Weekend Winners Club

. Saturday, June 26, 2021.  Churchill Downs’ closing day will have some great graded stakes races including the Stephen Foster G2, Wise Dan G2, Fleur De Lis G2, Bashford Manor G2 and Debutante for 3yo’s, and another pair of stakes races for 3yo’s.  . To add some excitement, the Pick 6 has a carryover of […]

. Friday, June 25, 2021.  Woodbine has a fine Friday night card beginning at 4:50 PM ET with over 70 horses running in 8 races.  . A super high 5 jackpot carryover of $92k is coming in for the afternoon.   Enjoy today’s Free Grid for your handicapping pleasure. . Race 6 looks especially appealing with […]

. Sunday, June 20, 2021.  It’s closing day for Santa Anita’s summer meet and they offer 2 graded stakes races and a pair of juvenile stakes.  Interestingly, there are no Baffert trainees on in the 2yo races, and none on the card at all.  But life goes on and I’m sure he’s enjoying a great […]

. Monday, May 31, 2021.  Santa Anita has a big day of racing starting at 4PM Eastern or 1PM California time.  Grade 1 racing includes the Hollywood Gold Cup, Gamely, and Shoemaker Mile, all with fields of 7 or less as is the norm nowadays.  Let the Precapping begin. First get today’s Free Grid. . […]

. Sunday, May 16, 2021. Sunny Santa Anita has a mandatory Jackpot 6 payout today with a $550k carryover coming in. That means a couple of things. First, you don’t need a unique ticket to win; anyone with the all the winners on their 20ct (or more) ticket ticket will win part of the final […]

. Saturday, November 14.  Gulfstream Park West, otherwise known as Calder Race Course, holds the Sunshine Millions Preview today, a misleading name all around, since neither today nor the actual Sunshine Millions day in January, will offer $1 million or more in purses. . Nonetheless, they will run 5 stakes races worth about $300k total […]

. Saturday, October 10, 2020. It’s another big Breeders’ Cup preview day, this time at Belmont Park, which is hosting 4 Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Challenge (BCC) Races.  That means the winner of each of these gets an automatic entry to a specific Breeders’ Cup race. . Last week the bulk of the action was […]

. Saturday, August 8.  Saratoga is having its historically biggest race day of the year today, with no fans in the stands, which is quite a strange spectacle.  The Travers G1 “Midsummer Derby” is the featured race, preceded by the Test G1 and several other graded stakes. . This also the last 100 point prep […]

. Thursday, June 18, 2020.  Belmont Park has a great weekday card today with 10 races including a nice little stakes race for fillies and mares.  Two days before the Big Day with Grade 1 races the Belmont Stakes, Acorn, Jaipur, and Woody Stephens, it’s a good time to take a preview at how the […]

. June 6, 2020.  Santa Anita is finally holding their Derby and Oaks two months late this year, as well as the Hollywood Gold Cup and a few other stakes races included turf runs for 3yo’s.  Yes, the short fields are back in business at SA, with the average stakes field size 6 and the […]