Weekend Winners Club

. Friday May 4 2018. Today we look at how the major prep winners and runners up fared in the Kentucky Derby from 1997-2017. This is best illustrated by another busy graphic. . . You can see the horses highlighted in the darker blue who won the Kentucky Derby afterwards, but really the column on […]

. Saturday, April 14. Oaklawn Park has its big day of the year, featuring the Arkansas Derby, preceded by the Count Fleet, Oaklawn Handicap, and Northern Spur stakes. . While the Arkansas Derby is the highlight race of the day, the other stakes races will be entertaining, and we will be paying special attention to […]

. Doug’s Kentucky Derby Double Dozen is updated after each Derby prep race weekend. Last update: April 9, 2018 . 2018 Kentucky Derby Championship Point Standings | Kentucky Derby Prep and Championship Races . Get the full 2018 Kentucky Derby Grid Here with over 80 different factors including pedigree, performance, and historical criteria! . One […]

. Tuesday, April 3. Kentucky Derby contenders are reranked again based on action last weekend. This week’s Double Derby Dozen top 25 contenders are ranked according to how I see it. Top 3 remain unchanged again. . Audible moves up a bit due to his predictable Florida Derby victory, and Mendelssohn makes a rare top […]

. Saturday, March 31. Biggest day of the year at Gulfstream Park, headlined by the Florida Derby G1 and some great undercard races: the Pan Am G2, GP Oaks G2, Honey Fox G3, Gulfstream Park Hardacre Mile G2, other stakes races and great MSW’s. . Being that it’s today’s race and track of the week, […]

. Monday, March 26. The Double Derby Dozen, or Doug’s top 25 Kentucky Derby contenders, has been reranked again this week after the latest action. . A slight shakeup at the top has been made since Noble Indy and Runaway Ghost broke through with impressive victories in their final Derby preps. . Regardless, most of […]

. Sunday March 25. Sunland Park is hosting a bunch of stakes races, culminating in the Sunland Derby G3, featuring a large field of horses which have not won a Triple Crown prep race yet. Some have not even run in a prep, so it will be interesting to see who emerges of the 12. […]

. Saturday, March 24. Fairgrounds has its big race day of the spring meet featuring the Louisiana Derby G2 after the Fairgrounds Oaks G2, Muniz Memorial G2, New Orleans Handicap G2, and several other assorted stakes races. . In the featured Derby, Risen Star G2 winner Bravazo will take on Southwest G3 winner My Boy […]

. Saturday Feb 3 It will be a very special day at Gulfstream Park, with 8 races for 3yos, fillies and colts, including 5 graded stakes races including the Holy Bull, Swale, Forward Gal, Sweetest Chant, and Dania Beach. We will cover just the stakes races here for the sake of brevity. As usual, follow […]

Coming up before the end of the month will be, and not necessarily in this order: Doug’s Derby Dozen – 1st edition of 2018 Pegasus Stakes $16M – Complete Preview and Analysis Other assorted stakes and coverage thereof. It’s time to start kicking it into gear for the 3yo run to the roses and other […]