We Can Be Heroes, Just For One Day
The Road to Kentucky 2016 “Turn and face the strange.” – David Bowie The annual Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest starts this Saturday, January 16. Under the premise “you can never have too much of a good thing,” Canterbury Park has expanded the contest to 17 weeks this year. The rules and contest dates can […]
Turning the Page to 2016
“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.” – Brad Paisley, American country music singer and songwriter. Flipping the calendar from December to January is a symbolic event. The New Year is upon us. The cynic might say it’s just the next day in an endless series […]
Canterbury Park First Half in Review
Hey now, you’re an All-Star – Smash Mouth We have reached the halfway point of the 2015 Canterbury Park live racing season. With two months of live racing still ahead of us, here is a look inside-the-numbers at what has transpired on the race track so far in 2015. The following statistics are for […]
Working My Way Back to You
Working My Way Back To You – The Four Seasons With seven race days in the books, the 2015 Canterbury Park live meet is 10 percent complete. Despite the relatively small sample size, it’s instructive to analyze the winning horses’ past performances to find patterns and potentially profitable angles that may carry forward over […]
Looking Back to Plan Ahead
By The Oracle Understanding statistics in horse racing is a valuable tool in the handicapping process. Having knowledge of historical results can add perspective and insight as we watch the current year’s races play out. Using prior year’s statistics, we can identify certain trends that we would like to take advantage of in 2015, and […]
The Road to Kentucky Week 5 Recap
“This is Metaboss’ coming out party.” – Matt Bernier, Player Development Handicapper for Daily Racing Form, analyzing the El Camino Real on the DRF Players’ Podcast. The Road to Kentucky contest moved north last week from Santa Anita to Golden Gate Fields. The featured derby prep race was the El Camino Real. The Golden Gate […]
Saratoga Saturdays – Week 2 plus top ROI CBY trainers and jocks
Contest Update: The second week of the Saratoga Saturday contest looked a lot like Week 1. Saratoga has the reputation of being the “Graveyard of favorites”, but that didn’t play out last Saturday as 8 of 11 winners on the day paid 2-1 or lower. In fact, only 2 of the 11 races generated more […]
Canterbury Park First-Half Review
Hey now, you’re an All-Star – Smash Mouth As we round the far turn of this years’ Canterbury Park live meet, let’s take a look inside-the-numbers at what has transpired on the race track so far in 2014. The following statistics are for the thoroughbred races only. The Odds: Favorites are winning at a 38% […]
The Long Run Part 4: Fishing in the Proper Pool
“The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope”. – John Buchan, Author The horse was circled in your Racing Form. He had two stars next to his name with a bold YES written next to it. The YES was written […]
The Long Run Part 3: Developing the Game Plan
Thinking about game plan development and the importance of following that plan reminded me of a scene from the TV show Seinfeld where Jerry asks a car rental clerk about his reservation. It didn’t go well: Jerry: I don’t understand, I made a reservation. Do you have my reservation? Clerk: Yes we do, unfortunately we […]
