Tag Archives: First Mission

Race Sheet Header 101 – Class, Pace, Final Time & Handicapping Factors Explained

By Jarrod Horak A Practical Tutorial with Real Race Examples In this horse racing video recorded on 9-28-25, handicapper Jared Horack explains how to use the Race Header to make money at the racetrack, using Today’s Racing Digest past performance data as live examples. The Race Header pulls together Speed and Pace Forecasts, Class Ratings, […]

Goodwood Stakes 2025 Video Analysis

By Jarrod Horak In this horse racing handicapping video, I analyze the Grade 1, $300,000 Goodwood Stakes at Santa Anita Park. Goodwood 2025 field: 1 – Gaming (6-1), 2 – Ultimate Gamble (8-1), 3 – Privman (5-1), 4 – First Mission (8-5), 5 – Nevada Beach (12-1), 6 – Express Train (20-1), 7 – Full […]

Iselin Stakes horse racing action at Monmouth Park with graded stakes on Saturday, featuring jockeys and Thoroughbred racehorses in competitive race conditions.

Iselin Stakes Headlines Monmouth Park’s Saturday Card With Graded Stakes Power and Live Undercard

OCEANPORT, NJ — August 16, 2025 — The Grade III Philip H. Iselin Stakes takes center stage at Monmouth Park this Saturday, highlighting a card full of pace clashes, trip horses, and under-the-radar setups for bettors. Featuring seasoned older males going 1 1/16 miles on dirt, the Iselin is a pace-driven dirt route that demands […]

The Highest Final Time Rating has picked 4 Of The 7 Pegasus World Cup Classic Winners. See Who Has The Highest FNL RAT This Year.

Highest Performance Figures Earned By Each Horse Coming Into the 2024 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) | Saturday, January, 27, 2024  | Gulfstream Park | Race #13 | Post Time 5:40 EST HORSE RACEDATE TRACK RACE SURFACE RACE TYPE FIN POS FIRE CPR PAC RAT FNL RAT Races Back Nimitz Class […]

National Treasure wins 2023 Preakness Stakes

Pegasus World Cup 2024 Picks

By Jarrod Horak The Pegasus World Cup will be run at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, January 27, 2024, and the Grade 1 event for 4-year-olds and up has a $3 million purse. A full field of entrants will be traveling 1 1/8 miles on the main track, and the Pegasus World Cup is the final […]

Watch Out for Scratched Triple Crown Runners

By Jarrod Horak Five horses defected from the 2023 Kentucky Derby and there was one Preakness scratch. Can any of those runners make an impact this summer and fall?  Continuar (JPN): He would have been one of the longest shots on the board in the Derby. His trainer was not happy with his fitness level […]

Preakness 2023: National Treasure all the way

By Jarrod Horak The 2023 Preakness Stakes played out in real time just the way it looked on paper. National Treasure broke smoothly from the inside post, got to the front with relative ease, and held off Blazing Sevens in the lane to win by a head. Kentucky Derby winner Mage was third.  The complexion […]

Preakness 2023: First Mission scratch alters pace

By Jarrod Horak The 2023 Preakness Stakes lost a major contender when First Mission scratched on Friday morning due to a problem with his left-hind ankle. How does that defection impact the race? Let’s find out.  I wrote an article about the Preakness pace scenario earlier this week and stated that there were only three […]

Preakness 2023 Report: Pace Analysis

By Jarrod Horak The 2023 Preakness field is set and Mage is the 8-5 morning line favorite. His biggest hurdle might be the lack of pace in the paper race, and in this report we will take a look at the likely race shape. There are no confirmed front runners in the field so we […]

Preakness 2023: Confidence Game, Disarm out

By Jarrod Horak The Preakness 2023 field currently stands at eight after two defections and one addition. Confidence Game is out for trainer Keith Desormeaux. He came out of the Derby with a sore shoulder and will miss the second jewel of the Triple Crown.  In late breaking news, Disarm, most recently seen running fourth […]