Betting With, and Against, Life is Good in the Woodward Stakes

This weekend we will turn our attention to an afternoon card with four stakes races at Tampa Bay Downs. Leading the way on Saturday will be prep races for both the Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks. The Grade 3 Sam F. Davis has attracted a wide-open field of twelve, where Change of Command and Agate Road should vie for favoritism. On the female…

The 40th Breeders' Cup is 10 days away, so let's catch up on a couple notes of interest. Breeders' Cup entries will be drawn on October 30, but a pair of Todd Pletcher-trained superstars - Forte and Nest - won't be among the nearly 200 horses competing for a title. Pletcher, though, has several others in his stable that are capable of success.…

The Grade 1 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga was first run in 1928 and has been won by some of the sport's biggest stars. Cody's Wish tries to add his name to the list on Saturday as the 1-2 morning-line favorite to win the prestigious race for older horses. Five stakes races, including three Grade 1s, dot the card. The Test Stakes for 3-year-old fillies…

Up to the Mark, having found new life on the turf this year, continued his career resurgence with a popular and powerful 2 3/4- length victory in Saturday's Grade 1, $750000 Manhattan Stakes at Belmont Park, becoming racing's newest millionaire. Ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher and owners Repole Stable and St. Elias…

A talented field of nine fillies and mares will run 1 1/4 miles on the Santa Anita turf course in Sunday's $100000 Santa Ana (G3). Conditioner Michael McCarthy has a pair of ladies in the cast, and I believe that both contenders will have a big say in the outcome of the grassy endeavor. I really liked the upset win posted by #5 Duvet Day in the…

Life Is Good, a multiple Grade 1 winner and earner of better than $4-million, towers over just four others in Saturday's Grade 1 Woodward at the Belmont fall meet being held at Aqueduct. A 4-year-old son of Into Mischief trained by Tood Pletcher, he sports a near flawless record with eight wins from ten career starts. Among his wins were…

A strong field of sophomore fillies will vie in the $200000 Sands Point S. (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) queen #9 Pizza Bianca will make her first run since a failed attempt in the Coronation S. (G1) at Royal Ascot in June and is the one to beat in the affair, but I will aim to knock her off while searching for…

A compact field of five will vie in Sunday's $600000 Spinster S. (G1) at Keeneland. The 1 1/8-mile race is led by a pair of Grade 1 heroines, most notably #1 Malathaat (3-5) from the mighty Todd Pletcher barn. The 2021 Kentucky Oaks (G1) star has never run a bad race in her lifetime and bagged the Ashland S. (G1) on the oval as a sophomore in her…

Multiple Grade 1-winner Life Is Good was challenged by Law Professor at the top of the stretch but kicked away to reward his 1-9 heavy favoritism in a gate-to-wire 1 1/4-length victory in Saturday's Grade 1, $500000 Woodward for 3-year-olds and up during the Belmont at the Big A fall meet at Aqueduct Racetrack. Life Is Good, trained by Hall of…

channel to stay up to date on the latest in marketing See our Belmont Park free horse racing tips this Saturday as the New York track stages an 11-race card that is spearheaded by the Grade One Woodward Stakes. Plus, you can snap-up a stack of free horse racing bets to use on the action at Belmont Park this weekend. LIFE IS GOOD is a racehorse…

Like its companion race for 2-year-old turf fillies the day before, the $200000, Grade 3 Pilgrim Stakes has been a productive prep race for the Breeders' Cup and offers the winner an expenses-paid "Win and You're In" berth in the World Championships. The Grade 2 Pilgrim is a 1 1/16-mile grass race for 2-year-olds Sunday at the Belmont at The Big…

A compact, but accomplished, field of six will vie in Saturday's $500000 Lukas Classic S. (G2) at Churchill Downs on Saturday. Four Grade 1 winners will lead the way in the 1 1/8-mile event. I am not certain that #2 Art Collector (2-1) is the most talented contender in the fine field, but I love both his current form and expected trip in the race,…

Rich Strike, the upset winner of the Kentucky Derby earlier this year, will face older horses for the first time in Saturday's $500000 Lukas Classic at Churchill Downs. The 80-1 shot who shocked the world with his rally to win the Run for the Roses will make his first start at Churchill Downs since the first Saturday in May. In his two races…

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - WinStar Farm and CHC Inc.'s multiple Grade 1-winner and $4-million earner Life Is Good headlines Saturday's 69th running of the Grade 1, $500000 Woodward at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet. This year's edition of the prestigious nine-furlong test for 3-year-olds and upward will mark its first running at Aqueduct Racetrack…

Life Is Good will be an overwhelming favorite to carry off his fourth stakes win of the season in Saturday's $500000 Woodward S. (G1), which serves as the four-year-old's final prep for the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1). The speedy Todd Pletcher trainee will face four others over 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct, which last hosted the Woodward in 1967,…

WinStar Farm and CHC Inc.'s multiple Grade 1-winner and $4-million earner Life Is Good headlines Saturday's 69th running of the Grade 1, $500000 Woodward at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet. This year's edition of the prestigious nine-furlong test for 3-year-olds and upward will mark its first running at Aqueduct Racetrack since 1967 when Hall of…

Life Is Good is expected to be an overwhelming favorite in the Grade 1, $500000 Woodward, which will be run on Saturday as part of the Belmont at the Big A meeting. With eight victories in 10 career starts, Life Is Good will race the 1 1/8-mile distance around two turns at Aqueduct. Todd Pletcher is the only trainer in the field with a victory in…

Bet with the Racing Dudes TODAY using our friends at BetPTC and get a $200 new member bonus! Enter promo code DUDES! WinStar Farm and CHC Inc.'s multiple Grade 1-winner and $4-million earner Life Is Good headlines Saturday's 69th running of the Grade 1, $500000 Woodward at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet. This year's edition of the prestigious…

Simply put, the Jockey Club Gold Cup on the final weekend of the 2022 Saratoga meet this Saturday is trainer Todd Pletcher's to lose. The all-star trainer has four of the race's eight runners, meaning that just by mere arithmetic, Pletcher has a 50-50 chance of standing in the winner's circle with one of his horses moments after the 10-furlong…

Join our channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Saturday's Jockey Club Gold Cup 2022 will see a strong field of eight runners battle it out for the lucrative $1.25m purse at Saratoga, while there is also an added carrot for connections with this being a'win and you're in' Breeders' Cup race - meaning the winner will book their place…

Saturday's Grade 1, $1.25 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga drew a field of eight runners from older male dirt division. In addition to the purse money, the 1 1/4 mile contest is part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series, offering a win-and-you're in spot in the Classic at Keeneland on Nov. 5. Three Hall of Fame trainers - in Todd Pletcher,…

The Jockey Club Gold Cup 2022 will provide horse racing fans with some more Breeders' Cup clues ahead of Saturday's $1.25m Grade 1 at Saratoga as the racing summer at the New York track draws to a close. It's another'Win and You're In' Breeders' Cup contest so the successful horse this weekend will also book their ticket to Keeneland on November…

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Wit, who races for the Repole, St. Elias and Gainsway Stables, followed his usual racing pattern of coming from off the pace when he took the trophy in the Spa's $135000 Better Talk Now Sunday afternoon at Saratoga Race Course. With Jose Ortiz in the saddle for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, the colt by Practical Joke…

A superb field of 10 three-year-old fillies will contest Saturday's $500000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. (G1) at Keeneland. The prestigious turf affair will be contested over 1 1/8 miles on the green, and the race has attracted a top field of both domestic and European, contenders in what promises to be a thrilling rendition of the…

SARATOGA SPRINGS - In 1942, Hall of Fame trainer John M. Gaver, Sr. earned a rare and prestigious double when he won the Whitney Handicap with Swing and Sway and the Travers Stakes with Shut Out, both for the legendary Greentree Stable. Now, 79 years later, reigning Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox is in position today to become the first…