Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Jennifer Hoyt—- Dr. Lee Cyphers, Oaklawn’s longtime Association Veterinarian, passed away Sunday, Sept. 5 following complications from a brain aneurysm. He was a fixture at the Oaklawn starting gate and in the paddock spanning three decades. He was a local Hot Springs...

By Keith McCalmont Clement sends out strong pair in Friday’s $100K Allied Forces ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Christophe Clement will saddle Big Everest and Swashbuckle for their stakes debuts in Friday’s $100,000 Allied Forces, a six-furlong Widener turf sprint for sophomores at...

By Brian Bohl —- High-caliber steeplechase action highlights Belmont Opening Day with G1 Lonesome Glory ELMONT, NY – Steeplechase action will take center stage on Opening Day of the Belmont Park fall meet Thursday when Buttonwood Farm’s The Mean Queen will look to best...

By Darren Rogers —- RACING RETURNS TO CHURCHILL DOWNS THURSDAY AT 5 P.M. FOR ACTION-PACKED 12-DAY SEPTEMBER MEET LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021) – Horse racing on the booming Kentucky circuit shifts to Churchill Downs on Thursday, Sept. 16 with the first of three...

By Amy Owens —- Click here for a video of Hip 43, a $1.4 million American Pharoah filly · Click her for video of Hip 177, a $1.35 million Into Mischief colt · Click here for a video of Hip 89, a $1.1 million Uncle Mo filly $1.4 Million Half-Sister to Recent Grade 1 Winner...

By David Joseph —- Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $100,000 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL –Thursday’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $100,000 at Gulfstream Park. The popular multi-race wager went unsolved Sunday following Saturday’s mandatory...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that it has issued a notice of hearing and statement of charges to trainers Robert A. Baffert and Marcus J. Vitali. NYRA contends that Mr. Baffert and Mr. Vitali have...

By Daren Rogers —- CHURCHILL DOWNS ANNOUNCES 2021-22 ‘ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY’ SCHEDULE Points Will Not Be Awarded to Any Horse Trained by an Individual Suspended from 2022 Derby LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, Sept. 10, 2021) – The official “Road to the Kentucky Derby...

By David Joseph —- Live Racing Returns to Laurel Park Thursday for 59-Day Fall Meet Racing Thursday – Sunday Through November, 12:40 Starting Post Time De Francis (G3), Maryland Million Top 33 Stakes Worth $3.525 Million LAUREL, MD – Following a multi-million dollar...