Weekend Winners Club

. 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, […]

. March 27, 2018. It’s about that time to take a look at who is already in this year’s Kentucky Derby field for 2018, being that it is less than 6 weeks away. Then the fun part: we’ll analyze those that could, should, or would get in. . Based on last year’s model, which used […]

. Monday, March 26. The Double Derby Dozen, or Doug’s top 25 Kentucky Derby contenders, has been reranked again this week after the latest action. . A slight shakeup at the top has been made since Noble Indy and Runaway Ghost broke through with impressive victories in their final Derby preps. . Regardless, most of […]

. Saturday, March 24. Fairgrounds has its big race day of the spring meet featuring the Louisiana Derby G2 after the Fairgrounds Oaks G2, Muniz Memorial G2, New Orleans Handicap G2, and several other assorted stakes races. . In the featured Derby, Risen Star G2 winner Bravazo will take on Southwest G3 winner My Boy […]

. March 20, 2018. Doug’s latest top 25 in 3yo’s, aka the Double Derby Dozen, is resorted this week, with Magnum Moon bursting into the top 5 with an impressive win. . Others are ranked similarly to where they were before, since this is not a knee-jerk reaction type ranking to every latest winner, as […]

. March 12, 2018. Finally, the long awaited, next iteration of the Derby Dozen is out! These rankings are made regardless of points, but simply based on who the best Kentucky Derby contenders are. . . Good Magic remains on top of the rankings, despite a loss in the paceless Fountain of Youth. In his […]

. Saturday Feb 3 It will be a very special day at Gulfstream Park, with 8 races for 3yos, fillies and colts, including 5 graded stakes races including the Holy Bull, Swale, Forward Gal, Sweetest Chant, and Dania Beach. We will cover just the stakes races here for the sake of brevity. As usual, follow […]

. Monday, May 1 Churchill Downs . Major Preps for the Kentucky Derby . I wanted to do a short video about this but maybe I’ll roll it into just one Derby preview video with some other factors involved. Time is limited right now leading up to the Derby. It’s definitely worth some coverage. . […]

. Monday, April 17, 2017 Churchill Downs . This week had some more turmoil in the rankings, as Classic Empire made a classic comeback from injury, providing the fastest and decisive closing kick in the Arkansas Derby, and proving why he was the 2yo champ. . . Thus, he vaults back into number one in […]