Weekend Winners Club

Let’s go ahead and do a quick recap of the Gotham G3 last week, just for fun, because as soon as you get my gist, you’ll understand why it’s just for fun. This year’s winner is Shagaf, the post favorite at 6-5. Why is that relevant? Well it really isn’t right now, at least not […]

Saturday, March 5, 2016 The Aqueduct . Shagaf, favored at 5-4 in his 3rd lifetime start, remained unbeaten in his first stakes race. He rated in nicely behind moderate fractions to take the lead in the stretch. The Bernardini colt has legit speed for Chad Brown. . . Laoban set the pace alone for most […]

Saturday, Feb.27 Gulfstream Park . Mohaymen keeps living up to his $2.2 million price tag, with a win in the Fountain of Youth, extending his undefeated winning streak to 5, including 4 straight G2 races. . . Zulu placed 2nd in his first stakes race with a strong effort at 4-1, but was no match […]

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Churchill Downs . Download Final 2016 Kentucky Derby Grid Here with full field, odds, posts, and over 80 different factors including pedigree, performance, and historical criteria! . Here are the current Derby Dozen rankings for this week. Analysis follows table. Rank Horse Sire Trainer Last Race Date Pts 1 Nyquist Uncle […]

Monday, February 22, 2016 Fairgrounds, New Orleans So, after the Risen Star day was said and done at Fairgrounds, I got a message from an email subscriber saying he used the Grid and had no success. I wondered why this was, so decided to write about it. Let’s break it down. The rankings in the […]

Friday, February 19, 2016 Churchill Downs The 2016 Kentucky Derby Prep Series season has wrapped up and here are the results of all the point-qualifying races. Final Kentucky Derby Prep Series Points Standings. . Download Final 2016 Kentucky Derby Grid Here with full field, odds, posts, and over 80 different factors including pedigree, performance, and […]

Monday, February 15 Oaklawn Park Hot Springs, AR Suddenbreakingnews! The Mineshaft 3yo colt, who was nowhere to be found at 1st, 2nd, or 3rd call, made his presence known in the stretch, as he closed from far behind, grabbing 10 points towards his Kentucky Derby berth. His odds of 4-1 were most likely that low […]

Monday, February 15 Santa Anita Park Nyquist made his long awaited 2016 debut as a 3yo in the San Vicente G2 stakes race. The Uncle Mo colt took the lead early, setting strong fractions of 22.5, 44.49, 1.08.56, 1.20.71 en route to victory with a hand ride by Mario Gutierrez at 2-5. The champion whose […]

Saturday, Feb.6 Gulfstream Park Mor Spirit was full of spirit in the stretch of the Robert and Beverly Lewis, as he took control in the stretch to win the 8.5 furlong race and win some more Derby points. The pace was questionable, and although rating nicely in third, it looked doubtful that he would make […]

Saturday, February 6 Gulfstream Park In other Maiden Special Weight $50k news at Gulfstream Park today, Kelly Tough by Quality Road, won a 9 furlong race for 3yos. Edward Plesa was pleased by his performance, as he got by the field of 10 other promising 3yo’s some of which have Kentucky Derby aspirations. Also in […]