Jaime Ortiz wins World Harness Handicapping Championship

DOG DAZE OF WINTER: The barking started Saturday at Gulfstream Park (GP) and continued on through the NFL playoffs on Sunday. When all was said and done, Mr. Ed had bagged four pricy scores and a nice Exacta with his Gulfstream best bets, and both his NFL Championships picks, underdogs Kansas City (+2.5) and Detroit (+7.5) were icing on the…

Collecting more than $120000 in the final race of the tournament and taking down the largest winning total in event history, Kentucky native Sean Boarman has been declared the official winner of the 2023 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge. The announcement was made upon completion of a full audit, in accordance with BCBC rules and regulations. The…

Breeders' Cup Saturday was just another day at the office for professional gambler Sean Boarman … until White Abarrio and Elite Power stepped in and helped make that particular day Boarman's best day at the office ever. Thanks to their victories, Boarman became another of the day's top winners at the 2023 Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita. He left the…

David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club LAUREL, Md. - Jose Giron of Silver Spring, Md. finished with a balance of $1885.50 to top a field of 98 entrants and capture the Maryland Jockey Club's Champions Handicapping Tournament held Saturday, Aug. 19 at Laurel Park. The fall edition of the bi-annual Champions Tournament was hosted in Laurel's refurbished…

David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club LAUREL, Md. - The Maryland Jockey Club will host the fall session of its bi-annual Champions Handicapping Tournament Saturday, Aug. 19 in the second-floor clubhouse sports bar at Laurel Park. Berths to the NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) and Pegasus World Cup…

East Rutherford, NJ - The Meadowlands Racetrack is hosting a free to play harness racing handicapping contest this Saturday, June 10. The contest is open to anyone over 18 years of age and offers a $10000 total prize pool, with prize payouts to the top ten finishers. Fans may register up until 6:30 p.m. on the night of the contest in the Clubhouse…

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment kicks off the Championship Meeton Friday, May 5,andruns through Hambletonian Day, Saturday, August 5. Live harness racing takes place every Friday and Saturday night with a 6:20pm post time. The Championship Meet features over $8 million in stakes races as well as event-filled weekends. Every…

This Saturday's featured Kentucky Derby prep race at Keeneland is the Blue Grass Stakes. Open to three-year-old thoroughbreds, the Blue Grass has 11 entries, led by Tapit Trice at 5-2 odds. The prize purse is $1 million, and the Grade 1 stakes race is 1 1/8 miles on dirt. Breaking down the top five horses for this race on the morning line odds, I…

Millions of Americans are expected to attempt to beat the odds and win a perfect bracket when the NCAA March Madness college basketball tournament begins this week, and though multiple free challenges offer millions of dollars for contestants who submit a perfect bracket, odds are astronomically low that anyone will win. BetMGM, a sports division…

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - New Zealander harness racing trainer Chris Ryder and his trainee Burnham Boy N hit the winner's circle at The Meadowlands on Saturday, Jan. 28 before a close-up second-place finish one week later in the weekly feature while Great Britain's On The Money GB (Control The Moment) has won both of her starts since coming to North…

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - With a following that was carryover crazy, total handle on Saturday night (Jan. 7) at The Meadowlands reached $3673861, giving the harness racing track a weekend total of over $7 million, reaching that lofty plateau for the first time since Hambletonian Weekend five months ago. A double carryover in the 20-cent Pick-6 of…

Going "all-in" on Flightline with a $97000 win wager in the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), Drew Coatney won last Saturday's 2022 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC). The 14th annual Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge, Thoroughbred racing's biggest live-money tournament, held Nov. 4-5, drew a record 569 entries for the 39th…

A $97000 "all-in" win wager on Flightline in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic propelled Drew Coatney to victory in Saturday's 2022 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge. The 14th annual Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC), Thoroughbred racing's biggest live-money tournament, on Nov. 4 and 5, drew a record 569 entries for the two-day program at…

East Rutherford, NJ - Live harness racing is back at the Meadowlands Racetrack this Friday and Saturday with a 6:20 pm post. On Friday, the GSY Racing Club will pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth and her love of horses. There will be a video tribute and bagpiper during the pre-game show hosted by Dave Little and Jessica Otten, paying tribute to the…

The Breeders' Cup in the United States is filled with Graded action and the best horses descend on Keeneland this year for the plethora of prize money on offer. Baaeed is the top-rated horse in Europe but even he is dwarfed in the ratings by Flightline, the odds-on shot for the Breeders' Cup Classic and £2.3m prize. Breeders Cup tips and…

One of the oldest reality series on the air today, The Amazing Race, continues to captivate viewers who are anxious to see teams of two compete across the globe for cash prizes. This guide to the best The Amazing Race betting sites directs readers toward the top-rated online sportsbooks for 2022 that feature reality TV odds. The following sections…

Play at Keeneland, Online, or at Satellite Locations in Thoroughbred Racing's Biggest Live-Money Tournament Nov. 4-5 LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 22, 2022) - Registration for Thoroughbred racing's biggest live-money handicapping tournament, the 2022 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC), is now open. The Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge, now in its 14th…

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - The Meadowlands seven-program September "mini meet" comes to an end this weekend (Sept. 16-17) with the New Jersey Classic serving as the featured harness racing event. Last Friday (Sept. 9), two "A"-level 3-year-old trotting finals - one for fillies and one for colts and geldings - gave notice to horsemen and owners that New…

After 31 consecutive weekends of Friday and Saturday racing at the Meadowlands Racetrack this year, Hambletonian Day on Aug. 6 and its prodigious betting handle kicked off a well-earned break for those in the New Jersey horse racing and betting industry. But harness racing returns to the Big M on Thursday, Sept. 1 - though only for two weeks of…

The Belmont Stakes 2022 results saw some of the finest horses on the dirt in the U.S. in action, and the form of many of the rivals that were in contention has held up extremely strong since. But, how have the jockeys fared since their runs in the Belmont Stakes this year? It has been a stunning year in the saddle for Irad Ortiz Jr. He rode Mo…

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - Last weekend (June 3-4), non-favorite players - and there are plenty of those at The Meadowlands - were treated to back-to-back harness racing cards where the public choice won only six-of-24 Big M races, a low success rate of 25 percent at a track where the chalks only win at a 38 percent clip to begin with. When compared to…

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - Harness racing aficionados know that many of the game's biggest nights take place at The Meadowlands. Without question, last Saturday (May 21) was one of those memorable evenings. And world-class harness racing wasn't the only thing fans enjoyed. The feature was the $170450 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial for free-for-all trotters,…

The road to the Kentucky Derby through New York culminates on Saturday when nine evenly matched 3-year-olds leave the starting gate in the 2021 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, N.Y. Both the winner, who will receive 100 qualifying points to the Derby, and the runner-up, who will receive 40, are likely to earn a berth in the Run for…

The SI Gambling Horse handicapping experts had a great win last month in the Blue Grass Stakes as Art Collector (6.60) came through in dominating fashion; helping us hit the Exacta (12/1), Trifecta (60/1) and Superfecta (443/1). Now, the boys are back with some sharp plays from Saratoga for this Saturday's Travers Stakes, featuring Belmont Stakes…

Just like he did during the 40-day Saratoga meet last summer, Ed Sehon (aka Mr. Ed) will provide VSiN readers with daily picks during the 15-day Keeneland meet that opened Friday and runs through Friday, April 29 (no racing on Mondays, Tuesdays or Easter Sunday, April 17). Sehon's selections are meant to give an overview of how to attack each day's…