For the subsequent consecutive year, the organization known as America’s Premier Racing is prompting skilled individuals within the realm of equine wagering to formulate their foremost three selections for noteworthy races each weekend culminating in the 2025 Triple Crown and extending through the 2025 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. These handicappers engage in a competition referred to as the “Big-Race Showdown.”
The participants’ choices shall be displayed here, alongside a maintained financial record to monitor their achievements throughout the duration of the year. Financial records will be determined based on $2 exactas and $2 trifectas with boxed bets encompassing each participant’s top three selections. We shall also be observing which player successfully identifies the greatest number of winners.
This season’s individuals contending in the 2025 Big Race Showdown include Edison Hatter (Host of In The Money Media Podcast & Race Caller), Thomas Kearney (Race Announcer, Shenandoah Downs), Ashley Mailloux (independent racing analyst), Jessica Paquette (Commentator for Parx Racing, Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation), John Piassek (Assistant Racing Secretary, Yonkers Raceway), Roberto Rodriguez (El Potro Roberto, DRF en Espanol), Mike Somich (VSiN Host; The Magic Mike Show – The Racing Dudes), Darwin Vizcaya (Handicapper and Host), Rowan Ward (Chartcaller at Hawthorne Race Track and a Freelance writer), and Alexa Zepp (Handicapper, America’s Best Racing).
This week’s Big-Race Showdown events are: the $400,000 Ack Ack Stakes at Churchill Downs, an anticipatory competition for the Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile; the $200,000 City of Hope Mile Stakes at Santa Anita Park, a “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series event for the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile presented by PDJF; and the $300,000 Goodwood Stakes at Santa Anita, a qualifier for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic. All of these events are scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 27.
