How to bet the 2025 Awad Stakes
A total of seven juveniles will speed six furlongs over the Aqueduct turf course in Sunday’s $150,000 Awad S.
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Handicapper and journalist John Mucciolo has been a contributor to Brisnet and TwinSpires since 2004. Mucciolo's work has included efforts in the 'Notebook' series of The Handicapper's Edge in the early days of Brisnet.com and most recently on TwinSpires Edge. John has also offered selections for a varied array of Brisnet products. Outside of Mucciolo's frequent analysis on horse racing, Mucc is an acclaimed high school soccer coach who earned Times-Tribune's Coach of the Year honors in 2020.
Pick 3 of the Week: Woodbine Saturday [Nov. 8, 2025]
A pair of graded stakes tilts will commence the Pick 3 of the Week at Woodbine on Saturday.
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Pick 4 of the Week: Aqueduct Saturday [Nov. 8, 2025]
I’ll take a swing at the early Pick 4 at Aqueduct on Saturday, where two of the five black-type races on the card will be part of the sequence.
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Exotics Plays for the 2025 River City Stakes
A full and competitive field of 12 will jaunt nine panels over the Churchill green in Saturday’s $300,000 River City S. (G3).
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Betting With, and Against, R Disaster in the Dream Supreme Stakes
A total of nine fillies and mares will challenge #7 R Disaster (9-5) in Saturday’s $300,000 Dream Supreme S. at Churchill Downs.
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How to bet the 2025 Central Park Stakes
A good group of eight juvenile prospects will run 1 1/16 miles on the Aqueduct turf in Friday’s $150,000 Central Park S.
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Pick 3 of the Week: Aqueduct Sunday
Two of the trio of graded stakes tilts on the Sunday card at Aqueduct will bookend my Pick 3 of the Week.
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Tipsheet: 2025 Breeders’ Cup Classic
A sensational field of nine, eight of which are Grade 1 winners, will travel 1 1/4 miles over the Del Mar dirt in the exquisite, $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) on Saturday.
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Tipsheet: 2025 Breeders’ Cup Distaff
A baker’s dozen fillies and mares will race 1 1/8 miles over the Del Mar dirt in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1).
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Tipsheet: 2025 Breeders’ Cup Turf
Nine of the 14 horses entered for the lucrative, $5 million Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) at Del Mar on Saturday are based overseas.
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Tipsheet: 2025 Breeders’ Cup Mile
The grassy, $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at Del Mar is truly an international event this year.
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Superfecta plays for the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint
An overflow cast of 16 have been entered to contest the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) at Del Mar on Saturday.
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How to bet the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile
An excellent field of 10 will jaunt eight panels on the Del Mar main strip in Saturday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1).
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How to bet the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies
A total of nine two-year-old fillies will run 1 1/16 miles on the Del Mar dirt in Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1).
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How to bet the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf
A full field of two-year-olds will take a one-mile spin around the Del Mar lawn in Friday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1).
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How to bet the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint
A full field of 12 two-year-olds will go postward in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Del Mar on Friday.
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Tipsheet: 2025 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
A standout field of eight two-year-olds will travel 1 1/16 miles over the Del Mar main oval in Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1).
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2025 Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) Spot Plays
The highly anticipated and lucrative Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) will take place this Friday and Saturday.
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Betting With, and Against, Precise in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf
Two-time Group 1 heroine #13 Precise (6-5) will lead a deep and classy field of two-year-old ladies postward in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) at Del Mar on Friday.
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Pick 3 of the Week: Churchill Downs Sunday
Churchill Downs will host an 11-race card consisting solely of juvenile runners on the opening day of the meeting on Sunday.
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How to bet the 2025 Unreachable Star Handicap
An overflow cast of 13 sophomores bred in the Hoosier State will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Horseshoe Indianapolis main surface in Saturday’s $125,000 Unreachable Star S.
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Pick 4 of the Week: Aqueduct Saturday [Oct. 25]
A huge day of racing for New York-bred runners will highlight a big day of action at Aqueduct on Saturday.
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How to bet the 2025 Twilight Derby
A compact field of five will travel nine panels on the Santa Anita turf course in Saturday’s $200,000 Twilight Derby (G2).
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Exotics Plays for the 2025 Bryan Station Stakes
An overflow field of 15 sophomores are entered to run one mile on the Keeneland grass in Saturday's wildly competitive $600,000 Bryan Station S. (G3).
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Tipsheet: 2025 Street Sense Stakes
A talented field of seven juveniles will vie in Sunday's $200,000 Street Sense S. (G3) at Churchill Downs.
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Betting With, and Against, Bracket Buster in the 2025 Fayette S.
A deep field of 11 will travel 1 1/8 miles on the Keeneland main strip in Saturday’s $350,000 Fayette S. (G3).
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How to bet the 2025 Valley View Stakes
An overflow field of 15 sophomore fillies are entered to travel eight grassy furlongs on the Keeneland lawn in Friday’s $400,000 Valley View S. (G3).
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How to bet the 2025 Dowager Stakes
A super competitive field of nine fillies and mares will run 1 1/2 miles on the Keeneland grass in Sunday’s $350,000 Dowager S. (G3).
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How to bet the 2025 Noble Damsel Stakes
Seven fillies and mares are entered for the grass in Sunday’s $150,000 Noble Damsel S. at Aqueduct.
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Pick 3 of the Week: Woodbine Sunday, Oct. 19
The pair of stakes races on the Sunday card at Woodbine will close out the Pick 3 of the Week.
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