Weekend Winners Club

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In road to the roses action this week, we have the Blue Grass Stakes and Arkansas Derby, just three weeks before the Kentucky Derby. We’re still in the 3rd leg of the championship series for the new point standings for determining who runs for the roses. That means the races are still worth 100 points […]

This page will be updated immediately after every Kentucky Derby Championship Series race (formerly known as a prep race.) This point system is how Kentucky Derby entrants will be determined this year. The old days and ways are dead and gone. No longer will Kentucky Derby entrants be decided by races of yesteryear or those […]

The futures pool 2 is up and running for the Kentucky Derby and this one includes the Oaks futures as well. This looks like the year that the actual Derby champion will emerge as his own entry in Pool 3 if at all. Since the advent of the official future in 1999, only 2 winners […]

My first thoroughbred horse racing experience was the Preakness in 1996. The ordeal started out as an idea from my friend to go to this racetrack where there was to be a huge infield party. It sounded like a great idea to me: thousands of people drinking beer and having fun, anticipating a big horse […]

This is live from Churchill Downs how we’re looking at the Kentucky Derby today.

Phil, Doug, and Justin break down the Kentucky Derby in their own individual triple crown kinda way.

This chart is very telling. It shows the winners and runners up of every G1 Ky Derby prep race from 1997-present. Why starting with 97? Because that’s when we started it. Of note: All but 2 of the Ky Derby winners during the 15 year span from 1997-2011 finished 1st or 2nd in their final […]

Kentucky Derby Pool 3 Final Odds Kentucky Derby Pool 3 Exacta Will Pays

The final futures pool is here. I bolded some horses that represent serious contenders and the odds that look attractive. See Kentucky Derby Pool 3 Grid Here