Mary E. West

Given the hype surrounding Thousand Words and Tizamagician in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes, it is difficult to imagine an accep...

As often pointed out here, the inside speed in a race usually takes the worst of a contested lead. And by lining up inside of Spun to Run in Saturday'...

More than six months after the "official" sign lit at Churchill Downs, we appear to have a 2019 Kentucky Derby winner in Country House after the lega...

One handicapping rule is to view with skepticism a major horse returning from a layoff in a lower-class race than normal, such as an allowance or Grad...

Gary and Mary West’s Maximum Security, winner of Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million TVG.com Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park, has moved back in...

Maximum Security crossed the wire first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby, but in a shocking turn of events, he was later disqualified. Instead of the F...

I've shared my fair amount of doubt and criticism on here regarding Instagrand, the son of Into Mischief who was overhyped without even running i...

Most value-minded horse players do not like it when public handicappers pick the same horse. When it comes to betting, the less attention given to a l...

As revealed earlier this week by the Daily Racing Form, trainer Bob Baffert is planning to send both Game Winner and Improbable to the Grade 2, $500,0...

Choosing the Bob Baffert-trained Game Winner in the Grade 1, $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita Park may initially sound like...