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Noel’s Weekend Winners: Saturday Stakes Plays at Keeneland

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.

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Big-Race Showdown: Picks for Lexington Stakes, Final Stop on Path to Kentucky Derby

For the eighth 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 2024 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big-Race Showdown.”

Gambling

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Sierra Leone, Fierceness 1-2 in Triple Crown Poll After Major Derby Prep Wins

Each week, members of the national media vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll.

Week 11 of the 2024 Top 3-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the NTRA covers racing performances through April 7, 2024.

The 3-year-old poll represents horses competing up to and through the Triple Crown. Rankings are based on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-1 voting system. First place votes are in parentheses.

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2024 Lexington Stakes at a Glance

The last chance for a 3-year-old to earn his way into the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve takes place Saturday in the form of the Stonestreet Lexington Stakes at Keeneland.

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Byron King’s Derby Dozen for April 10

BloodHorse news editor Byron King presents his Derby Dozen with a look at his leading contenders for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 4.

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