Weekend Winners Club

. Saturday, June 13, Belmont Park hosts a Breeders Cup Challenge Race today:  the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps for a ticket to the Breeders Cup Distaff G1 at Keeneland the first weekend in November.  Aside from that, 100 horses are running in 10 races after morning scratches, with competitive fields and purses. . . The […]

. Thursday, June 11.  Belmont Park has another big weekday continuing their summer meet, with 10 races including the Flat Out Stakes.  The 11 furlong bout for a $80k purse will be contested by Belmont Stakes winner Sir Winston, the favorite, and some great long shot specials listed below. . . R1 1:15ET 6f D […]

. June 3, 2020.  The Belmont Stakes has been scheduled for June 20, a typical date for the race.  But everything about it is atypical this month.  For one, there has been no Kentucky Derby; secondly there was no Preakness Stakes; and thirdly, the distance has been reduced to 9 furlongs, vastly different from the […]

. June 3, 2020.  Belmont Park is finally open for racing this year, only about a month later than usual, but better late than never.  Opening day festivities include 10 races with over 100 horses running after morning scratches, and the featured Beaugay G3 on turf, which will be contested by 5 horses, all of […]

. December 2019 Thoroughbred Stakes Schedule: North America, Japan, Ascot . December 2019 highlights (full schedule below this): . Dec.1- Del Mar: Matriarch G1, Cecil Demille G3 Dec.7- Aqueduct: Cigar Mile G1, Remsen G2, Demoiselle G2, Go For Wand G3, Fall Highweight G3 Dec.7- Gulfstream: Claiming Crown 9 stakes races Dec.7- Laurel: Maryland Juvenile championships […]

. October 1, 2019. The latest 2019 stakes schedule for thoroughbred racing in October for mostly North America but also stakes racing in Japan and Ascot. Some great racing to kick off the final month before Breeders’ Cup. . . October 2019 highlights (full schedule below this, Breeders’ Cup Challenge races denoted by BCC): Oct.2- […]

. Friday, August 23, 2019. It’s that time of year again: Travers Weekend! That’s right, Saratoga has 6 stakes races today in preparation for the always highly anticipated Travers day tomorrow, which will have 7 stakes races on the card, all but one of which are Grade 1 events. * Update 4pm Sat: Dirt track […]

. Wednesday, August 21. The big news of the week is Saratoga race track reaching its climax with the always highly anticipated Travers weekend. They’ll have 1 stakes race today, 2 tomorrow, and 6 on Friday, leading up to the Big Saturday with 8 stakes races, all but one of which are Grade 1 events. […]

. Saturday, August 3, Saratoga Springs, New York. Saratoga’s legendary summer meet continues this weekend with some excellent contests such as the Whitney G1 for 3 and up and the Test G1 for 3yo fillies, both of which will prove to be competitive races. .

. Saturday, July 27, 2019. A field of only 6 will compete at Saratoga today in the Jim Dandy G2, considered to be the major prep for the Travers G1 in exactly 4 weeks from now. Contestants include Preakness winner War of Will, favorite and Belmont runner-up Tacitus, and Tax who was 4th in the […]