As the road to the Kentucky Derby heats up, two critical points preps—the Remington Springboard Mile and the Los Alamitos Futurity—set the stage for aspiring 2025 contenders. Alongside these events, regional stakes at Aqueduct, Fair Grounds, and Los Alamitos provide opportunities to highlight state-bred talent while offering bettors great action across the horse racing schedule.  With a mix of rising stars and seasoned campaigners, this weekend presents valuable insights for analyzing horse racing odds and offtrack betting strategies.

The holiday weekend is stacked with top-level races across Churchill Downs, Del Mar, and Aqueduct. With opportunities for bettors to capitalize on Saratoga betting trends, explore offtrack betting, and analyze evolving horse racing odds, these races bring variety and depth to the late-season stakes schedule. 

Canterbury Park has submitted a request to the Minnesota Racing Commission for a 51-day Thoroughbred and quarter-horse racing season in 2025. The proposed schedule runs from May 24 to September 20 and reflects a strategic shift aimed at optimizing race days and enhancing opportunities for participants and bettors.

The 2024-25 Fair Grounds meeting begins Friday, kicking off with an exciting weekend of stakes races for Louisiana-bred horses.

With the 2024 racing season winding down, debates around the Eclipse Awards are heating up, particularly among fans and bettors tracking horse racing odds.