ITM Players' Newsletter - August 30th, 2024
Saratoga, Kentucky Downs, Pacific Classic & More!
A very busy Labor Day weekend of racing means tons of coverage across the ITM Network!
Below you’ll find Players’ Podcasts for tomorrow at Saratoga, Kentucky Downs, Monmouth, and Woodbine, as well as a horse-by-horse look at each contender in the Pacific Classic field from Del Mar. There’s also another great edition of Baby Talk, focusing on Saratoga Saturday, as well as an individual race preview for tomorrow’s Grade 1 Spinaway on YouTube.
Our ITM Plus subscribers have been treated to great daily coverage all summer long and should look forward to two ITM Plus shows coming their way this afternoon. PTF and Frank Scatoni will preview the Early Pick Five sequence at Del Mar tomorrow and the dynamic duo of Mike Pribozie and Justin Christein will team up again for some Saratoga Saturday spot plays.
Finally, be sure to check out the latest episode of On the Lead, presented by The Jockey Club. It was a great discussion on the evolution of data in the racing industry and how it can further benefit the modern horseplayer, featuring great insight from multiple guests including our good friend, Marshall Gramm.
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Players’ Podcast - Saratoga Saturday
PTF and JK are here with a rattle through the Pick Six on Saturday’s Saratoga card with racing including the Grade 3 Prioress, Grade 2 Flower Bowl, and Grade 1 Spinaway.
Players’ Podcast - Kentucky Downs Saturday
PTF and Nick Tammaro are here with a look at the last six races at Kentucky Downs on Saturday.
Players’ Podcast - Pacific Classic Horse-by-Horse Analysis: The Taming of the Yu
PTF and Michelle Yu are here with horse-by-horse analysis of the Grade 1 Pacific Classic with thoughts on Adare Manor, Dr. Venkman, Reincarnate, Full Serrano and the rest of the field.
Players’ Podcast - Saturday 8/31/24 Monmouth/Woodbine
Mike Pribozie hosts this episode of the Players Podcast covering Monmouth and Woodbine for Saturday, August 31, 2024. DD is back with his usual flair and picks for a tough Monmouth Late Pick 4. Eric DeCoster stops in for a Woodbine segment coming off his strong showing on the ASD podcast this past week.
Kentucky Downs’ King of the Turf Handicapping Challenge is back in 2024 with a new one-day format that creates the biggest online, live-money betting contest the track has ever staged. The date is Sept. 7, when Kentucky Downs will offer six graded stakes each worth at least $1 million. The $2,500 per-entry buy-in includes $1,500 for the player’s bankroll and $1,000 toward the prize pool. The first-place King of the Turf finisher will receive an entry to the 2025 National Horseplayers Championships (NHC) and an entry into the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC), worth $10,000. In addition, the winner gets the designation as National Turf Handicapper of the Year and receives the Global Tote King of the Turf Championship belt. The belt is designed after boxing’s championship belts and guaranteed to earn the recipient the respect and envy of fellow tournament players! At least five NHC packages and two BCBC berths are guaranteed to be awarded to the King of the Turf’s top finishers. For more information, head to www.inthemoneypodcast.com/turfking
Contest Jockey Secure A Final Table Spot Friday, August 30th, compete for a final table spot with our Woodbine Friday contest. The top two finishers will move on to a final table show presented by In The Money Media. The final table top prize is a $1,000 Buy-In to the Woodbine Mile live money contest. Must be US based to participate. Prize Structure:1st place and 2nd place: Final Table entry for September 8th, 2024 presented by In The Money Media. Must be available for a livestream in order to claim the prize.
Baby Talk - Two-Year-Old MSWs at Saratoga Saturday
Presented by Keeneland Sales.
In our first of two Baby Talk shows for this weekend at Saratoga, Cormac Breathnach and PTF have a look at races 1, 2, 6, and 8.
For information about the upcoming Keeneland Fall Sale, go to keeneland.com.
Harness Players’ Podcast - 8/28/24 | Maple Leaf Trot & Canadian Pacing Derby Pick 5
This week on the Harness Players’ Podcast, Ray Cotolo hosts a discussion of the Late Pick 5 for Saturday (Aug. 31) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, which includes the $540,000 Canadian Pacing Derby and $600,000 Maple Leaf Trot inside of the sequence. Edison Hatter joins Ray Cotolo for the discussion and the two share ticket ideas for the sequence as well as their analysis of each race inside of the sequence.
It's Opening Day at Kentucky Downs and we'll be doing live racing coverage with tips and analysis as part of HorsePlayers Happy Hour. We'll also have racing from Saratoga and Del Mar. We will also look back at the plethora of Grade 1 stakes from last weekend including all the Breeders' Cup Win-and-You're-In action. PTF from In the Money Media hosts with JK of Fox Sports and special guests including last week's winner (and former Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge Champ) Matt Miller, Del Mar expert Frank Scatoni, and many more.
Get ready for an exciting preview of the Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga Race Course! In this video, we'll dive into the highly anticipated race featuring a competitive field of 11 talented 2-year-old fillies. With the Spinaway marking the culmination of the stakes series for 2-year-old fillies at the Spa, this race promises thrilling action and potential star-making performances.
Players’ Podcast - A Travers for the Ages
PTF and JK are back with their analysis of all six Grade 1s at Saratoga, including the absolute throwdown in the Travers between Thorpedo Anna and Fierceness
On the Lead - Episode 4: The Past, Present, and Future of Horse Racing Data
Presented by The Jockey Club
On the latest episode of the On the Lead Podcast, presented by The Jockey Club and In the Money Media, hosts Shannon Kelly and Peter Thomas Fornatale delve into one of the hot button topics in horse racing today: the past, present, and future of data.
They kick off with Professor Marshall Gramm, a handicapping champion and owner, as he talks about the evolution of data in the sport and expresses what elements of data are most important to the modern horseplayer.
Then Kyle McDoniel of Equibase is here to address some of Marshall’s concerns and to lay out his vision for the sport to improve and innovate when it comes to its data.
Redboard Rewind - EP:236 Saratoga Marshall Sterling
Spencer and Marshall go over three races from Saturday August 17th at Saratoga (races 8-9-10). Some angles we talk about are how two of Torpedo Anna’s rivals decide the Alabama and when blinkers go on and don’t think they are needed.
The Owner’s Box - Episode 142 – Craig Dado
Billy and Michelle welcome in Great Friends Stables founder and Del Mar Racing guru Craig Dado.