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How to bet the 2025 Charles Town Classic
A sharp field of eight will run 1 1/8 miles in Friday night’s lucrative, $1 million Charles Town Classic S. (G2).
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Presque Isle Downs Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025
Dick Powell handicaps the Wednesday card at Presque Isle Downs.
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Wednesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: 10-1 in Bucchero Handicap
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Wednesday, Aug. 20 at Colonial Downs and Horseshoe Indianapolis, including a 10-1 shot in the Bucchero H.
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British Spot Plays: York for Aug. 20
The four-day Ebor Festival at York, one of England's classiest multi-day fixtures outside Royal Ascot, kicks off Wednesday and runs through Saturday.
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Tuesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Smarty Jones, Cathryn Sophia plays
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Tuesday, Aug. 19, at Horseshoe Indianapolis and Parx Racing, along with a horse to single in the $4,020 Pick 5 carryover at Presque Isle Downs.
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Racing Roundtable: Nitrogen, She Feels Pretty and year-end implications
On this week's Racing Roundtable, James Scully, Vance Hanson, and Ashley Anderson discuss Nitrogen's grasp on the three-year-old female division, She Feels Pretty stretching out in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1), and what else caught their eye in racing.
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Presque Isle Downs Selections and Analysis for Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025
Dick Powell handicaps the Tuesday card at Presque Isle Downs.
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Monday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Carryovers at Ellis, Presque Isle
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Monday, Aug. 18, at Horseshoe Indianapolis and Ellis Park, along with horses to play in carryovers at Ellis and Presque Isle Downs.
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Presque Isle Downs Selections and Analysis for Monday, Aug. 18, 2025
Dick Powell handicaps the Monday card at Presque Isle Downs.
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Gulfstream: How to bet the $6,936 Super High 5 carryover
The Sunday card at Gulfstream Park is highlighted by a $6,936 carryover in the $1 Super High 5.
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British Racing Money Back Play for Pontefract Aug. 17
The TwinSpires “British Racing $10 Money Back” promotion heads to Pontefract on Sunday, Aug. 17.
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Exclusive Trackside Coverage: 2025 Kings Plate Day [VIDEO]
Woodbine has come to life with a slew of stakes races for the day, including the main headliner — the 2025 Kings Plate S.
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Horse Racing This Weekend: Key Races, Top Horses & Best Bets [Aug. 16-17, 2025]
Find out everything you need to know about key races, top horse, and best bets with TwinSpires horse racing this weekend.
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Analyzing Saturday carryovers at Colonial Downs, Del Mar, and Ellis Park
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares horses to play in a trio of Saturday carryovers at Colonial Downs, Del Mar, and Ellis Park.
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How to bet the 2025 Bolton Landing Stakes
The Sunday feature at Saratoga is the $150,000 Bolton Landing S., a 5 1/2-furlong dash on the turf for juvenile fillies.
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How to play the King's and Queen's Pick 3 at Woodbine
TwinSpires players can opt in to vie for a 25% profit boost (up to $50) on their winning wagers in the King's and Queen's Pick 3.
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Deauville: Spot Plays for Aug. 17
One of the most important mile races in all of Europe highlights the Sunday program at Deauville.
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How to bet the 2025 Del Mar Oaks
A deep and competitive field of three-year-old fillies will travel 1 1/8 miles on the lawn in Saturday’s $300,000 Del Mar Oaks (G1).
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Pick 3 of the Week: Ellis Park Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025
I will take a swing at the closing Pick 3 on the Sunday card at Ellis Park, where my favorite types of races will be contested.
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Pick 5 of the Week: Woodbine Saturday
A fantastic card will be hosted by Woodbine on Saturday, led by the 166th running of the King’s Plate S.
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Exotics Plays for the Iselin Stakes
A compact field of six will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Monmouth Park dirt in Saturday’s feature, the $250,000 Philip H. Iselin S. (G3).
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Betting With, and Against, Good Cheer in the Alabama Stakes
A total of six three-year-old fillies, two of which are Grade 1 queens, will vie in Saturday’s $1 million Alabama S. (G1) at Saratoga.
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Friday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Diamond Life can shine at Saratoga
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Friday, Aug. 15, at Saratoga and Del Mar, along with horses to play in the $2,919 Pick 6 carryover at Colonial Downs.
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Presque Isle Downs Selections and Analysis for Friday, Aug. 15, 2025
Dick Powell handicaps Friday’s card at Presque Isle Downs.
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Thursday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: 8-1 shots at Colonial, Saratoga
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Thursday, Aug. 14 at Colonial Downs and Saratoga, including analysis of Colonial’s $1,112 Pick 6 carryover.
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Future is Now wins the Caress S. at Saratoga. (Photo by Coglianese Photo / Credit to Chelsea Durand)
How to bet the Smart and Fancy Stakes
Nine fillies and mares are entered for the turf in Friday’s $150,000 Smart and Fancy S.
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How to bet the Cab Callaway Stakes
A cast of eight Empire State-bred sophomores will vie in Thursday’s Cab Calloway division of the $150,000 New York Stallion Series S.
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Presque Isle Downs Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025
Dick Powell handicaps the Wednesday card at Presque Isle Downs.
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Wednesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Saratoga’s $158,820 Pick 6 carryover
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Wednesday, Aug. 13 at Colonial Downs, Saratoga, and Horseshoe Indianapolis, including a horse to single in Saratoga’s $158,820 Pick 6 carryover.
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Presque Isle Downs Selections and Analysis for Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025
Dick Powell analyzes the Tuesday action at Presque Isle Downs and offers his selections.
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Tuesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Indianapolis Pick 5 carryovers
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Tuesday, Aug. 12, at Horseshoe Indianapolis and Assiniboia Downs, including horses to play in a pair of Pick 5 carryovers.
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Monday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: 12-1 second-time starter
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Monday, Aug. 11 at Ellis Park, including a second-time starter at 12-1 odds.
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Presque Isle Downs Selections and Analysis for Monday, Aug. 11, 2025
Dick Powell handicaps the Monday card at Presque Isle Downs.
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Prairie Meadows: Betting the mandatory-payout $268,692 Pick 5 carryover
Bettors won’t want to miss the Sunday evening card at Prairie Meadows, which features the mandatory payout of a massive $268,692 Jackpot Pick 5 carryover.
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Trackside: 2025 Arlington Million
Join TwinSpires trackside at Colonial Downs for exclusive interviews, picks, and more!
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Deauville: Spot Plays for Aug. 10
It’s another banner Sunday at Deauville, with the Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1) highlighting a card including four black-type races.
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Colonial: How to bet the all-stakes $2,936 Pick 6 carryover
Arlington Million (G1) day at Colonial Downs just got even better with a $2,936 carryover up for grabs in the “Old Dominion 6” Pick 6.
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How to bet the 2025 Sword Dancer Stakes
An accomplished field of nine will run 1 1/2 miles over the Saratoga inner turf in Saturday’s lucrative, $750,000 Sword Dancer S. (G1).
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How to bet the Yellow Ribbon Handicap
A very talented field of eight fillies and mares will travel 1 1/16 miles over the Del Mar turf in Saturday’s $200,000 Yellow Ribbon H. (G2).
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Pick 3 of the Week: Ellis Park Sunday
Ellis Park will host a six-pack of black-type events on Sunday, and I will focus on the trio of stakes tilts that will close out the card.
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How to bet the Mahony Stakes
Nine sophomores will speed 5 1/2 panels over the Saratoga turf in Sunday’s $175,000 Mahony S. (G3).
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Friday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: $1 million Cox trainee
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Friday, Aug. 8, at Ellis Park and Del Mar, including tickets for the $4,902 Super High 5 carryover at Ellis.
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Betting With, and Against, Integration in the Arlington Million
The $1 million Arlington Million S. (G1) is the headliner of a huge day of racing at Colonial Downs on Saturday.
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Exotics Plays for the Saratoga Oaks
A compact but competitive field of six sophomore fillies will travel 1 3/16 miles over the Saratoga main turf oval in Saturday’s $500,000 Saratoga Oaks Invitational S. (G2).
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Pick 4 of the Week: Colonial Downs Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025
I will fire at the all-stakes Pick 4 at Colonial Downs on Saturday, which concludes with the $1 million Arlington Million S. (G1).
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Thursday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: McGaughey firster at 8-1
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Thursday, Aug. 7 at Colonial Downs, Saratoga, and Del Mar, along with tickets for Hawthorne’s $1,032 Super High 5 carryover.
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Spot Plays for 2025 Arlington Million Day at Colonial Downs
A stakes-laden, 12-race program at Colonial Downs on Saturday is highlighted by the Arlington Million (G1).
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How to bet the 2025 Ballston Spa Stakes
A total of nine fillies and mares are entered for the turf in Friday’s feature at Saratoga, the $300,000 Ballston Spa S. (G2).
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How to bet the 2025 Galway Stakes
A huge field of sophomore fillies will speed 5 1/2 panels over the Saratoga turf in Thursday’s $150,000 Galway S.
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Wednesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: First-time starter at 12-1
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Wednesday, Aug. 6, at Horseshoe Indianapolis and Saratoga, along with horses to play in the $1,472 Pick 6 carryover at Colonial Downs.
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Presque Isle Downs Selections and Analysis for Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025
Dick Powell analyzes Tuesday’s action at Presque Isle Downs and offers his selections.
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Tuesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Cox juveniles at Indianapolis
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Tuesday, Aug. 5 at Horseshoe Indianapolis and Assiniboia Downs, including a pair of first-time starters trained by Brad Cox.
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Presque Isle Downs Selections and Analysis for Monday, Aug. 4, 2025
Dick Powell handicaps the Monday card at Presque Isle Downs.
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Monday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Assiniboia’s $465,217 Pick 5 mandatory payout
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Monday, Aug. 4 at Ellis Park and Finger Lakes, along with tickets for the mandatory-payout $465,217 Pick 5 carryover at Assiniboia Downs and the $2,966 Super High 5 carryover at Ellis Park.
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Carryovers: Ellis Park’s Super High 5, Gulfstream’s mandatory-payout Pick 6
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares horses to bet in a pair of Sunday carryovers at Ellis Park and Gulfstream Park.
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Ellis Park: How to bet the $4,336 Super High 5 carryover
In addition to a trio of stakes, the Saturday card at Ellis Park features a $4,336 carryover in the $1 Super High 5.
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Pick 4 of the Week: Ellis Park Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025
Part 2 of the Kentucky Downs Preview Day will be held at Ellis Park on Sunday, and I will take aim at the all-stakes Pick 4 to close out the card.
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Deauville: Spot Plays for Aug. 3
With French racing added to the TwinSpires.com menu last year, now is as good a time as any to dive into one of the most prestigious race meetings in the world.
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How to bet the 2025 Troy Stakes
A total of seven grassy dashers are entered for the turf in Sunday’s $300,000 Troy S. (G2) at Saratoga.
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How to bet the 2025 West Virginia Derby
An octet of three-year-olds will travel 1 1/8 miles over the Mountaineer Park main oval in the $400,000 West Virginia Derby (G3) on Sunday night.
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How to bet the 2025 Keswick Stakes
A group of seven juvenile fillies will travel 5 1/2 panels on the Colonial Downs dirt in Saturday’s $100,000 Keswick S.
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Pick 3 of the Week: Ellis Park Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025
The first of two Kentucky Downs Preview Days at Ellis Park will feature a trio of stakes races on the sod to close out the Saturday card.
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Exotics Plays for the 2025 Saratoga Derby
Nine talented sophomores will run 1 3/16 miles on the green at Saratoga in Saturday’s lucrative, $750,000 Saratoga Derby Invitational S. (G1).
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Betting With, and Against, Johannes in the Fourstardave Stakes
A top-notch cast of 10 will jaunt one mile on the Saratoga inner grass oval in Saturday’s $750,000 Fourstardave S. (G1).
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How to bet the 2025 Hall of Fame Stakes
Eight sophomores are entered for the turf in Friday’s feature at Saratoga, the $400,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame S. (G2).
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Friday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Ellis Park’s $42,974 Pick 5 carryover
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Friday, Aug. 1, at Ellis Park and Del Mar, including analysis of Ellis Park’s $42,974 Pick 5 carryover.
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Tipsheet: 2025 Whitney Stakes
A standout field of 10 will run 1 1/8 miles on the Saratoga dirt in Saturday’s historic $1 million Whitney S. (G1).
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Thursday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: 12-1 shots at Colonial and Saratoga
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Thursday, July 31, at Colonial Downs, Saratoga, and Del Mar, including a horse to single in Colonial’s $1,933 Pick 6 carryover.
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British Spot Plays: Goodwood for July 31
Given the success of Zavateri in the July (G2) and Vintage (G2), it would be foolish to underestimate trainer Eve Johnson Houghton's two-year-olds.
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Wednesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Saratoga’s $132,233 Pick 6 carryover
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Wednesday, July 30 at Colonial Downs, Horseshoe Indianapolis, and Assiniboia Downs, along with analysis of Saratoga’s $132,233 Pick 6 carryover.
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Tuesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Assiniboia daily double
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Tuesday, July 29, at Horseshoe Indianapolis and Assiniboia Downs, including a cold daily double.
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British Spot Plays: Goodwood July 29
The "Glorious" Goodwood Festival begins its five-day run on Tuesday with a trio of Group stakes.
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Presque Isle Downs Selections and Analysis for Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Dick Powell provides his selections and analysis for Tuesday's action at Presque Isle Downs.
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Monday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Bright Angel can shine at Finger Lakes
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Monday, July 28 at Finger Lakes and Horseshoe Indianapolis, including analysis of the $4,744 Pick 5 carryover at Horseshoe Indianapolis.
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Hawthorne: How rain is impacting the $3,599 Pick 6 carryover
Rainfall is changing the complexion of Sunday’s $3,599 Pick 6 carryover at Hawthorne.
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Presque Isle Downs Selections and Analysis for Monday, July 28, 2025
Dick Powell handicaps the Monday card at Presque Isle Downs.
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British Racing $10 Money Back: Sunday's Play at Pontefract
Sunday’s “British Racing $10 Money Back” race is the third at Pontefract, located just south of Leeds in Yorkshire.
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Delaware Park: Analyzing $30,299 and $48,647 Pick 5 carryovers
Fans of Delaware Park, get ready. There are two five-figure Pick 5 carryovers to chase on Saturday.
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How to bet the Glens Falls Stakes
Conditioner Miguel Clement holds a strong hand in Sunday’s $250,000 Glens Falls S. (G2) at Saratoga with three quality entrants among the eight for the grassy affair.
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How to bet the 2025 Eddie Read Stakes
The Sunday feature at Del Mar is the $250,000 Eddie Read S. (G2), which will see eight go postward.
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Pick 3 of the Week: Monmouth Park Saturday July 26, 2025
The closing leg of the Pick 3 of the Week is the feature on the nine-race Saturday card at Monmouth Park.
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International spotlight: Top-class quintet in 2025 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth
Saturday’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth (G1) at Ascot holds additional interest for our side of the pond as a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1).
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Scully: Late Pick 3 Play at Del Mar Saturday
Del Mar has added a $3 minimum Late Pick 3 to the Del Mar summer meet in 2025, and James Scully will give his analysis and picks for Saturday's sequence.
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How to bet the 2025 Bing Crosby Stakes
An accomplished and talented field of nine will go six furlongs on the Del Mar dirt in Saturday’s $400,000 Bing Crosby S. (G1).
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Friday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: 3 first-time starters
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Friday, July 25 at Colonial Downs and Saratoga, including a horse to single in Colonial’s $3,343 Pick 6 carryover.
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The Jury: Expert Picks, Bets, and Fades for July 26
The TwinSpires Jury of Ashley Anderson, James Scully, and Darin Zoccali discuss their best bets and fades at Saratoga for the Jim Dandy (G2) card, Woodbine, and Del Mar.
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Pick 4 of the Week: Del Mar Saturday
A trio of black-type races will be hosted by Del Mar on Saturday, two of which are of the graded variety, and the trio of stakes events will be a central part of the Pick 4 of the Week.
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Exotics Plays for the Reigh Count Stakes at Colonial
A talented and well-matched cast of eight dashers will go seven-eighths on the Colonial Downs main oval in Saturday’s $100,000 Reigh Count S.
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Betting With, and Against, Sovereignty in the Jim Dandy Stakes
Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont S. (G1) star #5 Sovereignty (2-5) looms as an imposing favorite in Saturday’s $500,000 Jim Dandy S. (G2) at Saratoga.
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Thursday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Double at Del Mar
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Thursday, July 24 at Saratoga and Del Mar, along with horses to play in carryovers at Colonial Downs and Del Mar.
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How to bet the 2025 Curlin Stakes
A solid field of eight sophomores will run nine panels on the Saratoga dirt strip in Thursday's $135,000 Curlin S.
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How to bet the 2025 Amsterdam Stakes
A cast of eight swift three-year-olds will travel 6 1/2 furlongs on the Saratoga dirt in Friday’s $200,000 Amsterdam S. (G2).
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Wednesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Saratoga’s $102,004 Pick 6 carryover
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Wednesday, July 23 at Delaware Park and Saratoga, along with horses to single in lucrative carryovers at Saratoga and Colonial Downs.
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Tuesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Frankly can surprise at Assiniboia
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Tuesday, July 22 at Thistledown, Finger Lakes, and Assiniboia Downs, including a 10-1 longshot in the R. C. Anderson S.
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Presque Isle Downs Selections and Analysis for Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Dick Powell analyzes Tuesday's program at Presque Isle Downs and furnishes his selections.
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Monday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Parx’s $414,260 Pick 5 mandatory payout
Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Monday, July 21 at Ellis Park, Thistledown, and Presque Isle Downs, along with horses to play in the mandatory payout $414,260 Pick 5 carryover at Parx Racing.
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Presque Isle Downs Selections and Analysis for Monday, July 21, 2025
Dick Powell handicaps the Monday card at Presque Isle Downs.
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