Weekend Winners Club

. 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. […]

. Thursday, September 8, 2016 Kentucky Downs . It’s another big stakes day at Kentucky Downs, with one listed $150k stakes race for 3 and up, 8.3f on the turf, which is the only surface they have at this track. . 13 horses are entered in the featured Old Friends Stakes, including stakes winners Geothermal […]

. 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 […]

. Thursday, May 18 Churchill Downs . A lot of hoopla is going on at Pimlico this week, and we already have the Preakness Grid posted for public download if you check one of the links on the right. . In the meantime, we haven’t done anything for Churchill since the Derby, and this week […]

. Sunday, May 8, 2016 Churchill Downs . There are plenty of armchair jockeys today and throughout the week that will say this jockey should have done that, etc. We’re not here to do that. I think most of them did pretty well under the circumstances, particularly the top 4. . The other group of […]