The winner of next year’s National Horseplayers Championship will be guaranteed a purse of $1 million, approximately 25 percent higher than recent first-place awards.
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If Pin Up Betty is to repeat last year's win in the Grade 3, $275,000 Mint Julep Stakes on Saturday in Louisville, she will have to face another local stakes winner, Proctor Street, who defeated her here last fall – as well as graded stakes winners Charlene's Dream and Medoro, who seem to take their form wherever they go.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, May 31, 2026 at Sha Tin.
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Listed at 7-2 on the morning line, Mad House is the third choice Saturday at Churchill Downs in the Grade 3, $275,000 Aristides Stakes, a six-furlong dirt race that drew seven entrants, among them 9-5 morning-line favorite Roll On Big Joe – the same horse Mad House turned back to win the Count Fleet.
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Woodbine's new $5 minimum pick three, with a 15 percent takeout, on select multi-stakes days begins Saturday and encompasses the three graded events on the card – the Eclipse, Belle Mahone, and Jacques Cartier. Stanley House is back to doing what he does best in the Grade 2, $175,000 Eclipse going 1 1/16 miles.
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Awesome Bourbon comes off a winter layoff looking for his first stakes success in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Jacques Cartier at Woodbine.
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The familiar names attempting to rejuvenate the female dirt division Saturday at Santa Anita include a high-profile Grade 1 winner who has not raced in nearly seven months and a Grade 3 winner who has not raced in seven days.
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Saturday's seventh race at Emerald Downs, a 5 1/2-furlong first-level allowance for 3-year-olds, features a trio of local stakes winners. Ole's Surprise and Chase are not among them, but the former Hastings-based geldings may well be the one to beat.
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While he has certainly shown he can fire off the bench, Minaret Station has the benefit of a start under his belt this year as he goes in the Grade 3, $275,000 Arlington Stakes on Saturday at Churchill Downs.
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Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 5/29 Guaranteed Pick 5 on Camluck Classic night at Western Fair.
