Weekend Winners Club

. May 26, 2021.  The Belmont Stakes is now 10 days away and we’re evaluating 10 horses competing for the last leg of the Triple Crown, which was the first leg last year, but that’s another story.  The contestants are of course, possibles and probables only, as nothing will be official for another week. . […]

. Saturday, October 10, 2020. It’s another big Breeders’ Cup preview day, this time at Belmont Park, which is hosting 4 Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Challenge (BCC) Races.  That means the winner of each of these gets an automatic entry to a specific Breeders’ Cup race. . Last week the bulk of the action was […]

. 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 […]

. Saturday, August 15, 2020.  Monmouth Park is hosting a last chance race to Run for the Roses next month, the Pegasus Stakes.  No, it’s not the $1 Million race in January at Gulfstream, but it does offer 20 points to the winner to help a Kentucky Derby ticket, and 8-4-2 for the also rans. […]

. 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 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 […]

. Thursday, June 18, 2020.  Belmont Park has a great weekday card today with 10 races including a nice little stakes race for fillies and mares.  Two days before the Big Day with Grade 1 races the Belmont Stakes, Acorn, Jaipur, and Woody Stephens, it’s a good time to take a preview at how the […]

. Wednesday, June 17 2020.  The Belmont Stakes post draw was held today and the field increased back to 10 with the surprise entry of Fore Left by Doug O’neill for Reddam Racing.  Tiz the Law is favored as deserved and expected, with Sole Volante, Dr Post and Tap It To Win competing for 2nd […]

. June 15, 2020.  The Belmont Stakes field has been reduced to 9 at this time, as connections brave enough to take on Tiz The Law are diminishing.  The favorite has now become a heavy favorite and it will be the powerful G1 Florida Derby champion’s race to win or lose. LATEST UPDATED BELMONT PRECAP […]