Horses worth watching, a list of runners compiled by handicapper/turf writer Greg Melikov that should improve significantly or do well next time out, won four times, ran second six times and finished third three times since Oct. 11. These thoroughbreds are worth considering when developing your betting strategy.
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Upper Gulch: Raced 14 ½ lengths behind in [...]
Forget the all the armchair quarterbacks and retired coaches on TV. If you really want to know what might happen in a game, talk to the people that post the odds at a leading sportsbook. This week, the New York Giants will journey to a Mile High altitude to square off [...]
The Cigar Mile, named for the top money-winning thoroughbred for a decade, has attracted several contenders that raced at the distance only once.
Well, Cigar ran a mile on the dirt only twice in his 33-race career, both times at Aqueduct where the Grade 1 has been held except for 1993 since debuting in ’88 as [...]
As the NFL’s undefeated squads, the Indianapolis Colt and the New Orleans have flip-flopped positions in some of the Week 9 NFL power rankings that most sports bettors follow these days. Apparently, the sports betting crowd was even more impressed by the Saints’ ESPN “Monday Night Football” victory over the Atlanta Falcons than they were [...]
The game of online poker has become tougher in the last few years. It is harder now to jump into a game and become profitable therefore use some of these tips to have an edge.
Sort games by “Viewed-Flop Percentage”. More players seeing the pot means more multi way pots which means [...]
Gulfstream Park played musical stakes six weeks before its 68th season opens on Sunday, Jan. 3. It involves the much-heralded Run for the Roses.
Back in August, track officials announced the stakes schedule, which had the 59th Florida Derby tabbed for March 27, five Saturdays before the Kentucky Derby. But in November it [...]
Hialeah Park, 84 years after its debut in the Roaring ’20s, is back from the dead and on track to hold the first of two meetings 48 hours after Thanksgiving.
It has been eight years since the last thoroughbred race was staged at the historic South Florida landmark. At one time Hialeah was known as “the [...]
No Limit Texas Hold’em is a very complicated game that can be very difficult for beginners.
You get together with your friends every weekend and you lose your stack. You deposit a few bucks to an online site and you lose your bankroll. What seems to be the problem? Are you just that unlucky? Are you [...]
Horses worth watching, a list of runners compiled by handicapper/turf writer Greg Melikov that should improve significantly or do well next time out, won five times, ran second four and finished third once since Oct. 11. These thoroughbreds are worth considering when developing your betting strategy.
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Chestoria: Raced sixth more than 13 lengths behind after a [...]
Here are my picks for the 26th Breeders’ Cup starting with Friday:
$500,000 Marathon, 1 ¾ miles: None of the 10 horses has gone this far. Nite Lite, Cloudy’s Knight and Mastery show the best recent form. But I’m passing.
$1 Million Juvenile Fillies Turf, a mile: My exacta box is [...]
