Bob Hill – Handicapping

BY VICTOR RYAN —-   STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, JAN. 13, 2023   MORE RAIN IN FORECAST FORCES SCHEDULE CHANGES NEW POST POSITIONS FOR RESCHEDULED GRADE III LA CANADA JUSTIQUE BACK TO WORK AFTER SANTA YNEZ SCRATCH O’NEILL’S HOT ROD CHARLIE RETIRED TO STUD IN...

by Robert Yates   Promising Colt Verifying Makes 3-Year-Old Debut Saturday The most lucrative race Saturday at Oaklawn is the $150,000 Fifth Season for older horses at 1 mile. The most intriguing is the fourth, a $104,000 entry-level allowance for 3-year-olds at 1 mile that...

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream Park News & Notes “Lightening’ Strike Supercharged Jorge Delgado’s Career  Noble Drama, Octane Top Sunshine Classic Nominations Late Owner Virginia Kraft Payson Enjoyed Florida Success   HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Trainer Jorge Delgado...

By Jennifer Hoyt —-   HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023) – Program favorite Ginobili and 2022 winner Rated R Superstar are among 10 older horses entered in the $150,000 Fifth Season Stakes at 1 mile Saturday at Oaklawn. The Fifth Season goes as the ninth of 10...

By Kevin Kilroy —-   New Orleans, La (Jan 12, 2023) – Winner of the Pan Zareta Stakes in December, Oeuvre returns to face an oversubscribed field of 13 in Saturday’s $100,000 Nelson J. Menard for 4-year-old and up fillies and mares going 5 1/2 furlongs at Fair Grounds...

By Mike Henry —-   PASCO, GASPARILLA, WAYWARD LASS PROMISE RED-HOT COMPETITION   OLDSMAR – A trio of stakes races comprise Saturday’s annual Skyway Festival Day card at Tampa Bay Downs, with 3-year-olds of both sexes attempting to prove their mettle in a pair of...

By Robert Yates —-   Torres Makes Oaklawn History   Cristian Torres became the fastest jockey in Oaklawn history to reach $1 million in purse earnings at a meet when he scored a riding double last Saturday.   Torres ($1,072,393) reached seven figures on Day...

By David Joseph —-   G1 Pegasus World Cup 2nd Invitation List Released Cyberknife, Defunded, Proxy Still on Target for Jan. 28   HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Prominent Grade 1 stakes winners Gold Square LLC’s Cyberknife, Karl Watson, Michael Pegram and Paul Weitman’s...

By Mike Willman —- BENOIT PHOTO ‘OTHER BAFFERT’ REINCARNATE SMOOTH AS SILK ON LEAD WITH HERNANDEZ EN ROUTE TO NECK WIN IN GRADE III, $100,000 SHAM STAKES ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 8, 2023)—Although he was pressed through swift fractions to the top of the lane, longshot...