Bob Hill – Handicapping

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...

by Robert Yates —- Lukas Still Looking for Apple Blossom Glory 40 Years After His First Win Thursday marks the 40th anniversary of D. Wayne Lukas’ first career victory at Oaklawn, which means the Hall of Fame trainer could come full circle this weekend at a place he calls...