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.
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ABR Trifecta Picks for the 2026 Pegasus World Cup
The purse might be lower than back in 2016 and 2017, but Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes still holds a lot of prestige (to seasoned racing fans, it did so even when named the Donn Handicap).
Pegasus Filly and Mare Turf Offers Golden Opportunity to Find Value
The $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational Stakes Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Jan. 24 at Gulfstream Park is my kind of race with a deep, talented cast of turf females that even the morning-line oddsmaker could not make heads or tails of.
ABR Sunday Selections: Full-Card Picks for Jan. 18 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.
