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New Curlin Stallion for Manitoba
New Manitoba stallion Nielson (Curlin-My Wandy's Girl by Flower Alley) will stand for $1,250 in 2025. By G.S. Thompson Manitoba's leading breeder Cam Ziprick has strengthened his stallion roster for the 2025 breeding season with the addition of Nielson, an...
Randy Premachuk Crowned 2024 Handicapper of the Year at ASD
By G.S. Thompson Randy Premachuk has been studying the horses at Assiniboia Downs for over three decades, but 2024 brought him an achievement that had previously eluded him - the coveted Handicapper of the Year title. After years of coming close, including a fourth...
AI Handicaps the Ft. Lauderdale at Gulfstream Park
By G.S. Thompson Last week the AI picked against the favourite and its choices actually ran decent. That being said, they tried everything to beat the favourite in that race and she still overcame with a gutsy stretch run to win. This week we’ll test the AI on the Ft....
AI Handicaps the Le Prevoyante at Woodbine
By G.S. Thompson Well, the AI had all three horses last week in the Cigar Mile, but in the wrong order. Close but no...Cigar! We got our money back with a win-place bet on Mullikin, who finished second to Locked, and we also got the triactor, but we really wanted...
AI Handicaps the Cigar Mile
By G.S. Thompson The AI picked Formidable Man ($12.00) to win the 9th race at Del Mar last Saturday, so let’s see what it can do this week! We used a slightly different approach for this week’s analysis, feeding it the past performances for the Cigar Mile this...
Handicapping: Fun With Artificial Intelligence (AI) Test 3
By G.S. Thompson Handicapping: Fun With Artificial Intelligence (AI)AI Test #3. Hollywood Derby on the Turf HOLLYWOOD DERBY (G1) ADVANCERace 9, Del Mar, Saturday, November 30, 20241 1/8 Miles (Turf) | Purse: $300,000 Hollywood Derby Picks Formidable Man Rothschild...
Doug Evans Wins Player’s Choice Tourney by a Nose
By G.S. Thompson Experience and Strategy Pays Off in Player's Choice Doug Evans hold on to defeat Free Press handicapper George Williams by a nose. Doug Evans (pictured above) has been handicapping horse races since he was 16 years old, starting at tracks in Toronto...
AI Handicapping Test #2. Tough Sprint at Fair Grounds.
We chose Race 2 at the Fair Grounds on Friday, November 22, to do our second test of Claude.ai handicapping this week. It's a tough, competitive sprint with 12 entrants. Picks and analysis follow below. Last Friday the AI picked Ethnic Soul (9/2) to win the 4th race...
Handicapping: Fun With Artificial Intelligence (AI)
By G.S. Thompson Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get AI to do all the heavy lifting when you’re handicapping the races? AI is getting smarter by the second, and it can now read PDFs of Past Performances. It also understands most if not all basic handicapping...
The Old Man, Time and the New Normal
Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present. ~ Unknown By Bob Gates Can you believe it, the middle of September has come and gone. The days are shorter, nights are cooler, and that means the 2024 live...