Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR – Four Tampa Bay Downs Security Guards stood outside the entrance to the barn area about 10 minutes before 7 this morning, sporting looks of eager anticipation that gave away their thoughts. The first shipment of Thoroughbreds for the 2022-2023 meet...

Dandy Handyman fresh and ready for $120K Awad OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Maram LLC’s Kentucky homebred Dandy Handyman will make his stakes debut in Saturday’s $120,000 Awad at 1 1/16-miles over the inner turf for juveniles, at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet. The Awad is part of a...

By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meet runs through Saturday, Oct. 29. Post time for the first race each day is 1 p.m. ET. ************************* BLUE STRIPE (ARG) TURNS IN SHARP 5-FURLONG DRILL FOR BREEDERS’ CUP DISTAFF FIRST CAPTAIN HEADLINES FIELD FOR...

McGaughey to saddle evenly matched pair for G2 Hill Prince OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey will send out an evenly-matched duo of Stuart S. Janney, III-owned contenders in Limited Liability and Celestial City for Saturday’s Grade 2, $300,000 Hill Prince for...

By Mike Willman —- FLIGHTLINE TO BREEZE SIX FURLONGS SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA IN HIS FINAL LOCAL PREP FOR $6 MILLION BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC NOV. 5 IN KENTUCKY CLOCKERS’ CORNER OPEN FREE TO THE PUBLIC SATURDAY VIA GATE 8 OFF OF BALDWIN AVE. ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 19, 2022)—In...

By Amy Owens —- THURSDAY, OCT. 20 Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meet runs through Saturday, Oct. 29. Post time for the first race each day is 1 p.m. ET. No racing Mondays and Tuesdays. ************************* BREEDERS’ CUP 2-YEAR-OLDS OUT IN FORCE FOR PLETCHER BREEDERS’ CUP...

Belmont at the Big A Notes Skims registers career best 92 BSF in G2 Sands Point City Man breezes in prep for $200K Mohawk Blue-blooded invader Lady Day makes North American debut in Thursday allowance Kept Waiting scratches from Floral Park in favor of G3 Noble Damsel HOF trainer...

By avid Joseph —- October 16, 2022 Chilean Star O’Connor Impressive in U.S. Debut at Gulfstream $3 Million Pegasus Jan. 28 Long-Range Goal for Joseph Trainee Maryquitecontrary Dominates Elders Again in Sunday’s Opa-Locka Friday’s Rainbow 6 Gross Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at...

By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meet runs through Saturday, Oct. 29. Post time for the first race each day is 1 p.m. ET. No racing Mondays and Tuesdays. ************************* ASMUSSEN WORKS QUINTET OF BREEDERS’ CUP CANDIDATES BREEDERS’ CUP WORK TAB BROWN HITS...