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.
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ABR Sunday Selections: Full-Card Picks for Opening Day at Keeneland
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.
Which Wood Memorial Stakes Runners Might Excel on a Wet Track?
The Saturday forecast for Jamaica, N.Y., calls for an 84% chance of rain with the precipitation expected to begin at about 10 a.m. ET in the vicinity of Aqueduct, which hosts the $750,000 Wood Memorial Stakes Presented by Resorts World Casino card.
Big-Race Showdown: Coast-to-Coast Action on Kentucky Derby Trail
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.”
