Weekend Winners Club

. Thursday October 31, 2024.  Futures Pool 1 for the 2025 edition of the Kentucky Derby is open for business and will close on Friday November 1 at 6PM ET, which is about two hours before the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile will be contested at Del Mar. . 10 great young colts will be […]

. Friday, November 1 2024.  The much anticipated Breeders’ Cup World Championships begins on Friday with Juvenile Day.  All 5 Breeders’ Cup races are Grade 1’s for two-year-olds in various categories, each worth $1 million in purse money, except the BC Juvenile and BC Juvenile fillies, worth $2 million each. . . The 5 race […]

. October 18, 2024. Remington’s big day is TODAY!  This evening, to be exact, as they host the Oklahoma Classics with 10 stakes races and over $1M in purse money. . Get in while you can.  Download today’s free Remington Grid here. RPX10192024G . Bill’s picks for Remington tonight: R-1 (#9) R-2 (#1) R-3 (#10) […]

. September 21, 2024.  Parx is hosting its biggest race day of the year today, headlined by the G1 Pennsylvania Derby, G1 Cotillion for the fillies, Gallant Bob G2, Turf Monster G3, Greenwood Cup G3, and several other listed stakes for a total of 11 stakes races on the 14 race card. . First you […]

. The Preakness Stakes 149th edition will be held May 18, 2024 at Pimlico as usual, and will feature the Kentucky Derby champion Mystik Dan, who will not surprisingly be the favorite in this year’s edition. . . What is surprising is that Arkansas Derby champ Muth, who was the morning line favorite, has been […]

. On May 18 2024 the Preakness will host a new edition featuring 9 contenders including Kentucky Derby longshot champion Mystik Dan and 4th place finisher Catching Freedom. . Baffert, who is no longer allowed to run at Churchill, will look to crash the party with favored Muth, who has the best last out PF […]

. If there’s one only one chart that you should look at, before spending your hard-earned money on the 150th Kentucky Derby of 2024, besides The Grid of course, it’s the Major Preps History chart.  The reason is simple: You can normally cut the field in half before you even start. . Yes it’s true […]

. Friday, May 3 2024. . (Other sites will give you some blah blah blah history of Derby etc here, as if you don’t know what it is.)  Here’s the long awaited Doug’s Derby Dozen. . .   4 Catching Freedom 8-1 ML, Goldencents (Into Mischief) / Ma’am (Colonel John). It’s not that he won […]

. The second year of the Preakness Futures Pool is underway this week, with Pool 1 closing at 8PM Saturday, after two three-year- old prep races are run, and before the other 2.  The Gotham G3 at Aqueduct is slated for 5:36PM, and the depleted Fountain of Youth G2 is set for a 6:10PM post […]

. Thursday, November 9, 2023. In the Breeders’ Cup aftermath, let’s see what happened in Kentucky Derby 2024 Pool 1, which opened on Tuesday the 1st and closed the day before the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile G1 was run on Friday evening at Santa Anita. . The favorite was the field (all other 3yo males not […]