Field size has been a thorny issue the last few years. Dwindling fields mean fewer betting options and smaller payouts, yet field size takes on a whole new meaning in regards to the Gotham Stakes, where too many horses turned out.
For the seventh 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 2023 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2023 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big Race Showdown.”
Well, the road to the 2023 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve got a lot more interesting this weekend as all four qualifying points races drew at least 10 entrants and the $300,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct, which we’ll evaluate here, drew a full field of 14 plus one also-elig