Weekend Winners Club

Gulfstream Park to Host $750k Florida Derby G1 despite Global Dampanic . Saturday, March 2, 2020.  Gulfstream Park may be closed for in-person spectators, but the racing continues this weekend with a spectacular 14 race card on Saturday headlined by the $750k, Grade 1 Florida Derby.  180 horses are entered on the day, competing for […]

. . Wednesday, March 18, 2020.  Racing continues at the Fairgrounds in New Orleans this weekend with its biggest race day of the year.  8 stakes racing culminating in the $1 Million Grade 2 Louisiana Derby will have over 140 horses competing for $2.6 million in purses. . You won’t be watching any live professional […]

. Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Churchill Downs officially announced the postponement of the Kentucky Derby until September 5, at which point the coronavirus causing global panic will have been magically cured. Governor Larry Hogan followed suit and decreed the Preakness postponed to September as well. . . The only prior postponement of the famous Triple […]

. Saturday, March 14, 2020.  Turfway Park has the famous Jeff Ruby Steaks G3 today, which is an excellent pun and proof that Jeff Ruby is still a cool dude. I recall him visiting our table at his restaurant a decade or so ago and telling us how he recently kicked out OJ Simpson because […]

Precap of This Weeks’ Big 3yo races: San Felipe, Tampa Bay Derby, and Gotham Stakes. Grid PP’s . Saturday, March 7, 2020.  The Big 3 Derby Prep races of early March will be run on Saturday, with Aqueduct hosting the Gotham Stakes G3, the Tampa Bay Derby G2 at Tampa Bay Downs, and the San […]

. Tuesday, March 3, 2020.  Yesterday we looked at the odds of all the winners and our Grid long shot specials who won and hit the board on the huge stakes day of February 29 at Gulfstream Park.  Today we look at the fractions of all the dirt races on the day, with a close […]

. Recap of the Gulfstream Feb.29 stakes racing with winners, their Grid relevance, notes, and quotes from precap.  To sum it up, we had one 18-1 top LP winner, a listed long shot special winner at 11-1, an 11-1 top EP winner, a 2-1 long shot special winner that was 8-1 morning line, and 10 […]

. Saturday, Feb.29, 2020.  Gulfstream Park will host 10 total stakes races, including 3 Grade 2 events and 6 Grade 3 races. The Fountain of Youth for 3yo’s aiming for the Kentucky Derby is the headline race. This will follow 2 stakes races for 3yo’s and 2 for 3yo fillies among the other stakes. The […]

. Saturday, February 15, 2020. Fairgrounds has it’s biggest day of the year so far, by far. Two Risen Star G2 fields with 25 horses entered, with each worth 50 Kentucky Derby points to the winner. Derby Double Dozen #2 Anneau D’or will run along with 3 other ranked 3yo colts. . Preceding that will […]

. Saturday, February 1. Gulfstream Park kicks off February 2020 in style with 5 stakes races on Saturday including 4 G3’s:  the Holy Bull, Forward Gal, Swale, and Sweetest Chant, and the listed Dania Beach stakes.  All 5 of the stakes are for 3yo’s, with the Forward Gal and Sweetest Chant reserved for fillies. Let’s […]