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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.

It’s opening weekend at Keeneland, and one of the premier meets in the country boasts a stellar Saturday program. We’ve got 11 races on tap, including five graded stakes that serve as key preps for the 2025 Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

One of the feature events on Saturday’s stakes-packed card at Aqueduct is the $400,000 Frizette Stakes, an important prep race for the Oct. 31 NetJets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies.

The Juddmonte Spinster Stakes has traditionally been one of the most important races in the older female division and the most impactful prep for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff.

One of the biggest stories in horse racing over the past year has been the emergence of social media content creator Griffin Johnson as one of the sport’s most active and passionate ambassadors. Johnson first burst on the scene around a year ago after he became a part-owner of Sandman, a talented 2-year-old colt who flashed potential in the fall and winter of 2024.

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