Bob Hill – Handicapping

By David Joseph —- Stakes Winner Plot the Dots Returns in Sunday Feature 12:25 P.M. Post Time for First of Nine Races to Close Weekend LAUREL. MD – Built Wright Stables’ veteran 6-year-old Plot the Dots, who became a stakes winner in dominant fashion last time out, returns...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SATURDAY, FEB. 4, 2023 —- GLATT DOUBLE-BARRELED IN SUNDAY’S GII PALOS VERDES GIII SAN MARCOS FEATURES A HEAVY DOSE OF D’AMATO ‘1/ST RACING TOUR’ AIRS SATURDAY ON CNBC, PEACOCK MANDATORY RAINBOW 6 PAYOUT ON SUNDAY COAST TO COAST PICK 5 RETURNS...

By David Joseph —- Red Carpet Ready; Lauren King Red Carpet Ready Stays Perfect in $125,000 Forward Gal (G3) Improves to 3-0 with Impressive Victory in 3-Year-Old Filly Sprint HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Ashbrook Farm and Upland Flats Racing’s Red Carpet Ready, unbeaten in her...

By David Joseph —- Rocket Can; Gulfstream Park Photo Rocket Can Circles Field to Win G3 Holy Bull Mott Trainees Finish 1-2 in Triple Crown Prep HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – One week after saddling Art Collector for a victory in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1),...

By Mike Willman —- BAFFERT’S NEWGATE RUNS TO THE BETTING AS HE TAKES GRADE III, $200,000 ROBERT B. LEWIS BY A NECK WITH DETTORI UP ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 4, 2023)—Bob Baffert couldn’t lose. The trainer of all four horses in Saturday’s Grade III, $200,000 Robert B. Lewis...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography FAVORITE A MO REAY WINS SATURDAY’S GRADE 3 BAYAKOA STAKES HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023) – Hunter Valley Farm’s A Mo Reay benefitted from all the pressure put on pace setter Lovely Ride early in the race and...

By Mike Henry —- Emmanuel OLDSMAR, FL. – On a sunny, windy afternoon, a pair of lightly raced 4-year-olds delivered sparkling, whirlwind finishes to be remembered on Turf Champions Day at Tampa Bay Downs. A little more than an hour after 4-year-old filly Surprisingly...

By Kevin Kilroy —- ● Lecomte winner Instant Coffee tops the list of early Risen Star possibles New Orleans, La (Feb. 3, 2023) – Friday’s races began with another win from the Justin Jeansonne barn. Claimed after finishing second on Dec. 16, Stealing Apriority has now won...

By Mike Henry —- DELACOUR LOOKS TO HAVE STRONG TURF CHAMPIONS DAY HAND OLDSMAR, FL. – Chances are, trainer Arnaud Delacour will get a good night’s sleep before returning to his Tampa Bay Downs barn Saturday morning. With the 3-1 morning-line favorite, undefeated 5-year-old...