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Horse Racing This Weekend: Key Races, Top Horses & Best Bets [June 28-29]

Sat Jun 28 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 Play Sunday’s All-Turf Pick 3 at Churchill Downs

Sat Jun 28 2025John Mucciolo

A diverse trio of races on the lawn will comprise the all-turf Pick 3 at Churchill Downs on closing Sunday.
Spice Runner Gets Top Billing in Bashford Manor Stakes

Sat Jun 28 2025John Mucciolo

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ homebred #1 Spice Runner (5-2) will look to move his mark to two-for-two in Sunday’s $225,000 Bashford Manor S. at Churchill Downs.
TwinSpires Exclusive: Derby City 6 Jackpot payout guaranteed up to $3 million

Sat Jun 28 2025TwinSpires Staff

TwinSpires is guaranteeing the Derby City 6 Jackpot single-ticket payout up to $3 million on June 28 – an exclusive offer for a single-ticket winner who bets the sequence through TwinSpires.
Picks for Los Alamitos $114,292 Pick 5 and $19,305 Pick 6

Sat Jun 28 2025J. Keeler Johnson

The Saturday card at Los Alamitos features two enticing non-jackpot carryovers for bettors to pursue.
Before the Winner’s Circle and Hall of Fame, D. Wayne Lukas Was a Boy with a Horse

Fri Jun 27 2025Jennifer Kelly

Over the course of his long Hall of Fame career, Lukas built a reputation as one of the sport’s greatest trainers, with nearly 5,000 wins and a long list of champions, but how did this small-town boy become the Coach? The answer lies in Lukas’s earliest years as a boy, with an innate sense of how to get the best of an athlete, human or equine.

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Hong Kong: Selections for Sha Tin June 28

Fri Jun 27 2025TwinSpires Staff

Racing at Sha Tin kicks off at 4 a.m. ET Saturday, and Luke Middlebrook furnishes his selections and analysis.
Friday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: First-time starters for Cox

Fri Jun 27 2025J. Keeler Johnson

Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Friday, June 27 at Churchill Downs and Aqueduct, including two promising Brad Cox trainees.
Pick 4 of the Week: Woodbine Saturday

Fri Jun 27 2025John Mucciolo

A total of five graded stakes events will be hosted by Woodbine on Saturday, with four of them comprising the Pick 4 of the Week to close out the huge card.
Five underappreciated champions trained by D. Wayne Lukas

Fri Jun 27 2025Kellie Reilly

As serious health issues have forced Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas into retirement at the age of 89, thoughts turn reflective about the inevitable passing of time in our own lives.
The Jury: Expert Picks, Bets, and Fades for Churchill Downs' Stephen Foster Day card and closing weekend

Thu Jun 26 2025TwinSpires Staff

The TwinSpires Jury of Ashley Anderson, James Scully, and Darin Zoccali debate their best bets and fades for Stephen Foster Day on Saturday at Churchill Downs and look at the closing day of the spring meet on Sunday, plus the stakes program at Woodbine over the weekend.
Betting on Saturday’s All-Turf Pick 3 at Churchill Downs

Thu Jun 26 2025John Mucciolo

A special $3 all-turf Pick 3 wager will be offered on both cards over the weekend at Churchill Downs.
How to bet the 2025 Penn Mile Stakes

Thu Jun 26 2025John Mucciolo

A talented field of seven sophomores will travel one mile on the Penn National lawn in Friday’s $400,000 Penn Mile S. (G3) at Penn National Racecourse.

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