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:  $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   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...

NEW YORK — By Ed DeRosa   The last big day of racing in New York this year is Saturday at Aqueduct where a quartet of graded stakes takes place headlined by the $500,000 Cigar Mile Handicap.   The Remsen and Demoiselle Stakes for two-year-old males and fillies,...

NEW YORK — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race:  Grade 3 $300,000 Long Island Stakes   Date: Sunday, November 10th (Race 8, 3:40 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet in the Long Island Stakes: $10 win, $5 place and $5 show on No Show Sammy Jo    The Reason: An absolutely...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   The Art of Resilience The 2024 campaign hasn’t exactly gone to plan for multiple graded stakes winner Master Piece (CHI), but the 8-year-old Chilean-bred can paint his season in a different light with a successful defense of his Red Smith (G2)...

NEW YORK — By Ed DeRosa   The New York Racing Association is kind enough to send us into the weekend in style with a stakes double during the opening week of Aqueduct’s fall meeting. The Pebbles and Autumn Days Stakes closes the 9-race card on Friday, and the former...

NEW YORK — By Ed DeRosa   When it comes to the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes on Saturday at (Belmont at) Aqueduct, the one sure bet I would make is that none of these horses will be a factor in the Breeders’ Cup Turf on Nov. 2 at Del Mar. Yes, this is a Grade 1 prep race...