Weekend Winners Club

Keeneland kicks off its spring meet on Friday with a nice card of 10 races and almost 100 horses. The headliner is the Transylvania G3 stakes for three year olds and a nice full initially entered field of 13. If you don’t know the Grid, you may not know that it’s currently identfying of the […]

All I can tell you right now is that the Grid’s top Late Pace raced horse in race 2 won at 35-1. You might want to get in on the action while it lasts. Download Fla Derby Grid here now.

Santa Anita Free Picks Saturday January 10, Sham G3 and San Pasqual G2 Santa Anita has a nice card for once to kick off this weekend, with the Sham G3, which has produced some Kentucky Derby contenders and champions. The Sham stakes looks like it’s Doug O’neill’s to win or lose with the 3 Rockinatten […]

We probably need not remind you again that the Kentucky Derby is upon us, in case you haven’t caught the fever yet. In recent news, the post positions were drawn to finalize the field yesterday, but trainer Bob Baffert pulled a surprise by scratching Hoppertunity, a legitimate contender this morning. This opens the door for […]

It’s Churchill Downs’ opening day for the summer meet, and the Derby Trial G3 is the featured race. What’s interesting is that the Derby Trial has no points in the Kentucky Derby championship series, and therefore is meaningless, or is it? 1 of Bob Baffert’s confirmed Derby duo, Chitu is scheduled to compete along with […]

You know what time of year it is now, but I have to remind you anyway because that’s my job. I apologize for deserting you for so long, but life has been very busy for me this year with multiple jobs and projects going on. If you’re new to the newsletter, then welcome aboard! The […]

Hawthorne offering $500 grand to the Illinois Derby winner today. The 4-5 morning line favorite is Baffert’s Midnight Hawk, who already ranks at 15 in the Kentucky Derby point standings. There are no points offered for the Illinois, so this is most likely a tuneup for the Midnight Lute colt and a relatively easy way […]

Keeneland’s feature event Saturday April 12 is the Bluegrass Stakes G1 for 3yo’s with a field of 15 set. Bobby’s Kitten (Chad Brown) is the favorite, switching from turf to polytrack, in a bid to run in the Kentucky Derby on dirt. The field includes a pair from Pletcher including Divine Oath, trying polytrack and […]

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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 […]