Handicapping Saturday's Arkansas Derby

This Saturday afternoon at Oaklawn Park is the running of the $1 million Arkansas Derby, which is the final major Grade 1 stakes race for three-year old thoroughbreds leading up to this year's Kentucky Derby on May 7 at Churchill Downs. In case anyone has not been keeping score with my picks for the last four $1 million Grade 1 Kentucky Derby prep races over the past two weeks, I will be going for my fourth winning ticket in this five-race series.

My current run started in the Florida Derby when I took second-choice Nyquist over favored Mohaymen as my top pick to win. Last Saturday in a trifecta of major Kentucky Derby prep races, I started the day with the right call in the Wood Memorial by going with Outwork as my top pick. The winning streak reached three when Brody's Cause outpaced the field in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes, but I came-up one spot short of pulling off the sweep when Exaggerator edged out favorite Mor Spirit for first place in the Santa Anita Derby.

I am hoping this hot streak carries over to my pick to win Saturday's main event at Oaklawn, but I really have my eye on the big prize in my early handicapping efforts for the annual "Run for the Roses" at Churchill that first Saturday in May. If you want to check out my official picks for the Arkansas Derby, then check out the link below for my weekly horse racing betting report on SBR Forum..

LINK: Horse Racing Betting Report For Saturday's Arkansas Derby

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Opening Round Series Picks

The 2016 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs get underway this Wednesday night with Game 1 in three of the eight matchups in the Conference Quarterfinals. The Washington Capitals are the top seed in the Eastern Conference and heavy favorites to roll over Philadelphia in that best-of-seven series and the same could be said for the Dallas Stars as the top seed in the West in their series against Minnesota.

The other six series are expected to be a much closer battle and in this week's prop picks for Doc's Sports I have highlighted my top series price pick in both the East and West bracket based on prop bet odds by BetOnline. Check out my picks at the link below.

LINK: NHL Playoffs Series Odds with Expert Picks and Predictions

Three $1 Million Dollar Stakes Races Highlight this Saturday's Horse Racing Card

Everyone that loves to bet on horses knows that the Kentucky Derby is the biggest betting event of the year, but it is a rare treat to get three Grade 1 stakes races for three-year old thoroughbreds on the same day as is the case with this Saturday's card. Starting with the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct in the east and moving through the heartland of horse racing with the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, the day's racing action will take horse bettors out to the West Coast for the Santa Anita Derby at Santa Anita Park.

The results of all three of these races are sure to have a major impact on the actual field for this year's "Run for the Roses" at Churchill Downs the first Saturday in May and I have made my official picks for all three of the Grade 1 events in my weekly horse racing betting report for SBR Forum. My confidence level has never been higher after making the right call in Nyquist's huge victory over Moyhayman in last Saturday's Florida Derby so you might want to check out which horses I have winning these three races at link below.

LINK: Horse Racing Betting Report For Saturday's Top Three Events

Betting the Big Four in the Masters

Trying to pick the outright winner in a professional golf tournament is a tall task to say the least and it only becomes that much harder when it is one of the four Majors such as this week's Masters at Augusta National Golf Course. The field is loaded to the brim with the best golfers in the world and the list runs pretty deep with the number of players that have a legitimate chance to win this week.

The key to betting big events such as this is to look for value in any number of the props bets that sportsbooks release in conjunction with their betting odds for the outright win. I stumbled across one the other day at Bovada that offers some tremendous value. In my weekly props pick piece for Doc's Sports, I will show you why betting on the top four favorites as a group against the rest of the field is the best way to go if you are looking to cash-in on this year's Masters.


LINK: 2016 Masters Betting Picks for Best Props on the Board

This Week's Insiders Sports Betting Tips

Tonight's NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Game should be a close, hard-fought battle between the last two teams standing in this year's NCAA Tournament. The No. 2 Villanova Wildcats, out of the Big East come into this game as slight 2.5-point underdogs against the ACC's No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels. Both teams are playing their best basketball at the right time of the year, but some of the recent betting trends surrounding this matchup could help provide some clues as to which team will go on to win.

In other sports betting action, a new season of Major League Baseball got underway on Sunday night with a full slate of season openers on today's schedule. It is anyone's guess as to which team goes on to win this year's World Series, but Bovada's updated MLB futures odds point out a few teams trending in the right direction. Please be sure to check-out all of this week's insider betting tips in this week's piece for Doc's Sports through the link listed below.

LINK: All-Sports Expert Betting Tips to Help Win Cash this Week

Big Showdown Brewing in the Florida Derby

The first Saturday in May is reserved for the Kentucky Derby, but this Saturday at Gulfstream Park could be a preview of horse racing's biggest event of the year with the top two three-year old thoroughbreds in the nation facing-off against one another in this year's $1 million Florida Derby.

Mohayman is the top Kentucky Derby favorite according to his +250 futures odds with BetOnline and he opened as a 1/1 even money favorite to win this Saturday's main event at Gulfstream. The three-year old Kentucky-bred colt comes into this race with a perfect 5-0 record. Nyquist is listed as a +500 second-favorite to win this year's "Run for the Roses" and his opening betting odds to win the Florida Derby were set at 6/5. This three-year old colt will put his six-race winning streak on the line after his recent first-place finish in the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita Park.

There is a total of 10 horses entered into Saturday's Florida Derby and while it is pretty obvious that I am going to go with these two studs as my top exacta pick, be sure to check my weekly horse racing report for SBR Forum to find out which one I have finishing first.

LINK: Horse Racing Betting Report For Saturday's Florida Derby

Betting on This Year's NCAA Tournament MOP

The Most Outstanding Player award is one of the heaviest bet player props in conjunction with general wagers of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Over the next few days this player prop will play itself out in Saturday's Final Four and Monday night's Championship Game. It is pretty safe to assume that a player from the winning team with also win this award, so the trick to cashing-in on this bet is figuring out which of the four teams still dancing can pull-off two more two victories in a six-game run to a national title.

In my weekly props article for Doc's Sports, I took on the task of trying to find the best value in the current betting odds for MOP. There are a few safe bets out there by going chalk with the best team or the best player, but I took a bit of an unconventional approach with my "best bet" pick. The link to my MOP article is located below.

LINK: NCAA Tournament MOP Picks with other Props Odds and Predictions