KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa     It may be Black Friday, but there is no two-for-one special on the Brad Cox trainees in the Grade 2 Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs.   That’s OK, though. We’re not looking for a sale because we like the horse who figures to be the...

CALIFORNIA — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  Grade 3 $100,000 Red Carpet Stakes   Date: Sunday, November 24 (Race 7, 6:30 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet in the Red Carpet: $10 win, $10 place on #3 Everything Bugs Me   The Reason: In a race where the...

LOUISIANA — By Ed DeRosa   It’s out of the frying pan and into the fire for the start of the Fair Grounds meeting with stakes galore for opening weekend including a pair of added money events on opening day, Friday, Nov. 22, in New Orleans. What’s more, is that we are...

TORONTO — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Races for Sunday November 17th   Ashbridges Bay Stakes Race 10, 5:18 pm ET   What to do with a $20 Bet in the Ashbridges Bay: $10 win and $10 place on #6 War Painter   The Reason: This Kevin Attard trainee could come up...

INDIANAPOLIS — By Ed DeRosa   It’s closing day at Horseshoe Indianapolis, and the curtain comes down in Shelbyville with a 12-race card featuring ten Thoroughbred races including a stakes-double as races 8 and 9. The Miss Indiana for fillies and the Indiana Futurity for...

NEW YORK — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  Grade 3 $300,000 Long Island Stakes   Date: Sunday, November 10th (Race 8, 3:40 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet in the Long Island Stakes: $10 win, $5 place and $5 show on No Show Sammy Jo    The Reason: An absolutely...

NEW YORK — By Ed DeRosa   The New York Racing Association is kind enough to send us into the weekend in style with a stakes double during the opening week of Aqueduct’s fall meeting. The Pebbles and Autumn Days Stakes closes the 9-race card on Friday, and the former...

TORONTO — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Races for Sunday, Nov. 3rd at Woodbine:   Grade 3 Mazarine Stakes Race 8, 4:50 pm ET   What to do with a $20 Bet in the Mazarine: First Bet: $10 place on #4 Aristella Second Bet: $10 exacta box #4 Aristella and #5 Foxtastic The Reason:...

KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa   You know the expression “On the outside looking in?” Well, when it comes to the Valley View Stakes on Friday at Keeneland, it might as well be “On the outside looking to win.” We will see who actually ends up on the outside...

OKLAHOMA — By Ed DeRosa   It’s Oklahoma Classic night on Friday at Remington Park, and that means Sooners get to take center stage in Oklahoma City for a 10-race card featuring eight stakes for Oklahoma breds.   Unfortunately, these types of races do tend to favor the...