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Jeff Ruby Steaks Day
It is not a misprint, it is Jeff Ruby Steaks day, not Jeff Ruby Stakes day. There are two derby prep races on the calendar today, the Juff Ruby Steaks from Turfway Park, and the Rebel Stakes from Oaklawn Park. Here’s to hoping its not a chalky day. Race 1: Azeri Stakes (G2) Lady Apple…
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Big 3 Derby Prep Day
We are back for another weekend of racing, and we have three big derby prep races from three different tracks today. We’ll be racing at Santa Anita, Aqueduct, and Tampa Bay today. Let’s get to it! Race 1: Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes (G1) Got Stormy – has the speed, coming off a great 2019…
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Fountain of Youth, Saturday February 29th
Our Kentucky Derby contenders are hoping to turn back the clock 4 years during the Fountain of Youth stakes on February 29th, leap day! Welcome to the Week 2 race analysis. Week 1 saw a couple long shots come in and some chalk as well, so a little bit for everyone out there. Let’s see what…
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Pick 6 Challenge is Back
Call it fate, call it a long cold winter, call it what you like, but the Pick 6 Challenge is back this year. You get six races to chose the winners for each week. Let’s have at it. It is an off week of racing in the 2020 Derby Championship Series with no races awarding…
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Kentucky Derby, Saturday May 7th
Well here we are, we finally made it to Derby Day, where the best 3 year olds square off to see who can take home the first leg of the Triple Crown. We’ve got six races to review from Churchill Downs. It will be a true Pick 6, as I selected races 7-12 on the…
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Arkansas Derby, Saturday April 16th
Well here we are with the final week of the Pick 6 Challenge, and the finally weekend of the Derby Prep Races. We have two races left for Derby hopefuls to get in, with the Lexington at Keeneland, and the Arkansas derby at Oaklawn Park. Thanks to some poor horse selection last week, the top…
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Wood Memorial and More, Saturday April 9th
Well, there were a ton, of great stakes races to chose from this weekend, and I had a really hard time choo – choo – choosing which 6 to make the Pick 6 for this weekend. There were three Derby Prep races scheduled for this weekend, the Wood Memorial, the Bluegrass Stakes, and the Santa…
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Florida Derby Day, Saturday April 2nd
Well last week we saw some upsets in the races we selected for our 6 races of the weekend. Will that be the case again this weekend? We will see. This weekend we have two derby prep races going on, the Spiral Stakes and the Florida Derby. There are a whole host of graded stakes…
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Louisiana Derby, Saturday March 26th
Well, we did pretty good on our picks last week, so let’s see if we can keep the run going this week. Six races on the day, all from the Fair Grounds racetrack. The Derby prep race for this week is the Louisiana Derby, our 5th race this week. Since there are no races with…
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Rebel Stakes, Saturday March 19th
Well, it’s been a busy week, so we will try and get a late, quick pick 6 in. This week the Rebel Stakes from Oaklawn is our Derby Prep Race of the weekend. There are a lot of entries, so it should be interesting. Cornelio’s been in a bit of a rut the last couple…