Weekend Winners Club

. Saturday, August 29, 2020.  Saratoga has another Saturday saturated with graded stakes such as the Saranac, Sword Dancer, and AmSterdam, and Forego Stakes. I tried to put as many S’s in there as possible in case anyone is reading it out loud. . The initial outlook is that the main track is muddy and […]

. Friday, August 27, 2020.   Charles Town has a big race day starting at 5PM ET, a 12 race card featuring the G3 Oaks and G2 Classic, along with 5 other exciting stakes races for various categories.  Racing should continue thru 11PM unless severe weather gets in the way. . The bad news is that […]

. Saturday, August 15, 2020.  Monmouth Park is hosting a last chance race to Run for the Roses next month, the Pegasus Stakes.  No, it’s not the $1 Million race in January at Gulfstream, but it does offer 20 points to the winner to help a Kentucky Derby ticket, and 8-4-2 for the also rans. […]

. Saturday, August 8.  Saratoga is having its historically biggest race day of the year today, with no fans in the stands, which is quite a strange spectacle.  The Travers G1 “Midsummer Derby” is the featured race, preceded by the Test G1 and several other graded stakes. . This also the last 100 point prep […]

. Saturday, July 25.  Woodbine race track is hosting a big day for 3yo’s racing in Canada today, including the Grade 3 Marine Stakes for three year olds and the corresponding Selene, also G3, for 3yo fillies.  10 races on the card with about 100 horses running after scratches makes for a competitive race day. […]

. Wednesday, July 8, 2020.  Indiana Downs is dominating the stakes scenes today with 5 stakes races including two Grade 3’s, the Indiana Derby and Oaks.  The stakes racing begins at 5:38ET and continues until the Indiana Derby scheduled for 7:45ET.  12 races are on the great midweek card. . In the Derby, most of […]

. Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Keeneland has its long awaited opening day in July after canceling its spring meet this year.  A healthy 9 race card with over 90 horses competing is on the docket. The dirt is fast and the turf is good, and there is a very slight chance of rain today, unlike […]

. Saturday, June 27. Churchill Downs has their big summer racing day, fondly known as the Stephen Foster day, since it is the headline race on this historical occasion.  The 2 Grade 2 races Stephen Foster and Fleur de Lis both offer Breeders’ Cup race berths to the winners.  . Two Grade 3 races are […]

. Saturday, June 13, Belmont Park hosts a Breeders Cup Challenge Race today:  the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps for a ticket to the Breeders Cup Distaff G1 at Keeneland the first weekend in November.  Aside from that, 100 horses are running in 10 races after morning scratches, with competitive fields and purses. . . The […]

. June 6, 2020.  Santa Anita is finally holding their Derby and Oaks two months late this year, as well as the Hollywood Gold Cup and a few other stakes races included turf runs for 3yo’s.  Yes, the short fields are back in business at SA, with the average stakes field size 6 and the […]