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    Racing insider and accomplished horseplayer offers picks for 2020 Florida Derby

    Sharp handicapper Bob Weir has had multiple five-figure days at the track, and he has used his handicapping skills to break down and offer picks for Saturday's Florida Derby.
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    The road to the Kentucky Derby continues Saturday as the 2020 Florida Derby takes place at Gulfstream Park. Post time is set for 6:36 p.m. ET. Tiz the Law is the 6-5 morning-line favorite. Before you make any 2020 Florida Derby picks, you NEED to see what Bob Weir has to say.

    Based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Weir has been handicapping and following horse racing since reading Andy Beyer's landmark handicapping book "Picking Winners" in the late 1980s. Weir is highly invested in the Beyer speed figure, a number assigned to every race run by a horse that measures how fast the horse ran. He uses the figure as the backbone of his handicapping. In fact, thanks to his proficiency with speed figures and top-tier handicapping, he landed one of just eight spots on Beyer's figure-making team in 2017, a position he holds to this day.

    Weir's methodology has produced multiple five-figure days. In 2014, he hit a $60,000 Pick 6 at Del Mar on a $144 ticket. The following year, he nailed a $31,000 Pick 6 at Gulfstream Park on a $36 investment. In 2016 and 2017, Weir qualified for the prestigious National Horseplayers Championship in Las Vegas.

    And this year, his first for SportsLine, Weir has been on fire. In January, he crushed the Pegasus World Cup, giving out an $8 exacta and a $1 trifecta while winning $757.60. In last month's Sam F. Davis Stakes, he gave out the $.50 superfecta, which paid $150.75. And last week Weir correctly pegged Wells Bayou to win the Louisiana Derby.

    Anyone who has followed his lead is WAY UP.

    Now, Weir has handicapped the 2020 Florida Derby field, made his picks and constructed his bets. We can tell you that he is low on Ete Indien, the second-biggest favorite at 4-1. "I do not expect Ete Indien to repeat his last race," Weir told SportsLine. "I'm fading." 

    Instead, Weir is high on a longshot who is coming into the Florida Derby in good form and should benefit from the pace. Weir's including this horse in his exactas and superfectas, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see which horse it is before locking in any picks.

    Who wins the 2020 Florida Derby? What longshot is a must-back?... Join SportsLine right now to get the top 2020 Florida Derby picks and bets, all from the racing insider who nailed the Pegasus World Cup!

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    SportsLine Staff

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