Weekend Winners Club

. Friday, May 22, 2020.  Sunny Tampa Bay Downs has a 9 race card with about 90 horses running after morning scratches.  The card includes 2 pick 4’s and lots of competitive racing for your viewing and wagering pleasure.  Conditions at noon are fast and firm. . . Weather is hot with a strong chance […]

. Friday, May 15, 2020.  Major tracks around the US are open for business this weekend, including the reopening of Santa Anita and the delayed opening of Churchill Downs.  Other popular tracks such as Golden Gate and Charles Town also are finally open.  Large fields abound at these and other open tracks. . Oaklawn, Gulfstream, […]

. May 2020.  The Thoroughbred Stakes Calendar for North America is kind of sparse this month and is somewhat speculational.  Oaklawn, who carried the torch with huge race days and fields all April, closed its meet on May 2 with 2 Arkansas Derbies.  . . The calendar is showing racing at Santa Anita and Churchill […]

. April 22, 2020. Hot Springs, Arkansas. The first Saturday in May has a big race coming up as usual, but in a more unusual location.  The $750k Grade 1 Arkansas Derby is set to be held on May 2 on Oaklawn for some of the nation’s top 3yo horses who would normally be running […]

. April 22, 2020. Hot Springs, Arkansas.  The Grid again proved an invaluable source of handicapping at Oaklawn, getting the right chalk horses and some great long shots as well.  Just so you know we don’t make this up, you can see the full Precap article and Grid that were posted on Saturday for reference. […]

. April 24, 2020. Here is the modified schedule for the last week of April, after massive track closures. . April 25, 2020 Unbridled S        GP          Apr 25   $75k g   3yo         8.5f        Dirt         Closed on Apr 17. Fukushima Himba S (JPN-IIIT)     JRA         Apr 25   $759k a 4&up f/m            9f            Turf        Closed on Mar 17. Bachelor […]

. Wednesday, March 18, 2020.  Doom and gloom have settled upon countless countries around the world as people live in fear of a spreading virus.  Most are staying home by choice, and some are being forced to stay home, where many don’t know what to do with themselves and are already going stir crazy. . […]

. Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Churchill Downs officially announced the postponement of the Kentucky Derby until September 5, at which point the coronavirus causing global panic will have been magically cured. Governor Larry Hogan followed suit and decreed the Preakness postponed to September as well. . . The only prior postponement of the famous Triple […]

. March 2020 Thoroughbred Stakes Calendar for North America, Japan, Ascot . March Stakes Highlights (full schedule below this) Mar.6-8  Churchill:  Kentucky Derby Futures Pool 3/ Oaks Pool 1 Mar.7- Aqueduct:  Gotham G3, Tom Fool G3, Busher, Stymie Mar.7- Tampa Bay:  Tampa Bay Derby G2, Fla Oaks G3, Hillsborough G2, Challenger G3 Mar.7- Santa Anita: […]

. Tuesday, March 3, 2020.  Yesterday we looked at the odds of all the winners and our Grid long shot specials who won and hit the board on the huge stakes day of February 29 at Gulfstream Park.  Today we look at the fractions of all the dirt races on the day, with a close […]