Horse Racing This Labor Day Weekend: Key Races, Top Horses & Best Bets [Aug. 30 - Sept. 1]

Sat Aug 30 2025TwinSpires Staff

Find out everything you need to know about key races, top horse, and best bets with TwinSpires horse racing this weekend.
How to bet the 2025 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes

Fri Aug 29 2025John Mucciolo

An excellent cast of nine, led by four Grade 1 winners including the defending champion in the contest, will vie in Sunday’s $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup S. (G1) at Saratoga.
How to bet the 2025 Hopeful Stakes

Fri Aug 29 2025John Mucciolo

A strong and well-matched field of eight juveniles will run seven-eighths on the Saratoga dirt in Monday’s $300,000 Hopeful S. (G1).
How to bet the 2025 Kentucky Downs Juvenile Sprint Stakes

Fri Aug 29 2025John Mucciolo

A total of 10 two-year-olds will travel six panels over the green in Sunday’s lucrative, $1 million Kentucky Downs Juvenile Sprint S.
Friday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Saratoga’s $85,967 Pick 6 carryover

Fri Aug 29 2025J. Keeler Johnson

Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Friday, Aug. 29 at Saratoga, Colonial Downs, and Del Mar, including horses to play in Saratoga’s $85,967 Pick 6 carryover.
Betting With, and Against, Nysos in the Pacific Classic

Thu Aug 28 2025John Mucciolo

A stellar rendition of the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) will take place at Del Mar on Saturday with a robust field of eight set to go postward.
Exotics Plays for the 2025 Spinaway Stakes

Thu Aug 28 2025John Mucciolo

A fine field of 10 juvenile fillies will travel seven panels over the Saratoga main strip in Saturday’s $300,000 Spinaway S. (G1).
Pick 4 of the Week: Kentucky Downs Saturday

Thu Aug 28 2025John Mucciolo

Four closing races, three of which are of the graded stakes variety, with combined total purses in excess of $7.5 million, will be my aim with the Pick 4 of the Week at Kentucky Downs.
Pick 3 of the Week: Del Mar Saturday

Thu Aug 28 2025John Mucciolo

The Pacific Classic headlines a massive day of racing at Del Mar on Saturday, and I will go after the closing Pick 3 with the feature in the middle of the sequence.
Thursday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Colonial’s $30,505 Pick 6 carryover

Thu Aug 28 2025J. Keeler Johnson

Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Thursday, Aug. 28 at Saratoga, Kentucky Downs, and Horseshoe Indianapolis, along with a horse to single in the $30,505 Pick 6 carryover at Colonial Downs.
How to bet the 2025 Tapit Stakes

Wed Aug 27 2025John Mucciolo

An overflow field of 16 is entered in the opening day feature at Kentucky Downs, the $500,000 Tapit S.
How to bet the Perfect Sting Stakes

Wed Aug 27 2025John Mucciolo

A total of 10 fillies and mares will travel one mile over the inner turf in Friday’s deep, $150,000 Perfect Sting S. at Saratoga.
Wednesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Colonial’s $16,272 Pick 6 carryover

Wed Aug 27 2025J. Keeler Johnson

Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Wednesday, Aug. 27 at Colonial Downs, Delaware Park, and Horseshoe Indianapolis, including a horse to single in Colonial’s $16,272 Pick 6 carryover.