May, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

How To Choose A Sportsbook – Guide To Online Sports Betting

Online Sports Gambling is a growing business with thousands of new players opening their accounts every day. There are new online sportsbooks and wagering establishments created every calendar day of the month, which is quite confusing for new players. It’s hard to decide and choose the best sportsbook out there. Here’s my quick guide for an unexperienced sports bettor, who is ready to roll and dive into action.

The very first thing to keep in mind is to take some time off to do some research with search engines. There are many watchdogs and webmasters who write online sportsbooks reviews and are active in several different sportsbooks forums around the world. If you notice complaints about certain sportsbook being unable to pay in time or just communicate with customers, beware. If you notice sportsbook to be blacklisted, forget that bookmaker – better safe than sorry. Even if their sign-up bonus appears to be tremendous.

We also advise you to check the location of the bookmaker. Always try to make sure that the company is legal and licensed under the government which they operate. There are some bookmakers that have limited accessibility and server uptime because of the government restrictions. Do not deposit there – it may turn out to be extremely annoying experience!

Okay, you’ve finally found a bookmaker and deposited few bucks. Now you have to test the customer service. Write them an e-mail and wait for an answer. If they’ve promised to be available 24/7 but reality is different, forget about them too. And if you are still not sure, you may also want to call them. If they don’t have a phone number at all (or it’s forwarded to cellphone), your landed on lousy sportsbook that can’t be trusted. Move on!

Trust is the most important aspect in this business. Even if everything seems to be ok, what does your gut say to you? If you’re still not sure, maybe you should stick to well-known land-based sportsbooks, to known brands. Good luck with those!

$1,297 Payoff Despite Low-Odds Winners In Friday’s Stronach 5

There were 79 winning tickets in Friday's Stronach 5 with each returning $1,297.70.

The Stronach 5 featured races from Pimlico Race Course, Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields and Gulfstream Park as well as an industry-low 12-percent takeout. Four of the five winners returned under $10 with the longest shot in the sequence going off at $6.90-1.

The Stronach 5 began with Pimlico's ninth race, a mile claiming event on the turf won by My Man Pots N Pans ($9.60) for trainer Kelly Rubley. Santa Anita's third race was next, an allowance event at six furlongs on the turf for fillies and mares that featured a heavy favorite in Lalic. The 4-year-old filly didn't disappoint at 6-5 for a $4.60 return.

Golden Gate's third race, the third leg of the Stronach 5, featured eight 2-year-olds going five furlongs after two late scratches. The winner was the 6-1 shot Love Candy ($15.80), a son of Danzing Candy trained by Ed Moger Jr.

The Stronach 5 concluded with two races from Gulfstream Park. In the eighth race, a turf event for allowance optional claimers at a mile, it was Drapes ($9), a daughter of American Pharoah, going to the winner's circle under jockey Edwin Gonzalez. In the ninth race, the final sequence of the Stronach 5, it was the 3-5 favorite Izhefrosted ($3.40) going gate-to-wire for an easy win.

Friday's races and sequence

Leg One –Pimlico 9^th Race: My Man Pots N Pans $9.60
Leg Two –Santa Anita 3rd Race: Lalic $4.60
Leg Three –Golden Gate 3^rd Race: Love Candy $15.80
Leg Four –Gulfstream Park 8^th Race: Drapes $9
Leg Five –Gulfstream 9^th Race: Ishefrosted $3.40

Fans can watch and wager on the action at 1/ST.COM/BET as well as stream all the action in English and Spanish at LaurelPark.com, SantaAnita.com, GulfstreamPark.com, andGoldenGateFields.com.

The Stronach 5 In the Money podcast, hosted by Jonathan Kinchen and Peter Thomas Fornatale, will be posted by 2 p.m. Thursday at InTheMoneyPodcast.com and will be available on iTunes and other major podcast distributors

The minimum wager on the multi-race, multi-track Stronach 5 is $1. If there are no tickets with five winners, the entire pool will be carried over to the next Friday.

If a change in racing surface is made after the wagering closes, each selection on any ticket will be considered a winning selection. If a betting interest is scratched, that selection will be substituted with the favorite in the win pool when wagering closes.

The Maryland Jockey Club serves as host of the Stronach 5.

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Curlin Colt Fights Back to Become ‘Rising Star’

West Point Thoroughbreds, Siena Farm, Bobby Flay and Woodford Racing's regally bred $1.5-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga '19 co-topper First Captain (Curlin) snatched victory from the jaws of defeat Saturday to go two-for-two and garner the 'TDN Rising Star' distinction. The chestnut got going late to get up over seven panels here Apr. 24, earning a 94 Beyer Speed Figure in the process, and was even-money to continue his promising trajectory. Pressing out in the clear among a compact field through splits of :23.69 and :47.17, First Captain seemed to come under a bit of a ride leaving the bend as 4-year-old Hometown (Constitution) tipped out and swept to the lead. Jose Ortiz kept after First Captain, however, and the chalk fought back on the inside despite Hometown making it tight on him to prevail by a length in 1:36.10.

Breeder and co-owner Bobby Flay's entry point into First Captain's prolific family was via the colt's stakes-placed second dam Lacadena (Fasliyev), who he purchased privately after she RNA'd for $1.4 million at the 2007 Fasig-Tipton November sale. Lacadena's dam is a half-sister to none other than Broodmare of the Year Better Than Honour (Deputy Minister), the second dam of another McGaughey-trained stand-out sophomore in GII Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth S. and GIII Holy Bull S. hero Greatest Honour (Tapit). America went on to take the 2015 GIII Turnback the Alarm H. after hitting the board in both the GI Mother Goose S. and GI Delaware H. The $725,000 KEESEP '12 RNA was bought back for $3.1 million at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton November sale carrying an Uncle Mo colt. She had produced a full sister to First Captain earlier that year and foaled another Curlin filly this Feb. 28.

The family got even stronger last year when Paris Lights (Curlin), out of America's half-sister Paris Bikini (Bernardini), took the GI Coaching Club American Oaks. Paris Lights annexed the GIII Distaff H. last month. Flay sold Lacadena for $1.3 million in foal to Bernardini at the 2015 Keeneland November sale, and Paris Bikini to WinStar for $425,000 at KEEJAN '16. Paris Bikini brought $1.95 million in foal to Uncle Mo at last year's FTKNOV.

West Point, Siena, Woodford and other partners unveiled another pricey and promising colt on the same day that First Captain debuted–the John Sadler-trained Flightline (Tapit) was one of the more impressive first-out winners in recent memory when scoring by 13 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita and earning the 'TDN Rising Star' nod. That $1-million Saratoga grad has not yet worked back since his debut.

3rd-Belmont, $89,240, Alw, 5-29, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, 1m, 1:36.10, sy, 1 length.
FIRST CAPTAIN, c, 3, Curlin
               1st Dam: America (GSW & MGISP, $580,532), by A.P. Indy
                2nd Dam: Lacadena, by Fasliyev
                3rd Dam: Butterfly Blue (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $100,100. Click for the Equibase.com chart, VIDEO, sponsored by TVG or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O-West Point Thoroughbreds, Siena Farm LLC, Bobby Flay & Woodford Racing, LLC; B-B. Flay Thoroughbreds (KY); T-Claude R. McGaughey III. *$1,500,000 Ylg '19 FTSAUG.

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Liam’s Map Colt Romps to ‘Rising Stardom’ at Churchill

Beau Liam (c, 3, Liam's Map–Belle of Perintown, by Dehere) stamped himself as a sophomore to watch for the second half of the season with an eye-catching 'TDN Rising Star' performance over older horses on debut at Churchill Downs Saturday.

The 5-1 chance broke well from his outside draw and sat just off the leaders in third through a sharp opening quarter in :21.73. The Stonestreet homebred, trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, revved up three deep at the quarter pole and took off in the stretch like a good thing to graduate by 7 1/2 widening lengths over Atoka (Union Rags). Heavily favored Casual Affair (Into Mischief), a strong second on debut at Keeneland Apr. 23, was a disappointing fourth after getting squeezed at the start.

The final time for six furlongs was a swift 1:08.62.

The half-brother to Tomlin (Distorted Humor), MSW & MGSP, $251,895; and Strike It Rich (Unbridled's Song), GSW, $193,966, is the fourth 'TDN Rising Star' for young sire Liam's Map. Asmussen also trained fellow 'Rising Star' and GISW Wicked Whisper (Liam's Map).

Belle of Perintown, heroine of the 2003 GII Silverbulletday S. and third-place finisher in the GII Fair Grounds Oaks, is also responsible for the 2-year-old filly Ari Oakley (Gun Runner) and a yearling filly by Good Magic. She was bred to Uncle Mo for 2021. Beau Liam's third dam Jeanne Jones (Nijinsky II) won the 1988 GI Fantasy S. at Oaklawn and was second in the GI Kentucky Oaks and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

3rd-Churchill Downs, $100,000, Msw, 5-29, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:08.62, ft, 7 1/2 lengths.
BEAU LIAM, c, 3, by Liam's Map
                1st Dam: Belle of Perintown {GSW, $265,465}, by Dehere
                2nd Dam: Hot Match, by Mr. Prospector
                3rd Dam: Jeanne Jones, by Nijinsky II
Sales history: $385,000 RNA Ylg '19 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $57,488. Click for the Equibase.com chart, VIDEO, sponsored by TVG or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.

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