Weekend Horse Racing Guide: Schedule And Live Betting Odds For Sunday, May 31
Horse Racing News, Notes and Daily Tips From Churchill Downs and Santa Anita
The biggest days at the races are the weekends, where the top tracks in America host the biggest stakes races. The Triple Crown races draw tremendous interest from fans, media and horse handicappers and bettors. From the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs to the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, there is plenty of additional racing that draws interest and betting from many of the top tracks listed below.
Each year culminates with the Breeders’ Cup World Championships the first weekend in November. The best race horses in the world compete for million dollar or more purses as jockeys, trainers and owners guide them to racing riches. The Sport of Kings becomes a world spectacle at the Breeders’ Cup, and Santa Anita (10) and Churchill Downs (9) have hosted the event more than any other tracks. The 2020 Breeders’ Cup is at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky on Nov. 6-7.
Follow along as this page and site provides weekend racing schedules, betting odds, news, notes and tips on races and betting from the leading tracks in America.
Racing schedule and betting odds: Sunday, May 31
Churchill Downs
Program changes and scratches.
| Race | Time | Details | Betting Favorite(s) | Picks, Notes & Featured Races |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | 1:00 p.m. ET | 9 runners I 5 F I Dirt | Chicks for Free (7/5 ML) | |
| R2 | 1:34 p.m. ET | 9 runners I 1 1/16 M I Dirt | Molly's Game (3/1 ML) | |
| R3 | 2:06 p.m. ET | 8 runners I 7 F I Dirt | Blunt Force (2/1) & Heaven Escape (5/2 ML) | |
| R4 | 2:38 p.m. ET | 12 runners I 5.5 F I Turf | Millennium Force (5/2 ML) | |
| R5 | 3:10 p.m. ET | 5 runners I 1 1/16 M I Dirt | Finnick the Fierce (8/5 ML) & Necker Island (9/5 ML) | |
| R6 | 3:42 p.m. ET | 8 runners I 7 F I Dirt | Pyron (5/2 ML) & Twelfth Labour (3/1 ML) | |
| R7 | 4:14 p.m. ET | 9 runners I 1 1/16 M I Dirt | Rare Form (4/1 ML) | |
| R8 | 4:46 p.m. ET | 12 runners I 5.5 F I Turf | Hidden Facts (3/1 ML) | #6 More, #3 Reenie D |
| R9 | 5:18 p.m. ET | 12 runners I 6 F I Dirt | Major Attraction & Fast Cash (3/1 ML) Entry | |
| R10 | 5:50 p.m. ET | 12 runners I 6.5 F I Dirt | Miss T Too (3/1 ML) | #1 Miss T Too, |
| R11 | 6:22 p.m. ET | 12 runners I 1 1/2 M I Turf | Arklow (8/5 ML) & Admission Office (3/1 ML) | $100k Louisville Stakes (G3) Top two favorites best, Longshot #4 He's No Lemon (15/1) |
Santa Anita
Picks and analysis at numberFire.
Track and racing info, entries, program, scratches and stakes schedule.
| Race | Time | Details | Betting Favorite(s) | Picks, Notes & Featured Races |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | 1:00 p.m. PT | 9 runners I 4.5 F I Dirt | Smoothlikebuttah (2/1 ML) | |
| R2 | 1:30 p.m. PT | 5 runners I 5.5 F I Turf | Mucho Macho Woman (2/1) ML) | |
| R3 | 2:00 p.m. PT | 6 runners I 1 M I Dirt | Manresa (4/5 ML) | |
| R4 | 2:32 p.m. PT | 6 runners I 1 M I Turf | Worthy Turk (6/5) | |
| R5 | 3:03 p.m. PT | 7 runners I 7 F I Dirt | Blazing Charm (5/2 ML) | |
| R6 | 3:34 p,m. PT | 5 runners I 6 F I Dirt | Desert Law (6/5) ML) | $100k Thor's Echo Handicap |
| R7 | 4:06 p.m. PT | 6 runners I 5.5 F I Turf | Kris' Wild Kat (2/1 ML) | |
| R8 | 4:38 p.m. PT | 5 runners I 6.5 I Dirt | Been Studying Her (9/5 ML) | $75k Angel's Flight Stakes |
| R9 | 5:10 p.m. PT | 8 runners I 7 F I Dirt | Little No Way (2/1) |
Horse Racing News, Notes and Daily Tips
- Sunday horse race schedules from six leading U.S. race tracks and added info at TheLines.
- Churchill Downs 50-cent Late Pick 5 Sunday is $101,123.
- The $500,000 Ohio Derby (G3) has been added to the extension of the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Chuchill Downs made the announcement Saturday. The 1 1/8 mile race will be run June 27 at JackThistledown and will feature Top 4 points of 20-8-4-2.
Vegas Sports Zone endorses @TropRaceReports – Handicapping WCHR and ECHR. Also endorse and support Horse Racing Nation and Super Screener.
Rob Henie, publisher and handicapper of the WCHR, was featured in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times and provided Race 6 analysis and lessons.
Top race tracks in America
- Arlington Park
- Aqueduct Racetrack
- Belmont Park
- Churchill Downs
- Del Mar Racetrack
- Fair Grounds Race Course
- Gulfstream Park
- Keeneland Race Course
- Monmouth Park
- Oaklawn Park
- Pimlico Race Course
- Santa Anita Park
- Saratoga Race Course
- Tampa Bay Downs
Horse racing tracks running live Thoroughbred racing and covered on this page and site
Belmont Park
Churchill Downs
Del Mar Racing
Santa Anita Park
Saratoga Race Course
Additional races may be covered from selected racetracks from the top racetracks list.
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Edited and Updated Race Results – May 31.
Santa Anita
Race 7 – Top Pick Hard Not To Love, 2nd ($4.00) in front of 3/5 favorite Ce Ce in Santa Maria Stakes (G2)
Race 8 – Top Pick Tonahutu, 1st ($5.00)
