Weekend Winners Club

. Saturday, January 19. The Fairgrounds of New Orleans has a nice race card on tap today with 6 stakes races highlighted by the Lecomte G3 for 3yo’s and several other MSW’s for 3yos. . . It’s an important Triple Crown Kentucky Derby Prep race day for the 3yos as the 3rd Kentucky Derby Points […]

. Friday, November 2, Churchill Downs. . Friday’s focus race is the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile G1 Stakes (BCJ). In an excellent day of racing that includes 7 stakes races, 5 or which are graded at the Churchill Downs on Friday, and 7 total races for juveniles. Many eyes will be on race 9, as people […]

. Friday May 4 2018. Today we look at how the major prep winners and runners up fared in the Kentucky Derby from 1997-2017. This is best illustrated by another busy graphic. . . You can see the horses highlighted in the darker blue who won the Kentucky Derby afterwards, but really the column on […]

. Wednesday, April 21. The Final Analysis of the Arkansas Derby and undercard reveals a lot, including that Magnum Moon won’t win the Kentucky Derby this year. If he does somehow, it will be the result of no front end runners being in the race, which is possible but not likely at this point. . […]

. April 16, 2018. The new Doug’s Double Kentucky Derby Dozen rankings are out in the aftermath of the Arkansas Derby, Lexington Stakes, and the injury or Runaway Ghost. The top 10 didn’t even change except for Hofburg taking the injury slot. . 2018 Kentucky Derby Championship Point Standings | Kentucky Derby Prep and Championship […]

. Saturday, April 14. Oaklawn Park has its big day of the year, featuring the Arkansas Derby, preceded by the Count Fleet, Oaklawn Handicap, and Northern Spur stakes. . While the Arkansas Derby is the highlight race of the day, the other stakes races will be entertaining, and we will be paying special attention to […]

. Doug’s Kentucky Derby Double Dozen is updated after each Derby prep race weekend. Last update: April 9, 2018 . 2018 Kentucky Derby Championship Point Standings | Kentucky Derby Prep and Championship Races . Get the full 2018 Kentucky Derby Grid Here with over 80 different factors including pedigree, performance, and historical criteria! . One […]

. April 6 2018 will mark the first day of Kentucky Derby Futures Pool 4, which will have 2 more days available with different odds before it ends on Sunday evening. . 23 horses have individual entries in this pool, including the top 12 in points, other selected horses from the top 25 in points, […]

. Tuesday, April 3. Kentucky Derby contenders are reranked again based on action last weekend. This week’s Double Derby Dozen top 25 contenders are ranked according to how I see it. Top 3 remain unchanged again. . Audible moves up a bit due to his predictable Florida Derby victory, and Mendelssohn makes a rare top […]

. Saturday, March 31. Biggest day of the year at Gulfstream Park, headlined by the Florida Derby G1 and some great undercard races: the Pan Am G2, GP Oaks G2, Honey Fox G3, Gulfstream Park Hardacre Mile G2, other stakes races and great MSW’s. . Being that it’s today’s race and track of the week, […]