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 […]

. Wednesday, April 21. The Final Analysis of the Arkansas Derby and undercard reveals a lot, including that Magnum Moon won’t win the Kentucky Derby this year. If he does somehow, it will be the result of no front end runners being in the race, which is possible but not likely at this point. . […]

. Saturday, November 25, Churchill Downs. It was an exciting Two Year Old Day at Churchill, with 12 races dedicated to 2yo’s, highlighted by the Golden Rod G2 for fillies and Kentucky Jockey Club G2 for all 2yos. But you may be surprised at who put up the best numbers on this day. . One […]

Belmont Stakes 2017 Recap and Analysis . Monday, June 12, 2017 Belmont Park . There are plenty of Monday morning armchair quarterbacks going around after the Belmont stakes as is usual for any Triple Crown race. In our final article analyzing the Belmont Stakes beforehand, we delineated how Irish War Cry would take control in […]

. Wednesday, June 7 Belmont Park Elmont, NY . This morning, the post positions were drawn for the official Belmont Stakes field and morning line odds were assigned. . Get full Grid for Belmont Saturday Here . The big news of the day is that Classic Empire is out and thus drew no post. The […]

Monday, June 5 Elmont, NY . Obtain Full Belmont Stakes Day June 10 Grid PP’s Here . It’s that time again, when Belmont Stakes tries to sneak up on us after a few weeks without any Triple Crown madness. The fact that no Triple Crown is at stakes makes this an even better betting race […]

. Monday, June 5 Elmont, NY . Obtain Full Belmont Stakes Day June 10 Grid PP’s Here . Probably Belmont Stakes Field: 1 Classic Empire 2-1 2 Epicharis 12-1 3 Gormley 12-1 4 Hollywood Handsome 30-1 5 Irish War Cry 8-1 6 J Boys Echo 20-1 7 Lookin At Lee 6-1 8 Meantime 28-1 9 […]

. Tuesday, May 23 Pimlico, MD . Get the Belmont Stakes 2017 Grid Now . Let’s do a recap of the Preakness by the numbers, and review the updated charts that we provided last week showing how Kentucky Derby horses did in the Preakness and vice versa. In the first chart, we showed the modern […]

. Friday, May 19 Pimlico, Maryland . We did this a few days before the Kentucky Derby: a brief but awesome analysis of the Derby Contenders sires and sirelines, including how those sires finished in Triple Crown races. . In that analysis, we listed the contenders by the most relevant sires from top to bottom. […]

. Wednesday, May 17 Pimlico, MD . In what may be the final Preakness Stakes ever run at Pimlico, the final field has been determined with post positions and morning lines. . Not surprisingly, Kentucky Derby favorite and champion Always Dreaming is the favorite, with 4th place finisher Classic Empire the 2nd choice. . . […]