Bob Hill – Handicapping

DMTC News —- SAN DIEGO TO TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC LOOKS LIKELY FOR TOP FINISHERS The top three finishers in Saturday’s Grade II, $251,500 San Diego Handicap all came out the race in good shape, their trainers reported, with all indications pointing to a rematch in the $750,000...

By Rick Francis —- Race 9) 1 Mile. (Inner Turf) Forbidden Apple S. Grade III. Purse $150,000 INNER TURF FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD. Post Time: ( 5:39)/ 4:39/ 3:39/ 2:39 3) Value Proposition (Brown/Ortiz, I.); ridgling out of English sire Dansili last two from Belmont...

By Tom Luicci —- ARKLOW HOPING TO CONTINUE TO SHOW AGE IS JUST A NUMBER HEADING INTO SATURDAY’S GRADE 1 UNITED NATIONS STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – If ever the timeworn cliché about not getting older but getting better could be applied to a horse, it would be Arklow. The son of...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Ever-improving Vigilantes Way dives into deeper water for G1 Diana Hard-trying La Signare hoping to have her day in G1 Diana Tobys Heart beating along as she preps for G3 Lake George; Gift List to skip Saratoga Oaks...

By Keith McCalmont —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown will send out Lemista and Pocket Square in Saturday’s 83rd renewal of the Grade 1, $500,000 Diana as he looks to secure his sixth consecutive win in the nine-furlong inner-turf...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- DREAM SHAKE GETS CLASS BREAK FOR FIRST TURF TRY IN OCEANSIDE Since breaking his maiden in February, Dream Shake has had monthly assignments in Grade I or Grade II stakes on dirt against some of best 3-year-olds in the country. And after...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Casse looks for early Spa success by sending out G3 Schuylerville contender Pretty Birdie Hebert ships Rebel Posse by way of Texas for G3 Quick Call Rookie Report: Echo Zulu, half to G1 winner Echo Town, to debut on Opening...

By Lynne Snierson Monmouth Park publicity staff —- HOT ROD CHARLIE INSTALLED AS 6-5 MORNING LINE FAVORITE FOR SATURDAY’S $1 MILLION TVG.COM HASKELL STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – For the first time in the storied history of the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes, the runners-up in...

By Rick Francis —- SARATOGA Race 8) 5½ Furlongs. (Turf) Quick Call S. Grade III. Purse $120,000 FOR THREE YEAR OLDS Post Time: ( 5:05)/ 4:05/ 3:05/ 2:05 3) Golden Pal (Ward/Ortiz, I.); 2020’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf champ has been prepping for this since...