For the seventh 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 2023 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2023 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big Race Showdown.”
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 2023 edition of the Grade 1, $1 million Ricoh Woodbine Mile Stakes brings together a field of six, with the winner the race receiving an automatic berth in the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile Presented by PDJF in November.
It may be the third Saturday in September but visions of the first Saturday in May will be blooming when the Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs serves as the first points race for the 2024 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve.
