2025’s Top 10 Races: Thrills, Comebacks, Blowouts
With 2025 drawing to a close, it feels appropriate to review the preceding year and recall its most memorable races. Below is an unquestionably biased compilation of 2025’s premier 10...
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ABR Sunday Selections: Santa Anita Opening Day Full-Card Picks
Each Sunday, Noel Michaels provides complimentary comprehensive race selections for a single North American race program. An experienced handicapper and innovator in tournament participation, Michaels additionally contributes a weekly “Weekend...
Horse Racing Broadcasts: Dec. 26-29
The North American thoroughbred racing schedule has a distinctive moment: a single day, this Thursday, when no tracks will be active, coinciding with the Christmas holiday celebrated by the racing...
Noel’s Weekend Winners: Big Easy Saturday Bankroll
Discover Noel Michaels’ top weekend wagers and featured picks in this column. As an experienced handicapper and early participant in racing tournaments, Noel offers weekly highlighted choices to assist with...
Barnes Poised for Malibu Stakes Win
The renowned Grade 1 Malibu Stakes, with a purse of $300,000, a key event in North American year-end horse racing, has attracted a lineup of 10 contenders for its 2025...
Dec. 23 Rookie Rankings: Top 2026 Kentucky Derby Contenders
Three qualifying events for the 2026 Kentucky Derby, sponsored by Woodford Reserve, occurring across two nations, were anticipated to significantly alter the Rookie Rankings for Week 4. However, their actual...
Express Kid Upsets Springboard Mile, Joins Derby Trail.
A two-year-old colt, Express Kid, bred in California and acquired for a mere $2,000 as a yearling, secured his place among the expanding list of contenders for the 2026 Kentucky...
Chip Honcho Wins Gun Runner Stakes at Fair Grounds
The $100,000 Gun Runner Stakes, a contest for 2-year-olds over 1 1/16 miles at Fair Grounds on December 20, witnessed Chip Honcho conquer the highly regarded Liberty National and the...
Forever Young? Older Dirt Male’s Eclipse Conundrum
Discussions surrounding the Eclipse Awards have been integral to their procedures since their establishment in 1971. While certain categories for 2025 appear straightforward, the older dirt male division is undoubtedly...
George Woolf: The Iceman
The duration of George Woolf’s professional jockey career was considered brief when compared to historical norms. Spanning merely 18 years, from 1928 until his untimely demise in 1946 at 35,...
