Weekend Winners Club

. September 5, 2020.  It’s Saturday afternoon and you’re hearing all this talk about the Kentucky Derby as usual, the first Saturday in September. It doesn’t matter, day month or year, it’s Derby Day! And the Derby for Dummies is back by popular demand. . We put together a Dummy grid for you, basically summarizing […]

. September 4, 2020.  It’s only a day before the Kentucky Derby, so it’s time to get all your horses in a row so you can avoid the mad scramble and get your bets in ahead of time. Today we take a look at pedigree and how these horses should stack up. . . We’re […]

. September 3, 2020.  In today’s Derby lesson we will be analyzing the performance figures for the Kentucky Derby contestants.  Performance or speed figures indicate how well a horse performed in their prior races, and while some PF’s are better than others, none of them are infallible. . . We will primarily look at the […]

. September 2, 2020.  The Derby Dirty Dozen had to be redone again, a week later, as another rash of defections went through, another pointless horse was added, and a formerly on then off trail again was on again as a last minute entry that wasn’t on anyone’s radar as of last week.   . […]

. September 2, 2020.  In this edition of the Kentucky Derby lesson series, we shall cover the major prep races leading up to the Derby, and their inherent relativism.  We will focus on the Baffert Era which began in 1997 when he won 2 straight Kentucky Derbies.  . . Obviously, the final prep race for […]

. September 1, 2020.  In this year’s Kentucky Derby training series, we will review some handicapping elements used to select your top horses for the big race.  How important are trainers and jockeys in the Kentucky Derby?  Answer: they are both very important aspects.  . . Consider this:  from 2015-2018, ZERO trainers or jockeys won […]

. Wednesday, April 26, 2020.  The long awaited (almost) final and Definitive Derby Dozen is here. Normally it’s the Double Dozen but the field has finally narrowed down to 21 after the year long battle of attrition.  In the last Dozen 2 months ago, even after the removal of Nadal and Charlatan, there were still […]

. 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 […]

. Friday, June 26, 2020.  It’s been over two months since the last Derby Double Dozen and One, otherwise known as the Top 25, but Kentucky Derby Futures Pool 5 opens today and runs all weekend, so this is the time to do it!  That’s right, the Derby Top 25 and Grid PP for the […]