Bob Hill – Handicapping

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...

By Brian Bohl —- Cigar Mile Day on December 4 to feature four graded stakes $500K NYSSS Great White Way and Fifth Avenue tops December 18 card at Big A winter meet OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the stakes schedule for the...

NTRA Communications —- LETRUSKA RETAINS NO. 1 POSITION IN NTRA NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED POLL LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 12, 2021) ― St. George Stable’s 5-year-old mare Letruska has retained the No. 1 position in the latest NTRA National Thoroughbred Poll following a quiet week in...

By Brian Bohl —- Jose Ortiz paces all jockeys; Klaravich Stables earns top owner status ELMONT, N.Y. – Chad Brown registered 32 victories to finish as the leading trainer at the Belmont spring/summer meet for the sixth consecutive year, while Jose Ortiz won the riding the...