Weekend Winners Club

. Monday, April 24 Churchill Downs . We’re doing things a bit differently and will be sharing some new tidbits of information every day leading up to the Kentucky Derby. . One of the factors in the Derby Grid is the Final 1/4 mile times in the final preps of the Derby contenders, which is […]

. Monday, April 17, 2017 Churchill Downs . This week had some more turmoil in the rankings, as Classic Empire made a classic comeback from injury, providing the fastest and decisive closing kick in the Arkansas Derby, and proving why he was the 2yo champ. . . Thus, he vaults back into number one in […]

. Monday, April 10 Churchill Downs . This week bears some more changing in the rankings as usual. Unlike last year, when the top 5, 10, etc, remained fairly static, it’s very dynamic this year, as there are new winners every week, that haven’t won anything significant before. . One that did win a major […]

. Monday, March 20 Churchill Downs . This week’s Derby Dozen features some changes based on some performances and non-performances last weekend. No change for the top 3, who are locked in for now but could change next week due to the high volatility in the market this year. . It was necessary to move […]

. Monday, March 6, 2017 Churchill Downs . Major shakeups at the top of the Derby Dozen the past couple weeks, not just because there were some new winners in the first 3 Derby Championship Series races, stamping their Kentucky Derby tickets and vaulting to the top 3 spots on the Derby Points Leaderboard. . […]

. Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Churchill Downs . Irish War Cry (Curlin) remains atop the Derby Dozen this week, because I said he is. Tis true, One Liner was most impressive in the Southwest Stakes G2, and there was some internal debate (inside my own head) over whether to promote him to 2nd or 3rd. […]

. Saturday, July 2 Churchill Downs . It’s that time of year again! Independence and Dominion Day weekend is here and we’ve got fireworks going on all over the horse racing circuit. It all heated up on Friday with the Iowa Derby at Prairie and the Dominion Day Stakes at Woodbine, but the fireworks continue […]

. Friday, June 17 Churchill Downs . The Belmont Stakes is over, which means that the beginning of a great summer of racing just got underway. Churchill Downs has their third biggest day of the year, after Kentucky Derby and Oaks days, on Saturday. Belmont has a couple more big days coming up as well. […]

. Saturday June 5 Churchill Downs . It’s been a few weeks since we said anything about Churchill Downs, probably since the Kentucky Derby, but they’ve still got a lot of summer racing on tap. This weekend we have a Pick 6 Jackpot of $490k. It’s a shame that it only increased $10k from yesterday. […]

. 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 […]