ROI & Results Analysis

ROI & Results Analysis on Today’s Racing Digest focuses on measured performance, historical results, and real-world outcomes drawn from our picks, tools, and published analysis. This section is designed to document how our handicapping approach performs over time—across full meets, key race days, and specific betting products.

Rather than isolated anecdotes, these articles examine results in context.  That includes meet-long profitability studies, comparisons against other handicapping services, and recaps that highlight where value was found—or missed. The emphasis is on transparency, methodology, and understanding why certain approaches succeed under specific conditions.

Coverage may include track-by-track ROI studies, opening-week and meet recaps at venues such as Del Mar or Saratoga, and post-event analysis for major racing days like the Breeders’ Cup, Kentucky Derby, or other marquee cards. When new tools or metrics are introduced, this section is also where we review how they perform in live wagering environments.

What This Section Covers

  • Meet-long win and ROI studies by track
  • Comparative performance analysis versus other handicapping sources
  • Results-based reviews of new tools, figures, and product updates
  • Opening-week and key race-day recaps
  • Contextual breakdowns of payouts, pricing, and betting efficiency

Many readers use ROI & Results Analysis to evaluate long-term performance and understand how different tools and approaches behave across varying race conditions. For current selections and daily wagering decisions, readers should reference the appropriate track picks pages.

Scroll below to explore recent ROI studies, results breakdowns, and performance
analysis.

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Saratoga 2025 Stakes Recaps (July 16-20)

By Jarrod Horak In this horse racing video, I recap the stakes action at Saratoga Race Course on July 16-20. Stakes winners (July 16-20): Mommy’s Turn (Suzie O’Cain), Leon Blue (Rick Violette), Leslie’s Rose (Shuvee), Future Is Now (Caress), Scottish Lassie (Coaching Club American Oaks), Book’em Danno (Alfred G. Vanderbilt), Halina’s Forte (Honorable Miss).
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Exciting thoroughbred horse race starting at Saratoga Race Course with horses and jockeys, capturing the thrill of live horse racing.

Saratoga Opening Week Recap (July 10-13)

By Jarrod Horak In this video, I look back at the opening week of the Saratoga Race Course summer meet. This video includes stakes recaps, winning jockeys and trainers, and track bias information.
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Expected Final Time Rating (FNLRAT) in the new Race Headers Picks the Woodbine Pick 4 for $1,888.90 in the first edition published

Today’s Racing Digest’s published it’s new Race Sheet Headers in the Woodbine edition for the first time on October 26, 2024 and it’s paid out with dividends for our customers with a $1,888.90 Pick 4 in races 7-10.  We knew the Final Time Rating was good and our own handicappers use it religiously but we’ve [...]
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The Best Horse Racing Picks at Del Mar 2023 Fall Meet

Today’s Racing Digest’s Del Mar Analyst Win Picks Consistently Out Perform The Competition In a study comparing horse racing win pick results from the handicappers at Today’s Racing Digest and 4 other horse racing handicapping pick websites for the full 2023 Fall meet at Del Mar  (November 10, 2023 – December 26, 2023) Today’s Racing [...]
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The Best Del Mar Handicapping Product Had a 28% Profit For The 2023 Summer Meet

Today’s Racing Digest’s Fractional Charting Gave a Flat Bet Proft of 28.1% for the 2023 Del Mar Summer Meet Today’s Racing Digest’s Fractional Charting is a pace report that provides you a projection of where we expect each horse to be and the expected times they will earn at each point of call throughout the [...]
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Belmont Stakes 2024 Recap

By Jarrod Horak The 2024 Triple Crown Series is in the books and Dornoch made it three straight upset winners. He pressed Seize the Grey from second, took the lead, turned away Mindframe when that one wandered in the stretch, and prevailed by a half-length. The final time was 201.64 over the fast, speed favoring [...]
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Today’s Racing Digest is Crushing Churchill Downs This Week

Today’s Racing Digest is crushing Churchill Downs this week. Below are some stats that might be useful going into tomorrow’s Kentucky Oaks and Saturday’s Kentucky Derby Cards. The results below are based on a win pick placed on the top 3 horses listed for each column in the Consensus. If a horse was scratched we [...]
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The Best Horse Racing Picks at Santa Anita 2024 Winter Meet

Today’s Racing Digest’s Santa Anita Analyst Win Picks Consistently Out Perform The Competition In a study comparing horse racing win pick results from the handicappers at Today’s Racing Digest and 5 other horse racing handicapping pick websites for the full 2024 Winter meet at Santa Anita  (December 26, 2023 – April 7, 2024) Today’s Racing [...]
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$9,626 Arkansas Derby Day Oaklawn Park Average Payouts Over Past 3 Years

Today’s Racing Digest Crushing The Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park Today’s Racing Digest has been covering the Arkansas Derby Race Day at Oaklawn Park since 2010.  With this being one of the biggest days in racing we expect to see some of the best betting pools and largest payouts for the year.  With these rare [...]
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