TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   A New Adventure If Davy Crockett is anything like his lionhearted namesake, then the 2-year-old colt will embrace the uncharted territory that is the $150,000 Central Park Stakes. The youngster’s foray into the stakes tier follows a strong...

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...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Use That The sequel to Integration’s perfect rookie campaign (3-0-0 with two graded stakes victories) hasn’t been as riveting, but the 4-year-old colt sure made a point to change that in Saturday’s $300,000 Red Smith (G2T). Sporting a...

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...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   The Art of Resilience The 2024 campaign hasn’t exactly gone to plan for multiple graded stakes winner Master Piece (CHI), but the 8-year-old Chilean-bred can paint his season in a different light with a successful defense of his Red Smith (G2)...

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...

SAN DIEGO — By Matthew Lomon   Big Game Baller All it took for Sierra Leone to end a four-race winless streak was a matchup with 13 of the world’s greatest dirt horses in the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). While not for a lack of trying (0-2-2 during the drought),...

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:...

SAN DIEGO — By Ed DeRosa   Breeders’ Cup is always exciting, but this year’s Championship Saturday on Nov. 2 at Del Mar is a smorgasbord of opportunity for the bettor looking to make a big, maybe even life-changing, score. For MyRailbirds, we’re targeting the...

SAN DIEGO — By Matthew Lomon   Off Home Turf After posting Rafael Nadal-esque clay numbers on the turf, City of Troy – the highest rated turf horse in the world – will make his dirt debut Saturday in the FIFA World Cup of Thoroughbred racing, the $7 million Breeders’ Cup...