For the ninth successive year, America’s Best Racing is presenting a challenge to accomplished individuals in the realm of horse race wagering, tasking them with selecting their top three contenders for significant races each weekend leading up to the 2025 Triple Crown and continuing through the 2025 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. These experts will compete in what is known as the “Big-Race Showdown.”
The participants’ selections will be made available here, and a virtual bankroll will be maintained to monitor their performance throughout the year. The bankroll totals will be determined based on hypothetical $2 exacta and $2 trifecta box wagers using each player’s top three choices. Additionally, the player with the most correct winner selections will be recognized.
The contenders for the 2025 Big Race Showdown season include Edison Hatter (In The Money Media Podcast Host & Track Announcer), Thomas Kearney (Track Announcer, Shenandoah Downs), Ashley Mailloux (freelance racing analyst), Jessica Paquette (Racecaller 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 races are: the $500,000 Beverly D. Stakes, a 1 3/16-mile turf contest for female horses taking place Saturday at Colonial Downs; and the $750,000 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer Stakes Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, a designated qualifying event for the $5 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf in November at Del Mar.
Complete coverage of Colonial’s Saturday program will be available on FanDuel TV, featuring the Arlington Million Stakes, Secretariat Stakes, and the Beverly D. NYRA’s “Saratoga Live” broadcast continues this month and will present a Saturday program at Saratoga showcasing the Sword Dancer Stakes. The Sword Dancer, along with other races from Saratoga, will be aired nationally on FOX during a three-hour “Saratoga Saturdays” broadcast.
