Kentucky Derby

Onward to 2024

Posted on January 1, 2024 by turfcapper

Today’s Smarty Jones at Oaklawn Park kicked off my campaign of tracking horses for the 2024 Kentucky Derby Continue reading →

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It’s Rich Strike !!!

Posted on May 10, 2022 by turfcapper

If you found him in the past performances, you hit the all button, or perhaps your name was rich. At the top of the stretch, I thought I was cashing. Epicenter made the lead, Crown Pride and Messier were fading … Continue reading →

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One of my tools for the Kentucky Derby

Posted on May 4, 2022 by turfcapper

Here’s a peek at one of the tools I’ve been messing with, which is a scatter plot generated by the handicapping app we are developing. The axis are based on speed and power ratings, and the upper right corner is … Continue reading →

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Pre-Travers Rankings

Posted on August 23, 2021 by turfcapper

The latest 3-year-old and Older-Horse/Handicap Division rankings are out. It’s been a while, as noted in the previous post, and outside of a couple of the older horses going to the sidelines, the shake up isn’t enormous. The 3-year-old/Kentucky Derby/Travers … Continue reading →

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Schaefer City

Posted on April 29, 2021 by turfcapper

Louisville may be the River City, or Falls City, or even the Derby City – but 48 hours before post time I feel like I’m sitting in Schaefer City . . . If you aren’t old enough to remember, Schaefer … Continue reading →

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This Time Was ‘The Time’

Posted on April 12, 2021 by turfcapper

There are a million handicapping factors. I figure that number is about right. There are more than 1400 data points in each horse’s past performance line, and then you figure 8-12 horses in a race, 10 lines in each pp, … Continue reading →

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New Derby Rankings, Weekend Recap 3-31-2021

Posted on March 31, 2021 by turfcapper

Fully half the field of our Derby Gate 8 is entered for this weekend, as we approach the Wood Memorial, The Blue Grass, and the Santa Anita Derby. Our three-year-old horse rankings were shuffled in the bottom half of the … Continue reading →

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There’s a New Leader in the Clubhouse

Posted on March 8, 2021 by turfcapper

Saturday afternoon saw a busy hour with three prep races for the 2021 Kentucky Derby, and a new favorite emerged. Bob Baffert’s Life Is Good stamped himself the prohibitive favorite for the Derby, running away from the field at the … Continue reading →

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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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