Bob Hill – Handicapping

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Hit Show earns 91 Beyer in G3 Withers conquest Drew’s Gold points to G3 Bay Shore after $100K Jimmy Winkfield win Toxic Gray earns 91 BSF for gutsy maiden victory OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Following a triumphant stakes debut in Saturday’s Grade 3, $250,000...

By Joe Kristufek —- 2023 RISEN STAR/RACHEL ALEXANDRA Key Facts · This is the 51st running of the $400,000 Risen Star (G2) for 3-year-olds at a distance of 1 1/8 miles on the main track. It was extended from 1 1/16 to 1 1/8 miles three years ago. It is followed in the...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —-\ TRINITY, Fla. – Hit Show won the Withers at Aqueduct on Feb. 11 in New York. The Kentucky Derby prep race earned the son of Candy Ride 20 points toward getting in the starting gate on the first Saturday in May at...

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream Today 2.11.2023 Kingscote Rides First U.S. Winner at Gulfstream Park Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $500,000 20-Cent Rainbow 6 Sequence Deep in Quality Fields HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – British jockey Richard Kingscote broke through...

By Mary Eddy —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Gary and Mary West’s Kentucky homebred Hit Show announced his presence in the sophomore division with an emphatic 5 1/2-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $250,000 Withers, a nine-furlong test for 3-year-olds, at Aqueduct Racetrack. The...

By Mike Henry —- Litigate; SV Photography Just when a race seems more wide-open than you can imagine, and any one of eight or nine horses seems to have a chance to land in the winner’s circle, along comes this Pletcher fellow to snap you back to reality. Hall of Famer and...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SATURDAY, FEB. 11, 2023 O’NEILL TRIO LOOKS TO UPSET THE SWEET LIFE KNAPP BARN HITTING ON ALL CYLINDERS AT CLASSIC MEET SUNDAY’S COAST-TO-COAST PICK 5 A SUPER BOWL APPETIZER EARLY FIRST POST OF 11 A.M. ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY JOCKEYS VS. HOLY ANGELS...

By Kevin Kilroy —- ● The Cox barn sends out multiple sets, including two entered in the Risen Star New Orleans, La (Feb. 11, 2021) – Entries for Louisiana Derby Preview Day on Saturday, Feb. 18, were drawn, and four of the six fillies entered in the $300,000 Rachel...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – When you get down to it, each of the 11 horses set to compete in the 43rd running of the Grade III, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes on Saturday has a lot to prove. “There are a lot of 3-year-olds in the race going in the right direction, a...