Tag Archives: Skinner

Linda's Gift wins 2023 Red Carpet at Del Mar.

Stakes Recaps at Del Mar

By Jarrod Horak The third week of Del Mar’s 2023 Bing Crosby Season included four graded events. In this post I will cover stakes recaps at Del Mar for Nov. 23-26 and preview the upcoming closing week of the fall meet.  Stakes Recaps at Del Mar (Nov. 23-26) Grade 3 Red Carpet – Nov. 23 […]

Shared Belief 2023 co-winners Mr Fisk and Tahoe Sunrise

Native Diver 2023 Picks

By Jarrod Horak Del Mar’s Bing Crosby Season continues on Sunday, November 26 and I have included Native Diver 2023 picks below. The Grade 3 event for 3-year-olds and up has a $100,000 purse and the seven entrants will be traveling 1 1/8 miles on the main track. It is the 8th race on Nov. […]

The Chosen Vron wins Cary Grant Stakes 2023 at Del Mar

Del Mar Stakes Race Reviews

By Jarrod Horak The second week of Del Mar’s 2023 Bing Crosby Season is in the books. In this post I will cover Del Mar stakes race reviews for Nov. 18-19 and preview the upcoming third week of the fall meet.  Del Mar Stakes Race Reviews (Nov. 18-19) Desi Arnaz – Nov. 18 – 7 […]

Defunded horse

Awesome Again Stakes Video

By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes is a Breeders’ Cup Classic qualifier and it will be run at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, Sept. 30. Check out my video below, and keep coming back to the Digest website for daily Breeders’ Cup 2023 handicapping articles. Click here for Santa Anita Horse Racing Picks, […]

Geaux Rocket Ride wins Haskell

Pacific Classic 2023 Analysis & Video

By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1 Pacific Classic will be run at Del Mar on Saturday, September 2. A total of eleven horses will line up in the starting gate and Geaux Rocket Ride is the 5-2 morning line favorite. This race has a good mix of improving sophomores and solid older horses. I will […]

Belmont Stakes 2023 winner Arcangelo.

Beyond the 2023 Triple Crown: Updated Rankings

By Jarrod Horak We are well into the second half of the year and the 3-year-old male division title is still very much up for grabs. Forte, last year’s 2-year-old champ, captured his third graded race in 2023 in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga on Saturday, July 29. A win in the […]

Reincarnate captures the 2023 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita Park on 1-8-23.

Big day for Kentucky Derby pace casualties

By Jarrod Horak The 2023 Kentucky Derby featured a blistering pace and place finisher Two Phil’s was the only forwardly placed runner around at the end. On July 8, two pace casualties from the Derby got back on track with stakes victories.  First up was Verifying in the Grade 3 Indiana Derby. He dueled from […]

Los Alamitos Derby 2023 Analysis & Wagers

By Jarrod Horak The 2023 Los Alamitos Derby at 1 1/8 miles on July 8 looks like a match race on paper between Grade 3 Sham hero Reincarnate and Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby show finisher Skinner. The former has the tactical edge and the latter has the most upside.   Last week, I covered […]

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 […]

Beyond the 2023 Triple Crown: June Rankings

By Jarrod Horak The 2023 Triple Crown is in the rear-view mirror and we are speeding towards the big summer targets. The 3-year-old division is wide open at this stage and it is time to catch up with the sophomore leaders.  Two Phil’s appeared to reach the top of the leaderboard after an impressive score […]