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Sharp Angle – Pennsylvania Derby

Pennsylvania Derby. at Parx
9F on Dirt (September 21)

Horse Racing Data Analyzed: Last 10 editions of the Pennsylvania Derby
Date Range: January 1, 2012 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Best Speed This Distance
Factor Stats: 17 contenders, 7 winners (41%, $62.60 Win Return, 284 ROI%), 10 Place (58%, $9.60 Place Return), 11 Show (64%, $1.10 Show Return)

Saturday's Pennsylvania Derby has drawn another deep and competitive field of 11 3-year-olds including our 2024 Santa Anita Derby and Preakness Stakes champions.

The Betmix Angler online handicapping database was built for tough handicapping challenges like this one. A dive into Angler tells us that the Best Speed This Distance handicapping factor has produced 7 of the past 10 Pa Derby winners. Those victors include the 2019 upsetter Math Wizard who scored at 31-1 and last year's favored winner Saudi Crown.

Find this race in Betmix Birddog and use the Best Speed This Distance slider to see which horse ranks first in this factor. That’s the Sharp Angles play.

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Sharp Angle – Sensible Lady S.

Sensible Lady S. at Laurel
6F on Turf (September 14)

Horse Racing Data Analyzed: Last 25 6-furlong turf stakes at Laurel
Date Range: January 1, 2012 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Trainer 1-Year Win %
Factor Stats: 27 contenders, 3 winners (11%, $46.00 Win Return, 185 ROI%), 8 Place (29%, $15.40 Place Return), 9 Show (33%)

It's a 3-Stakes Saturday at Laurel this weekend, including the $100,000 Sensible Lady Stakes that drew an overflow field of distaff turf sprinters.

We turned to the Betmix Angler online handicapping database for guidance with this ultra tough handicapping puzzle and discovered that the Trainer 1-Year Win % handicapping factor has yielded a $46 Win Return in this race type along with double digit Place Return!

Find this race in Betmix Birddog and use the  Trainer 1-Year Win % slider to see which horse ranks first in this factor. That’s the Sharp Angles play.

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Sharp Angle – John C. Mabee S.

John C. Mabee S. (G2) at Del Mar
9F on Turf (September 7)

Horse Racing Data Analyzed: Last 59 9-furlong graded turf stakes at Del Mar
Date Range: January 1, 2012 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Jockey Current Meet
Factor Stats: 68 contenders, 19 winners (28%, $36.40 Win Return, 126 ROI%), 28 Place (41%), 36 Show (53%)

The Grade 2 John C. Mabee S. is one of the 5 Stakes on the final weekend of the 2024 Del Mar meeting and a competitive field will face the starter.

We turned to the Betmix Angler online handicapping database for guidance and discovered that 28% of the past 59 9-furlong graded turf stakes at the Pacific shore oval fell to the horse ranking first in the Jockey Current Meet handicapping factor.

The 19 winners in the sample have generated a positive $36.40 Win Return and over 50% of the contenders have factored in the trifecta. So it may be a good idea to go with the hottest jock.

Find this race in Betmix Birddog and use the Jockey Current Meet slider to see which horse ranks first in this factor. That’s the Sharp Angles play.

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Sharp Angle – Ladies Turf Sprint

Ladies Turf Sprint S.
6.5F on turf at Kentucky Downs (August 31)
Races Analyzed
: Last 36 Kentucky Downs 6.5 furlong stakes
Date Range: January 1, 2013 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Trainer/Jockey Combo 2YR Win %
Factor Stats: 43 contenders, 10 winners (23%) $56.26 Win Return, 11 Place (25%), 15 Show (34%)

Huge purses drawing huge fields to contest races over a sprawling European-style course means there are no gimmies for handicappers at Kentucky Downs. Luckily for bettors, there is the Betmix Angler handicapping database.

We used Angler to analyze the 6.5 furlong stakes at the Southern Kentucky course with the hope of isolating a positive angle for the Ladies Turf Sprint S. that drew an overflow field of fillies and mares chasing a $1.5 million purse pot. Not surprisingly, Angler came through.

The Trainer/Jockey Combo 2YR Win % factor has pointed to 23% winners and, more compelling, a $56.46 Win Return. In fact, half of the 10 winners this factor has pointed to have paid double digits.

Find this race in Betmix Birddog and use the Best Speed Last 3 slider to see which horse ranks first in this factor. That’s the Sharp Angles play.

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Sharp Angle – Travers S.

Travers S. (G1)
10F on dirt at Saratoga (August 24)
Races Analyzed
: Last 28 Saratoga 10F dirt G1 Stakes at Saratoga
Date Range: January 1, 2013 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Win %
Factor Stats: 35 contenders, 12 winners (34%), $59.60 Win Return/185 ROI% , 17 Place (49%), $15.40 Place Return, 20 Show (57%)

With the presence of filly Thorpedo Anna, the on again, off again Fierceness, Dornoch going for his third straight Grade 1 victory and Sierra Leone always threatening to come over the top, this year's Travers is has no shortage of story lines.

We turned to the Betmix Angler online handicapping database for clues and found that the Win % handicapping factor has shown good returns in the 10-furlong dirt Grade 1s at Saratoga.

This factor has pointed to 34% winners of this race type, including quartet of double digit Travers winners in Catholic Boy ($16.20), West Coast ($14.20), Arrogate ($25.40) and V. E. Day ($41.00).

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Sharp Angle – Alabama S.

Alabama S. (G1)
10F on dirt at Saratoga (August 17)
Races Analyzed
: Last 27 Saratoga 10F dirt G1 Stakes at Saratoga
Date Range: January 1, 2013 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Win %
Factor Stats: 27 contenders, 12 winners (35%), $61.60 Win Return/190 ROI% , 17 Place (50%), $17.40 Place Return, 20 Show (58%), $1.50 Show Return

The 2024 Saratoga meeting is starting to heat up with the historic Alabama Stakes anchoring the Saturday card.

While superstar filly Thorpedo Anna awaits the Travers, a competitive field of 8 will face the starter,so we turned to the Betmix Angler online handicapping database for clues and found that the Win % handicapping factor has shown good returns in the 10-furlong dirt Grade 1s at Saratoga.

This factor has pointed to 35% winners of this race type, including 4 Alabama winners. While the winningest horses tend to be well-bet, no one will complain about a $69.60 Win Return along with a positive returns in the Place and Show spots as well.

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Sharp Angle – Yellow Ribbon

Yellow Ribbon S. (G2)
8.5F on Turf (August 12)

Horse Racing Data Analyzed: Last 30 8.5F graded turf at Del Mar.
Date Range: January 1, 2012 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Avg. Last 3 Race Classes
Factor Stats: 34 contenders, 9 winners (26%, $53.80 Win Return, 179 ROI%), 12 Place (35%), 17 Show (50%)

Saturday's Yellow Ribbon S. at Del Mar brings together the best middle distance turf distaffers on the West Coast.

We turned to Betmix Angler, the world's most powerful online handicapping database, for some insights and learned that the Avg. Last 3 Race Classes handicapping factor has pointed to 26% winners of this race while generating a very healthy $53.80 Win Return. Fully half of the contenders have participated in the trifecta payouts as well.

This factor has pointed to 3 recent Yellow Ribbon winners as well, Cambodia ($5.40) in 2018, Beau Recall ($6.00) the following year and 2022 heroine Going Global ($3.40). So this factor seems a great place to start when playing this race at the windows or on Xpressbet.

Find this race in Betmix Birddog and use the Avg. Last 3 Race Classes slider to see which horse ranks first in this factor. That’s the Sharp Angles play.

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Sharp Angle – Saratoga Oaks & Saratoga Derby

Horse Racing Data Analyzed: Last 34 Saratoga graded turf stakes at 9-10 furlongs
Date Range: January 1, 2012 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Trainer 1-Year Win %
Factor Stats: 33 contenders, 16 winners (25%, $42.40 Win Return, 133 ROI%), 25 Place/Show (39%, $5.20 Place Return), 36 Show ($2.50 Show Return)

Three-year-old distance turfers get their chance to shine this weekend at Saratoga in a pair of rich stakes, Friday's Saratoga Oaks and Saturday's Saratoga Derby.

We turned to Betmix Angler, the world's most powerful online handicapping database, for some insights and learned that the Trainer 1-Year Win % handicapping factor has been profitable in this race type.

The 16 winners this factor has pointed to include the winner of the 2021 Derby, State of Rest, who scored at 21-1.

Find this race in Betmix Birddog before wagering on Xpressbet and use the Trainer 1-Year Win % slider to see which horse ranks first in this factor. That’s the Sharp Angles play.

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Sharp Angle – Monmouth Oaks

Monmouth Oaks (G3)
8.5F on Dirt (July 27)

Horse Racing Data Analyzed: Last 41, 8.5 furlong Graded dirt Stakes at Monmouth
Date Range: January 1, 2012 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Jockey This Meet
Factor Stats: 43 contenders, 13 winners (30%, $9.40 Win Return, 119 ROI%), 24 Place (55%, $7.10 Place Return), 31 Show (72%, $1.20 Show Return)

The 3-year-old colts were in the spotlight last Saturday at Monmouth Park and the Betmix Angler online handicapping database was on point as winner Dornoch ranked first in our featured handicapping factor. We go back to Monmouth this week where the 3-year-old fillies take center stage in a very competitive edition of the Monmouth Oaks.

Angler reveals that the Jockey Current Meet handicapping factor has been productive in the 8.5 furlong graded dirt stakes at the Jersey Shore oval, pointing to 30% winners and postive returns across the board.

Find this race in Betmix Birddog and use the Jockey Current Meet slider to see which horse ranks first in this factor. That’s the Sharp Angles play.

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Sharp Angle – Haskell S.

Haskell S. (G1)
9F on Dirt (July 20)

Horse Racing Data Analyzed: Last 11 editions of the Haskell
Date Range: January 1, 2012 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Best Lifetime Speed
Factor Stats: 16 contenders, 6 winners (37%, $15.40 Win Return, 148 ROI%), 8 Place/Show (50%, $4.50 Place Return), 9 Show (56%)

Saturday's Haskell Stakes has drawn a typically fascinating field of 8 sophomores including the 1-2 finishers in the Belmont Stakes.

We turned to Betmix Angler, the world's most powerful online thoroughbred handicapping database, for some insights. We learned that the Best Lifetime Speed handicapping factor has pointed to 6 of the past 11 winners of the Haskell. while generating a $15.40 Win Return. The sample includes the double-digit winners Girvin ($20.40) and Bayern ($11.40).

Find this race in Betmix Birddog and use the Best Lifetime Speed slider to see which horse ranks first in this factor. That’s the Sharp Angles play.

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