It’s hard to believe that it’s been 35 years since John Henry nosed out The Bart in the inaugural Arlington Million at our Track of the Week, Arlington Park. While the suburban Chicago track faces more challenges today than it did three decades ago, Million Day remains a major event on the Chicago sports calendar. This Read More

They’ve been racing at Mountaineer Park, this week’s Betmix Track of the Week, since 1951. On Saturday afternoon the track will host it’s biggest day of the season with a seven stakes card highlighted by the $750,000 West Virginia Derby (G2). Leading up to Saturday there are a trio of weeknight cards. See below for tips Read More

It’s Haskell weekend at Monmouth Park, our track of the week. See below for some Angles that can help you play the historic Jersey Shore track via the Free Race of the Day page. Sharp Angle – Sunday, July 30 Haskell Invitational (G1). 9F on dirt Horse Racing Data Analyzed: 11 stakes for three-year-olds at Read More

July 21 is opening day at Saratoga! Let’s take a look at the best 2 factor combinations using data over the last 3 years. In our previous post for Del Mar stats, we looked at the best single factor for each race. At Saratoga we are going to use a combination of 2 factors for each race type. The Read More

July 19 is opening day at Del Mar, and to kick it off we are going to look at the best factors for different race types at the track. This data is based on the last 2 years of racing at Del Mar and is broken down by Dirt/Turf, Sprint/Route and Race Class.When looking at Read More

Next up in our Track of the Week series is Finger Lakes Racing & Gaming, located in Canandaigua, New York. The track hosts it’s biggest day of the year on Saturday, July 22 when the New York Derby and New York Oaks are on the card. We’ll be highlighting some Angles that have been working Read More

We continue our Track of the Week series at Delaware Park, home of Saturday’s historic Delaware Handicap (G1). We’ll be highlighting some Angles that have been working well over the past month or so. These angles can be tried in that day’s Free Race of the Day. Wednesday, July 12 8th Race at Delaware Park Read More

Queen’s Plate 10F on Tapeta at Woodbine (July 2) Horse Racing Data Analyzed: 12 stakes at 10 furlongs on all weather Date Range: January 1, 2013 – Present Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Avg. of Last 3 E1 Pace Factor Stats: 15 contenders, 4 winners (27%, $41.30 flat win bet profit, 237 ROI%), 67% in-the-money Read More

Bold Ruckus S. 6F on the turf at Woodbine (June 25) Horse Racing Data Analyzed: 17 stakes at 6 furlongs on turf Date Range: January 1, 2013 – Present Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Avg. of Last 3 Late Pace Factor Stats: 18 contenders, 5 winners (28%, $21.60 flat win bet profit, 159 ROI%), 56% Read More

Niagara S. 6F on the dirt at Finger Lakes (June 19) Horse Racing Data Analyzed: 41 stakes at 6 furlongs on dirt Date Range: January 1, 2013 – Present Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Avg. Last 3 E2 Pace + top 2 ranking in Best Speed Last 3 Factor Stats: 32 contenders, 17 winners (53.1%, Read More

Fleur de Lis H. (G2) 9F on the dirt at Churchill Downs (June 17) Horse Racing Data Analyzed: 15 stakes at 8.5 & 9 furlongs on dirt Date Range: January 1, 2013 – Present Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Trainer Current Meet Factor Stats: 15 contenders, 5 winners (33%, $22 flat win bet profit, 173 Read More

The importance of speed can sometimes get lost in all of the other data that you consider when handicapping a race. We have added a new button in the Factor Statistics section of BirdDog that allows you to see how important certain Speed factors are for the race you are handicapping. Most of the information Read More

Just a Game S. (G1) 8F on the turf at Belmont Park (June 10) Horse Racing Data Analyzed: 13 stakes at 8 furlongs on turf Date Range: January 1, 2013 – Present Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Avg. Earnings this Distance Factor Stats: 13 contenders, 5 winners (38%, $26.20 flat win bet profit, 200 ROI%) Read More

Pennine Ridge S. (G3) 9F on the turf at Belmont Park (June 3) Horse Racing Data Analyzed: 15 stakes for three-year-olds at 9 furlongs on turf Date Range: January 1, 2013 – Present Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Avg. Turf Earnings Factor Stats: 15 contenders, 8 winners (53%, $20.20 flat win bet profit, 167 ROI%); Read More

Monrovia S. (G2) 6.5F on the turf at Santa Anita (May 27) Races Analyzed: 29 graded stakes at 6.5 furlongs on turf Date Range: January 1, 2013 – Present Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Avg. Earnings This Track + 1st or 2nd in Last Turn Time Factor Stats: 13 contenders, 8 winners (61%, $24.60 flat win Read More

Jim McKay Turf Sprint S. & The Very One S. 5F on the turf at Pimlico (May 20) Races Analyzed: 15 stakes at 5 furlongs on turf Date Range: January 1, 2013 – Present Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Speed This Distance Factor Stats: 15 contenders, 12 winners (80%, $57.00 flat win bet profit, 290 Read More

Man o’ War S. (G1) 11F on the turf at Belmont Park (May 13) Races Analyzed: 14 Graded stakes between 11 & 12 furlongs on turf Date Range: January 1, 2013 – Present Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Average Lifetime Earnings Factor Stats: 14 contenders, 6 winners (43%, $17.60 flat win bet profit, 163 ROI%) Read More

The Derby is a very difficult puzzle to solve. 20 horses in a race that are running a distance they have never run before.  It only happens once a year, so there is a very limited amount of data available for reliable analytics. We have 5 years worth of data in Betmix. We could go Read More

Now you can get a much better picture of how each horse ranks in every handicapping factor. The Factor Statistics section of BirdDog always showed how all the factors were ranked, from best to worst, and allowed you to sort based on things like Win%, ROI, etc. You could also see which horses were ranked in Read More

Elkhorn S. (G2) 12F on the turf at Keeneland (April 22) Races Analyzed: 17 stakes at 12 furlongs on turf Date Range: January 1, 2013 – Present Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Jockey Current Meet Factor Stats: 21 contenders, 6 winners (28%, $82 flat win bet profit, 295 ROI%), 11 1st or 2nd (52%, $42.40 Read More