Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Mary Eddy —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Alpha Delta Stables’ Kentucky homebred Raging Sea fended off the late bid of graded stakes-winner Julia Shining to notch her first graded victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Comely, a nine-furlong test for sophomore fillies, at...

By Jim Charvat —- Skinner; Benoit SKINNER SEEKS FIRST GRADED STAKES WIN IN SUNDAY’S NATIVE DIVER The Del Mar Turf Festival takes a day off Sunday but the stakes action continues with arguably the most intriguing race of the holiday weekend. The G3 Native Diver, run at a...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – It hasn’t taken very long for jockey Mychel Sanchez to fall for Tampa Bay Downs. Sanchez – whose first career victory in 2012 at age 16 in his homeland of Venezuela came aboard a horse named Sunshine Park, which was also the name of the...

By David Joseph —- Joseph Jr., Barboza Jr. Dead-Heat for Sunshine Meet Training Title Edgard Zayas Rolls to Sunshine Meet Riding Title Rainbow 6 Gross Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $125,000 Friday Yes I Am Free Returns in Championship Meet Opening Day Feature Undefeated...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Hodges Photography New Orleans, La (Nov. 25, 2023) – After scorching to the lead in her last two races, John Donaldson’s Carimba conserved energy pressing Charlie T through the opening half-mile before surging ahead victoriously in the 58th running of the...

By Mike Henry —- ARRIAGADA ‘SETTLES’ FOR THREE WINNERS; MORALES RIDES TWO OLDSMAR, FL. – Entering today’s eighth race, owner-trainer Juan Arriagada found himself on the verge of making track history. Arriagada won with his first three starters today, and with horses in the...

By Jim Charvat —- STRONG FINISH ANTICIPATED FOR DEL MAR FALL MEET We’ve gone past the midway point of the Bing Crosby Season at Del Mar and the effects of the rain and the closing of the track to training last weekend are showing up in the numbers used to gauge the success...

By David Joseph —- Sunshine Meet Training Title Going Down to Wire Barboza, Joseph, D’Angelo Separated by Three Wins Rainbow 6 Gross Jackpot Pool at $75,000 for Saturday HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – It will be a three-way photo finish in the race for the Sunshine Meet training...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Coastal Mission to make first New York start in G2 Cigar Mile Handicap Dr B looking to successfully defend title in G3 Go for Wand; Morning Matcha to NYSSS Staten Island Trainer Joe Lee earns first stakes win with Works for Me...