Big-Race Showdown: Expert Picks for Bing Crosby Stakes, San Diego Handicap

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The second half of the Big-Race Showdown continues this week with a pair of races at Del Mar. (Eclipse Sportswire)

For the seventh year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2023 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2023 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big Race Showdown.”

weekend TV schedule

Friday, July 28: 1-7 p.m. on FS2; post time varies on FanDuel TV

Saturday, July 29: 12:30-1:30 p.m. and and 6-7 p.m. on FS2; 1:30-3 p.m. on FS1; 3-6 p.m. on FOX; post time varies on FanDuel TV

Sunday, July 30: 1-4 p.m. on FS2; 4-6:30 p.m. on FS1; post time varies on FanDuel TV

The players’ picks will be posted here and a running bankroll will be kept to track their success all year long. Bankrolls will be tabulated on the basis of $2 exacta and $2 trifecta box bets of each player’s top three selections. We will also be keeping track of which playercorrectly selects the most winners.

Your players for the 2023 Big Race Showdown season are Edison Hatter (In the Money Media Analyst, Meadowlands On-Air Host), Ashley Mailloux (freelance racing analyst), Jessica Paquette (Racecaller for Parx Racing, Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation), John Piassek (Communications Manager, Maryland Horse Breeders Association),  Roberto Rodriguez (El Potro Roberto, DRF en Espanol), Mike Somich (The Magic Mike Show, Somo Bombs Handicapper – The Racing Dudes), Naomi Tukker (Eclipse Award-winning Sports Broadcaster, World Horse Racing Producer),  Darwin Vizcaya (Handicapper and Host, La Trifecta from America’s Best Racing), Rowan Ward (Chartcaller at Hawthorne Race Track and a Freelance Writer), and Brian Zipse (Senior Writer for Horse Racing Nation and Host of HorseCenter).

This week’s Big Race Showdown races are: the $300,000 San Diego Handicap, a key prep for the $1 million Fanduel Pacific Classic Stakes and a race that has become a prominent early barometer for West Coast dirt horses on the road to the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic; and the $400,000 Bing Crosby Stakes, which offers an automatic berth to the Qatar Racing Breeders’ Cup Sprint Nov. 4 at Santa Anita Park. This week's contest races both are Saturday at Del Mar and will be televised live on FanDuel TV along with all other races during Del Mar’s summer meet. 



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