Bob Hill – Handicapping

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2025 FORMER TRAINER KATHY WALSH DIES AT AGE 85 SIREN LURE: BAROCIO HAS 2 SHOTS TO MAKE IT BACK-TO-BACK HIGH-PROFILE BARNS CLASH IN INTRIGUING MAIDEN RACE SATURDAY HANDLE, FIELD SIZE, ATTENDANCE ALL UP AT HOLLYWOOD MEET HEAT PROTOCOLS IN...

By Tom Luicci —- GRADE 1 WINNER POWER SQUEEZE LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS SCHEDULE STARTING WITH SUNDAY’S SERENA’S SONG STAKES AT MONMOUTH OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer Jorge Delgado has ambitious plans this year for Grade 1 winner Power Squeeze that he hopes will ultimately end in the...

By David Joseph —- May 9, 2025 Wood Memorial Winner Rodriguez out of 150th Preakness Stakes Goal Oriented So Far, So Good for Middle Jewel of Triple Crown Derby Runner-Up Journalism ‘Showed Good Energy’ Friday BALTIMORE, MD – SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables...

By David Joseph —- Defending Champ Balnikhov Among G2 Dinner Party Nominees Among 8 Stakes, 4 Graded, Worth $1.3M on Preakness Undercard BALTIMORE – Defending champion Balnikhov, fellow millionaires Tawny Port and Trikari, and multiple graded-stakes winner Neat, on the cusp...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Belmont at the Big A Notes G1 Kentucky Derby champion Sovereignty arrives at Saratoga Race Course Happily Delusional to contest G3 Peter Pan, Volleyballprincess eyes G3 Miss Preakness On Command earns 86 BSF for Listed License Fee OZONE PARK, N.Y. –...

Racing Press Release Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, May 8, 2025 Oaklawn’s decision to add eight overnight stakes races to its 2024-2025 racing schedule continues to pay dividends. One of those races, the March 29 American Pharoah, spawned four next-out winners last week, led...

By David Joseph —- Pimlico Photo Juarez Looking Forward to Happy Homecoming in Preakness 150 Derby Runner-Up Journalism Returns to the Track Wednesday River Thames ‘Fresh Horse’ for Middle Jewel of Triple Crown BALTIMORE – When Nik Juarez rides American Promise in the 150th...

Santa Anita PressBox —- Freedom’s Not Free; Benoit STAKES WINNERS FREEDOM’S NOT FREE, ARTISLAS HEADLINE SUNDAY’S CINEMA STAKES FOR 3-YEAR-OLDS GOING ONE MILE ON TURF AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (May 6, 2025)—Freedom’s Not Free, recent winner of the Pasadena Stakes at a...

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream Photo Ward Seeks Royal Ascot Berth with 2YO Filly Satisfied Mind Debut Winner a Standout in Saturday’s Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Hat Creek Racing’s Satisfied Mind, a popular and decisive winner of her unveiling last...