Weekend Winners Club

. 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 […]

. Saturday, June 19, 2021.  Belmont Park has a great race card lined up today, with almost 100 runners in 10 races after morning scratches.  The featured races are the two NY Stallion stakes, 1 each for male or female, at 7f on turf.  . Today we’ll break down the two Stakes races and call […]

. Tuesday, June 1, 2021.  The Belmont Stakes had its post draw today with official posts and morning lines issued.  As luck (or lack thereof) would have it, we lost another good long shot.  Last week we lost Brooklyn Strong and this week UAE Derby winner Rebel’s Romance is out.  . So now all 5 […]

. 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. . […]

. Saturday May 22, 2021.   Churchill Downs has decided once again that Saturday night’s alright for racing, so get a little action in.  To sweeten the deal, they have a couple stakes races featuring the Winning Colors G3 sprint for fillies and mares, and later the Keertana for females 12f on turf. . The shortest […]

. 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 […]

. Sunday, April 25.  Gulfstream Park is the target for TVG’s Sunday Super 5 contest today, with races 6-10 comprising the handicapping competition.  The contest requires picking only 1 horse to win in each race, with a $5000 prize pool for winners that pick all 5 correctly.   . It’s like a Pick 5 but […]

. Saturday, April 24, 2021.  Pimlico is hosting their second biggest racing day of the year, with 6 stakes races and five 3yo contests, featuring the Federico Tesio, designed for horses training up to the Preakness Stakes. The Weber City Miss is the formal Pimlico prep for the Black Eyed Susan next month.   . […]

. Saturday, April 17.  Oaklawn Park will run the fabled Grade 1 Apple Blossom stakes for fillies and mares. as the featured event on the 12 race card which also includes the G2 Oaklawn Handicap for males 4up, and a nice MSW3 worth 93k.  . For this precap we’re going to cover the featured stakes […]

. Friday April 9. Keeneland racing has a big card as far as Fridays go, with two stakes races including the Grade 1 Makers’ Mark Mile to highlight the 10 race card.  In addition, the TVG Super 5 today is comprised of races 6-10 at Keeneland, all of which we’ll break down. . . Before […]