For the tenth 12 months in a row, America’s Greatest Racing challenges horse racing’s brightest minds to provide you with the highest three contenders for key races each weekend main as much as the 2026 Triple Crown and the 2026 Breeders’ Cup World Championship at Keeneland. A showdown between handicappers that we name “The Large Race Showdown.”
Participant alternatives might be posted right here and present funds might be saved 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 high three alternatives. It additionally tracks which gamers have appropriately chosen essentially the most winners.
The gamers for the 2026 Large 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: $400,000 Fasig-Tipton Fairground Oaks, qualifying race for the Longines Kentucky Oaks. Turfway Park’s $777,000 Jeff Ruby Steak, Kentucky Derby Qualifier Introduced by Woodford Reserve; and the $1 million Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby on the Fairgrounds, additionally a stepping stone to the Kentucky Derby.
All three races might be held on Saturday and might be broadcast stay. FanDuel TV Different races from host tracks and venues similar to Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park and Laurel Park can even be held.
