Bob Hill – Handicapping

BY VICTOR RYAN —- TOP 3-YEAR-OLD ARABIAN KNIGHT WON’T RACE UNTIL SUMMER SPIRIT OF MAKENA, A MO REAY DOING WELL AFTER STAKES SCORES GAINES REFLECTS ON NASHOBA’S KEY AFTER HALL INDUCTION COAST-TO-COAST PICK 5 RETURNS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SATURDAY’S TURF RACES MOVED TO DIRT TOP...

Kevin Kilroy Geoff Riggs —- PHOTO: HODGES PHOTOGRAPHY Sofia Barandela – Not Your Average Apprentice New Orleans, La (March 12, 2023) – Having a successful first meet at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Sofia Barnadela is proving it’s never too late to follow your...

by Robert Yates —- Secret Oath Targets Apple Blossom Following Azeri Win Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas mapped out a two-race schedule months ago for millionaire Grade 1 winner Secret Oath during the 2022-2023 Oaklawn meeting. So far, so good. Secret Oath, flashing the...

By Mike Henry —- (PHOTO IS COURTESY OF SV PHOTOGRAPHY OLDSMAR, FL. – Kathleen O’Connell described supplanting Kim Hammond as the No. 1-winning female trainer in North American Thoroughbred racing history as an accomplishment. For O’Connell’s many fans, including jockey...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Rossa Veloce registers 92BSF in $100K Correction; GSW Law Professor works for stakes engagement Reid, Jr. considering Ninetyprcentmaddie for G2 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino Majestic Return to try turf following maiden score OZONE...

By Mike Willman —- COX-TRAINED SHIPPER A MO REAY UP TO DENY FAVORED FUN TO DREAM BY A HEAD IN GRADE I, $500,000 BEHOLDER MILE ARCADIA, Calif. (March 11, 2023)—In a thrilling finish, New Orleans-based shipper A Mo Reay was up to tag heavily favored local Fun to Dream by a...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Amoss Repeats in the Laombe with Girl Named Charlie New Orleans, La (Saturday, March 11, 2023) – Last year it was Kneesnhips, this year Girl Named Charlie won the $75,000 Allen “Black Cat” LaCombe Memorial Stakes, making it back-to-back years that Tom...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography SECRET OATH IMPRESSIVE IN SATURDAY’S AZERI VICTORY HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, March 11, 2023) – Briland Farm’s 2022 Kentucky Oaks (G1) and multiple Oaklawn stakes winner Secret Oath marked herself a filly to watch in 2023...

By Mike Henry —- SV Photography OLDSMAR, FL. – With six horses ahead of him approaching the 1/8-mile pole of the Grade III, $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, 1-2 favorite Tapit Trice appeared likely to be responsible for a mountain of shredded pari-mutuel tickets....