The owners of Gulfstream Park have tried several ways to lure a young and well-heeled crowd to the Pegasus World Cup over its five-year existence — most of which had little to do with horse racing.
Mike Brunker
Mike Brunker 's horse racing column is online Thursdays and appears in Friday's print edition of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Officials with the New York Racing Association this week announced big changes that will see the race move ahead of the rescheduled Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes.
Racing industry heavyweights launched a major initiative to improve safety measures for horses and riders. Those pushing for a ban were not impressed.
Management at Santa Anita now plans to reopen for racing on March 29 after agreeing to delay its edict banning all race-day medication. But some industry groups are panning the new rule, saying it will actually harm horses.
“You never know what is going to come through that door,” Rick Harrison of “Pawn Stars” fame says. He was never more spot on than when a man showed up recently with Affirmed’s Triple Crown trophy in hand.
In the year since this column debuted, we have handicapped 94 races at 24 different tracks and show a profit of $20.10 on a mythical $2 win bet on the handicappers’ top picks. That works out to a return on investment of $2.20.
Here are a few lessons from the first 17 races the #RJhorseracing handicapping group has collectively handicapped at eight racetracks.