CALIFORNIA — By Ed DeRosa   The stakes double on Saturday at Santa Anita Park features a juxtaposition of sorts as Triple Crown hopefuls take to the track for the San Vicente Stakes while older female sprinters feature in the Los Flores Stakes.   Racing Hall of Fame...

CALIFORNIA — By Ed DeRosa   The downhill turf course at Santa Anita Park is one of the more unique race configurations in North America with its big sweeping turn going downhill before crossing over the main track for a blitz toward the finish.   It is that course...

CALIFORNIA — By Ed DeRosa   The limb I am going out on to say that the Frankel Stakes on Friday at Santa Anita Park is a three-horse race is more a full on branch than a twig, but eliminating more than half the field has some merit, and there are other clues to point...

FLORIDA — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  $65,000 Maiden Special Weight, 1 1/16 miles on the turf   Date: Sunday, December 22nd (Race 10, 4:55 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet : $10 to win, $5 to place, and $5 to show on #10 Zenith   The Reason: In a race with...

TORONTO — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  $100,000 Steady Growth Stakes   Date: Sunday, December 15 (Race 11, 6:17 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet in the Steady Growth: $1 exacta box- #4 Ron’s Gizmo, #5 No More Options, #7 Secret Reserve, #9 Rapid Test $8...

NEW YORK — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  $135,000 Garland of Roses Stakes   Date: Sunday, December 8th (Race 8, 3:35 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet in the Garland of Roses: $1 exacta box: #3 St. Benedicts Prep, #4 Autumn Evening, #6 Ellen Jay, #7 Mystic...

CALIFORNIA — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  Grade 1 $300,000 Matriarch Stakes   Date: Sunday, December 1 (Race 7, 6:28 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet in the Matriarch Stakes: $1 exacta box bet- #3 Ag Bullet, #4 Child of the Moon (FR), #10 Aspen Grove (IRE),...

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...