The field for Saturday’s $1 million. Grade 1 Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs is loaded with quality, as six of the seven horses entered have earned more than $1 million in their careers.
A pivotal question faces horseplayers handicapping Saturday’s $500,000 Fasig-Tipton Fleur de Lis Stakes at Churchill Downs: Will #3 Thorpedo Anna rebound to peak form?
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.
Welcome to Noel Michaels’ Weekend Winners, the place to go for weekend best bets and spot plays from veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer Noel Michaels. Check back every week for a couple of highlighted selections designed to help you cash a few bets and make some money.
The Grade 3, $500,000 Ohio Derby June 21 at Thistledown drew a field of 10, including four 3-year-olds who won or placed in stakes races this year. Clever Again is one of two from that quartet which have won a stakes race as he was victorious in the Hot Springs Stakes in March before a ninth-place finish in the Gr
