TORONTO — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight races: Races 3, 4, and 5   Date: Sunday, September 15 (Race 3, 2:16 pm ET )   What to do with an $18 Bet: .50 cent Pick 3 Race 3 – 1,4,7 Race 4 – 1,4,6 Race 5 – 2,7,8,9   The Reason:  There are some...

TORONTO — By Ellis Starr   The Grade 1, $1 million Rogers Woodbine Mile offers the winning horse an automatic entry into the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile presented by PDJF on Nov. 2. This year’s Woodbine feature drew a field of eight. Leading the field is Big Rock, with $1.7...

TORONTO — By Mike Curry   The $1 million Rogers Woodbine Mile Stakes Sept. 14 anchors a fantastic “Turf Champions Day” card at Woodbine that boasts four Grade 1 stakes headlined by one of the most important races for turf milers in North America. This Breeders’ Cup...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Three’s Company For all the talk around Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and a potential Kansas City Chiefs threepeat, there’s another powerhouse trio with a shot at history this weekend. On Saturday, jockey William Buick, trainer Charlie...

NEW YORK — By Ed DeRosa   An extremely competitive edition of the Winter Memories Stakes welcomes the return of racing Downstate, as it is the featured 9th race on a 10-race card Friday that reopens the Belmont at Aqueduct meeting that runs through Nov. 3. From a wagering...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   In Theory… Kentucky Downs’ stellar Saturday of stakes kicked off with a big bang courtesy of 3-year-old colt Howard Wolowitz. The 3-1 closing line choice in the $2 million Franklin-Simpson (G1T) delivered on his high billing with a come from...

CALIFORNIA — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $76,000 Allowance Optional Claiming, 1 1/16 miles on the turf   Date: Sunday, September 8th (Race 11, 9:32 pm ET)   What to do with a $20 Bet: $1 Exacta: #2 and #11 to finish first, with any of #1, #2, #3, #7, #11,...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Still Burnin’ After 29 starts, four graded stakes wins, and over $2 million in total purse earnings, 7-year-old gelding Get Smokin is still hungry for more. The marvelous Mark Casse trainee will make his triumphant return to Kentucky Downs this...

KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa   Before we get into the field for the One Dreamer Stakes today at Kentucky Downs, the one thing you absolutely must know about this track is that 18 of the 33 races during its opening week were won on the front end. To paraphrase William...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Business Trip Bellum Justum (IRE) continued the recent trend of the Irish winning in Kentucky with a textbook 2 ¼-length victory in Saturday’s $3.1 million Nashville Derby (G3T) at Kentucky Downs. Following in the footsteps of Notre...