Normal 0 Normal 0 BELMONT STAKES: Does the Post Matter? Copyright Robert Crowne Assoc, June 10, 2011 The post position draw for this Saturday's Belmont Stakes took place Wednesday, and final jockey assignments were announced. Here are the results: 1 Master of Hounds 10-1 Garrett Gomez Aidan O'Brien ... Read more

It's Preakness Day, and the decline of racing is evident. We've all heard about the racetracks needing to turn to slot machines to stay afloat. The slot machines provide much-needed revenue, but they don't provide quality horses and quality racing. It is not just the tracks themselves that have been going dowhill in this country, but also the quality of breeding. On a day as important to Pimlico as Preakness Day, the... Read more

Almost every year that a horse has wins in the first two legs of the Triple Crown under its belt, and this year for Calvin Borel, a jockey with two Triple Crown wins under his belt, the Belmont Stakes became one Triple Crown race too many. The same was true for us and our Belmont Package. The Belmont Stakes was just one Triple Crown race too many. Although many other racing service and free handicapper with the same selections... Read more

Triple bets are sometimes also called Trifecta bets. The bet requires that you correctly pick the first three finishers in the race in exact order. The track takeout on exotic bets, such as Triples, is huge. Depending on the track, the house cut of the betting pool ranges from 20%-35%. Imagine if your poker game cut each pot by that much. It would change your betting style completely. The track take out is listed in the... Read more

What a day it was! A terrific day! A GIANT day! It was the kind of day most people have never had in their lives in horse racing. It was the kind of day the Wall Street Syndicate has produced for us many times in the past, and hopefully will produce many times again in the future. The first race post time at Pimlico on Preakness Saturday was a ridiculous 10:15 AM Eastern time, and 7:15 AM for those in Las Vegas and west... Read more

Today is the day for the 135th Running of the Kentucky Derby. The Derby is the Super Bowl of horse racing. Everyone from Auntie Lucinda to your Grandmama suddenly dons a big, fancy hat and becomes a racing fan. You can, of course, pick your horse by one of the tried and true methods such as closing your eyes, pointing your finger at the program, and hoping for the best, asking your 3-year old niece which name she likes... Read more

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." -- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities I t was the best of bets, it was the worst of bets -- Rob Crowne, A Tale of Two Bets The Crowne Club lived through a shizophrenic weekend. After winning in the Breeders' Cup 14 out of 16 years, picking up one of the biggest payouts in Breeders' Cup history two years ago, and winning 71% of their races bet last year, the Wall... Read more

Tampa Bay -170 over Philadelphia (Shields over Myers) Last night I gave you a win with Philadelphia as pick. The professional sports handicapper has no team loyalty. My loyalty is to whichever team handicaps to win the game I'm handicapping. Tonight that's Tampa Bay as a -170 favorite. I don't have time to be funny or run through every statistic tonight. We have the first day of Breeders' Cup action coming up tomorrow... Read more

HERE COMES THE BREEDERS' CUP This year's Breeders' Cup will be run at Santa Anita Racetrack in California. Santa Anita will also host the Breeders' Cup next year, making it the first racetrack to get the coveted honor twice in a row. Last year marked the first time the races were run on two separate days. This year it will again be run on two days. On Friday, October 24, there will be five Breeders... Read more

If you've ever watched the monitors at a racetrack or racing on TV, youve seen the talking racing heads. They fill the time between races by analyzing the next race and making predictions as to which horse or horses are most likely to win. They sound so very intelligent, speaking in solemn tones about dosage, Beyer numbers and breeding. They have at the ready statistics on the win percentage of each horse, and the... Read more