Weekend Winners Club

. September 17, 2021. The American Free Handicap (AFH) is now in its third season in this exciting year of racing.  Improvements have been made along the way and last year’s rankings proved to be quite successful in ranking the juveniles, and this is a big juvenile racing weekend. . The top ranked 2020 AFH […]

. Saturday, September 11, 2021.  Kentucky Downs will be wrapping up it’s short lived but high priced meet tomorrow, but not before holding 5 graded stakes races today worth over $4 million in purse money.  2 of the races will issue an automatic Breeders’ Cup berth to the winner. . Kentucky Downs is known in […]

. Monday, September 6, 2021.  It’s Labor Day in America and Saratoga is hosting a 12 race card with over 100 horses competing.  The featured Grade 1 Hopeful has 11 of the top juveniles on the east coast.  3 other MSW’s for 2yo’s are on the undercard along with the Bernard Baruch G2. . We’ll […]

. Sunday, September 5, 2021.  Del Mar has a rare excellent card today with 4 races dedicated to juvenile fillies, including the featured Debutante G1 preceded by the Juvenile Filly Turf Stakes.  2 other MSW’s for 2yo fillies, 1 on turf and 1 on dirt.  9 of the 11 races are for female horses. . […]

. Friday, July 2, 2021.   Prairie Meadows kicks off its biggest racing weekend of the year with the Iowa Derby and Oaks and the Cornhusker Handicap, which they will follow up with 3 stakes races tomorrow.  It’s unclear if there gate was damaged such that it only can contain 6 horses now. . We can […]

. Saturday, June 26, 2021.  Churchill Downs’ closing day will have some great graded stakes races including the Stephen Foster G2, Wise Dan G2, Fleur De Lis G2, Bashford Manor G2 and Debutante for 3yo’s, and another pair of stakes races for 3yo’s.  . To add some excitement, the Pick 6 has a carryover of […]

. Monday, June 21, 2021.  Admittedly we don’t do recaps very often, but as time permits today, let’s recap the precap of Belmont for Saturday at Belmont.  We had some good winners and other long shots hitting the board using the Grid.   . You will notice that unlike the entire rest of the media, […]

. Sunday, June 20, 2021.  It’s closing day for Santa Anita’s summer meet and they offer 2 graded stakes races and a pair of juvenile stakes.  Interestingly, there are no Baffert trainees on in the 2yo races, and none on the card at all.  But life goes on and I’m sure he’s enjoying a great […]

. Saturday, June 19, 2021.  Belmont Park has a great race card lined up today, with almost 100 runners in 10 races after morning scratches.  The featured races are the two NY Stallion stakes, 1 each for male or female, at 7f on turf.  . Today we’ll break down the two Stakes races and call […]

. Tuesday, June 1, 2021.  The Belmont Stakes had its post draw today with official posts and morning lines issued.  As luck (or lack thereof) would have it, we lost another good long shot.  Last week we lost Brooklyn Strong and this week UAE Derby winner Rebel’s Romance is out.  . So now all 5 […]