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 I’m always hunting for value in a race like the Kentucky Derby. With a full field, unpredictable pace, and massive public attention, this is where longshots can light up the tote board—especially underneath in exotics. Using the Today’s Racing Digest past performances, I’m breaking down three live longshots who bring improving numbers, […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap headlines the Saturday, April 18 card as Race 11, offering a $1.25 million purse for older horses going 1 1/8 miles on the main track. This is a fascinating matchup between elite older runners and top-class four-year-olds returning from layoffs. I’m approaching this race as a classic […]
Fair Grounds Lecomte Stakes 2026 picks Today’s Racing Digest — This is the Grade 3, $250,000 Lecomte Stakes on Saturday, January 17, 2026, and it’s a Derby-points type of race where trip and pace matter as much as raw talent. I’m going to keep it practical: who gets the right run, who can improve, and […]
Four year old filly for Richie Baltas made her 5th career start on Saturday, but first in California, in a maiden special weight at ¾ on the turf for older female runners. Off at 6/1 in a field of 10, she broke OK under Jose Ortiz and was 5th down the back side, just four […]
By Jarrod Horak In this horse racing handicapping video, I analyze the Grade 2, $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course using Today’s Racing Digest past performances. This race is a prep for the Grade 1 Travers on Saturday, August. 23. Jim Dandy field: 1 – Baeza (3-1), 2 – Sandman (6-1), 3 – […]
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.
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1, $650,000 Maker’s Mark Mile Stakes is the 9th race at Keeneland on Friday, April 11. Nine runners were entered in this flat mile turf event and Carl Spackler is the 9-5 morning line favorite. Maker’s Mark Mile Analysis Integration won the Grade 3 Virginia Derby and Grade 2 Hill […]
By Jarrod Horak The $200,000 Hot Springs Stakes is the 7th race at Oaklawn on Sunday, March 30. Eight sophomores were entered in this non-graded event at one mile on the main track, and Gaming is the morning line favorite. Hot Springs Analysis Clever Again missed by a head in his debut at 4 1/2 […]
By Jarrod Horak I am recapping the Breeders’ Cup Saturday 2024 action in three posts. In my first report, I looked back at the BC Filly & Mare Sprint, BC Turf Sprint, BC Distaff, and BC Turf. My second article featured a recap of the BC Classic, and I will recap the final four BC […]
