Weekend Winners Club

. October 31, 2023.  Santa Anita is set to host the Breeders’ Cup this weekend on Friday and Saturday, and post draw held on Monday night.  The big news is that co-favored  Arcangelo was scratched from the BC Classic and will be retired to stand at Lane’s End farm. . . For the remaining 12 […]

. August 2023 Thoroughbred Stakes Racing Calendar for North America and Japan has been updated at the beginning of August.  There are 7 Breeders’ Cup qualifying races this month as the BC trail heats up. . High stakes racing epicenters for this month are of course at Del Mar and Saratoga.  But with 230 stakes […]

. Saturday, April 29. Golden Gate has a rare great race card today including 6 stakes races featuring the San Francisco Mile.  Other stakes include the Cal Oaks and Derby, the west coast version for those not good enough to ship to Kentucky next weekend. . Fortunately for San Fran, the weather is moderate and […]

  . Monday, April 10.  9 days ago we released a last minute Dirty Dozen for the purpose of Kentucky Derby Pool 6 which closed on April 1 at 6pm, before the Florida and Arkansas Derbies were run, and well before the Big 3 prep races of April 8: The Wood, Bluegrass, and Santa Anita […]

. The February 2023 Thoroughbred horse racing stakes schedule for North America and Japan is currently slating 111 stakes races, with 102 around the continent. . Despite being the shortest month of the year, February is chock full of racing as the stakes are raised, and the Kentucky Derby Trail heating up with 3yo preps. […]

. Saturday, November 19, 2022.  Desi Arnaz and Cary Grant will be making appearances at Del Mar, despite the fact they’ve both been dead since 1986, Desi having died in Del Mar that year in November.  Today they will be appearing as stakes races on the 9 race card beginning at 12:30 PST. . Grab […]

. Saturday, October 29, 2022.  Sunny Santa Anita has a scary schedule Saturday with seven scary stakes races including one that begins with S for our alliteration purposes.  Weather is sunny as usual and racing will begin at 1PM/ 4PM ET.  Here’s the stakes agenda: . Autumn Miss S (G3T)      SA           Oct 29   $100k g […]

. Saturday, August 20, 2022.  Del Mar has a strong late afternoon / evening card today with 10 races, featuring the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks with 14 3yo fillies going 9f on turf.  There are also 3 MSW’s at 80k for the top west coast 2yos. . Racing will begin at 5PM ET which […]

. Friday June 17, 2022. Santa Anita’s afternoon card has 11 races scheduled to begin at 1pm, meaning it’s 4pm for everyone on the east coast that wants to stay out of the heat after work.  The 11th race is slated for 910pm and almost 90 horses are scheduled.  Weather is moderate as usual. . […]

. Friday April 8, 2022.  Kentucky Derby Futures Pool 5 opened yesterday and will run through Saturday, rather than Fri-Sun as usual.  This constitutes a good time for the next Doug’s Double Derby Dozen +1 Top 25 to help you make your futures bets.  If you like any of tomorrow’s runners you may want to […]