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.
SLIDESHOW: Meet the 2025 Travers Stakes Contenders
The $1.25 million DraftKings Travers Stakes Aug. 23 at Saratoga Race Course is an annual highlight of summer racing as the famed “Mid-Summer Derby” is the marquee race of the meet and one of the most important races in the3-year-old division.
Curragh Top Rated Saturday 16th August
Curragh Top Rated Saturday 16th August
Curragh 13.42
4 COINCIDENTAL GLORY 138.0
7 WILLOFTHEPEOPLE 83.3
3 SUBSTANCE 29.2
11 MUSHAFFAR 26.5
Curragh 14.17
2 RAPHELLO 86.5
1 SIR ALFIE 74.7
5 MONTE VISTA 50.7
3 BAKER BLUE 50.3
Curragh 14.52
6 IPANEMA QUEEN 114.8
2 KANSAS 111.3
1 JACK THE BACHELOR 107.0
7 ROSIE FRITH 45.3
Curragh 15.27
1 LOS ANGELES 176.3
2 GALEN 127.2
3 CRYPTO FORCE 70.7
6 ZAHRANN 55.8
Curragh 16.02
5 BRIGID’S CLOAK 80.3
2 HEAVENLY POWER 75.0
1 QUEEN OF MOUGINS 70.8
4 CHARASSON 56.8
Curragh 16.37
5 PUPPET MASTER 135.3
1 ABSURDE 108.5
3 LEINSTER 83.2
2 DALLAS STAR 74.2
Curragh 17.10
1 HELIOGABALUS 60.7
4 AUBURN AVENUE 60.7
16 WITHOUTFURTHERADO 44.3
6 VIVACIOUS LADY 25.7
Curragh 17.45
9 ANNIE LAVINIA 80.5
2 NEZEEH 72.7
4 CARRIGANS GROVE 66.7
11 VON KROLOCK 64.3
Ripon Top Rated Saturday 16th August
Ripon Top Rated Saturday 16th August
Ripon 13.35
7 OHARA 71.8
5 SUSPENDED SENTENCE 56.5
9 SPIRIT OF THE WOOD 54.3
11 MAYAADA 50.2
Ripon 14.10
1 AL SHAHAM 189.7
3 GOLD QUEEN KINDLY 131.3
2 GHARMA SUTRA 77.7
4 SWORD MAKER 72.2
Ripon 14.45
3 FORTAMOUR 72.7
5 NOVELLO LAD 55.8
14 SHOWTIME MAHOMES 56.0
12 DICKO THE LEGEND 37.2
Ripon 15.20
7 ROUSING ENCORE 72.7
14 MISTER SOX 53.5
4 SECRET GUEST 46.0
16 ROCK OPERA 38.8
Ripon 15.50
1 GARDEN OASIS 95.3
3 BARLEY 94.3
5 HAVANA PRINCE 65.5
7 CARRON 50.7
Ripon 16.24
5 SHIELAS WELL 129.3
3 SPRING CHORUS 91.8
1 CHURCHELLA 88.7
4 PHAEDRA 60.3
Ripon 16.59
2 YOUNG FIRE 171.5
1 BAY DREAM BELIEVER 77.0
7 SCARRIFF 63.0
9 TIBERIO FORCE 43.7
