2:00 Mid-season, some prize purses are getting beefed up to hefty, pre-pandemic amounts! Why are some tracks having trouble and others having record seasons?

4:48 The Alabama Stakes demonstrated why we bow down to supreme filly Malathaat, but just lookee at Clairiere who made a lovely, gritty go of it!

7:15 Weej made out on the Alabama, too! But what’s an Exacta Key Box anyway, and how does it work?

9:10 We mention the importance of the post parade with the splendor of Army Wife, who coaxed a late bet out of Trixie and salvaged an otherwise sorry slate of bets. (Oh, Crazy Beautiful, what happened?)

10:35 The TVG Pacific Classic offered fascinating twists, because the favorites seemed to go AWOL. So many fast horses taking smoke breaks during this one!

12:00 Tizamagician justified our mysterious and unpopular love (HA!) with a 2nd Place finish. Hunches can compliment data!

14:10 How often do favorites win races by percentage?

15:20 Winner Tripoli made the angels sing to Weej during the post parade. The 1, 2, 3 first horses at the post surprisingly finished in exactly that order, adding Dr. Post as the Show. Last-minute impressions matter.

19:25 Sheriff Brown’s extremely impressive return from way, WAY behind the pack to finish 4th and earn $50k for the effort! Congrats to SB and connections!

21:05 What is the typical purse distribution (by percentage) among the winning horses, trainers, and jockeys?

22:36 Trainer Bob Baffert’s Magic on Tap and the faves Express Train and Royal Ship were not much in evidence by the finish.

25:56 Is this strange racing season driving patrons to big tracks over the smaller ones?

27:36 Weej’s new video is an eight-minute tour of recommended sites with Free Research about specific races and horses. If you want to learn about racing or experiment with handicapping, why spend a lot of money to do it? https://youtu.be/elOWTZlBXmc

30:00 Another informational video by Trixie explains the Thoroughbred Horse Breed and its requirements as well as its global history and physical characteristics in about eighht minutes. https://youtu.be/07ZJ-nwAq50

31:30 How much information do bettors get, and is an overload of data and terminology more than beginners find usable? There’s no shortage of places that will sell you picks or datasets or systems, but we’re interested in helping people learn to research and develop their own styles and opinions as bettors, because that’s a huge part of the fun!

33:32 Our new library of Free Resources, available from the home page at www.33xpl.com

35:04 Once you’re inspired to get better odds than scratchers or just to have fun and #LoseSlowly, grab our 2021 racing “tour schedule” from our home page and make your own picks! Hint: Next Week’s spotlight is the epic Runhappy Travers at Saratoga for $1.25 million!

38:45 We’d love to hear who you like and will even tolerate your Gloating! Bragging Rights Matter! Shirts Will Be Eaten as Required!

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HAPPY RACING, YA’LL!

💋Trixie and Weej

After a crazy, bittersweet day of races at Arlington Park (soon to be RIP), we’re heading into this weekend with a hodge-podge of lord-only-knows in a punchbowl. This strange “recovering” race season is really pretzel-twisting the stakes falling between the biggies for a variety of reasons, and dominant winners scare fields away, too. (Check out this article: https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/We_asked_Why_are_the_fields_so_small_at_Saratoga_123 .) So we find ourselves with more weird fields and more tough decisions we won’t be able to make until race time. However, we will discuss our preliminary analyses and why we obstinately LIKE Tizamagician and don’t care what the other kids say! If you have thoughts about this odd season of racing or any horses in particular, share them by all means! At month’s end, we have the massive Travers “Midsummer Derby” looming large, and we have more cool resources almost prepared to help you learn about horse racing and enjoy the fun—also, some tears and bitter whining, but mostly awesome fun! You can find us on your favorite podcasting platform, on YouTube, at Instagram and Pinterest as 33xpl, and at our website, www.33xpl.com, where you can sign up for our very-occasional newsletter with goodies for subscribers. Please Like and Subscribe, tell a pal, and until next time, Happy Racing, Ya’ll! Trixie and Weej

Timestamped topics below.

1:30 Big Dreaming scratches, the luck of the draw.

2:31 Strong Tide, solid horse at first post, why aren’t we more in love?

2:56 Glynn County, decent late speed, but also feeling lukewarm?

3:25 Domestic Spending, superhero! At the Manhattan Stakes, showed off from ten lengths out! Flavien Prat keeps the band together for this big 2021 earner, who may be our turf equivalent of Knicks Go or Essential Quality.

6:06 Two Emmys, in a strange twist of nomenclature, apparently loves second place. Underbet?

6:54 Zulu Alpha, 8 year-old gelding to be ridden by Luis Saez, Saratoga’s winningest jockey, has already finished behind three of this race’s contenders earlier in the year.

8:49 Another Mystery, late speed amid undistinguised company? This may be our unpredictable long shot, as opposed to…

9:54 Space Traveller, British import who’s been losing in G1s and G2s, but winning in G3s. During this strange return-season of racing, have Del Mar and Saratoga left the rest of the fields too thin?

11:35 Bizzee Channel, spotty, but perhaps a decent undercard pick?

12:43 Armory, strong contender who’s raced in good company, but our attraction may be too great for the stats to justify. Poor last race in late July (too-recent?) may be worth noting for this kid of Galileo.

15:30 Is Space Traveller really a “live long shot?” Ummm.

17:00 Our racing tour’s next weekend stops are Del Mar’s Pacific Classic and Saratoga’s 141st running of the Alabama. See our whole schedule of races preceding the Breeders Cup at www.33xpl.com and bet-a-long! No Sleep ‘Til Del Mar!

17:47 The “All-Drug Olympics” for horses, Lasix for everybody?!

18:22 Brief description of Lasix use in horse racing. Another quick summary of the state of its use is here: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/horses/horse-racing/2019/04/18/horse-racing-doping-what-lasix-and-how-used/3495967002/

19:05 Space Traveller skips the lotus-eating party. Can he win without the sauce?

JUST FOR THE RECORD: We love making jokes, but love horses more. We encourage and support widespread reform with regard to doping, medical care, and equine treatment. We want sparkling ethics, so we can enjoy the sport happily and encourage others to become fans, too!

Enjoy more from us, the team behind 33xpl, at your favorite podcasting platform or posted at our You Tube channel along with other informational vids. You can also check us out at Instagram, Pinterest, and our own site, www.33xpl.com, where you can download our racing “tour schedule” to bet-a-long and sign up for our very-occasional newsletter with goodies for subscribers. Please Like, Comment, and Subscribe, and until next time,

HAPPY RACING, YA’LL!

Trixie and Weej

See timestamped topics below.

0:49 Ten-second insert from last week’s forgotten Oaks picks—just the correct bit, of course—no other analysis which may or may not have been accurate : )

1:10 The Longines Test: Unexpected “toss” filly Bella Sofia obliterates Trixie’s exacta and commands the field —Brava!

8:01 Saratoga Derby Invitational: Terrific Irish import State of Rest is magnificently keyed-up! Are 2 entrants running here to collect as they “bounce,” being readied for better performances in more prestigious upcoming races?

14:53 The Whitney (Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In): The glorious gray Knicks Go dominates while the specatular Swiss Skydiver sunsets.

20:04 Saratoga Oaks Invitational: Concluding the middle jewels of the Turf Triad/ Turf Trinity/ Turf Tiara (whatever, please, name it Whifflepants!), Weej reconnoitered this race and bet it beatifully. Con Lima kills it and Plum Ali is ded to us!

25:26 The Sad, Strange Saga of Arlington Park Racetrack: A beloved venue since 1927, and Weej’s childhood track(!), it was acquired by Richard L. Duchossois in the 1980’s, leading to such highlights as the “Miracle Million,” held right after a devastating fire destroyed the grandstand, and the first-ever Breeders’ Cup held in the midwest in 2002. Is this great park, once the “most beautiful” in the country, destined to be bulldozed for condos due after overdosing on that unique recipe of Illinois politics, graft, and corruption?

Enjoy more from us, 33xpl, at your favorite podcasting platform or posted at our You Tube channel along with other informational vids. You can also check us out at Instagram, Pinterest, and our own site, www.33xpl.com, where you can download our racing “tour schedule” to bet-a-long and sign up for our very-occasional newsletter with goodies for subscribers. Please Like, Comment, and Subscribe, and until next time,

HAPPY RACING, YA’LL!

Trixie and Weej

Weej is captaining the S.S. 33xpl podcast with Race Day Picks for The Saratoga Test, the Whitney, and the Saratoga Derby and Saratoga Oaks. So many rich #horseraces and we’re building to the even more lucrative RunHappy Travers—Wow! Check out our views on the fields and contenders, and let us know what you think! You can find us on your favorite podcsting platform, on Instagram, Pinterest, and at YouTube where we post this audio and other video content. Visit us at www.33xpl.com to see which races we’ll be discussing next, and sign up for our very-occasional e-newsletter with goodies and giveaways for subscribers. And until next time, best of luck and Happy Racing, Ya’ll!

We’re recapping Saratoga’s Jim Dandy— our last chance to squee over Essential Quality before the Travers—and also the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar. We’re gearing up for another huge weekend ahead: 4 Must-See races! You can find us at your favorite podcasting platform, on YouTube, at Instagram and Pinterest. Also, head to 33xpl.com where you can see and download our whole summer tour of races through November’s Breeders Cup. Also, sign up there for our very occasional newsletter with goodies and giveaways for subscribers (but never spam)— our cauldrons are cooking up something new right now! And until next time, Happy Racing, Ya’ll! Trixie and Weej

We’re picking among MORE small fields and HUGE purses with the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar and the Jim Dandy at Saratoga this weekend. Join us and bet-a-long by getting our schedule of races through November at 33xpl.com, and while you’re there, sign up for our very occasional newsletter. We’re cooking up cool goodies for subscribers as we speak! Kick your shoes (and pants?) off and groove along with this Groovenstein Orchestra (not a real thing, but you feel the vibe, right?). You can always catch us at our sometimes-educational YouTube channel, at your fave podcasting platform, and at Instagram and Pinterest. Until next time, stay chipper (huh? no!)…Happy Racing, Ya’ll! Trixie and Weej

Trixie and Weej rhapsodize over last week’s oddball 4-horse race and also get down with some weird 1970s and 1980s celebrities who owned race horses and advocated for the sport. That includes Dorf himself, the famed comedian from the Carol Burnett Show, Tim Conway, who wanted once to be a jockey and made a cool old-skool VHS-tape program on #thoroughbreds and #horseracing. Thanks to the Horse Racing channel for sharing it!

https://youtu.be/ahKfVe_i2m8

We also discuss the ongoing Olympics equestrian events, including dressage, and NBC's slate of streamed events if you'd like to watch the horsies live or later is here: https://www.nbcolympics.com/schedule/sport/equestrian Kick your shoes (and pants?) off and groove along with this Groovenstein Orchestra (not a real thing, but you feel the vibe, right?). You can always catch more 33xpl at our dot-com site, on our YouTube channel, at your fave podcasting platform, and at Instagram and Pinterest. Sign up for our very occasional e-newsletter for more goodies and info (but never spam) especially for subscribers! With our sloppy, sweaty smooches, Happy Racing, Ya’ll! Trixie and Weej of 33xpl.com

It doesn’t take us long to discuss the FOUR horses left in Saratoga’s Coaching Club Oaks this weekend, July 24th. Hardly any competition here means Malathaat may continue unbeaten and win a cool half million for bothering to show up, unless Clairiere makes it a race…. Join us here or on YouTube, Pinterest, and Instagram, and Thanks for listening, liking, and subscribing. Check out our racing calendar at www.33xpl.com and sign up for our occasional newsletter with fresh goodies and info for subscribers. Until next cast, Happy Racing, Ya’ll!

What a race! We discuss the stakes at Monmouth, Hot Rod Charlie’s disqualification, the crop rule (of course!), horse politics, and more! What’s your opinion and how did you wager? We want to hear from you! Until next time when we’ll handicap the 105th Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga, Happy Racing, Ya’ll! Trixie and Weej