America's Best Racing

2 days ago | americasbestracing.net | Tom Pedulla

This week, FOX Sports is providing extensive coverage of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, highlighted by Saturday’s 157th edition of the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets, from Saratoga Race Course. The five-day event was moved to the fabled upstate New York venue due to the construction of a new Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.All of Friday’s action can be viewed from 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. ET.

3 days ago | americasbestracing.net | Tom Pedulla

Saratoga Springs, N.Y., resident Tom Durkin is widely viewed as one of the finest race callers of all time. His excellence was recognized with the Eclipse Award of Merit in 2015, one year after he retired. The Chicago native got his start in 1971 by calling the action at Wisconsin county fairs. He rose to prominence as the race caller for NBC Sports from 1984 through 2010 and served in that capacity for the New York Racing Association from 1990 until 2014.

6 days ago | americasbestracing.net | Bob Ehalt

It would be quite a mistake to sleep on Baeza in the Belmont Stakes July 7 at Saratoga Race Course. Sovereignty, who won the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve and skipped the Preakness Stakes, and Journalism, who was second in the run for the roses and won the Preakness in spectacular fashion, are deservedly the talk of the sport at the moment.

1 week ago | americasbestracing.net | Noel Michaels

Every Sunday Noel Michaels will provide free full-card picks for a one racecard in North America. A veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer, Michaels also writes a weekly “Weekend Winners” blog for America’s Best Racing with a focus on key stakes races at marquee tracks. This feature will be straight-forward: full-card picks for one Sunday slate of races of his choosing.

1 week ago | americasbestracing.net | Mike Curry

If you are new to horse racing, placing a bet can seem like a daunting task. There is a lot to learn when you are first discovering the sport. All questions are good ones when it comes to betting, and America’s Best Racing has answers below to five of the most commonly asked questions as it pertains to wagering on horse racing. 1.) How does betting work?