In his regular gambling blog, John Piassek presents his top picks for the upcoming weekend in horse racing, offering betting options at different budget levels. Piassek’s Plays is brought to you by Horseplayers.com, the official online qualifying site of the Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) and National Horseplayers Championship (NHC).
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2021 Best Pal Stakes at a Glance
Now that the calendar has turned to August, the races for 2-year-olds become longer and more important.
American Pharoah, Wise Dan, Pletcher, and Casse Among Hall of Fame Inductees
For Mark Casse, it’s been a very long wait. But in this instance, it will be well worth it. It was about 15 months ago in May that Casse and the rest of the 2020 inductees learned that they had been voted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Road to 2021 Breeders’ Cup: Three Heating Up, Three Cooling Down for Aug. 4
The path to the 2021 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar on Nov. 5-6 is a road with plenty of ups and downs as talented racehorses vie for a spot in one of 14 championship races and $31 million in purses and awards. This blog provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Road to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships and three horses whose Breeders’ Cup chances are not quite as strong as they were two weeks ago.
