Bob Hill – Handicapping

Compiled by Robert Yates Joseph Bealmear, Oaklawn’s 2023-2024 champion apprentice jockey, said he’s hoping to resume riding in late December after missing the last two months because of an automobile accident. Bealmear, 20, hasn’t ridden since Oct. 2 at Horseshoe Indianapolis....

By Kevin Kilroy —- Mystic Dan; Coady Photos Salute to Kentucky Derby Winner Mystik Dan Scheduled for Louisiana Champions Day at Fair Grounds Maycocks Bay is Back, Returns to Fair Grounds Winner’s Circle New Orleans, La (Dec. 10, 2024) – On Louisiana Champions Day, fans at...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Fair Grounds Releases Nominees for Road to the Derby Kickoff Day’s Eight-Stakes Extravaganza New Orleans, La (Dec. 10, 2024) – Nominations for the eight scheduled stakes on Road to the Derby Kickoff Day at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots have been...

Stone Smuggler seeks rebound in $500K NYSSS Fifth Avenue By Mary Eddy OZONE PARK, N.Y. – NY Final Furlong Racing Stable and SunsetRidge Racing Stable’s New York-bred stakes-winner Stone Smuggler will look to regroup from a third-place effort in the state-bred Key Cents when...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Louisiana Champions Day Fields Set for Saturday, Dec. 14 at Fair Grounds Touchuponastar, Free Like a Girl, and Smoken Wicked Likely Heavy Favorites in Respective Divisions New Orleans, La (Dec. 9, 2024) – Fields have been drawn for the 34th annual...

By Robert Yates —- McCarlee Perkins Photo HOT SPRINGS, AR – Already a multiple Oaklawn allowance winner, Happy Is a Choice is now an Oaklawn stakes winner after capturing Saturday’s six-furlong $150,000 Ring the Bell for 3-year-olds and up. After breaking last from the...

By David Joseph —- GULFSTREAM TODAY 12.07.24 Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $275,000 UAE President Cup to Rb Malexis A HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool is expected to grow to an estimated $275,000 Sunday at Gulfstream Park, where the...

Tizzy in the Sky makes the grade in G3 Go for Wand By Mary Eddy OZONE PARK, N.Y. – KimDon Racing’s Tizzy in the Sky stalked and pounced to a determined half-length victory for her first graded stakes win in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Go for Wand, a one-mile test for fillies and...

By Robert Yates —– Eight was finally enough for Connie K, who punctuated her racing career with a record-breaking victory in Friday’s fifth race at Oaklawn. Connie K, in her final career start before going to the breeding shed, surpassed The Mary Rose as the leading...