Bob Hill – Handicapping

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Belmont Park Notes Channel Cat could potentially give G1 Manhattan a fur-midable entry off G1 Man o’ War victory G3 Peter Pan-winner Promise Keeper carrying the flag for breeder Rock Ridge Thoroughbreds Victim of Love earns another ‘big city’ win in G3...

By David Joseph —- “Integrity in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing is the ultimate priority for 1/ST RACING and the Maryland Jockey Club (MJC). 1/ST RACING has been an industry leader instituting processes and protocols that have led to nationwide medication reform and...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, KY. (Sunday, May 9, 2021) – It is our understanding that Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit’s post-race blood sample indicated a violation of the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s equine medication protocols. The connections of Medina Spirit have...

By Brian Bohl —- Veteran stakes-winners comprise salty G3 Vagrancy field ELMONT, N.Y. – A field of seven fillies and mares 4-years-old and up will look to boost their respective stakes-winning resumes in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Vagrancy contested at 6 1/2 furlongs on...

By David Joseph —- Crowded Trade; Photo provided MJC Crowded Trade Must ‘Step Up’ in May 15 Preakness (G1) Medina Spirit ‘Moving Well’ in Morning Jog Keepmeinmind Back to Track for Likely Preakness Run Asmussen ‘Happy’ with Midnight Bourbon’s Return to Track BALTIMORE, MD –...

By Mike Willman —- MANDELLA’S TAPWATER HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 SANTA BARBARA STAKES AS EIGHT DISTAFFERS GO 1 ½ MILES ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (May 5, 2021)—LNJ Foxwoods’ Tapwater heads a field of eight fillies and mares going a marathon mile and one half...

By Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Michael B. Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier and Derrick Smith’s Group 1-winner Sovereign will make his first start in North America against a competitive field which includes four other graded/grouped stakes winners in Saturday’s 63rd running of the...

Bob Hill TSV Feature Writer —- The outcome of the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby was settled at the start. Rock Your World and Essential Quality bumped hard enough that Rock Your World lost all chance of being forwardly placed. Essential Quality was cast wide on the...

Gary Yunt —- Churchill Downs Photo It’s Seventh Heaven at Baffert Barn Following Medina Spirit’s Historic Kentucky Derby Victory LOUISVILLE, KY (Sunday, May 2, 2021) – Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert added his record-breaking seventh Kentucky Derby trophy to his collection...