Weekend Winners Club

. Friday, May 17, Pimlico. It’s that time of year: early summer. Pimlico is in full swing about to host the Preakness Stakes tomorrow, but before we even get to Saturday racing, they have a great card going on today with 4 graded stakes and 3 listed stakes in what is traditionally known as Black […]

. Thursday, May 16, 2018. Pimlico Park. Pimlico’s big weekend of the year, which we always fear may be their last, is getting underway on Friday with the Black Eyed Susan, Miss Preakness, Distaff, and my favorite, the Pimlico Special, inaugurated at the 1938 match race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral. . But everyone wants […]

. Friday, May 1, 2019. Churchill Downs. . You’ve probably heard the popular horse racing phrase before, “pace makes the race.” This is very true in horse racing, but if only if it were as easy as it sounds. The truth is that pace can be very difficult and sometimes impossible to predict. . Not […]

. Tuesday April 30, 2019. Churchill Downs. The final Derby Dozen is here, taking into account those who actually made the field this morning during the Kentucky Derby post draw. Surprisingly there have been no withdrawn entries out of the top 20 and there is only 1 alternate who needs a scratch by 9am Friday. […]

. Saturday, April 27. OK it’s a weekend before the Kentucky Derby but that doesn’t mean nothing is going on. Golden Gate has an exciting card with the grade 3 San Fran Mile and several other stakes races including the California Derby and Oaks. . . Now we’re not going to pretend that any of […]

. Saturday, April 13, 2019. Hot Springs, Arkansas has a huge racing weekend to get underway at 1:30PM ET, including the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby and G2 Oaklawn Handicap today, along with the Count Fleet G3 Sprint and several MSW races to see how the 3yo’s are stacking up to the big boys. . Not […]

. April 5, 2019. Again overdue, the new Doug’s Double Derby Dozen and One (i.e. top 25) is out just in time for Kentucky Derby Futures Pool 4 which begins today and runs through Sunday. This is no coincidence, and we also posted the Futures Pool Grid separately to show how the competition stacks up. […]

. Friday, April 5, 2019. Kentucky Derby Futures Pool 4 is here and runs through Sunday, so we have kindly provided The Grid for this endeavor, for you to see how they competition stacks up. . Stay tuned for the Derby Double Dozen, which will also be posted today as an added resource for you […]

. Saturday, March 30 2019. Gulfstream Park has it’s biggest race day of the year, hosting the Florida Derby G1, Pam Am G2, and GP Oaks G2 along with some other assorted stakes. Over $2 million in purse money is up for grabs, with $1 million in the Derby. . Kentucky Derby enthusiasts will have […]

. Monday, March 18, 2019. Oaklawn Park had a big race day on Saturday, picking up some slack for the cancellation of the San Felipe by adding a 2nd Rebel Stakes. They officially stamped at least 2 Kentucky Derby tickets given that each Rebel G2 win was worth 37.5 points, and 2 others look to […]