The 2026 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge and What to Know
Lexington financial planner Dave Smyth won 2025's BCBC tournament, finishing the day with betting earnings of $144,800 and a first prize of $463,000.
Tournaments
Alastair Bull
Australia Preview for October 24, 2026
As North America gets ready for the Breeders’ Cup, the closest Australian race to the Breeders’ Cup Classic is set to run this weekend, seven days before the Classic.
International
Australia Preview for October 17, 2026
Ka Ying Rising’s attempt to win a second Everest is the biggest thing in Australian racing this week, but there’s plenty more happening.
International
Betting with, and against the World's Best, Ka Ying Rising
Fittingly, the world’s richest race on turf has attracted the world’s best racehorse.
International
Australia Preview for October 10, 2026
Good betting opportunities abound at both Caulfield and Rosehill.
International
Arc Day 2026: Selections for undercard Breeders’ Cup Challenge races
It’s almost a Breeders’ Cup European turf equivalent, with six Group 1 races in total.
International
Prix De l'Arc De Triomphe Preview for 2026
It’s a historic edition, not because of an especially strong field, but because it’s the last time geldings will be barred.
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Australia Preview for October 3, 2026
In terms of Group and Grade 1 races, the first weekend in October is the biggest weekend of the year in world racing.
International
Australia Preview for September 26-27, 2026
Australian racing is a little quieter than usual this Saturday, mainly because Melbourne is hosting the Aussie version of the Super Bowl, the Australian Rules football grand final.
International
Australia Preview for September 19, 2026
Four A$1 million ($720,000) contests highlight Australia's racing this weekend.
International
Irish Champions Festival 2026: Day Two Preview
Day two of the Irish Champions Festival on Sunday has implications for upcoming racing around the world.
International
Irish Champions Festival 2026: Day one preview
Flat racing’s biggest week in Ireland is the Irish Champions Festival, held on consecutive days at Leopardstown and The Curragh, respectively.
International
Australia Preview for September 12, 2026
One of Australia’s longest-serving warriors is off of Flemington to win his favorite race for a fourth consecutive year.
Wagering
Australia Preview: September 5, 2026
The countdown to the $14.4 million Everest heats up in Australia this weekend with two major contests.
International
Betting Selections for Australia Horse Racing on August 29, 2026
Australian Group One racing switches to Melbourne for its first top-ranked contest of spring, the Memsie S. It’s not as hot as last week’s Winx S. in Sydney – there’s no Autumn Glow or Sheza Alibi – but the 12 runners paid up for the seven furlong contest includes nine Group 1 winners and between them they have earned $37.75 million – that’s an average of more than $3.1 million, so it’s full of quality.
Wagering
Kentucky Derby Alumni at the Travers: Do Derby Winners Win the Midsummer Derby?
The Travers Stakes has been around since 1864, and the Kentucky Derby has existed since 1875.
Wagering
Australia preview for August 22, 2026
Group One racing for the new Australian season has drawn a hot field and will provide a great guide to Australian middle-distance racing for the spring.
International
Saratoga: A Graveyard for Punters, or Not?
For this exercise, we’re going to look at feature races from 2000 to 2025 at Saratoga, Churchill Downs, Belmont Park, Santa Anita, Keeneland, Del Mar, and Gulfstream Park.
Espanol
Australia Preview for Aug. 15
Spring racing in Melbourne starts to heat up this weekend. Three graded stakes races and one ungraded stakes highlight the card at Caulfield, with several top prospects beginning their campaigns.
International
Australia Preview for Aug. 8
The path towards the $14 million Everest (G1), begins in earnest August 8 with the Missile Stakes (G2) at Randwick.
International
Australia Preview for August 1, 2026
The season begins with racing at Rosehill in Sydney and Flemington in Melbourne, and as the latter is the only one of the pair to feature a graded stakes race, we’ll focus our attention there.
International
Rebel's Romance Highlights Godolphin Geldings
Rebel’s Romance is a reminder that Godolphin is not afraid to race geldings, and to race them for some time.
Horse
Betting the Handicaps at Royal Ascot for Day 5 on June 20
The big handicap is the time-honored Wokingham Stakes, first run in 1813.
Royal Ascot
Betting the Handicaps at Royal Ascot for Day 4 on June 19
Day four at Royal Ascot has another great selection of handicaps for punters.
Royal Ascot
Betting the Handicaps at Royal Ascot for Day 3 on June 18
With large fields of well-weighted horses, it's not easy to figure out which is largely why we’ve decided to look closely at one handicap per day rather than taking a light look at all of them.
Royal Ascot
Betting the Handicaps at Royal Ascot for Day 2 on June 17
There are 30 horses in an over-one-mile cavalry charge over the straight course, and finding the horse you backed during the running is a challenge.
Royal Ascot
Betting the Handicaps at Royal Ascot for Day 1 on June 16
The Ascot Stakes is an interesting race, but I’m going with Kizlyar to put up a nice performance at generous odds.
Royal Ascot
Royal Ascot 2026: Australian, Japanese contenders loom large in sprints
The five challengers at Royal Ascot from Australia and Japan – Overpass, Joliestar, Asfoora, Satono Reve, and Lugal – all have two things in common: speed and class.
Horse
How to Play the Trans-Atlantic Classics
As was the case five weeks ago with the 2000 Guineas (G1) and the Kentucky Derby (G1), there are three-year-old classics on either side of the Atlantic this Saturday.
Triple Crown
How to bet the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket
While everyone in the United States is focused on Churchill Downs, classic racing is happening in England at Newmarket.
International