CALIFORNIA — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $100,000 Grade 3 American Stakes, One Mile. (Turf). For Four Year Olds And Upward Date: Sunday, April 20 (Race 7, 6:10 pm ET ) What to do with a $20 Bet: $10 win on King of #6 Gosford (GB) $5 exactor box #6 King of Gosford (GB)...

LOUISIANA — By Ed DeRosa   The trio of Kentucky Derby prep races on Saturday have two different utilities among them: The Holy Bull and Withers Stakes are good betting races; the Bob & Beverly Lewis Stakes is not, but it is most likely to produce Triple Crown...

FLORIDA — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  $94,000 Maiden Special Weight, 1 1/16 miles on the turf   Date: Sunday, January 19 (Race 10, 4:50 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet : $1 exacta box: #2 Emtinaan, #3 Zenith, # 4 Drop the Hammer, #5 Inesperee, #7...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Where’s Your Decorum?   Operating with the tenacious spirit of an underdog, Classy Judy G made plenty of noise in the $100,000 Bob F. Wright Memorial Stakes on Saturday afternoon at Fair Grounds.   Running as the first of two...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   A Roaring Success   Mufasa (CHI) claimed his spot atop the throne with a lionhearted effort in Saturday’s $165,000 Mr. Prospector (G3) at Gulfstream Park.   Squaring off against overwhelming 2-5 favorite and 2023 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1)...

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...

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...

FLORIDA — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  $65,000 Maiden Special Weight, 1 1/16 miles on the turf   Date: Sunday, December 22nd (Race 10, 4:55 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet : $10 to win, $5 to place, and $5 to show on #10 Zenith   The Reason: In a race with...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   I’ll be Transparent…   Win for the Money’s intentions are clear ahead of this Saturday’s $215,000 Fort Lauderdale (G2T) at Gulfstream Park.   While the 5-year-old gelding failed to live up to his name last time out with a 10th-place finish...

OHIO — By Ed DeRosa   When it comes to plotting a strategy to win money betting the stakes double on Thursday at Mahoning Valley Race Course, figuring out who can run well at decent odds is more important than picking the winner.   A pair of stakes–the Bobbie Bricker...