Weekend Winners Club

Let’s go ahead and do a quick recap of the Gotham G3 last week, just for fun, because as soon as you get my gist, you’ll understand why it’s just for fun. This year’s winner is Shagaf, the post favorite at 6-5. Why is that relevant? Well it really isn’t right now, at least not […]

Saturday, March 5, 2016 The Aqueduct . Shagaf, favored at 5-4 in his 3rd lifetime start, remained unbeaten in his first stakes race. He rated in nicely behind moderate fractions to take the lead in the stretch. The Bernardini colt has legit speed for Chad Brown. . . Laoban set the pace alone for most […]

Saturday, March 5 2016 The Aqueduct Today, 8 three year olds will face off at the Aqueduct in the Gotham Stakes G3, in order to attempt stamping their ticket to the Kentucky Derby. Sunny Ridge is the big deal of the race, having won the Withers G3 after a narrow neck loss in the Delta […]

March 3, 2016 Churchill Downs Here we go again with another week of the (Double) Derby Dozen. We might as well list 2 dozen because there will be 20 in the race, but it’s the rankings that count. Topping our rankings like most reasonable analysts, are Nyquist and Fountain of Youth champion Mohaymen. . Download […]

Saturday, Feb.27 Gulfstream Park . Mohaymen keeps living up to his $2.2 million price tag, with a win in the Fountain of Youth, extending his undefeated winning streak to 5, including 4 straight G2 races. . . Zulu placed 2nd in his first stakes race with a strong effort at 4-1, but was no match […]

Saturday, February 27 Gulfstream Park Mohaymen proved worthy of his 2-5 odds, rolling to a relatively easy win again in the Fountain of Youth G2 over 8.5f at Gulfstream Park, laying waste to 5 foes brave enough to run against him. The $2.2 million Keeneland sale lived up to his billing yet again. Off a […]

Friday, February 26, 2016 Gulfstream Park Today’s race of the week is. You guessed it: the Xpressbet Fountain of Youth G2 for 3yo’s going 8.5 furlongs at Gulfstream Park on dirt. The FOY highlights a 13 race card with 6 graded stakes races and 8 stakes races in all Saturday at GP. Follow along with […]

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Churchill Downs . Download Final 2016 Kentucky Derby Grid Here with full field, odds, posts, and over 80 different factors including pedigree, performance, and historical criteria! . Here are the current Derby Dozen rankings for this week. Analysis follows table. Rank Horse Sire Trainer Last Race Date Pts 1 Nyquist Uncle […]

Monday, February 22, 2016 Fairgrounds, New Orleans So, after the Risen Star day was said and done at Fairgrounds, I got a message from an email subscriber saying he used the Grid and had no success. I wondered why this was, so decided to write about it. Let’s break it down. The rankings in the […]

Friday, February 19, 2016 Fair Grounds As you probably know already, it’s another big weekend in horse racing, especially for the Fairgrounds at New Orleans. FGNO has 2 listed and 4 graded stakes races, including the Risen G2 for 3yos. Other tracks have some minor 3yo prep races, including the Turf Paradise Derby and Turfway’s […]