Belmont at the Big A is not a meet you should handicap with generic rules. The races are run at the Big A, and the setup creates different challenges depending on surface, distance, field size, post position, and projected pace. Dirt sprints, one-turn dirt routes, turf sprints, and turf routes all need their own read. […]
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One of the biggest mistakes new handicappers make is trying to be too smart. They buy into the idea that you must dissect every split, every pace fraction, every microscopic weight shift, and every theoretical projection just to make a bet. Meanwhile, they miss something simple that shows up on the first line of the […]
Handicapping a horse race isn’t about finding the fastest horse on paper. It’s about understanding what is most likely to happen today — under today’s pace, class, distance, surface, and track conditions — and deciding whether that situation creates a bet worth making. That philosophy has guided Today’s Racing Digest since 1970. Long before racing […]
If you’re playing Gulfstream Park Sunshine Millions picks | Today’s Racing Digest on Saturday, January 17, 2026, this is the kind of card where I want every edge I can get—because the pools will be healthy, the stakes action is real, and “good enough” opinions get punished. Today’s Racing Digest is built for cards like […]
A Complete Tutorial Based on the 9-8-25 Educational Video by Jared Horack In this horse racing handicapping video recorded on 9-8-25, Jared Horack explains exactly how to use Today’s Racing Digest’s Track Profile to identify profitable running styles and find the horses most likely to win at specific distances. All examples in the video use […]
Del Mar is a great place to visit, no doubt about it. Cool temps to get away from the summer heat, those cool ocean breezes coming off the Pacific, and lots of pretty people taking in all of the sights, sounds, and even the smells of a race track. And yes, at Del Mar, they […]
How to Handicap Horses With Track Bias Race tracks play differently every day due to weather, normal maintenance, etc. Sometimes the track seems to favor no particular running style and no part of the track seems better than another. That’s not always the case, though, and trip handicappers have long made their money by noting […]