Super Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson has found a new end zone. It’s the winner’s circle at Saratoga Race Course.
Category: Horse Racing News
ABR Sunday Selections: Full-Card Picks for August 30 at Saratoga
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.
Holy Bull: An Enduring Legacy of Brilliance
Holy Bull was that rare horse who could win one-turn races like the Hutcheson Stakes and the Grade 1 Metropolitan Mile as though sprinting were his life’s calling, and also capture a testing 1 ¼-mile race like the prestigious Travers Stakes, holding off no less than the eventual winner of that year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic. He was owned and trained by top New Jersey-based horseman Warren A. “Jimmy” Croll. And how he came to own Holy Bull is a story in itself.
Betting a 25-1 Longshot in the Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager
The $7 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic is taking place on Oct. 31, but you don’t have to wait until race day to get your win bets down. Instead, you can play the Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager, which opens on Friday, Aug. 28 and closes on Sunday, Aug. 30.
