How to bet the 2022 Floral Park 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…

Saratoga has brought out Nest's best. The champion filly aims for another big stakes score there Friday. Nest is the 4-5 morning-line favorite for the Grade 1, $500000 Personal Ensign Stakes. Post time from Saratoga is 5:44 p.m. EDT, with FS2 showing the 1 1/8-mile race for 4-and-up fillies and mares. The Personal Ensign is annually an important…

One of the most intriguing races taking place on the first weekend in August is the $400000, Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Saturday at Del Mar, a race won since the turn of the century by champions Riboletta (2000), Azeri (2002 and 2003), Zenyatta (2008, 2009, and 2010), Beholder (2015), Stellar Wind (2016 and 2017), and Unique Bella (2018). The…

Three days of World Pool action at the Qatar Goodwood Festival get under way on Tuesday with the Goodwood Cup and Lennox Stakes as highlights. Wet weather complicates matters for numerous horses on an eight-race card but Saturday's column threw up a few useful angles so let's hope the following hints prove valuable. Can Lord Riddiford land this for…

Longshot: Need Some Money, Race 7 Virtual Reality Sabra Tuff Bustin Bay #1 VIRTUAL REALITY (3-1): Got up to win at first asking downstate in late-May and stretches out to two turns here. However, she's got the pedigree to want every bit of this trip, being by Preakness winner Cloud Computing and out of a mare with stamina-heavy bloodlines; #6 SABRA…

Post time: 5 p.m. Lock of the day: Charlie's Penny (9th race). Value play of the day: Astronaut Oscar (6th race). Big score: 50-cent Pick 5 ticket-Race 5 (2,3,6/1,3,4,8/1,6/2,8,9,12/10), $48. 1. 1 mile. Open. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming: $7500. Purse: $13000. #: Horse (Jockey, Trainer) Wt./Odds 1: Just Blaze (Murray, Scherer) 124/12-1 2:…

The lone graded stakes winner in the field, American Apple headlines a field of six entered in Saturday's Grade 3 Soaring Softly, a 7-furlong turf test for 3-year-old fillies, at Belmont Park. Have a look at the racetrack guide for Belmont Park - the home of the Belmont Stakes. The daughter of American Pharoah won the Grade 3 Matron last fall at…

Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN is back. With it comes the return of the industry low pick 4 and pick 5 wagers. The opening card features 2 stakes races. One of the separators that makes Canterbury such a great place for bettors is their commitment to pushing the envelope when it comes to wagering options for fans. For the last several seasons…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Kentucky Derby undercard includes six graded stakes, culminating with the $3 million Grade 1 Kentucky Derby. The flagship network NBC Sports and Peacock will broadcast the undercard races starting at noon EDT through the Derby, which will go to post at approximately 6:57 p.m. EDT. The undercard features last year's Eclipse…

Secret Oath, shown winning the 2022 Kentucky Oaks, is back in action Friday at Churchill Downs. Photo courtesy of Churchill Downs May 5 (UPI) -- An action-packed weekend of horse racing headed by the Kentucky Derby also features five of last year's Breeders' Cup champions and the winners of last year's Derby and Kentucky Oaks. The roster of…

Affirmative Lady, put in a steady drive midway around the far turn, powered through the stretch to pass Davona Dale winner Dorth Vader and pull clear to a two-length victory in Saturday's Grade 2, $250000 Gulfstream Park Oaks. The 53rd running of the 1 1/16-mile Oaks for 3-year-old fillies was the eighth of 10 stakes, five graded, worth $2.35…

A full field of 12 was drawn for Saturday's $1 million, Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational at Gulfstream Park, and Ivar was named the 5-2 morning-line favorite. The Pegasus Turf was first run in 2019, when Bricks and Mortar was the winner for Chad Brown as the 2.80-1 second choice. Zulu Alpha won in 2020 for Michael Maker as an 11-1 shot,…

Larry Goichman's Star Devine scored her second career stakes triumph with a prominent victory for trainer Jorge Abreu in Sunday's $150000 Autumn Days for fillies and mares aged 3 years old and up sprinting six furlongs over Aqueduct's outer turf course. The 4-year-old Fastnet Rock filly added to a victory in last year's Galway at Saratoga, where…

Star Devine just that when capturing the $150K Autumn Days (NYRA/Coglianese) By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Larry Goichman's Star Devine scored her second career stakes triumph with a prominent victory for trainer Jorge Abreu in Sunday's $150000 Autumn Days for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up sprinting six furlongs over…

A talented and sizable field of 11 sophomore fillies will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Churchill Downs green in Friday's $300000 Mrs. Revere S. (G2). I am not sold on any single contender in the field and will dabble with a few runners in my exotics wagers. #4 Bubble Rock is my tepid top selection for conditioner Brad Cox. By More Than Ready, the…

A field of 10 has been entered for Saturday's $200000 Bold Ruler S. (G3) at Aqueduct. The six-furlong dash attracted a field lacking a clear standout on paper, but I do feel like #1 Meraas (5-1) will be especially difficult to defeat in the dirt dash. Trained by Chad Summers, the son of Oasis Dream took to the transition to the dirt in Dubai this…

Chad Brown, the undisputed King of American turf racing, holds a strong hand in Saturday's Grade 2 Pennine Ridge at Belmont Park with his pair of 3-year-olds Unanimous Consent and Napoleonic War. Unanimous Consent could go favored on the strength of an unbeaten record in three starts. He comes into the 9 furlong test off a decisive victory in the…

OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Celebrity chef Bobby Flay's homebred Pizza Bianca will make her anticipated return following an international endeavor at Royal Ascot in Saturday's 28th running of the Grade 2, $200000 Sands Point for 3-year-old fillies going nine furlongs on the inner turf at Belmont at the Big A. Pizza Bianca has not raced since finishing eighth…

Celebrity chef Bobby Flay's homebred Pizza Bianca will make her anticipated return following an international endeavor at Royal Ascot in Saturday's 28th running of the Grade 2, $200000 Sands Point for 3-year-old fillies going nine furlongs on the inner turf at Belmont at the Big A. Pizza Bianca has not raced since finishing eighth in the Group 1…

The racing week from Aqueduct continues Friday. The card features the John Hettinger Stakes where Marvelous Maude appears to hold a strong hand. Post: 1:00 PM ET; $47k Maiden Claiming going 1 mile on dirt; Entries: 7 #5 NORTH POLE (3-1) has to be respected going out for the combination of Jacobson and Ortiz. This one has the pedigree to be a major…

Belmont's Fall meets at Aqueduct raceway look to close out their final day of racing for week two before their largest racing weekend comes next Saturday, and the G2 Gallant Bloom closes out the card. The race for fillies and mares three years old and up will have a post time of 5:18 with Wesley Wards Kimari leading the field. But the Honorable…

A total of 12 three-year-olds fillies are entered for Friday's $150000 Coronation Cup S. at Saratoga. The 5 1/2-furlong dash on the outer turf course is a wide-open affair with contenders throughout the field, and I will put much of my focus on a trio that I expect to do considerable damage in the heat. #4 Artos (10-1) has flashed potential on a…

Last week, Belmont Park was the focus of the racing world with the final leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, preceded by a host of stakes for other Thoroughbred divisions. Earlier this week, the action shifted across the pond to England's Ascot racecourse for the Royal meet. On Saturday, the Jersey Shore will be the place to be as Monmouth…

Barely more than one month remains until the Kentucky Derby (G1) on the first Saturday in May. The Kentucky Oaks (G1), held one day prior, is also rapidly approaching. News and notes are coming fast and furious, so let's dive in and see what's happening. A trio of Kentucky Derby qualifiers worth 100-40-20-10 points to the top four finishers took…

A pair of challenging stakes races will take center stage at Woodbine on Sunday. Each of the events features well-matched fields lacking a standout, which makes the wagering very attractive in my opinion. Sophomores will travel one mile on the green in a very competitive tilt. A total of nine will go postward, with Queen's Plate runner-up #1…