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Deciding Whether or Not to Hedge Your Bets

All photos by Eclipse Sportswire

Back in the heyday of online poker and sports betting (circa 2006), I heard about a new online sportsbook and poker room that was offering a “can’t lose” promotion for a pre-season NFL game.

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Betting the Holy Bull on a $20 Budget

Upstart, pictured winning the Funny Cide Stakes at Saratoga, could get a piece of the purse in Saturday's Holy Bull Stakes. (Photos by Eclipse Sportswire)

With each passing day, we draw nearer to the first Saturday in May, and this Saturday marks another opportunity for potential Kentucky Derby contenders to make a statement. Gulfstream Park plays host to the $400,000 Grade 2 Holy Bull Stakes - a race that offers 10 qualifying points to the winner on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.

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Tip of the Week: Change of Scenery

Photo by Penelope P. Miller/America's Best Racing

It’s not unusual for trainers to test their horses on a different racing surface, such as switching from dirt to turf.

Sometimes, though, you have to wonder why they did it.

Yes That’s Me serves as an excellent example of a horse who has switched surfaces but probably should have stayed put.

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DerbyJackpot’s Best Bets of the Weekend for Jan. 17-18

Gulfstream Park photo by Eclipse Sportswire

America’s Best Racing and DerbyJackpot team up to provide horseplayers with their best bets of the weekend in a regular feature blog that will run on Fridays.

Each week, one of our crack handicappers - Jose Contreras, Dan Tordjman, Victoria Garofalo or Cory Moelis – will provide at least one “Best Bet” of the weekend, ideal for a win bet.

The post also will include some combination of additional bets for the weekend.

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Tip of the Week: Artificial Sweeteners

Gulfstream Park photo by Eclipse Sportswire

As synthetic racing surfaces become less common, there are still valuable handicapping lessons that can be culled from a horse’s experiences on artificial ground.

Consider the case of Put It Forward in the sixth race at Gulfstream Park on Dec. 26. It was a starter optional claiming race, making it open to horses that were running for either a $16,000 claiming tag or the starter allowance condition that was open to horses that had raced for a $12,000 claiming tag or less.

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