An 11-horse field has assembled for Saturday evening’s $250,000 Iowa Derby at Prairie Meadows. You might assume that with so many horses in the entries, the 1 1/16-mile contest for 3-year-olds is ripe for an upset winner. But that doesn’t appear to be the case.
Month: July 2024
An Exotic Strategy for Betting the 2024 Belmont Oaks
The $500,000, Grade 1 Fasig-Tipton Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes drew a quality cast of nine 3-year-old fillies for a 1 3/16-mile turf stakes that looks like the best betting race from among four graded stakes on the July 6 card at the Belmont at the Big A meet.
On the Rise: Devon Bradley
Devon Bradley, who works at Bradley Thoroughbreds alongside her father, Peter, didn’t initially have her sights on a career in the racing industry. Upon graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University, where she played soccer, the Kentucky native moved to Boston to sell exchange-traded funds for State Street Global Advisors.
Kieran Shoemark’s struggles with the Gosdens is drawing parallels to Peter Crouch’s start at Liverpool… Crouchy eventually turned the tide – why can’t the same happen for Shoemark?
DOMINIC KING: Much has happened since that demanding, draining autumn 19 years ago but the character building events are never far from Peter Crouch's mind.
