Mel Daniels

This week I was privileged to interview trainer Jeremiah Englehart. One of the best up and coming trainers, and in my opinion will be one of the best, if not the best, one day. There were hundreds of trainers that I could have reached out to, but he ...

Keeneland in my opinion is one of the hardest tracks to handicap. On the other hand, it is one of the most rewarding tracks with big fields and great exotic payouts. It makes this track one to do a bit of studying on. I make sure to visit Keeneland ...

2. Zenyatta Zenyatta  needs little introduction, only a nose kept her from being the “perfect” lady. Blame got her by a nostril in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, a race which will be long talked about whenever race people and sports fans gathe ...

When I was a young boy,  I'm guessing only six or seven years old, the Foodland grocery chain had a promotion called "Let's Go to the Races".  It depended upon how much money in groceries you spent as to how many of the race cards you would receiv ...

Lasix is a diuretic that increases urine productions and frequency. It has been given to horses for decades in the U.S. as a way to reduce or prevent nose bleeds. There is a noticeable speed increase when a horse uses Lasix. It is most noticeable whe ...

As we all know, the weather plays a very important part in horse racing. In the United States, a deluge of rain could turn a course upside down. First and more than likely, every turf race scheduled for that day will be taken off the course and put o ...

In America, we actually take a different approach then most countries, when it comes to what betting number horse will be coming out of what post position. In Australia and most other countries, betting the 1 horse does not mean your getting the ...

This is the first of a three part series on Australian horse racing.