CALIFORNIA — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $76,000 Allowance Optional Claiming, 1 1/16 miles on the turf   Date: Sunday, September 8th (Race 11, 9:32 pm ET)   What to do with a $20 Bet: $1 Exacta: #2 and #11 to finish first, with any of #1, #2, #3, #7, #11,...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Still Burnin’ After 29 starts, four graded stakes wins, and over $2 million in total purse earnings, 7-year-old gelding Get Smokin is still hungry for more. The marvelous Mark Casse trainee will make his triumphant return to Kentucky Downs this...

KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa   Before we get into the field for the One Dreamer Stakes today at Kentucky Downs, the one thing you absolutely must know about this track is that 18 of the 33 races during its opening week were won on the front end. To paraphrase William...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Business Trip Bellum Justum (IRE) continued the recent trend of the Irish winning in Kentucky with a textbook 2 ¼-length victory in Saturday’s $3.1 million Nashville Derby (G3T) at Kentucky Downs. Following in the footsteps of Notre...

KENTUCKY — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $500,000 Kentucky Downs Handicap, one mile on the turf Date: Sunday, September 1 (Race 9, 5:50 pm ET ) What to do with a $20 Bet: $1 exacta box ($12)- #2 Siege of Boston, #4 Minnesota Ready, #6 Smokin’ T, #9 Funtastic...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Life-Changing Money Poll time! Who will earn more money in 2024: Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell or the winner of this Saturday’s $3.1 million Nashville Derby Invitational (G3T) at Kentucky Downs? Those who answered Dell, who accumulated...

KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa   Live racing returns to Kentucky Downs today, Aug. 29, and opening weekend features plenty of stakes and million-dollar races! The highlight is the $3.1-million Nashville Derby on Saturday, one of 19 stakes during the seven-day meeting that...

TORONTO– By Matthew Lomon   Thanks for the Compliment When the only knock against Fierceness reads more like a compliment, it says a whole lot about how highly regarded he is amongst his contemporaries. The 3-year-old colt, who gained somewhat of a reputation for not being...

TORONTO — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $100,000 Algoma Stakes, seven furlongs on the all-weather track Date: Sunday, August 25 (Race 5, 3:13 pm ET ) What to do with a $20 Bet:  $20 win on #1 Vandoo The Reason:  Kevin Attard trainee keeps getting better with every...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   A Royal Return A Twisters-esque scene in the Greater Toronto Area last Sunday cut short the most celebrated day on the Canadian Thoroughbred racing calendar. Now that the torrential downpours have subsided (knock on wood), the 165th running of...