Travers Stakes: Contenders and Predictions
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by Will McClaughry
7M ago
The 2023 Travers Stakes will be Race 12 on August 26th at Saratoga. Post time is set for 5:11 PM CT. This Grade I race is one and 1/4 miles and has a purse of $1,250,000. This year’s field has seven horses, including winners from all three triple crown races. Last year’s winner was Epicenter. Let’s take a look at the field. Let’s take a look at the field. Forte was the scratched favorite from the Kentucky Derby and returned to run 2nd in the Belmont Stakes back on June 10th. He then won the Jim Dandy on July 29th with a career best speed figure. He is absolutely the horse to beat here in my m ..read more
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Belmont Stakes: Contenders and Predictions
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by Will McClaughry
10M ago
The 2023 Belmont Stakes will be Race 12 on June 10th at Belmont Park. Post time is set for 6:02 PM CT. This Grade I race is one and 1/2 miles and has a purse of $1,500,000. There are nine horses in the field this year. Last year’s winner was Mo Donegal. Let’s take a look at the field. Forte was supposed to be the Kentucky Derby favorite before being scratched. He has not raced since but as last year’s Breeder’s Cup Juvenile winner and the winner of the Fountain of Youth and Florida Derby, he deserves to be the favorite here. Forte prefers to run late and the added length of the one and a half ..read more
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Preakness Stakes: Contenders and Predictions
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by Will McClaughry
11M ago
The 2023 Preakness Stakes will be Race 13 on May 20th at Pimlico. Post time is set for 6:01 PM CT. This Grade I race is one and 3/16 miles and has a purse of $1,500,000. There are eight horses in the field this year. Last year’s winner was Early Voting. Let’s take a look at the field. Mage is the favorite after his massive Kentucky Derby win two weeks ago. His speed figure progression has been consistent. If you look at the speed figure graph further down you’ll see that progression. The Derby speed figure was the best in this field by far, but it was also the best for Mage by far. First Miss ..read more
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Run for the Roses: Previewing the Top Contenders in the 2023 Kentucky Derby
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by Will McClaughry
11M ago
The 2023 Kentucky Derby will be Race 12 on May 6th at Churchill Downs. Post time is set for 5:57 PM CT. This Grade I race is one and 1/4 miles and has a purse of $3,000,000. There are nineteen horses in the field this year after hearing that Continuar will be scratched. Last year’s winner was Rich Strike. Let’s take a look at the field. Forte is the deserving favorite this year. He won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile back in November and has rolled on to win both of his Kentucky Derby preps at Gulfstream Park: the Fountain of Youth Stakes and the Florida Derby. He really had to rally from five wid ..read more
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Road to the Kentucky Derby: Louisiana Derby Preview
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by Will McClaughry
1y ago
The 2023 Louisiana Derby will be Race 12 on March 25th at Fair Grounds. Post time is set for 5:42 PM CT. This Grade II race is one and 3/16 miles and has a purse of $1,000,000. This Kentucky Derby prep race offers 100 qualifying points for first place, 40 for second, 30 for third, 20 for fourth and 10 for fifth place. There are twelve horses in the field this year. Last year’s winner was Epicenter. Let’s take a look at the field. Instant Coffee is the morning line favorite at 2-1. He comes off a win in the Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds and a win in the Kentucky Jockey Club in November. He’s ..read more
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Phillies vs Astros: World Series Preview
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by Will McClaughry
1y ago
The Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros will meet in this year’s fall classic. At the beginning of the season, the Astros had the 4th-highest World Series odds, while the Phillies were 10th highest (Fangraphs). Below we see the top 10 World Series probabilities from before the season started. The Astros have been dominant this year, finishing the regular season with an American League best 106-56 record. They’ve continued that into the postseason, winning all seven of their games. Although it’s not like it’s been an easy 7-0. Four of those seven have been by just one run. One of those wa ..read more
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2022 Haskell Stakes Preview: Jack Christopher vs Taiba?
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by Will McClaughry
1y ago
The 2022 Haskell Stakes will be Race 12 on July 23rd at Monmouth Park. Post time is set for 4:45 PM CT. This Grade I race is one and 1/8 miles and has a purse of $1,000,000. The race is for three-year olds and is the winner will receive free entry into the 2022 Breeders’ Cup Classic. There are nine horses in the field this year. Last year’s winner was Mandaloun. Let’s take a look at the rankings for everyone in this year’s field. Jack Christopher was arguably the favorite going into last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile before he was scratched. Given the time off to recover he wasn’t on the Kent ..read more
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MLB All-Star Audit: Are the Right Players In?
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by Will McClaughry
1y ago
The 2022 MLB All-Star Game will take place on Tuesday, July 2019 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Now that rosters are out, it’s time to ask if all the right guys are included as “All-Stars”. Now of course there’s the MLB rule that every team needs a representative, so that will skew who is an All-Star, but whether or not that should be a rule is another argument. Starting Pitchers I’ve kept track of a stat I’m calling Pitcher Score all year. This stat gives a pitcher a number from 0-100 based on each outing. The average MLB start is a 70. This score is determined by expected statistics like ..read more
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2022 Belmont Stakes Preview: Rich Strike Returns
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by Will McClaughry
1y ago
This year’s Belmont Day undercard is packed with top-level horses that should make for some great races. Jack Christopher will race in the Woody Stephens- he might actually be the best 3-year-old. The Ogden Phipps has only five horses, but is absolutely stacked with Letruska, Bonny South, Malathaat, Clairiere and Search Results. The Met Mile has Flightline vs Speaker’s Corner and last year’s Breeder’s Cup Sprint Winner Aloha West. Not to mention some great turf races with the Just a Game, Jaipur and Manhattan. In total, eight grade one races and a grade two should make for a spectacular day of ..read more
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2022 Preakness Preview: Epicenter or the field?
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by Will McClaughry
2y ago
There will be no triple crown chase this year with Derby-winner Rich Strike opting to train for the Belmont rather than the Preakness, but we should still get an intriguing race on Saturday! The 2022 Preakness Stakes will be Race 13 on May 21st at Pimlico. Post time is set for 6:01 PM CT. This Grade I race is one and 3/16 miles and has a purse of $1,500,000. The race is for three-year olds and is the second race in the triple crown. There are nine horses in the field this year. Last year’s winner was Rombauer. Just three (Epicenter, Simplification and Happy Jack) of this year’s nine runners ra ..read more
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