8.5F on Turf (October 13)
Horse Racing Data Analyzed: Last 12 9-furlong turf stakes at Keeneland
Date Range: January 1, 2012 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st Last Late Pace
Factor Stats: 14 contenders, 4 winners (38%, $146.20 Win Return, 615 ROI%), 6 Place/Show (42%, $45 Place Return, $13.10 Show Return)

After the past couple weekend of plentiful Breeders' Cup preps, racing fans and horseplayers will have to settle for a lone Grade 1 this weekend, the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland. But at least it's a good one with a field 10 of sophomore fillies set to face the starter.

The Betmix Angler online handicapping database has all the data needed to look for successful handicapping factors for any racetypes. In this instance, Angler reveals that the Last Late Pace factor has been very lucrative in the 9-furlong turf stakes on the Keeneland lawn.

One third of the contenders have crossed the wire first, including 74-1 Ever Dangerous (2020 Bryan Station S.) and a trio of recent QE II heroines.

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Alcibiades S & Breeders Futurity at Keeneland
8.5F on Dirt (October 4 & 5)
Horse Racing Data Analyzed: Last 41 G1 8.5-furlong dirt stakes at Keeneland
Date Range: January 1, 2012 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st Last E 1 Pace
Factor Stats: 49 contenders, 7 winners (14%, $101.00 Win Return, 203 ROI%), 12 Place (24%, $3.80 Place Return), 20 Show (40%, $15.58 Show Return)

Here we go! Keeneland roars back to life with typically deep and contentious cards to open up the 2024 Fall Meeting.

Perhaps the two toughest contests over the first three days of the meet are the two Grade 1's for the juvenile set, Friday's Alcibiades and Saturday's Breeders' Futurity. Each as drawn typically deep and contentious fields.

So what does the Betmix Angler online handicapping database have to say about these races? Angler tells us that the Last E1 Pace handicapping factor has pointed to 14% winners of the recent 8.5 furlong dirt Grade 1´s at the historic Lexington oval.

The whopping $101 Win Return was certainly helped by 70-1 Knicks Go in 2018 but this factor has also pointed to other double digit winners like Gomo, who paid $12.60 to his backers in the 2015 Futurity and last year's Alcibiades heroine Wonder Wheel ($15).

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Ack Ack S. (G3)
8F on Dirt at Churchill Downs (September 28)
Races Analyzed: Last 41 Churchill Downs 8-furlong dirt graded stakes
Date Range: January 1, 2013 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st in Trainer/Jockey Combo Meet
Factor Stats: 27 contenders, 6 winners (22%), $74.80 win bet return, 238 ROI%, 8 Place (29%), $21.88 Place Return, 10 Show (37%) $12.10 Show Return.

Racing fans are treated a slew of Breeders' Cup preps this weekend, including the Ack Ack S. at Churchill Downs. The race has drawn a field of seven salty sprinter/milers vying for a berth in the Dirt Mile.

These tough and competitive contests are made for Betmix Angler analysis and a query of this powerful online database has uncovered a profitable handicapping factor.

Angler tells us that class rules in the 8-furlong dirt graded stakes under the Twin Spires as Trainer/Jockey Combo Meet has pointed to 22% winners, 37% in-the-money finishes and positive Returns for the Win, Place and Show spots.

This factor has also pointed to three recent Ack Ack winners, including the double digit winners Tom's Ready ($11.80) and Mr. Freeze ($14.80).

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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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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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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.

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