The first major racecard at the Fair Grounds in Louisiana for 2020 takes place this Saturday, January 18. The 13-race program is highlighted by six stakes, including the $200,000 LeComte Stakes worth 10 Kentucky Derby points to the winner. The race will be live on TVG.

On resume alone, Spiced Perfection towers over the field for the $200,000 La Canada Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita on Saturday, January 11.

After scratching out of the Tropical Park Derby two weeks ago, four-year-old A Thread of Blue makes his 2020 debut in the $100,000 Tropical Turf (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. The race can be watched and wagered on with TVG.

Kitten’s Joy became a premier sire in America and now has a 7 ½ furlong race for three-year-olds in his honor. It will be run at Gulfstream Park on Saturday as the seventh of 11 races.

The $100,000 Sham Stakes (G3) kicks off Triple Crown action at Santa Anita Park for 2020. The race has been won in recent years by Breeders’ Cup Classic participants McKinzie and Collected, as well as Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Goldencents.

Three-time Grade 1 winner Bellafina will chase more of the same on Saturday at Santa Anita Park when she goes favored in the $300,000 La Brea Stakes (G1) against eight rivals.

Omaha Beach is back for the 2019 Malibu Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Saturday, opening day of the 2020 winter/spring meeting.

A relatively quiet weekend of racing will become heated when Imperial Hint and X Y Jet clash in the $100,000 Mr. Prospector Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, December 21. The seven-furlong contest pits the two speedsters against four rivals, and goes as the tenth of an 11-race card. It can be viewed live on TVG.

2019 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) winner Mitole has begun his life as a stallion at Spendthrift Farm, retiring after a stellar season with six wins in seven starts. He is a leading contender for Horse of the Year, and will stand for $25,000. Mitole will try to join other Sprint winners such as Gulch, Speightstown, and Midnight Lute as successful sires. 

As the national racing scene moves from a focus on the Breeders’ Cup to the fall and winter meets at Aqueduct and the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, many of racing’s brightest stars are being retired or freshened for 2020 campaigns. One of those recently retired horses is Mitole, victorious in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint last Saturday.

Sticking to a simple betting strategy against the top horseplayers in the game, Brad Anderson of Sarasota, Florida turned a 9-2 win bet on Vino Rosso in the Breeders’ Cup Classic into a spectacular victory in the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge at last week’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

Arguably the most contentious race on Breeders’ Cup weekend is the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint, which drew a field of 10.

Trainer Brad Cox, who won the Distaff last year with Monomoy Girl, has five legitimate chances to win Breeders’ Cup races this weekend, starting Friday with British Idiom in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1).

Midnight Bisou in the 2019 Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) could give jockey Mike Smith his sixth victory in the $2 million race. Smith already has the record with five wins in a race that has produced some of the Breeders’ Cup’s greatest moments. 

Legendary European trainer Aidan O’Brien has pre-entered three horses for the $4 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1), to take place at Santa Anita on November 2.

The Breeders' Cup announced today the official order of races, and guaranteed multi-race wagering pools for the 2019 Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

Starting with Chief’s Crown in the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Juvenile in 1984, the Juvenile winner has been crowned as the Eclipse Champion Two Year Old 27 times in 35 runnings. A 28th horse will try to complete the double in the $2 million TVG Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Santa Anita Park on November 1.

Starting with Chief’s Crown in the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Juvenile in 1984, the Juvenile winner has been crowned as the Eclipse Champion Two Year Old 27 times in 35 runnings. A 28th horse will try to complete the double in the $2 million TVG Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Santa Anita Park on November 1.

The classy Canadian mare Starship Jubilee will take on the world in the 64th edition of the $600,000 E.P. Taylor (G1) at Woodbine on Saturday. A field of ten have been drawn for the 1 ¼-mile race for older fillies and mares, which could have Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) implications.

The $800,000 Canadian International (G1), which takes place Saturday at Woodbine, has become a world class event for international travelers. Some of the entrants will go on to Hong Kong or Japan, and some could head to the $4 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) at Santa Anita November 2.

Two of the top three-year-olds in the country, Omaha Beach and Shancelot, will clash on Saturday at Santa Anita in the $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G1).

The son of English Channel is back to try and defend his title in the 1 ½ mile Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf prep at Belmont Park.

With just one month remaining to what is shaping up to be the biggest-ever Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC), the Breeders’ Cup announced today that all contests on Horseplayers.com in October will be exclusive to the BCBC with up to five qualifying contests offered each weekend.

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The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series continues this weekend at Keeneland in Kentucky with four “Win and You’re In” qualifying races, including the $500,000 Grade 1 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity, a “Road to the Kentucky Derby” prep race, broadcast live on NBCSN on Saturday starting at 5:30 p.m. ET.

As the Breeders’ Cup draws closer and closer, NBC Sports will head to Keeneland on Sunday to broadcast the $500,000 Grade 1 Juddmonte Spinster Stakes.

When a horse wins a major grade 1 race such as the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic by over five lengths, he is usually afforded a great deal of respect. But Higher Power was relatively unknown heading into that 1 ¼-mile race, and will be out to prove that his smashing victory under jockey Flavien Prat wasn’t a fluke. He gets his chance in the $300,000 Awesome Again (G1) at Santa Anita on Saturday.

The $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park has produced some stellar results over the years. Curlin won it en route to a Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) victory, with other mighty names such as Skip Away and Cigar also accomplishing the double. Historically, the race has been won by all-time greats such as John Henry, Affirmed, Forego, and Damascus.

Looking for horses with the ability to challenge for victory in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 2 at Santa Anita Park? Look no further than Santa Anita’s own $300,000, Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes, which takes place Saturday, Sept. 28.

Saturday’s $1 million Cotillion Stakes (G1) at Parx Racing – a Win and You’re In race for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff - will pit some of the best three-year-old fillies in training against each other to clear up the scrambled divisional picture.

With the scratch of star-crossed Maximum Security, a field of six is set to go in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx Racing on Saturday.

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It seems that trainer Chad Brown has such a stranglehold on grass racing in North America that it may come as a surprise that he has never won the $1 million Ricoh Woodbine Mile at Woodbine Racetrack outside Toronto, Canada.

The $300,000 Northern Dancer Turf (G1) over 1 ½ miles is not the featured event on Saturday’s card at Woodbine Racetrack, but it features one of the standout horses in training in Old Persian (GB).

Tone Broke made headlines when L and N Racing LLC’s three-year-old son of Broken Vow won two legs of the Canadian Triple Crown this summer. Now he takes on some of the best three-year-olds in training in the $1 million Jockey Club Derby Invitational at Belmont Park Saturday.

The big day on the annual calendar at Louisiana Downs is this coming Saturday, September 7, with seven stakes races topped by the $300,000 Super Derby (G3). Last year, classy Lone Sailor used a second place effort in the race to finish sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Churchill Downs.

One of the most exciting horses on the Saratoga grounds is six-year-old Preservationist, who seeks the first grade 1 win of his career in the $750,000 Woodward Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday.

A field of eight juvenile fillies will line up Saturday for the $300,000 Del Mar Debutante (G1), a seven-furlong contest that is the crowning jewel for the division at Del Mar each year. Trainer Bob Baffert has won the race seven times, including with champion Chilukki in 1999, but not since 2012 with Executiveprivilege. He has two chances to add to that tally here.

Just a year ago, dual grade 1-winner Elate went into the $700,000 Personal Ensign Stakes (G1) at Saratoga as the home horse with an advantage. She already had a grade 1 victory over the track to her credit thanks to the 2017 Alabama Stakes, and trainer Bill Mott had her primed for a top effort.

A well-matched edition of the $250,000 Del Mar Handicap (G2) is on tap Saturday, with the winner receiving an automatic berth into the $4 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) November 2. 

Outside of the Breeders’ Cup itself, the premier race for older female sprinters on the calendar is the $500,000 Ketel One Ballerina Stakes (G1) over seven furlong at Saratoga. The August 24 race drew a field of seven, including the wickedly quick speedsters Separationofpowers and Come Dancing.

With top older horse Catalina Cruiser bypassing to defend his title in the Pat O’Brien next week, the 29th running of the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic at Del Mar became a much more wide-open affair. Bolstered by four out of state shippers, the 1 ¼ mile race drew a field of 10, all vying for a Win and You’re In spot in the #6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic November 2.

A pair of Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In events take place at Arlington Park on Saturday, topped by the $1 million Arlington Million XXXVII. The 1 ¼ mile race is one of three grade 1 races on the turf slated for the August 10 card, and offers an automatic berth into the $4 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) on November 2.

Trainer Chad Brown has three entered in the $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap (G1) at Saratoga on Saturday, a Win and You’re In contest for the TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile. 

History can be made at Arlington International Racecourse on Saturday, Aug. 10 when #7 Sistercharlie seeks a second consecutive victory in the $600,000, Grade 1 Beverly D. Stakes.

Mark your calendars for 5 p.m. ET Aug. 10, and tell your friends you’ll be busy for an hour. You won’t want to miss NBC’s live coverage of the $500,000, Grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga, a prestigious “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the Nov. 2 TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita.

Mark your calendars for Aug. 3! Starting at 5 p.m. ET, the NBCSN broadcast team will be at Saratoga to cover the $1 million, Grade 1 Whitney Stakes, a prestigious Challenge Series “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the Nov. 2 Breeders’ Cup Classic.

First over the line in the Kentucky Derby (G1) but disqualified and placed 17th, local hero Maximum Security will be seeking redemption – and his first official win since March – in the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park.

The $1 million, Grade 1 TVG.com Haskell Invitational Stakes on Saturday, July 20 at Monmouth Park could take on special significance.

Saturday’s Arlington Million Stakes at Arlington International Racecourse is an annual highlight of the North American racing calendar, drawing some of the best turf horses from around the world to compete for the race’s namesake seven-figure purse as well as an automatic berth in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf.

The $600,000 Grade 2 Stephen Foster Handicap Presented by GE Appliances at Churchill Downs on June 15 serves as a “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the Nov. 2 Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic, and suffice to say its performed well in that role.

The Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets might be the highlight of the spectacular June 8 racecard at Belmont Park, but the Grade 1, $1.2 million Runhappy Metropolitan Handicap could arguably steal the show.

Chuck Grubbs of Georgetown, Kentucky, cashed more than $87,000 in winning wagers on the Breeders’ Cup Classic, jumping from 31st place to the top of the leaderboard to win the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) at last weekend’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

The prestigious 1 1/16-mile race figures to determine the champion 2-year-old male of 2018, as well as the early favorite for the 2019 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, and with 14 horses in the field, the pace would probably be heated even if there weren’t an abundance of proven speed horses in the field.

Racing fans love showdowns between talented horses, so it’s understandable that the $2-million, Grade 1 Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff on Nov. 3 at Churchill Downs is being billed as a two-horse race between Abel Tasman (#2) and Monomoy Girl (#11).

All told, seven Head2Head (H2H) wagers, with three offered Friday and four Saturday, provide seasoned bettors and potential newcomers an opportunity to handicap intrarace matchups in the hopes of unearthing strong plays in a sports betting type of format.

The Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile always generates plenty of interest because racing fans are always looking for a potential Kentucky Derby horse, but the race itself can be a difficult puzzle to crack.

With the $1,000,000* Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) just four days away, Breeders’ Cup announced today four final qualifying contests on HorsePlayers.com: three on Wednesday, October 31 and one on Thursday, November 1.

The $2 million Grade 1 Maker's Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf on Nov. 3 at Churchill Downs doesn’t have as long a history as some of the other Breeders’ Cup races (it was first run in 1999), looking at the results over the last 19 years reveals a number of trends that could be useful for handicapping the race.

There’s an abundance of history and statistics that can be helpful when handicappers study the Breeders’ Cup races. Except for one. The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint is the 14th and latest addition to the slate of Breeders’ Cup stakes.

With only one week remaining until the 2018 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, chances to qualify into the $1 million* Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) are coming down to the wire.

The marquee event during the Breeders’ Cup World Championships is the $6 million Classic (G1). Championship Honors, Horse of the Year votes, future stallion arrangements and a giant payday are some of the major implications with the Classic winner.

The Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) is one of the top events on the biggest day of racing. The Distaff has been something of a “logical” race as far as results go in recent years.

The action continued to build on the backstretch of Churchill Downs Thursday morning in preparation for the Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 2-3 as six World Championship contenders donned the work tab and more than 20 others made appearances to train. 

The Breeders' Cup announced today the official order of races, and guaranteed multi-race wagering pools for the 2018 Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Friday, November 2 and Saturday, November 3 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Seasoned handicapper Scott Shapiro walks through his betting process just in time for the Breeders’ Cup.

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With just three weeks remaining until the 2018 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, qualifying contests for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) are coming down to the wire.

With less than one month remaining until the 2018 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, qualifying contests for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) take front and center this weekend with four berths into the largest live-money handicapping contest in the world at stake highlighted by Saturday’s (Oct. 6) tournament which has a super low qualifying ratio (1 per 11) and a $1,000 entry fee.

Several spots in next month’s Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs are on the line during opening weekend at Keeneland, including a berth in the Maker’s Mark Filly & Mare Turf. A victory in Saturday’s First Lady Stakes (G1) not only awards the winning connections with the lions’ share of the $400,000 purse, but also a spot in the two-million-dollar event conducted at 1 3/8 miles over the sod.

Hronis Racing LLC’s Accelerate, the dominant older horse in North America, closed as the 3-1 favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager #2, and Prince Khalid Abdullah’s Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner, Enable (GB), closed as the 2-1 favorite in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf Future Wager on Sunday evening.

A spot in the $4 million-dollar Breeders’ Cup Longines Turf (G1) is at stake on Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park when 8 grass routers compete at a mile and a half in the $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1). The field is led by Arlington Million (G1) winner Robert Bruce. The Chilean-bred son of Fast Company has won 8 of 9 in his career, including 2 of 3 since arriving in the States earlier this year.

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Based on its successful launch in 2011, the Breeders’ Cup announced today that it will conduct the $500K Pay Day online mystery voucher program again for the 2012 World Championships. The promotion will offer fans a chance at one $500,000 mystery voucher that can be redeemed at participating simulcast partner sites on Saturday, November 3.