Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Amy Owens —- In Italian (GB) Leads All the Way to Win Jenny Wiley First Mission prevails in Stonestreet Lexington; Twilight Gleaming (IRE) much the best in Giant’s Causeway LEXINGTON, KY (April 15, 2023) – Peter Brant’s In Italian (GB) made a stylish return to the races...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography CLAIRIERE STRIKES LATE TO WIN SATURDAY’S APPLE BLOSSOM HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, April 15, 2023) – Racing the weather as much as each other, Stonestreet Stables’ Clairiere caught Secret Oath in the shadow of the wire to...

By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 28. First post is 1 p.m. ET. ************************* APPLEBY ON SITE AS GODOLPHIN GOES FOR GRADE 1 DOUBLE THIS WEEKEND KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER RICH STRIKE WORKS BULLET 5 FURLONGS IN :59.80 OEUVRE...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- SECRET OATH AND CLAIRIERE RENEW RIVALRY IN APPLE BLOSSOM HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, April 14, 2023) – There’s a reason the $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) drew only four entrants. Two reasons, actually – Secret Oath and Clairiere, the millionaire...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- G1 Jaipur within realm of possibility for Nothing Better Clement searching for Big A stakes success with Big Everest and Malavath Citizen K earns 93 BSF for Thursday allowance score; Stonewall Star ready for graded test in Keeneland’s G2 Beaumont Post...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – John Vinson has trained some durable Thoroughbreds in his career. His 9-year-old gelding Red Crescent, a stakes winner who was retired to the Vinson family’s Verbarctic Farm in Ocala today, raced 54 times and earned $469,410. Homebred gelding...

By Amy Owens —- THURSDAY, APRIL 13 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 28. First post is 1 p.m. ET. ************************* EVENLY MATCHED FIELD OF SEVEN ENTERED FOR SUNDAY’S BEAUMONT PRESENTED BY KEENELAND SELECT GRADE 2 WINNER DAMON’S MOUND MAKES...

by Robert Yates —- Photo Credit: Coady Photography Desormeaux Returns to Oaklawn With Another Bargain-priced Stakes Runner Trainer Keith Desormeaux has returned to Oaklawn in search of another stakes victory with a modestly priced Keeneland September Yearling Sale graduate....

By Amy Owens —- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 28. First post is 1 p.m. ET. ************************* BROWN HAS TWO CHANCES AT SIXTH JENNY WILEY VICTORY DISARM SEEKS POSSIBLE KENTUCKY DERBY START IN STONESTREET LEXINGTON OEUVRE...