KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa   There are three horses I think have the best chance of winning the Sycamore Stakes on Friday at Keeneland: #7 Tawny Port, #10 Ohana Honor, and #11 Bold Act. This is a case where I’m calling for a good ol’ fashioned win bet because Tawny Port...

KENTUCKY — By Matt Shifman   The Grade 1, $750,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup will be run Saturday as part of the Keeneland fall meeting. A field of 10 3-year-old fillies received invitations from the racing office to run in this 1 1/8-mile turf race. All but one of...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Simply Spack-tacular We’re running out of superlatives for 4-year-old colt Carl Spackler (IRE), who collected his sixth career graded stakes title in convincing fashion on Saturday afternoon at Keeneland. The Tyler Gaffalione mount led...

KENTUCKY — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: Grade 1 Juddmonte Spinster Stakes – a Breeders’ Cup “win & you’re in” qualifier.   Date: Sunday, October 6 (Race 9, 5:16 pm ET)   What to do with a $20 Bet:  $20 to win on #2 Candied...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Terrific Twos Immersive’s imperviousness to the dreaded ‘terrible twos’ has been a marvel for ownership group Godolphin, whose homebred filly is off to a perfect 2-0-0 start to her racing career. Fresh off a scrappy score in the Spinaway (G1)...

NEW YORK — By Ed DeRosa   Two-year-olds get a graded stakes opportunity turf sprinting Friday at Aqueduct where the Futurity Stakes serves as a prep for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint on Nov. 1 at Del Mar. As one would expect from a graded stakes sprint for...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Toll Bridge A win in Saturday’s $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic would have made War Like Goddess the first three-time champion in the history of the ½-mile event. But as you may have already gleaned, that did not happen. Instead, it was 5-2...

TORONTO — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $400,000 Breeders’ Stakes – the third jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown   Date: Sunday, September 29 (Race 9, 5:40 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet: $20 win on Saccharine   The Reason: She...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Bring it Home After five seasons, 12 wins (10 graded stakes), and $2.875 million banked, War Like Goddess has given her connections just about everything they could have asked for. But the 7-year-old mare is by no means ready to hang up the...

NEW YORK — By Ed DeRosa   When it comes to the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes on Saturday at (Belmont at) Aqueduct, the one sure bet I would make is that none of these horses will be a factor in the Breeders’ Cup Turf on Nov. 2 at Del Mar. Yes, this is a Grade 1 prep race...