Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Amy Owens — FRIDAY, APRIL 7 – OPENING DAY Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 28. First post is at 1 p.m. ET except Saturday, when the first race is at 12:30 p.m. Keeneland is closed for racing Easter Sunday, April 9 as well as Mondays and Tuesdays....

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Al Gold hoping to get back to the Kentucky Derby with G2 Wood Memorial contender Slip Mahoney Repole chasing Derby dreams with maidens Crupi, Dreamlike in G2 Wood Memorial White Abarrio to scratch from G1 Carter H. OZONE PARK, N.Y. – As a longtime...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN —- SA DERBY: YAKTEEN PAIR GALLOP; MANDARIN HERO GATE SCHOOLS KIRSTENBOSCH TESTS THE HILL IN GIII MONROVIA ON SUNDAY CLASSY TOM’S REGRET RETURNS IN SATURDAY’S EVENING JEWEL ‘PETROS & MONEY’ RADIO REMOTE SET FOR FRIDAY MANDATORY RAINBOW 6...

By Amy Owens —- THURSDAY, APRIL 6 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet opens tomorrow and runs through Friday, April 28. First post is at 1 p.m. ET except Saturday, when the first race is at 12:30 p.m. Keeneland is closed for racing Easter Sunday, April 9 as well as Mondays and...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Pletcher chases standalone record eighth score in G2 Wood Memorial Frosty O Toole seeks to hit the ground running for Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners; Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Nest could target G1 Ogden Phipps Slip Mahoney vies to give breeders Hill ‘n’...

By Bob Hill, TSV staff writer —- Three 100-point Derby prep races this weekend put us ever closer to knowing the Kentucky Derby Field for 2023. With each of these races awarding 100-40-30-20-10 points respectively for the top five spots, even a second place finish creates...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (April 5, 2023) – Whisper Hill Farm and Gainesway Stable’s Tapit Trice is the 5-2 morning line choice in a field of 11 3-year-olds entered Wednesday for Saturday’s 99th running of the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G1) going 1 1/8 miles on the...

By Mike Willman —- PRACTICAL MOVE HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $750,000 RUNHAPPY SANTA ANITA DERBY AS HE SEEKS HIS 3RD CONSECUTIVE GRADED VICTORY EARLY POST OF 12 NOON SET FOR 12-RACE CARD THAT INCLUDES FIVE OTHER STAKES; RUNHAPPY SANTA ANITA DERBY WINNER TO GET 100 KY DERBY...

By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet opens Friday and runs through Friday, April 28. First post is at 1 p.m. ET except April 8 when the first race is at 12:30 p.m. Keeneland is closed for racing Easter Sunday, April 9 as well as Mondays and Tuesdays....