Brian Robin

3 weeks ago | sportsbookreview.com | Brian Robin

We have another no-brainer–and familiar–favorite for Saturday’s 150th Preakness Stakes from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. But whether you want to write 8-5 favorite Journalism into your wagers or look elsewhere, we have other free Preakness Stakes picks and predictions to help you make those winning wagers. With Derby champion Sovereignty bypassing the Preakness Stakes for the Belmont Stakes, we endure another year without a Triple Crown hopeful.

3 weeks ago | igamingplayer.com | Brian Robin

There were two earth-shaking events that affected the field in general and the race dynamics in particular for the 150th Preakness Stakes, which sends its nine contenders to post around 4 p.m. PT Saturday from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The first came on May 6, when Bill Mott, the trainer for Kentucky Derby champion Sovereignty, announced his charge wouldn’t charge from the Pimlico gates. Instead, Mott pointed Sovereignty to the June 7 Belmont Stakes.

4 weeks ago | ocregister.com | Brian Robin

It was almost unfair. At the same time, it was a fair example of Kaitlyn Zermeno Smith’s ability to own the moment — whatever and wherever the moment. During the second round of the Big West Women’s Golf Championships, Zermeno Smith was standing behind a tree, lining up her second shot on the 18th hole at Spanish Trail Country Club in Las Vegas. CSUF golf coach Kathryn Hosch went up to her to discuss her options. Zermeno Smith wasn’t in the mood for discussion.

1 month ago | igamingplayer.com | Brian Robin

There are several eternal truths that are inescapable when you’re faced with handicapping a 20-horse Kentucky Derby: that it isn’t easy to win one of these, that luck plays as big a part in skill and that anything can—and often does—happen to torpedo even the best-laid handicapping plans. The biggest eternal truth? Because of all of the above, often the best horse doesn’t always win. We’ve seen this for the last six years.

2 months ago | ocregister.com | Brian Robin

As Jason Drotter saw it, he had no other choice but to literally call in the troops. Not that the drive west on Interstate 10 out of Palm Desert is ever brimming with scenic excitement. But even if there was more to see than windmills, dinosaurs or the Cabazon Outlet Mall, none of that would purge the images Drotter couldn’t shake from his rattled mind from the previous three days. Images of the Cal State Fullerton men’s golf team’s season imploding before his very eyes.