A simple 10 cent superfecta box of WagerMates’s picks would have turned $2.40 into $19.15 — but I didn’t do that. Hope you did!
2023 Belmont Stakes
WagerMate likes the favorites…

I’ll bet a superfecta of 2, 6 with 2, 3, 6 with All with All.
Best of luck!
2023 Preakness Results
A couple of the Win bets and Exactas paid off, but without a win by Mage, it was not a good day.
On to the Belmont Stakes….
2023 Preakness
These are WagerMate’s picks…

I’ll bet $2 to win on every WagerMate horse that has an ROI better than 25% — that’s 15 horses.
I’ll also place $1 exacta box bets on WagerMate’s top 3 picks in each race.
I’m going to accept WagerMate’s pick of Mage in the Preakness, but rather than place a Win bet, I’ll bet two Pick 3s: in Race 11 it will be All with All with Mage, and in Race 12 it will be All with Mage with All.
How can you lose?
2023 Kentucky Derby Results
If I was forced to pick a headline, I think I like the first one better:
- “WagerMate picks the Derby Winner”
- “WagerMate’s picks for the card lose money”
…but, both are true.
A couple of the bets paid off in a small way, but getting two-thirds of the Derby Trifecta didn’t generate any income.
2023 Kentucky Derby — After Scratches
The picture has changed. Here are WagerMate’s picks after the morning’s scratches…

I’ll use the same betting scheme as yesterday, except in the Derby I will box 3, 5, 8, 18, 21 in the Trifecta.
2023 Kentucky Derby
WagerMates’s pick for the card…

I’ll bet $2 to win on every WagerMate horse that has an ROI better than 25% — that’s 5 horses.
I’ll also place $1 exacta box bets on WagerMate’s top 3 picks in each race.
I’ll place Pick 3 bets in each race, using WagerMate’s top 2 picks.
In the Kentucky Derby, I’ll bet a trifecta using 8, 9, 18 with 5, 8, 9, 15 with 5, 8, 9, 15.
Have Fun!
2022 Breeders’ Cup Results
Thanks largely to one nice exacta ($196.20), WagerMate made a profit of well over $5 on the two days of racing at Keeneland. What an easy game!
I think if I actually did some handicapping to supplement WagerMate’s picks, I could have made a $10 profit. Maybe next year.
2022 Breeders’ Cup Saturday
We’ll use WagerMate’s picks…

…with the same Win, Exacta, and Pick 3 betting scheme we used yesterday.
How could we lose?
2022 Breeders’ Cup Friday
WagerMate’s picks for Friday…

I’ll bet $2 to win on every WagerMate horse that has an ROI better than 25% — that’s 17 horses.
I’ll also place $1 exacta box bets on WagerMate’s top 3 picks in each race.
I’ll place Pick 3 bets in each race, using WagerMate’s top 2 picks.
Good luck!
2022 Belmont Stakes Results
Mo Donegal won (as the favorite) and Skippylongstocking was third; hope you did better than I did!
2022 Belmont Stakes
WagerMate likes Creative Minister more than then crowd does…

I’ll bet 5 to win. I’ll box 2, 4, 5, and 6 in the exacta.
In the superfecta, I’ll go with 4 and 5 with 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 with 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 with 1, 2, 4, 5, 6.
Best of luck!
2022 Preakness Results
WagerMate picked the second, third, and fourth horses in order… but there isn’t a bet for that (maybe I should claim we nailed the Placefecta).
Simplification finished sixth, so none of my bets paid off.
2022 Preakness
WagerMate doesn’t like Epicenter as much as others do…

I’ll bet 1 to win. I’ll box 1, 2, and 8 in the exacta and trifecta.
For the superfecta, I’ll use 1, 2, 8 with 1, 2, 4, 8 with 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 with All.
Enjoy!
2022 Kentucky Derby Results
WagerMate picked the wrong long shots — not Rich Strike (at 80-1).
2022 Kentucky Derby
WagerMate likes long shots…

I’ll bet $5 to Win on Tiz The Bomb.
I’ll bet an exacta with 8,9,13/All and another with 3,6,8,9,10,13/8,9,13.
I’ll need one of those long shots to do well.
WagerMate 4.2
We’ve released a new version of WagerMate; it has a lot of upgrades under-the-hood, but the most visible changes include:
- WagerMate simulates races as short as 4 furlongs
- WagerMate knows about the new code (‘FAN’) for Fairmount Park.
- WagerMate knows about the new Tapeta course at Gulfstream.
You can download and try WagerMate by clicking here.
But, to do anything interesting, you’ll have to register with TrackMaster so that you can download data files.
2021 Breeders’ Cup Results
We’ll never speak of this again.
Race 12 after Scratch
Another update required…

Race 5 after Scratch
Updated my bets based on this…
