Welcome to Noel Michaels’ Weekend Winners, the place to go for weekend best bets and spot plays from veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer Noel Michaels. Check back every week for a couple of highlighted selections designed to help you cash a few bets and make some money.
Epsom Top Rated Horses Friday 5th June
Epsom Top Rated Horses Friday 5th June
13:30
NAANA’S SHADOW 200.2
SHES GOT A BROTHER 182.8
CHAIRMANFOURTIMES 176.8
WEDONTTELLLIES 170
ONE AND GONE 165.5
ALFA DUPLICATE 165.3
HANNEY GIRL 162
TEMPLE OF ATHENA 161.8
PROOF 155.5
COYY 148
ARTISTA 147.5
U S S CHARLESTON 143.5
CALL MARGOT 139.8
RILEY ROCKS 138
HENRYTHENATE 135.7
ROSIE FRITH 126.5
14:05
HICKORY LAD 174.3
POSSESSIVE 173.7
DANDYMAN DAN 160.3
WILD TERRAIN 158.5
RLASTHOPE 147.5
SOCIAL SPIRIT 127.2
ROMIDIJO 120.2
THE BOOKKEEPER 114.3
EL LAMBO 103.2
TIME AND EFFORT 101.7
ARDAD STEVE 97.2
HAVANA FLASH 61.5
ALPE D’HUEZ 58.7
14:40
SEAGULLS ELEVEN 249.8
PERSICA 245.8
BOILING POINT 238.7
ICE MAX 231.7
QIRAT 201
SKUKUZA 189.7
CHANCELLOR 181.8
ROYAL PLAYWRIGHT 170.2
15:15
RESPOND 222.7
LIBERTY LANE 219.3
SALLAAL 214.8
HAVE SECRET 198
HAND OF GOD 191
BOLSTER 188.5
AULD TOON LOON 186.7
QUAI DE BETHUNE 184.5
AMMES 179.7
ALPHA CRUCIS 172.2
TYCOON 171
LET’S DREAM 163.8
SPOKEN TRUTH 163.7
KING’S CODE 157.3
BEYLERBEYI 154
GREAT DAVID 150.2
DHAHABI 50.8
16:00
LEGACY LINK 249.2
AMELIA EARHART 230.5
VENETIAN LACE 214.8
SUGAR ISLAND 206
CAMEO 195.2
THUNDERING ON 193.8
K SARRA 186.5
ON MESSAGE 155.5
A LA PROCHAINE 155.2
16:40
ASMEN WARRIOR 206
STERLING KNIGHT 204.3
STEM 193.3
MIRSKY 192.2
PRINCIPALITY 186.5
CELEBORN 179.5
MISTER WINSTON 178.3
WALSINGHAM 177.8
MAN OF LA MANCHA 176.8
MR SWIVELL 172.5
THUNDER ROAR 170.8
BRAGBOR 169.2
OZAT 164.3
POPMASTER 163.3
HOT CASH 154.7
JIMMY SPEAKING 153
NIZAM 147.2
FINAL NIGHT 143.7
17:15
STELLAR SUNRISE 243.7
GREEK MYTHOLOGY 228.5
ARDISIA 227
NORTHERN CHAMPION 219.3
TEN CARAT HARRY 207.8
ELLUSIVE BUTTERFLY 188.7
AWAKEN 188.5
POSTMODERN 176.5
ASSARANCA 158.2
17:50
RHOSCOLYN 218.5
DANCE IN THE STORM 206.7
CRIMSON SPIRIT 195.7
ZARATHOS 180.3
MISTER BLUEBIRD 179.5
THE ANGEL KING 179
ARCTIC THUNDER 178.7
SON 168.7
PIETRO 168.3
MONARCH’S GOLD 167.3
VEBLEN GOOD 159.3
AURORA MAJESTY 152.3
SUNNY SMILE 150.5
MUSICAL ANGEL 144.5
A WAR EAGLE 141.5
COLOMBIER 139.2
A Thoroughbred Renaissance Takes Shape at Upperville
For 173 years, horses have been jumping around the Upperville showgrounds in Virginia. That’s 21 years longer than the Kentucky Derby has existed. Despite its long history, this year Upperville is embracing something entirely new. Sixty Thoroughbreds participated in the inaugural $25,000 Upperville Thoroughbred Hunter Derby. For a breed most commonly associated with racetracks rather than show rings, the event felt like the start of something much bigger than a horse show.
Big-Race Showdown: Expert Picks for Jaipur Stakes, Met Mile, Belmont Stakes
For the 10th year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2026 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2026 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big-Race Showdown.”
