Winning a stakes like the Jan. 3 $139,500 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct may earn a 3-year-old some Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve qualifying points but winning a one-turn mile like the Jerome and the testing 1 1/4-mile Kentucky Derby are light years apart.
ABR Sunday Selections: Full-Card Picks for Jan. 4 at Gulfstream Park
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.
Sandown Top Rated Saturday 3rd January
Sandown Top Rated Saturday 3rd January
12:15
SINNATRA 48.45
FOURONEOHFEVER 37.89
POURQUOI PAS PAPA 21.44
NIGHT RIDE HOME 7.02
NELSON GATE 4.64
CONTACTO 0.00
GOLLY GOSH 0.00
12:45
KEEP RUNNING 57.32
VANDERPOEL 56.70
SIAM PARK 21.23
GABRIEL’S GETAWAY 12.60
KOTMASK 9.13
13:15
LUTTRELL LAD 34.62
PONCHO 9.41
HENRI THE SECOND 9.32
BOURBALI 6.86
DOMINIC’S FAULT 5.54
LUCKY ONE 4.50
RANGE 3.75
SONIGINO 3.72
SECRET TRIX 3.08
STOLEN SILVER 1.21
NORTH LODGE 0.00
13:50
JET PLANE 36.74
CAN YOU CALL 29.98
TRIPLE TRADE 23.72
MINELLA TRUMP 17.99
NUMITOR 7.62
HURRICANE BAY 0.00
14:25
SUNSET MARQUESA 68.88
SHANTWOPOINTFIVE 19.50
JUBILEE ALPHA 18.53
GOOD LOOK CHARM 13.10
NURSE SUSAN 5.01
THAT’LL DO MOSS 3.53
15:05
LE MILOS 23.36
NOCTE VOLATUS 20.96
GUSTAVIAN 15.34
ANNSAM 13.84
CREDO 8.46
COPPERHEAD 7.82
GABBYS CROSS 5.08
DIGBY 3.68
BLACKJACK MAGIC 2.32
15:35
DANCE AND GLANCE 27.79
ALL IN YOU 20.53
HOT FUSS 18.48
CONTINUANCE 12.28
NARDARAN 9.56
BRACE FOR LANDING 8.56
HE’S A LATCHICO 8.20
IMAGINARIUM 7.23
Thoroughbred Racing’s Winningest Horse of 2025: Small-Track Star Sharp Warning
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