By Jarrod Horak The 2026 Kentucky Oaks (Race 13 at Churchill Downs, post time 8:40 p.m. ET) offers a deep and competitive field, which is exactly where I want to hunt for value. My approach is simple: identify improving fillies sitting at 10-1 or higher on the morning line and evaluate them using advanced performance […]
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By Jarrod Horak My latest horse racing article and video features analysis of the $125,000 Rampart Stakes using Today’s Racing Digest past performances. Rampart field: 1 – Dazzling Move (5-1), 2 – Luvumorgan (20-1), 3 – Gullfaxi (50-1), 4 – Grand Job (7-2), 5 – Riding Pretty (30-1), 6 – Claret Beret (9-2), 7 – […]
Five year old mare for Brendan Walsh ventured out west to try and get a graded stakes win on Sunday in the Grade 3 Red Carpet stakes at 11 furlongs on the turf for older fillies and mares. Sent off as the odds on choice in a field of 7, she was laying third down […]
By Jarrod Horak In this horse racing handicapping video, I analyze the Grade 2, $400,000 Franklin Stakes using Today’s Racing Digest past performances. Franklin Stakes field: 1 – Pondering (10-1), 2 – Time to Dazzle (6-1), 3 – Lady Crush (30-1), 4 – Won Happy Mama (30-1), 5 – Pipsy (5-1), 6 – In Our […]
By Jarrod Horak In this horse racing handicapping video, I analyze the Grade 1, $300,000 Del Mar Oaks at Del Mar Racetrack using Today’s Racing Digest past performances. Del Mar Oaks field: 1 – Slick (15-1), 2 – Take a Breath (12-1), 3 – Velocity (15-1), 4 – Resolve (20-1), 5 – Lush Lips (3-1), […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 2, $350,000 Valley View Stakes will be run at Keeneland on Friday, October 25, 2024. The full field of 3-year-old fillies will travel one mile on the turf course and Les Reys (FR) is the 5-2 morning line favorite. The Valley View goes as the ninth race on Friday with a scheduled […]
By Jarrod Horak In this road to Kentucky Derby 2025 article, I will recap the Grade 1 Champagne, Breeders’ Futurity, and American Pharoah Stakes, the final three major prep races for the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. The Juvenile will be run Friday, Nov. 1 at Del Mar. In the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Aqueduct […]
By Jarrod Horak The road to Kentucky Oaks 2024 continues at Fair Grounds on Saturday, March 23, and I have included Fair Grounds Oaks 2024 picks below. The Grade 2 event for 3-year-old fillies has a $400,000 purse and the eight entrants will be journeying 1 1/16 miles on the main track. The Fair Grounds […]
By Jarrod Horak There were no points races on the road to Kentucky Oaks 2024 last weekend, but things really heat up on March 23. The Grade 2 Fair Grounds Oaks is the big race this week. The winner of that race will receive 100 Oaks points. The Bourbonette Oaks is the other Oaks prep […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 3 Santa Ysabel Stakes at Santa Anita Park on March 9 was the latest road to Kentucky Oaks 2024 points race. In this report, I will look back at that event and update my “Fabulous 5” Oaks contenders. The Oaks points race chase takes a week off and will resume […]
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