CALIFORNIA — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  $69,000 allowance optional claiming, one mile on the turf for 4-year-olds and up   Date:  Sunday, March 2nd (Race 11, 8:00 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet : $1 exacta box – #1 Eye on Ry, #4 Call Sign Seven,...

KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa   If you haven’t gotten on the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” yet, then this is where you get on because March 1 is a three-prep extravaganza featuring several of the biggest stars among this year’s current Triple Crown hopefuls.   In...

NEW YORK — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  $125,000 Broadway Stakes, 7 furlongs   Date: Sunday, February 23 (Race 9, 4:35 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet : $1 exacta box- #6 My Magic Wand, #7 Sweet Brown Sugar, #11 Tough Street $5 win, $5 place, $4 show on...

KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa   With ten weeks between the Cincinnati Trophy Stakes on Friday at Turfway Park and the Kentucky Oaks on May 2 at Churchill Downs, the race for points is officially on.   Like the Kentucky Derby, horses qualify for the Kentucky Oaks earning...

NEW MEXICO — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  $250,000 Sunland Park Oaks, one mile on the dirt for 3-year-old fillies   Date:  Sunday, February 16 (Race 7, 5:13 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet : $20 win on #4 Maysam   The Reason: There won’t be a...

NEW ORLEANS — By Ed DeRosa   Good Cheer and East Avenue have a lot in common beyond both racing on Saturday at Fair Grounds: both are three-year-old Godolphin homebreds who figure to go favored in their respective Kentucky Oaks and Derby points races.   Most...

CALIFORNIA — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $100,000 “Sweet Life Stakes”, 6 ½ furlongs on the Downhill turf for 3-year-old fillies   Date:  Sunday, February 9 (Race 9, 5:00 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 bet : $5 exacta box: #3 Schilflied with #5...

CALIFORNIA — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  $61,000 Allowance, about 6 ½ furlongs on the downhill turf   Date:  Sunday, February 2 (Race 10, 7:39 p.m. ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet : $1 exacta box- #1 Refocus, #2 Ghostly Act, #6 Desert Rocket, #7 Black Beards Ghost,...

LOUISIANA — By Ed DeRosa   The trio of Kentucky Derby prep races on Saturday have two different utilities among them: The Holy Bull and Withers Stakes are good betting races; the Bob & Beverly Lewis Stakes is not, but it is most likely to produce Triple Crown...

CALIFORNIA — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  $23,000 main track race for Four Year Olds And Upward Who Have Never Won Three Races.   Date:  Sunday, January 26 (Race 9, 7:07 pm ET ) 6 ½ furlongs on the main track.   What to do with a $20 Bet : $10 win on #10...