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Sycamore Stakes 2024 Analysis

By Jarrod Horak The Grade 3, $300,000 Sycamore Stakes will be run at Keeneland on Friday, October 11, 2024. The eleven entrants will travel 1 1/2 miles on the turf course and 3-1 morning line favorite Bold Act won this race in 2023 and will try to work out a trip from the outside post under […]

Fierceness wins at Saratoga in 2023.

Travers Stakes 2024 Analysis & Wagers

By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1, $1,250,000 Travers Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, August 24, 2024. Eight sophomores will travel 1 1/4 miles on the main track and Dornoch is the 5-2 morning line favorite. The Travers goes as the thirteenth race with a scheduled post time of 6:10 p.m. […]

Travers Stakes 2024 News (8-17-24)

By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1 Travers Stakes field will be drawn on Sunday, August 18, and the race will be run at a mile and a quarter at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, August 24. Travers Hopefuls (as of 8-18-24): 8 horse field likely Travers Hopefuls Running Styles Early-pressing: Batten Down, Dornoch, Fierceness, Thorpedo […]

Thorpedo Anna - Coaching Club American Oaks 2024

Travers Stakes 2024 News

By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1 Travers Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, Aug. 24. Keep checking the Digest website for updated Travers news. Travers Hopefuls (as of 8-8-24): Batten Down, Corporate Power, Dornoch, Fierceness, Honor Marie, Muth, Seize the Grey, Sierra Leone, Thorpedo Anna, Unmatched Wisdom  Batten Down (Tapit – […]

Fierceness wins at Saratoga in 2023.

Florida Derby 2024 Picks

By Jarrod Horak The road to Kentucky Derby 2024 continues at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, March 30, and I have included Florida Derby 2024 picks below. The Grade 1 event for 3-year-olds has a $1 million purse and the eleven entrants will be journeying 1 1/8 miles on the main track. The Florida Derby is […]

Kentucky Derby 2024 Update (3-26-24)

By Jarrod Horak The Louisiana Derby and Jeff Ruby Steaks were the latest road to Kentucky Derby 2024 points races on Saturday, March 23. In this article, I will look back at those events and update my “Exceptional 11” Kentucky Derby contenders. The Grade 1 Florida Derby, Grade 1 Arkansas Derby, and Grade 2 UAE […]

Churchill Downs paddock

Kentucky Derby 2024 Update (3-19-24)

By Jarrod Horak The road to Kentucky Derby 2024 was idle last weekend, and things really pick up steam with the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds and the Grade 3 Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway Park on March 23. The winners of those races will pick up 100 Derby points, and 50 points […]

Domestic Product wins 2024 Tampa Bay Derby

Kentucky Derby 2024 Update (3-12-24)

By Jarrod Horak The Tampa Bay Derby was the latest road to Kentucky Derby 2024 points race at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday, March 9. In this article, I will look back at that event and update my “Exceptional 11” Kentucky Derby contenders. There are no points races on the docket for March 16, and […]

Deterministic wins 2024 Gotham Stakes

Kentucky Derby 2024 Update (3-5-24)

By Jarrod Horak The Fountain of Youth, Gotham, John Battaglia Memorial, and San Felipe were the latest road to Kentucky Derby 2024 points races. In this Derby report, I will look back at those March 2 events and update my “Exceptional 11” Kentucky Derby contenders. The next points race on the docket is the Grade […]

Timberlake wins 2024 Rebel Stakes

Kentucky Derby 2024 Update (2-27-24)

By Jarrod Horak The Rebel Stakes was the latest road to Kentucky Derby 2024 points race. In this article, I will look back at that event and update my “Exceptional 11” Kentucky Derby contenders. The next four points races are the Fountain of Youth (G2), Gotham (G3), John Battaglia Memorial, and San Felipe (G2). All […]