Bob Hill – Handicapping

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...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —-   Occult looking to wreak havoc on Oaks trail in $100K Busanda Stonewall Star ready for return to state-bred company in Franklin Square Aqueduct winter meet Week 4 stakes probables OZONE PARK, N.Y. – As an owner and breeder who invests in fillies...

BY VICTOR RYAN —-   STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, JAN. 13, 2023   MORE RAIN IN FORECAST FORCES SCHEDULE CHANGES NEW POST POSITIONS FOR RESCHEDULED GRADE III LA CANADA JUSTIQUE BACK TO WORK AFTER SANTA YNEZ SCRATCH O’NEILL’S HOT ROD CHARLIE RETIRED TO STUD IN...

by Robert Yates   Promising Colt Verifying Makes 3-Year-Old Debut Saturday The most lucrative race Saturday at Oaklawn is the $150,000 Fifth Season for older horses at 1 mile. The most intriguing is the fourth, a $104,000 entry-level allowance for 3-year-olds at 1 mile that...

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream Park News & Notes “Lightening’ Strike Supercharged Jorge Delgado’s Career  Noble Drama, Octane Top Sunshine Classic Nominations Late Owner Virginia Kraft Payson Enjoyed Florida Success   HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Trainer Jorge Delgado...

By Jennifer Hoyt —-   HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023) – Program favorite Ginobili and 2022 winner Rated R Superstar are among 10 older horses entered in the $150,000 Fifth Season Stakes at 1 mile Saturday at Oaklawn. The Fifth Season goes as the ninth of 10...

By Kevin Kilroy —-   New Orleans, La (Jan 12, 2023) – Winner of the Pan Zareta Stakes in December, Oeuvre returns to face an oversubscribed field of 13 in Saturday’s $100,000 Nelson J. Menard for 4-year-old and up fillies and mares going 5 1/2 furlongs at Fair Grounds...

By Mike Henry —-   PASCO, GASPARILLA, WAYWARD LASS PROMISE RED-HOT COMPETITION   OLDSMAR – A trio of stakes races comprise Saturday’s annual Skyway Festival Day card at Tampa Bay Downs, with 3-year-olds of both sexes attempting to prove their mettle in a pair of...