How to bet the Nodouble Breeders' Stakes

A solid group of eight Arkansas-breds will dash six panels on the Oaklawn Park dirt in Saturday’s $150,000 Nodouble Breeders’ S. Defending champ #4 Navy Seal (2-1) can be very good on his best day and gets the slight nod in a mostly well-matched field. Trained by Nancy Knott, the veteran son of Midshipman owns 14 top-three results on the course in his lifetime, and he comes in off the layoff in the dash, which could be a benefit to the gelding that runs well after a refresher. The early pace of the race figures to be honest at the very least, which will give the bay and pilot Julien Leparoux every chance to go clear in the lane.

Nodouble Wagers

• $5 exacta key 4 with 3,7,8 ($15)
• $2 trifecta key 4 with 3,7,8 ($12)
• 50-cent superfecta 4,8 with 4,8 with 3,7 with all ($10)

#8 Touchdown Arkansas (3-1) missed by a neck in a big allowance try in his first appearance since May, and will be a major player with even slight improvement off of that showing. The Bee Jersey chestnut put in a pair of big efforts on the oval in the winter, and the Thomas Van Berg pupil has a good combination of gate presence and a closing kick. The five-year-old will break from an ideal post from the outside of the field, too. Francisco Arrieta will be in the irons. 

#7 One Ten Stadium (12-1) is a stakes victor routing on the surface and has appeal to me as an exotics contender from off the pace in the dash. The seven-year-old son of Race Day was just 3 1/2 lengths back in the event in 2025 and will be challenging for a placing with some improvement off of that result, with Keith Asmussen taking the reins. 

Likely pacesetter #3 Bohemian Bo (8-5) is a five-time winner on the strip coming off a game allowance tally on the oval in his 2025 finale and has put in five morning drills in the interim. The Thomas Vance pupil has raced just once since June and could clear the field with a clean break from the gate with Walter De La Cruz in the stirrups.