By Churchill Downs takes center stage today with its annual Stephen Foster Preview Day, featuring seven stakes races worth nearly $2 million in purses. The card includes the Grade II Shawnee Stakes and six additional stakes: the Grade III Aristides, Blame, Arlington, Old Forester Mint Julep, and Regret Stakes, along with the Listed Audubon Stakes. These races serve as important stepping stones toward Churchill Downs’ major June events, including the Grade I Stephen Foster Stakes later this month. With top-class dirt sprinters, turf specialists, older horses, and emerging three-year-olds all in action, today’s program offers one of the strongest betting cards of the Churchill spring meet and a valuable preview of many of the horses expected to compete in Churchill’s marquee summer stakes races.
Monmouth Park features a trio of stakes races on today’s card, highlighted by the historic Jersey Derby, a key turf event for 3-year-olds that has long served as a launching pad for developing runners with bigger summer ambitions. The stakes action continues with the Cliff Hanger Stakes, bringing together a competitive group of turf specialists, while the Miss Liberty Stakes showcases talented fillies and mares on the grass. With three stakes races anchoring the program, Monmouth offers handicappers an exciting mix of emerging talent, proven turf performers, and competitive betting opportunities as the summer racing season gains momentum at the Jersey Shore.
Pro-Handicap Analytics 