SANTA ANITA PARK — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight race: The $100,000 Irish O’Brien Stakes      Date:  Sunday, March 17th (Race 7, 7:00 pm ET)        What to do with a $20 bet:  $20 to win on Chismosa   The Reason:  The 4-year-old daughter of Clubhouse Ride had a rough...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Crown Keeper Tejano Twist has made seven starts since taking last year’s edition of the $250,000 Whitmore at Oaklawn Park. In that time, the 5-year-old gelding has landed in the money all but once. Now, the competitor with a nose for the podium will...

SANTA ANITA PARK — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $100,000 China Doll Stakes      Date:  Sunday, March 10th (Race 7, 7:00pm ET)        What to do with a $20 Bet:  $20 to win on #4 Antifona (FR)   The Reason:  If Hector Berrios can map out an ideal trip and avoid being...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Quad-A In professional baseball, the players who are too good for AAA but haven’t quite been able to find their footing at the Major League level are commonly referred to as Quad-A players. Green Up, who enters Saturday’s $300,000 Beholder (G1) at...

NEW MEXICO — By Ed DeRosa Before we get to the Albert and Henry Dominguez Memorial Handicap on Friday at Sunland Park, some personal news: I am playing in my first-ever National Handicapping Championship next week. I bring this up mostly to brag, but also to segue into the...

KENTUCKY — By HRN Staff Dornoch and Deterministic moved into the top 10 of the Kentucky Derby 2024 leaderboard after picking up 50 points for winning the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth and the Gotham (G3) on Saturday. Timberlake remains in the top spot with 66 points after his Rebel...

KENTUCKY — By Carolyn Greer This weekend brings the last of the Kentucky Derby 2024 points preps that offer 50 qualifying points to the winner. The Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby, which will be drawn Wednesday, could bring the return of Grade 3 Sam F. Davis winner No More Time and...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon No Ordinary 9-to-5 A slew of late scratches in Saturday’s $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) shrunk the expected field from nine down to five, giving way for 3-year-old Dornoch to capture a second consecutive stakes score. With legitimate contenders...

SANTA ANITA PARK — By Chris Lomon Spotlight race: $200,000 Buena Vista Stakes (G2T)      Date:  Sunday, March 3 (Race 10, 8:02pm ET)        What to do with a $20 bet:  First Bet: $5 exacta box #6 Ruby Nell and #11 Mouffy (to finish 1st or 2nd in any order). Second Bet: $10...

KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa Looking for an appetizer to all the stakes action this weekend? Look no further than Friday night at Turfway Park, which plays host to the Cincinnati Trophy Stakes for three-year-old fillies as race 6 on its nine race card. Even better: there is some...