http://racebook.betus.com.pa/sports-betting/ BetUS Poker School Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:32:14 -0500 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:32:14 -0500 http://racebook.betus.com/horse-racing/betting-trends/greg-melikovs-top-10-derby-contenders-2011-04-26/ Upsets galore in the major preps have played havoc with my Top 10 Kentucky Derby contenders. You can count the number of favorites that scored in key preps on one hand. How the 3-year-olds work at Churchill Downs before the first Saturday in May will determine my final standings from the bottom to the top: The Factor: His displaced palate in the Arkansas Derby doesn’t worry me as much... Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:00:00 -0400 http://racebook.betus.com.pa/horse-racing/horse-racing/betting-trends/greg-melikovs-top-10-derby-contenders-2011-04-26/ http://racebook.betus.com/horse-racing/betting-trends/dozen-ticket-louisville-arkansas-derby-2011-04-16/ More than 60,000 are expected to show up at Oaklawn Park on Saturday for the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1), with many more online horse bettors firing up their wagering accounts to bet on one of the deepest and wide open Kentucky Derby preps of the spring. A field of 12 three-year-olds will go to the post in the Arkansas Derby, with the winner guaranteed a starting spot in the gate at Churchill... Sat, 16 Apr 2011 05:00:00 -0400 http://racebook.betus.com.pa/horse-racing/horse-racing/betting-trends/dozen-ticket-louisville-arkansas-derby-2011-04-16/ http://racebook.betus.com/horse-racing/betting-trends/chairman-mark-keeneland-2011-04-15/ Keeneland offers an outstanding ten race horse betting card on Friday afternoon, a good tune up to the big day on Saturday that features the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G1), a key prep for the Kentucky Derby. Friday’s feature is the $300,000 Maker’s Mark Mile (G1), which drew a field of eight older turf runners including Court Vision, who was second in the race last year. It was... Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:46:18 -0400 http://racebook.betus.com.pa/horse-racing/horse-racing/betting-trends/chairman-mark-keeneland-2011-04-15/ http://racebook.betus.com/horse-racing/betting-trends/weekend-stakes-horse-racing-betting-no-rains-means-that-santa-anita-will-be-rocking-on-saturday-2010/ The rains have finally left Southern California. Well, we hope they have. We don’t mind rain out here in SoCal, but when it’s too wet, horseplayers end up having to handicap short fields. It’s hard to find an overlay in a short field. Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:00:36 -0500 http://racebook.betus.com.pa/horse-racing/horse-racing/betting-trends/weekend-stakes-horse-racing-betting-no-rains-means-that-santa-anita-will-be-rocking-on-saturday-2010/ http://racebook.betus.com/horse-racing/betting-trends/horse-racing-pick-woodbine-race-8/ Horse Pick of the Day:  Woodbine – Race 8 Race-day:  11/11/2009 Race-time:  10:13 pm EST Racing in Canada continue on Wednesday night when horses take the Woodbine racetrack. There is a stakes race on the card, but for betting purposes, the last race, an $8,000 claimer, figures to offer serious value on some good horses.  It’s a wide open affair that should... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:59:02 -0500 http://racebook.betus.com.pa/horse-racing/horse-racing/betting-trends/horse-racing-pick-woodbine-race-8/ http://racebook.betus.com/horse-racing/betting-trends/picking-winners-horses-to-watch-from-around-the-country/ Horses worth watching, a list of runners compiled by handicapper/turf writer Greg Melikov that should improve significantly or do well next time out, won six times, ran second four times and finished third seven times since March 7. These thoroughbreds are worth considering when racebook. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:28:51 -0400 http://racebook.betus.com.pa/horse-racing/horse-racing/betting-trends/picking-winners-horses-to-watch-from-around-the-country/ http://racebook.betus.com/horse-racing/betting-trends/kentucky-derby-futures/ It’s already mid-January which means that the Road to the Kentucky Derby has begun for trainers, jockeys and owners. It’s also begun for some astute online racebook betting fans who know that making an online bet on a horse early on in the year to win the Kentucky Derby isn’t always a bad thing. Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:49:00 -0500 http://racebook.betus.com.pa/horse-racing/horse-racing/betting-trends/kentucky-derby-futures/ http://racebook.betus.com/horse-racing/betting-trends/horse-racing-opening-day-at-santa-anita/ Breeders’ Cup Classic where Raven’s Pass was beating down Curlin for the top prize. Online racebook fans don’t have a lot of experience betting the Santa Anita Pro-Ride surface since it was unveiled specifically for this past fall’s Oak Tree Meet and the Breeders’ Cup. Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:50:00 -0500 http://racebook.betus.com.pa/horse-racing/horse-racing/betting-trends/horse-racing-opening-day-at-santa-anita/ http://racebook.betus.com/horse-racing/betting-trends/second-horse-pick-of-the-day/ The Fairgrounds will often showcase the sort of fields that sports betting fans like to see when making online racebook bets. Rarely is a race at the Fairgrounds a short field. Often times there are at least 10 to 12 horses running in the races at the Fairgrounds. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:35:03 -0500 http://racebook.betus.com.pa/horse-racing/horse-racing/betting-trends/second-horse-pick-of-the-day/ http://racebook.betus.com/horse-racing/betting-trends/horse-pick-of-the-day-golden-gate/ Race-day: 12/18/2008 Race-time: 3:50 pm pst. Golden Gate Fields often times will offer the sort of racing the sports betting fans should be looking for. Ever since they instituted an artificial surface, the fields at Golden Gate have swelled. It used to be that an online racebook fan would have to just go with the likeliest horse to grab the lead at Golden Gate. That’s not the case any... Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:30:00 -0500 http://racebook.betus.com.pa/horse-racing/horse-racing/betting-trends/horse-pick-of-the-day-golden-gate/