Handicapping Delaware: G3 Obeah and the Go for Wand

Two groups of fillies are hoping to use good efforts in Delaware stakes today to stamp their tickets to that track’s biggest events next month. Who will do so? Ted Black has the skinny.

‘Capping the Belmont

Ted Black scopes out the all-stakes Pick Three ending with the Belmont. Who’ll get the money? Find out!

Looking for value on Penn Mile day

With several strong favorites on Penn Mile day — well, evening — the challenge facing handicapper Ted Black is to find value. Fortunately, he’s up to the task.

Midlantic horses make a splash in Louisville

A couple of Pennsylvania-bred longshots and a Maryland-bred favorite added up to a productive weekend for mid-Atlantic-breds in Louisville this Derby weekend. Ted Black has the scoop.

Zimny and Charles Town aiming for G1 status with Classic

Soon after the post-race celebration ended in the winner’s circle following Game On Dude’s victory in the fifth running of the Grade II, $1.5 million Charles Town Classic, Charles Town’s Vice President of Racing Operations, Erich Zimny, took a moment to reflect on the humble beginnings of the race and its potential moving forward. When […]

Did Dude set a record? CT to revisit Classic time

Game On Dude won Saturday’s G2 Charles Town Classic in an official time of 1:52.27, but the track has said it will review the final time. Our man Ted Black says that’s a good thing — because logic, and nearly a dozen hand-timings of the race, suggest that Dude was a lot closer to the stakes record than to the pedestrian official time.