Due to the fact that there will be multiple stakes races at numerous top tier tracks is it another huge weekend of horse racing. Five of the best tracks in North America will feature loaded cards for the upcoming weekend. As the major stick and ball sports continue to sit out Horse Racing has filled the need for action and gambling. It will go down as the one sport that has not cracked and has stayed open through COVID-19. This has attracted new gamblers that have now become converts to the sport. While old veterans have rediscovered their love for betting on the horses. Indeed, the upcoming weekend of action is indicative of horse racing’s popularity.
Let’s now take a look at the highlights of this week’s schedule from tracks across North America!
Churchill Downs – Louisville, Kentucky – Saturday and Sunday
Saturday will offer 11 races on the Churchill Downs card with the feature race being the $100,000 Louisville Stakes. Sunday will follow with a total of 10 more races on the Churchill Downs card.
First place in the Churchill Downs jockey standings belongs to Tyler Gaffalione with over $825,000 in earnings. In 82 starts Gaffalione has 15 wins, 19 second, and nine third place finishes.
Santa Anita Park – Arcadia, California – Saturday and Sunday
Saturday gets the weekend started off in grand fashion with nine races on the Santa Anita Card. This will include the $100,000 Thor’s Echo Handicap. And then Sunday has 10 more races on the Santa Anita card. Most important of all for Sunday will be the $75,000 Possibly Perfect Stakes.
First place in the Santa Anita jockey standings belongs to Flavien Prat with over $3.9 million in earnings. Prat has 288 starts with 75 wins, 51 second, and 47 third place finishes.
Second place in the Santa Anita jockey standings is Abel Cedillo with over $3.5 million in winnings. Cedillo has 366 starts with 57 wins, 60 second, and 47 third place finishes.
Gulfstream Park – Hallandale, Florida – Saturday and Sunday
Saturday is a loaded card with 12 races on the Gulfstream Park card which will be followed with 10 more races on the Sunday lineup.
Take note of the fact that top jockey Edgard J. Zavas has over $647,000 in earnings. Zavas has 120 starts with 21 wins, 23 second, and 16 third place finishes.
Belmont Park – Elmont, New York – Saturday and Sunday
Saturday will open the weekend with 10 races on the card at Belmont Park. It follows that there will be nine more races on the Sunday card. One of the biggest weekend races is Saturday’s $300,000 Ogden Phipps Stakes. Following on Sunday will be the $100,000 Mike Lee.
Belmont Park’s jockey standings are led by Irad Ortiz Jr. with over $557,000 in earnings. Ortiz has 29 starts with 13 wins, three second, and four third place finishes.
Also running strong at Belmont Park is Javier Castellano with over $394,000 in earnings. Castellano has 29 starts with six wins, four second, and four third place finishes.
Woodbine – Rexdale, Ontario – Saturday and Sunday
Woodbine has an impressive Saturday lineup of action with 11 races. Concurrently the $100,000 Woodstock Stakes and Star Shoot Stakes headline the Woodbine marquee. Meanwhile Sunday has 11 more races on the Woodbine card.
So far Luis Contreras is the top Woodbine jockey with over $116,000 in earnings. Contreras has 18 starts with three wins, two second, and one third place finishes.
Second behind Contreras is Justin Stein with over $106,000 in winnings. Stein has 13 starts with three wins, one second, and one third place finish.
An impressive third place jockey is Emma Jayne Wilson with over $93,000 in earnings. Wilson has 17 starts with five wins, one second, and four third place finishes.
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