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.
Kempton Top Rated Saturday 10th January
Kempton Top Rated Saturday 10th January
Sandown
12:20
BARON NOIR 80.75
SWINGIN SAFARI 28.03
KOCKTAIL BLEU 9.27
SHABALKO D’HERM 7.10
THE EGYPTIAN GINGE 4.31
CAN U FEEL IT 0.64
MY FORTUNE 0.54
GAMBINO 0.00
12:55
GO WEST 32.50
OLD COWBOY 27.21
LEADER IN THE PARK 24.42
LOOKAWAY 23.58
PESO 6.88
OUTLAW PETER 0.00
13:30
PRECIOUS MAN 53.67
KING AL 12.60
WERTPOL 7.63
SENATOR 5.35
DISSIDENT 4.29
FRANK STAMPER 2.77
WISE COUNSELLOR 0.96
CHARTWELL JOCK 0.82
POURQUOI PAS PAPA 0.00
14:05
WELCOM TO CARTRIES 76.23
THE DOYEN CHIEF 33.44
SOUL ICON 29.00
YOUR DARLING 7.38
BEACHCOMBER 5.64
SEA INVASION 3.87
14:40
KALIF DU BERLAIS 84.38
EDWARDSTONE 51.77
BOOMBAWN 19.16
MASTER CHEWY 14.72
15:17
FRENCH SHIP 19.18
LANESBOROUGH 8.43
A PAI DE NOM 7.46
FASOL 7.02
BEAT THE BAT 4.64
DOUBLE POWERFUL 4.32
CAME FROM NOWHERE 4.16
JUST ENNEMI 4.11
KING OF THE LAKE 4.00
IBERICO LORD 3.10
JUST A ROSE 2.09
GOODWIN 1.67
IKE SPORT 1.53
WRECKLESS ERIC 1.48
YELLOW STAR 1.42
KRAK 0.55
CAPTAIN TEAGUE 0.00
15:53
WILLIETHEBUILDER 53.48
WE’RE RED AND BLUE 21.79
RARE EDITION 11.99
QUAVISTE 9.38
COURAGEOUS STRIKE 6.02
OAKLEY’S WAY 5.06
KING WILLIAM RUFUS 4.33
WASHINGTON 3.40
How Can Anime Positively Impact Horse Racing? Let the Umamusume Community Explain
From an American perspective, horse racing and anime franchises sound like strange bedfellows. Their demographics could hardly be more disparate, with racing featuring a primarily older demographic, while anime generally appeals more to younger generations who usually aren’t into sports, let alone a niche sport like horse racing.
FOX Sports, Writers Voss and Privman Among 2025 Media Eclipse Award Winners
Lexington, Ky. (Jan. 8, 2026) ─ The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters today announced the winners of the 2025 Media Eclipse Awards in six categories. Every entry must have been primarily published or aired for the first time between Nov. 16, 2024, and Nov. 14, 2025. The 2025 Media Eclipse Award winners are as follows: Live Television Programming – FOX Sports, “The Belmont Stakes,” Michael Mulvihill, President – Insight & Analytics, June 7, 2025
