Bob Hill – Handicapping

Racing Press Release Compiled by Robert Yates QUIETSIDE – The Honeybee Stakes G3 – 38th Running – 02-23-25 – R09 – Oaklawn Park – Under Rail 01 – John Gallagher Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 Compiled by Robert Yates Quietside and trainer John...

By Kevin Kilroy —- FG PHoto Atras Prepares Prosperous Sophomore Chasing Liberty for Black Gold Way to Be Marie targeting the Tom Benson Memorial New Orleans, La (Feb. 26, 2025) – Expertly campaigned by trainer Rob Atras, Twin Creeks Racing Stables’ Chasing Liberty will look...

SANTA ANITA PRESSBOX —- EASTERN INVADER LOCKED WILL TAKE ON LOCAL HOPES IN 88TH RUNNING OF THE GRADE I, $300,000 SANTA ANITA HANDICAP GOING 1 ¼ MILES SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (Feb. 24, 2025)— Locked, a Grade I winner for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, will...

Santa Anita Pressbox —- ASCENDING EL POTENTE, GRADE I WINNER FORMIDABLE MAN AND MI HERMANO RAMON LEAD A COMPETITIVE FIELD LINED UP FOR SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $300,000 FRANK E. KILROE MILE ON TURF AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (Feb. 24, 2025)— El Potente, who served notice with a...

By David Joseph —- Dashman, Cash Equity Meet Again in Mac Diarmida (G2) Turf Marathon Anchors Stakes-Laden Fountain of Youth Day Card HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Dashman and Cash Equity, separated by a nose when respectively first and second in the William L. McKnight (G3) last...

SANTA ANITA PRESSBOX —- Barnes; Benoit Photos UNBEATEN BARNES MAKES 2-TURN DEBUT, JOURNALISM RETURNS IN SATURDAY’S $300,000 DK HORSE SAN FELIPE STAKES FOR 3-YEAR-OLDS GOING 1 1/16 MILES AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (Feb. 24, 2025)—Highly regarded Barnes, who has dazzled in...

Racing Press Release Compiled by Robert Yates —- Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 He’s a millionaire, a graded stakes winner, unbeaten on dirt and the Kentucky Derby points leader. Life is good these days for Coal Battle. “Yeah, I mean, what else?” Coal Battle’s trainer, Lonnie...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Golden Afternoon; Hodges Photography Chasing Liberty On Hunt for Fourth Stakes Title in Black Gold, the Feature of Saturday’s Stakes Quintet New Orleans, La (Feb. 23, 2025) – Five stakes have been carded for Saturday, March 1 at Fair Grounds Race...

Compiled by Robert Yates | Photo Credit: Coady Media —- Sunday, February 23 Coal Battle $1,250,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) HOT SPRINGS, AR – Norman Stables’ Coal Battle parlayed an explosive move on the second turn into a 1 ¼-length victory over Madaket Road in Oaklawn’s 1...