For the 10th 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 2026 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2026 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big-Race Showdown.”
The 45th running of the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Stakes on Saturday at Churchill Downs drew a small, but star-studded field competing for a $2 million purse as well as a ticket to the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic on Oct.
Following her recent 12 3/4-length win in the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps Stakes Presented by Ford, Nitrogen will set her sights on a highly anticipated showdown against males in the Aug. 8 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
