TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Take it up a Notch   Fresh off a career-best effort in the Grade 3 Thunder Road, El Potente (2-1) will need to find another gear to outduel Mi Hermano Ramon, the 8-5 opening line choice in Saturday’s $300,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile (G1T) at Santa...

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...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   We’re Live in 5, 4, 3…   Breaking news out of Hot Springs, Arkansas as veteran mare Corningstone, after claiming back-to-back stakes titles, will make another run at her first-ever graded stakes trophy in Saturday’s $250,000 Bayakoa (G3) at...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Three is Key   On Sunday at 3 p.m. Eastern, the Philadelphia Eagles will rely on their three-headed monster of Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley, and A.J. Brown to take down the surging Los Angeles Rams.   On Sunday at 3 p.m. Pacific, another...

NEW YORK — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  $150,000 Queens County Stakes, 1 1/8 miles on the main track   Date: Sunday, December 29 (Race 8, 3:35 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet: $10 to win, $5 to place, and $5 to show on #7 Law Professor    The Reason: This...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   A Year to…   Although White Abarrio’s 2024 season has been a far cry from his brilliant 2023 campaign, the 5-year-old can end the year on a high note with a proper showing in this Saturday’s $165,000 Mr. Prospector (G3) at Gulfstream Park....

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   New York, New York   The good times in the Empire State (at least for Mets fans) keep on rolling with a pair of $500,000 New York Stallion Series events on Saturday afternoon at Aqueduct.   Beginning in race eight with the Great White Way...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Balance Restored   For the people out there who enjoy all things symmetrical, we have another enticing item to share with you.   On Saturday afternoon at Aqueduct, 3-year-old colt Locked captured the $500,000 Cigar Mile (G2) to keep...

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...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Get Some Popcorn Ready   Simply calling the $500,000 Cigar Mile (G2) ‘stacked’ is a grave, and borderline blasphemous understatement.   Set to feature a tantalizing field of 11 hopefuls, headlined by five millionaires and four Grade/Group...