Weekend Winners Club

. Wednesday, May 17 Pimlico, MD . In what may be the final Preakness Stakes ever run at Pimlico, the final field has been determined with post positions and morning lines. . Not surprisingly, Kentucky Derby favorite and champion Always Dreaming is the favorite, with 4th place finisher Classic Empire the 2nd choice. . . […]

. Monday, May 15 Pimlico, MD . Kentucky Derby champion Always Dreaming is not surprisingly the almost-even-money favorite for the Preakness Stakes this weekend, but the issue won’t be settled until then. . Could this be another Lookin at Lucky type of year? Because it’s clear that out of 20 quality 3yo’s that competed on […]

. Tuesday, May 9 Pimlico, Baltimore, MD . I saw a silly post on Facebook right after the Kentucky Derby asking “Can Always Dreaming win the Preakness?” to which various people chimed in their 2 cents worth, including one ridiculous answer of “not a chance.” I replied something sarcastic like “Impossible. No Derby champ has […]

. 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 […]

. 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 […]

. Saturday, May 21 Pimlico, Baltimore, MD . Homeboykris kicked off the day with a 9-1 win in race 1, but unfortunately it cost him his life. The 9 year old delivered a heroic stretch run, coming from almost 5 back on the turn to take the race. He galloped out nicely, took a victory […]

. 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 […]