TORONTO — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Races for Sunday, October 19th:   $100,000 South Ocean Stakes Race 8, 4:48pm ET   What to do with a $20 Bet in the South Ocean: $2 trifecta – #4 #7 / #4 #7 / #1 #2 #3 #6 #8   The Reason: #4 Souper Diva has done...

TORONTO — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Races: Sunday, September 14th   $100,000 Victorian Queen Stakes Race 7, 4:30pm ET   What to do with a $20 Bet in the Victorian Queen $20 to win on #7 Pageant Queen   The Reason: If there is a speed duel, this Jamie...

TORONTO — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $500,000 Woodbine Oaks   Date: Sunday, July 20 (Race 9, 5:20pm ET)   What to do with a $20 Bet in the Woodbine Oaks: $1 exacta box – #1 War Signal, #4 Innisfree Isle, #7 Reveler’s Row, #9 Crystal Visions, #11...

TORONTO — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $125,000 Queenston Stakes   Date: Sunday, June 8 (Race 8, 4:50 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet in the Queenston Stakes: $20 to place on #1 Dewolf   The Reason: With five podium finishes – two wins and...

KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa   I love top X lists (top 5, top 10, top pi, it doesn’t matter), but this is the time of year I eschew countdowns in favor of what I call buckets. Put another way, anyone can tell you that Santa Anita Derby winner Journalism is a top contender and...

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:  $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...

LOUISIANA — By Ed DeRosa   The all-stakes pick 4 on Saturday at Fair Grounds is that magical combination of offering something for the horse racing fan in all of us as well as the hardened horseplayer.  The sequence begins and ends with points races for both the Kentucky...

CALIFORNIA — By Ed DeRosa   The downhill turf course at Santa Anita Park is one of the more unique race configurations in North America with its big sweeping turn going downhill before crossing over the main track for a blitz toward the finish.   It is that course...