If there is someone to root for, it is Joe Tartaglia.
The Stage 4 cancer patient will fulfill a dream when he competes in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s National Horseplayers Championship this weekend at the Horseshoe Las Vegas.
In a new twist on the Triple Crown trail, the Virginia Derby, previously a turf race for 3-year-olds held during Colonial Downs’ traditional summer meet, has been rebranded for 2025 and is now a 1 1/8-mile dirt race for 3-year-olds on the road to the Kentucky Derby Presen
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.
When asked why the National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) Hall of Fame is regarded so highly by so many tournament players, the answer is almost always the same. Time after time, Hall of Fame inductees say it’s such a high honor for handicappers because it’s voted on by their peers.
For the ninth year in a row, 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 every weekend leading up to the 2025 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2025 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big-Race Showdown.”
