Best Horse Racing Bets – Saturday, August 29, 2020

Weekends tend to bring out the stakes races, even in these days of mostly live-spectatorless sporting events, but you can follow the races on any number of media sources, particularly on a day when so many graded stakes are running.

In the meantime, my three choices of tracks are the cream of the crop in that regard: Gulfstream Park, Monmouth Park, and Saratoga Racecourse. Between the three, I get to pick winners and potential long-odds moneymakers from ten separate stakes races. Is this a great country or what?

Incidentally, if the stakes mania today has gotten your wagering juices flowing, you can place bets online with a couple of mouse clicks at any of the top horse racing betting sites.

In the meantime, read on. I promise you’ll find plenty to think about in my horse racing picks and betting tips for today.

Good luck!

Plenty of wagering opportunities in the four stakes races today at Gulfstream Park. I’ve found winners for each of the four, and some good longer-odds moneymakers in three of them (sorry, race 10). I particularly like the 15/1 show bet in race 8, the Proud Man Stakes.

Here’s a more detailed look at my picks in all the stakes races at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.

While I did stray outside the handicap/stakes race boundaries a bit with race 4—a big-purse maiden special weight race—I did also covered ta handicap race (race 1) and the Grade III Eatontown Stakes (race 5). So technically, I’m golden. Okay, gold-ish.

In any case, I found solid long-odds wagers in both the fourth and the fifth races.

Learn more about my picks, predictions, and possibilities for today’s races at Monmouth Park.

I also was a bit more skeptical of the morning line at Saratoga, going with the fourth-favored entry in the Saranac Stakes (race 3) and the second-favored in the Sword Dancer Stakes (race 9). I even went off the morning line reservation entirely with my pick of the 6/1 Fortin Hill in race 8. Yes, I am indeed a rebel.

Here’s more in-depth analysis of the Saturday stakes races at Saratoga Racecourse.