
A Day in the Life of a Kentucky Derby Horse
Every Sunday Noel Michaels will provide free full-card picks for a one racecard in North America. A veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer, Michaels also writes a weekly “Weekend Winners” blog for America’s Best Racing with a focus on key stakes races at marquee tracks. This feature will be straight-forward: full-card picks for one Sunday slate of races of his choosing.
Noel's selections have been featured just about everywhere horse racing picks can be found, including in print in the Daily Racing Form, The HorsePlayer Magazine and American Turf Monthly, online at DRF.com, Twinspires.com and USRacing.com, from the paddock on-track at Arlington International Racecourse, and on the air on HRTV, TVG, NYC OTB Extra, NYRA's Talking Horses, and on broadcast TV on WAVE-3 Louisville, ABC KOLO-8 in Reno, Nevada, and channel 72 Long Island Cablevision.
Six Beginner Betting Tools
Race 1:
2 O P Firecracker (8-5)
4 Commandperformance (5-1)
5 Khafre (3-1)
Race 2:
2 Fortuna Mia (9-2)
1 Army Gal (5-2)
5 Briland (7-5)
Race 3:
2 Waralo (4-1)
4 Runandscore (2-1)
5 Schlomo (5-2)
Race 4:
8 Wait for Me (8-1) Upset special
3 The Paddock Pastor (5-1)
4 Courtly Banker (6-1)
Race 5:
2 Perugia (5-2)
4 Wild Mischief (4-1)
11 Inamorata (10-1)
Race 6:
6 Kay Cup (5-2)
8 Dear Moon (7-2)
5 Munnings Express (4-1)
Race 7:
7 Cornucopian (3-5) Best Bet
5 Sand Devil (6-1)
3 Garamond (5-1)
Race 8:
2 Laurelin (2-1)
9 Virgin Colada (5-2)
7 Love Cervere (6-1)
Race 9:
3 Rhyton (9-2)
9 Leon Blue (2-1)
11 Cousin Ed (5-1)
7 No Problem (8-1)