Weekend Winners Club

. Monday, May 25.  Sunny Santa Anita offers a welcome break from the rainy eastern tracks this Memorial Day, hosting and 11 race card with three graded stakes races: Monrovia G2, Gamely G1, and the featured Shoemaker Mile G1 which is worth an automatic entry to the Breeders’ Cup Mile On November 7 at Keeneland. […]

. Saturday, October 5, 2019. Keeneland continues its huge opening fall meet weekend with 4 Breeders’ Cup Challenge races today, including the Breeders’ Futurity G1, First Lady G1, Shadwell Turf Mile G1, and Thoroughbred Club of America G2. The Woodford G2 is also on the card but is not a BCC race. It’s a great […]

. October 1, 2019. The latest 2019 stakes schedule for thoroughbred racing in October for mostly North America but also stakes racing in Japan and Ascot. Some great racing to kick off the final month before Breeders’ Cup. . . October 2019 highlights (full schedule below this, Breeders’ Cup Challenge races denoted by BCC): Oct.2- […]

. Thursday, September 19, 2019. Kentucky Derby Champion Maximum Security is running for money again this Saturday in the Grade 1, $1 Million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx in Philadelphia. Also on the card is the $1mil Cotillion G1, a Breeders’ Cup Challenge race in which the winner will get a BC Distaff berth. . . […]

. Saturday, September 14, 2019. Woodbine begins the first of 4 Grade 1 races this weekend with the Woodbine Mile, which is an automatic Breeders’ Cup Mile qualifier for the winner. Following that is the Northern Dancer G1, in which the winner may get into the BC Turf but is not automatic. . . The […]

. September 2019 Thoroughbred Stakes Schedule for North American tracks and graded stakes races in Japan and Ascot. . September highlights (full schedule below this): Sep 1- Saratoga: Spinaway G1 Sep 2- Canterbury and Monmouth: 2 futurities each Sep 2- Del Mar- Del Mar Futurity G1 Sep 2- Saratoga: Hopeful G1 and Baruch G2, Closing […]

. Saturday, August 17, 2019. The Del Mar summer meet has a big day with the featured Pacific Classic G1 and several graded stakes on the undercard, including Del Mar Handicap G2 and two races for 3yo fillies: the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks on turf, and Torrey Pines G3 on dirt. . . While […]

. Arlington Park’s Big Saturday is underway today, with 3 Grade 1 races. The Beverly D and Arlington Million are both Breeders Cup Challenge Races, meaning the winners automatically qualify for the Breeders’ Cup. The Secretariat will likely send 1 or 2 to the BC Mile but it’s not automatic . . There are 2 […]

. Saturday, August 3, Saratoga Springs, New York. Saratoga’s legendary summer meet continues this weekend with some excellent contests such as the Whitney G1 for 3 and up and the Test G1 for 3yo fillies, both of which will prove to be competitive races. .

. August 2019 Thoroughbred Stakes Schedule- North America, Japan, and Ascot . August Stakes highlights (full schedule below): Aug 3- Louisiana Downs: Louisiana Cup Aug 3- Mountaineer: WV Derby G3 and Governors G3 Aug 3- Saratoga: Whitney G1 (BCC Race), Test G1, Troy G3 Aug 4- Ellis: Kentucky Downs Preview Aug 4- Saratoga: Saratoga Derby […]