Bob Hill – Handicapping

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- G3 Gazelle runner-up Gambling Girl en route to Churchill Downs for G1 Kentucky Oaks; Expressman to target G3 Westchester Big Everest earns career-best 98 BSF for Danger’s Hour score Weyburn likely for G3 Westchester MGSW millionaire Drafted looking for...

by Robert Yates —- Photo Credit: Coady Photography Asmussen Moves Closer to Another Record with Huge Saturday Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen took a bite out of the apple Saturday at Oaklawn. A record-setting bite. Asmussen won four races on the 12-race card, including...

by Robert Yates —- Angel of Empire; Coady Photography Moquett Playing Waiting Game with King Russell Trainer Ron Moquett is in a waiting game with King Russell after the 3-year-old colt moved into the Kentucky Derby picture by collecting 40 qualifying points for his...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- SATURDAY, APRIL 15 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 28. First post is 1 p.m. ET. ************************* CHEZ PIERRE (FR) DELIVERS “WOW MOMENT” IN MAKER’S MARK MILE WARD FILLIES COULD GO SEPARATE WAYS FOLLOWING 1-2 FANDUEL...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography SKELLY GIVES ASMUSSEN HIS 100TH OAKLAWN STAKES WIN IN SATURDAY’S COUNT FLEET SPRINT HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, April 15, 2023) – Red Lane Thoroughbred LLC’s Skelly led gate to wire to give Hall of Fame trainer Steve...

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...