Weekend Winners Club

. 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 […]

. May 26, 2021.  The Belmont Stakes is now 10 days away and we’re evaluating 10 horses competing for the last leg of the Triple Crown, which was the first leg last year, but that’s another story.  The contestants are of course, possibles and probables only, as nothing will be official for another week. . […]

. Saturday May 22, 2021.   Churchill Downs has decided once again that Saturday night’s alright for racing, so get a little action in.  To sweeten the deal, they have a couple stakes races featuring the Winning Colors G3 sprint for fillies and mares, and later the Keertana for females 12f on turf. . The shortest […]

Preakness Picks for Pricks.  Precap, Past Performances, Pace Predictions, Possibilities . Saturday, May 15, 2021.  It’s the 3rd Saturday in May and therefore it’s time once again for the Preakness Stakes.  We’ll take a look at some past performances, pace predictions, and possibilities in today’s biggest race. . Obviously Medina Spirit is going to be […]

. Friday, May 13, 2021.  Preakness is upon us again, barely 6 months after the 2020 edition. Thus it is time once again for our annual study on the top Kentucky Derby and Preakness horses during the Baffert Era, which began officially in 1997 although he was training well before that. . This exercise is […]

. Wednesday, May 5, 2021.  This Kentucky Derby Recap will be depressing to some of you who didn’t get the Kentucky Derby Grid or subscribe to the Grid in any way.  This is mostly because we ran out of time last week to publish the Derby for Dummies after doing the last Derby Dozen. . […]

. Saturday, May 1, 2021.  The final down and dirty Derby Dozen was actually released in one of the Derby Lessons articles as a number in the ranking column, but if you didn’t catch it, this is what it looks like, relabeled as the column DD. . For those smart enough to catch on to […]