Weekend Winners Club

Tuesday, Sept.4, 2018. Churchill Downs . It’s the week of Labor Day and that means summer racing is now officially over. However, it also means Breeders’ Cup is now coming right up (rhyme intended). Breeders’ Cup qualifications are in high gear this month as many, many horses will be running in BC Challenge races and […]

. Saturday, November 25, Churchill Downs. It was an exciting Two Year Old Day at Churchill, with 12 races dedicated to 2yo’s, highlighted by the Golden Rod G2 for fillies and Kentucky Jockey Club G2 for all 2yos. But you may be surprised at who put up the best numbers on this day. . One […]

. Monday, July 25 Saratoga Springs . Well, I’m personally in disbelief that I didn’t win the Pick 6 today at Saratoga. Easy, easy, easy, especially when you have the Grid. I even got the 20-1 that broke up most others’ Pick 6 tickets. Let’s take a look at the winners and at the end […]

. Sunday, July 24 Saratoga Springs . Today, the Pick 6 carryover of $87k increased to a pool of $432k at post time. It was not hit by anyone again, largely due to a 29-1 photo winner in the last race of the day. A pool of $333k will carry over, and even though it’s […]

. Saturday, July 23 Saratoga Springs . The first Saturday at Saratoga was exciting as usual this year, with a mix of favorites and long shots winning exciting races, with some rain thrown into the mix late to spice things up. . The first stakes race was the 3rd on the card, the Sanford G3 […]

. Saturday, July 23 Saratoga Springs . Friday marked the first day of the legendary summer meet at Saratoga Race Course, opening with two big stakes races, the Schuylerville G3 and Lake George G2. . Shuylerville G3 6f dirt 2yo fillies: Sweet Loretta came from 6th in the 8 horse field to make a massive […]

. Saturday, July 2 Churchill Downs . It’s that time of year again! Independence and Dominion Day weekend is here and we’ve got fireworks going on all over the horse racing circuit. It all heated up on Friday with the Iowa Derby at Prairie and the Dominion Day Stakes at Woodbine, but the fireworks continue […]

. Saturday, June 11 Belmont Park . Creator surged late for a surprising victory at Belmont Stakes, overtaking Destin 8-1 by a nose for a hard fought stretch win. It was his first race back after a horrible Kentucky Derby trip in which he was also 16-1. Lani 12-1 and Governor Malibu 17-1 rounded out […]

Tuesday, May 31 Belmont Park . It’s time to do a little Monday morning quarterbacking, but yesterday was Memorial Day and we’re talking about those races, so we’ll do it today. We had a nice breakdown of possible winners for the huge Pick 6 opportunity at Santa Anita, along with the free Grid PP’s. . […]

. Monday May 23 Pimlico, Baltimore MD . To the casual observer, 1 race occurred at Pimlico last weekend. To the rest of us horse people, there were many races, and lot of graded stakes and other high stakes racing going on at Pimlico. . Let’s start with Friday’s racing. The Pimlico Special G3 kicked […]