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Santa Anita Triple, and The Gotham Stakes, March 6, 2021.
We are back with week 2 of the 2021 Derby Prep Pick 6 Challenge. Technical difficulties threatened to derail week 1 once again, but I was able to overcome them and we got the first week of racing in. This week sees our races span the USA as we start out with races in Tampa…
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Belmont Stakes day, June 20th
Here we are, the first of the triple crown races for 2020 starts today at Belmont. There are 6 races on the card for the Pick 6 Challenge , including one from Churchill Downs, and one from Santa Anita Park. Let’s get to it! Race 1: Pennine Ridge Stakes (G2) Decorated Invader – seems the…
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Ogden Phipps Stakes, June 13th
Well last week we managed to go 6 for 6, but admittedly it was a bit of a chalky day. This week the stakes pickings are a little smaller with smaller fields. We were still able to get out there and find 6 races for you at various tracks. So let’s get to it. Race…
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Summer Session Begins, Belmont Park, June 6th
Racing is back, and so is the Pick 6 Challenge. the Summer Session begins this weekend with stakes races from Belmont, Churchill Downs, and Santa Anita. We couldn’t get all the stakes races in, there were just too many. We’re going to try and let you know some of the horses that have a good…
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Louisiana Derby Day, Saturday March 21st
Well coronavirus has shut down most of the country, but the horse racing industry is still racing. The Kentucky Derby has been postponed until September 5th. If the race is even held on that day it will make an interesting scheduling duel with the Travers Stakes in Saratoga, scheduled for the last weekend in August.…
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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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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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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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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…
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Tampa Bay Derby and San Felipe, Saturday March 12th
This weekend we have two Kentucky Prep races to cover, and a whole host of Grade 1 and 2 races. I had a tough time picking which ones to include in the 6 races I covered this weekend, but in the end went with most of the graded stakes races from Tampa Bay and Santa…