Bob Hill – Handicapping

New Orleans, La (Dec 30, 2022) – Following excessive rain overnight and throughout the morning and after a consultation between track management and the stewards, a joint decision was made to cancel Friday’s card at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. Live racing will...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography DEFINING PURPOSE FAVORED IN SATURDAY’S YEAR’S END STAKES HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, Dec. 30, 2022) – Defining Purpose has been installed the 7-5 program favorite for the inaugural $150,000 Year’s End Stakes for 2-year-old...

by Robert Yates Hall of Fame Trainer D. Wayne Lukas Back in the Saddle Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas returned to his normal routine during training hours Thursday morning at Oaklawn, atop a stable pony and escorting his horses to and from the track. Lukas, 87, was working,...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Also on the New Year’s Eve card – La-Bred 2-year-olds face off in pair of Futurity Stakes Photo: Hodges Photography New Orleans, La (Dec 29) – Hunter Valley Farms’ A Mo Reay, scratched from Monday’s $100,000 Blushing K.D. against older and...

By David Joseph —- Ryan Thompson Photo Gulfstream Today 12.29.22 Super Corinto On Target for $3 Million Pegasus World Cup Friday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $300,000 New York Thunder Makes Highly Anticipated Return HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Jet Set Racing Stable’s...

By Mike Henry —- CARRYOVER POOLS SET TO SPICE UP FRIDAY CARD OLDSMAR, FL. – A string of long-shot winners, including back-to-back first-time starters in the seventh (Hoku, $39.20) and eighth (Froshado, $35) races, combined to create some large carryover pools into Friday’s...

By David Joseph —- Cyberknife ‘Doing Great’ Ahead of Career Finale in G1 Pegasus 3YO Colt Preparing at Fair Grounds for $3M World Cup HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gold Square’s dual Grade 1-winning multi-millionaire Cyberknife continues to train forwardly as he prepares for his...

By Robert Yates —- Photo Credit: Coady Photography Saturday’s All 2-Year-Old Card Features Prominent Horses and Horsemen Oaklawn has run more than 1,000 races for 2-year-olds since opening in 1905. But Saturday’s 10-race card will mark its first exclusively for 2-year-olds....

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – A string of long-shot winners, including back-to-back first-time starters in the seventh (Hoku, $39.20) and eighth (Froshado, $35) races, combined to create some large carryover pools into Friday’s nine-race card. The carryover for the...