Weekend Winners Club

. Saturday, October 29, 2022.  Sunny Santa Anita has a scary schedule Saturday with seven scary stakes races including one that begins with S for our alliteration purposes.  Weather is sunny as usual and racing will begin at 1PM/ 4PM ET.  Here’s the stakes agenda: . Autumn Miss S (G3T)      SA           Oct 29   $100k g […]

. Saturday, August 20, 2022.  Del Mar has a strong late afternoon / evening card today with 10 races, featuring the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks with 14 3yo fillies going 9f on turf.  There are also 3 MSW’s at 80k for the top west coast 2yos. . Racing will begin at 5PM ET which […]

. Friday June 17, 2022. Santa Anita’s afternoon card has 11 races scheduled to begin at 1pm, meaning it’s 4pm for everyone on the east coast that wants to stay out of the heat after work.  The 11th race is slated for 910pm and almost 90 horses are scheduled.  Weather is moderate as usual. . […]

. Friday April 8, 2022.  Kentucky Derby Futures Pool 5 opened yesterday and will run through Saturday, rather than Fri-Sun as usual.  This constitutes a good time for the next Doug’s Double Derby Dozen +1 Top 25 to help you make your futures bets.  If you like any of tomorrow’s runners you may want to […]

. Saturday, February 12, 2022.  Tampa Bay Downs jumps into the Kentucky Derby prep series with the Sam Davis G3 today, a prep worth $250k and 17 Kentucky Derby points (10-4-2-1).  12 horses are entered after the morning scratch of Howling Time, one of 23 individual Derby Futures Pool entries. . 11 races are scheduled […]

. Friday, November 4, 2021.  Del Mar, California. The November Stakes racing has begun! Yes folks, Breeders’ Cup is here already. It starts today, Friday November 5 at Del Mar with BC Juvenile day.  The amazing day of racing includes 9 juvenile stakes races, including 5 graded stakes races and of course the Grade 1 […]

. November 2021. The official November 2021 Thoroughbred Stakes schedule for North America has been officially release, and of course is subject to change. . Del Mar will be the epicenter of the first weekend with the Breeders Cup on the first weekend of November of course, but there are many great stakes to follow. […]

. Sunday, September 5, 2021.  Del Mar has a rare excellent card today with 4 races dedicated to juvenile fillies, including the featured Debutante G1 preceded by the Juvenile Filly Turf Stakes.  2 other MSW’s for 2yo fillies, 1 on turf and 1 on dirt.  9 of the 11 races are for female horses. . […]

. Friday, August 13, 2021.  Del Mar has an eerily good race card tonight and a frightening Jackpot 6 carryover of almost 1 and a quarter million bucks.  Since the racing doesn’t start until 4PM local, that gives a lot east coasters a chance to pitch in, and the Jackpot should easily exceed $3 million. […]

. Friday, July 30, 2021.   Del Mar has an afternoon card that they will start at 4pm, which means if you’re on the east coast it won’t start until 7pm, so you’ll have plenty of time to get ready for it after finishing your work and happy hour.  . The 8 race card will go […]