Horse Race Wagering - Tightening the Screws

[Shame About Ray]

Whether you are a craftsman, online sports betting enthusiast, a handicapper or a struggling horse bettor we all know that the job is not done until you are finished tightening the screws and that is just what the trainers of the runners on the Triple Crown Trail will be doing in the next few weeks.

When trying to narrow down the contenders for this year’s classics, one could do worse that scrutinize the Courier-Journal Derby Data Track, which analyzes a number of factors that are important to eventual Kentucky Derby winners.

One thing that jumps off the page using this data is the relationship between earning or matching the highest Beyer in one of the final two Derby preps.

Since the Beyer figure became a common concept in 1992, only three Derby winners failed to earn or match that highest number.

Sea Hero was the first that did not succeed in that effort in 1993 and there may be a reason. He had not won a race all year and his 91 Beyers before the Derby were second best in his career to the 99 he posted as a juvenile winning the Champagne at Belmont.

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