Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Ryan Martin —- Swiss Skydiver carries versatile ways to Belmont Park in G1 Ogden Phipps ELMONT, N.Y. – Swiss Skydiver has taken her show on the road here, there and yonder while notching six graded stakes triumphs over five different racetracks. On Saturday, the 2020...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – A talented group that includes an Eclipse Award winner and an American Classic victor will comprise an eight-horse field for the 153rd running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday at Belmont Park,...

By Ed Golden —- STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN MONDAY, MAY 31, 2021 VENETIAN HARBOR POSSIBLE FOR MONROVIA ‘MIRACLE HORSE’ CATEMACO BACK BREEZING PRAT AND D’AMATO HOLD SANTA ANITA LEADS PROGENY OF BLUEBLOODS IN TODAY’S FIFTH BALTAS MULLS MONROVIA FOR VENETIAN HARBOR Richard...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Belmont Park Notes Trainer Brad Cox looks for first American Classic victory with Essential Quality in G1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets Keepmeinmind to skip G1 Belmont Stakes and consider G1 Belmont Derby Got Stormy turning back in distance for...

Bob Hill Tracksideview Feature Columnist SANTA ANITA Race 7 – Shoemaker Mile – G! – 1 mile on turf for 3yos and up Smooth Like Straight (2) has lost by a neck twice and a nose once in his last three races in Grade 1 contests. He has been part of the exacta in eight of his last...

By Bob Hill, TSV staff writer —- There’s an almost limitless opportunity to play stakes races over the Memorial Day weekend, starting on Friday and ending on Monday. In this article, we offer up picks in four stakes races that will be run in the Eastern Time Zone early in...

By David Joseph —- Hall of Famer Prado Returns to Riding After Loss of Father Three Wins Shy of 7,100 Twilight Program Kicks off Memorial Day Weekend Friday Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Friday HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Nearly a month since his last mount – and after...

By Tom Luicci —- SAFFIE JOSEPH LOOKING FOR A FAST START AT MONMOUTH WITH WINDS OF CHANGE IN SATURDAY’S $100K MR. PROSPECTOR OCEANPORT, N.J. – If things go as well as he hopes over the next few weeks it won’t take trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. long to make his presence felt...

By Mike Willman —- UPSTART LAMBEAU HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 TRIPLE BEND STAKES AT SEVEN FURLONGS ARCADIA, Calif. (May 26, 2021)—Fresh off a rousing gate to wire allowance win at one mile, the John Shirreffs-trained Lambeau is well positioned to make his stakes...