Weekend Winners Club

. Friday May 6 2022.  Churchill Downs kicks off Derby weekend with 7 graded stakes today, highlighted by the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks wherein 14 brilliant 3yo fillies will run for a measly $1.25 million purse.  Most of the 13 race card is for fillies and mares on Ladies Day. . Racing began at 10:30am, […]

. May 3, 2022.  Performance figures can be used to handicap any race, including the Kentucky Derby, so why not use them this weekend?  No good reason I can think of. Of course, there are many other methods, criteria and qualifications to win The Derby.  Which is why you should get the Derby Grid. . […]

. Saturday April 30.  Churchill Downs begins its legendary summer meet this weekend, just one week out from the Kentucky Derby.  The meet will last until July 4 and feature over 50 stakes races.  The track will be charted out this weekend in preparation for the big Derby weekend. . Get the full 2022 Kentucky […]

. Saturday, April 9, 2022.  Keeneland continues it’s huge opening spring weekend with 5 graded stakes:  Commonwealth G3, Appalachian G2, Madison G1, Shakertown G2, and finally the Toyota Blue Grass G1 in which at least the top two finishers will stamp their Kentucky Derby ticket. . . Also today, the Santa Anita Derby G1 and […]

. Friday April 8, 2022.  Kentucky Derby Futures Pool 5 opened yesterday and will run through Saturday, rather than Fri-Sun as usual.  This constitutes a good time for the next Doug’s Double Derby Dozen +1 Top 25 to help you make your futures bets.  If you like any of tomorrow’s runners you may want to […]

. Friday, April 8, 2022.  Keeneland launches its short but sweet spring meet with a blast this weekend, starting today with 6 3yo races highlighted by the Ashland G1 on dirt and Transylvania G3 on turf, both for 3yo fillies.  The Lafayette $400k is the only race for 3yo males / open. . On Saturday, […]

. April 2, 2022. Gulfstream Park has its biggest race day of the year with 10 stakes races, 6 graded, highlighted by the Grade 1 $1M Curlin Florida Derby featuring 11 top east coast three year olds.  Oaklawn Park will run 5 stakes races, 3 graded including the G1 $1.25 Arkansas Derby with 9 of […]

. Saturday, February 12, 2022.  Tampa Bay Downs jumps into the Kentucky Derby prep series with the Sam Davis G3 today, a prep worth $250k and 17 Kentucky Derby points (10-4-2-1).  12 horses are entered after the morning scratch of Howling Time, one of 23 individual Derby Futures Pool entries. . 11 races are scheduled […]

. Friday February 11, 2022.  Kentucky Derby Futures Pool 3 opened today, so it’s a good time to release the next Derby Dozen and One Top 25 rankings for male 3yo’s.  It’s been 3 weeks since the Future Pool 2 and the last Top 25 but a few things have changed. . Since then, Messier […]

. Friday, February 4, 2022 Vinton, LA. Delta Downs will have the most stakes races of any track this month, all in one day!  On Saturday Feb.5 they will run 10 stakes races usually known as Louisiana Premier Night in various categories with purses ranging from $60k to $150k on the 11 race card.  . […]