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Big Race Showdown: 2021 Stephen Foster and Fleur de Lis Picks

For the fifth year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big Race Showdown.”

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Piassek's Plays: Saturday Stakes Action at Thistledown

In his regular gambling blog, John Piassek presents his top picks for the upcoming weekend in horse racing, offering betting options at different budget levels. Piassek’s Plays is brought to you by Horseplayers.com, the official online qualifying site of the Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) and National Horseplayers Championship (NHC).

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Best Bets: Versatile Churchill Standout and an Arlington Longshot

America’s Best Racing and handicapper (and avid gambler) Monique Vág team up to provide horseplayers with their best bets of the weekend.

Vág will identify her top picks as well as at least one longshot play of the weekend, a nice opportunity to swing for the fences on a win bet or to take a shot with a show bet. She also will occasionally look for strong exacta plays for the weekend or try to spot a nice opportunity for other wagers.

This Weekend’s Bets

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Betting for an Upset in the Fleur de Lis Stakes

Key contenders for the 2021 Grade 1 Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff will meet at Churchill Downs in Saturday’s $300,000, Grade 2 Fleur de Lis Stakes, which ranks as one of the strongest races of the week (and maybe the year?) even though it’s not a Grade 1 event.

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Silver Dust Can Spring the Upset in Stephen Foster Stakes

The $600,000, Grade 2 Stephen Foster Stakes Saturday at Churchill Downs brings together a field of nine horses in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic division trying to earn a “Win and You’re In” spot into the $6 million race on Nov. 6.

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