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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.

The purse might be lower than back in 2016 and 2017, but Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes still holds a lot of prestige (to seasoned racing fans, it did so even when named the Donn Handicap).

The first edition of the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes, which replaced the Donn Handicap, was held at Gulfstream Park in 2017 and won in dominant fashion by Arrogate. Saturday’s 10th edition of one of the richest races in North America drew a full field of 12 plus two also-eligible entrants.

The $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational Stakes Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Jan. 24 at Gulfstream Park is my kind of race with a deep, talented cast of turf females that even the morning-line oddsmaker could not make heads or tails of.

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.

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