CALIFORNIA — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $55,000 Allowance Turf Race at Santa Anita Park   Date: Sunday, June 16 (Race 12, 9:08 pm ET)   What to do with a $20 Bet: $1 exacta box- #1 King Apollo, #2 We’re in Trouble, #6 Anmer Hall, #10 Tigerhon (FR),...

NEW JERSEY — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $150,000 Monmouth Stakes (G3T) at Monmouth Park   Date: Saturday, June 15 (Race 11, 5:54 pm ET)   What to do with a $20 Bet: First bet: $1 exacta box (#5 Siege of Boston, #6 Adhamo (IRE), #7 Fort Washington, #8 Tawny...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Stricken from the Record Leave No Trace burst out of a tough five-race stretch with a strong-willed win in last month’s Vagrancy (G3) at 8-1. The 4-year-old filly now eyes a third straight win, and second of the graded variety in the $200,000...

NEW YORK — By Ed DeRosa   You know how I try to get you to bet certain races by writing about them (and, yes, I realize that some of you just bet the opposite of what I say)? Well, breeding programs have similar incentive programs. So it goes with the New York Stallion...

KENTUCKY — By Bob Ehalt   In terms of excitement and drama, the 2024 Triple Crown season was a smashing success. It started with the pageantry of the 150th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, where trainer Ken McPeek sent out Mystik Dan to record an 18.61-1 upset...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Knockin’ Down the Door Not many had 17-1 Dornoch crossing the finish line first in this year’s running of the $2 million Belmont (G1) at Saratoga, but that’s the beauty of the game we call horse racing. One of the few people who had the colt’s...

NEW YORK — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $125,000 Mount Vernon Stakes at Saratoga Race Course   Date: Sunday, June 9 (Race 10, 5:43pm ET)   What to do with a $20 Bet: First bet: $10 to win on #1 Silver Skillet Second bet: $2 exacta – #1 Silver Skillet to...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Extraordinary Efficiency Didia (ARG) is ready to put her remarkable 81.2 podium conversion percentage on the line this Friday for the $1 million New York Stakes (G1T) at Saratoga. The 6-year-old mare brings the same level of intensity into her...

NEW YORK — By Ed DeRosa   The bad news is, I think the races preceding the Belmont Stakes are pretty chalky; the good news is, I am against the favorites in the Belmont Stakes itself. Thankfully, the good outweighs the bad here to create the perfect ingredients for a play...

NEW YORK — By NYRA Press Office   Kentucky Derby one-two finishers Mystik Dan and Sierra Leone renew rivalry as Preakness-winner Seize the Grey’s stock rises in stacked G1 Belmont Stakes. Mystik Dan, who was a nose better than returning rival Sierra Leone in the Grade 1...