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 […]

. 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 […]

. 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 […]

Coming up before the end of the month will be, and not necessarily in this order: Doug’s Derby Dozen – 1st edition of 2018 Pegasus Stakes $16M – Complete Preview and Analysis Other assorted stakes and coverage thereof. It’s time to start kicking it into gear for the 3yo run to the roses and other […]

. 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 […]

. Monday, April 10 Churchill Downs . This week bears some more changing in the rankings as usual. Unlike last year, when the top 5, 10, etc, remained fairly static, it’s very dynamic this year, as there are new winners every week, that haven’t won anything significant before. . One that did win a major […]

. Monday, April 3, 2017 Churchill Downs . This week we keep the top 3 intact, despite 5 new championship series winners since the last top 24, two weeks ago. Gunnevera stays on top despite losing the Florida Derby, a race he didn’t need to win, and probably could not have with Always Dreaming having […]

. Monday, March 20 Churchill Downs . This week’s Derby Dozen features some changes based on some performances and non-performances last weekend. No change for the top 3, who are locked in for now but could change next week due to the high volatility in the market this year. . It was necessary to move […]

. Monday, March 13, 2017 Churchill Downs . Not too much of a shakeup at the top this week, because most of the top horses didn’t run and will stay in place. Mastery was looking to move up but came up injured after his masterful San Felipe win and probably won’t run for the roses, […]