Weekend Winners Club

. September 24, 2010.  It’s Pre-Preakness week, but we have a list of probables for the Preakness, so it’s a good time for an early precap of the possible contenders and their past performances.  It’s time to start narrowing down the field of 15 before we actually know the final field. . There are only […]

. Wednesday, September 16, 2020.  Kentucky Downs will close tonight after a brief but exciting meet which as usual featured the largest average daily purse size of any racing meet in North America.  If it seems like their meet just began, it did open just 10 days ago, and just like that it’s over. . […]

. Monday, September 7, 2020.  Kentucky Downs reopens today for their typical big time turf racing with big purses and big fields. On Labor Day, 120 horses will be laboring to reel in a piece of about $2.5 million in purse money, including $1million total for the 2 futurities. . . The featured Tourist Mile […]

. Sunday, September 6, 2020.  Just when you thought all the Derby talk was done, it’s not.  Another September Derby will run today at Del Mar as a dozen horses will compete in the G3 Derby on turf.  There’s also a $750k Derby at Kentucky Downs this week, and don’t forget the Olahoma and Canadian […]

. September 5, 2020.  It’s Saturday afternoon and you’re hearing all this talk about the Kentucky Derby as usual, the first Saturday in September. It doesn’t matter, day month or year, it’s Derby Day! And the Derby for Dummies is back by popular demand. . We put together a Dummy grid for you, basically summarizing […]

. Friday, September 4, 2020.  The race of the day is obviously the Kentucky Oaks, but you probably don’t need us to tell you Swiss Skydiver will win at even money, Speech will get 2nd at 3-1, and Gamine will be a huge underlay 3rd at 8-5, making for the lowest paying trifecta in Oaks […]

. September 3, 2020.  In today’s Derby lesson we will be analyzing the performance figures for the Kentucky Derby contestants.  Performance or speed figures indicate how well a horse performed in their prior races, and while some PF’s are better than others, none of them are infallible. . . We will primarily look at the […]

. September 2, 2020.  The Derby Dirty Dozen had to be redone again, a week later, as another rash of defections went through, another pointless horse was added, and a formerly on then off trail again was on again as a last minute entry that wasn’t on anyone’s radar as of last week.   . […]

. Saturday, August 29, 2020.  Saratoga has another Saturday saturated with graded stakes such as the Saranac, Sword Dancer, and AmSterdam, and Forego Stakes. I tried to put as many S’s in there as possible in case anyone is reading it out loud. . The initial outlook is that the main track is muddy and […]

. Friday, August 27, 2020.   Charles Town has a big race day starting at 5PM ET, a 12 race card featuring the G3 Oaks and G2 Classic, along with 5 other exciting stakes races for various categories.  Racing should continue thru 11PM unless severe weather gets in the way. . The bad news is that […]