For the ninth 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 2025 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2025 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big-Race Showdown.”
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Noel’s Weekend Winners: A Pair of Great Betting Races at Keeneland
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.
Betting Against a Pair of Untested Favorites in 2025 Lexington Stakes
The $400,000 Stonestreet Lexington Stakes frequently serves as a race for owners and trainers making a last-ditch effort to squeak into the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve. This year’s edition Saturday at Keeneland is atypical in that none of the entrants has more than six Derby qualifying points and thus none has a realistic shot to compete in the first jewel of the Triple Crown.
Which Apple Blossom Challenger Has the Potential to Upset Thorpedo Anna?
The Grade 1, $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap Saturday at Oaklawn Park drew a field of seven older females with all eyes on 2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna, who made short work of her competition when winning the Grade 2 Azeri Stakes last month.
