In a matchup of battle-tested sprinters, the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Sprint December 12 at Fair Grounds signifies the start of the Black Gold Pick 5 and offers the potential for excellent value. 
On Saturday at Fair Grounds, the featured race on Louisiana Champions Day is the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic. Restricted to horses bred in Louisiana, the race will be contested at a mile and an eighth and has drawn a field of nine colts and geldings. 
With 12 horses set to go in the Grade 2, $200,000 Kennedy Road Stakes November 22 at Woodbine, the six furlong sprint over the Polytrack surface shapes up as an interesting betting race. 
On Saturday at Gulfstream Park West, the track will host the $100,000 My Charmer Handicap. Carded at a mile and a sixteenth on the turf, the Grade 3 event has drawn a field of ten fillies and mares with one additional contender entered for the main track only. 
On Saturday at Del Mar, the featured race is the $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes. Restricted to two-year-olds, the Grade 3 race will be contested at seven furlongs on the main track and has drawn a field of seven colts and geldings. 
The Breeders' Cup post position draw was unkind to a number of the top choices, including Cavorting in the Filly & Mare Sprint. 
On Saturday at Belmont Park, the featured race is the $100,000 English Channel Stakes. Restricted to three-year-olds, the one mile turf race has drawn a field of nine colts and geldings. 
On Sunday at Keeneland, the featured race is the $125,000 Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes. Scheduled to be run at a mile and a half on the turf, the Grade 3 event has attracted a field of ten fillies and mares. 
On Saturday at Santa Anita, the track will host the $100,000 Zuma Beach Stakes. Restricted to two-year-olds, the race is carded at one mile on the turf and has attracted a field of ten colts and geldings. 
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