Tips for Playing

How do you succeed in Triple Crown Trail?

• Select at least a few horses from the major players. It is likely that long time players Eric Nalbone, Laura Ferguson, Jon Xett, etc will have several horses on the Trail. It is up to you to decide which of their candidates is going to run in the most prep races and earn the most points.
• Take a look at the results for the Steward's Cup Juvenile. It is likely that most of these horses will be pointed for the Trail.
• The rankings should really help you in finding the top three year olds, but make sure you weed out the sprinters, as these horses will not run in Trail races.
• Add some of your own horses. If you have a Triple Crown nominated horse and you know for sure that the horse will be running in prep races, you will know how many points you could possibly earn from that horse.
• Be wary of fillies: While some fillies may run in the Triple Crown, they rarely run in prep races against males.
• Do add up and coming horses who might have broken their maidens week 15 or 16. Some of these horses haven't run in stakes races yet, but they will be making an impact on the Trail.

Other suggestions:

• Do a search for stakes races and maiden races for 2 year olds for the last few weeks and examine the results.
• Take note of the Triple Crown fields from last year, and which trainers use two preps as opposed to one (more scoring opportunities).

Have fun!