Long shots in stakes at Keeneland, Belmont at the Big A

Horse racing's season-ending crowning event is upon us, as the 40th edition of the Breeders' Cup World Championships begins today at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The featured race on the two-day card is the 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic, which runs Saturday at Santa Anita. Post time is set for 6:40 p.m. ET with live coverage on NBC and…

ARCADIA - Even as sports gambling expands, there's still no event each year more tantalizing to bettors than the Breeders' Cup thoroughbred races. Big, competitive fields offer enticing odds on star horses in seven-figure parimutuel pools. Backing the right combination of horses in any of the dozens of "exotic" wagers on the program can turn a few…

The Breeders' Cup is often referred to as the "World Championships of Horse Racing". The big day is less than a month away. In the lead up to the event Betting News will be taking a closer look at each division to help you do your homework for the 2023 event being held at Santa Anita Park. In the second installment of the Breeders' Cup previews we…

Just in time for the Travers, Horse Racing Nation's Super Screener is here with a new bundle of its trusted analysis to take horseplayers all the way through the fall. Get the Super Screener Travers to Breeders' Cup package for insight and wagering strategies every week - starting now - and the Breeders' Cup. When you start now, you'll get…

The West Coast's best sprinters will square off when the starting gate opens in the 2023 Bing Crosby Stakes on Saturday at Del Mar. The Grade 1 race is the first stakes on the West Coast to guarantee a berth to the Breeders' Cup Sprint to the winner, which makes the Bing Crosby Stakes 2023 one of Del Mar's premier races of the year. On Saturday,…

The Belmont Stakes undercard is a bonanza of high-end racing. Many of the sport's biggest stars will be in action prior to Saturday's main event. From a handicapping perspective, our Belmont Park picks are a mix of favorites that feel dependable, and longer shots that hopefully can cash for a good number. It is really easy to focus all of your…

Nine horses drew into the 2023 Belmont Stakes, making up a talented field heading to the starting gates on Saturday. National Treasure went straight to the front and won a three-furlong fight to the finish to take the Preakness Stakes. He'll give trainer Bob Baffert a chance at a fourth career Preakness-Belmont double on Saturday if National…

No horse will run in all three legs of the Triple Crown this year, but the 2023 Belmont Stakes has horses from the first two races. Three horses from the Kentucky Derby and a pair of horses from the Preakness are slated to be part of the 2023 Belmont Stakes field on Saturday at Belmont Park. One of the newcomers in the 2023 Belmont Stakes lineup,…

Are the days of a dominant horse in the Triple Crown gone? Since Justify won the Triple Crown in 2018, no other horse has won multiple races in the same Triple Crown season. It's the longest streak without a single horse winning multiple Triple Crown races since 192 to 1929. This would mark five straight years of three different winners in the…

Angel of Empire finished third in the Kentucky Derby in the first Triple Crown race of the year and will have the best Beyer Speed Figure (104) of any horse in the 2023 Belmont Stakes field. There have only been two three-year-old horses who have posted better speed figures in 2023, but neither of them are in the 2023 Belmont Stakes lineup for the…

Trainer Bob Baffert can add to his record number of wins by a trainer when he sends out Taiba in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Keeneland Race Course. The 69-year-old Baffert has won the race four times, most recently with Authentic in the 2020 Classic, which also was held at Keeneland. No other trainer has won the Breeders' Cup…

The most-prestigious horse race of the year is Saturday, as eight of the world's top thoroughbreds face off at the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland in Kentucky. Flightline, which is undefeated and has posted times that put him among the greatest in the sport's long history, is the prohibitive favorite for the Saturday event in a Best…

Travers Stakes winner Epicenter can cap off a sensational three-year-old season when he leaves the starting gate in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Keeneland Race Course. Trained by Steve Asmussen, Epicenter has four wins, including the Travers, and three runner-up finishes in 2022 and is one of the major contenders for champion…

The juveniles are featured on Breeders' Cup Friday at Keeneland, and handicapper Sara Elbadwi has a different guest to discuss each race. Races 6 through 10 will be the Breeders' Cup events. These 2-year-old races can prove difficult for some to decipher. That's why various racing experts were called on to offer their insight and how they'll be…

The 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic will feature a stacked field of eight horses running at Keeneland Race Course on Saturday, all looking to claim the last major horse racing event of the year. Not limited to three-year-olds, the purse for the Breeders' Cup Classic 2022 is $6 million, which equals this year's Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and…

On November 4-5, 2022, the 39th annual Breeders' Cup World Championships return to Keeneland. With 14 Championship races and over $31 million in total purses and awards, the 2022 Breeders' Cup World Championships weekend is the premier horse racing event of the year. This Inside Track to the Breeders' Cup wagering guide is a combination of some of…

There are plenty of ways to bet the 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Keeneland Racetrack. Flightline is a 3-5 favorite in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic odds, while three-year-olds Epicenter (5-1) and Taiba (8-1) are also among the eight contenders. There will be a $6 million purse on the line in Lexington, and post time is 5:40 p.m. ET.…

The 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic will take place on Saturday at Keeneland Racetrack, where a talented field will challenge for their share of a $6 million purse. Post time is scheduled for 5:40 p.m. ET and all eyes will be on undefeated four-year-old Flightline coming off his massive victory at the Pacific Stakes. Flightline won that race by 19 3/4…

The 39th annual Breeders' Cup World Championships are nearly here. Are you looking to finalize your Breeders' Cup picks? We can help! With 14 Championship races and over $31 million in total purses and awards, the 2022 Breeders' Cup World Championships on November 4-5, 2022 at Keeneland are the premier horse racing event of the year. "Official…

On November 4-5, 2022, the 39th annual Breeders' Cup World Championships return to Keeneland. With 14 Championship races and over $31 million in total purses and awards, the 2022 Breeders' Cup World Championships weekend is the premier horse racing event of the year. In 2021, our Inside Track to the Breeders' Cup wagering guide told you Knicks Go…

Saturday is a major day of racing at Keeneland Race Course, with five stakes races, including three Grade 1s. The card is highlighted by the 2022 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity and 2022 Coolmore Turf Mile. The Todd Pletcher-trained Forte is the 3-1 morning-line favorite in the Claiborne Breeders' Futurity odds, while the Brad Cox-trained Loggins is…

The Grade 1 Woodbine Mile and the Grade 3 Iroquois Stakes are both taking place on Saturday, and there are some long shots worth including on your tickets. Handicapper Sara Elbadwi picks out a price in each race and states her case for why these horses have a good chance to outrun the odds. Logical favorites loom in both races, but there's plenty…

Horse of the Year honors could be on the line Saturday when the country's top dirt horses square off in North America's richest race, the 2020 Breeders' Cup Classic. Saturday's race features three of the top four horses in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll: No. 1 Improbable, No. 2 Maximum Security and No. 4 Tom's…