Bob Hill – Handicapping

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...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, KY (Thursday, May 27, 2021) – Trainer Mark Casse’s stakes quartet of Helium, Palazzi, Spanish Loveaffair and Tap It to Win are poised to return to form on Saturday’s Stephen Foster Preview Day at Churchill Downs. “I think all four of our...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Belmont Park Notes Rebel’s Romance works in company for G1 Belmont Stakes Rombauer to work Friday morning with John Velazquez up Multiple G1-winner Vequist to return to action late summer; Half-sister to Vequist nominated to Astoria Victim of Love to...

By Tom Luicci —- JERSEY DERBY DRAWS FIELD OF EIGHT PLUS ONE MTO FOR MONMOUTH PARK’S SEASON OPENER ON FRIDAY OCEANPORT, N.J. Sifting Sands, from the powerhouse Chad Brown stable, is among eight 3-year-olds (plus one main track only entrant) set to go in the $100,000...

By Darren Rogers —- Matt Winn One of Seven Stakes on Saturday’s Stephen Foster Preview Day LOUISVILLE, KY (Wednesday, May 26, 2021) Bernard Racing, Tagg Team Racing, West Point Thoroughbreds and Terry Stephens’ Kentucky Derby (Grade I) fifth-place finisher O Besos...

By Keith McCalmont —- France Go de Ina settling in well for Mori at Belmont Park ELMONT, N.Y. – All four of trainer Charlie Appleby’s Godolphin-owned Belmont Stakes Racing Festival starters – Rebel’s Romance, Desert Peace, Summer Romance and Althiqa – breezed Saturday...

By Ed Golden —- STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2021 MANDELLA GIRDS FOR A BUSY HOLIDAY WEEKEND POWELL CLAIMS FILLY FOR SANTA ANITA RECORD DOGTAG BREEZES FOR GRADE I GAMELY STAKES ‘JOHNNY V.’ TO RIDE ROMBAUER IN BELMONT MANDELLA HOPES FOR MEMORABLE MEMORIAL DAY...