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By Bob Hill, TSV Staff Writer —- With an odds-n favorite in a nine horse field, the Preakness looks to be a tough place to score big on Saturday. Handicappers applying their standard tools cannot escape the fact that Journalism (2) looks much the best in this field. The...

By Bob Hill TSV Feature Writer —- Blue Grass Stakes Selections Keeneland (G1) 1-1/8 miles on main track Moved from its normal Saturday run date to this Tuesday due to the dangerous storms that ravaged the Mid-South, the G1 Blue Grass Stakes is the final 200-point Kentucky...

By Bob Hill Tracksideview Feature Writer —- Wood Memorial Selections Aqueduct (G2) 1-1/8 miles on main track Bob Hill, TSV staff writer For the past two decades the stature of the Wood Memorial as a key prep race for potential Kentucky Derby runners has been diminished....

By Bob Hill TSV staff writer —- Historically, the Florida Derby is one of the strongest prep races for 3yo colts that are pointing to the Kentucky Derby. Both winners and contenders exiting this race typically attract the interest of the handicapping experts and the betting...

By Bob Hill Tracksideview Feature Writer —- Friday Juvenile Races Race 6) – Juvenile Turf Sprint Impossible to handicap with little info on colts and fillies from three continents. Probably have to go 8-10 deep in any multi-race wager. Likely Winner(s); 2 Aesterius (9-2),...

The Belmont Stakes Card Saratoga Race Course By Bob Hill, TSV staff writer —- There are very few occasions when racing fans are treated to nineconsecutive graded stakes races. Belmont Stakes Day is one suchoccasion, and this year’s edition is special as the event is being...

Bob Hill, TSV Staff Writer —- The complete breakdown of the 150th Kentucky Derby KEY TO SHEET: The horses shown blue are pedigree influencers that have either won or appeared in the first three generations of recebt Derby winners. The races highlighted in green are the 100...

The Last Derby Prep The Stonestreet Lexington Stakes Bob Hill, TSV writer —- One of the three-year-old colts in this field could guarantee himself a spot in the Kentucky Derby with a win in this 8.5 furlong race. That horse, Hades (5), has been installed as the second...

D. Wayne Lukas, CDI, and April 6th Derby Preps By Bob Hill, TSV Writer —- Gulfstream Photo Last weekend D. Wayne Lukas gave Churchill Downs Inc. a less-than-subtle, well-deserved poke in the eye. After the Bob Baffert trained three-year-old colt Muth impressively won the...

Quick Look at Four Derby Preps Bob Hill, TSV writer The first weekend in March offers up four Kentucky Derby prep races. Three of the races offer 50 points to the winner, essentially making them win-and-you’re-in affairs. The fourth race, on the synthetic surface at Turfway Park...