Bob Hill – Handicapping

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- 2024 Belmont at the Big A fall meet to offer 50 stakes worth $10.35M OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the stakes schedule for the 31-day 2024 Belmont at the Big A fall meet. Due to the ongoing construction...

Out On Bail outlasts Jet Sweep Joe in duel to capture $150K Skidmore Susie Raisher Photo By Christian Abdo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Case Chambers, Paradise Farms Corp. and David Staudacher’s New York-bred Out On Bail outdueled Jet Sweep Joe to take Friday’s $150,000 Skidmore, a 5...

By David Joseph —- Bluefield Enters Saturday’s Sheer Drama in Best Form of Her Life Eight-Year-Old Mare, Beth’s Dream 125-Pound Co Highweights HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – At an age when most mares have already begun their second careers, Bluefield has been racing far too well...

By David Joseph —- Crabs N Beer Crabs N Beer Chasing Elusive Stakes Win in $75,000 Find One of Two Turf Stakes on 13-Race Closing Day Program Sunday LAUREL, MD – Charles Blanford’s Grade 3-placed Crabs N Beer, beaten two lengths or less in each of his last four stakes...

By David Joseph —- Mandatory Payout Saturday of Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Park Pool Could Swell to $2 Million Saturday Friday’s Estimated Jackpot Pool $250,000 Taste of Havana Saturday in Flamingo Room HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 pool...

By Mary Eddy —- Candied, Miss Justify look to give Pletcher fifth win in G1 Alabama pres. by Keeneland Sales SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher will have two chances to secure a fifth victory in the Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama presented by Keeneland...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes G2 Jim Dandy-winner Fierceness returns to work tab The Queens M G on target for G1 Spinaway; Skippylongstocking to G2 Charles Town Classic Sterling Silver earns 86 BSF in Johnstone Mile score Smoken Wicked set for G2 Saratoga...

Brian Hernandez Jr. wins 2024 Mike Venezia Memorial Award CD Photo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that veteran jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. has been selected as the 2024 Mike Venezia Memorial Award recipient. Hernandez Jr., the...

By Pat McKenna —- Grade 1 Saratoga Derby and G1 Fourstardave to be carded for Sunday SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – With heavy rain associated with Tropical Storm Debby forecast to impact Saratoga Springs on Friday and Saturday, the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will...