Pandolfo: Examining big payoff wagers
Over the past few years, racetracks have introduced exotic wagers that give bettors a chance at a big score.
Bob PandolfoMar 04, 2015
Over the past few years, racetracks have introduced exotic wagers that give bettors a chance at a big score.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 3/6 card at The Meadowlands.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Friday 3/6 card at Woodbine Harness.
For the stakes-rich card headed by the Fair Grounds Oaks, trainer Larry Jones also now has Albano, who won the Maxxam Gold Cup by more than six lengths at Sam Houston last Saturday and will start in the Grade 2 New Orleans Handicap.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Friday 3/6 card at Yonkers Raceway.
The presence of three-time Grade 1 winner Private Zone, Grade 1 winner Wicked Strong, Grade 1-placed Honor Code and the hard-knocking Valid kept the field for Saturday’s Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Handicap to just six starters.
Nearly 3 1/2 months into the Fair Grounds meet, jockey Florent Geroux is making hay.
Horses to watch from Woodbine Harness.
The Grade 2 Swale, postponed a week after heavy rain forced the cancellation of the second half of last Saturday’s program, will lose one of its major players when the field finally does go to post this Saturday.