Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Time is running short to register for Tampa Bay Downs’s annual “Live It Up Challenge” handicapping contest. The event begins Saturday and runs through March 11, which is Festival Day 43 at the Oldsmar oval. The deadline to enroll is 9:30 a.m....

By Kevin Kilroy —-   Cox Barn Locked and Loaded for Lecomte, Silverbulletday as Derby and Oaks Prep Season Reaches the Next Level 20-8-6-4-2 Derby and Oaks Points are on the line as the next stage of Derby and Oaks preps begins at Fair Grounds with the Lecomte and the...

By Kevin Kilroy —–   2023 Lecomte Key Facts This is the 79th running of the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) for 3-year-olds at a distance of 1 1/16 miles on the main track. It is followed in the sequence of Fair Grounds Kentucky Derby preps by the Risen Star (Feb....

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —-   Occult registers career-best 78 BSF in Busanda conquest; G3 Gazelle a ‘logical spot’ Awesome Native remains undefeated through two starts for trainer Abreu Downtown Mischief garners 77BSF in debut score; Arctic Arrogance breezes for G3 Withers...

BY VICTOR RYAN —-   STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, JAN. 15, 2023 JUAN HERNANDEZ IS DOMINATING THE JOCKEY’S RACE MANDELLA ‘THINKING’ ABOUT LAS VIRGENES FOR ICE DANCING PLAYER-FRIENDLY ‘COAST TO COAST PICK 5’ RETURNS SUNDAY SANTA ANITA OPEN FOR SIMULCAST WAGERING...

By Mike Henry —-   SPRINTER’S WIN GIVES MORALES, ASSISTANT CAMPBELL PAUSE TO REFLECT   OLDSMAR, FL. – It would have been interesting to get inside the heads of jockey Pablo Morales and assistant trainer Janelle Campbell as they strolled leisurely from the winner’s...

By David Joseph —-   Cox Confident in Cyberknife Ahead of $3M Pegasus World Cup G1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Runner-Up Turns in Another Solid Work               G1 Winners Art Collector, Super Corinto Breeze Sunday for PWC               Ivar, Fourth in G1 Breeders’ Cup...

By RobertYates —-   Verifying Impressive in 3-Year-Old Debut   Stalk, pounce and draw away. Verifying made it look easy Saturday at Oaklawn, rolling to a 5 ¼-length entry-level allowance victory in his 3-year-old debut for trainer Brad Cox.   Verifying, a...

By Kevin Kilroy —-   Oeuvre’s Stakes Resume Grows to Three Taking the Menard New Orleans, La (Jan 14, 2023) – Pan Zareta winner filly Oeuvre broke alertly and relaxed professionally behind a pair of Louisiana-bred longshots before taking command in the stretch and...