THIS WEEK IN RACING
Keep up with the best of horse racing each week with handicapping analysis and tickets to help you make the most of your betting bankroll.
NYRA Bets is bringing you expert picks from Matthew DeSantis all week long. Check back as we continually update with more picks and analysis.
Don't forget - NYRA Bets has Free Equibase PPs to do your own handicapping, and provides TrackMaster Picks for every race as well as the selections below.
The son of Gun Runner looks primed for success in Fair Grounds' Mineshaft (G3)—can 4-Hall of Fame live up to his $1.4M price tag?
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Hall of Fame
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Tuscan Sky
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Catching Freedom
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Batten Down
The Road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) continues down in the sunshine state this weekend where Untapable winner Her Laugh and Breeder's Cup Juvenile runner and Pocahontas (G3) winner La Cara will meet for the first time.
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Her Laugh
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Junta
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La Cara
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Italian Soiree
Gain plenty of valuable insights on Matthew's selections in the Bayakoa Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park this Saturday, which may include some of the fillies and mares that will try to test Horse of the Year, Thorpedo Anna, in the Distaff Division this year.
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Loved
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Little Jaime
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Wild Bout Hilary
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Corningstone
The road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) is heating up at Santa Anita this weekend as two highly regarded Bob Baffert fillies, Tenma and Cipriani, will face off for the first time.
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Tenma
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Cipriani
With a competitive field for Saturday’s Derby prep race at Aqueduct find out who Matthew DeSantis thinks can beat morning line favorite Captain Cook.
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Mo Quality
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Uncle Jim
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Omaha Omaha
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Captain Cook