Weekend Winners Club

. Monday May 23 Pimlico, Baltimore MD . To the casual observer, 1 race occurred at Pimlico last weekend. To the rest of us horse people, there were many races, and lot of graded stakes and other high stakes racing going on at Pimlico. . Let’s start with Friday’s racing. The Pimlico Special G3 kicked […]

Monday, May 23 Belmont Park . The big race at Belmont Park last weekend was the Vagrancy H G3 for filies and mares 4 and up going 6.5 furlongs on the dirt. . The 1-5 favorite Paulassilverlining didn’t disappoint backers, winning it easily in a separating fashion. . Results: Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show […]

. Monday, May 23 Churchill Downs . The annual running of the Louisville Handicap G3 for 3 and up for 12f on the turf was the featured race at Churchill Downs last weekend. . Favored Roman Approval was 2-1 but could not close the deal, getting passed by 4-1 Johns Kitten who came from last […]

. May 23 2016 Santa Anita Arcadia, CA . The attention last weekend was mostly on Pimlico for the Preakness and undercard races, but the big tracks always come thru with some big racing of their own. This includes Santa Anita, the home of the 2016 Breeders Cup which will be in November. . The […]

. Sunday, May 22, 2016 Belmont Park, Elmont NY . It’s never too early to look at the 2016 Belmont Stakes 148, the third leg in the Triple Crown series, to be held on Saturday June 11 with a post time of about 6:45 PM ET, judging from the last 5 Belmont Stakes’ actual post […]

. Saturday, May 21 Pimlico, Baltimore, Md . Exaggerator turned the tables on Nyquist in the Preakness Stakes, taking command early in the stretch and powering away for the victory. It was obvious that he not only liked the muddy track, but also enjoyed a torrid pace set by co-pace setters Nyquist and Uncle Lino, […]

. Saturday, May 21 Pimlico, Baltimore MD . It’s been a somewhat typical day at Pimlico for Preakness Day, with rain on and off as usual, muddy infielders, and mostly favorites winning, as usual. In the first 9 races, 6 winners were at 3-1 or less, but they did sprinkle in a 6-1 winner and […]

. Friday, May 20 Pimlico Race Course . So far, the first 9 races were all been won by chalk: 3 favorites that were at 2-1 or less, and 6 2nd public betting choices at 5-1 or less. All of the winners were from the front 1/3 of the field, including several front running victories. […]

. Thursday, May 19 Pimlico Race Course . The Preakness is actually usually one of the easiest races of the year to handicap. Despite a usually large field of 10-14, and a mix of horses that ran in the Kentucky Derby and some that didn’t, the statistics for the Preakness make it more predictable than […]

. Wednesday, May 18 Pimlico Race Course . The Preakness draw that nobody saw outside of the Pimlico facility, has taken place, and the contenders are now equipped with post positions and morning lines. . Preakness.com posted earlier this week that drf.com would host a live stream of the Preakness post position draw, but apparently […]