Whether it’s the run up to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands or the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, there’s great racing action nearly every weekend of the year. Starting this year, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races leading up to the Derby and the Breeders’ Cup.

On Saturday, the focus shifts to the $400,000 Xpressbet Fountain of Youth Stakes and the $300,000 Gotham Stakes, a pair of Road to the Kentucky Derby points races that award 50 points to the victor. TVG will televise both the Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct at 4:50 p.m. ET and the Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park at 6:05 p.m. ET.

The player’s picks will be posted here and a running bankroll will be kept to track their success all year long. Bankrolls will be tabulated on the basis of a $2 win bet on top selections and $2 exacta and $2 trifecta box bets of each player’s top three selections. Your players are Eric Bialek, Acacia Courtney, C.J. Johnsen, Bryan Simpkins, Dan Tordjman.

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Eric Bialek (VIEW BIO)

National Handicapping Championship Qualifier

$300,000 Gotham Stakes

1. El Areeb

2. Cloud Computing

3. True Timber

$400,000 Xpressbet Fountain of Youth Stakes

1. Irish War Cry

2. Practical Joke

3. Three Rules

Top Selection Winners: 2/8

Exacta Winnings: $172.60

Trifecta Winnings: $269.50

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Acacia Courtney (VIEW BIO)

TV Analyst/Host for Gulfstream Park

$300,000 Gotham Stakes

1. El Areeb 

2. So Conflated

3. Cloud Computing

$400,000 Xpressbet Fountain of Youth Stakes

1. Irish War Cry

2. Gunnevera

3. Practical Joke

Top Selection Winners:  1/8

Exacta Winnings: $123

Trifecta Winnings: $65

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C.J. Johnsen (VIEW BIO)

Director of Wagering for Kentucky Downs 

$300,000 Gotham Stakes

1. El Areeb

2. J Boys Echo

3. True Timber

$400,000 Xpressbet Fountain of Youth Stakes

1. Gunnevera

2. Irish War Cry

3. Practical Joke

Top Selection Winners: 0/8

Exacta Winnings: $58

Trifecta Winnings: $41

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Bryan Simpkins (VIEW BIO)

Handicapper and Writer for Danonymous Racing

$300,000 Gotham Stakes

1. El Areeb

2. J Boys Echo

3. Cloud Computing

$400,000 Xpressbet Fountain of Youth Stakes

1. Irish War Cry

2. Made You Look

3. Lookin for Eight

Top Selection Winners: 3/8

Exacta Winnings: $41.60

Trifecta Winnings: $0

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Dan Tordjman (VIEW BIO)

Video Correspondent, Handicapper and Writer for  America's Best Racing

Note: Weekly selections made using STATS Race Lens

$300,000 Gotham Stakes

1. El Areeb

2. Cloud Computing

3. J Boys Echo 

$400,000 Xpressbet Fountain of Youth Stakes

1. Irish War Cry

2. Lookin for Eight

3. Gunnevera

Top Selection Winners: 3/8

Exacta Winnings: $24.20

Trifecta Winnings: $41