Top Stakes Races this Week: Hollywood Gold Cup, Shoemaker Mile, Gamely Stakes, plus More

Santa Anita Park has a massive Memorial Day card. The Great Race Place runs three grade 1 events, including the Hollywood Gold Cup and the Shoemaker Mile. This weekend’s top horse racing stakes races start on Saturday when Belmont runs the Grade 3 Soaring Softly.

Keep reading for more information, horse racing betting lines, analysis, and free picks for this weekend’s top stakes events at Belmont Park and Santa Anita Park.

Top Stakes Races this Week: Hollywood Gold Cup, Shoemaker Mile, Gamely Stakes, plus More

Top Stakes Races for the Week: Saturday, May 27 – Monday, May 28

Soaring Softly Stakes | Grade 3

7 furlongs turf – 3 year old fillies
Track: Belmont Park | Elmont, New York
When: Saturday, May 27, 2023
Race type: Thoroughbred – Flat racing

Todd Pletcher trained Princess Bettina should attract the most action. Bettina won the China Doll Stakes in the last.

Cristophe Clement saddles likely second-choice Love Appeals. A two-time winner, Love Appeals won an allowance in her last. Redefined, Thirty Thou Kelvin, Quarrel, Im Just Kiddin, American Apple, and Danse Macabre should also run. 

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Daytona Stakes | Grade 3

6 ½ furlongs turf – 4 year olds & up
Track: Santa Anita Park | Arcadia, California
When: Saturday, May 27, 2023
Race type: Thoroughbred – Flat racing

Brickyard Ride is effective on both dirt and turf. The Craig Lewis trained 6-year-old rates top billing to win the Grade 3 Daytona on Saturday.

Mark Glatt trained Whatmakessammyrun may have freaked in the last, an impressive win in the Siren Lure, or the 5-year-old gelding could have finally figured out things. In any case, horseplayers are going to back the Glatt runner.

Restrainedvengeance, Peter Miller trained Indian Peak, Majestic Eagle, Prince Lancelot, Fast Buck, and second place Siren Lure finisher Air Force Red should also break from the gate.    

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Triple Bend Handicap | Grade 2

7 furlongs dirt – 4 year olds & up
Track: Santa Anita Park | Arcadia, California
When: Saturday, May 27, 2023
Race type: Thoroughbred – Flat racing

11 runners project to go in this year’s Triple Bend. Saffie Joseph Jr. puts the saddle on White Abbario. The Gulfstream Park invader prepped for this in an allowance in the last.

Abbario will attract action but the chalk should end up Forbidden Kingdom from the Richard Mandella barn. Escape Route, Midnight Mammoth, and Positivity should also attract action.

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Gamely Stakes | Grade 1

1 1/8 miles turf – 3 year old fillies & up
Track: Santa Anita Park | Arcadia, California
When: Monday, May 29, 2023
Race type: Thoroughbred – Flat racing

Quattroelle, Queen Goddess, and Closing Remarks will all run in the Grade 1 Gamely. Those three, along with White Frost, Bellamore, and Atomic Blonde, should fight for favoritism.

Others pointing to the Gamely include Seisai, Spirit of Glory, and Macadamia. The Gamely projects as one of this week’s most competitive stakes. Make sure you’ve got a sharp pencil when you sit down to handicap the Gamely.

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Shoemaker Mile Stakes | Grade 1

1 mile turf – 3 year olds & up
Track: Santa Anita Park | Arcadia, California
When: Monday, May 29, 2023
Race type: Thoroughbred – Flat racing

Phil D’Amato could have the top three choices in this Saturday’s Shoemaker Mile. Balnikhov, Golden Phoenix, and Hong Kong Harry are legit win contenders.

Chez Pierre and Bob Baffert trained Du Jour should also run. So will Irideo, Il Bellator, Flavius, and Exaulted.

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Hollywood Gold Cup | Grade 1

1 ¼ miles dirt – 3 year olds & up
Track: Santa Anita Park | Arcadia, California
When: Monday, May 29, 2023
Race type: Thoroughbred – Flat racing

Although the Hollywood Gold Cup has attracted a decent field, Yes This Time, Piroli, and Kiss Today Goodbye are good horses, three runners will attract the most action.

Defunded, the Grade 2 Californian Stakes winner trained by Baffert, should go off second choice. Baffert’s other entrant, Country Grammar, will go off the favorite.

Richard Mandella trained Royal Ship finished second in the Californian Stakes. Royal Ship may be rounding into top form. So take the Mandella trainee seriously.    

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