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New Year’s Day Best Bets and Quick Picks: Pletcher at 12-1

Mon Jan 01 2024J. Keeler Johnson

Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Monday, Jan. 1 at Fair Grounds, Gulfstream Park, and Oaklawn Park, including horses to play in the $2,447 Pick 6 carryover at Fair Grounds.
Gulfstream: How to bet the $14,412 Super High 5 carryover

Sun Dec 31 2023J. Keeler Johnson

Gulfstream Park is celebrating New Year’s Eve with a Sunday card highlighted by a $14,412 Super High 5 carryover.
Hong Kong: Healthy Happy faces California Spangle in New Year’s Day feature

Sat Dec 30 2023TwinSpires Staff

Front-running Healthy Happy returns for his third tilt at plundering New Year’s Day’s lucrative feature race at Sha Tin.
Best of Hanson: 2023 Anthology

Sat Dec 30 2023Vance Hanson

In a break from recent years, the historically themed pieces I wrote during 2023 were all published at TwinSpires.com. Therefore, it makes sense that my ninth annual anthology would be available on the TwinSpires Edge, too.
Tipsheet: 2024 Smarty Jones Stakes

Sat Dec 30 2023John Mucciolo

A talented field of nine will travel 1 1/16 miles at Oaklawn Park on Monday in the $300,000 Smarty Jones S. The 2024 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series contest offers the top-five finishers qualifying points on a 10-5-3-2-1 structure.
Meet the Contenders: 2024 Smarty Jones

Sat Dec 30 2023TwinSpires Staff

Meet the horses running in the 2023 Smarty Jones at Oaklawn Park. For each horse, we're listing a pro, a con, and a rating of potential.

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Analyzing rich Dec. 30 carryovers at Fair Grounds, Turfway, Aqueduct, and Gulfstream

Sat Dec 30 2023J. Keeler Johnson

A bevy of lucrative carryovers are up for grabs at racetracks across the United States on the penultimate day of 2023.
Stakes Selections at Fair Grounds for December 31

Fri Dec 29 2023John Mucciolo

A pair of black-type races for two-year-olds bred in Louisiana will highlight the Sunday card at Fair Grounds.
How to bet the 2023 Holiday Cheer Stakes

Fri Dec 29 2023John Mucciolo

A total of 11 will travel six panels on the All-Weather at Turfway Park in Saturday’s $125,000 Holiday Cheer S.
How to bet the 2023 Year’s End Stakes

Fri Dec 29 2023John Mucciolo

A very good field of seven two-year-old fillies will travel one mile on the Oaklawn Park oval in Sunday’s $200,000 Year’s End S.
Betting With, and Against, Forbidden Kingdom in the Joe Hernandez Stakes

Fri Dec 29 2023John Mucciolo

An overflow field of turf dashers will go 6 1/2 grassy panels down the Hillside Turf Course in Saturday’s $200,000 Joe Hernandez S. (G2) at Santa Anita.
Exotics Plays for the 2023 Fort Lauderdale Stakes

Fri Dec 29 2023John Mucciolo

An intriguing field of 10 will go 1 1/8 miles on the Gulfstream Park lawn in Saturday’s $200,000 Fort Lauderdale S. (G2).
How to bet the 2023 Gravesend Stakes

Fri Dec 29 2023John Mucciolo

A compact, but talented, field of five will speed six panels on the Aqueduct dirt in Saturday’s $150,000 Gravesend S.

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