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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.
TwinSpires Exclusive: Derby City 6 Jackpot payout guaranteed up to $2 million

Fri Jun 27 2025TwinSpires Staff

TwinSpires is guaranteeing the Derby City 6 Jackpot single-ticket payout up to $2 million on June 27 – an exclusive offer for a single-ticket winner who bets the sequence through TwinSpires.
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.

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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.
How to bet With, and Against, Sierra Leone in the Stephen Foster Stakes

Thu Jun 26 2025John Mucciolo

A fantastic field of seven of the top handicap horses in training will clash at Churchill Downs in Saturday’s $1 million Stephen Foster S. (G1).
International horse racing schedule, June 26, 2025

Thu Jun 26 2025TwinSpires Staff

Enjoy Greater Britian and Irish racing and schedules as horse racing enthusiasts enjoy the international front. With an exciting day of racing ahead, there is no shortage of lucrative betting opportunities.
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Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast June 26, 2025

Thu Jun 26 2025Jason Beem

Jason welcomes in Kellie Reilly for the International Radar segment and then looks ahead to the undercard stakes at Churchill Downs for Saturday.  
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Thursday Thoughts with Jason Beem for June 26, 2025

Thu Jun 26 2025Jason Beem

Jason discusses coaches and The Coach in today's Thursday Thoughts.

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