LAST TIME TO ENJOY THE YEAR OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS!
DID I PROCLAIM THAT 2025 IS THE YEAR OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS?
YES, THAT IS CORRECT: 2025 IS THE YEAR OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS, BOTH THOROUGHBRED AND HARNESS!
THE YEAR OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS -- OH BOY, IS IT EVER?
With that said, let's close out the two-year-old year "early" with a "BANG!"
I KNOW THERE ARE STILL TWO-YEAR-OLD RACES TO COME BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR WITH RACES LIKE:
The Remsen at Aqueduct next week December 6 (2025) and then there are two-year-old races out west in California at Los Alamitos Racecourse beginning Friday, Dec. 5 and continue through Sunday, Dec. 14 to close out the outstanding YEAR OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS!
The last two two-year-old stakes races are the G2, $200,000-guaranteed Starlet for 2-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles on Saturday, Dec. 6 (2025) and one week later – Saturday, Dec. 13 - the G2, $200,000-guaraneed Los Alamitos Futurity at 1 1/16 miles for 2-year-old colts.
THAT IS IT!!!
SO LONG THE YEAR OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS 2025!
HAPPY THE YEAR OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS, EVERYBODY!
BUT PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK THOSE THREE RACES WILL GENERATE OUTSTANDING TWO-YEAR-OLDS OF 2025 (in my opinion).
SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THE REAL TWO-YEAR-OLDS OF 2025 ARE RUNNING THIS WEEKEND AT CHURCHILL DOWNS!
AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THEM RUN THIS WEEKEND!
Oh, grief! -- I have to wait until next summer for two-year-old races to kick in full gear!
IT'S A BUMMER!
Anyhow, let's use the parlay betting strategy and call it as:
THE YEAR-END TWO-YEAR-OLD YEAR PARLAY SPECIAL!
Since it is a two-year-old year-end special, I will make an exception to the three-leg rule and make it as a four-leg parlay special.
1st leg:
6 1/2 Furlongs Open 2 Year Olds Ed Brown Stakes
PURSE: $225,000
Date: Saturday November 29, 2025
Track: Churchill Downs
Race: 4
Surface: Dirt
Horse: Boyd (ML 1-1 favorite)
Bet Boyd to win.
2nd leg:
1 Mile Open 2 Year Olds ALLOWANCE OPTIONAL CLAIMING : $100,000
PURSE: $127,000
Date: Saturday November 29, 2025
Track: Churchill Downs
Race: 5
Surface: dirt
Horse: It's Our Time (ML 1-1 favorite)
Bet It's Our Time to win.
3rd leg:
1 1/16 Miles Open 2 Year Olds G2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes
PURSE: $400,000
Date: Saturday November 29, 2025
Track: Churchill Downs
Race: 10
Surface: dirt
Horse: Further Ado (ML 7-5 favorite)
Bet Further Ado (ML 7-5) to win.
Put all of the accumulated money on him because he is going to win this race in a romp, in my opinion.
4th and final leg:
7 Furlongs Open 2 Year Olds MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT
PURSE: $120,000
Date: Saturday November 29, 2025
Track: Churchill Downs
Race: 10
Surface: dirt
Horse: Dragones (ML 3-1 second choice behind 5-2 favorite Cannoneer)
Bet Dragones (ML 3-1) to win, place using double down betting strategy.
Put all of the accumulated money on him because I think he has a very good chance to be at least 2nd (if not win).
Note: I broke the "parlay rule" by picking a longshot in the last leg, the 4th leg.
Well, not really a longshot but a second choice in the morning line.
But still I broke the "parlay rule", nonetheless.
I am breaking the "parlay rule" because I think Dragones qualifies as a "cinch" horse based on my handicapping prowess and expertise.
This is one of my rare occasions that I break the last leg "parlay rule."
You should never break the last-leg parlay rule because it is very dangerous as longshots like Dragones might well run like a longshot horse causing our accumulated money to go down the drain.
You won't see me breaking the last-leg parlay rule very often and this one is the rare exception one.
With that said, I think Dragones will win this race like a "cinch" horse would; and therefore, I feel very confident in using Dragones as the last leg of this parlay special year-end play.
HAPPY THE YEAR OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS, EVERYBODY!
