Weekend Winners Club

. Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Keeneland has its long awaited opening day in July after canceling its spring meet this year.  A healthy 9 race card with over 90 horses competing is on the docket. The dirt is fast and the turf is good, and there is a very slight chance of rain today, unlike […]

. Saturday, June 27. Churchill Downs has their big summer racing day, fondly known as the Stephen Foster day, since it is the headline race on this historical occasion.  The 2 Grade 2 races Stephen Foster and Fleur de Lis both offer Breeders’ Cup race berths to the winners.  . Two Grade 3 races are […]

. Saturday, June 13, Belmont Park hosts a Breeders Cup Challenge Race today:  the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps for a ticket to the Breeders Cup Distaff G1 at Keeneland the first weekend in November.  Aside from that, 100 horses are running in 10 races after morning scratches, with competitive fields and purses. . . 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 […]

. June 3, 2020.  The Belmont Stakes has been scheduled for June 20, a typical date for the race.  But everything about it is atypical this month.  For one, there has been no Kentucky Derby; secondly there was no Preakness Stakes; and thirdly, the distance has been reduced to 9 furlongs, vastly different from the […]

. June 3, 2020.  Belmont Park is finally open for racing this year, only about a month later than usual, but better late than never.  Opening day festivities include 10 races with over 100 horses running after morning scratches, and the featured Beaugay G3 on turf, which will be contested by 5 horses, all of […]

. Saturday, May 30.  Churchill Downs has a nice 11 race card with over 110 horses competing after morning scratches.  The card includes the featured Mint Julep G3 as the last race, with 14 ready to run including 2 alternates.  The Winning Colors has a shorter but competitive field of 8. . . Conditions in […]

. Friday, May 29.  While eastern tracks are busy taking races off turf with huge fields of 20 that they have to cut down to 12 every day, it remains sunny at Santa Anita where they have much shorter but still competitive fields.  There’s a Pick 6 Jackpot carryover of $487k today. . . A […]

. Thursday, May 28, 2020.  Churchill Downs was today’s free Precap track with picks provided for every race top down.  Lately we’ve been trying to issue a report card for every day we issue picks so the public can keep track of how we’re doing, and to show how the Grid is used in handicapping. […]

. Thursday, May 28, 2020.  Churchill Downs continues to roll along in its spring meet with large competitive fields and good handles.  Today’s card has over 100 horses racing after morning scratches in 10 races.  . . TRACK: Fast   TURF: Firm (Lane 2, 15 ft.) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST: A 30 percent chance of showers […]