Weekend Winners Club

. Saturday, November 28.  Churchill Downs is hosting its unofficial annual juvenile day, with 12 races, all for 2yo’s in various categories, capped off by the Golden Rod G2 for fillies and Kentucky Jockey Club G2 for open 2yo’s.   . Over 140 juveniles are initially entered in what will be a great racing day.  […]

. November 27, 2020.  Churchill Downs.  Yes, it was only 2.78 months ago that the 2020 Kentucky Derby was run, but it’s late in the year and time to start looking at the 2021 Kentucky Derby contenders.  This initial version of the Derby Double Dozen is here because Futures Pool 1 is running this weekend, […]

. Wednesday, November 25, 2020.  The first futures pool for the Kentucky Derby 2021 edition opens this Thursday, Thanksgiving Day and will run thru Sunday.  The Juveniles have already been running for Derby points, starting on this year’s Derby day in September, and 22 have their own entry in the futures pool. . Meet the […]

. Sunday, November 22.  Weekend graded stakes racing continues at Woodbine today as juveniles take center stage late in the afternoon with a pair of G3’s.  The Grey Stakes for boys and Mazarine for fillies will determine who the top 2yo’s are in Canada right now.  . History has taught us to not scoff at […]

. Saturday, November 21.  Woodbine has a great weekend of racing lined up with 5 graded stakes races along with other assorted contest in every possible category.  Today will have the Ontario Derby G3, Kennedy Road G2, Bessarabian G2, and Ontario Damsel Stakes. . Racing is already underway so we’re just going to handicap the […]

. November 19, 2020.  The 2021 Kentucky Derby Central subsite has been deployed and updated. The pages that are updated weekly after each qualifying race include the following popular pages: 2021 Derby Points Leaders 2021 Derby Prep and Championship Series Races and Results 2020 American Free Handicap 2yo rankings The links for these pages will […]

. 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 […]

. Wednesday, November 11.  Zia Park has a rare nice midweek card today with the New Mexico Classic Cup, a series of 8 stakes races with $400k in purse money available.  It’s like their own little Breeders’ Cup with shorter fields, talent, and purses.  But it’s still good racing.   . Speaking of Breeders’ Cup, […]

. November 10, 2020.   They say hindsight is 2020, which is true in many cases, but not always when it comes to horses, and definitely not when it comes to the Breeders’ Cup 2020 at Keeneland.  There weekend was full of track records, long shots launching bombs in every other race, and some big wins […]

. Saturday, November 7, 2020.  The Breeders’ Cup continues to amaze on Saturday, with 4 new track records set today, a repeat BC Distaff winner, and the Classic yet to come.  The last race of the day, it will be held at about 5:18PM and includes 10 awesome horses running 10 furlongs for $6 million. […]