Cal Waite "The Turfsage"

A retired real estate loan consultant, known privately by turf club regulars in Northern California as the one-and-only TURFSAGE (“sage” as in all-knowing, and “turf” as in matters relating to the track), Cal got his start 28 years ago at Golden Gate Fields / Bay Meadows. For 15 of those years, he was at the track five days a week.

Never a chalk player, his specialty is finding those 5 to 25 to 1 morning line shots which are ready to fire, even after finishing up the track (sometimes way up the track) in their last race. He took a “system” from a racing magazine in 1982 and has refined it to score with many $40 plus winners over the years. Parlaying multiple qualifiers (round robin two horse parlays if more than two qualifiers on a card) at the same track has returned many thousands of dollars in a given day.

Another specialty is two year old maidens, especially first time starters, and first time turf starters of any age, who hit for sometimes huge prices. Private workout reports and Tomlinson figures are analyzed in depth, and trainer/jockey angles are factored in. A $150 winner on a first time starter in 2002 brought him a huge Pick 6 win, in excess of $100,000 on a non-carryover day in Southern California.

Years of turf club and clubhouse conversations with other handicappers, owners, trainers, and even regulars who have backside connections, have provided a huge vault of information on west coast racing ins and outs. Cal is dedicated to providing you with winners not really noticed by the betting public, hence the prices make it all worthwhile.