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Handicapper Mike Somich To Feature In EquinEdge’s New Live Show ‘Good Chalk/Bad Chalk’

EquinEdge™ will present a new, live horse racing show each Thursday night beginning Oct. 21 at 9:00 PM Eastern. The YouTube live stream will feature Mike Somich, co-host of The Magic Mike Show, along with Brady Klotz, a leading EquinEdge™ player, talking horse racing, building winning tickets and making selections for racing around the country.

Good Chalk / Bad Chalk will provide an opportunity for fans to participate in handicapping races with two of the best players in the business while enjoying some great conversation with the EquinEdge™ Community. Mike and Brady will use the EquinEdge™ platform on the show to instruct and inform players on the best use of the EquinEdge™ data and tool sets including the Genetic Strength Rating (GSR™), Strength of Race (SOR™) and the unique EE Ticket Generator.

The show will kick off this Thursday night when they'll cover Charles Town and Remington Park. Join the show here: https://youtu.be/AzV8YAinDlQ.

Mike Somich has become known for cashing large, multi-race tickets, and most recently, he's been focused on the tournament scene where he has qualified for NHC three consecutive years and won more than $65,000 across multiple tournaments over 2020 Breeders Cup weekend. You can find his product, the Somobombs, and The Magic Mike Show, along with co-host Curtis Kalleward, at RacingDudes.com

Brady Klotz burst onto the tournament scene this year by finishing 2nd in the 2021 Pegasus World Cup Betting Challenge. He is known for his hammer-ticket style of play. Brady finds favorites to fade and value plays to press his opinions.

“Mike is an absolute encyclopedia of racing knowledge, and he plays racing with a passion. Brady is a successful horseplayer and an engaging racing talent, and the two of them will provide a lot of value and fun with EquinEdge™ as their handicapping tool of choice,” stated Scotty McKeever, Founder and CEO of EquinEdge™.

About EquinEdge™

EquinEdge™ is a mobile and web-based platform that utilizes multiple data sets and unique, artificial intelligence-driven algorithms to develop values that enable players to quickly analyze any US horse race from competitive, genetic, and odds value angles. These values are combined with useful navigation and sorting tools and a unique wager generator tool to design tickets that win.

EquinEdge™ offers new subscribers an initial week of free service to try out the platform and to learn about its data. Go to EquinEdge™.com for more details.

About Racing Dudes

Racing Dudes.com is a destination site for free and premium picks and full stakes previews and recaps with options for any skill level. Racing Dudes Live, which covers major stakes days on the Racing Dudes YouTube channel, adds to the lineup which includes the titles Blinkers Off, The Magic Mike Show, The Rocket Hour and Dudes Who Bet Sports.

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Friday’s Stronach 5 Wager Features $76,823 Carryover

The weekend will begin with a bang Friday with a rare carryover in the Stronach 5 of $76,823.80.

The popular wager will feature a low 12-percent takeout and races from Laurel Park, Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields.

The Stronach 5 begins with Laurel Park's very competitive eighth race, a maiden special weight event for 2-year-olds at seven furlongs.

Figlio Del Re, a son of Galileo trained by Graham Motion, draws the rail, and makes his second career start after finishing a well-beaten eighth at Belmont Park Sept. 18 on the turf. The winner of the Sept. 18 race, Slipstream, came back to win the Futurity (G3) Oct. 10 at Belmont while the second-place Futurity finisher, Run Curtis Run, had won the Rick Violette Stakes earlier in the summer at Saratoga.

Trainer Michael Trombetta will saddle two in the Laurel eighth. Caminero, a son of Lord Nelson, will be making his debut while Souper Royal Moon comes off a seventh-place finish in his debut. Trainer Jose Corrales will saddle Backnthewoods coming off a fourth-place finish against similar company Sept. 17 at Belmont.

Santa Anita's third race, a $50,000 maiden claiming event for California-bred or sired horses 3-year-olds and up going six furlongs, is wide-open. What an Idea, a son of Shackleford, makes his debut for trainer Peter Miller and jockey Flavien Prat. Devil Be Me returns after a seventh-place finish in his debut Sept. 24 at Los Alamitos and Straus's Place makes his second start after finishing fifth, beaten only 2 ¾ lengths, Sept. 12 at Las Alamitos.

The Stronach 5 heads to Gulfstream for its ninth race, a claiming event at 1 1/16 miles on the Tapeta. It's been two years and 23 starts since Gran Malbec has visited the winner's circle, but the tough 6-year-old enters this race after finishing second by a neck last time out on this surface. Til the End rallied last out on the Tapeta to finish fifth, beaten only 1 ½ lengths for the win. Golden Decision will also be running late for trainer Gustavo Delgado and jockey Cristian Torres.

Laurel's ninth race, an allowance optional claiming event at 5 ½ furlong on the turf, brings together another competitive group. Hugh McMahon saddles Rohrbacher, who has finished first, second or third in 10 of his last 12 starts and 10 of 11 starts at the distance and surface. Charmed, trained by Philip Antonacci, comes into the race off a victory against allowance company at Monmouth Sept. 26 at the distance and on turf.

The Stronach 5 concludes at Golden Gate Fields with its third race, a starter allowance at 1 1/16 mile. Anitanewmercedes goes for his third consecutive victory while Baby Frankie goes for his second consecutive win. Iz Invincible has been a model of consistency, finishing first, second or third in 10 of his last 13 starts for trainer and co-owner William Delia. The gelding reeled off four consecutive victories at Golden Gate earlier in the year.

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Friday's races and sequence

Leg One –Laurel Race 8: (9 entries, 7 furlongs) 4 :40 ET, 1:40 PT
Leg Two –Santa Anita Race 3: (10 entries, 6 furlongs) 5:02 ET, 2:02 PT
Leg Three –Gulfstream Race 9: (9 entries, 1 1/16 mile) 5:06 ET, 2:06 PT
Leg Four – Laurel Race 9: (12 entries, 5 ½ furlongs turf) 5:12 ET, 2:12 PT
Leg Five –Golden Gate Race 3: (7 entries, 1 1/16 mile) 5:20 ET, 2:20 PT

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, and GoldenGateFields.com.

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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Flying Close To The Edge: Gambling Drone Operators Fighting For Their Rights In UK

Self-described professional gambler Michael McCool is engaged in an ongoing battle with racing authorities over his use of drones to gain an advantage on in-race betting on horse racing, reports wired.co.uk. The footage of races used in betting shops has a built in delay due to broadcast technology, so McCool's ability to reduce that latency gives him an advantage of up to three seconds over most bettors.

Racecourse operators are concerned about both the safety of the race participants and the integrity of the betting product.

“There is no way to know where, and by whom, such broadcasts are being used,” a spokesperson for Arena Racing Company, which runs 16 horse racing courses and two greyhound tracks, told Wired. “In an environment when gambling and gambling controls are under significant scrutiny, it cannot be right that these operators dronehave such a simple way to exploit the loopholes and potentially expose the vulnerable to unlicensed routes to betting. Furthermore, it creates significant concern for all sports and live events over their ability to stage events and control their own business, into which they will have invested millions of pounds.”

The UK's Gambling Commission examined in-race wagering in September of 2016, but determined it wasn't an institutional problem for the industry: “In-play betting does not appear to generate specific additional risks to the licensing objectives as long as betting customers are sufficiently aware of their position and the respective positions of other players and the betting operators. We do not consider it necessary to intervene to prevent some players using technology to gain an advantage in terms of speed of information, provided it is clear to all players that this can be done.”

McCool argues that the advantage he gains via drone footage is part of what makes him a professional gambler.

“It's all about what edge you can get,” McCool told Wired. “You need an edge. You can't class yourself as a professional gambler if you've not got an edge. If you haven't got an edge, you're just a gambler; somebody betting on bingo and Peruvian netball.”

Sunday Pick 6 At Belmont Bolstered By $57,735 Carryover

Sunday's Pick 6 will be boosted by a $57,735 carryover as the multi-race wager went unsolved on Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

The $1 Pick 6 returned $916 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly.

Saturday's Pick 6 sequence kicked off in Race 5 when trainer Michelle Nevin and Kendrick Carmouche teamed up to win a seven-furlong turf allowance for New York-bred fillies and mares with Show Me the Honey [No. 4, $14.20].

Trainer Chad Brown earned his fifth victory in the $200,000 Grade 2 Sands Point [Race 6] when Head of Plains Partners homebred Fluffy Socks [No. 7, $10.20] rallied to an impressive score under jockey Joel Rosario.

Apprentice rider Omar Hernandez Moreno piloted Hoopla [No. 5, $5.80] to his second career victory in Race 7 for trainer Bruce Brown.

Brown and Rosario teamed up for victory once more in Race 8 when Gabby Squared [No. 7, $6.00] won by three lengths over the inner turf for a $30,000 tag.

Happy Sophia [No. 5, $30.00] lit up the tote board in the penultimate leg of the sequence under veteran rider Mike Luzzi for trainer Randi Persaud.

Closing out the sequence in Race 10, Three Diamonds Farm's Lemon Taffy [No. 5, $10.20] made her seventh career start a winning one for trainer Mike Maker.

Featuring a $1 bet minimum and 15 percent takeout, the Pick 6 wager requires bettors to select the first-place finisher of six designated races on the card. A total of 75 percent of the full pool, minus takeout, will be distributed to bettors who select the first-place finisher of all six races. A consolation payout of 25 percent of the net pool will be distributed to tickets selecting 5-of-6 winners.

Sunday's Pick 6 kicks off in Race 4 at 2:11 p.m. Eastern and includes the $150,000 Floral Park for fillies and mares going six furlongs over the inner turf. First post on the 9-race card is 12:35 p.m.

America's Day at the Races will present daily coverage and analysis of the fall meet at Belmont Park on the networks of FOX Sports. For the complete broadcast schedule, visit https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/tv-schedule.

NYRA Bets is the official wagering platform of Belmont Park, and the best way to bet every race of the fall meet. Available to horseplayers nationwide, the NYRA Bets app is available for download today on iOS and Android at www.NYRABets.com.

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