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Evaluating Maxfield’s Chances on Triple Crown Trail After Promising Return

Making the Grade, which will run through the 2020 Triple Crown races, focuses on the winners or top performers of the key races, usually from the previous weekend, who could make an impact on the Triple Crown. We’ll be taking a close look at impressive winners and evaluating their chances to win classic races based upon ability, running style, connections (owner, trainer, jockey), and pedigree.

Field Taking Shape for 2020 Belmont Stakes

As the connections of Maxfield weigh their options, a field of at least nine is taking shape for the $1 million Belmont Stakes, which will open the delayed 2020 Triple Crown season June 20 at Belmont Park.

America's Best Horses for May 26

Each week members of the media around the country vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. Find out the latest 2020 top 3-year-old rankings below.

AMERICA'S TOP THOROUGHBREDS as of May 26

Rousing Return for Maxfield in Matt Winn Stakes Score

When Maxfield crossed the finish line in the $150,000, Grade 3 Matt Winn Stakes, Churchill Downs track announcer Travis Stone punctuated the 3-year-old’s victorious effort by saying, “Maxfield is thinking Derby.”

Big-Race Showdown: Matt Winn Stakes Selections

For the fourth 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 “Big Race Showdown.”

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