#Sole Volante

It is easy see why Tiz The Law is a heavy favorite for the Belmont Stakes. His two Grade 1 wins and his 4-for-4 record on fast tracks put him alone in the front of the plane while the rest of the field is stuck in coach. But if it is easy to declare that he will win Saturday, why is it so hard to figure out who will lead him there? Blame it on Fore…

Saturday, Gulfstream Park HERECOMESTHEBRIDE S.-GIII, $125000, Gulfstream, 3-5, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:34.38, fm. 1- SPENDARELLA, 118, f, 3, by Karakontie (Jpn) 1st Dam: Spanish Bunny, by Unusual Heat 2nd Dam: Spanish Beam, by El Gran Senor 3rd Dam: Solar Beam, by Majestic Light 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($220000 Ylg'20 KEESEP). O-Gainesway…

Tiz the Law is the 6-5 morning line favorite for Saturday's 152nd running of the $1 million Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park. The Barclay Tagg-trained multiple Grade 1 winner will break from the eight post against nine competitors in the 1-1/8 mile test around one turn. Posts were drawn Wednesday. "It could have been worse. I was hoping to get five…

Welcome to Noel Michaels' Weekend Winners, the place to go for weekend best bets and spot plays from veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer Noel Michaels. Check back every week for a couple of highlighted selections designed to help you cash a few bets and make some money. Noel's selections have been featured just about everywhere horse…

Not only will Tiz the Law try to keep his hopes for the Triple Crown alive on Saturday in the 2020 Kentucky Derby, he'll also attempt to redeem himself on the track on which he suffered the only loss of his career. After winning his first two starts, the three-year-old finished third at Churchill Downs in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes on Nov. 30,…

One of the big betting races this weekend comes from Gulfstream Park, as the H. Allen Jerkens Handicap is the ninth race on the card. This race is due off at 4:11 p.m ET, and it will see a field of at least 12 runners compete over two miles on the turf. A number of runners are in with a chance this weekend, and more information about some of the…

Wet racetracks can create confusion for horse racing handicappers, and all week long it has appeared that Churchill Downs would be a sloppy mess for Saturday's 2020 Kentucky Derby. Instead, the 146th Run for the Roses will be contested under sunny skies and on a dry track. Does that mean overwhelming favorite Tiz the Law has a better chance at…

The Derby Alumni tracker checks in with the horses who raced in the Kentucky Derby, both this year and in previous years, keeping up with what they have done since they ran for the roses. 2022 Kentucky Derby 2022 Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike, after finishing fourth in the Breeders' Cup Classic, will face older company again Friday in the Clark…

The Mid-Summer Derby is now the Mid-Summer Derby Prep thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. The $1 million Travers Stakes was shifted to Aug. 8 from its traditional spot on the last Saturday in August so that the Grade 1 fixture can serve as a stepping stone to the rescheduled Kentucky Derby, now set for Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs. And this year the…

After almost four months of waiting, the 2020 Kentucky Derby is finally ready to go off Saturday from historic Churchill Downs. When the 16-horse 2020 Kentucky Derby field is called to the post at 7:01 p.m. ET, a normally raucous Churchill Downs will be eerily quiet due to no spectators in the grandstands or infield. Favorites have lost 12 of the…

It will be a different Haskell this year. The name of Monmouth Park's signature race has been changed to the Haskell Stakes from the Haskell Invitational because the coronavirus pandemic moved the Kentucky Derby from its traditional the first spot of the first Saturday in May to Sept. 5. As a result of the date change of the Kentucky Derby, the…

The Breeders' Cup is behind us, but Team Tuley continues to look for value at tracks from coast to coast. Unfortunately, there were a ton of scratches back East this morning, but I'm joined by Ed Sehon (aka Mr. Ed, who is back from Keeneland) as we have plays at Gulfstream Park in Florida and Del Mar in California, plus a couple at Woodbine up in…

Jesus's Team winning the 2020 Claiming Crown Jewel. Photo by Lauren King David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Jesus' Team has made more than a million dollars the hard way, outgrowing his claiming roots to knock heads with the best horses in training and more than holding his own. The 5-year-old son of Tapiture will make his…

It will be a different Haskell this year. The $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park has been changed from an invitational and will serve as a Kentucky Derby prep race, with the Run for the Roses shifted from May 2 to Sept 5 due to the coronavirus pandemic. There will be 170 qualifying points available toward the Derby in the Haskell…

Florida Derby victor Tiz The Law returns to New York as the -145 hometown favorite in the biggest race of his career. Undefeated in his last four races on fast tracks, Sackatoga Stables' 3 year-old is the horse to beat Just when you thought 2020 couldn't get any stranger, today's running of the 152nd Belmont Stakes will official signal the start of…

The most unusual Triple Crown horse racing season in history will finally continue Saturday, Sept. 5 (7:01 p.m. ET post time, NBC) with the 2020 Kentucky Derby. The first jewel was postponed from the first Saturday in May, which now makes it the second jewel. Tiz The Law, which cruised to victory at the Belmont Stakes on June 20 and followed that…

Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes winner Tiz the Law will break from the No. 17 post in the 146th Kentucky Derby as the strong favorite with 3-5 opening odds. The top three horses will all start next to each other on the far outside with 5-1 Honor A. P. starting to Tiz the Law's left and 8-1 Authentic on his right. The 2020 Kentucky Derby, which…

The Kentucky Derby is the second leg of the Triple Crown this year - the Belmont Stakes was held in June - as horse racing's biggest events were shuffled by the novel coronavirus pandemic. That schedule change, among others, allowed the morning-line favorite, Tiz the Law, to earn 372 points on the Derby trail, eclipsing the previous high of 170 set…