Weekend Winners Club

. Tuesday, May 9 Pimlico, Baltimore, MD . I saw a silly post on Facebook right after the Kentucky Derby asking “Can Always Dreaming win the Preakness?” to which various people chimed in their 2 cents worth, including one ridiculous answer of “not a chance.” I replied something sarcastic like “Impossible. No Derby champ has […]

. Monday, May 8 Churchill Downs . In the aftermath of the Kentucky Derby, there are plenty of Monday morning armchair quarterbacks with hindsight of 20/20. But why don’t you listen to somebody that knew what he was talking about beforehand, and won a 50 cent trifecta for $4100 (before they took out taxes sigh) […]

. Thursday, May 4 Churchill Downs . It seems like I find myself saying this a lot in recent years, but once again, this year’s Kentucky Derby doesn’t have a whole lot of pace in it. Such has been the case the past 3 years when early running types won the Derby, and a couple […]

. Wednesday, May 3 Churchill Downs . 2018 Kentucky Derby Sires and Sirelines. . Today we’ll look at a brief analysis of the sires of this year’s Kentucky Derby. Judging the relevance of the sires in this race goes way beyond what the sires cost or even how many winners they have. For example, Storm […]

. Monday, May 1 Churchill Downs . Major Preps for the Kentucky Derby . I wanted to do a short video about this but maybe I’ll roll it into just one Derby preview video with some other factors involved. Time is limited right now leading up to the Derby. It’s definitely worth some coverage. . […]

. Monday, April 24 Churchill Downs . We’re doing things a bit differently and will be sharing some new tidbits of information every day leading up to the Kentucky Derby. . One of the factors in the Derby Grid is the Final 1/4 mile times in the final preps of the Derby contenders, which is […]

. Monday, April 17, 2017 Churchill Downs . This week had some more turmoil in the rankings, as Classic Empire made a classic comeback from injury, providing the fastest and decisive closing kick in the Arkansas Derby, and proving why he was the 2yo champ. . . Thus, he vaults back into number one in […]

Saturday, April 15 Hot Springs, Ark . It’s the biggest and last day of meet for Oaklawn Park today, as they will run 12 races, with 3 graded stakes, and culminating in the famous Trails End 14 furlong battle of attrition. The highlights of the day are the stakes races, including the G1 Oaklawn Handicap […]

. Monday, April 10 Churchill Downs . This week bears some more changing in the rankings as usual. Unlike last year, when the top 5, 10, etc, remained fairly static, it’s very dynamic this year, as there are new winners every week, that haven’t won anything significant before. . One that did win a major […]

. Monday, April 3, 2017 Churchill Downs . This week we keep the top 3 intact, despite 5 new championship series winners since the last top 24, two weeks ago. Gunnevera stays on top despite losing the Florida Derby, a race he didn’t need to win, and probably could not have with Always Dreaming having […]