Weekend Winners Club

. Saturday, February 12, 2022.  Tampa Bay Downs jumps into the Kentucky Derby prep series with the Sam Davis G3 today, a prep worth $250k and 17 Kentucky Derby points (10-4-2-1).  12 horses are entered after the morning scratch of Howling Time, one of 23 individual Derby Futures Pool entries. . 11 races are scheduled […]

. Friday, November 4, 2021.  Del Mar, California. The November Stakes racing has begun! Yes folks, Breeders’ Cup is here already. It starts today, Friday November 5 at Del Mar with BC Juvenile day.  The amazing day of racing includes 9 juvenile stakes races, including 5 graded stakes races and of course the Grade 1 […]

. November 2021. The official November 2021 Thoroughbred Stakes schedule for North America has been officially release, and of course is subject to change. . Del Mar will be the epicenter of the first weekend with the Breeders Cup on the first weekend of November of course, but there are many great stakes to follow. […]

. Sunday, September 5, 2021.  Del Mar has a rare excellent card today with 4 races dedicated to juvenile fillies, including the featured Debutante G1 preceded by the Juvenile Filly Turf Stakes.  2 other MSW’s for 2yo fillies, 1 on turf and 1 on dirt.  9 of the 11 races are for female horses. . […]

. Friday, August 13, 2021.  Del Mar has an eerily good race card tonight and a frightening Jackpot 6 carryover of almost 1 and a quarter million bucks.  Since the racing doesn’t start until 4PM local, that gives a lot east coasters a chance to pitch in, and the Jackpot should easily exceed $3 million. […]

. Friday, July 30, 2021.   Del Mar has an afternoon card that they will start at 4pm, which means if you’re on the east coast it won’t start until 7pm, so you’ll have plenty of time to get ready for it after finishing your work and happy hour.  . The 8 race card will go […]

. Friday, July 16, 2021.  Del Mar’s long awaited opening day is here, 1 day after Saratoga, but it will be worth the wait.  The first post is at 5PM ET so that should get a lot of the rest of the country in on the action and inject a lot of handle money.  Obviously […]

. Monday, May 31, 2021.  Santa Anita has a big day of racing starting at 4PM Eastern or 1PM California time.  Grade 1 racing includes the Hollywood Gold Cup, Gamely, and Shoemaker Mile, all with fields of 7 or less as is the norm nowadays.  Let the Precapping begin. First get today’s Free Grid. . […]

. Sunday, May 16, 2021. Sunny Santa Anita has a mandatory Jackpot 6 payout today with a $550k carryover coming in. That means a couple of things. First, you don’t need a unique ticket to win; anyone with the all the winners on their 20ct (or more) ticket ticket will win part of the final […]

. Saturday, September 26, 2020.  Sunny Santa Anita has 7 stakes races today, including 5 graded races and 5 contests offering an automatic slot to one of the Breeders’ Cup races in November.  Thus, the action is hot, and the weather is warm but not quite hot, as usual for sunny southern cal. . Racing […]