Weekend Winners Club

. September 1, 2020. The most up to date stakes schedule for North America, Japan, and Ascot is released today. . Churchill Downs will kick off the first weekend of September in style, with the Kentucky Oaks and Derby, and a myriad of other graded stakes, then give way to Kentucky Downs, which has the […]

. Saturday, August 29, 2020.  Saratoga has another Saturday saturated with graded stakes such as the Saranac, Sword Dancer, and AmSterdam, and Forego Stakes. I tried to put as many S’s in there as possible in case anyone is reading it out loud. . The initial outlook is that the main track is muddy and […]

. Friday, August 27, 2020.   Charles Town has a big race day starting at 5PM ET, a 12 race card featuring the G3 Oaks and G2 Classic, along with 5 other exciting stakes races for various categories.  Racing should continue thru 11PM unless severe weather gets in the way. . The bad news is that […]

. Saturday, August 8.  Saratoga is having its historically biggest race day of the year today, with no fans in the stands, which is quite a strange spectacle.  The Travers G1 “Midsummer Derby” is the featured race, preceded by the Test G1 and several other graded stakes. . This also the last 100 point prep […]

. August 2020 Stakes Racing Schedule for Thoroughbreds in North America, Ascot, and Japan is somewhat tentative, but the tracks are becoming more stable despite the global dampanic. 25 tracks are holding stakes in August. . . Sort the schedule by any column. . . Get the Grid for all the big tracks and races […]

. Saturday, July 25.  Woodbine race track is hosting a big day for 3yo’s racing in Canada today, including the Grade 3 Marine Stakes for three year olds and the corresponding Selene, also G3, for 3yo fillies.  10 races on the card with about 100 horses running after scratches makes for a competitive race day. […]

. Wednesday, July 8, 2020.  Indiana Downs is dominating the stakes scenes today with 5 stakes races including two Grade 3’s, the Indiana Derby and Oaks.  The stakes racing begins at 5:38ET and continues until the Indiana Derby scheduled for 7:45ET.  12 races are on the great midweek card. . In the Derby, most of […]

. Saturday, July 4.  Belmont Park holds Independence Day in style today with 4 graded stakes races including the Met Mile G1 which will provide a Breeders Cup Dirt Mile berth for the winner.  The all stakes pick 4 begins with race 8 at about 5:15PM ET and the late pick 5 with Race 7 […]

. July 1, 2020. The Stakes schedule for North America, Japan, and Ascot has been updated with some exciting news. Saratoga, Del Mar, and Keeneland will all open later this month if they don’t get beaten down by their governors issuing panic decrees. . .

. Monday, June 29, 2020.  The Churchill Downs Precap was given for Saturday, June 27 for the big race day including two Breeders Cup Challenge races.  This isn’t Monday morning quarterbacking, our picks, and the Grid upon which they were based, were given for free in the Precap and thus well documented. . This Report […]