Terry's Blog
Derby/Oaks Fever
May 05, 2011
To the many who will gather at Louisville, Kentucky, this weekend the happenings in Hot Springs, Arkansas, might never occur. But to the die-hard Oaklawn followers who will pass through the turnstiles at this track on Friday and Saturday, the results of a few key races will linger and go a long way to sustaining a tradition which many in Arkansas hold near and dear. The general feeling around Oaklawn since the post position draw for the Kentucky Derby is "I feel good about Archarcharch, but not about that number one post position." Read More
Tallying Up
May 01, 2011
Last week I said that it's always good to look back on your work to gain some insight on where you may have been wrong. So today it's time to look at Saturday's picks and it's not as good as a week ago. Read More
They Got It Right
April 29, 2011
An announcement came this week which would change the Kentucky Derby forever. The booming and dramatic presentation of the racecall of the Kentucky Derby would come no more from the talented announcer Tom Durkin. Shortly after Durkin handed in his resignation NBC released that they had lined up Larry Colmus to take Durkin's place in the announcer's booth. They got it right again. Colmus is the most logical guy to follow Durkin into that spot and I am really happy for Larry. Read More
Checking the Scoreboard
April 25, 2011
One of the fun things about the exercise of handicapping is accounting where you went right and where you went wrong. It helps you to go back and look at your mistakes, correcting them so that you don't do the same things in the future. Read More
Playing Simulcasting, Oaklawn Style
April 23, 2011
Yesterday I spoke of playing simulcasting by focusing on Oaklawn-raced horses. I zeroed in on two -- George Ray at Keeneland (who scratched) and Labeled at Hawthorne. The latter, after the race came off the turf and was reduced to a short field by two scratches, was no value whatsoever and finished third. Ironically there was one other race at Keeneland which involved four runners who had raced at Oaklawn. That was the best play of the day. Read More
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