For the tenth 12 months in a row, America’s Greatest Racing challenges the brightest minds in horse racing betting to find out the highest three contenders in key races for the 2026 Triple Crown and each weekend main as much as the 2026 Breeders’ Cup World Championship at Keeneland. A showdown between handicappers that we name “The Huge Race Showdown.”
Participant picks will probably be posted right here and present funds will probably be stored to trace their success all year long. Bankrolls are aggregated primarily based on every participant’s $2 exa guess and $2 trifecta field guess on their prime three picks. It additionally tracks which gamers have accurately chosen probably the most winners.
The gamers for the 2026 Huge Race Showdown season are: thomas carney (Shenandoah Downs athletics announcer) ashley mailou (Freelance Racing Analyst), Noel Michaels (Racing Analyst, Match Handicapper), jessica puckett (Parks Racing Horse Racing Official, Thoroughbred Retirement Basis), john piacek (Assistant Racing Secretary, Yonkers Raceway), roberto rodriguez (El Potro Roberto, DRF, Spanish), Darwin Vizcaya (handicapper and host), and Rowan Ward (chart caller and freelance author at Hawthorn Racecourse).
This week’s huge race showdown races are: The $400,000 Esmark Tampa Bay Derby at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday and the $200,000 San Felipe Stakes offered by DK Horses on Saturday at Santa Anita Park. Each races are Kentucky Derby hosted by Woodford Reserve, preparation races with 105 qualifying factors awarded for Rose’s run on Might 2 at Churchill Downs, distributed among the many prime 5 finishes on a 50-25-15-10-5 scale.
The Tampa Bay Derby will probably be featured on NYRA’samerican race day‘ can even be broadcast on TV, in addition to FanDuel TVSan Felipe and all different races at Santa Anita Park, together with Saturday’s Santa Anita Handicap offered by San Manuel’s Yaamaba Resort & On line casino, FanDuel TV.
