Every Sunday Noel Michaels will provide free full-card picks for a one racecard in North America. A veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer, Michaels also writes a weekly “Weekend Winners” blog for America’s Best Racing with a focus on key stakes races at marquee tracks. This feature will be straight-forward: full-card picks for one Sunday slate of races of his choosing.
Month: November 2024
Breeders’ Cup Classic Winner Sierra Leone Surges in Latest World’s Best Racehorse Rankings
Buoyed by a 1 ½-length victory in the $7 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Nov. 2 at Del Mar, U.S.-based 3-year-old Sierra Leone improved his rating from a 120 to a 125 in the ninth edition of the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2024.
Artie’s Storm Leads Full Autumn Stakes Field at Woodbine
The field for the Grade 2 $175,000 HPIbet Autumn Stakes features five horses coming off wins and six stakes winners and will be one of the featured races this Saturday at Woodbine.
Alphonse Le Grande reinstated after whip appeal
Alphonse Le Grande is reinstated as winner of the Cesarewitch Handicap after jockey Jamie Powell wins a whip appeal.