Race to Race Odds Patterns
By: Ray Taulbot
Knowing that 90 percent of all racegoers do not do any serious handicapping, it is not surprising that so many readers have written ATM to request what amounts to a "magic angle" formula. What they want to be able to do is to go tothe track, buy a program or Dai

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MEET JOHN PIESEN
I selected horses 48 hours in advance of the post, without the benefit of knowing the morning line or late scratches, without up-to-the-minute information from the backstretch. I picked at least one winner, (and very often 3 & 4 winners) every single day for 207 consecutive

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AMERICAN TURF CLUB LEAD
By: JOE GIRARDI
With just about three months left until the first Saturday in May and the Kentucky Derby we will take a look

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Pletcher goes for another Davis win
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Oldsmar, FL (Sports Network) - Trainer Todd Pletcher has been dominating the Sam F. Davis Stakes in recent years and has another opportunity to win the event with its 32nd renewal on Saturday. The $250,000 stakes, with a field of 11 three-year-olds, will be conducted over a distance of 1 1/16-mil

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Baffert holds the aces in Robert B. Lewis
By: by Jeff Frank, Contributing Editor
(Sports Network) - Not only does Bob Baffert have the favorite in this Saturday's Robert B. Lewis at Santa Anita, but the silver-haired trainer also has what could be the future Kentucky Derby champion entered in the Grade II event.
Liaison comes into the 1 1/16-mile race as the morning-line

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2012 debut for Animal Kingdom decided
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Oldsmar, FL (Sports Network) - Eclipse Award winner Animal Kingdom will begin his four-year-old campaign later this month at Tampa Bay Downs. Team Valor's . Barry Irwin and trainer Graham Motion announced the decision in a press release.
"The Tampa Bay (Feb. 25) will allow him enough works t

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Eight set to go in Robert B. Lewis Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Eight three-year-olds get back into action Saturday afternoon in the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita Park. The 1 1/16-mile race is an important prep for the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby on April 7.
Breaking from the inside post is Isn't He Clever,

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Alpha goes after first in Withers
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Ozone Park, NY (Sports Network) - Alpha, winner of the Count Fleet Stakes, heads a field of seven for Saturday's $200,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct. The 1 1/16-mile event is part of the track's stakes series for three-year-olds leading to the $1 million Wood Memorial on April 7.
Sent off as

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Borel heading back to Oaklawn Park
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - After beginning the year less than glowingly at Gulfstream Park, jockey Calvin Borel is heading back to more familiar ground at Oaklawn Park. The three-time Kentucky Derby winning rider is set to take mounts starting on Saturday.

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Algorithms finds winning formula for Holy Bull Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Algorithms, ridden by Javier Castellano, overtook a tiring Hansen down the stretch to capture Sunday's $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The 5-2 second choice covered the mile in 1:36.17 over a sloppy track.
Hansen, the 2011 champion two-ye

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Ruler On Ice targets Donn Handicap
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Breeders' Cup Classic third-place finisher Ruler On Ice is on target to begin his 2012 racing campaign in next month's 1 1/8-mile Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park. The four-year-old has been training at nearby Palm Meadows Training Center.
"He loves it

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Weekly Television Schedule
February 3
- Luck (ep.1), 9:00PM-10:00PM, HBO2 (there will be multiple repeats, check your local guide)
February 5
- Luck (ep.1), 8:00PM-9:00PM, HBO2 (there will be multiple repeats, check your local guide)
- Luck (ep.2), 9:00PM-10:00PM, HBO
- Luck (ep.2),

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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
February 4
- Aqueduct: Withers S. (G3), $200,000, 3yo, 8.5f
- Aqueduct: Toboggan S. (G3), $150,000, 3&up, 6f
- Aqueduct: Correction S., $100,000, 3&up, f&m, 6f
- Delta Downs: Louisiana Premier Night Championship, $200,000, 4&up, 8.5f
- Delta Downs: Lou

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