Every year, Picks and Ponderings does a Thanksgiving Handicapping Feast.  This year, it gets underway with a pair of graded stakes at Churchill: the Falls City and the River City.

Both races drew some familar local faces.  The River City, a turf route for open company, drew The Pizza Man…and a very intriguing Illinois-bred on the also-eligible list.  The Falls City drew a tightly matched group of distaffers…including a three-year-old ready to make a splash against older, and an Illinois-bred returning to her best game.

Head over to Picks and Ponderings, read my preview of Thursday’s graded stakes at Churchill, and let me know in the comments what you think!