Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher is set to seek his sixth victory in the Grade III, $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby on Saturday in the 43rd edition of the 3-year-old showcase at Tampa Bay Downs. Pletcher, who last won the race in...

Old Friends Welcomes Any Given Saturday Home from South Korea The 19-year-old stakes winner had been standing in South Korea since 2015   GEORGETOWN, KY – March 6, 2023 – Any Given Saturday has been repatriated to the United States from South Korea to spend his retirement at Old...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- NYRA announces stakes schedule for summer meet at Saratoga Race Course 40-day meet offers 19 Grade 1s and $20.8 million in total purses SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the stakes schedule for the...

by Robert Yates —- Plan For Yuugiri Right on Target Trainer Rodolphe Brisset has a plan for Yuugiri and so far, that plan has worked to perfection after she moved to 2 for 2 this season at Oaklawn with a sharp victory in the $150,000 Carousel Stakes for older females at 6...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- G3 Gotham winner Raise Cain possible for G2 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino Little Vic registers career-best 102BSF in G3 Tom Fool Handicap Slip Mahoney possible for G2 Wood Memorial after runner-up Gotham effort G3 Tom Fool runner up...

BY VICTOR RYAN —- STILLETO BOY HEADED HOME AFTER BIG CAP BREAKTHROUGH PRACTICAL MOVE DOING WELL AFTER GII SAN FELIPE WIN COAST-TO-COAST PICK 5 RETURNS SUNDAY RAINBOW 6 MANDATORY PAYOUT PAYS $208,011.84 LIVE RACING THIS THURSDAY WITH FIRST POST AT 12:30 P.M. STILLETO BOY...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – When he arrived at Tampa Bay Downs last fall, trainer Gregg Sacco thought his then-2-year-old colt Freedom Road might be a candidate for the Grade III, $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, the centerpiece of Saturday’s Festival Day 43...

By Joe Kristufek —- Derby, Oaks Hopefuls Prevalent on Weekend Work Tab at Fair Grounds · Bo Cruz posterizes maidens in route debut · Hot horses & horsemen New Orleans, La (March 5, 2023) – It’s roughly two months until the Run for the Roses, and the current top 20 on...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Photo by Jaime Newell TRINITY, Fla. – Forte, Practical Move and Raise Cain all earned a spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate with 50-point wins in prep races on March 4 across the country. Forte, a son of Violence,...